1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: Greet eggs and welcome in a beautiful Tuesday night here 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 3: live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Appreciate y'all. Give 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 3: it us a few minutes to your time becoming part 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: of the extended family on the iHeartRadio app or wherever 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 3: you happen to be listening to all the affiliates nationwide, 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 3: We appreciate you. Jason Smith off tonight celebrating a birthday, 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 3: so hit him up at how about a Prescoay, Remind 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 3: him how old he looks and how old he's become. 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 3: Like he'd straight out of a Star Wars movie with 18 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 3: us tonight in his stead years in the National football 19 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 3: long time voice here on the weekends here Fox Sports Radio, 20 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 3: and we're always pleased when he joins us. It's doctor 21 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 3: Rich Hornberg. You hear him down in San Diego each 22 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: and every day. What's going on? 23 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 4: Brother, The doctor is in. I made it. 24 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 5: I've journeyed far and wide, well actually really just over 25 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 5: the to the spare bedroom, to broadcast see Alive, and 26 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 5: all over the nation. As you mentioned all those affiliates. 27 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 5: We're glad that you're with us tonight. And even though 28 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 5: Jason's not here, I'm gonna do my best to bang 29 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 5: the drum for the Jets and Jason Fields and gosh, 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 5: I mean they are just. 31 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, we don't need any more Justin Fields talk. It's 32 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 3: a final no, okay, all right, fair enough, he's been deposed. 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 3: We established that yesterday that the era of Justin Fields 34 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 3: as a starter with the New York Football Jets are 35 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: really seemingly anywhere should be done. So congratulations on a 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: job done, and God bless he walked away with an 37 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: awful lot of cheddar for the effort that he put forth. 38 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 5: This is what I'll say about Justin Fields. You know, look, 39 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 5: I think that it is really hard to be a 40 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 5: quarterback in the NFL and both observing the game now 41 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 5: as a fan like everyone else, in an analyst, and 42 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 5: during my time playing when you share the rooms with 43 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 5: those guys, you realize you got to be built different 44 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 5: to handle the stress and the strain of facing the 45 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 5: media for every little thing. I mean, and the bigger 46 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 5: the spotlight, the harder it is to operate. I mean, 47 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 5: they even break down how Patrick Mahomes walks. There are 48 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 5: like tiktoks and Instagram reels just highlighting how goofy he 49 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 5: looks when he walks, when he walks Mike, I mean, 50 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 5: like everything is under scrutiny. So it's just one of 51 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 5: those things where heavy is the head that wears a crown. 52 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 5: Like you said, he's a very rich man and a 53 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 5: lot of people have a hard time, you know, crying 54 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 5: big boohoo tears for millionaires, get to play a kids 55 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 5: game for King Ransom. 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: But but I will say it's really hard. 57 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 5: Yes, just because it hasn't worked out for a couple 58 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 5: of teams for a couple of years doesn't mean we 59 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 5: haven't seen his best yet. Just look at Gino Smith 60 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 5: with the Seahawks when he had his re emergence. It 61 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 5: hasn't held. But look at Sam Darnold his re emergence 62 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 5: with the Vikings. He's made the Seahawks better since he's 63 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 5: been there, you know, So I'm I guess I'm gonna 64 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 5: say it looks like it could be over for Justin Fields. 65 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 5: It may certainly be over for him in New York, 66 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 5: but I'm not ready to write off any quarterbacks in 67 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 5: today's NFL because we've seen a lot of second and 68 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 5: third acts to careers where we thought they were dead 69 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 5: in the water. 70 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: It's one of the things we talk about quite a 71 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 3: bit on the show Rich the opportunity, the circumstances to 72 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: where you're drafted and later to the opportunities you get 73 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 3: coaching staffs, and the fact that it's a veritable marrigal 74 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 3: round seemingly with all but a five franchises. 75 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 4: Right. 76 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 3: They put up the graphic with the the Raider game, 77 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 3: which ties us directly back to Gino Smith, who was 78 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: very u I don't want to say, despondent, defiant, whatever 79 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: the term you would be, with his postgame comments kind 80 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 3: of talking about the EBB and flow of where they're 81 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 3: at offensively and play calling and everything else. But they 82 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 3: had the graphic up there. You know, Pete Carroll's the 83 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: fifth coach since twenty twenty, and there were three other 84 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: teams that were on that graphic with them, right, So, 85 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 3: I mean just talking about the merry go round, not 86 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 3: to mention the coordinator thing. I mean, whenever we get 87 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: into discussions about Jalen Hurts, you know, you'd be remiss 88 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 3: to not bring up the fact that he's had a 89 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 3: different coordinator or quarterback coach or both pretty much every 90 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 3: year of his professional and collegiate life. So you know, 91 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: the messaging is going to be different, the terminology, the 92 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 3: play calling, philosophy, all of that stuff. So quarterback position again, 93 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 3: with injuries this week, we're already into the mid fifties. 94 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 3: Think in terms of how many different guys have started 95 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 3: a game. That's how that's how crazy is it? 96 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 4: Right? Yeah? 97 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 5: And I think part of that is obviously there's always injuries, 98 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 5: and we saw a rash of injuries at the quarterback position, 99 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 5: Penix and Gabriel and you know, Aaron Rodgers went down 100 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 5: like you know there. You know, some will be back soon. 101 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 5: It sounds like maybe Rogers was gonna suit up or 102 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 5: try to suit up for next Sunday's game, and some 103 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 5: it'll take some time. But yeah, that's part of the 104 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 5: the you know, the dialogue. Brock was hurt for a 105 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 5: while out in forty nine land for a little while. 