Jonas Knox talks NBA, Dolphins, Titans, and more!

Jonas Knox talks about the lame introduction to the NBA’s In Season Tournament, the crybabies in the Big Ten complaining about Michigan, praise for Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel and QB Tua Tagovailoa, Mike Vrabel remains non-committal to Will Levis as the starter when Ryan Tannehill returns, Knox Locks, and more!

 

 

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The Gardner, the Prince of Darkness, The Prints of Darkness
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Jonahs Knocks.

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What are you talking about? What is this your first
day on the job.

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Here's Jonas Knock scanning the fast laying Grandma.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
The bingo game is running them all. You know, it
does feel like the NFL kind of missed the boat
on something. I'll explain what that is coming up here

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in just a couple of moments from now, Jonahs Knocks.
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The NFL slate of games on Sunday, we get off
to a hot start, scorching hot. In fact, if I

(01:41):
were to throw it out to you and say, hey,
Dolphins Chiefs AFC Championship game, first of all, I don't
think anybody would mind that. Secondly, I don't think it'd
be all that surprising. I mean, if you were just
to say, at this point in the season AFC Title Game,
Dolphins Chiefs is not surprising at all. They were both

(02:03):
playoff teams a year ago. Obviously, the Chiefs won a
Super Bowl, and if the Dolphins had too healthy for
the entire season, who the hell knows what we're talking about.
I mean, they may as well. They could have easily
won that playoff game at Buffalo. And you're hearing the
talk of Mike McDaniel potentially Coach of the Year and
Tua and the MVP conversation and the Tyreek Hills storyline

(02:26):
going against his former team. He already told him earlier
this week. They're going to get that work like all
of Like, this game has got a ton going for it. Yeah,
so let's send it over to Germany and let them
enjoy it. Boy, that's cool, that's fun, and let's put
it on six thirty am Pacific time. Let's make that happen. Now.

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The good thing is I believe I have this correct
Daylight saving ends tomorrow. I believe that's correct. So at
least we're to get you know, it's spring forward fallback.
You're gonna get an extra hour sleep, So that's cool,
But like, what if you're one of these decent, civilized
human beings who likes to get a little bit banged
up on a Saturday night. You know what I mean.

(03:13):
You like to lick the lid a little bit, you
like to bathe in the liver loobe a couple of cocktails.
That extra hour asleep doesn't mean anything to you, So
you got to wake your ass up that much earlier
to try and watch what could be an AFC Championship
preview Tyreek Hill going against his ex who won the battle?

(03:37):
Tyreek or Patrick Mahomes who won the divorce? And what
are we doing? We're sending it over to Germany. And
I get it. The crowd last year was fantastic. The
atmosphere is electric. These international crowds have really welcomed the
NFL to their country. I get all that, But why

(03:58):
can't you send him over something else? Why can't you
send him over something different? What's wrong with the Buccaneers
and the Texans? Is that too much to ask? What
about the Colts and the Panthers? You can't send that overseas.
There's a reason why the Jaguars were the team that

(04:18):
would go and play in London all those years. It's because, well,
if we can't get anybody interested in Jacksonville to come
to these games, why don't we just send it over
to London and try this out for size? Like there
was a reason for that. And there are times where
although it's not ideal, and maybe it's not the perfect situation,

(04:41):
you'll take what you can get. You ever had to
go to the bathroom really really bad and you're looking
for anywhere to stop and look, if you're a guy.
You're thinking to yourself, well, you just pull over to
the side of the road. I mean, that's the advantage
to having quote unquote outdoor plumbing. Just pull over to
the side of the road. You have There are times
where that doesn't help, you know what I mean. It's

(05:03):
a little bit more than that. It's more than the
number one. You got other things going on. So you're
driving around everywhere looking for someplace to go, and finally
you settle on some bathroom, you know, like outside a
liquor store or a gas station. You know the one
where you walk inside and say, hey, do you have

(05:24):
a restroom and they say yes, and you're just hoping
the next thing they say isn't yeah, But there's somebody
in there, so they say yes, and they reach behind
the counter and they hand you the key and it's
like attached to a squeegee or like an oil funnel.
So you run over to the side, you open up.
You're not even thinking about what's around you, and you

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just let it fly. Isn't that a glorious feeling? And
you know what, you're not thinking about. You're not thinking
about the surroundings. You're not thinking about the fact that
you know, you've got gang signs carved into the walls
with car keys. You know, I'm thinking about the fact
that there's like drug residue on the sink, or the
fact that they're out of soap. You don't even care

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about washing your hands. You may not have even locked
the door behind you. You don't care about any of that.
You just needed a place to go. You were desperate.
You'll take anything. If you're the NFL, Throw them Saints, Bears,
give them Cardinals breadth like there's options here. Adjust on

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the fly. Oh, Kirk Cousins is out for the year
and the Atlanta Falcons are making a quarterback change. Sweet,
what do you guys think about Vike's Falcons? Instead, you're
giving them this. Not trying to be cruel, but I
think if you're one of these international markets, you gotta
wait your turn. I'm sorry, you gotta wait your turn

(06:53):
before you get quality matchups like this. And instead we
kick off our NFL Sunday with Dolphins Chiefs and it's
going over to Frankfurt. Not a fan, just gonna be
honest with you. Jonas Knoxy or Fox Sports Radio. Hey,
speaking of the NFL, do you guys remember that time,
like about a week and a half into the NFL season,

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like really early in the NFL season, they started like
like making the feel look a bunch different, like they
would paint it differently. And then you remember, like like
a week and a half into the season, the NFL
like started doing this weird kind of like tournament thing.
You guys remember that. Oh that's right. The NFL has

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never done that because they've never needed to. Oh, but
the NBA did. We're a week and a half into
the season, and guess what we've got an in season tournament.
I mean, this is great. I mean, break out the
circus music. This is I mean, this is a phenomenal
stuff here. I mean, so what's next? Are we gonna

(07:59):
have like whoopee cushions under the bench? Are we gonna
have fake dog crap underneath the basket? Like what a
like if a guy goes to drink gatorade, is confetti
gonna come out? Are they handing out party favors at
the door? This is good stuff here. Nothing like a
gimmick tournament two weeks into your season to tell everybody
about how great your league's doing. This is awesome. Let

(08:24):
me ask you a question. You think Bill Burr two
jokes in breaks out a blow up doll. Probably not,
because he doesn't need to. His material is good enough.
He doesn't need to resort to the gimmicks and all
the bells and whistles to try and get somebody interested
in the league or somebody interested in his routine. Doesn't

(08:47):
need to do it. But the NBA breaks out this
in season tournament, and you got to hear the way
that this is being conveyed to you, the listener or
the fan and people around the country. They're talking about
historical feats, like historical star Like, Hey, the first dunk

(09:07):
ever in the in season tournament in the NBA. Hey,
the first three point basket ever in the What are
we doing here? Wow, you've got a league full of superstars.
You've got a good product that you have butchered over

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the past several years with either load management or some
of the other drama storylines. We're two weeks into the season,
less than two weeks, and you're already breaking out the
party favors and the dunk tanks and the bounce houses,

(09:49):
Like what are we doing here?

Speaker 3 (09:52):
Like?

Speaker 1 (09:52):
Is Adam Silver riding a unicycle to each game? Juggling
bowling pins with a giant nose on. And then he's
got the I said this, this big clown wig over
the top, Like, what are we doing here? Like? Is
this not desperate times call for desperate measures? You imagine
getting back like, we're two weeks into the season, not
even two weeks, and they're launching the d season tournament. Ah,

(10:17):
but don't worry about it. The winning coach gets five
hundred thousand dollars. Sweet, I don't what are we doing here?
It's so dumb. It is so dumb, and anybody trying
to tell you, no, man, love the idea. This is
super cool. Who else is doing this?

Speaker 3 (10:36):
Well?

