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Speaker 2: but we must start with the NFL. There's an old

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Speaker 2: saying in the NFL. He always remember what you did

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Speaker 2: in December. And today, actually the playoff picture got a

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Speaker 2: oo clear. We're not done yet. We're not done yet.

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Speaker 2: But if you are a Buffalo Bills fan, when you

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Speaker 2: woke up this morning, the scenario you needed today played out.

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Speaker 2: The Cincinnati Bengals lost. We'll talk about that game in

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Speaker 2: a second. But the Bills absolutely boost their playoff chances

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Speaker 2: with their late victory against the Chargers. If the season

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Speaker 2: were to end the day, of course, the operative word

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Speaker 2: being if Buffalo would be the sixth seed and they

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Speaker 2: for Sundays games. Mondays games. We're gonna cover it all,

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Speaker 2: But the Buffalo Bills the lead story today for me.

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Speaker 2: In the NFL. They defeat the Chargers twenty four to

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Speaker 2: twenty two. Their bid for the playoffs very much alive,

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Speaker 2: and not only that, they control their own fate when

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Speaker 2: they're next two, they are in, and they even have

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Speaker 2: a chance to win the AFC East. The Chargers looked

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Speaker 2: decidedly different since firing coach Brandon Staley. The sideline looked different.

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Speaker 2: The outcome might not have been the same, but the

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Speaker 2: body language and the effort was much better. But the

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Speaker 2: story of the Bills again. They're nine and six on

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Speaker 2: the season now, two crucial games left to play against

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Speaker 2: the Patriots and the Dolphins. Chargers dropped to five and ten.

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Speaker 2: I like to think the Chargers were participating in the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three NFL season, Please pick up your home

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Speaker 2: version of the game. On the way out the door,

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Speaker 2: say hello to Money Hall while you're at it. Far

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Speaker 2: from pretty, but the team that destroyed the Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 2: just six days ago. Well, as Nolan Ryan once said,

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Speaker 2: the mark of a great team is when you can

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Speaker 2: win when you don't have your best stuff. Well, the

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Speaker 2: Bills didn't have their best stuff, but they had just

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Speaker 2: enough to get a very much needed victory despite the

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Speaker 2: fact they made several mistakes and their defense allowed Chargers

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Speaker 2: backup quarterback East and stick the Pride North Dakota State

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Speaker 2: each for me to say, try that again in English.

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Speaker 2: The Pride of North Dakota State forty nine FCS wins

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Speaker 2: four straight national championships. You know, that's the school. It

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Speaker 2: also produced Trey Lance, you know, and Carson Wentz. But

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Speaker 2: I digress. But the defense they held the Chargers to

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Speaker 2: one touchdown. They came up pretty big, and they had

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Speaker 2: a critical stop at the end of the game, which

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Speaker 2: has been a big problem for the defense all year.

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Speaker 2: The defense, it checked at the offense, you know, where

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Speaker 2: they needed to convert longer drives than the touchdowns. That

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Speaker 2: was the difference. Josh Allen had a couple new milestones

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Speaker 2: with his passing touchdowns, rushed for two touchdowns in the game,

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Speaker 2: now has fifty touchdowns in his career from a quarterback

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Speaker 2: was it underwhelming? Okay, yeah, but they don't draw pictures

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Speaker 2: in the scorebook, and at the end of the year

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Speaker 2: when they put up the seed and they add up

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Speaker 2: to wins, they don't ask how just how many. It's

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Speaker 2: that last week, and you saw how teams responded last

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Speaker 2: week when they did in the week before, like the Lions.

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Speaker 2: That Buffalo looked like world beaters last week. But this

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Speaker 2: years and the only thing Rod marine Maronnelli ever said

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Speaker 2: Only the only thing Rod Marinelli ever said that really

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Speaker 2: So we got you on film the Chargers roster. As

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Speaker 2: If you started Gabe Davis on your fantasy league team, congratulations,

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Speaker 2: four receptions, one hundred and thirty yards and their touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Can he continue that? Who knows? James Cook, still unreliable

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Speaker 2: the Cowboys, but fumbled twice Saturday night, losing one of

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Speaker 2: catches earlier in the month. Perhaps him and Cadarius Tony

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Speaker 2: figure this thing out. But the key is the pivotal play.

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Speaker 2: Josh Allen did throw a fifty seven yard touchdown pass

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Speaker 2: but that play was key to get the Bills offense going.

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Speaker 2: It was a one play drive for Buffalo and it

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Speaker 2: double any net yardage it'd had at that point. Alan

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Speaker 2: stuff led As are made up again. Buffalo looking good,

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Speaker 2: we shall see what we shall see. Meanwhile, the Chargers,

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Speaker 2: they look like they're a team with their minds looking

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Speaker 2: an incredibly embarrassing loss. It resulted in the firings of

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Speaker 2: Brandon Staley and Tom Telesco. Who will they hire? I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I know, Jim Harball. Listen, do the Spanos

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Speaker 2: family want to pay in fifteen million a year? These

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Speaker 2: to the Chargers quarterback or check that kicker, Cameron Dicker though,

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Speaker 2: maybe they don't. Well not, maybe the Chargers aren't going

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Speaker 2: as a great late late great. Al McGuire used to say,

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Speaker 2: you know, Denver will have to host the Chargers next

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Speaker 2: Sunday afternoon on New Year's Eve. Meanwhile, give it up

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Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers win. Give it up. He's accurate with

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Speaker 2: beating them both times two hundred and ninety yards, two touchdowns,

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Speaker 2: new interceptions. The Steelers look like the Steelers for at

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Speaker 2: the house that we will repute. They put up thirty

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Speaker 2: all year. Sixty six thousand fans in Pittsburgh go home

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Speaker 2: happy now. Rudolph basically has been all but inactive for

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Speaker 2: three except for three games this season. Again, you make

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Speaker 2: in Las Vegas, just under eleven hours away from kickoff.

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Speaker 2: As we dive heavily into NFL Week sixteen, we bring

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Speaker 2: Guys in the business, say hello to Jared Smith. Jared,

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Speaker 2: how are you, buddy? Long day for you?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, Well it's it's I feel like every Saturday burry.

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Speaker 8: I really don't stop the whole weekend.

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Speaker 2: Well, you're not wrong, You're not wrong, Jared, let's dive

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Speaker 2: right in without further ado the game. I want to

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Speaker 7: In this case, the Lions are coming off of a

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Speaker 2: People should have realized by now that thirty one of

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Speaker 2: another interesting game because the eight and six Colts Jared,

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Speaker 7: I must win, but Lanta is the favorite here and

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Speaker 9: Am I willing to lay three with the Falcons?

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Speaker 2: Game I won't be involved in, just for giggles. Arthur Smith,

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Speaker 7: That Titans offense. The offensive line up front, they did

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Speaker 2: I can't say enough good things about Demico Ryan. This

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Speaker 2: Are you involved in this game, Jared?

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Speaker 9: I kind of like Houston. I lived Houston up in

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Speaker 8: I think I think three is a fair bad.

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Speaker 8: Able to lead that late drive. So I think Houston

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Speaker 2: I'm with you, buddy. Let's jump to the two games

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Speaker 2: They're both ten and four. We don't need to revisit

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Speaker 2: but frankly, I could only look to Miami, but you

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think Miami maybe is the better team, but

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Speaker 7: Both teams are kind of banged up right now, especially

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Speaker 7: And I know Miami viewed is this explosive air raid offense.

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Speaker 8: So the way I originally thought this game was going

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Speaker 9: Yeah, Miami is probably the way to go.

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Speaker 7: And I wouldn't be surprised that this is a little

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Speaker 2: Good stuff. Finally, the game that people are insisting on

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Speaker 2: calling it potential Super Bowl preview, I don't know. Maybe

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Speaker 2: they're right, but Baltimore getting points has been money, especially

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Speaker 8: So I bet over forty six and.

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Speaker 7: were going back and forth and we're all kind of

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Speaker 7: under the impression that if the Niners win, they cover,

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Speaker 7: and if the Ravens win, it's a tight game, like

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Speaker 7: it's either thirty twenty seven Ravens game goes over or

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Speaker 7: it's thirty one seventeen to Niners, then they kind of coast.

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Speaker 7: So I don't see it being like a back and

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Speaker 7: forth game that the Niners win at the Horn. I

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Speaker 7: think if they win this game, it's because they they

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Speaker 7: put the stranglehold on him, and if Lamar Jackson could

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Speaker 7: pull the rabbit out of his hat, then I think

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Speaker 7: the Ravens have MS.

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Speaker 2: Jared, I want to thank you for all your hard

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Speaker 2: work and dedication to this industry and all that you do.

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Speaker 2: Want to wish you and your family and Merry Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Before I let you run. We just got about thirty seconds,

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Speaker 2: so you have a best bet for the folks that

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Speaker 2: you like.

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Speaker 9: You know, I really like the under in Chicago. It's

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Speaker 9: kind of got fought down a little bit, but I

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Speaker 9: forty three and.

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Speaker 7: A half out there right outdoor team or indoor team

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Speaker 7: going outdoors in cold weather, bears defense and playing well

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Speaker 7: and kind of the same vibe. Vegas and Kansas City

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Speaker 7: divisional games, second matchup divisional teams beat numbers have bought

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Speaker 7: down a little bit, so I'd be careful, but I

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Speaker 7: think unders in those two games are probably my favorite

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Speaker 7: players of the league.

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Speaker 2: Jared, thanks so much. Get some mess, buddy, Enjoy your

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Speaker 2: NFL Sunday and Monday, and Merry Christmas.

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Speaker 8: I appreciate it. Mery Christmas everyone out there.

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Speaker 2: All right, that's Jared Smith. You're here on Saturday mornings

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Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Countdown to kick Off with Brian know

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Speaker 2: and Rich Ornberger. We dive into what the NFL playoff

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Speaker 2: picture actually might look like if the season were to

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Speaker 2: end today and give some projections. But first let's go

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Speaker 2: to our guy demand for all seasons, Christmas comes early

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Speaker 2: for the Bernie Fratter show. We are grace with the

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Speaker 2: presidents of Dan Byer tonight.

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Speaker 10: Hello, Bernie, it's great to be with you, and it

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Speaker 10: is great to talk to football and basketball and so

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Speaker 10: much more so, let's dive right in. On Saturday night,

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Speaker 10: Josh Allen ran for two scores through for another, but

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Speaker 10: Tyler Bass saved the day a late field goal with twenty.

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Speaker 3: Eight seconds left.

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Speaker 10: Buffalo survives in LA against the Chargers twenty four to

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Speaker 10: twenty two, as the Bills are now nine and six.

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Speaker 10: Steelers and Bengals now both eight and seven after Pittsburgh

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Speaker 10: took care of Cincinnati thirty four to eleven. George Pickens

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Speaker 10: the big day four catches one hundred and ninety five

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Speaker 10: yards and two touchdowns for the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence is cleared concussion protocol.

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Speaker 10: He'll start for the Jaguars against Tampa on Sunday, but

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Speaker 10: Coldswide receiver Michael Pittman Junior ruled out against the Falcons

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Speaker 10: because of his concussion, so he's not gonna play Sunday.

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Speaker 10: The Dolphins, according to ESPN, are optimistic that Tyree Kill

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Speaker 10: plays against the Cowboys, trying to return from that ankle injury,

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Speaker 10: while Texans wide receiver Nico Collins expected to be back

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Speaker 10: from his calf injury to face the Browns, and the

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Speaker 10: Seahawks should have Gino Smith and Kenneth Walker available against Tennessee.

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Speaker 3: Bunch of Bowl.

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Speaker 10: Games on Saturday, including in Hawaii were Coastal Carolina Takara

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Speaker 10: San Jose State in the Hawaii Bowl twenty four to

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Speaker 10: fourteen in Las Vegas, who was Northwestern topping Utah in

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Speaker 10: the Las Vegas Bowl fourteen to seven. Some NBA news

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Speaker 10: the Pistons have now lost twenty six straight, falling to

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Speaker 10: the Nets one twenty six to one fifteen. They've tied

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Speaker 10: the Caves and Sixers for the longest losing streak in

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Speaker 10: one season the all time Marcus twenty eight games held

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Speaker 10: by the seventy six Ers spanning two separate years. Timberwolves

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Speaker 10: dropped the Kings one ten to ninety eight, Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 10: had thirty four, Klay Thompson twenty eight and the Warriors

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Speaker 10: one twenty six one to six win against the Blazers

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Speaker 10: Luca triple double. MAVs took care of the Spurs one

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Speaker 10: forty four to one to nineteen. No Victor Webbin Yama,

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Speaker 10: who turned his ankle in pregame warmups, while Lebron James

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Speaker 10: had forty points in the Lakers win against Oklahoma City

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Speaker 10: one to one. Twenty college hoops number five, you kind

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Speaker 10: of win against Saint John sixty nine sixty five and

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Speaker 10: on the ice, Kings dropped the Flames five to three,

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Speaker 10: connects over the Shark seven to four, and in a

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Speaker 10: Stanley Cup Final rematch, the Panthers on Saturday top the

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Speaker 10: Golden Knights four to two.

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Speaker 3: Bernie, back to you.

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Speaker 2: Dan, how you feeling, buddy. It's good to have you tonight.

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Speaker 2: And obviously you're like our cal ripken. You play hurt,

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Speaker 2: you play sick, you show up and play everything okay,

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Speaker 2: and you're in buddy.

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Speaker 10: I'll tell you what. It was a rough week I was.

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Speaker 10: I was out of the studio for a while. I

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Speaker 10: think every you know, there's so much going around everywhere,

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Speaker 10: and so I had to take a couple of days off.

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Speaker 10: So this is actually my first Foray back in action

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Speaker 10: since since Thursday. So it's I've been needing to rest up.

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Speaker 10: But I think the rest has helped and I am

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Speaker 10: much better than I was just a few days ago.

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Speaker 2: And and props to you extra points for using the

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Speaker 2: word four A that icly done. Done, by the way, Well,

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Speaker 2: how's little Bronderick doing. He's got to be all fired

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Speaker 2: up about Santa Claus.

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Speaker 3: Oh he is, he is pumped, Yes, he is excited.

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Speaker 10: He's been wanting to open presents for the last three nights,

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Speaker 10: so we've had to actually remove them from the tree.

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Speaker 3: But so the stuff that that mom and.

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Speaker 10: Dad are going to give him have already been removed

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Speaker 10: from the tree, camping till Santa comes Christmas morning.

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Speaker 3: So he is, he is all in on Christmas, and

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Speaker 3: we're looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: And of course you are, along with Mike carm and

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Speaker 2: the Fantasy Gurus, so we want to make sure that

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Speaker 2: folks don't confuse the word four way with former tight

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Speaker 2: End Christian Fourier. You just want to make that distinction.

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Speaker 10: Yes, yes, the popular popular tight End media member as well.

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Speaker 10: And I want your flexes the podcast and then yeah,

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Speaker 10: later on Sunday, George Reister and I five Eastern, two Pacific,

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Speaker 10: and then you're gonna be fun showing us right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I look forward to it. Yeah, Yeah, we'll wrap

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Speaker 2: up what should be very eventful Christmas eve Day and

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Speaker 2: then we'll have a few Christmas Eve highjinks Tomorrow night,

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Speaker 2: five Day Pacific. Thanks Dan, glad to have you tonight,

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Speaker 2: Thanks Bertie. And not only is a little broader followed up,

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Speaker 2: the forty nine ers are followed up. Heading into this week,

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Speaker 2: they were the only team that had actually clinched the

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Speaker 2: playoff berth, but now that number is shooting up. Three

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Speaker 2: more teams joining the Niners in the playoffs. The Eagles

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Speaker 2: and Cowboys have punched their ticket. To even say that anymore?

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Speaker 2: Is that lame? As far as the AFC, the Ravens

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Speaker 2: are the team four spots now clinch, still ten spots

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Speaker 2: up in the air. Who is going to land those

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Speaker 2: coveted positions? Well, we already told you about Buffalo, right.

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Speaker 2: How about the Dolphins ten and four? They've yet to

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Speaker 2: beat a team of the winning record. That could make

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Speaker 2: things interesting over the final three weeks because they're playing

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Speaker 2: three teams that currently have a winning record, Cowboys at

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Speaker 2: Baltimore and then against the Bills. I like the Dolphins.

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Speaker 2: They'll be in the playoffs, so will the Chiefs. Patrick

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Speaker 2: Mahomes has never had to play a road playoff game

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Speaker 2: in his career. That could change. If the Chiefs get

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Speaker 2: the three seed, they'll host a wild card game, but

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Speaker 2: there's a real very so there's a good chance they'll

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Speaker 2: be hitting the road for that divisional round. But they've

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Speaker 2: got the Raiders, Bengals, and Chargers. I think the Chiefs

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Speaker 2: sweep the board and end up twelve and five AFC South.

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Speaker 2: I just mentioned the dogfight with the Jags, Colts, Texans

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Speaker 2: all tied at eight and six right now, I expect

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Speaker 2: the Jags to come out on top. Do it, look now,

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Speaker 2: but Joe Flacco and the Cleveland Browns. Your man crush

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Speaker 2: on Joe Flacco is warranted. Following the run over the Bears.

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Speaker 2: I think the Browns at nine to five are a

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Speaker 2: locked to make the playoffs. I really do. They're at

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Speaker 2: Houston Sunday, but then they host the Jets, and then

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Speaker 2: they've got the Bengals, the Bills. We've told you about

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Speaker 2: the team that I can't say enough can things about

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Speaker 2: and their coach Tamiko Ryan. Yes, you didn't hear this wrong.

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Speaker 2: The Houston Texans. They host to brown to get the

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Speaker 2: Titans or at the Colts. No matter what happens, it's

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Speaker 2: been a resounding success over in the NFC. Forget it,

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Speaker 2: forget about it. The Niners. I'll be shocked if they don't,

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Speaker 2: you know, have the home field by throughout the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: You know where I'm going with that. Now the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: People want to jump ship on this team. It's a

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Speaker 2: week to week league. I'm not remember they were the

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl losers. I say losers in quotes, okay, but

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Speaker 2: in the history of the National Football leta was fifty

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Speaker 2: percent of the time teams that lose the Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: take a nose down the next year. So the Eagles,

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Speaker 2: they're ten and four. They may have lost three in

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Speaker 2: a row and look who they lost two, But I

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Speaker 2: would not go to sleep on this team. Do so

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Speaker 2: at your own risk to get the Giants, Cardinals, n

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Speaker 2: and Giants, Yes the Giants twice. You can call them

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Speaker 2: New York Football Giants if you really want to. They

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Speaker 2: haven't played baseball in the New York Giants since the fifties.

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Speaker 2: Don't be surprised when the Eagles sweep the table and

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Speaker 2: mid up thirteen and four. The Lions looks like they're

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Speaker 2: My beloved Lions are on their way to be NFC

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Speaker 2: North champions, which they haven't been since nineteen ninety three.

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Speaker 2: Their last playoff win January fifth, nineteen ninety two, thirty

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Speaker 2: eight to six over the Cowboys. Jimmy Johnson John Madden

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Speaker 2: down the call that day said you're looking at the

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Speaker 2: two teams of the nineties. He was half right. Dallas

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Speaker 2: Cowboys went on to win three Super Bowls. The Lions

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Speaker 2: still had not won a playoff game. Give it up

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Speaker 2: to Baker Mayfield and my surprise he's doing this. Not

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Speaker 2: really everybody forgets you took over a team in Cleveland

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Speaker 2: that was one in thirty one, got them to the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: got a playoff win, had Kansas City in trouble, and

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Speaker 2: their defense couldn't hold off the homes. You know what happened.

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Speaker 2: Cowboys looks like they're on their way to a wild card.

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Speaker 2: Can they prove us wrong in the road this year?

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Speaker 3: They might?

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Speaker 2: Wouldn't hold your breath. Seahawks the biggest winner of the

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Speaker 2: Seahawks Week fifteen. Check that the biggest winner in the

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Speaker 2: league was the Seahawks in Week fifteen, because last week

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Speaker 2: they weren't projected to make the playoffs, but they upset

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Speaker 2: the Eagles on Monday night. I think the Seahawks can

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Speaker 2: finish ten at seven and get the sixth seed. But

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Speaker 2: they got to do it by beating Tennessee. Then they

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Speaker 2: host Pittsburgh and then they're at the Cardinals. Finally, the

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Speaker 2: Rams give it up to the Rams. Sean mcvayh proving

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Speaker 2: he might be the best coach in the league. Look

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Speaker 2: what he's done. I don't know. It's all conjecture, but

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Speaker 2: the Rams very much alive for that seventh spot wild

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Speaker 2: card and if you want to, if you're in the percentages,

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Speaker 2: the Vikings still have a fifty nine percent chance to

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Speaker 2: make the playoffs, even the Saints and forty five percent.

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Speaker 2: The Packers at seventeen percent, the Falcons at four percent,

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Speaker 2: not so much the Washington Commanders, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers.

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Speaker 2: You're all eliminated. But it's a wide open year. You

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Speaker 2: don't believe me, Okay, Well, anyway, as I promised, what

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Speaker 2: would what would the playoffs look like today? If they

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Speaker 2: started well, the Ravens would be sitting home and taking

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Speaker 2: advantage of a very well deserved buy. But the aforementioned

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Speaker 2: Houston Texas would end of the fray as the seventh seed.

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Speaker 2: They would visit the Dolphins as the number two seed.

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Speaker 2: The Bills, by virtue of what happened today would be

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Speaker 2: the number six seed. They would visit Kansas City. That

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Speaker 2: might be another matchup for the Ages, and finally the

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Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns. They would head to Jacksonville the five seed.

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Speaker 2: The Browns at Jacksonville as the four seed over the

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Speaker 2: NFC obviously you're San Francisco forty nine ers. Well, they

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Speaker 2: would have a buy. The Rams would enter the contest

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Speaker 2: at a seven seed. They would visit the Eagles as

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Speaker 2: the number two seed. The Seahawks my belove alliance. They

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Speaker 2: would have a home playoff game for the first time,

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Speaker 2: I want to say since nineteen ninety four. They would

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Speaker 2: be the number three seed. They would host the Seattle Seahawks,

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Speaker 2: the number six seed. Why might that be interesting? Seattle

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Speaker 2: trumpstam I think week two or week three. Finally, the Cowboys.

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Speaker 2: They would go on the road to face Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys would even the five seed. Tampa Bay would

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Speaker 2: be the four seed. But we all know there are

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Speaker 2: still three more weeks to play and this could get

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Speaker 2: jumbled around quite a bit. I want to remind everybody

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Speaker 2: you football fans be sure to tune into Fox Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio every Sunday morning beginning at ten am. Eastern seven

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Speaker 2: am Pacific for Countdown to Kickoff, presented by bet MGM,

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Speaker 2: Brian No, Jeff Schwartz, my buddy professional better Bill Krackenberger.

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Speaker 2: We'll have you covered three hours before kickoff every Sunday morning.

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Speaker 2: You know that US Sports Building is on pace to

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Speaker 2: surpass one hundred billion dollars this year. You'll probably have

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Speaker 2: a few shekels on Sunday's games coming up. I've got

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Speaker 2: some quick hitters, quick hitters, things you might want to

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Speaker 2: put in your your notes, so to speak, before you

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Speaker 2: fire on all those games Sunday. A total seven NFL

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Speaker 2: games this weekend. By the way, pairing teams five hundred

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Speaker 2: or greater against one another. I think this is one

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Speaker 2: of the toughest cards, honestly, that we've seen in the

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Speaker 2: National Football League all year. We'll chop that up. Coming back,

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Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming to you live from the

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Speaker 2: Come you Live, tyrack dot Com Studios here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Speaker 2: Coming up top of the hour, Medina Magic. We dive

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Speaker 2: into the NBA, because there's always news in the NBA.

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00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 2: John Morant made his return, among other things, and we'll

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Speaker 2: break it down with Mark Medina. But we stick with

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Speaker 2: the NFL because, as I mentioned, there are a lot

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Speaker 2: of tidbits. You know, it's interesting and you already know this,

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Speaker 2: but the road home splits for the Dallas Cowboys are dramatic.

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys are seven and zero in at and T

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Speaker 2: Stadium this season. They're averaging well about forty points a

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Speaker 2: game thirty nine point nine if you're want to be

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Speaker 2: a nerd, and four hundred and thirty one yards of

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Speaker 2: offense per game at home. Yet they're three and four

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Speaker 2: in the road, averaging only twenty one points in three

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Speaker 2: hundred and four yards per game. At home, the com

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Speaker 2: Boys have outscored their opponents by one hundred and seventy

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Speaker 2: one points and on the road, their point differential is

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Speaker 2: minus four. I've never seen a spread that dramatic. As

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Speaker 2: they take on the Miami Dolphins Sunday, we're gonna learn

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Speaker 2: a lot about both of these teams, despite the fact

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Speaker 2: that each is currently ranked as the number two seed

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Speaker 2: in the respective conference in the current NFL playoff picture,

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Speaker 2: both these teams have warts and as I just mentioned,

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Speaker 2: the big elephant in the room for the Cowboys can

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Speaker 2: they win road games? And if the Dolphins can't be

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Speaker 2: a winning team, well, what gives you? Something's got to give? Right?

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Speaker 2: Dallas is just six and fifteen straight up and against

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Speaker 2: the spread away in its last twenty one games against

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Speaker 2: winning teams, including zero to three straight up and against

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Speaker 2: the spread this year, an average lost margin of twenty

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Speaker 2: three points a game. You heard that, right, Miami six

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Speaker 2: and fourteen outright versus teams with the winning record, including

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Speaker 2: zero to three straight up and against the spread this season.

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Speaker 2: If you would have heard me say those statistics without context,

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Speaker 2: you'd think these are two non playoff teams. Who knows,

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Speaker 2: maybe they'll end them a tie. I don't think so.

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Speaker 2: I'm having a hard time not thinking Miami holds serve here.

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Speaker 2: But it may be a close game.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to be involved in the game. I'm

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Speaker 2: just simply not going to be Tua was twenty one

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Speaker 2: to twenty four last week. They beat the Jets thirty

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Speaker 2: to nothing. The Dolphins offensively no issues. They've scored thirty

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Speaker 2: plus points eight times this season. The biggest concern, though,

737
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 2: is the only actually muster two hundred and ninety yards

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Speaker 2: of offense against a pretty good Jets defense, and that

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Speaker 2: doesn't really correlate, right. The truth of the matter is

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Speaker 2: the analytics point to Miami. There's a clincher here. NFL

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Speaker 2: home favorites coming off a home out win. They're ten

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Speaker 2: and two straight up, a nine to three against the

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Speaker 2: number in the last twenty three years, especially when you're

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00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 2: facing an opponent that's coming into the game back to

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Speaker 2: back road games. Other little tidbits you may want to

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Speaker 2: know about the Colts. They're five to one in their

747
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 2: past six games when the line is between plus three

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Speaker 2: and minus three. Note that for Sunday the Jets. They're

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Speaker 2: on to five against the spread this season against teams

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Speaker 2: that they're facing with losing records. Meanwhile, the Packers. They're

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Speaker 2: only one in six against the number in their past

752
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 2: seven games as road favorites. All six Browns road games

753
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,720
Speaker 2: this year have gone over the total this season. Hunting

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Speaker 2: to note as they face Houston, the Bucks on six

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Speaker 2: outright against teams with winning records, so Dallas is not

756
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 2: the only team where that's plagued with that malady this year.

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00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 2: Interesting note if you're a Justin Fields fan, I think

758
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 2: sports a seven and thirty three record as a starter.

