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January 21, 2026 39 mins

Ben Maller talks about Bucs QB Baker Mayfield taking a shot at Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski, the Titans hiring Robert Saleh because he has "Mike Vrabel type qualities," the Chargers hiring Mike McDaniel as their new OC, Too Much or Not Enough, #QueenOfHearts w/ LaReina, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
How do you do? It's our number three. Our number
three is ready for your consumption here on the Ben
mal Show. And a quarterback unhinged, unhined, well not quiet,
but how did you grade bucks? Signal caller from the huddle,
Baker Mayfield taking a dig at the new Falcons coach

(00:22):
Kevin Stefanski. They worked together in the Factory of sadness
years ago. Also, the Tennessee Titans hiring Robert Salah because
he has Mike Vrabel type qualities is blank.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
We'll discuss that.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
And it's been reported that the Chargers have won the
Mike McDaniel sweepstakes.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Is this a big upgrade or fool's gold?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
We'll go there as well. All of it come your
way right now here. It is our number three. He's Baker, Baker,
the content maker.

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Speaker 1 (03:23):
From the NFC South. We go to the NFC South
where Baker Mayfield popped up on our radar. Baker Baker,
the content maker, and he's angry. He's an angry bird
or an angry buck at an angry bird.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
If you didn't see this, maybe not so.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Baker Mayfield responding to an Atlanta Falcon Beat writer who
wrote a story about Kevin Stefanski, the man that left
the factory of sadness and was rewarded with another coaching job,
who also Stefanski happened to coach Baker Mayfield during the
twenty twenty season, when Mayfield made the Pro Bowl. I
think you still mattered to make the Pro Bowl there,

(04:02):
I don't know, and made the playoffs and all that stuff.
Ben Roethlisberger kind of handed them a win and the
whole thing anyway. So Baker responded here and didn't seem
very happy. He posted on the Socials he said failed
because the writer used the word failed to describe Baker

(04:23):
may If it failed as quite a reach pal still
waiting on a text or a call from him, him
being Kevin Stefanski, the new Falcons coach. Baker Mayfield says, quote,
after I got shipped off like a piece of garbage,
he said, can't wait to see you twice a year, coach,

(04:44):
and he dropped the mic. So Mayfield said that the
phrase he used, the phrases again failed to quite get
to reach the level. I guess is the way that
it was described failed to reach that.

Speaker 2 (04:59):
That that certain level.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
But the response here is just Baker Mayfield going after unsolicited.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
By the way, a coach in the division in the
Bucks and Falcons will play each other a couple times
a year, so that is a good jumping off point.
Let us discuss the question.

Speaker 1 (05:15):
You are the judge, how do you grade the Buccaneers
quarterback Baker Mayfield taking a dig a little jab at
Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski. So I've got Nabisco, doctor Phil
and Goldfish, and we will combine all of these things

(05:36):
together and we are going to make some Cuban cigars
and some Cuban sandwiches which you can get in the
greater Tampa area. So first of all, I'm not going
to use the word jab here. This was more than
a jeb. This was Baker Mayfield coming. Nobody saw him
in the gym, nobody saw him in the in the arena,
and Baker Mayfield came in there off the top rope

(05:57):
with an atomic elbow boom, just like that, And it
was aimed right at Kevin Stefanski's schnaz kup boom with
the atomic elbow right on the sternum, right, I mean,
And that was that was the other elbow. See the
one elbow is the other one of the sternum. And
Baker using social media and searching his name, he was.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
Not tagged in that post. That is a tell that
tells you that Baker's got a lot of free time
on his hands, and he's like a bunny hopping around
looking for mentions.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
You would be shocked how many of these quarterbacks who
make twenty thirty forty million dollars are futzing around on
the phone to see people what they're talking about with
their name it even when they're not mentioned. I've had
multiple quarterbacks who are starting in the NFL over the
years that have gotten very upset with things I've said.

Speaker 2 (06:50):
But I didn't tag them anything like that. They just
were searching their name and they have free time on
their hands, and there's that that you know.