106 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 5: But also I think there's a shorter leash and a 107 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 5: quicker hook with a lot of these staffs because they 108 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 5: realize that the hourglass is running out for them too. 109 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 5: So if things aren't working, we know how quick owners 110 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 5: are to dismiss head coaches now, and so they go 111 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 5: to the understudy quicker these days than ever before. Long 112 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 5: since have passed the days where you'll let a quarterback 113 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 5: toil out there for years and finally figure it out 114 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 5: year three, like, oh yeah, you know, it took him 115 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 5: a couple of seasons, but it's really starting to click here. No, no, no, 116 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 5: no no, because wins overall are the only thing that 117 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 5: ownership groups care about these days, and if you don't 118 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 5: have them, you are not long for the job of 119 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 5: head coach in this league. And if you don't protect 120 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 5: yourself from losing that job, you're not going to establish 121 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 5: any player, let alone a quarterback. So yeah, it doesn't 122 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 5: shock me, Mike with that number you give, but over 123 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 5: fifty quarterbacks at this point in the season, I mean 124 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 5: it's a lot. 125 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 4: That's a lot of starters. 126 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we're just talking two three here, and there. 127 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: I mean, we're talking about the Browns moving on and 128 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 3: probably Sanders under center this week. So all of those things, 129 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 3: you know, that come to bear. But you know, we 130 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 3: talk about the where we're at in terms of coaches tenure. 131 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 3: I mean, you watched it with with Brian Dable. Now 132 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 3: you knew you'd see Jackson Dart sooner rather than later. 133 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: Just they traded back up to get him, and Russell 134 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 3: Wilson was well what Russell Wilson has become. But all 135 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 3: in all, it became the all right, this also becomes 136 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 3: the this potentially gives me a life raft to extend 137 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: my time in this job. And unfortunately the way he 138 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 3: handled Jackson Dart, the fact that they continue to lose 139 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 3: obviously helps nothing in that regard. But the fact that 140 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 3: Jackson Dart found himself in the medical tent week after 141 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: week you had the embarrassing thing of running into said 142 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: medical tent. All of that, you know, just piled up 143 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 3: to where Maren and Shane Jane had to show that 144 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 3: he still deserved his suit and is suite at the 145 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: end of the hallway, so he had to make that 146 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: move as well. So we're just in that strange time 147 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 3: in the National Football League going into Week twelve, four 148 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: teams on by, but so many guys that we do 149 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 3: the laundry list, like the end of the cable movie 150 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 3: right where they're starting the new one, So the credits 151 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: roll at about three times the speed, and it's a 152 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: lot of names. That's where we're at in the NFL season. 153 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: If you go team by team on their injury reports. 154 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's such a good comparison. And it's true, like 155 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 5: you know, it whizzes by the screen because it's a 156 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 5: mile long and and yeah, you know, look, it's what. 157 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 4: Have you done for me lately? League? 158 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 5: Like all of a sudden, the Chiefs, who you know 159 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 5: are going to welcome in the Colts off of bye, 160 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 5: who have been great this season, you know that they've 161 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 5: got to be shaken in their boots a little bit, 162 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 5: even though Arrowhead has been a house. 163 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 4: Of horrors for AFC teams. 164 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 5: You know, if you drop to five and six, especially 165 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 5: in kind of a crowded bottom of the wild card 166 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 5: in that conference, man, you know, all of a sudden 167 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 5: you got some problems. I mean, especially with Baltimore at 168 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 5: a five hundred record playing the way they are. You know, 169 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 5: I'm not saying Andy Reid is anywhere near losing his job. 170 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 5: He's not, And I certainly wouldn't say that for John Harbaugh, 171 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 5: especially since Lamar's come back. And you can see sort 172 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 5: of the you know, the the sigh of relief from 173 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: Baltimore fans, especially after a big win, a demonstrative win 174 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 5: this past weekend. But there there are those those feelings 175 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 5: of when things are going wrong for even a franchise 176 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 5: that has had sustained and continued success, there are those feelings. 177 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 4: Of, ooh, we've. 178 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 5: All been waiting for the other shoe to drop. We 179 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 5: knew that the end of the era was coming soon. 180 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 5: Maybe it's arrived. And then we also know how loyal 181 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 5: ownership groups can be when the good stops being so good, 182 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 5: you know, all of a sudden, the honeymoon phase is 183 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 5: over all. The winning drives up a little bit, the 184 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 5: fans start booing from the stands in the third quarter, 185 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 5: in the fourth quarter at home, and there's that tinge 186 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 5: of embarrassment. You know, it's it's it's interesting where we're 187 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 5: at in the NFL, but it's it's the most wonderful 188 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 5: time of the year. As soon as you start smelling Thanksgiving, Turkey, Mike, 189 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 5: you really start seeing who's the cream of the crop, 190 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 5: and you can start weeding out the dregs of the league. 