Speaker 1 (10:36):
Leagues in Europe are good for them? Like what, I
don't get it? Rugby's popular in Europe. We launching that.
Next is the NFL two weeks into their season, gonna
go ahead and say, all right, now we're doing a
rugby tournament. Guys, let's go This is the dumbest thing

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that the NBA has done in a long time, and
they've done some dumb stuff in season. Tournament two weeks
in that's like getting back from your honeymoon and immediately
going to counseling a little quick, don't you think, like,
are things going that poorly a couple of weeks into
the marriage that you're already thinking about therapy, Like you

(11:23):
guys gotta go ahead and get it together and talk
to somebody about your problems. This is a joke. It's
making a mockery of the league and anybody trying to say. No,
it's fun, man, Loosen up a little bit. It's cool
to see the courts painted this way. What's wrong with
just seeing the best best athletes on planet Earth playing

(11:43):
basketball games? What's wrong with that? Whatever happened to that? Na?
Na na na. We we gotta we gotta spice in
things up a little bit, you know, we gotta we gotta.
This is like that that show Carnival Eats. It's not
good enough just to have a corn dog at a carnival. No, no, no,
no no. You got to infuse it with Tabasco, mayonnaise,

(12:06):
chocolate syrup. You've got to add a funnel cake on
the outside of it. You've got to pour a slurpy
over the top of it with whipped cream, a cherry
and one of those darts you throw it a balloon
to try and win a stuffed animal, because that's gonna
make everything better. Congratulations, the circus tents are up and

(12:27):
we're two weeks into the season and we've got an
nd season tournament. Bravo. Job well done to everybody out
there who's going to kiss ass the league and tell
them what a great idea it is. Jonas Knox Fox
Sports Radio, get me on Twitter at the Jonas Knox
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(12:48):
find all the good stuff and the positive feedback for
this show that we like to touch on every single week.
We are going to have the usuals coming up. Later on.
We've got another edition of Do You Care coming up
at the end of this hour. We've also got Knox Locked,
the week nine edition coming up an hour two of
the program, and later on this hour are thank God
for gambling Game of the Week in the NFL, because

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every week there's one. All right, But coming up next here,
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in all of sports, and we'll tell you what that
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Jonas Knox, Fox Sports Radio. Coming up in a little
over we will call it ten minutes from now here
from the tire Raq dot Com studios. We are going
to hand out an award. I know a lot of
you are thinking, you know, it's a Saturday. Who's handing
out awards on a Saturday. Most of the prestigious award
shows are like on Sunday nights, like the Oscars, and

(14:58):
you know with all those uh all those weirdos who
dress up and pretend like they like each other in Hollywood.
But we are going to hand out an award coming
up here, just smack dab in the middle of a
Saturday morning slash Saturday afternoon here on Fox Sports Radio.
So that's going to be yours here coming up again
about ten minutes from now here on FSR. So I'm

(15:21):
watching what's happening in college football. Some interesting developments here,
I mean We've got some good obviously top twenty five
teams in action. You know, on Fox we've got the
top twenty five matchup, which sees Texas with a twenty
four to seven lead over Kansas State there in the
third quarter there, I'm looking around, ole Miss is doubling
up Texas A and M. I know Brian Finley, an

(15:42):
ole Mis guy, he's going to be happy about that.
Clemson Notre Dame in a good one four and a
half minutes to go on the third there, Clemson's got
an eight point lead over Notre Dame. Just looking around,
like man, Ohio State number one. I don't know if
anybody saw that college football playoff rankings came out. Ohio
State's up fourteen to nine over Rock Jesus over Rutgers.

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They're struggling that much over Rutgers. I wonder if Rutgers
like like has like their signals or something. I mean,
that must be what it is, right, Wow, Oh that's right.
Ohio State's part of the cry baby committee that is
the big ten outside of Michigan. Oh that's right. I
just wanted to just double checking that. Here this Michigan

(16:28):
sign stealing garbage and the way this is being handled,
and now that you're starting to get more details as
to how it was uncovered is borderline laughable. Now here's
the latest development, because it does involve Ohio State and
the rest of the cry babies that make up the

(16:49):
Big Ten. But here's the latest development. So Pete Thammeil
of ESPN has been covering college football for a long time.
He says that we could see some sort of punished
meant for Jim Harbaugh and this whole sign stealing scandal
or whatever you want to call it. We could see
that take place over the next several days. Obviously, something

(17:10):
wouldn't happen today, but we could see it happen over
the next and it could be like a couple of
games suspension, something along those lines. Now, Connor Stallion's great name,
tremendous name, Connor Stallions, who is the assistant, the recruiting
analyst quote unquote at the root of all this, he

(17:31):
resigned from Michigan. There was a report that came out
and said he was fired Michigan and Connor Stallions and
Connor Stallion's lawyer said he resigned. Now his lawyer has
come out this, you know, following the report that he
has not been cooperative at all with anybody and refuses
to cooperate with people asking him questions and trying to

(17:51):
find out more information. But Connor Stallion's lawyer came out
and said, to our knowledge, Jim Harbaugh didn't know anything
about any of this any was not instructing us to
do any So you've got that out there. Whether that's true,
who knows, Probably not, but at least that's what is
being said from Connor Stallions. The best part about this

(18:12):
whole thing, outside of his name, which is tremendous again,
absolutely phenomenal name. Job well done, just being at the
root of this story with a name like that. The
best part about all this is the pressure that Tony Pettiti,
the Big Ten commissioner, is getting from other schools in

(18:34):
the Big Ten who are asking for punishment to take place,
not down the road, but immediately. We want something done immediately.
If Michigan's gonna get punished, it's gotta happen right now.
Keep in mind, this is the same group of blowhards

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and cry babies who allegedly have known about this for
at least over a year. They've known about this, like
Big Ten coaches have said, we've known about this TCUs
not even into Big Ten. They knew about it, remember,

(19:15):
because they adjusted the way they were calling plays in
the semi final game last year. So all of these
schools have known about it. But they're just now saying
that it's happened, and they're just now willing to report
that this stuff has happened, and they want punishment done immediately.

(19:37):
They wanted some sort of punishment handed down immediately, not
next year, not two years from now, not the typical
let's wait for the NCAAA to get their act together
and then hand down some punishment. They want Michigan and
Jim Harbaugh punished now. It's obvious why they want it
to happen, because they don't want to have to deal

(19:59):
with Michigan because Michigan looks like they might be the
best team in the country. That's obvious. So they want
the punishment now. They want they want some sort of
an opportunity to be able to actually win the Big
Big Ten title, and so this is their opportunity. They
want it done now. So that makes sense. I totally
get it. But the fact that you knew this was happening,

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you didn't say anything. You waited, You waited, you waited,
but then you don't want the Big ten commissioner to wait.
You want him to get done something done immediately. So
you knew there was something illegal going on, but you waited,
but you want the punishment to happen fast. If I
was Tony Pettiti, all due respect, I'd get all these

(20:42):
Big ten commissioners on a conference call and I'd say,
kiss my ass. That's what I'd say. So, you guys
knew something illegal was going on, you waited it out,
but you want me to act fast when punishing this
illegal activity that you all knew about a long time ago.
Yeah again, let me double up on that kiss my

(21:04):
ass not happening. That's what I would do now, whether
or not that happens. It feels like Tony Pettiti is
feeling the pressure. You know that. Oh he could he
could lose the Big ten coaches. He could lose those
schools and those athletic directors. Ooh ooh, he could lose
them all now if he falls for that and he

(21:24):
and he punishes Jim Marbon on Michigan immediately. Okay, that
I ought to tell you everything you need to know.
But just hearing these other teams, these other programs, these
coaches like hearing like Michigan State, how about the balls
of Michigan State. And I almost give him credit because

(21:45):
the lack of ability to to self analyze and the
lack of just being able to realize like what you're saying,
like no accountability, like no, like there's just no self
aware this like the lack of it. I almost admire
Michigan State and their athletic director. They were one of

(22:07):
the most vocal on this conference call they had with
Tony Pettiti in the Big Ten, like they because you know,
they wanted to point out some issues they have with Michigan.
You know, most importantly there use everything they needed to do,
like all the alterations to prepare for their October Like
they had to change a bunch of stuff to get
ready for that October twenty first game against Michigan, you know,

(22:30):
because they got to call Wednesday. So like everything they
had to go to to adjust and get ready for
that Michigan game. They also pointed to, well, we were
punished for the fight in the tunnel last year in
ann Arbor pretty quickly. Why can't you punish Michigan pretty
quickly for what they did wrong. You know, like this
is Michigan State. You know who sit high atop the

(22:52):
mountain of credibility, you know, the same program who during
a trivia segment, we.

Speaker 7 (23:04):
Hope to catch up with Jonas Knox in just a moment,
having some technical difficulties here on Fox Sports Radio. And
I honestly, I was surprised that Jonas was actually going
to be in today for the show because he's been
doing so much work over the Breeders Cup and he's
been moonlighting as a jockey at the Breeders Cup at
Santa Nita. But we'll be back with Jonas in a moment.

(23:26):
Let's as we await his presence in returning. Let's take
a look at what's happening in college football right now.
A ton of Top twenty five games are in progress,
and if you hope to see Rutgers pull off the upset,
those hopes are dying very faster. In the second half,
the Scarlet Knights up nine to seven at the half
at home on a nationally televised game all right now,

(23:49):
trailing number one Ohio State fourteen to nine. Jordan Hancock
ran back in ninety three yard touchdown off the interception,
and now Ohio State has the football in the red
zone as they're looking to pound on the offense even
more that other games that are going on. Jonas Knox
is one of those. Number seven Texas is number twenty

(24:11):
three Kansas State. Jonas Knocks do we hear you? Did
you try to push it on the button and then
you pulled it off and then you put it back on.