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Speaker 2: This is going to be the first time in Justin

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Speaker 2: Field's Chicago Bears history that he's been favored by more

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Speaker 2: than three points. Full disclosure, I did play the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 2: I don't think the Bears should be a lay in

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Speaker 2: four points against the Hobokens effyrs. I think red clots

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Speaker 2: in the Washington Generals would give them a battle. And

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Speaker 2: I don't think there's gonna be a lot of eyeballs

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Speaker 2: tuned into the game. These teams bring a combined total

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Speaker 2: of eight victories into the contest, but the Cardinals at

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Speaker 2: least they cover. They're seven to three against the number

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Speaker 2: when they play back to back road games, and I

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Speaker 2: get a feeling that Kyler Murray has a dation. You

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00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 2: know Arizona has played hard this year. Right, the Bears

772
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,280
Speaker 2: are one and against the number as short non division

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Speaker 2: home chalk and they haven't been home chalk on more

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Speaker 2: than three points in the last three years. Connect the dots.

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Speaker 2: I do like Arizona plus the four in this game.

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Speaker 2: All right, Cowboys, believe it or not, they've covered nine

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Speaker 2: straight games after a loss. They're eleven and one against

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Speaker 2: the spread after a loss in the last three years.

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Speaker 2: Here is the kicker. They head to Miami. They're only

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Speaker 2: one and a half point underdog, so you're banking on

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00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 2: them to win the game if you back the Cowboys

782
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Speaker 2: Broncos the Sunday night game that'll be on Sunday night.

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Speaker 2: Department of Redundancy Department. While I'm on the air these

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Speaker 2: airways five to eight Pacific Sunday. They're only two and

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Speaker 2: ten against the spread as favorites when Russell Wilson has

786
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 2: started in his Broncos career. So they have it again.

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Speaker 2: The total of seven NFL games this week repairing teams

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Speaker 2: that have five hundred or greater records against one another

789
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 2: and the lead. There's been sixty nine such matchups this season,

790
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Speaker 2: and the team coming off a loss is actually twenty

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00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 2: three and seventeen against the number. So that's promising news

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00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 2: for Dallas, Jacksonville, Minnesota, and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh already hit that number.

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00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 2: They covered as a dog today. Coming up. Lots of

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00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 2: news in the NBA. Mark Mendina Medina Magic keep it locked.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's right, you heard the man. My name is Bernie Frattle.

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Speaker 2: We continue with the Bernie Frattle Show. We're coming to

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Speaker 2: you live from the tyrack dot com studios here in

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Speaker 2: way tied buying should be. Well, let's see, we had

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Speaker 2: a team. Hang a banner. John Morant makes his return,

804
00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 2: breaking news. The Pistons lost again. That's why every Saturday night,

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00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 2: midnight Pacific, it's that time, bringing our guy, Mark Medina

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00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,760
Speaker 2: Medina Magic covers the NBA for US or Fox Sports

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00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 2: Radio NBA Guru. Never a shortage of news. Mark. I'll

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00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 2: get to some of those other issues, but I want

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Speaker 2: us to mark our calendars for January tenth, when the

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Speaker 2: San Antonio Spurs will host your Detroit Pistons. Pistons currently

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Speaker 2: two with twenty seven and by the way, by the way, man,

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Speaker 2: why are.

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Speaker 11: You subjecting us to this? This is terrible basketball.

814
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 2: I'm I'm enjoying it. Every minute of this I got marked.

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Speaker 2: You know, I covered the Detroit Lions from ninety eight

816
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,760
Speaker 2: to eight, creating post and eight. They were oh and sixteen.

817
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 2: And the one thing I took away as the season

818
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Speaker 2: war on, will we became a national story? People like

819
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Speaker 2: Jim Rome openly re you know, rooting for the Lions

820
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Speaker 2: to lose all games. I'm not rooting for the Pistons

821
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Speaker 2: to lose. But what my My biggest takeaway from covering

822
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 2: that season is that when teams came to town and

823
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 2: when the Lions went on the road, nobody wanted to

824
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 2: be the team that got beat by the Lions. And

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Speaker 2: I'm starting to feel that with the Pistons. They not

826
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Speaker 2: only lose, they lose by twelve points a game. In

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Speaker 2: mark if you look at their schedule, they could easily

828
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Speaker 2: be two and thirty five when that January tenth game

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Speaker 2: rolls around, Your thoughts on what's going on in Detroit.

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Speaker 11: It's just mind boggling because when you're looking at their

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Speaker 11: twenty six game losing streak, you know they're joining teams

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Speaker 11: like the twenty ten to eleven Cleveland Cavaliers in twenty

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Speaker 11: thirteen fourteen Philadelphia seventy six ers. What was notable about

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Speaker 11: those teams. The Cavs were without Lebron James for the

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Speaker 11: first season, so we knew they were going to be terrible.

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Speaker 11: The Philadelphia seventy six Ers are all about tanking and

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Speaker 11: trusting the process. Going into this season, the Pistons were

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Speaker 11: seeing as this young, up and coming team with a

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Speaker 11: veteran head coach and Monty Williams that could make some noise. Now,

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00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 11: it wasn't about obviously contending for championships. It was probably

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00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 11: ambitious to think of them as a playoff team, but

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00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 11: they were thought of, this is a team that's going

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Speaker 11: to be a tough out. They're young, they can be competitive.

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Speaker 11: Maybe they're that sneaky good playing type teams kind of

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Speaker 11: like what we've seen with you Orlando Magic, right of

846
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 11: being this young, up and coming team that could be

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Speaker 11: a playing team or make the playoffs. But they've just

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Speaker 11: been terrible across the board. And even if individually they're young,

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Speaker 11: guys can be good. You know, at Cade Cunningham and

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Speaker 11: Jay and Ivy. The fact that they are just terrible

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Speaker 11: defensively in every way of allowing points, you know, giving

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00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:42,760
Speaker 11: up all these fouls, it's a reflection of yeah, they're young,

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Speaker 11: but you got to have someone like Money Williams, like

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Speaker 11: actually hold these guys accountable and developed them the right way.

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Speaker 11: And while I do put most of the blame on

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Speaker 11: Troy Weaver with roster construction, you have to point some

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Speaker 11: blame at Money, like they gave them the bag to

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00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 11: be the head coach here, and he had a resume

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Speaker 11: with the Phoenix Suns with gaining them to the finals

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Speaker 11: in twenty twenty one, obviously with a much better roster,

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Speaker 11: more accomplished ross. But they thought this is a guy

862
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 11: that's going to have credibility and it's going to lay

863
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 11: it down a foundation. And all I'm saying is just

864
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 11: young guys play on the playground not knowing what they're doing.

865
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,920
Speaker 2: Well, speaking of the seventy six ers, the next conversation

866
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 2: will be the nineteen sixty seven seventy six ers who

867
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 2: went nine and seventy three, and they were mark Believe

868
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 2: it or not, they were four and fifty eight on

869
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 2: Valentine's Day, got hot down the stretch when five and

870
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Speaker 2: two and ended up nine and seventy three. But I digress.

871
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 2: John Morant made a spectacular return this week. Your thoughts

872
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 2: on that and can he help elevate the ment fis

873
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:51,720
Speaker 2: Grizzlies perhaps back into a conversation. They're nine and nineteen.

874
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 2: But look, look what the Lakers did last year after

875
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 2: his slow start, so you really can't count him out.

876
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:00,799
Speaker 11: Yeah, pleasantly surprised with John Morant's play, only because I

877
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,879
Speaker 11: thought that he would show some limitations of this conditioning

878
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 11: and ross, et cetera. I didn't expect them to hit

879
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 11: a game winning shot his first game off the bat.

880
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 11: I thought, well, we saw this week would be something

881
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 11: that would happen next week. Now, see your question, can

882
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 11: the Grizzlies make up enough ground? Look, a three game

883
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:24,280
Speaker 11: winning streak helps, but they're ninety nineteen. You know the Timberwolves,

884
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 11: which you know owns the best record in the Western Conference,

885
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 11: that's twenty two and six. I did the math here,

886
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 11: they're thirteen games behind there, and you know when you're

887
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 11: looking at the more realistic teams that they're going to

888
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 11: have to contend with to get, you know, into the playoffs.

889
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 11: You know number six with Dallas, they're eight and a

890
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 11: half games back there. Now to your point, there is

891
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 11: plenty of season left, but that's a lot of make

892
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,760
Speaker 11: look around to make up, only knowing that these teams

893
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,879
Speaker 11: in the West are also going to win a lot

894
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 11: of games. So I would be surprised if they can

895
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,760
Speaker 11: make it into the playoffs or even as a playing team.

896
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 11: Obviously we have John Morant. He gives them a chance

897
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 11: as long as he's producing a high level and not

898
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,839
Speaker 11: posting guns on Instagram live. I think they're in good

899
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 11: ship now.

900
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 2: Fair enough, And you brought in the You brought up

901
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 2: the playing tournament, which is important because there's fifty four

902
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 2: games left and they're only five games back in the

903
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 2: lost column to catch either the Golden State Warriors or

904
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 2: the Lakers. So you really can't come out. We'll just see, well,

905
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 2: we'll follow it all year. That's why we have you

906
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 2: on every Saturday night. Speaking of the Lakers, they got

907
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 2: a victory Saturday night, but after winning the coveted NBA Cup,

908
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 2: they went one and four, and I actually heard somebody

909
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 2: utter the word panic.

910
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 3: Is that fair?

911
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 11: No, you don't panic in December, I think clearly it

912
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,239
Speaker 11: showed a few things. They cared more about the n

913
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 11: Season tournament than the other regular season games. They're playing

914
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 11: a lot of games on the road. They had some

915
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:59,320
Speaker 11: overlapping injuries. But you know, they may have felt internally,

916
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 11: we got to win this game against Oklahoma City just

917
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 11: to feel good about ourselves. But you know, I think

918
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,919
Speaker 11: a lot of that's circumstantial. And while it's not good

919
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 11: that you have to rely on Lebron James at age

920
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 11: thirty eight and going to turn thirty nine in a

921
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 11: few days, to just play out of his absolute mind

922
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 11: as if he's in his prime again, I think these

923
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 11: things are short term. You know, outside of Gave Vincent,

924
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 11: who might have surgery with his injury, I expect that

925
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 11: this team to be mostly healthy for the rest of

926
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:32,760
Speaker 11: the season. So, yeah, they have a tough one against

927
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Speaker 11: the Celtics because they're the best team in the East.

928
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 11: I think beyond that they'll start winning some more games.

929
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 11: But look, the West is very fluid and tough. You know,

930
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 11: you have the Warriors. They're coming off a five game

931
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:48,279
Speaker 11: winning streak and onward, you know, Kway Thompson's start to

932
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 11: get back to old Klay and Steph Curry is playing

933
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 11: out of his mind per usual, and they have a

934
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:59,440
Speaker 11: lot of good, good young guys with Brandon's game, Trace,

935
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 11: Tracy Jackson, Davis that they have a pretty good thing

936
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,439
Speaker 11: rolling with them, you know, leaning on their championship core

937
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 11: players outside of Draymond because of his suspension, but finding

938
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 11: a lot of good young guys that can actually play

939
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 11: on a consistent basis.

940
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 2: Total with Mark mcdin and Medina Magic every Saturday night

941
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 2: midnight on the Bernie Fratter Show, Let's talk about the

942
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 2: other team in Los Angeles. The Clippers had won eight

943
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 2: in a row before dropping their last two. They show flashes. Honestly,

944
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 2: they've caught my attention. Can they sustain it?

945
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,839
Speaker 11: That's the ultimate question. It really comes down to can

946
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 11: they stay healthy? History shows they can. But I think

947
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 11: when you're looking at a chemistry standpoint with all these players,

948
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 11: with James Harden, clearly they've unlocked some initial thing, wellmocked

949
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,400
Speaker 11: some things after showing some initial struggles. And here's what

950
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 11: it is. James Harden is the primary playmaker. Russell Westbrook's

951
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 11: coming off the bench, and it's about Kawhi Leonard playing

952
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:02,800
Speaker 11: as the focal point. Now, obviously their past two losses

953
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 11: coincide with the fact that he was out with the

954
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 11: left heel injury. It's considered day to day. It doesn't

955
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 11: help that they went up against the Celtics. They're the

956
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 11: best starting lineup in the NBA. But when you look

957
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 11: at Kawhi Leonards numbers in November to December, it's like

958
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 11: a seven point differential. He was around twenty two in

959
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,280
Speaker 11: November twenty nine in December, even with the same amount

960
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 11: of shots, just a lot more efficient. I think what

961
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:29,840
Speaker 11: a product of that is. You know, their offense is

962
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,919
Speaker 11: more involved movement than just playing one on one, So

963
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:35,879
Speaker 11: that's a good recipe. But you know, look, I think

964
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:39,040
Speaker 11: the theme that we're talking about this segment onward is

965
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,680
Speaker 11: that the west landscape is just so loaded that you know,

966
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 11: I don't think I think that they're stealing even with

967
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:50,320
Speaker 11: healthy it's getting the second round. But that's all on taper.

968
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 3: You know.

969
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,799
Speaker 11: We know with the NBA, things are always fluid from

970
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 11: a health standpoint, from top to bottom with each team.

971
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 11: So you know, as long as they try to play

972
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 11: the their abilities with their chemistry, that's all they can

973
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 11: ask for. And so far, outside of these two recent losses,

974
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 11: they've been playing at their absolute test.

975
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 2: Last one for me, Mark, I'm glad you mentioned in

976
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 2: Minnesota Timberwolves. They're electric and I think they might be

977
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:17,319
Speaker 2: for real because they're twelve and one a home, they're

978
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,240
Speaker 2: fifty and three against their conference, four and zho against

979
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 2: their division and on any given night, honestly, they can

980
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 2: beat anybody. Do you continue them check that? Do you

981
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:27,840
Speaker 2: expect them to sustain this?

982
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 11: I do expect them to sustakes. They're the real deal.

983
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 11: I mean, they have a core players, mostly with Anthony

984
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,400
Speaker 11: Edwards in Karl Anthony Towns, that have played really well together.

985
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 11: There's no personality conflicts. They respect each other's roles. Anthony

986
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:47,719
Speaker 11: Edwards is not a rising star. He is a star

987
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,879
Speaker 11: in the NBA. And the other thing that's been much

988
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 11: different than last season is they found a way for

989
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 11: Rudy Golbert and Karl Anthony Towns to really co exist.

990
00:50:58,560 --> 00:50:58,719
Speaker 3: Well.

991
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:01,400
Speaker 11: I don't think that they're ever any personality things. It

992
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 11: was just schematics. But Rudy Goldber is playing at a great

993
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 11: defensive level. Karl Alton Towns is playing as a modern

994
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 11: big man, where you know, he's mostly a good outside

995
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 11: shooter and he still has a touch inside. But you know,

996
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,359
Speaker 11: when I'm looking at the Western Conference, I would still

997
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:21,120
Speaker 11: favor the Denver Nuggets because of their continuity, their experience,

998
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,800
Speaker 11: the fact that they're coming off of championship. But look again,

999
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 11: the theme of this Western Conference is that it's so

1000
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 11: fluid anything can happen. But if I had to give

1001
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,320
Speaker 11: a prediction, it would still be Denver number one.

1002
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,880
Speaker 2: Mark, great stuff as always, Merry Christmas, look forward to

1003
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:38,520
Speaker 2: having you. On Sunday night, seven thirty Pacific. We're going

1004
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 2: to preview the Christmas Day quintuple header as they go

1005
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 2: up against the NFL.

1006
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,799
Speaker 11: Merry Christmas, t Bernie, and yeah, I'm excited. I mean,

1007
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,759
Speaker 11: the NBA is always the gift that keeps on giving

1008
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,280
Speaker 11: during Christmas Day, so it should be a fun, exciting

1009
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 11: slate of games that we'll talk about tomorrow.

1010
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:57,160
Speaker 2: Thanks Mark, and joy your rest ever evening, Mark Ndina

1011
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:02,359
Speaker 2: Medina Magic Every Saturday night at midnight coming up, I'm

1012
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 2: going to defend the team in the National Basketball Association

1013
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 2: that I've often been critical of recently in the last

1014
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 2: couple of years, but I do think they are worthy

1015
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,799
Speaker 2: of this defense. We'll talk about that coming up. I'm

1016
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle. We're coming to you live from Las Vegas,

1017
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 2: Fox Sportsradio, Tarrack dot com studios. Keep it locked. You're

1018
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:27,319
Speaker 2: listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio. All right,

1019
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,120
Speaker 2: back on the Bernie Fraddle Show. Fox Sports Radio, coming

1020
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,839
Speaker 2: to live from the Tyraq dot com studios here in

1021
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,840
Speaker 2: in Las Vegas. Take you up to three am Pacific,

1022
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:40,360
Speaker 2: six a m. Eastern. You know, the Lakers are an organization.

1023
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 2: There are franchise of Arrows, from the Chamberlain era in

1024
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,920
Speaker 2: the sixties to the Elgin Baylor Jerry West era in

1025
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 2: the seventies. Bill Charmon's team in seventy two wins thirty

1026
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 2: three in a row. I was an intern at the

1027
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 2: Forum in nineteen eighty saw Magic's rookie year. Courtside had

1028
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:02,280
Speaker 2: full access the Lakers of the eighties Magic nine finals

1029
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:07,759
Speaker 2: in twelve years, five championships, replaced by Kobe Shaq in

1030
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,760
Speaker 2: the late nineties, Kobe era in the early two thousands,

1031
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:14,479
Speaker 2: and then after a lull, the Lebron era as it were,

1032
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 2: you know in life and maybe certainly in the NBA.

1033
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:23,960
Speaker 2: Some things need more to people than others. Some things

1034
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:29,160
Speaker 2: are more sentimental than others. For instance, when Shaquille O'Neill

1035
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,320
Speaker 2: played in the two thousand and four Olympics in Greece,

1036
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:34,839
Speaker 2: he came back and the first thing a reporter asked

1037
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 2: him was, Shack, that must have been fabulous traveling to Greece.

1038
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,400
Speaker 2: Did you go to the Parthenon? And Shaq looked at

1039
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,600
Speaker 2: him and says, I don't remember. We went to a

1040
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 2: lot of bars. Well. Recently, the decision by the Los

1041
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 2: Angeles Lakers to hang their nd season tournament championship banner, well,

1042
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:56,600
Speaker 2: it's coming to some criticism because the team wasn't planning

1043
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 2: on raising any banners for winning the event, but after

1044
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,840
Speaker 2: some pressure from the league, they decided to do so.

1045
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:07,640
Speaker 2: They on December eighteenth on what is called a single

1046
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,360
Speaker 2: forever banner, where future dates could be added should the

1047
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 2: Lakers win additional in season tournament titles in the future.

1048
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 2: Now people are giving the Lakers heat about this. I'm

1049
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:25,200
Speaker 2: actually defending them because this is what the NBA wanted.

1050
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:29,959
Speaker 2: They wanted the players to take it seriously. They did.

1051
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 2: They wanted attendance to go up it did viewership twenty

1052
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:39,720
Speaker 2: six percent, regionally twenty one percent over games played last

1053
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:44,040
Speaker 2: November apps three point nine million video views. The numbers

1054
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:48,920
Speaker 2: don't lie. It was a success. Lebron clearly wanted this

1055
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,799
Speaker 2: thing more than life itself, and he did it. Give

1056
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 2: the Lakers credit, then he went undefeated through their tournament run.

1057
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:56,440
Speaker 2: They finally they take down the Pacers in the title

1058
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 2: game here in Las Vegas, in a game attended by

1059
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:01,960
Speaker 2: it's not that many people were there. Hate to break

1060
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:06,960
Speaker 2: it to you, but the tournament itself, frankly was his success.

1061
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 2: And the league says, no, you're hanging that Dann banner

1062
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:12,960
Speaker 2: because you're going to forever be known as the team

1063
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,719
Speaker 2: that won the first ever en season tournament. Now that

1064
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:17,799
Speaker 2: may become more of a known commodity as the years

1065
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:22,320
Speaker 2: go on. This tournament isn't going anywhere anytime soon and forever.

1066
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,839
Speaker 2: When they were at the history books, the Lakers aren't

1067
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,719
Speaker 2: a kind of franchise, whether it means anything now or not.

1068
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 2: And how Shack feels about it, I guess is your element.

1069
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 2: People can criticize all they want, but nothing can change

1070
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 2: the fact that the Lakers were the first team to

1071
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 2: come out on top. Now, Dan Bayer, you've got your

1072
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 2: figure on the pulse as well as anybody, and you

1073
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 2: live there in Los Angeles. First of all, what is

1074
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:47,680
Speaker 2: your personal take? And what has been the temperature of

1075
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:49,800
Speaker 2: the surrounding area since they hung the banner?

1076
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 3: You know?

1077
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:53,320
Speaker 10: The sense that I got, Bernie was that Laker fans

1078
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:56,440
Speaker 10: looked at this version of the Lakers through that end

1079
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 10: season tournament is saying, all right, this is the version

1080
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:01,840
Speaker 10: that we need in April, May and June. Wasn't as

1081
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:04,399
Speaker 10: much about the trophy, but to say, like, all right,

1082
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 10: this is the team that we need to play in

1083
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,440
Speaker 10: how they need to play if they're going to compete

1084
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:13,839
Speaker 10: and compete for the Larry O'Brien Trophy and the real

1085
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,120
Speaker 10: trophy for what it is. So that was the sense

1086
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:19,400
Speaker 10: that I got from Laker fans in this city. It

1087
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 10: wasn't as much about beating the Pacers. It was showing

1088
00:56:22,719 --> 00:56:24,879
Speaker 10: the metal that all right, okay, this is a team

1089
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 10: that can compete, make it back to the Western Conference

1090
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,600
Speaker 10: finals and fare better hopefully for them than they did

1091
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 10: a year ago.

1092
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,720
Speaker 2: And I think that's fair. But in a single elimination tournament,

1093
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:36,880
Speaker 2: you only got to beat a team once. Some of

1094
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:39,160
Speaker 2: these teams, you're going to be four times in two weeks,

1095
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 2: and I guess that's the story we'll wait for in

1096
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:43,880
Speaker 2: April and May when it rolls around. But heading up

1097
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 2: to before haying the banner, what were your personal thoughts?

1098
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 2: Was it warranted, did it not sit right with you?

1099
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,880
Speaker 2: Or again, did they acquiesce and do the right thing?

1100
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:56,120
Speaker 2: Because this is what this is what Adam Silver wanted.

1101
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:58,440
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm a bit all over the map on this,

1102
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:01,440
Speaker 10: and I don't mind admitting them changing my tune because

1103
00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 10: I kind of felt that the whole thing was a

1104
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:07,120
Speaker 10: farce and even used the Lakers as an example of

1105
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:09,799
Speaker 10: a team that we would poke fun of if they

1106
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:13,359
Speaker 10: if they won the tournament, that we would say, hot, see,

1107
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:16,440
Speaker 10: Lebron's only getting it done in the inn season tournament.

1108
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,800
Speaker 10: Now I can't get it done unless it's a bubble

1109
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 10: championship with the Lakers, those sort of things, And I

1110
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,560
Speaker 10: do think that that has happened. I believe that has

1111
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 10: happened that at some points over these last couple of weeks.

1112
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:32,160
Speaker 10: But the banner portion of it is, well, Bernie is

1113
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 10: one where I was on the side of, well, you're

1114
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,200
Speaker 10: not going to put that up that is that is

1115
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:41,160
Speaker 10: Colts esque, as we like to point to from when

1116
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 10: they made it to the AFC Championship game years ago.

1117
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,560
Speaker 10: Now when I look at it and you know, to

1118
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:52,320
Speaker 10: hear what you said, and there is extreme pressure from

1119
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:56,919
Speaker 10: the league, and in the league's mind, the Lakers winning

1120
00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:59,400
Speaker 10: is the best thing for the tournament. In my mind,

1121
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 10: I thought the best thing for them would have been

1122
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,120
Speaker 10: the Nuggets or a team like the Pacers to win it.

1123
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:08,640
Speaker 10: Nuggets validates the legitimacy of the Ncason Tournament. By having

1124
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 10: your defending NBA champions win the tournament. Pacers, you now

1125
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 10: take a team that would be up and coming and

1126
00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 10: maybe is becoming a team now to watch in the

1127
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 10: Eastern Conference. Those were the values of it. But once

1128
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 10: the Lakers won, Bernie and I got pasted all of that.

1129
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:25,840
Speaker 10: I think I have arrived at the same conclusion that

1130
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 10: you have, and that is it's a league pressured event

1131
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 10: and the league isn't looking at what we look at.

1132
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:35,160
Speaker 10: Where when we look at the banner in twenty twenty

1133
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:38,440
Speaker 10: three and twenty twenty four, the League's gonna look at

1134
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:40,400
Speaker 10: it from the sake of what do we think in

1135
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:43,680
Speaker 10: twenty twenty nine, what do you think in twenty thirty two,

1136
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 10: what do we think in twenty thirty six? You know,

1137
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,560
Speaker 10: do those years on that banner mean a little bit more?

1138
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 10: Is it now more of a long play sort of thing.

1139
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:55,600
Speaker 10: I think it's just very easy to be cynical in

1140
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:57,840
Speaker 10: the moment because I was one of them. But it's

1141
00:58:57,880 --> 00:59:02,000
Speaker 10: such a longer term play for them that it makes sense.

1142
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 10: And so I guess in a way I get it.

1143
00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:06,640
Speaker 2: Well, said Dan covered a lot of good ground there,

1144
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:10,360
Speaker 2: and you know I have a saying there are objective

1145
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:16,440
Speaker 2: truths and personal feelings. Objectively, this tournament was an unqualified success.

1146
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:20,400
Speaker 2: I mentioned the numbers the group play games. The viewership

1147
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 2: was up twenty percent over games last November. National games

1148
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:27,200
Speaker 2: up twenty six percent. League's average attendance was over eighteen thousand.

1149
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 2: This is what the NBA was looking for in November,

1150
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:35,080
Speaker 2: when college football is reaching its crescendo. The NFL is

1151
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 2: hot and heavy. The NBA wanted energy. They wanted excitement.

1152
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:41,919
Speaker 2: They wanted a reason for its fan base to care

1153
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 2: about the first twenty games of an eighty two game

1154
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:48,240
Speaker 2: season without waiting for the traditional de facto opening day,

1155
00:59:48,760 --> 00:59:51,720
Speaker 2: which is Monday, Christmas Day. It's an eighty two game season,

1156
00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 2: and whether it's winning the NBA Cup or collecting a

1157
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:58,439
Speaker 2: five hundred thousand dollars prize, the players appeared to be

1158
00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:02,480
Speaker 2: very invested. If you saw that Lakers Suns game on

1159
01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:04,480
Speaker 2: the Tuesday night before the finals, before they got to

1160
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:08,280
Speaker 2: the group, before it was heated, So there was no

1161
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 2: lethargy in any of these playoff games. The players actually

1162
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:15,480
Speaker 2: ended up liking it too. Lebron James said many times

1163
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:19,240
Speaker 2: he noted the competitiveness of the Ncason Tournament games. Then

1164
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:22,520
Speaker 2: people can argue about the neon red courts, or the

1165
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:26,400
Speaker 2: point differentials, or any of the disapprovals or the grievances

1166
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,680
Speaker 2: or the gimmickry of it, but the truth of the

1167
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:32,560
Speaker 2: matter is even Draymond Green said the games had a

1168
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:36,240
Speaker 2: playoff like intensity on T and T. Stan Van Gundy,

1169
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:39,200
Speaker 2: one of my favorites, who's never going to be confused

1170
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:43,760
Speaker 2: for a company man, said, quote, NBA basketball has never

1171
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:47,080
Speaker 2: been more fun in November and early December end quote.