191 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, funny. Just to put it in perspective from the AFC, 192 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 3: the Chiefs are still plus seventy three in point differential, 193 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 3: that's third in the conference for their five and five 194 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 3: record to this point. Some close losses and all those 195 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 3: one possession losses which has become the hallmark of their 196 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 3: squad right, winning ugly and finishing the job this week 197 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 3: Denver the latest example of an opportunity to go get 198 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 3: them resplendent in those throwback uniforms of course, where we 199 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 3: celebrate those all the time, but the inability to push 200 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: them all downfield. I would love to circle back to 201 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 3: the Lamar Jackson for a second. The fact that Mark 202 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 3: Andrews has to be used as your short yardage guy 203 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 3: because Derrick Henry can't do it, and you've got him 204 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 3: doing a pivot rollout. I mean, you ever think about 205 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 3: doing one of those moves back in your playing days. 206 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 3: I'm in one of those. Hey watch me do this 207 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 3: reverse pivot and get to the edge. I mean, my goodness, 208 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 3: there was I love that plan. So if you can't 209 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 3: beat him join them start there. The Jalen Hurts tush 210 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 3: push dilemma that the Eagles put the entirety of the 211 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 3: league in led to an ownership vote that did not 212 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: get passed to ban the play. So what's happened in reaction, Well, 213 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 3: exactly what you thought would happen. A bunch of teams 214 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 3: practiced really hard this offseason the play that they couldn't 215 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 3: get banned, and so the Buffalo Bills, a team that 216 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 3: voted against it, the Ravens, a team that voted against 217 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 3: it and wanted it banned from the league. 218 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 4: They're both employing the tush push this year. 219 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 5: There's a lot of teams that have changed heart over 220 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 5: this play, and the Ravens have taken it to a 221 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 5: new level because now they're running some trickeration. You have 222 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 5: a backfield where Mark Andrews is your quarterback under center, 223 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 5: you have Lamar back there, you have Derrick Henry, and 224 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 5: you have a play like you drew up last Sunday 225 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 5: where Lamar and Derrick Henry go one way, and then 226 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 5: you have a reverse pivot from the quarterback who's supposed 227 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 5: to be the tush push or so to speak, and 228 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 5: he rolls out with a lead block from a fullback 229 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 5: in front of him to the right side. Literally nobody 230 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 5: was home. He was in a foot race with the skycam. Yeah, 231 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 5: and guess what he won. And it was just a 232 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 5: beautifully designed and beautifully executed play. 233 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 3: Well, anytime we could actually get a mention of a 234 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 3: full back into an NFL play, we get excited around 235 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 3: these parts. Ricard with the big block, Yeah. The bigger 236 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 3: thing is also just the curiosity of Lamar going forward 237 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 3: where he is health wise, because the explosiveness with his 238 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 3: legs doesn't seem to be there, which may be a 239 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 3: limiting factor as we go forward, but certainly something to watch. 240 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 3: But they're on a nice winning streak and the schedule 241 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 3: opens for them quite nicely. So AFC is going to 242 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 3: be a jumbled mess. And for Kansas City haters, all 243 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 3: those folks that hate Love and Taylor Swift and Travis 244 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 3: Kelsey who didn't talk to the media after the latest loss, 245 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 3: it's all good for you because, well you got a 246 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 3: month and a half of the holidays to annoy your 247 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 3: family if they're chiefs with your hatred thereof, And we 248 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 3: always like to see someone new rise up, and when 249 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 3: we do. I mean, you remember the Patriots. You watched 250 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 3: it live and in living color. How things suddenly turned 251 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 3: on you. You went from being cute and cod lea 252 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 3: to we're tired of these guys. 253 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, people, people very quickly. 254 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 5: Look, you know, the Patriots for a long time were 255 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 5: kind of lovable losers of the NFL. You know, they 256 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 5: were in no one's way. They were an easy win 257 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 5: for a lot of AFC teams and really a lot 258 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: of the AFC East. And then that all changed when 259 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 5: Kraft bought the team, hired Bill Belichick. The rest is history. 260 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 5: But even even the Patriots are more palatable now about 261 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 5: a handful of years departed from the Brady Belichick eras 262 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 5: with rabel who, by the way, is fresh off of 263 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 5: that Belichick tree, and Drake May, Drake May. It just 264 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 5: feels different, It feels new. It feels okay to maybe 265 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 5: root for the Patriots a little bit now, whereas if 266 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 5: you go rewind the clock a half decade ago, nobody 267 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 5: wanted the Patriots to win. But that's the thing in 268 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 5: the NFL. You have a target on your back once 269 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 5: you achieve sustained effect or success, and it's happening with 270 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 5: the Eagles. It's obviously already happened with the Kansas City Chiefs. 271 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 5: And even though the Lions have been a down and 272 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 5: out franchise for years and years and years, if you 273 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 5: fast forward the clock three years from now, and the 274 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,479 Speaker 5: Lions are making the postseason constantly, and they're making championship 275 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 5: games constantly, and dare I say, get to a Super 276 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 5: Bowl or even win one. People will tire of the 277 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 5: Honolulu Blue too. It's just the way fandom goes league 278 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 5: wide in all these leagues. You know, the Dodgers are 279 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 5: feeling it now, It'll be who knows the Yankees again? 280 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 5: Soon here it'll be the Mets maybe one day, if 281 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 5: they can ever get out of their own way. 282 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just wanted to throw that. 283 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 3: Smith was listening. I love it at Ornberger where you 284 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 3: find him in the Twitter verse. Find me over at 285 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 3: swall and know the Jason Smith, show me Mike Carmon, 286 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 3: Jason out Tonight, Rich Ornberger in his stead. As we 287 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 3: continue the return of Lebron James awkward or will it be? 288 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 3: We'll talk about that coming up next. 289 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 4: Hey. 290 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 3: For over forty years, Tyrerack's been helping customers find the 291 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 3: right tires for how, what and where they drive should 292 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: fast and free back by free road hazard protection with 293 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 3: convenient installation options like mobile tire installation, tirerac dot Com 294 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 3: The way tyre buying should be. 295 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 296 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 297 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 298 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 6: Hey, we're Cavino and Rich Fox Sports Radio every day 299 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 6: five to seven pm Eastern. 