Speaker 1 (24:17):
No, I did not. I believe that Ryan Day and
the other cry babies at the Big Ten were probably
trying to make sure I didn't get my final thoughts
in on this whole topic. I think that's what it was, Fenley,
is it? But listen, Yeah, obviously you know Ryan Day,
who's got a brother or a siblings who works for
a private investigator's firm or whatever. Apparently he did not

(24:38):
like my opinion on this whole scandal quote unquote with Michigan,
so he tried to cut the cord. All right, we're
onto you, We're onto everything else that's going on in
the Big Ten. Point being bottom line, don't wait to
report on something and then demand immediate action. If you're
these Big Ten coaches, bunch of cry babies, and they
ought to be ashamed of themselves. By the way. We

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So it is Jonas Knox here on Fox Sports Radio,
and again you can hang out with us as always
on the iHeartRadio app. We are going to hand out
our award. It is our award, our TGFG Game of

(25:21):
the Week that's coming up here in just a couple
of moments from now. But for all the latest from
around the world of sports. You just heard him, the one,
the only, Brian Bendler, Jonas.

Speaker 7 (25:29):
I was so surprised that you were doing your show
on Saturday, because I know that you've been so busied
over at Santa Nita as a jockey for the Breeders'
Cup today. So I'm so surprised that you're doing two
jobs on a day like this. It's a very impressive feat.
What's wrong with being a horse jockey, Findling, There's nothing wrong.

Speaker 1 (25:44):
Everybody's employments, it's.

Speaker 4 (25:46):
Not anything to be ashamed about.

Speaker 7 (25:47):
I'm just really impressed because of the ability for you
to do two things at a single day like that.
That's not easy. People need to understand that you are
a grinder. You are a hustler.

Speaker 1 (25:57):
By the way, we were out at Santa Anita for
Breeders Cup there doing the morning show, and I got
to tell you, man, not a whole lot of activity
at three in the morning over there. But we were
there when the horses came out and started warming up
at five am, and I was a little disappointed. I
thought they would have woken up earlier. So we got
a bunch of lazy horses and lazy jockeys at sant

(26:19):
Anitoo didn't have them up in time.

Speaker 4 (26:21):
Were any of the horses available for comment.

Speaker 1 (26:24):
No, we tried desperately to get them on. Although you
know they would have been a better guest than the
one that flaked in our three of the program. I'll
say that probably shouldn't have said that on the air,
but man, what a story with that. But the point is, listen,
the Breeders Cup just a tremendous event. If you and
I tell people this, we were at Keenland last year.

(26:45):
If you can get out to sant Anita. What a
beautiful venue with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background,
like the backdrop, the horses, plus the gambling and the booze.

Speaker 7 (26:56):
I mean, Finley, that's right up your alley. It's not
just make sure you duck if you see a tent
on the trall. Come on, Finny, that was like one
sort like twenty two times.

Speaker 1 (27:09):
Leave it alone. Why do you have to bring up
all the bad stuff? Geez, Lou you were talking about,
Oh gosh, what matter with you?

Speaker 4 (27:15):
Oh my goodness.

Speaker 7 (27:16):
Well, we do have a lot of college football that
is going on. And Rutgers had a lead against number
one Ohio State, and unfortunately for Jonas, that lead has
gone away and now up double digits is the number
one of house state buck guys twenty to nine in
their favor. Extra point is good. So now twenty one
to nine, two thirty nine to go. In the third quarter,
Number seven Texas getting in a strong performance on the

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ground from CJ.

Speaker 4 (27:42):
Baxter. Murphy's right under center.

Speaker 7 (27:43):
Now on fourth down, Baxter behind him, fourth and the
yard to go.

Speaker 1 (27:47):
The league a toss back to the right, the back
for he's got the first down.

Speaker 4 (27:49):
Breaks and tackle to the forty.

Speaker 1 (27:51):
Say good night to this one. Say say Baxter on
fourth and one, that's fifty three molte up fifty four touchdown.

Speaker 7 (28:00):
Wrong, and that would be the Texas Longhorns Radio Network
Backster seven carries ninety one yards and that one touchdown
so far twenty seven to seven. AGA's number twenty three
Kansas State third quarter. Late there also Texas A and
M has scored a touchdown, so they are within a
score twenty eight to twenty one. At Ole Miss, the
number ten Rebels are in front five oh five to
go in the third quarter. Jackson dard Old Miss quarterback

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three hundred and six yards passing already and those two scores.
Number fifteen Notre Dame Sam Hartman, who kind of looks
like Jonas Knox if Jonas Knox could actually grow facial hair,
and he is running this team back into a potential comeback.
Here is the Fighting Irish quarterback a run of a
score of twenty six yards and it's a thirty one
to twenty three lead for clemsoning. It's number fifteen, Notre

(28:44):
Dame Jonas. So right there late in the third are
the Fighting Irish.

Speaker 1 (28:49):
There was a point years and years ago where I
grew my hair out really long and just kind of,
you know, screw it, I'll just grow it out really
long and just you just like comb it down. So
we look at and my buddy said that, you know, hey,
that kind of looks like Hartman of Notre Dame. Looks
like I mean, there's only one Heartman in my life

(29:10):
and it's Steve Hartman full But I mean, you know,
so you said, you kind of look like Sam Hartman
of Notre Dame back when you grew your hair out long.
And it's like, well, kind of, but if I try
and grow my hair out now, it just turns into
a clown wig. It just froze out everywhere I need
a haircut bad and it just doesn't cooperate anymore. So
it's like real wavy, curly just you know, it's kind

(29:31):
of but family, you've never.

Speaker 7 (29:32):
Combed your hair right, No, not at all, unless unless
doing the Jonas TV thing. Although I must say, Jonas,
when you let your hair grow to that inortimate length,
is that the same time when you were in that
stage of painting your fingernails with a black nail polish
and the tattoos that you got was at.

Speaker 1 (29:52):
All the same time, are you shaming somebody for trying
to find their identity? Brian? Family, is that what you do?

Speaker 4 (29:57):
I'm still looking for my identity.

Speaker 1 (29:59):
That's a cancelble offense in today's climate. You know, you
could get canceled real quick, Family if you go that.

Speaker 4 (30:04):
Not if the person doesn't know what their own identity is.

Speaker 1 (30:07):
No, I've never painted, you know. Caleb Williams your guy,
because you're a big usc guy. He painted his fingernails,
It's true. Last year. I don't know if he still
does that anymore. Does he still paint his fingernails? Not?

Speaker 7 (30:17):
If you've lost two games, should have been a third
against Cal And I'll leave you with this Jonas number seventeen,
Tennessee fifty six to three. They are taking a crowbar
out on Jamora and Yukon through the third quarter. Yukon
is one in seven on the season, so it's rough

(30:38):
going for the Huskies there, and the balls are looking
pretty good, as is Jonas. Whether his hair is long
or short.

Speaker 1 (30:47):
Yeah, well, thank you, Brian, I appreciate it. That is
the great Brian Finley joining us here, having to be
pulled into relief here because the big ten athletic directors
outside of Michigan basically reached into the studio and rip
the cord out so we could not try. But you
got to do a lot better than that if you
want to try, and you know, get rid of this
show here from the ti raq dot com studios. And

(31:09):
speaking of which, we are going to have another edition
of Do You Care coming up here. That'll be happening
in ten minutes from now here on FSR. But right now,
it is time for our t G f G Game
of the Week and it goes to Buccaneers at Texans.

(31:31):
You bet your sweet ass, because if not for gambling,
nobody's watching this bad boy. We got the Buccaneers and
we got the Texans who didn't want some sub five
hundred football versus sub five hundred football here on a
Saturday afternoon in the on the East coast here, especially
in early November. Look, I was a big fan of
Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers early on they

(31:54):
were undefeated. But it just feels like kind of back
to what we were last you know, kind of mediocrity,
hovering just around five hundred. I mean, they won the division.
You forget last year being sub five hundred, and then
they got pistol with when they went to the playoff
game against the Cowboys, and then you got the Texans.
I mean, I'm a big fan of what CJ. Stroud

(32:16):
has done. I feel like the Texans are on the rise.
That is a team you look at and go, hey,
they got a little something going there. Unfortunately, they don't
really have a little something going there enough for me
to want to actually sit and watch this game with
any sort of interest outside of the fact that I
may or may not make this game part of Knox Locks,
or I may or may not have Fantasy football implications.