1172
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 2: And before the quarterfinal game against the Lakers, even Frank

1173
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 2: Vogel said, the Suns coach said, whatever they said, this

1174
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:58,040
Speaker 2: was going to do. From an excitement standpoint, I would

1175
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:03,560
Speaker 2: say times at times, you've got coaches, fans, players, executives.

1176
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 2: Whether you like it or not, whether your personal feelings

1177
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 2: suggest that it's bothersome to you, the numbers show that

1178
01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:15,480
Speaker 2: this was a success. Such a success, you're not gonna

1179
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:19,640
Speaker 2: believe what other major sport. I'm not kidding. They've already

1180
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:23,080
Speaker 2: drawn up a model for it is considering an in

1181
01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:26,440
Speaker 2: season tournament. I'm gonna give that to you coming up.

1182
01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:28,240
Speaker 2: But first, just go to our guy by the way, Dan,

1183
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:30,000
Speaker 2: I think you were with me in two or three

1184
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:32,640
Speaker 2: weeks ago. Since then, the Bucks nine to one, and

1185
01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 2: they won seven in a row, a tidy twenty two

1186
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:38,000
Speaker 2: and seven, sixteen and two at home. Can we keep

1187
01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,000
Speaker 2: it in this slot? Dan, Maybe the Bucks just win

1188
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:40,680
Speaker 2: the whole thing again.

1189
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:44,160
Speaker 3: I was gonna say, talk to me in April, Birdie.

1190
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:47,160
Speaker 3: That's all that. That's all that, that's all that matters.

1191
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:51,680
Speaker 10: Right then, talking about playoff seeding in the National Football League,

1192
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:54,440
Speaker 10: and if the season ended right now, the Buffalo Bills

1193
01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:57,480
Speaker 10: would be a sixth seed in the American Football Conference.

1194
01:01:57,520 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 10: This after their twenty four to twenty two win over

1195
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 10: the Church Argers on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

1196
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 3: It wasn't easy.

1197
01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 10: Tyler Bass's field goal with twenty eight second left twenty

1198
01:02:06,360 --> 01:02:09,160
Speaker 10: eight seconds left, one at four a Buffalo. They are

1199
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:12,000
Speaker 10: now nine and six, seventy five percent chance of making

1200
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,400
Speaker 10: the playoffs now for the Bills, Steelers and Bengals played

1201
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,680
Speaker 10: in Pittsburgh and it was all Steelers. Thirty four to

1202
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:20,520
Speaker 10: eleven was the final, as both teams are now eight

1203
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:23,439
Speaker 10: and seven on the season, looking ahead to a full

1204
01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:27,040
Speaker 10: slate of matchups coming up in week sixteen later on today,

1205
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:30,360
Speaker 10: the Dolphins are optimistic the wide receiver Tyreek Hill will

1206
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 10: play for Miami against the Cowboys.

1207
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:33,920
Speaker 3: That's according to ESPN.

1208
01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:37,160
Speaker 10: The Seahawks and Titans kickoff at one o'clock Eastern time.

1209
01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:40,320
Speaker 10: Seattle should have quarterback Gino Smith and running back Kenneth Walker.

1210
01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:42,960
Speaker 10: The third for that game will Ryan Tannehill is expected

1211
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:46,560
Speaker 10: to start at quarterback for Tennessee Colts, wide receiver Michael

1212
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:49,120
Speaker 10: Pittman Junior was ruled out of their game against Atlanta

1213
01:02:49,160 --> 01:02:52,520
Speaker 10: because of his concussion. Trevor Lawrence cleared concussion protocol and

1214
01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:55,440
Speaker 10: we'll start for the Jaguars against Tampa and Nico Collins

1215
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,440
Speaker 10: expected to return from his calf injury to play against

1216
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 10: the Browns for the Texans at the Easy Post Hawaii

1217
01:03:01,520 --> 01:03:04,880
Speaker 10: pult coastlu Carolina top San Jose State twenty four to fourteen.

1218
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:07,800
Speaker 10: At the Las Vegas Bowld Northwestern a winner against Utah

1219
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,920
Speaker 10: fourteen to seven. Pistons have now lost twenty six in

1220
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 10: a row that ties an NBA mark set by the

1221
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:16,920
Speaker 10: Caves and Sixers for the longest losing streak in one season.

1222
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:19,920
Speaker 10: Final score of Brooklyn won twenty six Detroit one point fifteen.

1223
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:23,400
Speaker 10: Timberwolves won in Sacramento behind Anthony Edwards thirty four points

1224
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 10: one ten to ninety eight, Lebron at forty and the

1225
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:27,600
Speaker 10: Lakers one twenty nine to one to twenty win in

1226
01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:30,280
Speaker 10: Oklahoma City, Well, the Warriors were won twenty six one

1227
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:33,120
Speaker 10: oh six victors against the Blazers and Luka Dantcich thirty

1228
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:36,360
Speaker 10: nine points, twelve rebounds, ten assists. MAVs top the Spurs

1229
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:40,120
Speaker 10: one forty four to one nineteen. Bernie, back to you.

1230
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:43,280
Speaker 2: Much like Michael Jordan and the Flu Game, Dan Byer

1231
01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 2: is shown he can bring it when he's nowhere near

1232
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,320
Speaker 2: one hundred percent. Jan enjoy your Sunday. We'll hear you

1233
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:49,800
Speaker 2: on the airwaves. Sunday afternoon.

1234
01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:51,160
Speaker 3: Thanks Bernie, talk to you letter.

1235
01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:54,560
Speaker 2: All right. That's the great Dan Bayer Tonight Show, brought

1236
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:57,800
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1240
01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:10,080
Speaker 2: you just heard me sing the praises of the n

1241
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:13,880
Speaker 2: season tournament, forget subjectivity, forget whether I cared about it

1242
01:04:13,960 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 2: or not I paid attention. It's objectively true. It was

1243
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:22,919
Speaker 2: a success. Such a success you're not gonna believe who

1244
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:27,760
Speaker 2: is now exploring the possibility of an in season tournament

1245
01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:31,320
Speaker 2: in their own league. If you guessed Major League Baseball,

1246
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:35,680
Speaker 2: you guessed right, Yeah, it's true. Now. A year ago,

1247
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:38,520
Speaker 2: during the winter meetings, what was the talk. What was

1248
01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:43,560
Speaker 2: the buzz? A pitch clock infield, shift restrictions, bigger bases,

1249
01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:47,760
Speaker 2: a limit on pickoff attempts. It was a lot. People

1250
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:51,800
Speaker 2: criticized it, but guess what. It also proved to be

1251
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:56,640
Speaker 2: a success. Games were shorter, plenty of action, batting averages

1252
01:04:56,680 --> 01:05:01,640
Speaker 2: went up, stolen bases increased, and improvement all around. Rob

1253
01:05:01,720 --> 01:05:06,320
Speaker 2: Manfred said what else can we tinker with? Last month,

1254
01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:11,280
Speaker 2: ESPN reported Major League Baseball as considering shaving two seconds

1255
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 2: off the pitch clock with runners on base. They did it.

1256
01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:20,720
Speaker 2: Now Major League Baseball continues to explore more ways to

1257
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:25,120
Speaker 2: quote improve its product. It's now taking a look at

1258
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:30,439
Speaker 2: what happened in the NBA this last month. They were

1259
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 2: just in opry Land for the Winter meetings, and the

1260
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 2: NBA continued its popular n season tournament with the two

1261
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,880
Speaker 2: quarterfinal matchups last week couple weeks ago, and then of

1262
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:46,080
Speaker 2: course it concluded in Las Vegas two weeks ago tonight. Now,

1263
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:50,320
Speaker 2: when the NBA in season tournament was initially announced, it

1264
01:05:50,360 --> 01:05:53,680
Speaker 2: was met with a lot of skepticism and even more confusion.

1265
01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 2: But as I've said, the NBA accomplished its goal. They

1266
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:03,439
Speaker 2: sparked more interest in regular season games. Players have decided, yeah,

1267
01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:06,720
Speaker 2: you know what, this tournament matters, and that's what matters.

1268
01:06:07,360 --> 01:06:10,720
Speaker 2: Will the prestige come in the tournament? Maybe in time,

1269
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:16,200
Speaker 2: I'm guessing it might. Now, if baseball actually does this,

1270
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:20,959
Speaker 2: it's gonna have to be collectively bargained by Major League

1271
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:24,520
Speaker 2: Baseball in the players Association, and they haven't discussed the

1272
01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:27,840
Speaker 2: topic with the union. From what I'm hearing, but that

1273
01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:31,360
Speaker 2: could always change. So what in the world would an

1274
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:37,880
Speaker 2: MLB in season tournament look like. Well, here's the hypothetical framework. First,

1275
01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:42,440
Speaker 2: you'd have group play, five groups of six teams. The

1276
01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:45,760
Speaker 2: difference is you'd have a three game series between each

1277
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:49,680
Speaker 2: team and each group for fifteen total group play games.

1278
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:52,400
Speaker 2: Remember Major League Baseball, you don't go into a city

1279
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:53,919
Speaker 2: and play a game. You have a three game series

1280
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 2: or a four game series. So you'd start with group play.

1281
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Speaker 2: Group play would be held during the regular season, and

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01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:02,600
Speaker 2: they would count as regular season games, just like the

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01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:05,640
Speaker 2: NBAS did, except for the final. Then you would get

1284
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:09,120
Speaker 2: to a knockout stage. You would take the five group

1285
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 2: winners in three wild cards. You'd advance to the quarterfinals

1286
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:20,560
Speaker 2: they're talking about in theory the quarterfinals being four three

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01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:24,120
Speaker 2: game series held the weekend heading into the All Star

1288
01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:27,840
Speaker 2: Break and at the higher seeded team's ballpark, So if

1289
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:30,160
Speaker 2: you were a higher seed, you'd get the games at home.

1290
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,160
Speaker 2: The All Star Break is still the best of the

1291
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:37,560
Speaker 2: four All Star Games because they actually play defense. But

1292
01:07:38,040 --> 01:07:41,160
Speaker 2: this might be an interesting wrinkle. Now, the semi finals,

1293
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:44,760
Speaker 2: they would be single elimination games and they'd be a

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01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 2: doubleheader the Friday after the All Star Game, and then

1295
01:07:49,360 --> 01:07:52,920
Speaker 2: the final would be held on Saturday or Sunday. Now

1296
01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,000
Speaker 2: they bring this thing home for the NBA. What did

1297
01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:58,560
Speaker 2: they do well? They said, winner, take off five hundred

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01:07:58,520 --> 01:08:01,600
Speaker 2: and grand per player if you win the whole damn thing.

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01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:05,120
Speaker 2: So what would the incentives be, Well, they would have

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01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:09,280
Speaker 2: players and coaching staffs receive monetary competition, not just for

1301
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:12,440
Speaker 2: winning the tournament, but actually for finishing in second and

1302
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:16,839
Speaker 2: reaching the semi finals. And then they're even talking about

1303
01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:20,559
Speaker 2: the championship team has its first pick and the draft

1304
01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:24,719
Speaker 2: bumped up, or maybe even receiving an extra compensation pick

1305
01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:27,120
Speaker 2: in the file in the in the MLB draft in

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01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:32,679
Speaker 2: the following season. Major League Baseball is also considering adding

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01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:36,560
Speaker 2: a postseason component as reward. You imagine that if you

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01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:38,439
Speaker 2: win the n season tournament the All Star Break, you

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01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:42,160
Speaker 2: qualify for the postseason. That would be a wrinkle. Major

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01:08:42,200 --> 01:08:45,840
Speaker 2: League Baseball has already even talked about potentially making a

1311
01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:50,479
Speaker 2: donation to a charity of choice for the championships team

1312
01:08:51,080 --> 01:08:55,400
Speaker 2: at their discretion the league. Here's another kicker. They could

1313
01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:57,840
Speaker 2: also sell the television rights to a network or a

1314
01:08:57,840 --> 01:09:01,080
Speaker 2: streaming service, which would add another NUE stream, which could

1315
01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:05,720
Speaker 2: be split amongst all the parties. Now there's a lot

1316
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:10,120
Speaker 2: to unpack here, and there's a lot to really wade through.

1317
01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:13,720
Speaker 2: There's gonna be holes that people are gonna find when

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01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:15,760
Speaker 2: you start to think it through. I've got time for

1319
01:09:15,800 --> 01:09:19,519
Speaker 2: that on tonight's show. Any change is undoubtedly going to

1320
01:09:19,560 --> 01:09:23,080
Speaker 2: meet resistance. I think players in clubs are going to

1321
01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:25,320
Speaker 2: be hesitant to add even just a few games to

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01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 2: the schedule. You're already playing one hundred and sixty two,

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01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:32,360
Speaker 2: so those are significant hurdles. But let's not be so

1324
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:37,439
Speaker 2: hasty to think this can't happen. Remember twenty years ago,

1325
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:41,440
Speaker 2: the league in the Union work together and they decided

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01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:45,479
Speaker 2: that making the World Baseball Classic happen would be good.

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01:09:46,040 --> 01:09:49,080
Speaker 2: They agreed in two thousand and five. In two thousand

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01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:54,360
Speaker 2: and six, I flew specifically from Detroit to Anaheim to

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01:09:54,439 --> 01:09:58,200
Speaker 2: see a couple of World Classic World Baseball Classic games,

1330
01:09:58,280 --> 01:10:02,160
Speaker 2: and I was blown away with the pomp and circumstance.

1331
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,880
Speaker 2: Just watching Japan and their team and their pregame warm

1332
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:08,400
Speaker 2: ups and the way they went about their business. I

1333
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:11,439
Speaker 2: couldn't take my eyes off What did to do? It

1334
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:15,479
Speaker 2: actually helped baseball grow the sport. So before you pooh

1335
01:10:15,479 --> 01:10:20,479
Speaker 2: pooh a potential an MLB inn season tournament, I don't know.

1336
01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:22,400
Speaker 2: There's a lot to be ironed out. We're nowhere near

1337
01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:25,160
Speaker 2: having it announced like promise to that, but it could

1338
01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:29,400
Speaker 2: be on the table. This could be an opportunity to

1339
01:10:29,439 --> 01:10:33,080
Speaker 2: boost baseball again. I know Rob Manfred wants to keep trying.

1340
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:39,080
Speaker 2: Speaking of boosting, Yes, victory has its spoils, it has

1341
01:10:39,120 --> 01:10:44,519
Speaker 2: its costs. If you are a Lions fan, which you

1342
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 2: will pay for your ticket Sunday, well actually they're in

1343
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,600
Speaker 2: Minnesota Sunday, But what you pay for your ticket in

1344
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:57,360
Speaker 2: twenty three will be quite a bit different in twenty

1345
01:10:57,400 --> 01:11:01,640
Speaker 2: twenty four. I will explain. I have Bernie Frattle. We

1346
01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:03,759
Speaker 2: are coming to live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports

1347
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:07,160
Speaker 2: Radio tirack dot com studios. Don't go away, you're listening

1348
01:11:07,200 --> 01:11:10,080
Speaker 2: to the Bernie Frattle Show. We're back on the Bernie

1349
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:14,160
Speaker 2: Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio Comedy live from the tyrack

1350
01:11:14,240 --> 01:11:18,479
Speaker 2: dot com studios here in Las Vegas. Lots of stuff

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01:11:18,479 --> 01:11:23,000
Speaker 2: to get to remember. Two am Pacific, five am Eastern,

1352
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:27,200
Speaker 2: Fresh editions of what kind of brand new fool are you?

1353
01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:32,679
Speaker 2: And what my name? The dance sensation sweeping the nation.

1354
01:11:34,080 --> 01:11:36,360
Speaker 2: By the way, folks, football fans, be sure to tune

1355
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:40,640
Speaker 2: into Fox Sports Radio every Sunday morning, beginning at ten

1356
01:11:40,680 --> 01:11:44,519
Speaker 2: am Eastern seven am Pacific for Countdown to Kickoff, presented

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01:11:44,520 --> 01:11:48,680
Speaker 2: by bet MGM, Brian no, Jeff Schwartz, my buddy Professional

1358
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:52,120
Speaker 2: Better Bill Krackenberger. They'll have you covered three hours before

1359
01:11:52,200 --> 01:11:55,920
Speaker 2: kickoff every Sunday morning. Listen to Countdown to Kickoff, presented

1360
01:11:55,920 --> 01:11:58,760
Speaker 2: by bet MGM right here on Fox Sports Radio and

1361
01:11:58,840 --> 01:12:04,439
Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. Well, I am proud that I not

1362
01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:07,559
Speaker 2: only lived I lived in Nova, Michigan, which is about

1363
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:10,960
Speaker 2: halfway between Detroit and Arbor, for seventeen years, and I

1364
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:15,360
Speaker 2: am very proud, truly to have covered the sports teams there,

1365
01:12:15,680 --> 01:12:19,120
Speaker 2: including the Detroit Lions for ten years, part of the

1366
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:21,519
Speaker 2: pre and post ninety eight to two thousand and eight.

1367
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:24,559
Speaker 2: And I always say I saw it all. Nineteen ninety eight,

1368
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:28,479
Speaker 2: I saw Barry Sanders. Last year two thousand and eight,

1369
01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:32,760
Speaker 2: Rod Marinelli, well, the Lions were oer and sixteen, and

1370
01:12:32,920 --> 01:12:36,559
Speaker 2: believe me, I saw everything in between. That's what happens

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01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:40,600
Speaker 2: when you go from Wayne Fonce to Bobby Ross to

1372
01:12:40,720 --> 01:12:42,960
Speaker 2: Gary Muehler in the interim to the Mattin millen era,

1373
01:12:43,479 --> 01:12:48,240
Speaker 2: which is a complete freaking disaster fifty games under five hundred,

1374
01:12:49,080 --> 01:12:52,800
Speaker 2: broke the Rooney rule twice, got into a shotting match

1375
01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:55,000
Speaker 2: with expledives with Johnny Morton in front of women and

1376
01:12:55,080 --> 01:12:59,519
Speaker 2: children one day. Well, by the way, following that, he

1377
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:03,400
Speaker 2: hired Mariucci, hired him fired him on ceremoniously on Thanksgiving

1378
01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:07,519
Speaker 2: Day the day after Thanksgiving in two thousand and five.

1379
01:13:08,760 --> 01:13:11,920
Speaker 2: That opened the door for the legendary Rod Mary Nelly.

1380
01:13:12,120 --> 01:13:16,960
Speaker 2: But I digress. When people say the same old Lions,

1381
01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:21,680
Speaker 2: come on, shut up, please stop with that. None of

1382
01:13:21,680 --> 01:13:24,160
Speaker 2: these people on this roster right now are in the

1383
01:13:24,200 --> 01:13:27,559
Speaker 2: front office or the coaching staff anything to do with

1384
01:13:27,640 --> 01:13:30,479
Speaker 2: those debacles in the last thirty years. I don't know

1385
01:13:30,479 --> 01:13:32,400
Speaker 2: what's gonna happen. Lion's a gonna win their Divisiony're gonna

1386
01:13:32,400 --> 01:13:34,880
Speaker 2: get one home playoff game. They lose a playoff game

1387
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:36,439
Speaker 2: at home, I might have a little leg on my face,

1388
01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:38,800
Speaker 2: but I don't know what's gonna happen. But they're not

1389
01:13:38,840 --> 01:13:41,120
Speaker 2: the same olliance. And if they don't win a home

1390
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 2: playoff game, it has nothing to do with the people

1391
01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:47,720
Speaker 2: in the past then created this lion's reputation. I'm not

1392
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:52,040
Speaker 2: mixed up. They've never been to a Super Bowl. They

1393
01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:54,760
Speaker 2: won their last championship in nineteen fifty seven, the Curse

1394
01:13:54,840 --> 01:13:59,920
Speaker 2: of Bobby Lane. Matt Stafford put his arms around Tom.

1395
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:02,360
Speaker 2: I'm okay, gosh darn it, why am I for the

1396
01:14:02,360 --> 01:14:05,880
Speaker 2: president of the Alliance? Great guy, he's not no longer

1397
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:08,120
Speaker 2: there anymore. But Matt Stafford wanted to be a line.

1398
01:14:08,160 --> 01:14:11,719
Speaker 2: He'd actually gone to Highland Park High School in Dallas,

1399
01:14:12,280 --> 01:14:14,680
Speaker 2: the same high school that Bobby Lane went to, and

1400
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:19,400
Speaker 2: he won the championship in the fifties. So Stafford was

1401
01:14:19,439 --> 01:14:21,479
Speaker 2: the number one pick overall, started right out of the gate,

1402
01:14:21,520 --> 01:14:25,320
Speaker 2: beat out to Dante Klepepper game one before the two

1403
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:29,080
Speaker 2: thousand and nine season. And you know, people who have

1404
01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:31,559
Speaker 2: no clue about what happened in the Stafford era in

1405
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:34,680
Speaker 2: Detroit try to comment on it. Well, he was stalked to, no, no, no,

1406
01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:37,040
Speaker 2: I'll stop it. They were four I get it. The

1407
01:14:37,040 --> 01:14:40,920
Speaker 2: twelve year Stafford was there. In the years they weren't

1408
01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:44,599
Speaker 2: good teams, and Stafford couldn't do much to elevate the team. Okay,

1409
01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:48,080
Speaker 2: so he's not superman. But the three or four years.

1410
01:14:48,080 --> 01:14:51,800
Speaker 2: They did have good teams. Stafford did his part when

1411
01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:54,280
Speaker 2: they lost in the playoffs, and the most notably, I

1412
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:55,960
Speaker 2: will never let him off the hook for what happened

1413
01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:59,240
Speaker 2: in January twenty fifteen against the Dallas Cowboys, when he

1414
01:14:59,280 --> 01:15:01,400
Speaker 2: turned the ball over twice in the fourth quarter where

1415
01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:03,040
Speaker 2: the Lions would have won that game. And the Alliance

1416
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:05,360
Speaker 2: flans want to complain about a referee call because that's

1417
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:08,400
Speaker 2: what happens. They're good fans. They get pissed. But I

1418
01:15:08,479 --> 01:15:12,360
Speaker 2: also digress about what happened then, and no one on

1419
01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:16,200
Speaker 2: the team now should be held liable. Let it go.

1420
01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:19,360
Speaker 2: Let this team be judged down their own merit. They're

1421
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:21,120
Speaker 2: eight and two down the stretch last year, and they're

1422
01:15:21,160 --> 01:15:23,120
Speaker 2: ten and four. They're eighteen and six in the last

1423
01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:24,360
Speaker 2: twenty four games. What do you want? What do you

1424
01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:27,000
Speaker 2: want to win a playoff game? But when he comes

1425
01:15:27,040 --> 01:15:31,320
Speaker 2: with a hefty dose of inflation in Detroit, it's going around. Yes,

1426
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:36,080
Speaker 2: The Lions have notified season ticket holders that twenty to

1427
01:15:36,160 --> 01:15:39,960
Speaker 2: twenty four pricing will come with an average thirty percent

1428
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:46,200
Speaker 2: increase and as much as wait for it, eighty five

1429
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:52,479
Speaker 2: percent bump for certain Ford field seats. Now The price

1430
01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:55,519
Speaker 2: hikes arrived just in time, as the Lions are ten

1431
01:15:55,560 --> 01:15:58,200
Speaker 2: and four and they're closing in on their first Division

1432
01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:01,479
Speaker 2: titles since nineteen ninety three and their first playoff perth

1433
01:16:01,960 --> 01:16:05,320
Speaker 2: since twenty sixteen. Another game match, Stafford struggled in as

1434
01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:08,760
Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks and Russell Wilson wiped the floor with them.

1435
01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:14,080
Speaker 2: But I digress pro teams. Well, you know, across numerous sports,

1436
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:19,200
Speaker 2: they frequently impose price increases when you have winning seasons.

1437
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:23,160
Speaker 2: But the dynamics in Detroit are particularly stark because the

1438
01:16:23,240 --> 01:16:26,880
Speaker 2: Lions have basically kept their prices flat for the last

1439
01:16:26,920 --> 01:16:30,680
Speaker 2: six years. The Lions also have a tremendous supply and

1440
01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:33,320
Speaker 2: demand factor that works strongly in their favor. I've said

1441
01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:38,120
Speaker 2: it a thousand times. Detroit is the best sports town

1442
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:41,720
Speaker 2: in America. Period. You don't have any carpet baggers. You

1443
01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:44,640
Speaker 2: don't have any teams leaving town, no expansion teams, no

1444
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:48,519
Speaker 2: teams transferring end. The transient population in Michigan is maybe

1445
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:53,200
Speaker 2: seven percent. Fans are loyal there, They're fantastic, They support

1446
01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:57,840
Speaker 2: their teams. They've got four prestigious franchises, and I mean that. Okay,

1447
01:16:57,920 --> 01:17:00,280
Speaker 2: the Pistons are down now, but you all know about

1448
01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:02,720
Speaker 2: the Bad Boys, and they won a championship whe they

1449
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:04,920
Speaker 2: beat the Lakers in the five games sweep in four.

1450
01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:09,880
Speaker 2: The Tigers, well, they've not done well recently, but they

1451
01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:12,400
Speaker 2: were a fixture in the World Series about a decade ago.

1452
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 2: And of course the Red Wings obviously Scotty Bowman the

1453
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:20,439
Speaker 2: greatest coach in history. Lions, okay, I get it. And

1454
01:17:20,439 --> 01:17:22,760
Speaker 2: you also got two great big team Big ten teams

1455
01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:25,720
Speaker 2: right around the corner, so fans want to go to

1456
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:28,920
Speaker 2: the games. Ford Field seeds sixty five thousand people. It's

1457
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:32,040
Speaker 2: one of the league's smallest seed capacities, and in twenty

1458
01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:35,080
Speaker 2: twenty three, the team sold out of season tickets for

1459
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 2: the entire season for the first time since two thousand

1460
01:17:38,160 --> 01:17:41,599
Speaker 2: and two. Before the season started, the Lions are averaging

1461
01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:45,680
Speaker 2: sixty five thousand, eighty one in attendance this season. Their

1462
01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:49,160
Speaker 2: average capacity is one hundred and one percent. That's sixth

1463
01:17:49,160 --> 01:17:52,040
Speaker 2: in the league, up from seventeenth last year. And it's

1464
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:55,080
Speaker 2: coupled with the advent of a waiting list for the

1465
01:17:55,080 --> 01:17:58,080
Speaker 2: first time in ford Field history. So this is an

1466
01:17:58,080 --> 01:18:02,160
Speaker 2: increase and it actually follows an extended run. I think

1467
01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:06,120
Speaker 2: of some national showcases for the Lions. Remember the Lions

1468
01:18:06,160 --> 01:18:10,120
Speaker 2: were in twenty twenty two's HBO Sports Hard Knocks. In

1469
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:14,200
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, the Lions have had four prime time games,

1470
01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:18,479
Speaker 2: you know, plus their traditional Thanksgiving game, and by the way,

1471
01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:22,920
Speaker 2: they'll have another one December thirtieth, I believe against the

1472
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:26,559
Speaker 2: Dallas Cowboys, and that could be a postseason preview. Also,

1473
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:31,080
Speaker 2: the Lions have steadily improved their Champion Chip odds with

1474
01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:34,040
Speaker 2: the Lions and they have a five point three percent

1475
01:18:34,880 --> 01:18:38,800
Speaker 2: odds to perhaps win a Super Bowl this year. So

1476
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,680
Speaker 2: there you have it. Sports fans, you may not like it,

1477
01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:46,320
Speaker 2: supply and demand to the victor goes the Spoils and

1478
01:18:46,360 --> 01:18:50,360
Speaker 2: the Lions, well you watch, those fans will still show up.