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It's gonna be the best after show podcast 319 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 6: of all time. 320 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 7: There you go, over Promising. Remember you could see it 321 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 7: on YouTube, but definitely join us. Listen to over Promised 322 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 7: with Coavino and Rich on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 323 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 7: or wherever you get your podcasts. 324 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 3: Welcome back in Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show with Me, 325 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 3: Mike Harmon, No Jason Tonight in his stant our, Buddy 326 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 3: Rich Orenberger sitting in. Hear him in San Diego in 327 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 3: the mornings. Here him on Saturday as part of countdown 328 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 3: to kick Off. Getting you Ready for the Day is 329 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 3: collegiate action, as well as some look ins on the 330 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 3: NFL and pretty much of whatever else you might be 331 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 3: interested in from a prospecting, wagering investing. He was investing 332 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 3: with Giant Italises and such. Today is the forty second 333 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 3: anniversary of the release to me of one of the 334 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 3: most overrated films of all time. A Christmas story. Almost 335 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 3: as many years ago, Lebron James made his NBA debut. Okay, 336 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 3: it's only twenty three, but he gets back on the 337 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 3: court tonight. He took to the fun and exciting of 338 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 3: the world of the media yesterday to shied everybody who 339 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 3: had been calling him old and making fun of his sciatica. 340 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 3: I hope you never get it. I hope you never 341 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 3: get because waiting for a little guy to pop up 342 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 3: with a violin to play behind him. But he makes 343 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 3: his return tonight, rich after missing the open to this season, 344 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 3: season twenty three again just a new World Order, part 345 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 3: cyborg and all of those things that we joke about. 346 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 3: Lakers have been one of the fun surprises to the 347 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 3: early part of this NBA campaign. Now in the middle 348 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 3: of this road trip, but ten and four on the year, 349 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 3: fourth in the Western Conference, great minutes parsed out, even 350 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 3: missing some Luka Doncia's time. You've had other guys step 351 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 3: up and they've had a really good rotation. And now 352 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 3: we get to sit back with our popcorn as this unfolds, 353 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 3: and a big matchup against the Utah Jazz, the plucky 354 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 3: Utah Jazz. How about that? That's the term I'll use 355 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 3: for them here to see if that disrupts the apple 356 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 3: cart and creates some chaos for JJ Redick. 357 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. 358 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 5: So my take on Lebron being added to this lineup 359 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 5: is there's two sides to this coin. I'm gonna go 360 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 5: with all the positives. First, Lebron James even what twenty 361 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 5: three years, twenty three plus years, I mean I've lost. 362 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 4: Count twenty three league. 363 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 5: Yeah, here we go, is still one of the most 364 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 5: dominant players on the planet, like worthy of double teams 365 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 5: at times. I mean, if he catches the hot hand, 366 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 5: what do you do? You know, you slide defense his way, 367 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 5: you get help, principles in the lane. He is one 368 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 5: of the best athletes on the planet. At forty one 369 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 5: years of age, still can do all the things it 370 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 5: appears he could do. 371 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 4: In his twenties. 372 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 5: You know, there's an ageless sentiment to him, very similar 373 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 5: to Tom Brady, how like a fine wine. He sort 374 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: of aged well, went down to Tampa Bay in his 375 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 5: forties and put up career numbers and won a Super 376 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 5: Bowl for them the first year out of New England. 377 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 5: Lebron James with the Lakers, obvious already has won a 378 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 5: championship this guy, he's special. Having said that, what's happening 379 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 5: with the Lakers right now, with Luca and this upstart 380 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 5: group and this starting five they've assembled in his stead, 381 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 5: has also been special. And so there's this feeling of 382 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,959 Speaker 5: what is gonna happen here? Is there gonna be all 383 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 5: of a sudden a very large and insanely talented yet 384 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 5: a little rusty fly in the ointment where all of 385 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 5: the fun that the kids were having, or the mice 386 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 5: we're having while the cat was away, whatever analogy or 387 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 5: metaphor you want to use, is it all gonna go 388 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 5: away now? So I know that sounds like I'm speaking 389 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 5: out of two sides of my mouth, but we really 390 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 5: don't know what we're about to see. It could it 391 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 5: could be somewhere you know that swings toward the positive 392 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 5: where it's a plus ad just like it's always been. 393 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 5: You add Lebron to the lineup and it's like stirring, 394 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 5: you know, nest quick in a glass of milk. 395 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: It makes it better, you know. 396 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 3: We can all get behind yeah, or who knows. 397 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 5: I'd mean, maybe he jumps in and things start going 398 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 5: wrong and there's a bunch of finger pointing, but everybody 399 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 5: obviously knows what the big differences you know or could 400 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 5: land somewhere in between. What's your read on this situation? 401 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 5: If you had to choose a side, where do you think? 