(32:38):
So if you're wondering, who's the TGFG game of the week,
the thank God for Gambling game of the Week Exhibit
A for Week nine, it's the Buccaneers, It's the Texans,
because if not for gambling, nobody's watching this piece at
the Jonas Knocks on Twitter. At the Jonas Knocks on Twitter,

(33:01):
if you would like to provide more positive feedback here
on this show, more positive than the stuff we normally get.
All right, it's coming up next here. Speaking of positivity,
there are several stories around the world of sports that
we have been hearing about all week long. People have
been force feeding you all week long. We're going to
tell you the truth about all of them. And it's
next here on FSR. Orally Jonas Knox Fox Sports Radio

(33:29):
coming up top of next hour, about fifteen minutes from
now from the ti Raq dot com studios. There's a
coach in the NFL that has an idea. He's got
a strategy, but there's a real problem with this strategy
and it involves the Super Bowl. I'll tell you what
that is again, coming up here fifteen minutes from now

(33:50):
here on FSR. So it looks like we do have
ourselves some interesting things that are happening in the world
of college football, like Rutgers, who has just scored a touchdown.
It is now twenty one point fifteen Ohio State at Rutgers,
fourth quarter just underway. Kansas State has also closed the

(34:14):
gap with Texas. There on Fox it is now twenty
seven to twenty one Texas and Texas A and M
down thirty one to twenty one to Ole Miss, while
Notre Dame has the football down thirty one twenty three
to Clemson. So we got some close games coming up.
Sneaky weekend in college football games this weekend that are

(34:35):
going to impact the not only the next college football
playoff rankings, but the ones down down the road for
the next several weeks. So we'll keep you posted again
on all of those and all those developments in the
early games here coming out throughout the course of the show.
But right now it is time for something we do
every single week at this time, and it's called this.

Speaker 3 (34:55):
There are so many stories in the world of sports,
and most of them are a complete.

Speaker 1 (34:59):
Way time DMG reports. Let's get kinky.

Speaker 3 (35:03):
Here's some of the big stories from the last week.
But Jonas, the real question is do you care?

Speaker 1 (35:10):
And for that we turn it over to our executive producer,
Bo Benson to find out what the hell people have
been talking about all week? Bo?

Speaker 8 (35:16):
All right, So, Brown's quarterback Deshaun Watson is expected to
start tomorrow, and during his media availability this week, he
admitted that he probably should not have started their game
against the Colts where he got reinjured and concussed I
believe or checked for concussion. Jonas, do you care about
this at all?

Speaker 1 (35:32):
No, I'm done with over the whole saga, like they
expect me to give a rip when they've been mixing
up their stories for the past month and a half. Like,
first it was, well, he was cleared to play medically
but decided not to. Then it was well, you know,
he's not good enough to go even with a bye
week to play the next week. And then he plays,

(35:52):
and it's like, well, you know, he played, but he
probably shouldn't have. Okay, so why was he out there?
And then while he didn't aggravate his shoulder injury and
for a concussion, everything was clear, the MRIs were clear. Okay,
so why didn't he play again? Like it just like
none of it makes sense. And then you've got you know,
his PR team, you know, attacking people at Fox Sports
Radio on social media of god forbid. They simply point

(36:15):
out that there's flaws and the messaging with all this,
it's been butchered from the get go. And so if
you expect me to all of a sudden come back
and go, oh, well, you know, upon further review, maybe
you shouldn't have played, I'm over it. Do what you
gotta do next.

Speaker 8 (36:28):
The Cincinnati Reds did not pick up first baseman Joey
Votto's option, making him a free agent.

Speaker 1 (36:34):
Do you care kind of listen, Joey Votto has been
with that team for seventeen years. The DH is a
permanent fixture. If I'm not mistaken, you took me to
tell me Joey Vodo can't give you some quality of bats.
I know he was banged up to start this past season,
and but it just feels like that's a guy who
could find a spot somewhere. I hope he gets an opportunity.

(36:55):
By the way, great personality, great character. He's gonna do
real well the media when his career is finally over.
So hopefully Joey Vodo gets another crack next.

Speaker 8 (37:04):
Steelers wide receiver George Pickens has removed all traces of
the team from his social media after his two catch,
negative one yard performance on Thursday Night Football. Do you
carry this one all?

Speaker 1 (37:14):
Well, yeah, I kind of have to. He's on my
photacy team. I probably should have started him the other night.
What a pain in the ass. Also, look, if he
gets his foot and bounds, we're talking about a touchdown
in that game, might have changed how that game looked
for Pittsburgh down the stretch. So I just if he
thinks Mike Tomlin and the Steelers organization is gonna blink
because a wide receiver complained on social media about something. Dude,

(37:38):
do your research. Remember the Antonio Brown era. They were
just fine.

Speaker 8 (37:42):
Next, the NBA announced a partnership with Kim Kardashian's underwear brand, Skims,
and uh, we have the sound here. Adam Silver told
some paparazzi that he was actually wearing the underwear. If
you want to hear it.

Speaker 1 (37:55):
Are you tell us all about Kim Key and the
NBA and this Skims collaboration. How did it come up?

Speaker 9 (38:00):
It came about because a guy named Casey Watson connected
me to Kim and her partner, YenS. And although I'm
not going to show you, I'm wearing them right now,
No way.

Speaker 1 (38:12):
Okay. So are they as comfortable as people say they are?

Speaker 9 (38:15):
Absolutely? I strongly recommend them that everyone.

Speaker 1 (38:17):
I love that. How was it going to change the
way players play? Is it gonna make the game better?

Speaker 5 (38:22):
Oh?

Speaker 9 (38:22):
Yeah, you know, because when guys are more comfortable, it
makes them play better. So yes, it's gonna have a
direct impact on the game.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
I love that. What's coming up next?

Speaker 3 (38:30):
What can we expect to do?

Speaker 1 (38:31):
You know? Going forward?

Speaker 9 (38:32):
Sleepwear?

Speaker 2 (38:33):
Ah?

Speaker 9 (38:34):
I love that, Thank you.

Speaker 1 (38:35):
It's not to stop.

Speaker 8 (38:37):
You know what My favorite part of that was is
how organic that interaction was. That totally happened off the cuff,
and she was not getting paid to do that at all.

Speaker 1 (38:47):
No Kivo.

Speaker 8 (38:50):
Next, the Rams elevated quarterback Dresser Win to the active roster,
as Matthew Stafford's status for tomorrow remains uncertain. Do you
care it all?

Speaker 1 (39:00):
Yeah? I kind of what it.

Speaker 8 (39:04):
Great. They tried to get closet lose, but he wasn't.

Speaker 1 (39:07):
Oh bo, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. This
is a guy who's got an opportunity to play in
the NFL, and you need be shamming because of his name.
How dare you? And I know that Rob Parker's floating
around the studio somewhere, probably because he thinks there's free
food in the building. You gotta be Parker. Rob will
steal that joke and use it in his stand up.

Speaker 8 (39:26):
Yeah, it's it's gonna be out there. It's gonna be
angels pretty soon.

Speaker 1 (39:33):
Uh yeah, listen with a nave like that, I'm all in.
By the way, John Wolford was he with like Tampa
Bay or something. They tried to pick him back up
and he decided man, that's too bad. I love John Wafford,
just look any like he was in the perfect setting.
He's in l A's in Hollywood, and the guy looks
like Gary Oldman Like that right there meant that he

(39:54):
belonged to the Rams, and instead we're gonna get Dresser win. Potentially,
it's too bad.

Speaker 8 (39:59):
Next, Uh, my wife wants to put up the Christmas
tree this weekend. Do you care about how ridiculous that is?

Speaker 4 (40:06):
Yeah? What are we doing? Yeah? I love it.

Speaker 8 (40:08):
I'm all for you know, starting Christmas stuff early. Like
I may have watched Elf already and all that stuff,
but just I don't want to put the tree up yet.