1479
01:18:50,439 --> 01:18:53,880
Speaker 2: It's only eight home games and Detroit fans, it's the

1480
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:57,559
Speaker 2: best sports town in America. Coming up the Panthers, Raiders,

1481
01:18:57,560 --> 01:19:01,479
Speaker 2: and Chargers. They're telling them different story this offseason, and

1482
01:19:01,520 --> 01:19:03,200
Speaker 2: we're going to take a minute to dive into that.

1483
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:06,720
Speaker 2: It's not too soon. Let's take a look. There are

1484
01:19:06,760 --> 01:19:09,880
Speaker 2: three job openings there and we'll dive into this. I'm

1485
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:12,000
Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle. Keep it locked or listen to The Bernie

1486
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:17,880
Speaker 2: Fraddle Show. On Fox Sports Radio. That's right, you heard

1487
01:19:17,920 --> 01:19:20,280
Speaker 2: the man. The Bernie Fraddle Show keeps rolling right along.

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Speaker 2: My name is Bernie Fraddle. We're coming you live from

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Speaker 2: I will tell you typically when it comes to NFL coaching,

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Speaker 2: a lot of times in life more is said than done,

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Speaker 2: but not when it comes to NFL coaching, which is

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Speaker 2: not for long. You've already got three openings. We expect

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Speaker 2: there to be several more, but for now. And I

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Speaker 2: don't talk about coaches that have their jobs, whether it's

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Speaker 2: Ron Rivera or Matt Ebrisfus, whatever the case may be.

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Speaker 2: Let's deal with the here and now, because there are

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Speaker 2: three openings already. The Chargers, the Raiders, well, I guess

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Speaker 2: you could see the Commanders. I'm not going to go

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Speaker 2: there just yet. Well the Panthers, excuse me, how could

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01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:31,360
Speaker 2: I skip the Panthers? But the two teams really that

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01:20:31,479 --> 01:20:35,680
Speaker 2: I think are seeking comfort and seeking an ability to

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01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:40,120
Speaker 2: sort of reimagine who they are as a franchise. Are

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Speaker 2: clearly the Chargers and Raiders. Now it's pretty obvious if

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01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:48,280
Speaker 2: you look at their track record over the many many years.

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01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:55,719
Speaker 2: They've resisted parting with money, and they've resisted giving true

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01:20:55,840 --> 01:21:00,880
Speaker 2: power and control when they hire head coaches. Their last

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Speaker 2: three coaches were Brandon Staley. You saw what happened there,

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01:21:05,640 --> 01:21:10,919
Speaker 2: Anthony Lynn and you saw what happened there, and Mike McCoy.

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Speaker 2: Those were your past three coaches. I don't know if

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01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:16,840
Speaker 2: any of the three will ever get a head coaching

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01:21:16,920 --> 01:21:19,800
Speaker 2: job again in the National Football League. They might, they'll

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01:21:19,880 --> 01:21:23,880
Speaker 2: end up. They'll always get jobs, but a head coaching job.

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Speaker 2: The problem is none of them, at least while they

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01:21:28,040 --> 01:21:32,760
Speaker 2: showed it during their tenure in Los Angeles. Remember the

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01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:36,320
Speaker 2: Chargers have been in Los Angeles now six years, none

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01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:40,480
Speaker 2: of them possessed the gravitas to change how the Chargers

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01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:45,680
Speaker 2: do business, how they fundamentally operate, how they carve out

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Speaker 2: their niche in the National Football League. One that should

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01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:54,200
Speaker 2: be success when you consider their roster and what has

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01:21:54,240 --> 01:21:57,320
Speaker 2: that done that sort of empowered their team president John Spanos,

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Speaker 2: the Seno or Dean Spanos. Well, anyway you slice it,

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01:22:02,360 --> 01:22:04,640
Speaker 2: and even to a degree, the Rams are somewhat this

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01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:06,800
Speaker 2: way because if you understand how the city of Los

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Speaker 2: Angeles works, the Dodgers are number one and it's not close. Well,

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01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:13,920
Speaker 2: maybe the Lakers are close. The Dodgers the Lakers, and

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01:22:13,920 --> 01:22:16,639
Speaker 2: it used to be USC and everybody else and includes

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Speaker 2: the Rams, and it definitely includes the Chargers. I, for

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Speaker 2: the life of me, having gone to many football games

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Speaker 2: in San Diego, I loved Jack Murphy's Stateum, I don't

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01:22:28,160 --> 01:22:32,719
Speaker 2: care what anybody says. The Chargers were terrific, and they

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Speaker 2: didn't get to one Super Bowl. They were twenty point

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Speaker 2: underdogs to the forty nine Ers in nineteen ninety five

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl thirty nine. Checked that Super Bowl twenty nine,

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01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:44,760
Speaker 2: the lost forty nine to twenty seven. I think, whatever

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01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:49,040
Speaker 2: the case may be, Stan Humphreys, Bobby Ross, look, the

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Speaker 2: Chargers have always been like the little engine that could.

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Speaker 2: They've had offense, they've had electrifying players. They just come close,

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01:22:55,479 --> 01:22:58,800
Speaker 2: but they couldn't get a stadium done down in San Diego,

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01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:00,559
Speaker 2: so they moved to Los Angeles. Don't need to go

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01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:04,600
Speaker 2: through the revisionist history. But what has happened is that

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01:23:04,640 --> 01:23:07,320
Speaker 2: the now that the Chargers are in Los Angeles, they

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01:23:07,320 --> 01:23:13,960
Speaker 2: have seemingly completely embraced their second class citizen status. Why

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01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:17,080
Speaker 2: would they bypass a chance to hire Sean Payton. I

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01:23:17,160 --> 01:23:20,760
Speaker 2: believe if the Chargers had wanted Sean Payton, had met

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01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:23,840
Speaker 2: a sour demands, the Chargers would have gotten Sean Payton.

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01:23:24,120 --> 01:23:29,160
Speaker 2: Denver would not have And typically when questioned on these

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01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:37,400
Speaker 2: types of decisions, the Chargers deflect and look, they struggle.

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01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:39,960
Speaker 2: They just simply struggle. And I think what happened was

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01:23:40,439 --> 01:23:43,320
Speaker 2: a week ago Thursday, the whole world, in front of

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01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:46,719
Speaker 2: God and everybody, you got smoked by the Raiders sixty

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01:23:46,760 --> 01:23:49,160
Speaker 2: three to twenty one. And that's just an absolute Eneughhma

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01:23:49,560 --> 01:23:53,240
Speaker 2: because Chargers fans hate Raiders fans, and then the Raiders

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01:23:53,280 --> 01:23:55,960
Speaker 2: are going nowhere this year. But so to lose sixty

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01:23:55,960 --> 01:23:59,920
Speaker 2: three to twenty one with everybody watching. The question now

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01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:04,600
Speaker 2: is given the fact that the Chargers hired check that

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01:24:04,680 --> 01:24:08,120
Speaker 2: fired Brandon Stally within hours after that game, will it

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01:24:08,280 --> 01:24:11,880
Speaker 2: ultimately motivate the organization to truly quote in these I

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01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:16,200
Speaker 2: believe were Dean Spanos words. Reimagine how they built a

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Speaker 2: championship caliber operation. Okay, you see the name Bill Belichick

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Speaker 2: floated out there. I don't know, man, I just don't know.

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Speaker 2: Would would they really turn over all the operations and

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01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:34,160
Speaker 2: control to Bill Belichick where they meet his salary demands?

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01:24:35,160 --> 01:24:38,439
Speaker 2: And do I think Belichick would go against the Chargers

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Speaker 2: establish ways? Yeah, And I don't know. It's such it's

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01:24:47,479 --> 01:24:51,479
Speaker 2: so highly speculative it's not even worth talking about. And

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01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:53,360
Speaker 2: by the way, if they did that, they'd pipe dude

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01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:55,200
Speaker 2: fairly quick. The Chargers will not even have time to

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01:24:55,240 --> 01:24:58,360
Speaker 2: hire a traditional GM, which would also save them money.

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Speaker 2: The one thing that could knock them out of their

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01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:06,240
Speaker 2: norm is they're very sensitive to the fact that they're

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01:25:06,360 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 2: unwilling to pay money. So if you go with a

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01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:14,120
Speaker 2: Bill Belichick or the other name bandied about Jim Harbaugh

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Speaker 2: and I am told by people I absolutely trust. By

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01:25:18,080 --> 01:25:20,720
Speaker 2: the way, Wednesday night, you'll hear me on these airwaves.

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01:25:21,320 --> 01:25:24,000
Speaker 2: I'll be sitting along with my guy Arnie Span you

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01:25:24,080 --> 01:25:26,560
Speaker 2: for Mike Harmen and Jason Smith that we're gonna have

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01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:28,640
Speaker 2: one of my old crony's from Detroit, Jeff Rieger. Come on,

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01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:32,000
Speaker 2: we're gonna talk about the Harball situation, the likelihood that

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01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:34,080
Speaker 2: he leaves in Michigan, the dynamics there, and where he

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01:25:34,160 --> 01:25:36,559
Speaker 2: might end up. But I'm telling you I have heard

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Speaker 2: from people I absolutely trust that Jim Harbaugh has a

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01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:44,720
Speaker 2: man crush on Justin Herbert. Harball would whip that organization

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01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:47,759
Speaker 2: into shape and get him in the playoffs. But Harball

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01:25:47,840 --> 01:25:50,880
Speaker 2: kind of has a glass ceiling when it comes to

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01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:54,040
Speaker 2: getting to the playoffs and not winning, not winning at all.

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01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:55,599
Speaker 2: Get to the super Bowl with the Niners, I guess

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01:25:55,640 --> 01:25:57,720
Speaker 2: I don't expect him to beat Alabama. A conversation for

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01:25:57,720 --> 01:26:01,919
Speaker 2: a different day. So maybe it's Belichick, maybe it's Harball.

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01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:05,720
Speaker 2: Belichick would be a complete departure in terms of how

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01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:10,200
Speaker 2: the organization would have been run. Belichick might find that to

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01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:16,080
Speaker 2: his liking if they can find a happy medium, because remember,

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01:26:16,120 --> 01:26:19,519
Speaker 2: he's what twenty three, twenty four games behind don Chula's

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01:26:19,520 --> 01:26:23,000
Speaker 2: all time record. He could certainly make a run at

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01:26:23,080 --> 01:26:28,160
Speaker 2: don Zula's all time record. Albeit Kansas City is in

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01:26:28,200 --> 01:26:31,280
Speaker 2: a division, but it's a winnable division. I don't think

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01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:36,360
Speaker 2: the Raiders are going to be repaired anytime soon. And

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01:26:36,439 --> 01:26:40,280
Speaker 2: of course, you know, it doesn't look like the Denver

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01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:43,680
Speaker 2: marriage between Sean Payton and Russell Wilson as long for

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01:26:43,720 --> 01:26:46,479
Speaker 2: this world, so they may find themselves rebuilding. So it

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01:26:46,479 --> 01:26:49,280
Speaker 2: could Bill Belichick in theory, and this is so speculative,

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01:26:49,320 --> 01:26:53,000
Speaker 2: it's I hate doing this kind of stuff. But could

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01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:55,679
Speaker 2: Belichick come to Los Angeles when nine to ten games

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01:26:55,720 --> 01:26:59,240
Speaker 2: a year three years in a row and get Chele's record?

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01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:02,519
Speaker 2: Or do you bring to Jim Harball? Would they give

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01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:07,280
Speaker 2: Jim Harball fifteen million a year? So look, any way

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01:27:07,320 --> 01:27:11,200
Speaker 2: you slice it, you have a situation that whatever the

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01:27:11,280 --> 01:27:14,800
Speaker 2: Chargers do, if they go that route, it will be

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01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:19,720
Speaker 2: such a departure for their norm that you wonder when

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01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:21,840
Speaker 2: push comes to shove and the rubber hits the road

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01:27:22,160 --> 01:27:24,400
Speaker 2: and it finally starts to unfold in real life and

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01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:26,600
Speaker 2: living color, will they do it? Or do they go

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01:27:26,760 --> 01:27:32,439
Speaker 2: the sexy you know coordinator out Ben Johnson, the OC

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01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:35,280
Speaker 2: in Detroit, Frank Smith and Miami you get, you know,

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01:27:35,320 --> 01:27:41,320
Speaker 2: the same same usual suspects. Now the other team that

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01:27:41,479 --> 01:27:45,759
Speaker 2: is also facing the same situation, perhaps even a dilemma.

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Speaker 3: Do you hire the.

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01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:52,080
Speaker 2: Next fresh young face like a Demico Ryans or a

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01:27:52,120 --> 01:27:54,840
Speaker 2: Sean McVay. Do you hire a proven commodity, or do

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01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:57,439
Speaker 2: you dare going to the college ranks, which has even

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01:27:57,479 --> 01:27:59,920
Speaker 2: been mentioned. I can't see it happening. No way, Man

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01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:04,880
Speaker 2: Campbell or of course Lincoln Riley. Noah, I just can't

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01:28:04,880 --> 01:28:09,160
Speaker 2: see that. But there's another team in the Chargers Division

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01:28:09,600 --> 01:28:14,360
Speaker 2: also facing again the same dilemma. Why do I say

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01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:17,479
Speaker 2: dilemma because if you make a choice that costs you

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01:28:17,560 --> 01:28:20,080
Speaker 2: money that you might not want to spend and you

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01:28:20,080 --> 01:28:23,240
Speaker 2: don't meet expectations, you're digging your hole deeper. On the

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01:28:23,240 --> 01:28:26,479
Speaker 2: other hand, if you do another Brandon's Day experiment like

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01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:29,240
Speaker 2: they've done in the past, well it's gonna take a

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01:28:29,240 --> 01:28:32,240
Speaker 2: hell of a lot longer to buy in. We'll get

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01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:35,960
Speaker 2: to that other team coming up in just a second.

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Speaker 2: We're coming to you live from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio,

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Speaker 2: Horror Back at the Bernie Final Show. Fox Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: coming you live from the tyreq dot Com studios here

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01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:14,439
Speaker 2: in Las Vegas. Don't forget top of the hour, two

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01:29:14,479 --> 01:29:18,360
Speaker 2: am Pacific, the Dance Sensations sweep in the nation. What

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01:29:18,520 --> 01:29:22,840
Speaker 2: kind of brand new fool you followed by what my name?

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Speaker 3: You know?

1650
01:29:24,400 --> 01:29:29,200
Speaker 2: The Raiders have a game coming up, of course, Monday,

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01:29:29,680 --> 01:29:33,320
Speaker 2: one pm Eastern, ten am Pacific, part of a Christmas

1652
01:29:33,360 --> 01:29:37,600
Speaker 2: Day triple header. And the Raiders have lost to the

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01:29:37,640 --> 01:29:40,040
Speaker 2: Chiefs their opponent that day, ten of their last eleven

1654
01:29:40,080 --> 01:29:44,240
Speaker 2: games with Patrick Mahomes as quarterback, and that doesn't even

1655
01:29:44,320 --> 01:29:46,400
Speaker 2: really begin to tell the whole story. And in only

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01:29:46,479 --> 01:29:49,720
Speaker 2: three of those game with the final margin less than

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01:29:49,760 --> 01:29:52,840
Speaker 2: fourteen points. You know, Otherwise they've been very lopsided. And

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01:29:52,920 --> 01:29:58,000
Speaker 2: the Raiders are ten point underdogs on Monday. Can they

1659
01:29:58,000 --> 01:30:06,240
Speaker 2: stay close? Oh no, I just don't look. Unlike the Chargers,

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01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:10,879
Speaker 2: the Raiders have actually been willing to take expensive swings

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01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:15,880
Speaker 2: on fully empowered head coaches. Mark Davis. He went big

1662
01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:19,240
Speaker 2: game hunting. He went big name hunting with John Gruden

1663
01:30:19,960 --> 01:30:23,559
Speaker 2: several years ago, timing that with their move here to

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01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:27,519
Speaker 2: Las Vegas in twenty twenty when a Leegian stadium opened,

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01:30:27,520 --> 01:30:30,840
Speaker 2: and then that was followed up by Josh McDaniels. I

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01:30:30,920 --> 01:30:34,360
Speaker 2: was never, ever, ever, ever in the Josh McDaniels camp

1667
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:37,400
Speaker 2: when I heard that Mark Davis was going to hire him,

1668
01:30:37,439 --> 01:30:41,720
Speaker 2: after watching Rich Bassaccia, Galvin Isser locker room, everything that

1669
01:30:41,800 --> 01:30:43,760
Speaker 2: could have gone wrong that year for the Raiders went

1670
01:30:43,840 --> 01:30:45,760
Speaker 2: wrong on and off the field. They won their last

1671
01:30:45,760 --> 01:30:51,879
Speaker 2: four games and could have certainly beaten the Cincinnati Bengals

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01:30:51,880 --> 01:30:54,519
Speaker 2: in the playoffs, a team that ultimately got to the

1673
01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:57,400
Speaker 2: Super Bowl, the Bengals if Derek Carr hadn't gone Derek

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01:30:57,479 --> 01:31:00,719
Speaker 2: Carring like spiking a ball on fourth out and throwing

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01:31:00,800 --> 01:31:04,280
Speaker 2: interceptions and just generally Derek Carring in the red zone

1676
01:31:04,280 --> 01:31:07,320
Speaker 2: and on third down. But again I digress, I will

1677
01:31:07,720 --> 01:31:10,800
Speaker 2: I said it a thousand times, Rich Pisaccia to serve

1678
01:31:10,920 --> 01:31:12,479
Speaker 2: a chance to see what he could do, But no,

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01:31:12,600 --> 01:31:15,320
Speaker 2: Mark Davis went big name hunting. If you want to

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01:31:15,320 --> 01:31:17,960
Speaker 2: call Josh McDaniel's a big name, okay, fair. He was

1681
01:31:18,040 --> 01:31:21,439
Speaker 2: part of the success in New England. But that's why

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01:31:21,479 --> 01:31:23,520
Speaker 2: I said what I said. When I found out McDaniels

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01:31:23,560 --> 01:31:26,760
Speaker 2: was coming, I said, well, if he's bringing Brady and Belichick, well,

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01:31:26,800 --> 01:31:29,920
Speaker 2: and what the hell, let's give it a whirl home

1685
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:33,200
Speaker 2: for a rim shot there, Mark put all right. Gruden

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01:31:33,400 --> 01:31:36,479
Speaker 2: had been chased by Mark Davis for years, and once

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01:31:36,520 --> 01:31:42,160
Speaker 2: Gruden was fired following the emergence of his racist emails, well,

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01:31:42,160 --> 01:31:45,200
Speaker 2: Mark Davis thought Josh McDaniels and his offensive pedigree could

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01:31:45,200 --> 01:31:51,440
Speaker 2: fill the void, and he really wanted Josh McDaniels, and

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01:31:51,720 --> 01:31:56,200
Speaker 2: he even let Josh McDaniels choose his own GM.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what's going to happen this time around,

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01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:03,400
Speaker 2: but based on the effort I have seen the Raiders

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01:32:03,439 --> 01:32:08,240
Speaker 2: give under Antonio McDaniel. Oh my god, McDaniel, how can

1695
01:32:08,320 --> 01:32:13,280
Speaker 2: I say that Antonio Pierce, I'd be very comfortable if

1696
01:32:13,320 --> 01:32:16,000
Speaker 2: the Raiders simply continued with Antonio Piers to see what

1697
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:21,360
Speaker 2: they could do, maybe even their in term GM. He

1698
01:32:21,439 --> 01:32:24,679
Speaker 2: definitely makes my own name team that would be Champ Kelly.

1699
01:32:25,200 --> 01:32:27,639
Speaker 2: Why not roll with those guys everything else you've tried

1700
01:32:27,640 --> 01:32:31,080
Speaker 2: as it worked. I always liked Antonio Piers as as

1701
01:32:31,080 --> 01:32:33,400
Speaker 2: a player, and I liked him as an analyst when

1702
01:32:33,439 --> 01:32:36,800
Speaker 2: he was doing work in TV, and he recently was

1703
01:32:36,840 --> 01:32:40,280
Speaker 2: with Herm Edwards at Arizona State. But I've watched his demeanor.

1704
01:32:41,120 --> 01:32:43,880
Speaker 2: I've watched the physical attitude the Lakers the Raiders have

1705
01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:46,200
Speaker 2: played with, and I would tell you that I would

1706
01:32:46,240 --> 01:32:52,040
Speaker 2: be comfortable. And this is someone who have no stake

1707
01:32:52,080 --> 01:32:55,360
Speaker 2: in the Raiders whatsoever, but I would be I think

1708
01:32:55,400 --> 01:32:57,080
Speaker 2: you could very I think you could sell that press

1709
01:32:57,080 --> 01:33:00,880
Speaker 2: conference by allowing Antonio Piers to continue. And by the way,

1710
01:33:01,640 --> 01:33:04,080
Speaker 2: let's be clear, some of the best coaches in the

1711
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:07,720
Speaker 2: history of the NFL started as interim coaches, Marty Schottenheimer.

1712
01:33:07,800 --> 01:33:09,800
Speaker 2: Even the Raiders once had an interim coach by the

1713
01:33:09,880 --> 01:33:12,559
Speaker 2: name of Art Shell. You may have heard of that name.

1714
01:33:13,560 --> 01:33:15,880
Speaker 2: So I think it's fifty to fifty. Does Dave has

1715
01:33:15,880 --> 01:33:20,000
Speaker 2: sive comfort, seek comfort and go the convenient route rather

1716
01:33:20,040 --> 01:33:24,640
Speaker 2: than disrupt this the next time around? We'll see. But

1717
01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:26,320
Speaker 2: we don't know what Mark Davis is going to do.

1718
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:31,559
Speaker 2: His history of listening to players. I don't know what

1719
01:33:31,640 --> 01:33:35,000
Speaker 2: his history is. It's problematic, I think in the bigger picture,

1720
01:33:35,680 --> 01:33:38,760
Speaker 2: but that could improve the outlook for Pierce because he's

1721
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:42,280
Speaker 2: he was a Pro Bowl linebacker who seems very popular

1722
01:33:42,800 --> 01:33:44,720
Speaker 2: in the locker room. And I think if I don't

1723
01:33:44,760 --> 01:33:47,960
Speaker 2: expect this to happen, But if somehow the Raiders were

1724
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:52,960
Speaker 2: to beat Kansas City, boy, that would make a nice case.

1725
01:33:53,439 --> 01:33:57,880
Speaker 2: That really would make a case for him. There really

1726
01:33:57,960 --> 01:34:02,519
Speaker 2: isn't a lead guy that jumps out if you want

1727
01:34:02,520 --> 01:34:05,599
Speaker 2: to go down the hardball route again, Raiders whatever, Maybe

1728
01:34:05,920 --> 01:34:10,360
Speaker 2: then after that it's usual suspects. And I think Mark Davis, honestly,

1729
01:34:10,400 --> 01:34:12,479
Speaker 2: he's probably heard it a hundred times that he messed

1730
01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:16,040
Speaker 2: up by not giving the previous interim guy, Rich Pasaccia.

1731
01:34:16,200 --> 01:34:21,040
Speaker 2: I believe Davis has heard that. And and you know,

1732
01:34:21,160 --> 01:34:24,160
Speaker 2: after watching his team blow out the Chargers, the Chargers,

1733
01:34:25,520 --> 01:34:27,559
Speaker 2: we'll see how they do. Can they follow it up?

1734
01:34:27,560 --> 01:34:31,160
Speaker 2: He got Kansas City, Indianapolis and Denver. The Chiefs are in,

1735
01:34:31,240 --> 01:34:33,400
Speaker 2: they're gonna make the playoffs, probably gonna win their division.

1736
01:34:34,479 --> 01:34:38,240
Speaker 2: The Colts they have a probability to make the playoffs,

1737
01:34:38,240 --> 01:34:41,320
Speaker 2: and Denver still fighting for their playoff lives. I think

1738
01:34:41,360 --> 01:34:44,280
Speaker 2: if he wins two or three of those games, I

1739
01:34:44,320 --> 01:34:46,040
Speaker 2: don't think it's a discussion. I think he just bring

1740
01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:49,200
Speaker 2: them in. I mean that's what you do. If they

1741
01:34:49,240 --> 01:34:51,800
Speaker 2: were to be Denver, that's even a bigger possibility. I

1742
01:34:51,800 --> 01:34:56,360
Speaker 2: think that game is here in Las Vegas. But that

1743
01:34:56,439 --> 01:34:58,040
Speaker 2: you know, you would have beaten two teams in your

1744
01:34:58,040 --> 01:35:01,320
Speaker 2: division and Davis to go to the players, and if

1745
01:35:01,720 --> 01:35:03,360
Speaker 2: he may be doing that now for all I know,

1746
01:35:03,439 --> 01:35:07,439
Speaker 2: and if whoever is advising him like Santonio Peers, but

1747
01:35:07,560 --> 01:35:09,200
Speaker 2: then you got a ball game, I will guarantee you

1748
01:35:09,240 --> 01:35:13,479
Speaker 2: the Chargers aren't gonna listen to their players. Patrick Sweka,

1749
01:35:13,640 --> 01:35:16,800
Speaker 2: you live in Los Angeles. On a scale of one

1750
01:35:16,800 --> 01:35:19,800
Speaker 2: to four or whatever, all the LA teams, where are

1751
01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:24,880
Speaker 2: the Chargers on your hierarchy of of fandom?

1752
01:35:25,760 --> 01:35:29,519
Speaker 12: Oh, Chargers in terms of fandom, Well, go ahead, I'll

1753
01:35:29,520 --> 01:35:32,439
Speaker 12: tell you what. Bernie so like the Chargers, and I'm

1754
01:35:32,439 --> 01:35:35,680
Speaker 12: not a Charger fan, I will I'm coming to this

1755
01:35:35,720 --> 01:35:38,519
Speaker 12: as a Seahawk fan, which is even weirder because they

1756
01:35:38,520 --> 01:35:39,000
Speaker 12: live in LA.

1757
01:35:39,080 --> 01:35:41,120
Speaker 6: But that's a different conversation.

1758
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:45,080
Speaker 12: The Chargers as a fandom in LA, they're not even

1759
01:35:45,080 --> 01:35:49,280
Speaker 12: in the top like Echellent. Honestly, there are fans of

1760
01:35:49,520 --> 01:35:53,000
Speaker 12: other NFL teams such as like the Cowboys, the Raiders, Packers,

1761
01:35:53,000 --> 01:35:55,880
Speaker 12: Steelers that have a more of a fan following here

1762
01:35:55,920 --> 01:35:58,240
Speaker 12: in LA, and the Chargers are still below that.

1763
01:35:58,760 --> 01:36:01,200
Speaker 6: I'd even see orderline the Rams too.

1764
01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:03,439
Speaker 12: Just because you know, they were gone for so long

1765
01:36:03,439 --> 01:36:05,479
Speaker 12: because they were in Saint Louis, and a lot of

1766
01:36:05,520 --> 01:36:07,840
Speaker 12: people went back. Then people came back over. But there's

1767
01:36:07,880 --> 01:36:10,280
Speaker 12: so much of a like you know, a San Francisco

1768
01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:15,120
Speaker 12: forty nine or following or the Raiders, or like a

1769
01:36:15,120 --> 01:36:17,040
Speaker 12: lot of people from I guess a lot of transits

1770
01:36:17,080 --> 01:36:19,559
Speaker 12: from a like you know, Green Bay, and then just

1771
01:36:19,640 --> 01:36:23,000
Speaker 12: of course Dallas, even New England Patriots, and then obviously

1772
01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:25,080
Speaker 12: you got someone like me Seahawks also, But I was

1773
01:36:25,080 --> 01:36:26,240
Speaker 12: never born and raised in Seattle.

1774
01:36:26,360 --> 01:36:29,080
Speaker 13: Hey, Bernie, it's marks.