402 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 5: Where do you think this goes from here? 403 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 3: I think it's awkward off the jump, for the fact 404 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 3: that a lot of the guys who've been getting pretty 405 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 3: heavy rotation minutes have to go back and find their 406 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 3: roles again, right to where maybe they got a few 407 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 3: minutes to warm up before they needed to take a 408 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 3: shot or make a meaningful play because they were getting 409 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 3: fifteen minutes, Well, suddenly they're down to eight or ten, 410 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 3: and the touches are different, the rotations are different, how 411 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 3: the spacing on the floor is will change, and then 412 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 3: how much ball stopping do we get from either side? Right, 413 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 3: we watched it last year. Sometimes it worked really well 414 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 3: together right for a lot of the season, But then 415 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: there were certainly parts of games where Lebron's ball dominant 416 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 3: and Luca's just kind of standing over on the side 417 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 3: just staring at him or vice versa and waiting for 418 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 3: however the play was gonna break down, right, it becomes 419 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 3: the one on one, get to the whole kind of situation. 420 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 3: You've gotten great minutes from eighton and Marcus Smart two 421 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 3: veterans getting after For DeAndre Ayton, remember his season debut, 422 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 3: the poison bends were already out. Instead, he's a guy 423 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: now averaging thirty minutes a game, sixteen points and eight boards. 424 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 3: Lebron last year was a twenty four to eight to 425 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 3: eight guy. So you're hoping to PLoP something like that in. 426 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 3: But for la Ravia gave Vincent back in tonight, Dalton 427 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 3: connect and guys all the way on that part of 428 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 3: the extreme, Like how much does being relegated to fewer 429 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 3: minutes and a shorter rotation perhaps affect how they get 430 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 3: that buy in and flow that they've managed so well 431 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 3: in the early going. 432 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, well, you know it does help when the guy 433 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 5: who's coming in to still your minutes as Lebron James. 434 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 3: No, No, that's I mean, psychologically sure, but it is 435 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 3: you know, it's still the all right, I'm not touching 436 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 3: the ball and I may not be seeing a court 437 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 3: nearly as much as I was where we're not you know, 438 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 3: playing matchups and whatever the same way. So for JJ Reddick, 439 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 3: I think it's an interesting an interesting balance here, you know, 440 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 3: And also how many minutes are we expecting off the jump? 441 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 3: I have no idea, right, you know, we had the 442 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 3: the odds went up for the the old Hey, Lebron 443 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,479 Speaker 3: always scores ten in a game. Let me see if 444 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 3: I can find those right quick, because I saw that 445 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 3: graphic pop up, which was kind of funny because they 446 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 3: grabbed about as ridiculous an image of Lebron to reinforce 447 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 3: that as they could, one of those big if you 448 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 3: overlaid the grinch, I mean, that was the kind of 449 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 3: grin he had in the moment. Let's see, it was 450 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 3: Lebron to score ten or more points minus four thousand, 451 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 3: score fewer than ten points, sixteen to one. Yeah, yeah, 452 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 3: just the expectation. He comes in and he's going to 453 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 3: play his minutes, a lot of pregame shoot around. I'm 454 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 3: curious what's on his playlist as he's going through his motions. 455 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 3: But I don't know. It's exciting for the NBA. You've 456 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 3: lost so many guys to injury. We've already seen a 457 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 3: laundry list of stars from Wemba Yama and John Morant, 458 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 3: Anthony Davis, the old Laker, I mean, and we've we've 459 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 3: watched all of the reports out of there. Dico Harrison 460 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 3: got himself fired already, you know, all all of those 461 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 3: things that have flown through. But the Kawhi Leonard missing time, 462 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 3: no big shock. But when you talk about star power, 463 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 3: Giannis is now going to miss time because of a 464 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 3: groin injury. NBA needs Lebron James back right now as 465 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 3: we hit the holidays. 466 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, and shout out to Nika Harrison. You're snuck 467 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 5: in a call out. Yeah, I mean easily the MVP 468 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 5: of the Lakers this season. I mean, he's really who 469 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 5: helped assemble all this you were I was joking with Frostburg. 470 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 5: He was like, which Kobe statue do you think they're 471 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 5: gonna take down for Nico's statue? You know? And how 472 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 5: many how many championships will he be awarded in in 473 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 5: Los Angeles? 474 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 4: You know, here's the thing. 475 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, Doncic is special, and Lebron is special, and the 476 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 5: way Reeves has stepped up as special and some of 477 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 5: the minutes that we're seeing really quality minutes from eight 478 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 5: and you know what I think we're going to see 479 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 5: and I don't want to do. 480 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 4: I don't want to do something. 481 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 5: That you know, Lakers fans will be plenty happy to 482 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 5: if they demolished the Jazz and Lebron plays, you know, 483 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 5: even insignificant minutes, but looks good, looks healthy. They're gonna 484 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 5: be There's gonna be plenty of Laker ball washing, but 485 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 5: I think they're gonna be just fine. I think that this, 486 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 5: come the end of what is a very very long 487 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 5: regular season, is going to look like a blip on 488 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 5: the radar. Oh do you remember when you know Lebron 489 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 5: was heard early in the season, gosh, doesn't he look 490 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 5: great again? And man, maybe that was the best thing 491 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 5: for the Lakers to happen, was him go out of 492 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 5: the lineup for a little bit and all these guys 493 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 5: around Lebron to start believing himself and college gee Jj 494 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 5: Reddick is just such a great coach. I can already 495 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 5: see the headlines being written. And it's going to be 496 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 5: much to the nausea of the rest of the basketball 497 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 5: watching public because most people don't want or root for 498 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 5: Lakers success. 