Speaker 1 (40:16):
That's too early. Like whatever happened to Thanksgiving? Like this
is the part that pisses me off. Like I drove
by somebody's house the other day. They already have like
inflatable Santa Claus on the front lawn. I thought about
breaking out a blow dart from the glove box and
popping that bad boy right as we were driving by.
It's ridiculous, like we just we just dismissed Thanksgiving. It's like, oh,

(40:36):
it just doesn't even count, doesn't even happen anymore. Okay,
why do we get the day off for work? Like
why do places closed down around the country because Thanksgivings? Here?
I don't understand, Like, why can't people wait until the
Friday after Thanksgiving? Why do you skip past all the
good stuff? Hey, while you're at it, and while you're
putting up Christmas decorations, why don't you go buy some

(40:57):
fireworks for Fourth of July next year. I mean, if
we're gonna make this happen, let's go all the way
with this. Let's just skip past all the good stuff.
Wait your turn. There's enough time for Christmas. You can wait.
You can be patient. You don't need to jump the
gun on all this stuff. Give Thanksgiving some respect. It's
coming up around the corner, and then you can get
to Christmas. So there is a I'm sorry, oh man,

(41:25):
I just said. Some of the feedback we get on
this show is just really just fantastic. But there is
a situation in the NFL to where you've got a
coach who's talking Super Bowl as he should be. He's
a contender for it, but his strategy and his thinking
might be a little bit off. We'll explain why that

(41:47):
is coming up here. Just a couple of moments from now.
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is when you see teams or fan bases who are
just expecting the worst, and I shouldn't enjoy it, and
I shouldn't, you know, get my rocks off on it,
and I shouldn't be happy about it, you know, And
it's probably not not a good thing or positive thing
to want to celebrate somebody else's misery, but it is
kind of entertaining when you think about it, like you're

(42:52):
watching Texas and they're playing Kansas State, and Texas was
in total control right up until about the fourth quarter,
and then Kansas State started making a little bit of
a run, and so now the lead that Texas had
over Kansas State is gone. They are tied at twenty
seven with twelve and a half minutes left to go

(43:15):
in the game. And you just sense in the crowd,
the fans and the Texas fan base with this just
impending doom attached to them. And I don't know why,
but it just is something I really find fascinating and entertaining.

(43:39):
And there's other fan bases who feel this around the country.
Like I've always said, if you want to feel what
it's like to be in a morgue, but not actually
being a morgue because you don't like maybe some of
the ambiance that goes with it. You know, you don't
like the fact that you're kind of in the midst
of dead bodies everywhere. But if you want to feel

(44:01):
what it's like to be in a morgue, all you
gotta do is go to Wrigley Field and have the
Cubs start trailing in a playoff game after the fifth inning,
because that fan base just assumes the worst. Oh my god,
here we go again. Oh it's it's Steve Bartman. Here
we go again. Oh my god, it's you know, it's

(44:24):
Leon Durham and the Padres and eighty four. Here we
go again. Oh my god, this is it's eraldis Chapman
giving up the tying home run in Game seven of
the World Series all over again. Like it's just that
fan base. If you're around that fan base, or god forbid,
they're playing a home game and they start trailing in
the fifth inning of a playoff game, and let it

(44:44):
a little. If it's an elimination game, even better, it's
like being in the middle of a morgue. It's the
same thing with Dodgers fans. Like Dodgers fans at this
point just expect the worst in the playoffs. They just
do so. Like once Kershaw gave up like thirty two
home runs against the Diamondbacks in that first game, Dodger

(45:04):
Stadium got really cold, And it's not because the weather
changed all that much. It's because, you know, you want
to keep the bodies cold, you know, like you've got
to you've got to preserve them for a little bit longer.
So that's why morgues are generally a little bit colder
than what the outside elements typically are. Like you listen,
You're watching this game slip away from Texas, and everybody

(45:29):
in that stadium on Fox has got this feeling of
impending doom and it is riveting to watch. Steve Sarkesian
doesn't know what to do. He's crouched down. Now. The
good news is Texas is driving. They do have the
ball in the red zone. They're probably gonna score here.
But what if they didn't, What if they like turn

(45:50):
the ball over or threw a pick six. I'm not
hoping it happens. I don't have money on this. I don't.
I don't wish you know, any bad to Texas. All right.
The Texas program is what it is like, nothing like
that at all. I don't. I don't have no dog
in the fight here. I'm just saying for entertainment purposes,

(46:11):
a pick six would go a long way for all
of us here. I'm just saying, Jonas Knox here, Fox
Sports Radio. All right. So I love Mike McDaniel, love him,
and it's not just because well he's kind of funny
and quirky and entertaining, like what he's done with Tua
and what he's done with the Miami Dolphins. It deserves

(46:32):
to be commended. And because listen, you had everybody who
wanted to rally around Brian Flores. You had all these like, uh,
you know, these these people out there that were like, oh,
Brian Flores was wronged by the Dolphins organization and he
was wrong by them, and they deserve to be held
accountable and he didn't get a fair shot, and blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah. Brian Flores was a

(46:55):
bad head coach in Miami. Let's just say what it
was he was. It's a bad head coach. Coach, Like
if I told you and didn't attach Brian Flores's name
to it, if I told you. Yeah, So this coach
nearly ruined this quarterback's career by some of the things
he did early on in this quarterbacks career. By definition,

(47:18):
that's a bad coach by definition, did a bad job.
But the way that it was messaged after Brian Flores
was let go from Miami and gone was the Miami
Dolphins ought to be ashamed of themselves. They let a
really good coach go. There was scandal involved. They were
you know, there was they were colluding, trying to bring

(47:40):
in Sean Payton and Tom Brady and like all the
other things that were attached to it. Everybody was attacking
the Dolphins. And so what did the Miami Dolphins do.
They went out and hired Mike McDaniel. And what's happened?
Since I don't know, two, it looks like a pretty
good quarterback. In fact, two is in the conversation for MVP.

(48:00):
Looks like a pretty good quarterback, right, So what changed?
What was Mike McDaniel. Mike McDaniel did what Brian Flores
should have done. He identified what Tua does well. He
identified his strengths, and he turned a quarterback who many
people criticized for going ahead of Justin Herbert into a

(48:23):
quarterback who's in line for a massive payday and really
good things and really good years with the Miami Dolphins
moving forward. Brian Flora is what did he do well?
He benched to him multiple times in the fourth quarter
of games, because that's what you need as a young quarterback. Hey,

(48:44):
don't worry about going through growing pains, don't worry about
learning to deal with difficult things. In the fourth quarter
of a game that you're trailing on the road, we'll
just bench you and put in the veteran behind you. Like, yeah,
that's what you do. But nobody wanted to talk about
that at the time. They just wanted to like, you know,
suck up to Brian Flores and criticize the Dolphins and

(49:06):
blah blah blah. Mike McDaniel's a better coach and the
results are in. Don't even see anything else. And so
as much as I love Mike McDaniel, there's a flaw
with his thinking on something. Rich Eisen detailed his interaction
with Mike McDaniel as they get ready for this game

(49:27):
in Germany against the Kansas City Chiefs. And look, I
said it earlier in the show, I don't like the
fact that this matchup is in Germany. Nothing against Germany
at all. I like no issue whatsoever. Look, I mean,
Ramstein is one of my favorite bands. Great band live right,
they got I mean they got some hits. You know
what you're thinking, all, well, nobody likes German techno metal. Yeah,

(49:50):
what if you put a symphony behind them? Okay, what
if you put an orchestra behind him. All right, A
couple of those songs off the album Mutter, those are
just phenomenal songs. I don't even know what they're saying
most of the time, but it's just it's got to
grab to It reaches your soul. So it's nothing against Germany.

(50:10):
I just don't like the fact that we got to
share the good stuff with other people. Why can't we
have the good games and then you know, when you
work up to it, you can you know, get some
of these other games that are that are floating around
the schedule, you know, like Raiders, Giants, Like who wants
to watch that first team to ten wins? But like
you know, I wasn't a big fan of it. But nonetheless,
we're all gonna watch, right, Chiefs Dolphins, great matchup. Well.

(50:34):
Rich Eisen was interviewing Mike McDaniel and talking with him
because this game is going to be on NFL Network,
and he detailed his interaction with Mike McDaniel and they
talked about you know, Mike McDaniel got emotional talking about
wrapping his arms around to as a player and saying, look,
you're special, Like this is what we're gonna do. This

(50:55):
is how we're going to build around you, so on
and so forth. His relationship with Tyreek Hill, his player,
is preparation. All that's I love Mike McDaniel. The problem
is Mike McDaniel is looking at this like it's a
super Bowl, like literally, and Richard Eisen detailed it because
Mike McDaniel and the Dolphins got out there significantly, got

(51:19):
out there way earlier than the Kansas City Chiefs did
to Germany. And the reasoning behind it was, and this
is a quote from Mike McDaniel in Ultimate Success, you
need to be able to run your system remotely. You
don't want your first reps running your system remotely to
be the Super Bowl. So he looks at this as

(51:40):
an opportunity to get his players acclimated to what it
will be like if they go to a Super Bowl.
To ur Hey, this isn't going to be the first
time that we've had to adjust travel somewhere and then
run what we do from a remote location. That isn't
my Now. The thinking behind that, you love it, because

(52:06):
he's thinking ahead, he's being prepared and all of that.
The thinking behind it, you love it. The problem is
the history attached to it because the Dolphins are on
the in season edition of Hard Knocks, and listen, that
just never goes well for anybody. Okay, whether it's preseason,
in season, it never goes well for anybody. All right.
So we've got two examples of the n season Hard Knocks,

(52:28):
all right. We've got the Arizona Cardinals last year. That
was a disaster. And we had the Indianapolis Colts the
year before that, and that was a diaper fire, so
much so that the Indianapolis Colts, with an opportunity to
go to the playoffs in Week eighteen or seventeen whatever

(52:50):
it was, final game of the season against the Jacksonville Jaguars,
they lost that game and completely melted down, thus missing
the playoffs. If you had Jaguars fans calling that game
a clown out. They were so disgrundled and so disheartened
with the organization and the way things had gone that year.