1775
01:36:29,400 --> 01:36:33,040
Speaker 14: One time Patrick told me that the order of teams

1776
01:36:33,160 --> 01:36:38,040
Speaker 14: in Los Angeles the Chargers, the bear on the flag

1777
01:36:38,240 --> 01:36:39,519
Speaker 14: is higher than the Chargers.

1778
01:36:40,200 --> 01:36:41,080
Speaker 6: That is correct.

1779
01:36:41,720 --> 01:36:43,920
Speaker 2: Well, I hope we got that on the air because

1780
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:45,800
Speaker 2: that's classic. And I don't think you guys are wrong

1781
01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:48,840
Speaker 2: about that. I mean, I know even the Rams. Listen,

1782
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:55,120
Speaker 2: I lived in LA and it's Lakers Dodgers, USC. Now

1783
01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:59,599
Speaker 2: maybe USC not as much, yeah, right, but the Rams

1784
01:36:59,600 --> 01:37:04,200
Speaker 2: were distant fourth behind them. I honestly believe that. And

1785
01:37:04,240 --> 01:37:07,040
Speaker 2: now they did win a Super Bowl, but Mars points taken.

1786
01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:10,960
Speaker 2: I believe you said that because the Chargers on me. Look,

1787
01:37:11,280 --> 01:37:13,519
Speaker 2: it's like the Oakland A's coming to Vegas. Okay, we

1788
01:37:13,640 --> 01:37:16,400
Speaker 2: wanted the Golden Knights, we wanted the Raiders. The Oakland

1789
01:37:16,400 --> 01:37:20,080
Speaker 2: A's have showed up un announced, hat in hand and uninvited.

1790
01:37:20,200 --> 01:37:22,519
Speaker 2: But they're gonna be here in twenty twenty eight, being

1791
01:37:22,600 --> 01:37:28,200
Speaker 2: playing games. The move to the Los Angeles area from

1792
01:37:28,520 --> 01:37:31,960
Speaker 2: San Diego, and I get it, the Chargers were actually born.

1793
01:37:32,040 --> 01:37:35,120
Speaker 2: The franchise was born in Los Angeles back when Kennedy

1794
01:37:35,160 --> 01:37:38,200
Speaker 2: was president. For crying out loud, but Steve Hartman tells

1795
01:37:38,200 --> 01:37:40,800
Speaker 2: the story as well or better anybody. He understands the

1796
01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:44,360
Speaker 2: dynamic of that franchise, and it's my understanding. Cornel to

1797
01:37:44,360 --> 01:37:47,760
Speaker 2: Steve that the six centred million dollars relocation fee that

1798
01:37:47,760 --> 01:37:49,840
Speaker 2: the Chargers are supposed to pay the league hasn't been

1799
01:37:49,840 --> 01:37:53,080
Speaker 2: paid yet. So let's cut to the chase. Patrick, Are

1800
01:37:53,120 --> 01:37:55,719
Speaker 2: the Chargers gonna finally make a splash and pay a coach?

1801
01:37:56,479 --> 01:37:57,400
Speaker 6: You know what, Bernie, I.

1802
01:37:58,920 --> 01:38:01,400
Speaker 12: Do think they're gonna make a splash and pay. They're

1803
01:38:01,439 --> 01:38:05,000
Speaker 12: gonna pay some coach pretty handsomely. Just I don't know

1804
01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:08,719
Speaker 12: if it's going to be the right fit type coach

1805
01:38:09,080 --> 01:38:11,200
Speaker 12: or if they're just gonna swing for the fences on, like.

1806
01:38:11,479 --> 01:38:13,800
Speaker 2: Well, elaborate, elaborate who's the right fit in you.

1807
01:38:13,720 --> 01:38:15,320
Speaker 6: Review the right fit?

1808
01:38:15,479 --> 01:38:18,360
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean, let's start with Belichick and Harbaugh.

1809
01:38:18,400 --> 01:38:19,680
Speaker 2: I have no idea if he didn't one of those

1810
01:38:19,760 --> 01:38:24,000
Speaker 2: end up with the job. Right, those are your big whales, true.

1811
01:38:23,760 --> 01:38:26,000
Speaker 12: Those are the big whales I think. I mean, this

1812
01:38:26,080 --> 01:38:28,880
Speaker 12: is just me personally speaking. I don't think Belichick would

1813
01:38:28,920 --> 01:38:32,040
Speaker 12: be a good necessarily a good fit for the Chargers

1814
01:38:32,320 --> 01:38:35,760
Speaker 12: because I and it's not because like just how Belichick is,

1815
01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:39,439
Speaker 12: but Belichick to me is more defense and Brandon Staley

1816
01:38:39,520 --> 01:38:41,840
Speaker 12: was a defensive coordinator type guy that became head coach.

1817
01:38:42,160 --> 01:38:45,519
Speaker 12: They need an offensive minded god me, personally, they need

1818
01:38:45,560 --> 01:38:46,000
Speaker 12: an offense.

1819
01:38:46,080 --> 01:38:49,680
Speaker 2: Well something there, You're out of something there right now?

1820
01:38:49,800 --> 01:38:52,920
Speaker 2: Nine of the twelve playoff teams are led by offensive

1821
01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:55,000
Speaker 2: type coaches, right right right?

1822
01:38:55,040 --> 01:38:57,559
Speaker 12: And also you got you got young Justin Herbert, and

1823
01:38:58,160 --> 01:39:00,879
Speaker 12: as we have seen like misus injury, like Justin Herbert,

1824
01:39:01,080 --> 01:39:03,800
Speaker 12: he's looked phenomenal and then sometimes.

1825
01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:05,640
Speaker 6: The play calling he just looks lost out there. And

1826
01:39:05,680 --> 01:39:06,880
Speaker 6: he has so much talent.

1827
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:10,439
Speaker 12: I mean, I know Keenan Allen's old and Austin Eckler's

1828
01:39:10,520 --> 01:39:12,479
Speaker 12: kind of on his way out. But they're still like,

1829
01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:15,839
Speaker 12: you know, among the upper echelon of you know players

1830
01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:18,080
Speaker 12: and all stuff, and amongst other you know, young players

1831
01:39:18,080 --> 01:39:20,480
Speaker 12: they have there too.

1832
01:39:19,560 --> 01:39:22,000
Speaker 2: Who they hire stay on to stay on point.

1833
01:39:22,240 --> 01:39:25,040
Speaker 6: Honestly, I mean, if they could get a Jim Harbaugh,

1834
01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:26,280
Speaker 6: who well.

1835
01:39:26,120 --> 01:39:27,840
Speaker 2: They can if they want to pay in fifteen million

1836
01:39:27,880 --> 01:39:29,120
Speaker 2: a year and give him total control.

1837
01:39:29,280 --> 01:39:31,719
Speaker 12: I think Jim Harbaugh would be a good a good point.

1838
01:39:32,320 --> 01:39:38,759
Speaker 12: I do also believe your Detroit Lions offensive coordinator would

1839
01:39:38,760 --> 01:39:40,160
Speaker 12: be Ah, you wanted.

1840
01:39:39,960 --> 01:39:42,720
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson, you really see, that's the thing he's off.

1841
01:39:42,880 --> 01:39:46,320
Speaker 2: You want to hire another guy who's got to learn

1842
01:39:46,560 --> 01:39:49,559
Speaker 2: on the job. True. And the number two media market

1843
01:39:49,640 --> 01:39:52,640
Speaker 2: in the country, is it just in eighteenth behind the

1844
01:39:52,680 --> 01:39:54,400
Speaker 2: modern day monarchs. True?

1845
01:39:54,680 --> 01:39:55,559
Speaker 1: No, that is true.

1846
01:39:56,000 --> 01:39:59,200
Speaker 12: But the only cav a caveat of that would be

1847
01:39:59,280 --> 01:40:02,639
Speaker 12: he isn't off defensive minded guy. If that's a I mean,

1848
01:40:02,640 --> 01:40:06,639
Speaker 12: you could you could theoretically, like I mean, obviously there's

1849
01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:08,760
Speaker 12: the chance that he could just you know, be kind

1850
01:40:08,760 --> 01:40:11,120
Speaker 12: of like Brandon Staley and not be like, uh a

1851
01:40:11,160 --> 01:40:14,880
Speaker 12: Sean McVay Wonderkin type guy. But you could also just

1852
01:40:15,040 --> 01:40:17,719
Speaker 12: you know, get someone new and like like he just

1853
01:40:18,120 --> 01:40:19,880
Speaker 12: connects with the offense and all of a sudden like

1854
01:40:20,400 --> 01:40:22,880
Speaker 12: because they're missing an identity where the Chargers don't even

1855
01:40:23,040 --> 01:40:24,960
Speaker 12: oh that's a good point. They don't have any very

1856
01:40:24,960 --> 01:40:28,200
Speaker 12: good point, Patrick. Yeah, and they have defensive talent ish,

1857
01:40:28,720 --> 01:40:29,240
Speaker 12: they do have it.

1858
01:40:29,280 --> 01:40:31,120
Speaker 2: They do have an identity. The problem is is the

1859
01:40:31,160 --> 01:40:31,879
Speaker 2: three stooges.

1860
01:40:32,080 --> 01:40:33,280
Speaker 6: It's so true.

1861
01:40:33,640 --> 01:40:37,840
Speaker 12: Yeah, but like they're their sharpest, like strong point on

1862
01:40:37,920 --> 01:40:40,880
Speaker 12: the Chargers. I would say, even right to this moment,

1863
01:40:40,920 --> 01:40:43,920
Speaker 12: it's it's their offense. But they they have been so

1864
01:40:44,040 --> 01:40:45,920
Speaker 12: inconsistent they need someone.

1865
01:40:45,640 --> 01:40:47,400
Speaker 2: To well they had a knucklehead.

1866
01:40:47,680 --> 01:40:48,479
Speaker 6: Yeah, exactly.

1867
01:40:48,760 --> 01:40:51,400
Speaker 2: It was smarter than everybody else out there, according to him.

1868
01:40:51,439 --> 01:40:55,080
Speaker 2: And I don't listen. I'm not one of those wonks

1869
01:40:55,360 --> 01:40:58,160
Speaker 2: who doesn't understand that analytics play a big part in

1870
01:40:58,160 --> 01:41:01,280
Speaker 2: today's game. But I've always said this about analyt they

1871
01:41:01,360 --> 01:41:06,360
Speaker 2: are a guideline, not an inflexible anchor. So if the

1872
01:41:06,400 --> 01:41:09,360
Speaker 2: computer Brandon Staley is telling you that I'm fourth and

1873
01:41:09,400 --> 01:41:11,559
Speaker 2: three from your opponent's forty one yard line, you got

1874
01:41:11,560 --> 01:41:13,679
Speaker 2: to go forward because you have a two percent chance

1875
01:41:13,720 --> 01:41:15,920
Speaker 2: better of making it than trying to kick a field

1876
01:41:15,920 --> 01:41:17,800
Speaker 2: goal or punting or whatever the hell the book tells

1877
01:41:17,840 --> 01:41:21,200
Speaker 2: you you have to execute it, and these simulations are

1878
01:41:21,240 --> 01:41:25,720
Speaker 2: propagated over thousands of computer models. But the game you

1879
01:41:25,800 --> 01:41:29,080
Speaker 2: only got one shot on the field, and it's played

1880
01:41:29,080 --> 01:41:32,719
Speaker 2: by human beings. And I never his teams didn't execute, well,

1881
01:41:32,760 --> 01:41:36,640
Speaker 2: they didn't execute, so he killed them. I mean he

1882
01:41:36,680 --> 01:41:39,519
Speaker 2: blew a twenty seven point lead. There you have it.

1883
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:41,080
Speaker 2: I think it's a mystery. If there's one thing we

1884
01:41:41,120 --> 01:41:42,720
Speaker 2: can take away, we really don't know what they hell

1885
01:41:43,040 --> 01:41:45,040
Speaker 2: the Chargers can do. But I'll say what, Patrick, I

1886
01:41:45,080 --> 01:41:48,320
Speaker 2: got some good news because I think one particular team

1887
01:41:48,360 --> 01:41:50,840
Speaker 2: that's back in the think of the playoff hunt makes

1888
01:41:50,880 --> 01:41:54,680
Speaker 2: the NFC playoff race even more fascinating. We're gonna get

1889
01:41:54,720 --> 01:41:56,160
Speaker 2: to that coming up, but first let's go back to

1890
01:41:56,200 --> 01:41:57,719
Speaker 2: our guy, Dan Bayern with the latest.

1891
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:01,280
Speaker 10: Hello, Berdie, it's great to be with you, and it

1892
01:42:01,400 --> 01:42:04,000
Speaker 10: is great to talk football and basketball and so much

1893
01:42:04,040 --> 01:42:06,880
Speaker 10: more so, let's dive right in. On Saturday night, Josh

1894
01:42:06,960 --> 01:42:09,960
Speaker 10: Allen ran for two scores through for another, but Tyler

1895
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:12,240
Speaker 10: Bass saved the day a late field goal with twenty

1896
01:42:12,280 --> 01:42:15,679
Speaker 10: eight seconds left. Buffalo survives in LA against the Chargers

1897
01:42:15,680 --> 01:42:18,000
Speaker 10: twenty four to twenty two as the Bills are now

1898
01:42:18,080 --> 01:42:20,760
Speaker 10: nine and six. Steelers and Bengals now both eight and

1899
01:42:20,800 --> 01:42:24,160
Speaker 10: seven after Pittsburgh took care of Cincinnati thirty four to eleven.

1900
01:42:24,200 --> 01:42:27,000
Speaker 10: George Pickens the big Day four catches, one hundred and

1901
01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:29,520
Speaker 10: ninety five yards and two touchdowns for the Steelers.

1902
01:42:29,760 --> 01:42:31,879
Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence is cleared concussion protocol.

1903
01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:35,080
Speaker 10: He'll start for the Jaguars against Tampa on Sunday, but

1904
01:42:35,240 --> 01:42:38,280
Speaker 10: Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Junior ruled out against the

1905
01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:41,160
Speaker 10: Falcons because of his concussion, so he's not going to

1906
01:42:41,200 --> 01:42:44,640
Speaker 10: play Sunday. The Dolphins, according to ESPN, are optimistic that

1907
01:42:44,720 --> 01:42:47,800
Speaker 10: Tyreek Hill plays against the Cowboys, trying to return from

1908
01:42:47,800 --> 01:42:51,280
Speaker 10: that ankle injury, while Texans wide receiver Nico Collins expected

1909
01:42:51,320 --> 01:42:53,479
Speaker 10: to be back from his calf injury to face the Browns,

1910
01:42:53,680 --> 01:42:56,400
Speaker 10: and the Seahawks should have Gino Smith and Kenneth Walker

1911
01:42:56,439 --> 01:43:01,000
Speaker 10: available against Tennessee. Bunch of bowl games on Saturday, including

1912
01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:04,719
Speaker 10: in Hawaii, were Coastal Carolina to Kara San Jose.

1913
01:43:04,640 --> 01:43:06,639
Speaker 3: State in the Hawaii Bowl twenty four to fourteen.

1914
01:43:06,920 --> 01:43:09,479
Speaker 10: In Las Vegas, who was Northwestern topping Utah in the

1915
01:43:09,560 --> 01:43:11,559
Speaker 10: Las Vegas Bowl fourteen to seven.

1916
01:43:11,720 --> 01:43:12,679
Speaker 3: Some NBA News.

1917
01:43:12,680 --> 01:43:14,920
Speaker 10: The Pistons have now lost twenty six straight, falling to

1918
01:43:14,960 --> 01:43:17,800
Speaker 10: the Nets one twenty six to one fifteen. They've tied

1919
01:43:17,800 --> 01:43:20,240
Speaker 10: the Cavs and Sixers for the longest losing streak in

1920
01:43:20,280 --> 01:43:22,960
Speaker 10: one season the all time Marcus twenty eight games held

1921
01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:25,160
Speaker 10: by the seventy six Ers spanning.

1922
01:43:24,720 --> 01:43:25,799
Speaker 3: Two separate years.

1923
01:43:25,960 --> 01:43:28,479
Speaker 10: Timberwolves dropped the Kings one ten to ninety eight, Anthony

1924
01:43:28,600 --> 01:43:31,120
Speaker 10: Edwards had thirty four Klay Thompson twenty eight and the

1925
01:43:31,120 --> 01:43:33,320
Speaker 10: Warriors one twenty six one oh six win against the

1926
01:43:33,360 --> 01:43:36,400
Speaker 10: Blazers Luca triple double. MAVs took care of the Spurs

1927
01:43:36,439 --> 01:43:39,479
Speaker 10: one forty four to one to nineteen no Victor Webbin Yama,

1928
01:43:39,479 --> 01:43:41,960
Speaker 10: who turned his angle in pregame warm ups, while Lebron

1929
01:43:42,040 --> 01:43:44,600
Speaker 10: James had forty points in the Lakers win against Oklahoma

1930
01:43:44,640 --> 01:43:47,920
Speaker 10: City one twenty nine to one. Twenty College hoops number

1931
01:43:47,920 --> 01:43:50,080
Speaker 10: five y Kona win against Saint John sixty nine to

1932
01:43:50,080 --> 01:43:52,320
Speaker 10: sixty five, and on the ice, Kings dropped the Flames

1933
01:43:52,360 --> 01:43:54,280
Speaker 10: five to three, connects over the Shark seven to four,

1934
01:43:54,520 --> 01:43:57,240
Speaker 10: and in a Stanley Cup Final rematch, the Panthers on

1935
01:43:57,280 --> 01:44:00,240
Speaker 10: Saturday top the Golden Knights four to two, Bernie Beck.

1936
01:44:00,160 --> 01:44:02,519
Speaker 2: You all right, thanks so much, Dan appreciate it. So

1937
01:44:02,760 --> 01:44:05,960
Speaker 2: Glad Patrick brought up the Seahawks because I think the

1938
01:44:06,080 --> 01:44:09,360
Speaker 2: NFC playoff race just got a little bit more fascinating.

1939
01:44:09,640 --> 01:44:11,960
Speaker 2: They're back in the thick of the playoff fun after

1940
01:44:12,040 --> 01:44:17,400
Speaker 2: they're really interesting. Upset victory over the Eagles Monday night

1941
01:44:17,439 --> 01:44:19,960
Speaker 2: thanks to a game winning drive by a quarterback who

1942
01:44:20,040 --> 01:44:22,000
Speaker 2: wasn't even sure he was going to start the game.

1943
01:44:22,640 --> 01:44:26,920
Speaker 2: Gino Smith is back this Sunday. Smith missed last week's

1944
01:44:27,000 --> 01:44:30,040
Speaker 2: game against the forty nine ers after he injured his

1945
01:44:30,160 --> 01:44:34,360
Speaker 2: groint in practice, so Drew lock steps in starts the game,

1946
01:44:34,760 --> 01:44:37,240
Speaker 2: his first start since the last week of the twenty

1947
01:44:37,280 --> 01:44:39,639
Speaker 2: twenty one season. Got the majority of the first team

1948
01:44:39,680 --> 01:44:43,560
Speaker 2: reps in practice, and you made the most of your opportunities.

1949
01:44:45,240 --> 01:44:48,080
Speaker 2: In the end, Drew Locke put the team on the

1950
01:44:48,120 --> 01:44:51,320
Speaker 2: shoulders and won that game. As big moment came after

1951
01:44:51,360 --> 01:44:53,960
Speaker 2: that Philadelphia punt. The Seahawks got the ball on their

1952
01:44:54,080 --> 01:44:57,320
Speaker 2: own eight yard line, minute fifty two on the clock,

1953
01:44:57,360 --> 01:45:00,960
Speaker 2: one time out, trailing seventeen thirteen. The stuff legends are

1954
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:03,519
Speaker 2: made of. Locke picks up a couple of first downs

1955
01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:06,559
Speaker 2: and on third and ten from the Seahawks. Thirty seven

1956
01:45:06,640 --> 01:45:09,920
Speaker 2: throws a perfect pass to DK Metcalf for a thirty

1957
01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:14,320
Speaker 2: four yard game. The ball arked perfectly over the head

1958
01:45:14,320 --> 01:45:16,800
Speaker 2: of one Philly defender I'm not sure, I don't remember

1959
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:20,960
Speaker 2: who it was, landed Wright and Metcalf's bread basket right

1960
01:45:21,000 --> 01:45:24,479
Speaker 2: before a second defender arrived. Laid a huge hit, but

1961
01:45:24,600 --> 01:45:29,479
Speaker 2: DK Metcalf held on. Two plays later, Locke hits Jackson

1962
01:45:29,560 --> 01:45:33,080
Speaker 2: Smith and Jigbu in stride in the un zone for

1963
01:45:33,120 --> 01:45:36,120
Speaker 2: a twenty nine yard touchdown that gave the Seahawks the

1964
01:45:36,200 --> 01:45:39,200
Speaker 2: lead twenty eight seconds to play. A minute twenty four,

1965
01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:43,080
Speaker 2: they go ninety two yards to top it off, Julian

1966
01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:46,519
Speaker 2: Love picks off Jalen Hurts with thirteen second stuff to play.

1967
01:45:47,160 --> 01:45:51,960
Speaker 2: Patrick's Seahawks are alive. It snapped their four game losing streak.

1968
01:45:52,800 --> 01:45:55,400
Speaker 2: Now they're one of four teams at seven and seven

1969
01:45:56,160 --> 01:45:59,120
Speaker 2: fighting for the final two wildcard spots. They're currently in

1970
01:45:59,160 --> 01:46:03,040
Speaker 2: eighth place in the conference because the Rams, well they

1971
01:46:03,200 --> 01:46:06,679
Speaker 2: won Thursday night impressively, they have the better record against

1972
01:46:06,720 --> 01:46:10,080
Speaker 2: the NFC's West opponents. Seattle's gonna need some help to

1973
01:46:10,120 --> 01:46:13,000
Speaker 2: reach the playoffs, But if you look at the remaining schedule.

1974
01:46:13,280 --> 01:46:18,240
Speaker 2: They're at Tennessee later today versus the Steelers at the Cardinals.

1975
01:46:19,240 --> 01:46:23,600
Speaker 2: It's manageable. And by the way, the result had significant

1976
01:46:23,600 --> 01:46:28,519
Speaker 2: playoff implications for the Eagles as well. But why does

1977
01:46:28,560 --> 01:46:31,960
Speaker 2: it make it more interesting? Pete Carroll Ben dudes like

1978
01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:34,680
Speaker 2: seventy three years old, seventy three years young getting it

1979
01:46:34,760 --> 01:46:37,800
Speaker 2: done in the National Football League. You can't tell me.

1980
01:46:38,240 --> 01:46:40,760
Speaker 2: And I projected one model earlier. Maybe I'll bring it

1981
01:46:40,800 --> 01:46:45,080
Speaker 2: back up that there's one scenario or a sixth seed

1982
01:46:45,360 --> 01:46:49,680
Speaker 2: Seattle Seahawks could visit Detroit and play the Lions, who

1983
01:46:49,720 --> 01:46:52,280
Speaker 2: would get a home playoff game. Seattle took care of

1984
01:46:52,320 --> 01:46:56,519
Speaker 2: business there back in week two or week three coming up.

1985
01:46:57,280 --> 01:46:59,720
Speaker 2: Michigan received some news this week. We're gonna share it

1986
01:46:59,720 --> 01:47:03,320
Speaker 2: with you. Might it defect Jim Harbaugh and his decision

1987
01:47:03,760 --> 01:47:07,320
Speaker 2: to perhaps move on to the NFL maybe even the Chargers,

1988
01:47:07,479 --> 01:47:10,600
Speaker 2: as we were just talking about. It's all speculation. But

1989
01:47:10,680 --> 01:47:14,400
Speaker 2: what's not speculation is Michigan received a notice this week

1990
01:47:14,439 --> 01:47:17,360
Speaker 2: from the NCAA. We'll tell you what it all entails.

1991
01:47:17,680 --> 01:47:19,679
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Fraddle. We're Comedy Life from the Las Vegas

1992
01:47:19,680 --> 01:47:22,639
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio Tirack dot Com studios. Keep it locked.

1993
01:47:22,960 --> 01:47:25,200
Speaker 2: You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

1994
01:47:27,960 --> 01:47:30,639
Speaker 2: We're back on the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio.

1995
01:47:30,920 --> 01:47:34,280
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Frattle. We're comingy live from the Las Vegas

1996
01:47:34,280 --> 01:47:37,360
Speaker 2: tyrack dot com studios. Top of the hour of the

1997
01:47:37,439 --> 01:47:40,280
Speaker 2: dance sensations sweeping the nation? What kind of brand new

1998
01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:45,000
Speaker 2: fool are you? Followed by what my name? Football fans,

1999
01:47:45,080 --> 01:47:48,839
Speaker 2: be sure to tune into Fox Sports Radio every Sunday

2000
01:47:48,880 --> 01:47:52,679
Speaker 2: morning beginning at ten am Eastern seven am Pacific. That's

2001
01:47:52,760 --> 01:47:56,280
Speaker 2: five hours and sixteen minutes from now. Countdown to Kickoff

2002
01:47:56,320 --> 01:47:59,920
Speaker 2: presented by Bet mgm, Brian No, Jeff Schwartz, my buddy

2003
01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:03,679
Speaker 2: Professional Better, Bill Krachenberger. They've got you covered three hours

2004
01:48:03,680 --> 01:48:07,519
Speaker 2: before kickoff every Sunday morning. Listen to Countdown to Kickoff,

2005
01:48:07,560 --> 01:48:11,840
Speaker 2: presented by bettmgm right here on Fox Sports Radio and

2006
01:48:11,880 --> 01:48:16,960
Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. Well, Michigan got some news this week,

2007
01:48:17,040 --> 01:48:20,120
Speaker 2: the University of Michigan. That is, you knew it was coming.

2008
01:48:21,000 --> 01:48:26,560
Speaker 2: This is the protocol of the NCAA. Things grind slowly.

2009
01:48:27,400 --> 01:48:31,040
Speaker 2: Michigan received what's called a notice of allegation from the

2010
01:48:31,160 --> 01:48:34,679
Speaker 2: NCAA and This is only regarding the alleged violations during

2011
01:48:34,680 --> 01:48:38,639
Speaker 2: the COVID nineteen recruiting dead period, and according to sources,

2012
01:48:39,360 --> 01:48:43,400
Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh faces a Level one violation for allegedly not

2013
01:48:43,560 --> 01:48:47,240
Speaker 2: cooperating with or misleading the NCAA investigators about you know,

2014
01:48:47,280 --> 01:48:51,000
Speaker 2: remember the cheeseburger deal. I told you to cover ups

2015
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:55,000
Speaker 2: always worse than the cheeseburger. And he also faces four

2016
01:48:55,040 --> 01:48:59,200
Speaker 2: potential Level two violations were considered less serious now. Last

2017
01:48:59,200 --> 01:49:02,840
Speaker 2: of August, Michigangan self imposed a three game suspension for

2018
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:06,160
Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh as he began the season, as well as

2019
01:49:06,160 --> 01:49:09,840
Speaker 2: a one game suspension for offensive coordinator Sharon Moore as

2020
01:49:09,920 --> 01:49:13,240
Speaker 2: part of a negotiated resolution. Versus involvement of these self

2021
01:49:13,240 --> 01:49:17,599
Speaker 2: and bost penalties, well, they were designed to maybe soften

2022
01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:21,280
Speaker 2: the impact of an NCAA punishment, and it came shortly

2023
01:49:21,320 --> 01:49:26,360
Speaker 2: after the NCAA's Infractions Committee did not approve a negotiated

2024
01:49:26,400 --> 01:49:30,120
Speaker 2: resolution involving Harball that would have resulted in a four

2025
01:49:30,280 --> 01:49:34,800
Speaker 2: game suspension. Harbor didn't want that, right, but Michigan kind

2026
01:49:34,800 --> 01:49:38,400
Speaker 2: of regrouped and well, they sort of instituted their own

2027
01:49:38,400 --> 01:49:42,880
Speaker 2: suspension during that initial five game homestand where Michigan played,

2028
01:49:42,920 --> 01:49:48,240
Speaker 2: you know, not exactly a murderer's row. Now, the Michigan

2029
01:49:48,280 --> 01:49:52,719
Speaker 2: infractions case is related to impermissible on and off campus

2030
01:49:52,760 --> 01:49:59,960
Speaker 2: recruiting during the COVID nineteen dead period and impersive impermissible

2031
01:50:00,120 --> 01:50:04,040
Speaker 2: coaching activities, not a cheeseburger, according to Derrick Crawford, the

2032
01:50:04,120 --> 01:50:09,000
Speaker 2: NCAA Vice President of Hearing Operations. Okay, Now, it's not

2033
01:50:09,120 --> 01:50:14,559
Speaker 2: uncommon for the Committee on Infractions to seek clarification, and

2034
01:50:14,600 --> 01:50:16,720
Speaker 2: they dig and try to find as many facts as

2035
01:50:16,720 --> 01:50:20,800
Speaker 2: they can, and these things take forever. Now, when you

2036
01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:26,120
Speaker 2: receive a notice of allegations, what happens is Michigan has

2037
01:50:26,439 --> 01:50:29,640
Speaker 2: ninety days to respond to the Notice of allegations. So

2038
01:50:29,720 --> 01:50:33,719
Speaker 2: that's going to put this in what March mid March,

2039
01:50:34,280 --> 01:50:39,120
Speaker 2: and then the NCAA has sixty days to issue a rebuttal.