499 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 4: But I think that's where this is heading. 500 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just want to be relevant, you know, come 501 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 3: Game eighty and in the mix and healthy and with 502 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 3: those two guys on the court, and maybe Austin Reeves 503 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 3: continues to become a little bit of one of those 504 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 3: you know, little engine that could you know success stories 505 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 3: that folks love so much. 506 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think it's all gonna work out in 507 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 5: the end. Here here's what I will say in the 508 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 5: short term if it doesn't okay, because I do want 509 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 5: to swing the pendulum the other way and play Devil's 510 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: advocate because it's more fun that way. 511 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 6: Oh. 512 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 4: Absolutely, this is what I think will happen. 513 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 5: Look, everybody has strong allegiances until until they don't. And 514 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 5: we've seen this many times with Lebron James, Like when 515 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 5: there needs to be somebody holding the bag for him 516 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 5: publicly for whatever's wrong with the team, he'll find someone 517 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 5: to go ahead and take out the trash. And whether 518 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 5: they're a willing participant or not. How many teammates have 519 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 5: we seen all of a sudden be at the center 520 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 5: of you know, scuttle butt of some sort where they're 521 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 5: getting blamed. Lebron is you know, Scott free In the meantime, 522 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 5: I think where this might go is potentially and I 523 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 5: don't know how it's going to be worded, whether it's 524 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 5: how many minutes players are getting or the rotation you're 525 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 5: gonna start hearing sourced reports about JJ Reddick and how 526 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 5: he's mishandling this roster. That's where I think goes if 527 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 5: Lebron struggles out the gates, if the team struggles with 528 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 5: him being sort of implemented into the lineup after being 529 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 5: out for so long and the chemistry being so good, 530 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 5: if it's a herky jerky month here say for the Lakers, 531 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 5: which in the grand scheme of things isn't very long, 532 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 5: but people can lose their mind over a month, I 533 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 5: think you're going to start seeing a lot of people 534 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 5: make the probably correct assumption that the biggest issue is 535 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 5: they're having a hard time readjusting to Lebron being in 536 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 5: the lineup. And what you're going to see is the 537 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 5: counter attack from his PR camp and Clutch media and 538 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 5: all of the folks that surround him in his orbit 539 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 5: sourcing reports about how JJ Reddick is mishandling this roster 540 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 5: and because somebody's got to hold the back. 541 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 3: Oh sure, it is not going to be the key, 542 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 3: so so. 543 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 4: Who yeah, so who's going to be the fall guy? 544 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 4: And I have a feeling it's going to be the 545 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 4: head coach. 546 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 3: Rich What if I were to tell you Lebron just 547 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 3: got to warm. 548 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 5: Ups, not completely shocked people at home after a five 549 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 5: game road actually didn't happen. 550 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 3: But it's believable, right. 551 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, it is believable. You know what I would say, 552 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 5: I would say both are likely. I don't know what's 553 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 5: more likely, but both are likely. He gets booed or 554 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 5: he gets cheered for in warm ups. 555 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 3: Good, be no question about it. 556 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 4: That's how fickle the LA market can be. 557 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 3: There's no no doubt about it. Hey, be sure to 558 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 3: check out the brand new YouTube channel for the show. 559 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 3: Search at Jason Smith Show on YouTube again. At Jason 560 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 3: Smith Show, be sure to hit the subscribe button and 561 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 3: don't stop there, hit the thumbs up icon, conment away, 562 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 3: let us know what you agree with, what you disagree with, 563 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 3: and then of course evangelize sending to friends and family. 564 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 3: Check out the brand new channel on YouTube again, just 565 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 3: search at Jason Smith Show and subscribe. Lakers First of 566 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 3: a Home and Home with the Jazz twelve and a 567 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 3: half point favorites. As we get ready for Hip Off 568 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 3: coming up next, and that makes the perfect time to 569 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 3: sign it over to the news desk to our guy, 570 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 3: a man's man, man of information. It's Steve to say, 571 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 3: and a good evening to you of somebody. We start 572 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 3: with the NFL. 573 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 8: As Bengals star wide receiver Jamar Chase is out this 574 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 8: weekend as one game suspension was upheld tonight. Texans quarterback 575 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 8: c J. Stroud with his concussion. We'll miss a third 576 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 8: straight game this Thursday against the Bills. Quarterback Davis Mills 577 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 8: will start again for Houston. Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will 578 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 8: not need surgery on his broken left wrist. He will 579 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 8: not practice Wednesday, but reportedly he is pushing to play 580 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 8: Sunday at Chicago. Pittsburgh is optimistic the running back Jalen 581 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 8: Warren will play despite an ankle injury. Steelers defensive back 582 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 8: Darius Slay is still in concussion protocol. Titans wide receiver 583 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 8: Calvin Ridley was placed on injured reserve with a broken leg. 584 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 8: Cardinals running back a Mari de Mercado is likely out 585 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 8: this weekend with a high ankle spring well. The new 586 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 8: college football playoff rankings are out the Seas evening. The 587 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 8: top three stayed the same with number one Ohio State 588 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 8: in Indiana and Texas A and M. Georgia now number four. 589 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 8: Oklahoma up to number eight in the country, then number 590 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 8: nine Notre Dame, and number ten Alabama. Sobama would just 591 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 8: barely make the playoff at this point. Not making the 592 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 8: playoff at this point number eleven BYU or number twelve 593 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 8: Utah because number thirteen Miami would be in if it's 594 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 8: the ACC champion. Also in would be Tulane at number 595 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 8: twenty four in the country. Tulane would be the best 596 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 8: of the so called group of five teams. 