(53:10):
That was the Urban Meyer firing year and all the
other things that came along with it. And they were
so bad that Jaguars fans dressed up as clowns showed
up to the stadium for the final game of the
season expecting them to get blown out by a team
who had everything to play for, and instead the Colts
craped down the side of their leg. So I love

(53:33):
that Mike McDaniel is talking Super Bowl and preparing for
a Super Bowl, but history would disagree with him because
once you sign up for hard and by the way,
what a stunner Dolphins players not happy that they're on
hard knocks. Who would to funk it? Like, find me
one player or a team that likes being on hard knocks.

(53:55):
Yet for some reason we keep running it out there,
because you know, we don't have enough access to players
and teams anymore, we had to continue to go through
the charade that is hard knocks. It doesn't work well
for anybody. I'm not saying I believe in curses, but
the evidence is in. We've got over a decade of evidence.
It shows you this doesn't go well for anybody. So
as much as Mike mccaniel and the Dolphins are talking

(54:17):
super Bowl, they got that thing going against them. Jonas
Knox here Fox Sports Radio, at the Jonas Knox at
the Jonas Knox on Twitters where you can find me.
By the way, we do have some feedback here on
the show. Normally we would read it here at this
point in time. The problem is some of it is
very questionable, one in particular, all right, So we are

(54:40):
going to have that, all right, So we're gonna get
to that coming up next here. We're also going to
talk about a team in the NFL that has made
a decision on the quarterback position and it doesn't really
make a whole lot of sense. Find out what it
is right here on FSR Boom Tuxes for Jonas Jonas

(55:00):
Knox Fox Sports Radio. By the way, I don't know
if the NFL network would do this. I know Fox
does when the NFL on Fox has and where they're
doing games. If it's the Seahawks play, and they'll always
play grunge metal like you'll hear like Sound Garden or
Alison Change as they go to break, I wonder if
NFL network would pipe in some Ramstein as they go

(55:21):
to break for the game tomorrow and it makes sense.
I just don't know if they have that kind of
creative freedom. By the way, speaking of creative freedom, you
have full creative freedom to rip Kansas State for what
just happened in Austin against Texas. Kansas State driving down

(55:44):
thirty to twenty seven with two minutes in change left
to go in the game, or under two minutes rather
left to go in the game, setting up for a
chip shot twenty seven yard field goal to tie the game.
They're in and Chris Tennant, the kicker for Kansas State,
wide left so wide left from that range it looked intentional.

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So now Texas maintains their thirty to twenty seven lead
over Kansas State one forty five left to go in
the game. There on Fox. That's too bad, man, because
now it looks like Texas is going to win that game.
I was really hoping we'd get overtime, just to see
everybody's sphinters tighten up there in that stadium. Just riveting television.

(56:34):
Let's go live to I have a thought on Ramstein
playing in Frankfurt for the Dolphins. Chiefs game insider Chris
Prophet of the latest Chris.

Speaker 10 (56:41):
Well A, I hope I do they do that be?
Speaking of grunge metal, have you noticed I've been noting this,
noticing this. I think every Monday night football this year
we have gotten blurry by puddle of mud as a bumper.

Speaker 1 (56:54):
At some point. Oh, it's got to be a Joe
buck a pick I would have got to be his
favorite song by Peele's got but yeah, he's got some
sort of if he has some power over it, like
creative control over what goes on when it comes to money.

Speaker 10 (57:07):
It's different cuts of blurry too. It's not just the intro.
It is like one time it was the intro, then
they gave the chorus. There they love this song over there.
And as someone who absolutely adores that era of butt rock,
hell yeah, give it to me.

Speaker 1 (57:20):
Okay? Also has anybody noticed it? All of a sudden,
Creed is popular again, Like Kirk Cousins and the Vikings
are playing Creed before games, and now the Texas Rangers
were singing Creed after and then at the parade the
Rangers fans are singing Creed. What the hell happened?

Speaker 4 (57:37):
Listen?

Speaker 10 (57:38):
Everything is cyclical. We are getting that two thousand's revival.
I think that's a piece of the two thousands we
could have probably left behind them.

Speaker 8 (57:44):
So the Rangers adopted Creed like through their postseason run,
so the Vikings started copying the Rangers. Either way we.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
Get rid of it no more?

Speaker 2 (57:53):
Right?

Speaker 1 (57:53):
Yeah, but you know what though, I mean good for
them like it keeps them back, like gets the back.
I think they're touring again if I'm not mistake, Like
they were broken up for a while because Scott's Stap
was kind of a mess, Like by a little not
not really a fun fact, but a little piece of information.
Scott's Stap one time was on a bender and tried
to try to end it all and actually was discovered

(58:15):
by the rapper TI below the window of a building,
like you can look that up. Just kind of random
how that happened. I got after TI discovered Scott Stap,
who was going through some difficult times. I've got a
confession to make.

Speaker 10 (58:30):
Yeah, when I was young, I could not tell Scott
Stepp's voice apart from Darius Rutger when he was with
Hoody and the Blowfish. I thought Creed and Hoodi were
like the same band for a while.

Speaker 1 (58:40):
Wow, I mean, you've really crossed a racial barrier, Chris,
that is, how could you? By the way Darius Rucker
I do, Like how when South Carolina went to the
Final four, he was like crying, and I was like,
oh my god, he's the biggest South Carolina fan. Like,
I don't think I've ever seen Darius Rutger South Carolina
basketball game ever, Like, I don't think i'd ever seen it,

(59:03):
but who knows. I mean, there are celebrities who jump in.
He's supposedly a legitimate fan. So it's just unfortunate that
South Carolina football couldn't bring the goods this season because
they are dreadful, absolutely dreadful. All right, So we are
going to coming up in we'll call it less than
twenty minutes from now, maybe a little yeah, right around

(59:25):
twenty minutes from now, We're gonna have another edition of
Knox Locks, all right, So it is the week nine edition.
We will be getting to that here, coming up again
twenty minutes from now from the ti raq dot com studios.
I did mention this before we went to break a
lot of a lot of positive feedback on the show here.
People really really happy about what we have done thus

(59:47):
far on the show. Big fans, huge fans like David
who writes in and made sure to tag our boss
Scott Shapiro on this one. Hey Scott, can you boot
this used bleep bleep packer Jonas Knox Lloyd Davis style,
who makes that fat slob elf Josh McDaniels look like

(01:00:10):
a competent head coach. Bleep head Noxie couldn't even hack
it as a worthless board op.

Speaker 8 (01:00:18):
Mark.

Speaker 1 (01:00:19):
Uh, well, I'm not going to read that. The guy's
a weirdo. Tony writes in you bleep hobbler, instead of
filming gigantic mules, you bleep off to you can now
take over for Connor Stallions being Jim Harbaugh's personal bitch boy,
stealing other bleep irrelevant team signs for your blue bleep boy. Uh.

(01:00:47):
Not to be outdone by Derek, who writes in this
bleep smoker, Jonas never been excited to go to work
on your bleep bleep with your new fantasy bleep no
Bosa and all his skim's glory as you envision being
ravaged like a bleep and every position possible. At the

(01:01:09):
Jonas Knocks on Twitter, that is, at the Jonas Knocks
on Twitter, you can find all the uneedded versions of
all of those except for the last one. Go search
for that yourself. Not going to repost these pictures. That
last touch to that as well? Was that Brian Finley. No,
it's not, I hope not. If it is, HR will
be hearing from me, that's for sure, so very very grotesque.