2040
01:50:40,520 --> 01:50:44,960
Speaker 2: Now there's more here, Okay. If the involved parties cannot

2041
01:50:44,960 --> 01:50:49,800
Speaker 2: resolve the case through a negotiated resolution process, they may

2042
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:54,760
Speaker 2: go to a hearing. So this is not over, by

2043
01:50:54,800 --> 01:50:57,680
Speaker 2: the way. In January, Michigan also received a draft of

2044
01:50:57,720 --> 01:51:01,640
Speaker 2: the Notice of allegations, which outline the violation Harball was

2045
01:51:01,680 --> 01:51:05,040
Speaker 2: accused of and the level two infractions, which included an

2046
01:51:05,040 --> 01:51:09,160
Speaker 2: all field analyst who was allegedly involved in on field

2047
01:51:09,200 --> 01:51:13,599
Speaker 2: coaching activities. Okay, that was January. This is December. That's

2048
01:51:13,640 --> 01:51:17,360
Speaker 2: how slow these damn things move now, as you know,

2049
01:51:18,840 --> 01:51:24,679
Speaker 2: As you know, Michigan, Jim Harbaugh returned to the sideline

2050
01:51:24,720 --> 01:51:28,559
Speaker 2: December second for the Big Ten Championship game against IWA,

2051
01:51:28,600 --> 01:51:31,599
Speaker 2: and he will coach New Year's Day a week from

2052
01:51:31,880 --> 01:51:35,280
Speaker 2: Monday when they face Alabama and the College Football Playoff

2053
01:51:35,280 --> 01:51:39,080
Speaker 2: semi final at the Rose Bowl, presidented by a prudential.

2054
01:51:39,120 --> 01:51:45,559
Speaker 2: Now here's the deal. We think that this adds up

2055
01:51:45,600 --> 01:51:49,440
Speaker 2: to be death by a thousand cuts and could ultimately

2056
01:51:49,560 --> 01:51:55,440
Speaker 2: potentially mean that Harball could be facing a lengthy suspension

2057
01:51:56,920 --> 01:51:58,519
Speaker 2: you know, in twenty twenty four.

2058
01:51:59,120 --> 01:51:59,880
Speaker 3: We don't know, but.

2059
01:52:00,320 --> 01:52:02,519
Speaker 2: That's what's being talked about.

2060
01:52:03,080 --> 01:52:03,559
Speaker 3: As you know.

2061
01:52:03,680 --> 01:52:08,840
Speaker 2: Michigan, by the way, has offered Jim Carbaugh an extension,

2062
01:52:08,840 --> 01:52:13,679
Speaker 2: a very lucrative extension, five years, eleven million per year.

2063
01:52:14,400 --> 01:52:16,880
Speaker 2: But apparently they're seeking a clause which I know Jim

2064
01:52:16,880 --> 01:52:19,519
Speaker 2: Harbaugh would never agree to in a million years, that

2065
01:52:19,600 --> 01:52:21,360
Speaker 2: he will not go back to the NFL, who will

2066
01:52:21,360 --> 01:52:24,719
Speaker 2: no longer flirt with the NFL. That's not going to happen.

2067
01:52:25,240 --> 01:52:25,760
Speaker 3: As a matter of.

2068
01:52:25,720 --> 01:52:27,400
Speaker 2: Fact, if you look at harp if you look at

2069
01:52:27,439 --> 01:52:31,760
Speaker 2: the most recent extension Harriball got two years ago, he's

2070
01:52:31,800 --> 01:52:34,760
Speaker 2: got to have the lowest buyout of any I really

2071
01:52:34,760 --> 01:52:36,519
Speaker 2: believe this. He's got to have the lowest buyout of

2072
01:52:36,560 --> 01:52:41,080
Speaker 2: any Power five head football coach in the country. You

2073
01:52:41,160 --> 01:52:43,720
Speaker 2: just saw what you know, Jim jimbo Fisher. They had

2074
01:52:43,760 --> 01:52:45,760
Speaker 2: to pay him seventy six point eight million dollars. That

2075
01:52:45,840 --> 01:52:50,840
Speaker 2: was his buyout to leave Texas A and m Harbaugh's

2076
01:52:50,880 --> 01:52:53,719
Speaker 2: is two point twenty five million, and per the terms

2077
01:52:53,720 --> 01:52:57,120
Speaker 2: of the contract, it reduces seven hundred and fifty thousand

2078
01:52:57,120 --> 01:52:59,520
Speaker 2: dollars each year. So if Harball doesn't sign the extension,

2079
01:53:00,040 --> 01:53:02,639
Speaker 2: stays one more year, it would reduce to a million

2080
01:53:02,680 --> 01:53:07,600
Speaker 2: five next year. But I think common parlance is that Harball,

2081
01:53:07,960 --> 01:53:11,719
Speaker 2: there's a probability he'll leave Michigan percent nothing's one hundred percent.

2082
01:53:11,840 --> 01:53:15,960
Speaker 2: There's a probability he'll leave Michigan because the planets align

2083
01:53:16,040 --> 01:53:20,439
Speaker 2: this time. The stars aligned this time. After his falling

2084
01:53:20,439 --> 01:53:24,000
Speaker 2: out with Ward Manuel, who is the athletic director at

2085
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:26,800
Speaker 2: Michigan and a former teammate out Jim Harbaugh's when they

2086
01:53:26,840 --> 01:53:29,920
Speaker 2: played for both schm Beckler back in the eighties. He

2087
01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:32,120
Speaker 2: got a falling out, got us pay reduced after COVID.

2088
01:53:32,200 --> 01:53:34,280
Speaker 2: You know what happened there, but it got restored as

2089
01:53:34,320 --> 01:53:37,640
Speaker 2: it should. Harball Beatlehouse State, got to the Big Ten championship,

2090
01:53:38,040 --> 01:53:40,559
Speaker 2: did it the second year, got a nice extension with

2091
01:53:40,600 --> 01:53:44,880
Speaker 2: a very low buyout. Two years ago, Jim Harball got

2092
01:53:44,920 --> 01:53:47,240
Speaker 2: on a plane, flew to Minnesota, got a courtesy interview.

2093
01:53:47,240 --> 01:53:49,680
Speaker 2: I was told, and I believe it, the Vikings really

2094
01:53:49,680 --> 01:53:52,559
Speaker 2: weren't interested in Harball period. The will family was not

2095
01:53:52,600 --> 01:53:56,120
Speaker 2: interested in Harball. He got a courtesy interview that was

2096
01:53:56,160 --> 01:53:59,280
Speaker 2: set up by a gentleman named Queensi Adolfo Mensa, an

2097
01:53:59,360 --> 01:54:01,760
Speaker 2: executive who who had worked with Harball while they were

2098
01:54:01,760 --> 01:54:05,519
Speaker 2: both at the forty nine Ers. It's my belief that

2099
01:54:05,840 --> 01:54:08,639
Speaker 2: the Vikings already wanted Kevin McConnell that down at that time,

2100
01:54:08,680 --> 01:54:10,519
Speaker 2: who was coming over from the Rams as the Rosi,

2101
01:54:11,479 --> 01:54:13,240
Speaker 2: and that the Wolves just don't do business that way.

2102
01:54:13,280 --> 01:54:15,599
Speaker 2: They're not gonna hire a guy in one day, and

2103
01:54:15,720 --> 01:54:19,599
Speaker 2: Harball had people, you know, that were connected to the Wolfs.

2104
01:54:19,600 --> 01:54:23,519
Speaker 2: It's my understanding not exactly endorsing him, so that just

2105
01:54:23,560 --> 01:54:26,040
Speaker 2: wasn't gonna work. But I think in twenty twenty two,

2106
01:54:26,160 --> 01:54:28,800
Speaker 2: Harball was maybe interested, very interested in go back to

2107
01:54:28,800 --> 01:54:31,599
Speaker 2: the NFL after last year's team. And he's got forty

2108
01:54:31,600 --> 01:54:33,680
Speaker 2: four seniors. He says, twenty of them are going to

2109
01:54:33,720 --> 01:54:37,120
Speaker 2: be drafted. He's got J. J. McCarthy's got Blake Corum,

2110
01:54:37,400 --> 01:54:40,320
Speaker 2: they got Alabama there, they're back in the playoff. But

2111
01:54:40,440 --> 01:54:43,800
Speaker 2: after he said so last year, when Denver came calling,

2112
01:54:43,800 --> 01:54:47,760
Speaker 2: and I think Denver was very interested, Harball wasn't interested then.

2113
01:54:47,840 --> 01:54:50,320
Speaker 2: So two years ago when Harball would have gone, the

2114
01:54:50,400 --> 01:54:53,760
Speaker 2: NFL wasn't interested. Last year when Harball wanted to stay,

2115
01:54:53,840 --> 01:54:56,360
Speaker 2: the NFL was interested. This year, the NFL's gonna be interested.

2116
01:54:56,680 --> 01:54:59,680
Speaker 2: And I think Jim Harball is going to be interested.

2117
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Speaker 2: So that's what I think is what we are dealing with.

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Speaker 2: I fully expect. I'm just gonna put it at seventy

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Speaker 2: percent that Harbaugh is back in the NFL next year. Remember,

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Speaker 2: he never got over well you don't remember this because

2121
01:55:13,360 --> 01:55:15,520
Speaker 2: you may not know. He never got over losing the

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01:55:15,560 --> 01:55:20,320
Speaker 2: Super Bowl to his brother. Trust me, trust me that

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Speaker 2: he considers that to be the grand prize. Speaking of

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Speaker 2: someone who's interested the NFL, believe it or not, is

2125
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Speaker 2: they continue to broaden their NFL footprint around the globe.

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01:55:30,800 --> 01:55:34,280
Speaker 2: We now come to find out the NFL is reportedly

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01:55:34,400 --> 01:55:40,000
Speaker 2: considering kicking off the twenty twenty four season in wait

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Speaker 2: for it, not Los Angeles, not London, not Mexico City,

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Speaker 2: not Frankfurt, Germany, not Detroit, not New England, not Kansas City, Brazil.

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Speaker 2: The NFL may use its first ever game in Brazil

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Speaker 2: to completely drastically awe alter its season opening kickoff week

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01:56:05,120 --> 01:56:08,360
Speaker 2: and in a move that's very much departure from its

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01:56:08,400 --> 01:56:11,560
Speaker 2: typical process. Now they've decided they're going to play a

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Speaker 2: regular season game in South Polla next year, but now

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Speaker 2: they're considering doing it in week one of the twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty four season. This comes according to NBC Sports. The

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Speaker 2: options are said to also include a double header on Thursday,

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Speaker 2: September fifth, when the defending Super Bowl champs have traditionally

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01:56:25,920 --> 01:56:28,600
Speaker 2: kicked off the season at home, and a standalone game

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01:56:28,640 --> 01:56:32,200
Speaker 2: on Friday. Remember we had the Black Friday game in November.

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01:56:32,240 --> 01:56:34,760
Speaker 2: I knew this is going to happen. I'm gonna start

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01:56:34,760 --> 01:56:38,560
Speaker 2: seeing games on Friday September sixth. Each scenario well that'd

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01:56:38,560 --> 01:56:40,880
Speaker 2: be a first for the NFL. They've only played one

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Speaker 2: game on Thursday in Week one, called the NFL Kickoff Game,

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01:56:44,280 --> 01:56:46,360
Speaker 2: since starting in the tradition in twenty oh two. There's

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01:56:46,440 --> 01:56:49,400
Speaker 2: never been a Friday game during Week one ever. But again,

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01:56:49,480 --> 01:56:51,440
Speaker 2: as I just said, the league did play on Black

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01:56:51,480 --> 01:56:54,760
Speaker 2: Friday this past year. That was the Aaron Rodgers Gonna

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01:56:54,760 --> 01:56:56,680
Speaker 2: Be game. But he's hurt and the Jets, you know

2150
01:56:56,760 --> 01:57:01,120
Speaker 2: what happened. But listen, they've moved into Chris Mistay. You've

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01:57:01,120 --> 01:57:04,680
Speaker 2: had the nine thirty am Eastern Sunday morning, you know

2152
01:57:04,760 --> 01:57:08,360
Speaker 2: for their international series in London and Germany. The earliest

2153
01:57:08,400 --> 01:57:12,720
Speaker 2: regular season game played in Europe has been only Week three,

2154
01:57:13,760 --> 01:57:15,640
Speaker 2: and that happened a few years ago. And they're also

2155
01:57:15,720 --> 01:57:17,960
Speaker 2: considering the Miami Dolphins are widely believed to be the

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01:57:18,040 --> 01:57:20,800
Speaker 2: very strong candidate to play in Brazil. That the only

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Speaker 2: NFL team in the marketing rights in that country is

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01:57:23,680 --> 01:57:26,200
Speaker 2: part of the league's international marketing program. But next season,

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01:57:26,240 --> 01:57:28,760
Speaker 2: the NFC teams, they're going to have a ninth regular

2160
01:57:28,800 --> 01:57:31,520
Speaker 2: season home game, and they're likely to host many more

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01:57:31,600 --> 01:57:35,400
Speaker 2: international matchups. Can you imagine that? Are you ready? First

2162
01:57:35,400 --> 01:57:38,600
Speaker 2: in football Brazil? Not only that kicking off the season

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01:57:38,680 --> 01:57:42,160
Speaker 2: week one, that would be something we shall see the

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01:57:42,280 --> 01:57:46,640
Speaker 2: NFL constantly knocking down the fourth wall, coming up the

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Speaker 2: dance sensation sweep in the nation. You know you love it,

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Speaker 2: You can't leave without it? What kind of brand new

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Speaker 2: full of you follow by?

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Speaker 3: What?

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01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:56,600
Speaker 2: My name Jim? It locked you listening to the Bernie

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Speaker 2: Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, that's right, you

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Speaker 2: heard the man. The Bernie Fradle Show keeps worlding right along.

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Speaker 2: My name is Bernie Frowner. We are coming to you

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Speaker 2: live from the Taract dot Com studios here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Speaker 2: tired buying should be. Well, we have come to that

2178
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Speaker 2: time of the show, that time of the week. You

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Speaker 2: know what you love it? You can't leave without it.

2180
01:58:31,080 --> 01:58:36,240
Speaker 2: You see, because it never fails. Every day, all day

2181
01:58:36,920 --> 01:58:40,720
Speaker 2: around this great country of ours, and certainly around the globe,

2182
01:58:42,120 --> 01:58:46,400
Speaker 2: people do things. They engage in activities that cause you

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01:58:47,160 --> 01:58:51,200
Speaker 2: to raise an eyebrow. Sometimes these activities are innocurous they're

2184
01:58:51,240 --> 01:58:54,680
Speaker 2: just stupid, silly, they don't make sense of their times.

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01:58:54,680 --> 01:58:59,160
Speaker 2: They're far more serious and dangerous, and many times they're

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01:58:59,200 --> 01:59:02,960
Speaker 2: criminal and they can land someone in jail. But any

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01:59:03,000 --> 01:59:06,840
Speaker 2: way you slice it, any way you characterize it, describe it,

2188
01:59:07,440 --> 01:59:10,000
Speaker 2: or observe it, these events that people engage in they

2189
01:59:10,160 --> 01:59:14,840
Speaker 2: always leave us scratching our head and asking ourselves, what

2190
01:59:14,920 --> 01:59:16,400
Speaker 2: kind of brand new fool are you?

2191
01:59:22,760 --> 01:59:25,320
Speaker 1: So, what kind of brand new fool are you?

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Speaker 2: Well, today we bring you to London and recently. Now

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01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:39,080
Speaker 2: this one's a little out there because of the significance,

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01:59:39,440 --> 01:59:42,000
Speaker 2: even though it might not sound like it. I mean,

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01:59:43,000 --> 01:59:46,839
Speaker 2: in this segment, many times we have alluded to thefts,

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Speaker 2: cars being stolen, buses being stolen, Yeah it happened, a

2197
01:59:53,760 --> 01:59:59,400
Speaker 2: tractor being stolen, a television being stolen, jewelry being stolen,

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Speaker 2: food at a taco bell being stolen. This one's a

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Speaker 2: new one, see because four men were charged Monday over

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02:00:09,560 --> 02:00:14,879
Speaker 2: the theft wait for it, of an eighteen carrot gold toilet

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Speaker 2: from Blenham Palace in London. This is a big, beautiful,

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Speaker 2: sprawling English country mansion where Winston Churchill was born. Now

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02:00:24,800 --> 02:00:27,320
Speaker 2: this isn't just any old toilet, it's valued at six

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Speaker 2: million dollars. It's legitimately considered artwork and it was intended

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Speaker 2: as appointed satire about excessive wealth by an Italian conceptual

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Speaker 2: artist and it was installed at Blenham Palace near the

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02:00:41,920 --> 02:00:45,760
Speaker 2: city of Oxford just a few years ago. Now, the

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Speaker 2: Prown Prosecution Service said Monday, this isn't just one, not one,

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Speaker 2: not two, not three, not four, not five, not six. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: seven lebron seven people between the ages of thirty five

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Speaker 2: thirty nine have been well. The Crown Prosecution Service has

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02:01:05,320 --> 02:01:09,520
Speaker 2: authorized criminal charges against the seven men. They were accused

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02:01:09,560 --> 02:01:17,000
Speaker 2: of burglary and conspiracy to transfer criminal property. Well, it's

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Speaker 2: quite a heist and the artwork has not been found yet.

2215
02:01:21,240 --> 02:01:23,560
Speaker 2: It turns out it was stolen four years ago, but

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Speaker 2: they were just charts.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on. The golden toilet. It

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02:01:29,000 --> 02:01:32,280
Speaker 2: wasn't just an artifact. It was fully functioning and prior

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Speaker 2: to the theft, if you visited this exhibition you could

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Speaker 2: actually book and pay for a three minute appointment to

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Speaker 2: go to the toilet on a gold toilet. Can't make

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Speaker 2: this up, folks, police said. Because the toilet had been

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Speaker 2: connected to the palace's plumbing system. These knuckleheads who removed

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Speaker 2: it cost quote significant damage and flooding to this building,

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Speaker 2: which was originally erected in the eighteenth century, now the

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02:01:57,640 --> 02:02:02,680
Speaker 2: Guggenheim Museum in New York. People on the Dodgers, where

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02:02:02,720 --> 02:02:05,680
Speaker 2: this artwork was originally installed in a bathroom prior to

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Speaker 2: it being shown at Blenham Palace, describe the toilet as

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02:02:09,400 --> 02:02:15,760
Speaker 2: cast in eighteen carrot gold. So even the chief of

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Speaker 2: police to Thames Valley Police and the force investigating the

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02:02:19,320 --> 02:02:22,600
Speaker 2: theft have already suggested this is going to be a

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Speaker 2: real challenge to recover this toilet. Will we ever see

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Speaker 2: the toilet again? Personally? I wonder if it's in the

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02:02:28,280 --> 02:02:30,600
Speaker 2: shape of a toilet. To be perfectly honest, the police said,

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Speaker 2: if you got that much gold, you got that amount

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02:02:33,800 --> 02:02:37,080
Speaker 2: of gold. It seems likely someone has already managed to

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02:02:37,200 --> 02:02:40,360
Speaker 2: dispose of it in one way or another. Oh well,

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02:02:41,400 --> 02:02:43,320
Speaker 2: at least four of the suspects are going to have

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Speaker 2: to appear at the Oxford Magistrates Court here coming up.

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02:02:47,920 --> 02:02:51,600
Speaker 2: We shall see what happens to use. Seven knuckleheads who

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02:02:51,760 --> 02:02:55,880
Speaker 2: stole this six million dollars toilet which will never be

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02:02:55,920 --> 02:02:58,680
Speaker 2: found or hasn't been found and you are now facing

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02:02:58,720 --> 02:03:03,440
Speaker 2: serious charges. What kind of brand new fools are you?

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02:03:05,240 --> 02:03:06,960
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweinkett, You're up next, buddy.

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Speaker 12: All right, Bernie, where we are going is actually in

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02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:14,120
Speaker 12: the US of A. In fact, you know this place

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02:03:14,480 --> 02:03:17,960
Speaker 12: extremely well, Bernie. No, it's not Las Vegas. Where we're

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02:03:17,960 --> 02:03:20,120
Speaker 12: heading to is Destroit.

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Speaker 2: Mission got what do we got?

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Speaker 6: What do we got, Bernie, Well, I'll tell you what

2252
02:03:25,200 --> 02:03:25,640
Speaker 6: we got.

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02:03:25,760 --> 02:03:29,760
Speaker 12: Where a Michigan man was at a local gas station

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02:03:30,160 --> 02:03:32,640
Speaker 12: trying to put gas into his car.

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Speaker 6: And with that, as.

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Speaker 12: He's attempting to, you know, put into his car, you know,

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02:03:36,960 --> 02:03:40,200
Speaker 12: as one does with their gash, he saw a big

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02:03:40,240 --> 02:03:43,000
Speaker 12: spider on the gas tank. Now what you do not

2259
02:03:43,160 --> 02:03:48,240
Speaker 12: know about this unknown named man is he is very,

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Speaker 12: in fact, desperately scared of spiders. So that's his phobia,

2261
02:03:53,480 --> 02:03:58,680
Speaker 12: like you know, like sharks, arrakaphobia. You know that is Oh,

2262
02:03:58,840 --> 02:04:03,680
Speaker 12: he's he's stricken with it, bad, Bernie. In fact, so

2263
02:04:03,880 --> 02:04:07,880
Speaker 12: bad that he thought of the idea of he was

2264
02:04:07,920 --> 02:04:10,600
Speaker 12: so so scared of seeing that spider on the gas

2265
02:04:10,640 --> 02:04:14,520
Speaker 12: tank he literally tried to burn it with his lighter.

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02:04:15,320 --> 02:04:18,400
Speaker 12: Now I don't know about you, Bernie, but lighting a

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02:04:18,440 --> 02:04:21,200
Speaker 12: spider on fire with a lighter when you're at a

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02:04:21,240 --> 02:04:23,960
Speaker 12: gas station connected to said gas tank.

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02:04:25,320 --> 02:04:28,000
Speaker 6: Well that's a terrible idea.

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02:04:28,200 --> 02:04:32,280
Speaker 12: So the gas tank ended up catching fire and the

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02:04:32,360 --> 02:04:36,280
Speaker 12: flames immediately spread to said pump. So when this man

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02:04:36,440 --> 02:04:39,280
Speaker 12: literally went to burn the spider, which pretty much burned

2273
02:04:39,320 --> 02:04:44,560
Speaker 12: the whole pump and just it was completely inflamed, causing

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02:04:44,800 --> 02:04:51,680
Speaker 12: irreprehensible damages to the pump and to the gas station pump. Miraculously,

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02:04:51,920 --> 02:04:55,920
Speaker 12: the man his in his car h literally suffered no

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02:04:56,320 --> 02:04:59,920
Speaker 12: no burns whatsoever. But the gas pumps definitely need to

2277
02:04:59,920 --> 02:05:05,200
Speaker 12: be replaced. And he what's funny is when the the

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02:05:05,240 --> 02:05:08,800
Speaker 12: attendants asked what happened, and he's blamed the fire on

2279
02:05:08,960 --> 02:05:12,840
Speaker 12: static electricity, and then they end up getting investigators out

2280
02:05:12,880 --> 02:05:16,240
Speaker 12: of there, and he embarrassingly, you know, actually told the truth.

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02:05:16,440 --> 02:05:19,760
Speaker 12: He did have to pay a number of fines and

2282
02:05:20,040 --> 02:05:23,440
Speaker 12: well damages just to cover for that. Uh And when asked,

2283
02:05:23,480 --> 02:05:26,120
Speaker 12: like he said, I was very sorry. I just didn't

2284
02:05:26,160 --> 02:05:28,920
Speaker 12: think he was stupid. And then they asked, well, what

2285
02:05:29,000 --> 02:05:31,320
Speaker 12: happened to the spider? He goes, I mean it did

2286
02:05:31,360 --> 02:05:38,080
Speaker 12: get burned. So hey, so unknown an unknown man in Detroit, Michigan,

2287
02:05:38,320 --> 02:05:40,840
Speaker 12: lighting spiders and gas stations on fire.

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02:05:41,120 --> 02:05:42,680
Speaker 6: What kind of brand new fool are you, sir?

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02:05:43,720 --> 02:05:46,080
Speaker 2: Well, he did say it was sorry, So he did

2290
02:05:46,160 --> 02:05:47,040
Speaker 2: say sorry.

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02:05:47,120 --> 02:05:48,960
Speaker 6: He's got that going for him, which is nice.

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02:05:49,640 --> 02:05:51,520
Speaker 2: You know, my mind starts to wander when we begin

2293
02:05:51,560 --> 02:05:53,040
Speaker 2: these things. You never know where they're going to end up.

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02:05:53,040 --> 02:05:55,200
Speaker 2: I thought you were gonna say this knucklehead was putting

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02:05:55,200 --> 02:05:56,920
Speaker 2: gas in his car and he had an electric car.

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02:05:57,320 --> 02:05:59,440
Speaker 2: You know, maybe he had one too many cream dements

2297
02:05:59,520 --> 02:06:03,240
Speaker 2: or something got into grap his crossly. You just never

2298
02:06:03,320 --> 02:06:05,560
Speaker 2: know what they said. You never know. Yeah, somebody steals

2299
02:06:05,560 --> 02:06:07,760
Speaker 2: a toilet, someone lights a spider on fire when you're

2300
02:06:07,760 --> 02:06:11,240
Speaker 2: buying gas, not thinking like the gas might be flammable.

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02:06:12,160 --> 02:06:14,040
Speaker 2: You know, it didn't work out too good for the spider,

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02:06:14,440 --> 02:06:16,480
Speaker 2: by the way, did he uh? Did he?

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02:06:16,680 --> 02:06:16,880
Speaker 3: Uh?

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02:06:17,640 --> 02:06:21,040
Speaker 2: I know he wasn't burned. Was he criminally charged winning

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02:06:21,160 --> 02:06:22,080
Speaker 2: or no?