Speaker 1 (06:55):
That's kind of how that goes. But for Baker Mayfield
using this social media like a steel chair at a
wrestling match. There chicken soup for Baker Mayfield soul. It's
like you work out, you gotta have that pre workout fuel.
For Baker Mayfield, this is.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
That here a testosterone in a social media post and.

Speaker 1 (07:16):
He didn't want to going away parade from Cleveland. See
the way I remember this is much different than the
way Baker Mayfield remembers this. But hey, we're to teach
their own I guess he wanted a text or he
wanted to call instead, he was treated like yesterday's Sloppy Joe's.
They'd been sitting out and somebody left it on a
bus somewhere in the Metro Cleveland area and you just

(07:38):
got to throw that away. No one can eat that
because it's rotted and all that stuff. You don't want
to eat that.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
But there's no good way. This is one thing I've
learned about. I've been let go by a few people
in my time and lost jobs, and there's no good
way to be let go.

Speaker 1 (07:53):
In whatever way you're let go, people will complain about
Aaron Rodgers will let go, and he didn't.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
He wanted to have face to face meeting and all that,
you know, all that stuff, and he was complaining about
his time with the Jets and the way he was
treated by Aaron Glenn and all that stuff.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
And then there's other people that just want to let
me go. I don't want to waste my time anymore.
If you don't want to work with me, I don't
want to work with you. There's that, and so there
is no great way to decommission someone from a job.
Clearly Baker liked it, and the cold blooded things, Wow, you're.

Speaker 2 (08:26):
Just ghosting them. It's like you're dating someone and they
just ghost you. Well, that's not nice. You shouldn't do that.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
Regardless though, for Baker Mayfield, this guy, I don't know
how he doesn't have an endorsement deal with Nibisco. He
should be the brand ambassador for chips. Ahoy, is there
anyone in the NFL. A lot of these guys play
the nobody believed in this card. But Baker Mayfield has
been a Rhodes scholar, a Rhodes scholar when it comes

(08:51):
to Chip on the Shoulder guy, he is Chip on
the Shoulder guy to the next level, to infinity and beyond.
And if you talk facts, though, Bayer was not a
bust in Cleveland. The problem was he was an enigma
because he'd have one good game and then three crappy
games and he was.

Speaker 2 (09:09):
Really a one hit wonder. The year the Browns made
the playoffs and then Ben Roethlisberger gave them the game
and it didn't go so on. That was in twenty twenty.

Speaker 1 (09:20):
Other than that, that was the pandemic season, you know,
the weird energy, no fans in the crowd most games,
and wrapped around that, for Baker Mayfield was moldy bread,
not slice bread. Not slice bread, moldy bread. Where are
you at, Jimbo Fisher? Well, Jimbo can be wherever he
wants because he's filthy rich. So Odell Beckham, I'll I'll

(09:41):
never forget. Beckham deputized his father on social media to
help him escape the Great Escape, the Houdini like escape
from Cleveland ended up with the Rams won a Super Bowl.
So Baker was not mister popular with the Browns. To
his credit, his career has turned around in Tampa. Didn't
do anything in Carolina, played decent in a game or

(10:02):
two for the Rams. He wasn't with the Rams for
long at all. And so the Mather report card, the
Malor report card on this interaction, the Malard grade on
Baker Mayfield unsolicited going after Kevin Stefanski, the Falcon coach.
I give this an a minus, an a minus on
the motivation meter.

Speaker 2 (10:22):
All right, motivation meter. It is a Shakespearean drama. Wearing
shoulder pads is what it is here, So mark your kalenders.

Speaker 1 (10:31):
It's the number one concert series coming to a town
near you, if you're in Atlanta or Tampa. The Baker
Mayfield Revenge Tour, has been scheduled.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
All right.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
Now, Secondly, staying below the Mason Dixon line, we head
now to reaction.