(01:01:30):
Some people are writing in all right, So I do
want to mention this because I find a little bit
confusing because I'm not really sure why this is the
strategy or this is the approach. So Mike Rabel has
come out and said that they're going to wait until
Ryan Tannehill gets healthy before they make their decision on

(01:01:52):
what they're going to do at quarterback. Why what else
do you need to see? Like, look, the numbers maybe
weren't there for Will Levis. If you're one of those
box score riders and you're all about the stats and ooh,
fantasy football, the numbers maybe weren't there the other night

(01:02:13):
against Pittsburgh. But considering that was his second ever NFL
start on a short week at Pittsburgh against that defense,
they had every opportunity down the stretch to win that game.
And I know it ended on an interception, but he's
trying to make a play. There's not a lot of

(01:02:33):
time they're trying to win that game on the road.
That coupled with what he did his first game, where
he was on fire doing stuff that rookies have never
done in the NFL, What the hell are you waiting for?
That's your starting quarterback. Like I know there's a respect

(01:02:54):
level that goes with all right, well, you know we
want to respect Ryan Tanneal. He's a veteran, he's done
great things with the organization. I guess all that. But
if I'm Mike Rabel, like that's like the one My
biggest takeaway from what happened the other night in Pittsburgh
is Tennessee's got a quarterback. Like the throws he made
his comfort level in the pocket sometimes almost too comfortable,

(01:03:18):
Like we were talking about it on the morning show
yesterday on Two Pros and a Cup of Joe, and
I was saying at the time, like man will Levis
made a throw at the end of the first half
where there was a guy running down the seam and
it was a flick of the wrist and the balls there,
Like it's legitimate top five NFL arm talent that he's

(01:03:43):
got and poison the pocket and everything. Like I know,
you don't want to give somebody something, just just give
it to him without earning it. But I thought, like
earning it was show us what you are when you're
not starting and when you do slip in the draft.
When there was concerns about him, and he slipped all
the way to the second round. In the second round,

(01:04:04):
he was humbled. He was emotional about it when he
wasn't given an opportunity or at the start. Yeah, he
was named third string and we're going to have to
battle it out with Malik Willis to see who's going
to be the starting quarterback. Like there's been things across
along the way that will Levis has had to work
through to try and get to this point. I mean,

(01:04:24):
if I'm Mike, if I'm a Titans fan, I come
away from that game, I'm going, Okay, we're probably done
for the year, Like we're not going to make the playoffs.
Like that was a pivotal moment. We're now three and five,
We're probably not going to make the playoffs. But you
know what, at least we got our guy. That's something
to feel good about. Like you come away from that going, Okay,

(01:04:45):
we feel better about the situation because we know we've
got our quarterback. We've been trying to find the next guy.
We've taken quarterbacks in the past two drafts. Malik Willis
just can't help but turn the ball over. It just
kind of looks a little bit too much. Ryan Tannehill's
on his way out, he can't stay healthy anymore. At
least you've got a guy in Will Levis. Like, if
I'm a Titans fan and if I'm a non Titans fan,

(01:05:09):
aren't they that much more watchable with Will Levis at
quarterback than when he's not there? Like there's times where
you go to watch a Titans game throughout the past
couple of years and you're like, man, we got to
sit through this crap. I don't know how many times
the Titans have been on the TGFG Game of the
Week because if it's for gambling, who's watching. But Will
Levis plays and you're like, Okay, this guy's kind of electric,

(01:05:31):
like his arm like he's just like his capability, being
able to throw off platform, all those things you hear
about that elite quarterbacks can do with elite arm talent.
I don't know, man, I get you want to, you know,
just kind of take your time and give respect to
Ryan Tannehill's going through the injury. If I'm a Titans fan,
Will Levis is my guy moving forward, whether we make
the playoffs or not. At least you've identified your quarterback

(01:05:54):
Jonas Knox here Fox Sports Radio at the Jonas Knox
at the Jonas Knox on Twitter and again you can
hang out. This is always on the iHeartRadio app. So
we are going to have some Knox locks coming up
here shortly on the show. But for all the latest
from around the world of sports, including an update on
what is happening in Austin, Texas as we go down
to the wire, it's Brian Fanli. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:06:14):
In Austin, Texas.

Speaker 7 (01:06:15):
You got number seven Texas taking on Kansas State, the
number twenty three ranked team of the country, first in ten.
They just spiked the football seventeen seconds to go in
the fourth quarter, and Jonas, you mentioned that the Wildcats
miss a twenty seven.

Speaker 4 (01:06:29):
Yard field goal to tie it.

Speaker 7 (01:06:30):
Well, some redemption potentially looks like they're going to go
to a field goal here rather soon to try and
tie it once again. Meanwhile, another down to the wire
game with number ten Ole Miss trying to hold on
to a thirty eight to thirty five lead against Texas
A and M.

Speaker 4 (01:06:46):
There's about a minute to go.

Speaker 7 (01:06:47):
The Reps cannot generate a pass rush at all, and
the Aggies are right around the fifty yard line. As
they try to get things going late elsewhere in college football,
Number one Ohio State taking it to Jonas's Rutgers Scarlet
Knights thirty is this part of the Knox Locks by
the way, Rutgers, Okay.

Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
Hey, don't try and to dismiss Knox Locks. Were we
didn't lose last week. We pushed on one, but we
didn't lose. There's that, Fendly, What do you think about that?

Speaker 7 (01:07:17):
I always thought that if you go the other way
from Knox Locks, that's when you were breaking.

Speaker 1 (01:07:23):
By the way, I'm glad you finished that thought right there.
I thought we were gonna get thrown off the air
just a second ago.

Speaker 4 (01:07:30):
Thirty five to sixteen.

Speaker 7 (01:07:32):
That would be the lead for number one house set
against Rutgers, and there's about two minutes left and regulation there.
Number eighteen UTSA has opened up a twenty four to
three edge against Arizona States.

Speaker 4 (01:07:43):
We do have a couple of games.

Speaker 7 (01:07:45):
That have already wrapped up, including Number seventeen Tennessee taking
a blowtorch to Jamoran u Khan fifty nine to three.

Speaker 4 (01:07:55):
Joe Milton the third.

Speaker 7 (01:07:56):
The quarterback for the Vauts, two hundred and fifty four
yards passing and unfortunately, Jonas, your quarterback, a guy who
is a spitting image of you, might be just a
little bit more handsome, unless he's not Sam Hartman, the
fighting Irish quarterback, two picks and his number fifteen, Fighting Irish.
They go down on the road to Clemson thirty one
to twenty three. Dabo Swinney, the Tigers head coach, said

(01:08:21):
to ESPN on the field afterwards, now that his team
is five and four, he said, by Stock in this
team right now, Jonas by Stock and Clemson, they're five
and four.

Speaker 1 (01:08:32):
I just don't call into his coaches show and complain
about how much money you's make. Dabble'll let you hear it.

Speaker 4 (01:08:37):
Yes, Dad.

Speaker 1 (01:08:39):
By the way, Fenley, do you want to do I
know you're a play by play guy? Do you want
to want to do the play by play here of
this Kansas State tying fie.

Speaker 4 (01:08:47):
Let's do it here?

Speaker 1 (01:08:48):
And so I mean, I'll lay out here. I want
to hear this. This is Brian Finley doing the final
play here between Kansas State and Texas. Let's go out
to the Fendley Sports Network, all right?

Speaker 7 (01:08:59):
Four than Teddy forty five yard field goal for Kansas State.
Here trying to tie things up. Six seconds to go
from the right hash, plenty of time on the play clock.
It is up in the air and perfect from forty
five splitting the uprights. Everything was in synergy from the
snap to the hold to the kick and there's one

(01:09:21):
second left on the clock and it's thirty a piece
between Texas and Kansas State on Fox.

Speaker 1 (01:09:26):
I mean, can we get a rout of applause? Brian Fley,
I'm telling you, man, the Finley Sports Network just has
something else to put on the resume.

Speaker 7 (01:09:33):
Hey, I do a lot of the niche sports, you
know me. I do like golf, tennis, volleyball and all that.
So it's nice to finally, you know, look at that,
see what we can do with football there.

Speaker 4 (01:09:42):
It could have been a little bit better, of.

Speaker 1 (01:09:44):
Course, it's like it's like a cold trickle in the
movie Days of Thunderwear. So there's nothing I can't do
in a race car. There's nothing Friendly can't do when
it comes to play by play, big fan friendly.

Speaker 7 (01:09:53):
Oh well, thank you, Jonas. I appreciate that. That's the
nicest thing you've ever said. I didn't know that. I mean,
I know you're a big fan of me. I also
want people to know that you're a big fan of
several bands like Sister of Mercy, Yeah, Dashboard Confessional.

Speaker 1 (01:10:08):
It's just like, what do you do? Is this just
like you just want people to get the wrong impression
of me. You know what's gonna happen. I'm gonna walk
by a hot topic in the mall one time and
somebody's gonna pull me in and go, oh my god,
you're finally here. So we've heard all about you here
and give me a bunch of shirts of bands I
don't like because you criticize me and then make false

(01:10:28):
allegations and accusations about me, Like I like that. I
don't need this in my life. Fendley, all right, I'm
just trying to do a sportstock radio show and I'm
happy to be a part of the Friendly Sports Network
as we just as we just did here on the air.
That was fun, that was exciting.