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Speaker 12: They didn't criminally charge him, but they did, but they

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02:06:25,640 --> 02:06:29,160
Speaker 12: did make him pay the They rectified it with like

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02:06:29,160 --> 02:06:30,840
Speaker 12: you just had you have to pay damages for this,

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02:06:31,360 --> 02:06:33,680
Speaker 12: and he ended up paying it out of pocket and

2310
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Speaker 12: all that good stuff.

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02:06:34,520 --> 02:06:35,680
Speaker 6: So they didn't give me.

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02:06:36,080 --> 02:06:38,800
Speaker 12: They didn't give me the full uh how much he spent,

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02:06:38,880 --> 02:06:41,840
Speaker 12: but it was definitely enough to uh, don't do that.

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Speaker 6: He don't do that again? Wow, paid the price.

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02:06:46,920 --> 02:06:49,360
Speaker 2: I'm at gas station. You might want to consider fumigating

2316
02:06:49,400 --> 02:06:52,480
Speaker 2: a little bit better. These knuckleheads coming in all right,

2317
02:06:52,800 --> 02:06:56,440
Speaker 2: another rising addition of what kind of brand new food

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02:06:56,520 --> 02:06:59,880
Speaker 2: are you? He's in the books. But that allows us

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02:06:59,880 --> 02:07:03,960
Speaker 2: to segue into our second favorite bit that we lovingly

2320
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Speaker 2: refer to as what my name? Alrighty, we dive into

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Speaker 2: the NFL and you hear the name a lot of

2322
02:07:14,760 --> 02:07:19,320
Speaker 2: a certain coach. Well, that might be a hint. I'm

2323
02:07:19,360 --> 02:07:23,480
Speaker 2: the only NFL coach in the history of the NFL,

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02:07:23,960 --> 02:07:27,280
Speaker 2: that's the Department of dundacy department, to actually have my

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02:07:27,400 --> 02:07:31,040
Speaker 2: team go one and four in December and still win

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Speaker 2: a Super Bowl. Mark Ramsey, what my name?

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Speaker 13: I am a loss for words. I don't know this one, No.

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02:07:40,080 --> 02:07:43,200
Speaker 2: Problem, Mark, Okay, I'm the only coach in the history

2329
02:07:43,200 --> 02:07:47,480
Speaker 2: of the NFL to actually preside over a team who

2330
02:07:47,560 --> 02:07:50,560
Speaker 2: was one and four in December it's still won the

2331
02:07:50,600 --> 02:07:53,480
Speaker 2: Super Bowl. Patrick Sweeko, what my name?

2332
02:07:54,520 --> 02:07:57,080
Speaker 6: Who is Bill Belichick?

2333
02:07:57,640 --> 02:08:01,240
Speaker 2: Not Bill Belichick? Believe it or not, the Baltimore Ravens

2334
02:08:01,280 --> 02:08:05,160
Speaker 2: owned Jim Harbaugh did it back in twenty twelve, they

2335
02:08:05,200 --> 02:08:07,880
Speaker 2: went one and four and still won the Super Bowl,

2336
02:08:07,920 --> 02:08:12,840
Speaker 2: beating Colin Kaepernick's and Jim Harbaugh's forty nine Ers. All Right,

2337
02:08:14,480 --> 02:08:18,440
Speaker 2: believe it or not, I'm the only NFL coach currently

2338
02:08:18,440 --> 02:08:21,480
Speaker 2: coaching that has not lost two games in a row

2339
02:08:21,920 --> 02:08:24,960
Speaker 2: since the beginning of the twenty twenty two NFL season.

2340
02:08:25,480 --> 02:08:26,880
Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey, what my name?

2341
02:08:28,160 --> 02:08:30,160
Speaker 13: Any coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

2342
02:08:31,160 --> 02:08:33,680
Speaker 2: Mike Tommlan Not Mike Tomlin. But that's not a bad guess.

2343
02:08:33,680 --> 02:08:35,600
Speaker 2: So they have lost two in a row a couple

2344
02:08:35,640 --> 02:08:39,160
Speaker 2: times this year. Okay, I'm the only NFL coach currently

2345
02:08:39,200 --> 02:08:41,440
Speaker 2: working that has not lost two games in a row

2346
02:08:41,560 --> 02:08:44,600
Speaker 2: since the beginning of the twenty twenty two NFL season.

2347
02:08:44,920 --> 02:08:46,320
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeka, What my name?

2348
02:08:47,160 --> 02:08:50,200
Speaker 6: Who is Kyle Shanahan?

2349
02:08:50,720 --> 02:08:53,040
Speaker 2: Love the It's not Kyle Shanahan, but I do love

2350
02:08:53,120 --> 02:08:58,640
Speaker 2: the certainly love the Jeopardy homage. Somewhere, Alex Trebeck is smiling.

2351
02:08:58,920 --> 02:09:01,920
Speaker 2: It's actually Mike McCarry with you. The Dallas Cowboys that

2352
02:09:01,920 --> 02:09:05,000
Speaker 2: could come crashing down Sunday here in a few hours

2353
02:09:05,040 --> 02:09:08,400
Speaker 2: if they lose to the Miami Dolphins. All let's have

2354
02:09:08,400 --> 02:09:12,000
Speaker 2: a little fun, since it is the Christmas season. Sixty

2355
02:09:12,120 --> 02:09:15,880
Speaker 2: five years ago, I recorded the song rock and Run

2356
02:09:16,360 --> 02:09:19,600
Speaker 2: the Christmas Tree and it rose to top ten in

2357
02:09:19,640 --> 02:09:24,760
Speaker 2: the charts twenty twenty three. Mark Ramsey, what' my name?

2358
02:09:26,720 --> 02:09:26,920
Speaker 2: You know?

2359
02:09:27,000 --> 02:09:35,800
Speaker 14: I should know this, but uh, Carrie Underwood, Carrie Underwood,

2360
02:09:35,840 --> 02:09:36,880
Speaker 14: not Carrie Underwood.

2361
02:09:37,400 --> 02:09:41,080
Speaker 2: That would have been something since Carrie Underwood sixty five

2362
02:09:41,160 --> 02:09:44,240
Speaker 2: years ago was probably running around in our dad's coleiones

2363
02:09:44,240 --> 02:09:47,120
Speaker 2: about that time. Are you allowed to say that? Okay,

2364
02:09:47,680 --> 02:09:51,200
Speaker 2: we move on. Sixty five years ago I recorded this

2365
02:09:51,360 --> 02:09:55,520
Speaker 2: song rock and Run the Christmas Tree, and it actually

2366
02:09:55,600 --> 02:09:59,920
Speaker 2: rose to top ten chart in twenty twenty three. Patrick

2367
02:10:00,080 --> 02:10:00,920
Speaker 2: week Of what my name?

2368
02:10:01,840 --> 02:10:03,800
Speaker 6: Who is Dolly Parton?

2369
02:10:04,520 --> 02:10:07,840
Speaker 2: Not Dolly Parton? Look, she might have been eligible. I

2370
02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:11,080
Speaker 2: think she's eighty now, isn't she. It's actually Brenda Lee.

2371
02:10:11,600 --> 02:10:15,320
Speaker 2: Brenda Lee, that is what my name? First. Well, while

2372
02:10:15,360 --> 02:10:18,360
Speaker 2: we're on that subject, let's knock out one more. Nineteen

2373
02:10:18,480 --> 02:10:23,280
Speaker 2: forty eight, seventy five years ago, I recorded a legendary

2374
02:10:24,080 --> 02:10:28,080
Speaker 2: version of Jingle Bells, which actually rose to number one

2375
02:10:28,200 --> 02:10:32,200
Speaker 2: this year. Mark Ramsey, what my name?

2376
02:10:34,000 --> 02:10:34,879
Speaker 13: Bing Crosby?

2377
02:10:35,280 --> 02:10:38,280
Speaker 2: Oh, that's an excellent guesses not Bing Crosby that you're

2378
02:10:38,520 --> 02:10:42,480
Speaker 2: you're along the right lines. Seventy five years ago, I

2379
02:10:42,560 --> 02:10:43,480
Speaker 2: recorded jingle Bells?

2380
02:10:43,600 --> 02:10:44,720
Speaker 13: Should I say, bingal?

2381
02:10:45,480 --> 02:10:48,800
Speaker 2: Nicely done? Nicely done? Give your self a rim shot there?

2382
02:10:49,000 --> 02:10:51,919
Speaker 2: All right? Seventy five years ago I recorded a legendary

2383
02:10:52,000 --> 02:10:55,480
Speaker 2: version of jingle Bells. Got to number one this Christmas season?

2384
02:10:55,720 --> 02:10:57,120
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweek of what my name?

2385
02:10:58,000 --> 02:11:00,600
Speaker 6: Who is Presley?

2386
02:11:01,160 --> 02:11:06,840
Speaker 2: Not Elvis Presley? Not Elvis Presley, Start spreading the news,

2387
02:11:06,880 --> 02:11:11,160
Speaker 2: Frank Sinatra, oh blue eyes, believe it or not? All right,

2388
02:11:11,800 --> 02:11:14,440
Speaker 2: we know that the Pistons have lost twenty six games

2389
02:11:14,440 --> 02:11:17,920
Speaker 2: in a row. But I was actually the head coach

2390
02:11:17,920 --> 02:11:20,760
Speaker 2: of an NBA team that won thirty three games in

2391
02:11:20,800 --> 02:11:23,120
Speaker 2: a row. Won thirty three games in a row, back

2392
02:11:23,120 --> 02:11:26,440
Speaker 2: in nineteen seventy two. Mark Ramsey, what my name?

2393
02:11:28,080 --> 02:11:29,680
Speaker 13: I'm gonna throw out? Larry Brown.

2394
02:11:30,240 --> 02:11:32,720
Speaker 2: Larry Brown, not Larry Brown. Not a bad guess, very

2395
02:11:32,720 --> 02:11:37,840
Speaker 2: successful coach. Won a championship in college basketball with Kansas

2396
02:11:37,880 --> 02:11:40,560
Speaker 2: in eighty eight, and I covered the four Pistons team

2397
02:11:40,600 --> 02:11:44,360
Speaker 2: which won the which NO National Championship, the NBA Championship. Okay,

2398
02:11:45,240 --> 02:11:47,320
Speaker 2: we all know the Pistons have lost twenty six games

2399
02:11:47,320 --> 02:11:49,320
Speaker 2: in a row. Well, I was a head coach of

2400
02:11:49,320 --> 02:11:51,800
Speaker 2: an NBA team back in nineteen seventy two that actually

2401
02:11:51,840 --> 02:11:54,960
Speaker 2: won thirty three won thirty three games in a row,

2402
02:11:55,160 --> 02:11:58,200
Speaker 2: won thirty three games in a row. Patrick Sweeker, What

2403
02:11:58,320 --> 02:11:58,720
Speaker 2: my name?

2404
02:11:59,440 --> 02:12:01,800
Speaker 6: Who is pat Riley?

2405
02:12:02,560 --> 02:12:06,640
Speaker 2: Same team, but not pat Riley's actually the legendary Bill Sharmon,

2406
02:12:07,560 --> 02:12:15,120
Speaker 2: Bill Sharmon all Right. Recently, Raheem Molster rushed for his

2407
02:12:15,280 --> 02:12:20,160
Speaker 2: twentieth touchdown in a single season. He broke my record

2408
02:12:20,600 --> 02:12:26,760
Speaker 2: for most touchdowns from scrimmage in a season. Mark Ramsey,

2409
02:12:26,760 --> 02:12:27,320
Speaker 2: What my name?

2410
02:12:28,960 --> 02:12:30,280
Speaker 13: The earl of Campbell.

2411
02:12:30,760 --> 02:12:32,920
Speaker 2: Oh, that's a damn good guess. Not him, But I

2412
02:12:33,000 --> 02:12:34,560
Speaker 2: give you guys a clue. He plays for the same

2413
02:12:34,640 --> 02:12:38,000
Speaker 2: team that Raheem Moster did so. When Ramheem Molster rushed

2414
02:12:38,040 --> 02:12:40,720
Speaker 2: for his twentieth touchdown earlier this year, he broke my

2415
02:12:40,840 --> 02:12:44,440
Speaker 2: record for most touchdowns from scrimmage in a season. Patrick Sweeker,

2416
02:12:44,520 --> 02:12:45,120
Speaker 2: What my name?

2417
02:12:46,040 --> 02:12:51,440
Speaker 5: Who is the Cheetah Tyreek Hill?

2418
02:12:52,360 --> 02:12:55,080
Speaker 2: No, but not a bad guess. It's actually Mark Clayton.

2419
02:12:55,280 --> 02:12:59,920
Speaker 2: Mark Clayton of the nineteen eighties version of the Miami Dolphins. Okay,

2420
02:13:00,360 --> 02:13:03,360
Speaker 2: last week, I became the first quarterback in NFL history

2421
02:13:04,280 --> 02:13:11,560
Speaker 2: to record a perfect Tasser rating at lambell Field, Mark Ramsey?

2422
02:13:11,560 --> 02:13:12,280
Speaker 2: What my name.

2423
02:13:13,760 --> 02:13:16,480
Speaker 13: Is his name? Baker of the Mayfield.

2424
02:13:16,520 --> 02:13:27,000
Speaker 2: Bab there we go, outstanding signing up? All right? I

2425
02:13:27,320 --> 02:13:30,880
Speaker 2: just very recently became the second quarterback in NFL history

2426
02:13:31,200 --> 02:13:35,839
Speaker 2: to actually rush for fifty touchdowns from the quarterback position.

2427
02:13:35,960 --> 02:13:37,360
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeker, what my name?

2428
02:13:37,880 --> 02:13:39,520
Speaker 6: Who is Lamar Jackson?

2429
02:13:39,840 --> 02:13:44,080
Speaker 2: Not Lamar Jackson. I recently became the second quarterback in

2430
02:13:44,200 --> 02:13:49,080
Speaker 2: NFL history to rush for fifty rush touchdowns and it's

2431
02:13:49,480 --> 02:13:53,440
Speaker 2: from the quarterback position. I'm sorry, Mark Ramsey? What my name?

2432
02:13:53,480 --> 02:13:55,200
Speaker 2: And if I screwed that up, I'll read it again.

2433
02:13:56,040 --> 02:13:57,880
Speaker 13: I'll just say Jordan Love. I don't know.

2434
02:13:59,400 --> 02:14:03,760
Speaker 2: That it's actually Josh Allen. Josh Allen. He just did

2435
02:14:03,800 --> 02:14:06,920
Speaker 2: it Saturday. All right. Well he end if if he

2436
02:14:07,000 --> 02:14:09,840
Speaker 2: became the second quarterback in the NFL has to do that. Well.

2437
02:14:10,080 --> 02:14:13,640
Speaker 2: I was the first quarterback in NFL history to rush

2438
02:14:13,800 --> 02:14:17,880
Speaker 2: for fifty touchdowns from the quarterback position. Patrick sweek Of

2439
02:14:17,920 --> 02:14:18,480
Speaker 2: What my name?

2440
02:14:19,080 --> 02:14:21,000
Speaker 6: Who is Robert Griffin?

2441
02:14:21,160 --> 02:14:27,000
Speaker 2: Third? RG three? Oh my god? RG three never met

2442
02:14:27,040 --> 02:14:30,560
Speaker 2: a microphone he didn't like. Makes my teeth ititch? I

2443
02:14:30,560 --> 02:14:35,040
Speaker 2: love you RG three? Yeah, okay, all right, first quarterback

2444
02:14:35,080 --> 02:14:38,000
Speaker 2: in NFL history to rush for fifty touchdowns from the

2445
02:14:38,120 --> 02:14:41,800
Speaker 2: quarterback position. Mark Ramsey, what my name?

2446
02:14:43,400 --> 02:14:45,040
Speaker 13: Let's go with Lynn Dawson.

2447
02:14:45,680 --> 02:14:49,200
Speaker 2: Oh wow, I love what you didity not Lenn Dawson,

2448
02:14:49,400 --> 02:14:52,200
Speaker 2: legend of Purdue and of course the Kansas City Chiefs.

2449
02:14:52,600 --> 02:14:56,440
Speaker 2: Everybody forgets you see after the year after Joe Namath

2450
02:14:57,000 --> 02:15:00,720
Speaker 2: and his legendary Jets beat the cole Since Super Bowl three,

2451
02:15:00,760 --> 02:15:05,080
Speaker 2: the following you, Lenny Dawson, they beat the Vennesula Vikings

2452
02:15:05,120 --> 02:15:08,080
Speaker 2: as prohibitive underdogs in Super bel four. It's actually Cam Newton,

2453
02:15:08,800 --> 02:15:13,120
Speaker 2: Cam Newton, all right, should we do one more? Patrick?

2454
02:15:13,880 --> 02:15:15,880
Speaker 6: Always always do one more?

2455
02:15:15,880 --> 02:15:20,520
Speaker 2: I got a feeling Patrick, You're gonna get this one, okay.

2456
02:15:21,600 --> 02:15:26,960
Speaker 2: I recently did not sign a three hundred and twenty

2457
02:15:26,960 --> 02:15:30,880
Speaker 2: five million dollar contract with the Dodgers as a pitcher.

2458
02:15:31,000 --> 02:15:34,800
Speaker 2: Looks like I'll be back in Japan for twenty twenty four.

2459
02:15:35,160 --> 02:15:36,720
Speaker 2: Patrick's WEEKO one more Day?

2460
02:15:37,320 --> 02:15:40,839
Speaker 6: Who is not Youyo Shinoba, Yella Moto. It's it's Trevor Bower.

2461
02:15:42,160 --> 02:15:45,520
Speaker 6: Oh love it, Trevor Power.

2462
02:15:45,760 --> 02:15:46,000
Speaker 3: God.

2463
02:15:46,040 --> 02:15:48,840
Speaker 2: I love Trevor Barr. I love oh man. It's so good,

2464
02:15:49,120 --> 02:15:53,040
Speaker 2: so good, And of course great job guys, and extra

2465
02:15:53,160 --> 02:15:58,680
Speaker 2: credit extra points for phrazing the answer in the form

2466
02:15:58,720 --> 02:16:00,960
Speaker 2: of a question, even though it's not necessary. Always going

2467
02:16:01,000 --> 02:16:03,720
Speaker 2: the extra mile. Speaking of the extra mile, we always

2468
02:16:03,760 --> 02:16:08,640
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2492
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2493
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Speaker 3: And it is good.

2494
02:17:31,640 --> 02:17:35,119
Speaker 5: Twenty eight seconds left and the Bills are back in front.

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Speaker 2: you for Patrick for that. And here's the key. Buffalo

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02:18:04,040 --> 02:18:06,640
Speaker 2: Bill's riding a hot streak at the right time. They

2503
02:18:06,680 --> 02:18:09,080
Speaker 2: had an impressive win in Kansas City two weeks ago,

2504
02:18:09,440 --> 02:18:12,600
Speaker 2: smoked the Dallas Cowboys last week found themselves in a

2505
02:18:12,600 --> 02:18:15,640
Speaker 2: bit of a dog fight Saturday night against the lowlyes

2506
02:18:16,160 --> 02:18:19,360
Speaker 2: Los Angeles Chargers. You knew you would probably get an

2507
02:18:19,400 --> 02:18:23,160
Speaker 2: effort out of them because they just fired Brandon Staley

2508
02:18:23,560 --> 02:18:25,560
Speaker 2: and they were coming off that sixty three to twenty

2509
02:18:25,560 --> 02:18:30,120
Speaker 2: one loss to the Raiders, mere minutes away from what

2510
02:18:30,160 --> 02:18:32,960
Speaker 2: would have been a very improbable victory. But give it

2511
02:18:33,040 --> 02:18:35,600
Speaker 2: up to the Bills. Josh Allen is still Josh Allen.

2512
02:18:36,400 --> 02:18:39,120
Speaker 2: The Bills come away with a twenty four twenty two victory,

2513
02:18:39,200 --> 02:18:43,160
Speaker 2: and because Cincinnati lost earlier in the day, Big Day

2514
02:18:43,280 --> 02:18:47,640
Speaker 2: early Christmas President for the Buffalo Bills, they now hold

2515
02:18:47,720 --> 02:18:51,800
Speaker 2: their fate in their hands. Buffalo, when your next two

2516
02:18:51,800 --> 02:18:54,480
Speaker 2: games and you are in and depending on what Miami

2517
02:18:54,560 --> 02:18:59,680
Speaker 2: does Sunday and next week, Buffalo visits Miami in Miami

2518
02:19:00,360 --> 02:19:04,800
Speaker 2: It's department of redundancy department after already beating them earlier

2519
02:19:04,800 --> 02:19:07,560
Speaker 2: in the year, and should they beat Miami week eighteen,

2520
02:19:08,240 --> 02:19:12,560
Speaker 2: it's entirely possible that Buffalo not only is in the playoffs,

2521
02:19:13,000 --> 02:19:16,920
Speaker 2: but they win their division. Yep, that's why these last

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02:19:17,080 --> 02:19:23,480
Speaker 2: two three weeks are so impactful. Coming up Chris Purfett's

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Speaker 2: World of Soccer But first we go back to our guy,

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Speaker 2: the legend, Dan Beyer with the.

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Speaker 10: Latest talking about playoffs seating in the National Football League

2526
02:19:31,080 --> 02:19:33,800
Speaker 10: and if the season ended right now, the Buffalo Bills

2527
02:19:33,840 --> 02:19:36,880
Speaker 10: would be a six seed in the American Football Conference.

2528
02:19:36,920 --> 02:19:39,120
Speaker 10: This after their twenty four to twenty two win over

2529
02:19:39,160 --> 02:19:42,280
Speaker 10: the Chargers on Saturday in Los Angeles. It wasn't easy

2530
02:19:42,440 --> 02:19:45,720
Speaker 10: Tyler Bass's field goal with twenty eight second left, twenty

2531
02:19:45,760 --> 02:19:48,520
Speaker 10: eight seconds left, one at four of Buffalo. They are

2532
02:19:48,560 --> 02:19:51,400
Speaker 10: now nine to six seventy five percent chance of making

2533
02:19:51,400 --> 02:19:54,760
Speaker 10: the playoffs now for the Bills. Steelers and Bengals played

2534
02:19:54,800 --> 02:19:57,080
Speaker 10: in Pittsburgh and it was all Steelers. Thirty four to

2535
02:19:57,120 --> 02:19:59,800
Speaker 10: eleven was the final, as both teams are now eight

2536
02:20:00,120 --> 02:20:03,160
Speaker 10: seven on the season, looking ahead to a full slate

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02:20:03,200 --> 02:20:06,440
Speaker 10: of matchups coming up in week sixteen. Later on today,

2538
02:20:06,680 --> 02:20:09,760
Speaker 10: the Dolphins are optimistic the wide receiver Tyreek Hill will

2539
02:20:09,760 --> 02:20:13,320
Speaker 10: play for Miami against the Cowboys. That's according to ESPN.

2540
02:20:13,600 --> 02:20:16,520
Speaker 10: The Seahawks and Titans kickoff at one o'clock Eastern time.

2541
02:20:16,680 --> 02:20:19,400
Speaker 10: Seattle should have quarterback Gino Smith and running back Kenneth

2542
02:20:19,400 --> 02:20:21,879
Speaker 10: Walker the third for that game, while Ryan Tannehill is

2543
02:20:21,879 --> 02:20:25,600
Speaker 10: expected to start at quarterback for Tennessee Colts. Wide receiver

2544
02:20:25,680 --> 02:20:27,880
Speaker 10: Michael Pittman Junior was ruled out of their game against

2545
02:20:27,920 --> 02:20:31,800
Speaker 10: Atlanta because of his concussion. Trevor Lawrence cleared concussion protocol

2546
02:20:31,840 --> 02:20:34,320
Speaker 10: and we'll start for the Jaguars against Tampa and Nico

2547
02:20:34,400 --> 02:20:37,280
Speaker 10: Collins expected to return from his calf injury to play

2548
02:20:37,400 --> 02:20:40,440
Speaker 10: against the Browns for the Texans at the Easy Post

2549
02:20:40,520 --> 02:20:43,680
Speaker 10: Hawaii bowlt Coastal Carolina top San Jose State twenty four

2550
02:20:43,680 --> 02:20:46,480
Speaker 10: to fourteen. At the Las Vegas Bowl, Northwestern a winner

2551
02:20:46,480 --> 02:20:49,920
Speaker 10: against Utah fourteen to seven. Pistons have now lost twenty

2552
02:20:49,959 --> 02:20:52,800
Speaker 10: six in a row that ties an NBA mark set

2553
02:20:52,840 --> 02:20:55,640
Speaker 10: by the Caves and Sixers for the longest losing streak

2554
02:20:55,640 --> 02:20:58,080
Speaker 10: in one season. Final score of Brooklyn won twenty six

2555
02:20:58,120 --> 02:21:01,120
Speaker 10: Detroit one point fifteen, timberwl one of the Sacramento behind

2556
02:21:01,160 --> 02:21:03,960
Speaker 10: Anthony Edwards thirty four points one ten to ninety eight.

2557
02:21:04,080 --> 02:21:06,360
Speaker 10: Lebron had forty and the Lakers one twenty nine one

2558
02:21:06,440 --> 02:21:09,000
Speaker 10: twenty win in Oklahoma City, Well, the Warriors were won

2559
02:21:09,080 --> 02:21:11,480
Speaker 10: twenty six one oh six victors against the Blazers and

2560
02:21:11,560 --> 02:21:14,920
Speaker 10: Luka Datcich thirty nine points, twelve rebounds ten Asis MAVs

2561
02:21:14,920 --> 02:21:18,280
Speaker 10: topped the Spurs one four till one nineteen.

2562
02:21:18,600 --> 02:21:19,480
Speaker 3: Bernie, back to.

2563
02:21:19,440 --> 02:21:23,560
Speaker 2: You, Thanks so much, Dan, appreciate all that you do.

2564
02:21:24,080 --> 02:21:24,320
Speaker 3: Well.

2565
02:21:25,000 --> 02:21:27,480
Speaker 2: Look, we covered all on the Bernie Frattles Show, and

2566
02:21:27,520 --> 02:21:30,880
Speaker 2: we started doing this about eighteen months ago, prior to

2567
02:21:31,560 --> 02:21:35,279
Speaker 2: the anticipation for the Men's World Cup, which took place

2568
02:21:35,400 --> 02:21:37,680
Speaker 2: a year ago. Act this time it was just wrapping

2569
02:21:37,800 --> 02:21:42,960
Speaker 2: up Messi getting his very first World Cup, moving stateside,

2570
02:21:43,280 --> 02:21:48,080
Speaker 2: and of course just this last summer we covered to

2571
02:21:48,280 --> 02:21:52,360
Speaker 2: a great length the Women's World Cup, and coming up

2572
02:21:52,360 --> 02:21:55,720
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four we will head to Paris for

2573
02:21:55,800 --> 02:21:58,680
Speaker 2: the Olympics and there'll be plenty more international soccer action.

2574
02:22:00,040 --> 02:22:04,119
Speaker 2: Respective of what's happening in the soccer calendar, or whether

2575
02:22:04,160 --> 02:22:06,840
Speaker 2: it's on the field or off the field, there is

2576
02:22:07,040 --> 02:22:09,640
Speaker 2: always news happening, which is why we bring you at

2577
02:22:09,640 --> 02:22:12,520
Speaker 2: this time every week Chris Purfett's World of Soccer.

2578
02:22:13,959 --> 02:22:30,039
Speaker 4: The greatest goals, the thrilling finishes, the international drama. It's

2579
02:22:30,080 --> 02:22:33,279
Speaker 4: all here in this report from the World of Soccer.