Speaker 2 (10:47):
Robert Sala, the motivational speaker, guy who pretends to be
a head coach. Robert Sala has been selected to coach
the Tennessee Titans. The story broke in the overnight on
a previous night. We talked about it. Now.

Speaker 1 (10:59):
I read that the Tennessee Titans were looking for a quote,
Mike Rabel type coach. They wanted somebody with the qualities
of Mike Rabel and that is why they decided to
hire Robert Sala. And one of the toe licking insiders said.

Speaker 2 (11:17):
It was a smart move.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
And it's like, oh, oh, who cares if they had
that type and fired that person and all that stuff.
So question the Titans hiring Robert Salah because he has
Mike Rabel type qualities is blank. You fill in the
blank again. Titans hiring Robert Salad because he has Mike
Rabel type qualities is blank. So my word is confessional.

(11:46):
That is my word, confessional. This is Tennessee's ownership, walking
into the booth, going in the booth, closing the curtain,
saying bless me, father. We fired the wrong God right,
we fired the wrong guy who actually was the right guy,
and we got rid of that guy. And we also

(12:07):
have no idea what we're doing, no idea what we're doing.
Classic rebound behavior, classic rebound behavior. Right, long term marriage,
You toss your wife out, she's boring. Right, You bring
in a six month floozy fling, You have a great
time there. Eventually she ends up on the couch eating

(12:28):
Bonbonds and binge watching the British Baking Show, and.

Speaker 2 (12:32):
All of a sudden you say, well, I missed what
I had.

Speaker 1 (12:35):
I liked what I had, So then you dump her
and then you start swiping right looking for your ex,
or at least the doppelganger. And Tennessee, they tried the
hot flavor of the month. Coordinator brought Callahan in and
how did that work out?

Speaker 2 (12:52):
Well?

Speaker 1 (12:53):
The franchise ended up with cam Ward, who gave us
the slogan we asked, We ass yes, and they are
selling T shirts. I gotta get one of those T
shirts that we asked with the Tennessee Titan logo on it. There,
So it didn't work out so well, and so now
they're shopping for Mike Rabel's doppelganger at the clearance rack
where all the other jets merch is there. So doctor Phil,

(13:16):
if he was still actively working, Doctor Phil would come
in here and call this a quote pattern of behavior,
a pattern of behavior, same fight, different face.

Speaker 2 (13:27):
What are you doing?

Speaker 1 (13:29):
The problem is not the partner. The problem would be you,
as in the Tennessee Titans, that would be the problem here.
And I know somewhere in the Commonwealth likely hanging out
on the cape with Andre and his dog Willis, is
Mike Rabel taking a bow, taking a bow and revenge

(13:49):
is best serve with your former employer drowning. He lost
the power struggle, Mike Rabel and the Music City. He
won the breakup though he clearly he won the breakup.
Patriots are in the final four. They're in the final four.
The Titans hiring recycled rubbish in Robert Salah a coordinator, not.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
A good head coach. And so Tennessee, what do they
have to say? Three Hail Mary's Is that how that works?

Speaker 3 (14:19):
There?

Speaker 2 (14:19):
And try not to trip over yourself anymore?

Speaker 3 (14:22):
All right?

Speaker 2 (14:22):
Meanwhile, final thought, we have another slot on the big
board that has been filled in the coaching world. There
coaching carouself.

Speaker 1 (14:31):
Former former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel will not
be doing a podcast about coffee. He will not take
that job at NPR or The New York Times. Instead,
Mike McDaniel has picked up a new job coaching in
the NFL. Is he going to be a head coach?
Hell no, he's not going to be a head coach.

(14:52):
Former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, we are told, is expected
to become the offensive coordinator for the LA Chargers.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
Show me your lightning vault. There you go. So he
goes from Miami to La La Land. And that's the story.

Speaker 1 (15:09):
The question with this report bouncing all over the echo
chamber that the Chargers the way I love the way
it's being described. The Chargers win the Mike McDaniel Sweepstakes. Okay,
is this a big.