597 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 3: As of now. 598 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 8: The matchups would be Alabama in a first round game 599 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 8: at Oregon, and next month it would be Notre Dame 600 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 8: at Oklahoma in the first round. The top four would 601 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 8: get first round bys. College football selection Sunday is December 602 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 8: the seventh. There's a doubleheader of college basketball tonight at 603 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 8: Madison Square Garden. Already at a top twenty matchup, Michigan 604 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 8: State rold Kentucky eighty three to sixty six. Number five 605 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 8: Duke leads can Is sixty to fifty three with under 606 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 8: ten minutes to go. In the NBA, the Spurs won 607 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 8: one eleven one oh one over Memphis de Aaron Fox 608 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 8: with twenty six points. Victor wemen Yama is out with 609 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 8: a strained calf and the Spurs Defon Castle with a 610 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 8: strained hip, will be reevaluated in one to two weeks. 611 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 8: He was Rookie of the Year last season. Milwaukee's Giannis 612 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 8: Antennacumpo could miss up to two weeks with a strain groin. 613 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 8: Lebron James of La is making his season debut tonight 614 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 8: after a bad back the Lakers at ten and four 615 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 8: about to tip off hosting the Utah Jazz. There is 616 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 8: a game later than that in a half an hour 617 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 8: Phoenix at Portland. Memphis, by the way, had lost four 618 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 8: in a row going into its l at San Antonio tonight, 619 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 8: but Detroit has won eleven in a row after a 620 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 8: victory at Atlanta one twenty to one. Twelve victories for 621 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 8: Boston and Orlando among the NHL games, eight of them tonight. 622 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 8: Islanders now have a three to two lead in the 623 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 8: final seconds at Dallas. Tampa Bay a five to one 624 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 8: winner over New Jersey show to Imanaga accepted a qualifying 625 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 8: offer to stay with the Cubs. Spain and Belgium among 626 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 8: those earning spots in next summer's World Cup, and US 627 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 8: men's soccer had its final game this year, winning an 628 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 8: exhibition in Tampa five to one over Uruguay. The Americans 629 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 8: led three nothing after about thirty minutes and four nothing 630 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 8: late in the first half. 631 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 3: Back to you, thanks so much, Steve. As we continue 632 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 3: here from the Fox Sports Radio studios, Mike Carvin alongside 633 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 3: Rich Ornberger. At Ornberger where you find him, O h 634 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 3: R N ask dr gr that's right, Ask Rich. It's 635 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 3: not become the drop because of the Rich Samini fun 636 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 3: back and forth Aaron Glenn when he got all indignant 637 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 3: a week ago. So it's your name and you get 638 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 3: spotlighted a lot, Ask Rich. 639 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 4: Ask Rich, it's. 640 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 3: Not a bad way. I don't have an answer much. 641 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 3: Ask Rich. He may not have any idea what we're 642 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 3: talking about, but ask him. 643 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 4: Yeah. Please, do have you questions our fair game? 644 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 3: Honestly, well you are the doctor at Orberger if you 645 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 3: have those questions. But coming up next, as we heard 646 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 3: in the update, the new college football playoff rankings in 647 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 3: first round projected matchups are out. A number twenty four 648 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,319 Speaker 3: is part of the mix that gets people with their 649 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 3: handwringing going. We'll see what the explanations are this week, 650 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 3: because last week it was all about how the eye 651 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 3: test looked and style points did that hold for another week, 652 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 3: We'll talk. 653 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 654 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 655 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 2: pm Pacific. 656 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 3: Welcome back in Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show. Well 657 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,760 Speaker 3: with me, Mike Garman. No Jason Smith tonight, it instead, 658 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 3: we got our guy Rich Ornberger in with us hey. 659 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 3: For over forty years, Tyrack's been helping customers find the 660 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 3: right tires for how, what and where they drive shit 661 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 3: fast and free back by free road hazard protection with 662 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 3: convenient installation options like mobile tire installation tire rack dot Com. 663 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 3: The way tire buying should be. As we surmise, perhaps 664 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 3: a bit of awkwardness reacquaintance kind of moments here for 665 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 3: the Los Angeles Lakers as they're kind of standing around 666 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 3: reintroducing themselves to each other. Is Utah's jumped out to 667 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 3: a sixteen to six lead by midway through the first 668 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 3: for the Lakers. They got two shots up in the 669 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,959 Speaker 3: first three minutes of an NBA game in twenty twenty five. 670 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 4: Yeah, and are in our world. This is what you 671 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 4: would call not working. 672 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:44,359 Speaker 5: But again again, like I mean, we're talking about Q 673 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 5: one of the very first game that Lebron is on 674 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 5: the foot the shows now shorn Berger, Yeah, yeah, I 675 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 5: know that's true. But still, I mean, we're not even 676 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 5: all the way halfway through the first quarter, and I 677 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,839 Speaker 5: asked Frostburg, I'm like, do you think they should call 678 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 5: it like a season? Do you think it's over? And 679 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 5: Hugh was like, now, come on, come on, there's still time. 680 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 3: He's gonna send me that greasy guy as soon as 681 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 3: they draw even there's a gift that he sends me, 682 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 3: the guy mouthing the word Nakers with his big fake 683 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 3: gold chain on. So we'll see that, I'm sure later 684 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 3: on as we go. Lebron in the early going over 685 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 3: one took a three point shot, and we'll see as 686 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 3: this game continues, the fluidity and how the rotations work. 687 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 3: But certainly a curiosity. One more game on the slate, 688 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 3: the eight pm Peacock game that'll come up that has 689 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 3: everybody also wringing their hands because of well it's eleven 690 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 3: o'clock East Coast time before you get a tip off, 691 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,320 Speaker 3: so some of that saltiness that rolls through. But earlier 692 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 3: this evening we got the latest iteration of the college 693 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 3: football rankings rich for the college football playoffs up the top. 694 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,800 Speaker 3: You know, we get this the usual suspect stated in 695 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,240 Speaker 3: one through three. So that's all fine. Alabama drops after 696 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 3: losing to Oklahoma, so now you've got number four Georgia. 