2580
02:22:33,520 --> 02:22:37,040
Speaker 15: Mary christ Desperne, and happy new Year here from us

2581
02:22:37,240 --> 02:22:39,400
Speaker 15: at the World of Soccer. What a year it was

2582
02:22:39,600 --> 02:22:43,280
Speaker 15: to wrap up a interim year here to wrap up

2583
02:22:43,680 --> 02:22:48,039
Speaker 15: the qualifiers for euro for Copa America, to set the

2584
02:22:48,080 --> 02:22:50,920
Speaker 15: stage here for a brand new year in twenty twenty four.

2585
02:22:50,920 --> 02:22:53,959
Speaker 15: They'll be full of so many surprises and so many things.

2586
02:22:54,040 --> 02:22:57,000
Speaker 15: And right before the year closed, we can go ahead

2587
02:22:57,040 --> 02:23:00,280
Speaker 15: and look at the defining chapter of Manchester City where

2588
02:23:00,400 --> 02:23:04,080
Speaker 15: yes they have seen better days in the Premier League standings,

2589
02:23:04,120 --> 02:23:07,240
Speaker 15: but at the same time they have also capped off

2590
02:23:07,280 --> 02:23:11,359
Speaker 15: a twenty twenty three season with a fifth trophy, claiming

2591
02:23:11,400 --> 02:23:14,680
Speaker 15: a four NIERL win over Fluminense in.

2592
02:23:14,720 --> 02:23:18,640
Speaker 1: Judah for the Club World Cup.

2593
02:23:18,720 --> 02:23:22,200
Speaker 15: This is a FIFA competition between all the clubs in

2594
02:23:22,240 --> 02:23:26,000
Speaker 15: the world, mind you, and it's not exactly as high

2595
02:23:26,000 --> 02:23:29,560
Speaker 15: prestige as the World Cup itself, but it now means

2596
02:23:30,000 --> 02:23:34,840
Speaker 15: five trophies for Manchester City in twenty twenty three, of course,

2597
02:23:35,000 --> 02:23:38,760
Speaker 15: already finishing the treble between the Champions League UEFA, the

2598
02:23:38,800 --> 02:23:42,240
Speaker 15: Premier League and the FA Cup at the League Cup

2599
02:23:42,280 --> 02:23:44,880
Speaker 15: better known as the Carabell Cup in some circles, and

2600
02:23:45,480 --> 02:23:48,840
Speaker 15: with the latest one, it is now five. Forget the treble,

2601
02:23:48,879 --> 02:23:52,440
Speaker 15: it is a Quinn tupple. It also means we're closing

2602
02:23:52,440 --> 02:23:56,560
Speaker 15: in on Boxing Day. What is Boxing Day? Well, you

2603
02:23:56,600 --> 02:23:59,160
Speaker 15: get to see a lot of English soccer on Boxing Day.

2604
02:23:59,360 --> 02:24:00,959
Speaker 1: But what is Box Day itself?

2605
02:24:01,360 --> 02:24:05,160
Speaker 15: The term comes from a tradition used to be in

2606
02:24:05,200 --> 02:24:09,560
Speaker 15: Britain for employers to give out Christmas boxes to their employees.

2607
02:24:09,959 --> 02:24:13,000
Speaker 15: I mean, obviously we continue this ourselves. Thank you to

2608
02:24:13,040 --> 02:24:16,120
Speaker 15: Scott Shapiro and Don Martin for the gift cards we

2609
02:24:16,160 --> 02:24:17,920
Speaker 15: all received here at the end of the year working

2610
02:24:17,920 --> 02:24:20,879
Speaker 15: at Fox Sports Radio in the back for US technical

2611
02:24:20,879 --> 02:24:24,920
Speaker 15: producers and producers. But Boxing Day is also a bank

2612
02:24:24,959 --> 02:24:28,040
Speaker 15: holiday in Britain, but we know better as a federal holiday,

2613
02:24:28,160 --> 02:24:30,960
Speaker 15: meaning that it's a day off, which means that it's

2614
02:24:31,040 --> 02:24:33,280
Speaker 15: time for plenty of Premier League action.

2615
02:24:34,360 --> 02:24:36,199
Speaker 1: The slate isn't that great this year.

2616
02:24:36,320 --> 02:24:39,760
Speaker 15: Just looking at the Premier League, a lot of teams

2617
02:24:39,879 --> 02:24:42,680
Speaker 15: that are near the bottom of the relegation table are

2618
02:24:42,840 --> 02:24:46,360
Speaker 15: going to be playing. The English League Championship is far

2619
02:24:46,440 --> 02:24:48,959
Speaker 15: more interesting for some of the teams that we playing.

2620
02:24:49,040 --> 02:24:53,119
Speaker 15: But keep your eyes glued to Manchester United and aston

2621
02:24:53,280 --> 02:24:56,760
Speaker 15: Villa as aston Villa continues its client to try to

2622
02:24:56,800 --> 02:25:00,840
Speaker 15: reach the top of the Premier League table. A it

2623
02:25:00,879 --> 02:25:04,000
Speaker 15: would be a remarkable, remarkable story. It's still an early season,

2624
02:25:04,000 --> 02:25:07,440
Speaker 15: but they are chasing Arsenal entering into the weekend and

2625
02:25:07,480 --> 02:25:09,120
Speaker 15: we'll see if they can pick up the points to

2626
02:25:09,280 --> 02:25:13,640
Speaker 15: overcome the gunners. Manchester United, of course, the Red Devils

2627
02:25:13,800 --> 02:25:16,240
Speaker 15: trying to get any kind of points to stop their

2628
02:25:16,360 --> 02:25:21,560
Speaker 15: rock slide out of not just the top four of

2629
02:25:21,600 --> 02:25:26,200
Speaker 15: the Premier League, but maybe the top ten. At this

2630
02:25:26,320 --> 02:25:30,879
Speaker 15: point right now, they qualify for no European competition next year.

2631
02:25:30,959 --> 02:25:36,040
Speaker 15: If the Premier League ended today sitting at seventh not good.

2632
02:25:37,040 --> 02:25:38,959
Speaker 15: But the bigger story in the world of soccer today

2633
02:25:39,040 --> 02:25:43,360
Speaker 15: comes actually stateside as. A row has continued to develop

2634
02:25:43,400 --> 02:25:47,520
Speaker 15: between US Soccer and Major League Soccer, the difference being,

2635
02:25:47,520 --> 02:25:51,199
Speaker 15: of course, US Soccer is the national federation that oversees

2636
02:25:51,240 --> 02:25:54,400
Speaker 15: the entire sport, and Major League Soccer, of course, being

2637
02:25:55,160 --> 02:25:57,600
Speaker 15: the pre eminent soccer league in this country, playing at

2638
02:25:57,640 --> 02:26:00,760
Speaker 15: the highest level of competition, but unlike a lot of

2639
02:26:00,760 --> 02:26:04,200
Speaker 15: other countries, sitting apart from what we would call the

2640
02:26:04,360 --> 02:26:08,959
Speaker 15: US pyramid system, obviously no promotion, no relegation, but already

2641
02:26:09,000 --> 02:26:13,720
Speaker 15: an interesting dynamic between them and US Soccer that has

2642
02:26:13,760 --> 02:26:16,760
Speaker 15: caused friction over the years, and the friction has gotten

2643
02:26:16,840 --> 02:26:21,039
Speaker 15: even more as MLS informed US Soccer and the party's

2644
02:26:21,120 --> 02:26:25,560
Speaker 15: last week that it was not be participating in the

2645
02:26:25,760 --> 02:26:29,879
Speaker 15: US Open Cup. They would still send their squads, but

2646
02:26:29,879 --> 02:26:34,120
Speaker 15: they would send developmental squads from MLS's minor league farm system.

2647
02:26:34,400 --> 02:26:37,840
Speaker 15: MLS next to go to the US Open Cup. The

2648
02:26:37,959 --> 02:26:41,199
Speaker 15: US Open Cup, also known as Lamar Hunt US Open Cup,

2649
02:26:41,720 --> 02:26:46,200
Speaker 15: is this country's version of the FA Cup, the competition

2650
02:26:46,360 --> 02:26:51,280
Speaker 15: where all clubs across the United States can participate, can

2651
02:26:51,320 --> 02:26:55,320
Speaker 15: get together, can square off against one another, and it's

2652
02:26:55,360 --> 02:26:59,160
Speaker 15: an open competition. Everyone's got a chance to win the Cup.

2653
02:26:59,480 --> 02:27:03,200
Speaker 15: It is a remarkable over one hundred year history, beginning

2654
02:27:03,280 --> 02:27:07,320
Speaker 15: in nineteen fourteen. It is the oldest competition for soccer

2655
02:27:07,360 --> 02:27:11,760
Speaker 15: here in this country, and it has been always been

2656
02:27:11,760 --> 02:27:14,879
Speaker 15: host to over one hundred professional and amateur teams across

2657
02:27:14,920 --> 02:27:20,080
Speaker 15: the country. USL teams, which USL represents the second tier

2658
02:27:20,360 --> 02:27:24,440
Speaker 15: and on downward for the US Pyramid system, have sometimes

2659
02:27:24,480 --> 02:27:29,160
Speaker 15: regularly beat MLS teams in Open Cup play. However, MLS

2660
02:27:29,160 --> 02:27:33,360
Speaker 15: has continued to dominate the later rounds of the Open

2661
02:27:33,400 --> 02:27:36,760
Speaker 15: Cup ever since the league was formalized and joined the

2662
02:27:36,760 --> 02:27:40,000
Speaker 15: Open Cup in nineteen ninety six. Regardless, it is a

2663
02:27:40,040 --> 02:27:42,320
Speaker 15: tournament where a lot of magical things can happen. And

2664
02:27:42,440 --> 02:27:46,279
Speaker 15: has that feeling of the FA Cup of other competitions

2665
02:27:46,360 --> 02:27:48,880
Speaker 15: like say March Madness, where we just want to see

2666
02:27:48,879 --> 02:27:51,160
Speaker 15: the big upsets and we enjoy it and it means

2667
02:27:51,200 --> 02:27:53,720
Speaker 15: a lot to the spirit of the game. Well, as

2668
02:27:53,720 --> 02:27:56,480
Speaker 15: I said, MLS wanted to send their development leagues, they

2669
02:27:56,480 --> 02:27:59,119
Speaker 15: didn't want to send their first teams here. This week,

2670
02:27:59,360 --> 02:28:04,000
Speaker 15: the US Soccer has announced that MLS cannot remove its

2671
02:28:04,000 --> 02:28:06,320
Speaker 15: first teams from the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup and

2672
02:28:06,360 --> 02:28:08,359
Speaker 15: replace them with those developmental teams.

2673
02:28:08,560 --> 02:28:09,600
Speaker 1: They will, if they.

2674
02:28:09,480 --> 02:28:14,160
Speaker 15: Participate, have to participate with their first teams. This is

2675
02:28:14,200 --> 02:28:17,240
Speaker 15: set up for something of a showdown to happen between

2676
02:28:17,280 --> 02:28:20,640
Speaker 15: Major League Soccer, which continues to really eschew the US

2677
02:28:20,680 --> 02:28:24,920
Speaker 15: soccer ecosystem, which has been very valuable to stuff like

2678
02:28:25,120 --> 02:28:29,320
Speaker 15: the US men's national team, and tries to prove that

2679
02:28:29,360 --> 02:28:31,680
Speaker 15: they are more and more of an independent league than

2680
02:28:31,720 --> 02:28:34,480
Speaker 15: anything more more in their DNA akin with something like

2681
02:28:34,560 --> 02:28:38,360
Speaker 15: say the NBA or the NFL, which is preposterous and

2682
02:28:38,400 --> 02:28:41,120
Speaker 15: ludacris because it doesn't have that kind of stature, And

2683
02:28:41,160 --> 02:28:44,760
Speaker 15: it's preposterous and ludacris because as much as the MLS

2684
02:28:44,879 --> 02:28:49,440
Speaker 15: likes to be Europhilic and ape the sensibilities of European leagues.

2685
02:28:49,520 --> 02:28:51,600
Speaker 15: Just look at any of those names of their clubs

2686
02:28:51,600 --> 02:28:54,720
Speaker 15: that just say FC at the end and nothing else.

2687
02:28:55,160 --> 02:28:59,160
Speaker 15: This is not the time to go against your Europhilic sensibilities.

2688
02:28:59,480 --> 02:29:03,360
Speaker 15: Open Cup a great they are fan favorites. Fans love

2689
02:29:03,440 --> 02:29:06,760
Speaker 15: these things. The idea that you just want to like

2690
02:29:07,120 --> 02:29:10,240
Speaker 15: it is a commitment to the culture of soccer itself.

2691
02:29:10,280 --> 02:29:12,840
Speaker 15: It is a commitment to the spirit of soccer itself

2692
02:29:13,080 --> 02:29:16,800
Speaker 15: to participate in open cups, to take on any challenger.

2693
02:29:17,160 --> 02:29:19,880
Speaker 15: It's part of the history of this sport. This Cup

2694
02:29:19,920 --> 02:29:23,680
Speaker 15: has been played since nineteen fourteen. And for MLS to

2695
02:29:23,720 --> 02:29:26,160
Speaker 15: say they're too big for it and they'd rather send

2696
02:29:26,200 --> 02:29:29,520
Speaker 15: their developmental league is ludicrous. It is a slap in

2697
02:29:29,560 --> 02:29:33,960
Speaker 15: the face to fans, to former players, to everyone else.

2698
02:29:34,080 --> 02:29:37,199
Speaker 15: And I hope to God that this is shut down

2699
02:29:37,400 --> 02:29:39,400
Speaker 15: and MLS is told that they need to play, and

2700
02:29:39,560 --> 02:29:44,200
Speaker 15: MLS understands that this is important. This is important to

2701
02:29:44,200 --> 02:29:47,960
Speaker 15: the landscape of United States soccer. And I'm sure there's

2702
02:29:48,000 --> 02:29:49,840
Speaker 15: out there some who will say, well, well, it's the big deal.

2703
02:29:49,879 --> 02:29:52,120
Speaker 15: They're a business, They're allowed to make the decisions. They sure, no,

2704
02:29:52,160 --> 02:29:55,440
Speaker 15: they're not. This is the spirit of soccer. You aren't

2705
02:29:55,480 --> 02:29:58,280
Speaker 15: the big dog in this country. You're not even the

2706
02:29:58,320 --> 02:30:02,240
Speaker 15: fourth biggest dog in this country. You have a loyal

2707
02:30:02,280 --> 02:30:05,600
Speaker 15: amount of diehard fans and you have to do right

2708
02:30:05,680 --> 02:30:06,160
Speaker 15: by them.

2709
02:30:06,200 --> 02:30:07,520
Speaker 1: And how you do right by.

2710
02:30:07,400 --> 02:30:10,080
Speaker 15: Them is appealing to the spirit of the game, and

2711
02:30:10,120 --> 02:30:13,760
Speaker 15: the spirit of the game is having an open cup competition.

2712
02:30:14,520 --> 02:30:16,800
Speaker 15: You don't get to flo out one season with ratings

2713
02:30:16,800 --> 02:30:20,240
Speaker 15: with Leonel Messi and decide your stars are too big

2714
02:30:20,440 --> 02:30:24,280
Speaker 15: to play against the Pittsburgh river Hounds or Detroit City FC,

2715
02:30:24,560 --> 02:30:28,600
Speaker 15: or the Greenville Triumph where the ox Nord Guerreros or

2716
02:30:28,640 --> 02:30:31,760
Speaker 15: Ozark FC. You don't get to decide that you're too

2717
02:30:31,760 --> 02:30:33,760
Speaker 15: big for any of this. You're not that You're not

2718
02:30:33,879 --> 02:30:36,920
Speaker 15: that damn special. This sport made the passion for you.

2719
02:30:37,040 --> 02:30:37,440
Speaker 2: Damn it.

2720
02:30:37,720 --> 02:30:40,600
Speaker 15: Show respect to the game that is being built at

2721
02:30:40,600 --> 02:30:44,000
Speaker 15: the grassroots in this country. Screw you, get back in

2722
02:30:44,080 --> 02:30:46,840
Speaker 15: there and play this damn game. That's the world of soccer.

2723
02:30:46,879 --> 02:30:51,880
Speaker 2: Bernie, oh baby, Christophe A little fair enough? How about

2724
02:30:51,920 --> 02:30:54,560
Speaker 2: those Pittsburgh river Hounds. Bet you didn't know there was

2725
02:30:54,600 --> 02:30:56,680
Speaker 2: such a team where they've been around since nineteen ninety nine,

2726
02:30:56,680 --> 02:31:00,080
Speaker 2: where you've been man, Well, that's why you listen to

2727
02:31:00,440 --> 02:31:03,320
Speaker 2: Chris Purfett's World of Soccer. Coming up, we wrap it

2728
02:31:03,400 --> 02:31:05,480
Speaker 2: up on the Bernie Frattle Show as we usher you

2729
02:31:05,560 --> 02:31:09,400
Speaker 2: into Christmas Eve. Santa Claus, No Santa Claus sitting yet,

2730
02:31:09,400 --> 02:31:12,360
Speaker 2: We'll check our trackers. I'll be back on these airwaves

2731
02:31:12,879 --> 02:31:17,720
Speaker 2: Sunday night, five pm Pacific to eight pm, recapping a

2732
02:31:17,760 --> 02:31:21,800
Speaker 2: busy NFL but coming up. You didn't think we were

2733
02:31:21,879 --> 02:31:25,280
Speaker 2: gonna do a show without referencing show Helo, Tommy. See,

2734
02:31:25,280 --> 02:31:28,160
Speaker 2: there's some key dates on the calendar that'll be here

2735
02:31:28,200 --> 02:31:30,360
Speaker 2: before you know what. You're gonna want to circle. These

2736
02:31:30,360 --> 02:31:34,039
Speaker 2: are your OTANI dates. I'm Bernie Frattle or come to

2737
02:31:34,040 --> 02:31:36,280
Speaker 2: you live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tarract

2738
02:31:36,280 --> 02:31:38,480
Speaker 2: dot com studios. Keep you locked right here. You're listening

2739
02:31:38,680 --> 02:31:45,320
Speaker 2: to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right,

2740
02:31:45,480 --> 02:31:49,520
Speaker 2: wrapping it up on the Bernie Frattle Show, coming toy

2741
02:31:49,600 --> 02:31:52,880
Speaker 2: live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirect dot

2742
02:31:52,879 --> 02:31:56,400
Speaker 2: com studios. Before I go any further, I want to

2743
02:31:56,400 --> 02:31:59,840
Speaker 2: think my broadcast team back in Los Angeles. They've been

2744
02:31:59,840 --> 02:32:05,240
Speaker 2: with me since eleven pm Pacific time on Saturday night.

2745
02:32:05,760 --> 02:32:10,680
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeka doing a great job as always Dan Byer

2746
02:32:10,760 --> 02:32:13,800
Speaker 2: on the updates, and of course Mark Ramsey turning all

2747
02:32:13,800 --> 02:32:17,840
Speaker 2: the dials, our technical producer, keeping us glued together. And

2748
02:32:17,840 --> 02:32:20,080
Speaker 2: by the way, Mark and I'll be back. Mark will

2749
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Speaker 2: be back would be Thursday night as I sit in

2750
02:32:22,840 --> 02:32:26,040
Speaker 2: for the great Ben Mallor. Thursday night heading into Friday.

2751
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Speaker 2: Be a busy week for me. I'll be back on

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Speaker 2: these airwaves later on tonight Sunday night, five pm Pacific

2753
02:32:33,800 --> 02:32:36,640
Speaker 2: to eight pm. At Christmas Eve Show, We're gonna wrap up,

2754
02:32:36,640 --> 02:32:38,959
Speaker 2: give you all the takeaways from NFL Week sixteen, look

2755
02:32:38,959 --> 02:32:42,080
Speaker 2: ahead to the NFL Playoff picture, a lot of stuff

2756
02:32:42,120 --> 02:32:46,520
Speaker 2: to digest as we keep an eye out for Santa

2757
02:32:46,600 --> 02:32:49,480
Speaker 2: Claus as well. I will also be back Wednesday night,

2758
02:32:49,560 --> 02:32:53,480
Speaker 2: sitting in along with my buddy Arnie Spanier for Mike

2759
02:32:53,520 --> 02:32:57,400
Speaker 2: Carmon and Jason Smith from a seven pm Pacific to

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02:32:57,760 --> 02:33:00,120
Speaker 2: eleven pm Ben Mallor Thursday Night, And of course my

2761
02:33:00,160 --> 02:33:03,359
Speaker 2: show is The Bernie Frattle Show Friday, eleven Pacific Saturday

2762
02:33:03,440 --> 02:33:06,879
Speaker 2: at eleven Pacific, and you just know there'll be plenty

2763
02:33:06,920 --> 02:33:11,440
Speaker 2: of sports headlines to go around. Can't wait. This is

2764
02:33:11,480 --> 02:33:15,760
Speaker 2: gonna be a very impactful Sunday of college check out

2765
02:33:15,800 --> 02:33:21,360
Speaker 2: of NFL football, including certainly a triple header on Christmas Day.

2766
02:33:22,600 --> 02:33:24,280
Speaker 2: But you didn't think we were gonna let you out

2767
02:33:24,320 --> 02:33:29,360
Speaker 2: tonight without sorting out some more shoge Otani headlines. You're

2768
02:33:29,360 --> 02:33:32,760
Speaker 2: gonna want to get out that calendar and start to

2769
02:33:32,800 --> 02:33:37,720
Speaker 2: circle your calendar because there are lots of Otani dates.

2770
02:33:38,000 --> 02:33:41,160
Speaker 2: Will I will call it Otani dates to circle on

2771
02:33:41,200 --> 02:33:44,520
Speaker 2: your twenty twenty four calendar, not the least of which.

2772
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Speaker 2: On February twenty second, the Dodgers will have their spring

2773
02:33:48,320 --> 02:33:52,840
Speaker 2: training opener at the Padres. I'm gonna go out on

2774
02:33:52,879 --> 02:33:54,520
Speaker 2: a limb and say, this is gonna be the most

2775
02:33:54,600 --> 02:33:59,320
Speaker 2: anticipated spring training game in Major League Baseball history. Assuming

2776
02:33:59,320 --> 02:34:02,600
Speaker 2: Otani's in lineup, all lives will be on him at

2777
02:34:02,600 --> 02:34:06,320
Speaker 2: the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria as the Dodgers open

2778
02:34:06,440 --> 02:34:11,000
Speaker 2: up their Cactus League slate and listen, the future always

2779
02:34:11,040 --> 02:34:13,720
Speaker 2: has a way of arriving ahead of schedule. That's sixty

2780
02:34:13,800 --> 02:34:17,280
Speaker 2: days from now, Yeah, sixty days from now. Then on

2781
02:34:17,400 --> 02:34:21,279
Speaker 2: March twentieth, the Dodgers open the season for real against

2782
02:34:21,280 --> 02:34:26,320
Speaker 2: those Saint Padres in Seoul, South Korea. Yes, be the

2783
02:34:26,360 --> 02:34:30,480
Speaker 2: first time a Major League Baseball regular season game will

2784
02:34:30,520 --> 02:34:34,119
Speaker 2: be played in Korea, will fittingly give Otani a chance

2785
02:34:34,160 --> 02:34:37,000
Speaker 2: to make his team debut on an international stage. And

2786
02:34:37,040 --> 02:34:39,920
Speaker 2: you know, by the way, all Dodgers games this year

2787
02:34:39,959 --> 02:34:43,800
Speaker 2: will be broadcast live in Japan, but the first game

2788
02:34:44,800 --> 02:34:49,000
Speaker 2: regular season game March twentieth in Korea. Interestingly enough, the

2789
02:34:49,080 --> 02:34:51,640
Speaker 2: Dodgers will travel back after the two game series in

2790
02:34:51,680 --> 02:34:56,039
Speaker 2: Korea and they will resume their exhibition schedule March twenty

2791
02:34:56,120 --> 02:34:59,800
Speaker 2: sixth against the Angels. Why is that significant, Well, he

2792
02:35:00,440 --> 02:35:03,440
Speaker 2: return to Angel Stadium. That's his home. For the past

2793
02:35:03,440 --> 02:35:06,760
Speaker 2: six season, the Dodgers and Angels have always played their

2794
02:35:06,800 --> 02:35:10,000
Speaker 2: annual exhibition series called the Freeway Series. It'll be March

2795
02:35:10,080 --> 02:35:12,640
Speaker 2: twenty fourth to twenty six, two games at Dodgers Stadium

2796
02:35:13,000 --> 02:35:17,480
Speaker 2: one in Anaheim. You'll see Otani in a Dodgers uniform

2797
02:35:17,520 --> 02:35:21,840
Speaker 2: in Anaheim Stadium, Angel Stadium March twenty sixth. Home opener

2798
02:35:22,320 --> 02:35:26,480
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium against the Cardinals March twenty eighth, That will

2799
02:35:26,480 --> 02:35:29,959
Speaker 2: be his official Dodgers debut eight days prior to Korea.

2800
02:35:30,000 --> 02:35:34,400
Speaker 2: But his official Dodgers Stadium debut will be March twenty

2801
02:35:34,440 --> 02:35:39,920
Speaker 2: eighth against the Saint Louis Cardinals. April fifth, he'll play

2802
02:35:40,080 --> 02:35:43,039
Speaker 2: the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Why is that significant? He's

2803
02:35:43,040 --> 02:35:44,959
Speaker 2: never played at Wrigley Field, even though in this day

2804
02:35:44,959 --> 02:35:49,960
Speaker 2: and age of interleague play six years, Otani's never played

2805
02:35:50,360 --> 02:35:53,560
Speaker 2: at at Wrigley Field. April twenty six, he visits Toronto.

2806
02:35:53,920 --> 02:35:56,720
Speaker 2: Why is that significant? Remember it was reported under seven

2807
02:35:56,840 --> 02:35:58,760
Speaker 2: ninth he was on a flight to Toronto. Some people

2808
02:35:59,080 --> 02:36:01,640
Speaker 2: said he was going to be by Toronto. Proved untrue.

2809
02:36:02,040 --> 02:36:04,480
Speaker 2: How the Blue Jays feel about being snubbed by the

2810
02:36:04,480 --> 02:36:08,960
Speaker 2: way the Braves May third two reigning MVPs Otani ron

2811
02:36:09,040 --> 02:36:12,119
Speaker 2: Lacuna Junior. They'll share the field when the two teams

2812
02:36:12,160 --> 02:36:16,520
Speaker 2: get it on May thirteenth at San Francisco. The Giants Well,

2813
02:36:16,760 --> 02:36:19,760
Speaker 2: Otani spurn the Giants. He's the latest big name free

2814
02:36:19,760 --> 02:36:22,680
Speaker 2: agent to spurn the Giants, along with Bryce Harper and

2815
02:36:22,680 --> 02:36:25,199
Speaker 2: Aaron Judge. We'll see what kind of reception he gets.

2816
02:36:25,720 --> 02:36:28,879
Speaker 2: Lots more on your calendar that we'll get to perhaps

2817
02:36:28,959 --> 02:36:32,720
Speaker 2: later on tonight. Catch me five pm Pacific to eight

2818
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Speaker 2: pm Sunday night here on Fox Sports Radio. Merry Christmas, everybody.

2819
02:36:37,720 --> 02:36:41,160
Speaker 2: No Santa Settings yet, but we'll see him soon again.

2820
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Speaker 2: I'll see you back on these airwaves tonight five pm

2821
02:36:44,200 --> 02:36:47,840
Speaker 2: Pacific Christmas Eve. In the meantime, you want to keep

2822
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Speaker 2: it locked right here on Fox Sports Radio. Up next,

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Speaker 2: the Great Andy Furman out of Cincinnati,