Speaker 4 (01:10:41):
Well do it again sometime.

Speaker 1 (01:10:42):
You sound a great friendly Well, it is Jonas Knox
here on Fox Sports Radio right now, though it is
time for the progressive play of the day.

Speaker 11 (01:10:51):
He's gonna go shotgunning and put MafA to his right
hand side. They're gonna direct snap at the MafA or
what nope club Nick and off MafA the inzo Boutsofatackler leans.

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(01:11:24):
on Twitter at the Jonas Knox that's at the Jonasnockx
on Twitter because coming up next here it is the
week nine edition of Knox Locks and it's yours here
on FSR Jonas Knox Fox Sports Radio. Quick update from Austin, Texas.
They are in overtime Texas with the football first in overtime,

(01:11:47):
they were stopped. They are now attempting a forty two
yard field goal. It is up and it is good,
so Kansas State will get the ball next and a
touchdown would end it for the Kansas State Wildcats who
are trying to mount the comeback here in Austin and
pull off the upset over Texas, which again I'm not
rooting for doom. I'm not rooting for anybody else's misery,

(01:12:10):
but it is kind of entertaining television. So Kansas State
can win it with a touchdown. That is over on
Fox if you want to check that out, by the way,
keeping it here on Fox Sports Radio. In fifteen minutes
from now. It is Mancy Belanos and Alex Curry, so
they will take over. They'll have all the fallout from
this game. Yeah, I know, Monsy, we just heard it.
We got it. Yeah, Jesus, wait your turn, So make

(01:12:33):
sure you stick around with that. That's always a fun
listen here. Before we get to this edition of Knox Locks,
a reminder if you missed any of this program, you
can check out the podcast at Foxsports radio dot com.
That'll be posted up shortly after we go off the air.
I will tweet out a link to that as soon
as we've got it. I do want to thank Bo Benson,
Chris Purfett, Brian Finley for being a part of this show.

(01:12:53):
We got Crandall and Brie in the background making us
sound pretty. Without them, none of this is possible, and
without Can State, Texas's misery wouldn't be possible. A big
completion on first down, and now Kansas State has got
a first and goal in overtime. Again, a touchdown from
Kansas State wins this game, and get ready to pull

(01:13:17):
up the Texas's back memes that seemingly come out every
time Texas blows a game or loses it. So Kansas
State has an opportunity to win this game right now.
It is first in goal in Austin, over on Fox,
and a chance to really piss off a bunch of
people in Blowhards who have been preaching Texas football for

(01:13:39):
a long ass time. All right, so this is how
this works. Before we get to this week's edition of
Knox Locks, we must let you know how we did
last week. Last week was a very positive result for us.
We were two zero to one on the week. We
had the Cowboys minus six and a half over the Rams.
That was easy money. That game was over about a

(01:14:01):
minute twenty into the game, it felt like. And then
we had the Seattle Seahawks come back and beat the
Cleveland Browns. The Seahawks were a three and a half
point favorite there, so thanks to that touchdown to Jackson
Smith and Jigba and the extra point, we were able
to pick up the win there with the Seahawks minus
three and a half, and then we pushed on the
Commanders and the Eagles. That was a bit of a

(01:14:22):
roller coaster. We had the Commanders plus seven in that game.
So the fact that we were able to push on
that we feel grateful for. Because Philadelphia went up by fourteen,
we thought there was no chance late touchdown and Washington
was able to survive at least on our scoreboard. So
we had Washington plus to seven, so two to zero
win one last week. So that brings us to Week

(01:14:43):
nine where we are thirteen ten and one on the season.
And before we get to this week's picks, we do
want to update you on Kansas State, Texas. That is
live right now. It is now third and goal for
Kansas State looking to win it on a touchdown in
overtime and in over three into the end zone, it
looked like there was a receiver wide open there for

(01:15:04):
Kansas State and it was overthrown. So now it is
a fourth and goal and is Kansas State are they
going to kick the field goal? Here? Are they going
for the touchdown? The offense looks like they're staying out
on the field. Oh, this is fantastic, So it looks Yeah,
the offense is staying out on the field, so fourth

(01:15:24):
and goal, Kansas's state is not going to take their chances.
They're going to try and end the game right now.
If they score a touchdown, the game is over. And
now there's a timeout scored. Of course, here's what a
pain in the ass. We're trying to do live radio
here and trying to do, you know, on the call,
on the spot, reporting on what's happening here, and they

(01:15:45):
got to ruin it by calling a time out. This
is almost as bad as an hour one when I
was laying waste to every other Big ten coach and
athletic director other than Michigan because of those cry babies
bitching and moaning about Michigan maybe having some signs here there.
And then somebody cut the cord mid segment last hour.

(01:16:06):
Screw you guys. We're not waiting around anymore. It's time
for the week nine edition of.

Speaker 3 (01:16:09):
This Locked It, Let's locked It and knocks locks commanders
aid Patriots.

Speaker 1 (01:16:18):
So the Patriots are a two and a half point favorite.
The Patriots shouldn't be favored over eleven dead bodies. Let
it know, let alone the Washington commanders, and what's what's
the what's the thinking here? Because Washington traded away a
couple of defensive linemen, so clearly they're sellers.

Speaker 9 (01:16:37):
Cool.

Speaker 1 (01:16:38):
New England has one of the worst rosters in the NFL.
I don't get it. It doesn't make any sense, but
somebody must know something. That's why I'm taking the Patriots
minus the two and a half here shouting you, I said, Raiders.
And by the way, quick update before we get to
this Giants Raiders game, fourth and goal and one of

(01:16:59):
the worst play calls that you'll ever see by Kansas State,
and Texas survives. Texas survives thirty three thirty the final
in overtime there in Austin. So there's your update. Congratulations,
Texas football is really bad, right? Can we hear that
stinger again? Just to make this sound pretty please, Gian said, Raiders.
All right, Giants A Raiders.

Speaker 3 (01:17:18):
Gayan said, Raiders.

Speaker 1 (01:17:19):
Listen, we're hearing everybody talk about Antonio Piers and the
culture has changed. DeVante Adams is playing basketball in the
locker room, maybe taking shots at Josh McDaniels. Everybody seems
to be really, really relieved that Josh McDaniels is gone.
Everybody seems to be really really happy that McDaniels is gone,
and Ziggler and all the guys that were responsible for

(01:17:40):
these bad Las Vegas Raiders. So I'm going to take
them for their word, and I'm going to take the
Raiders minus one and a half. Aidan O'Connell probably should
have started previous games for the Las Vegas Raiders, and
he did not for some reason. I'm gonna go with
the Raiders here, just based on what we are hearing
about the upbeat locker room and everybody feels about it. Now.

(01:18:01):
It helps that you're getting the Giants who took part
in one of the worst football games you'll ever see
last week against the Jets, So it helps that you're
taking on the Giants who are a bad football team.
But I'm gonna buy in to the hype and the
buzz surrounding the quote unquote new culture in Las Vegas,
that is Antonio Pierce and the Raiders all take Las

(01:18:23):
Vegas minus a point and a half.

Speaker 2 (01:18:25):
Cowboys at Egles, Cowboys at Egles, Cowboys at Egles.

Speaker 1 (01:18:36):
Look, it's against my better judgment. I'm gonna take Dallas
this game. Screams of letdown game for the Dallas Cowboys.
Doesn't it like you can almost see when this stuff
is gonna happen. It's like a slow moving crash. You
can almost just tell when it's gonna happen. Cause this

(01:18:57):
feels like the kind of game that Dallas over the
past couple of years would come up short in. You know,
they looked impressive the week prior against a mediocre to
below mediocre football team like the La Rams. They were
I mean, Dak Prescott could not miss touchdown after touchdown
after touchdown. Dallas Cowboy fans are excited. The Niners have

(01:19:19):
slipped up again, Dallas is back, and then they come
back the next week and they lay an egg. This
feels like one of those egg laying opportunities for the
Dallas Cowboys that we've seen in previous years. But against
my better judgment, I'm gonna take the Dallas Cowboys in
this spot getting three points. I know it's at Philly,

(01:19:41):
I know it's a tough environment, but I don't trust
that Jalen Hurts as one hundred percent And for some reason,
I'm still riding with the Dallas Cowboys as my Super
Bowl pick. So I'm gonna write them in this spot.
I will take Dallas getting the three points on the road,
and that is your Week nine edition of Knox Loss Knocks. Look,

(01:20:05):
I don't feel great about those I'll be truthful with you.
But the good part is if I go zero to three,
at least I'm still at five hundred for the year.
So you just gotta find some positivity here on your Saturday.

Speaker 3 (01:20:15):
And The Son of a Bitch