697 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,759 Speaker 3: It jumps up Texas Tech sitting at number five. A 698 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 3: week ago, we were listening to the committee talk about 699 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 3: style points and oh they settled for too many field 700 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 3: goals for their liking. So it felt like we were 701 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 3: back in the Spurrier and Bowden days with some of 702 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 3: the commentary that they had last week. This week a 703 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 3: lot centering on Mario Christobal, where we've got Miami at thirteen, 704 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 3: but they jump into the back end of the playoff 705 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 3: grid as we sit here today, and you've got the 706 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 3: head to head win over Notre Dame, but Notre Dame's 707 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,719 Speaker 3: two losses come into ranked teams versus Miami losing to 708 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 3: SMU and Louisville. So plenty of football to be played 709 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 3: to sort this all out. But the politicking goes on 710 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 3: as soon as the numbers hit the sheets. 711 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, there's no question about it. 712 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 5: I mean, look, I think some of the broad sweeps 713 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 5: and strokes you can make looking at this CFP, I mean, 714 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 5: first and foremost, what I'll say is, I mean, not 715 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:18,800 Speaker 5: as many SEC teams looking as dangerous as they did 716 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,799 Speaker 5: to start the season. Sure, I mean, that's that's one 717 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 5: of the things that sticks out of my mind. I mean, 718 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 5: you know, I'm looking at the twelve teams that would 719 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 5: be invited into the postseason. It's like, hey, where are 720 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 5: you Texas. Wasn't everybody where are you? You know, it 721 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:40,239 Speaker 5: wasn't everybody really excited about you know, it's like, we 722 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 5: don't know, you never know, you know, you start the 723 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 5: season with all these bold proclamations, and I'll give you 724 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 5: another one that's kind of rattling around in my brain, like, 725 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 5: I don't think that the teams emerging from the Big 726 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 5: Ten are nearly as battle tested as the teams emerging 727 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 5: from what has become an extreme contentious SEC. You know, 728 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 5: so Ohio State's sitting pretty if you start to really 729 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 5: investigate their strength of schedule. I mean, you can make 730 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 5: some arguments and I'm not going to call them overrated. 731 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,279 Speaker 5: But my co host on Countdown over the Weekends, Brian No, 732 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 5: he'd make that argument right here on Fox Sports Radio, And. 733 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,800 Speaker 3: A lot of that comes from his Notre Dame base 734 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:23,840 Speaker 3: from growing. 735 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 4: So yeah, there's no question about it. 736 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 9: There his his colors don't run and you know his 737 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 9: gold Yeah. Yeah, but but but you know, look, I mean, 738 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 9: if you are going to do some further deeper investigation 739 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 9: into Ohio STATEA, I wouldn't call them frauds, not by 740 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 9: a long shot. 741 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 5: But there are some people who are eager to Indiana. 742 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,280 Speaker 5: Are we thinking that they're going to survive well against 743 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,600 Speaker 5: the strength of the SEC. I don't know, but I'm 744 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 5: I'm not completely commenced Oregon to me. 745 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 4: Eyeball test wise. 746 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 5: They've got some really actual playmakers around a very young, 747 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,800 Speaker 5: untested quarterback who's had a brilliant season. 748 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 4: But do they look like Oregon of last year. 749 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 5: There's there's some question marks around the Big ten and 750 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 5: so look, this list will change. We know there are 751 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 5: going to be more upsets this season. If there's one 752 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,720 Speaker 5: thing you can guarantee week to week is more upsets 753 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 5: in college football. 754 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think one of the big things when we 755 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 3: go through you get on the play, what's on the schedule, 756 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 3: and until we get to a super conference crossover, you know, 757 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 3: kill a crossover event or everybody realizes, you know, where 758 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 3: the next big pot of gold Is, which is more 759 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:43,279 Speaker 3: Big Ten in SEC battles that this is where we're 760 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:43,719 Speaker 3: going to get. 761 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 5: Right. 762 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,120 Speaker 3: We go through the regular season and there's always going 763 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 3: to be haves and have nots, and it becomes the 764 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 3: question of do you do you then have relegation. Fortunately, 765 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,560 Speaker 3: my Northwestern squad is good enough this year that they 766 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,600 Speaker 3: wouldn't be there. But you know, we'll get to another 767 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,359 Speaker 3: Big Ten topic as the show goes on. But but 768 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 3: it's just that, Rich, It's like, you play the schedule 769 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,440 Speaker 3: and then if you go into the postseason. Once upon 770 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 3: a time, it was the bowl season, right, and you'd 771 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 3: have guys teams roll through, say the Big Ten or 772 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,000 Speaker 3: another conference, and then they'd go up against the teams 773 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,560 Speaker 3: of the SEC, which were better athletes and better speed 774 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 3: at the wide receiver position, better cornerbacks, and you were 775 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,600 Speaker 3: right back. It's just twenty years later, not much has 776 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,719 Speaker 3: changed in that regard. He's Rich orn Berger on Mike 777 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 3: Carmon here Fox Sports Radio. As we continue a little 778 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 3: more back to the National Football League. Find yours