Speaker 2 (15:24):
Upgrade or fool's gold? That's the question.

Speaker 1 (15:30):
So this is like going to the carnival and you
do the carnival game where you have to toss the
softballs into the wicker basket. You know, you have to
get the softball in it, and then you say, okay,
you won a congratulations, and you see all these giant
oversized stuffed.

Speaker 2 (15:46):
Animals and they look really cool. You're like, man, I
want one of those. That'd be great.

Speaker 1 (15:49):
And then they give you a plastic bag with a goldfish.
That's what you've got. And you got a plastic bag
with a goldfish. Congratulations, a carnival goldfish which will be
dead by.

Speaker 2 (15:59):
The time you leave the carnival. Anyway, we are skeptical.
We are obviously skeptical.

Speaker 1 (16:05):
Our default setting when they say go back to factory settings,
our default setting is assume nothing, question everything.

Speaker 2 (16:13):
Now, we do get a kick out of Mike McDaniel.

Speaker 1 (16:16):
We have four hours of a blank canvas to paint
a word picture here on the radio every single night.

Speaker 2 (16:23):
We're very lucky to have that. And it's people like
Mike McDaniel that make this fun. He just makes it fun.

Speaker 1 (16:30):
He's a goofball, he's a marble mouth nerd all that stuff,
and he's when he's speaking, he sounds like he's trying
to explain quantum physics while pausing to smoke a bong
and chewing gum. At the same time. He's doing a lot.
He's doing a lot of things when he's talking. There,
Mike McDaniel, and so I will be the voice of reason.

(16:55):
I keep hearing that McDaniel's this great offensive mind, that
he's wonderful and all that stuff. So show us, because
it really didn't work out in Miami.

Speaker 2 (17:04):
It didn't.

Speaker 1 (17:05):
If he is such a wizard and he's got the
cheat code, then why was he stonewalled for these other
coaching jobs? As we say, he was denied, he was rejected,
all of that stuff, even Kevin Stefanski. Even Kevin Stefanski
got another gig after flopping around like a dead fish

(17:27):
with the Cleveland Browns. He logged more miles. Mike McDaniel.
There were photos on social media of him at airports
all over the country and it was like he was
working for Greyhound as a bus driver though, bouncing around
from city to city, a lot of a lot of miles,
a lot of miles, and so again, offensive genius. That's
the legend of Mike McDaniel. Never let the truth get

(17:47):
in the way of a good fairy tale. Right in Miami,
In Miami, Miami, Miami. The offensive numbers of the Dolphins,
middle of the mall food court, middle of the mall
food court. You know, the good stuff's on the right
and the left the food court. The middle of the
food court is not the good stuff, all right, that's

(18:08):
that's nothing special. That's nothing special.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
That's like bland chicken fingers, generic chicken for you're nothing
special at the middle. It's you gotta be in the ends.
You gotta be in the ends.

Speaker 1 (18:16):
So in Miami, he had one outlier year where the
Dolphins had a really good offense. They were I think
number two I believe in the NFL one year there
a couple years back. That is the outlier though. That
is what's known as the outlier, the squiggly line and whatnot.
And in Miami, it's not like he didn't have two
elite receivers from most of his time there, Tyreek Hill

(18:39):
and Jalen Waddle on the outside and all that. And
now Mike McDaniel gets Chris Collinsworth's favorite quarterback, Justin Herbert.
And if you look at Justin Herbert, what a match
made in heaven. You've got the genius, the whiz kid,
Mike McDaniel, and you've got Justin Herbert, the king of
pop tarts and milkshakes, a lot of empty calories, good

(19:02):
box score, but a lot of empty calories. And come
playoff time playoffs, as we saw against the Patriots. He
he's got tight tooka syndrome, chronic illness. It's his kryptonite
at this point till proven otherwise, they should have a
group therapy session for CJ.

Speaker 2 (19:17):
Stroud and also Justin Herbert. Get him together.

Speaker 1 (19:22):
They can eat some some popcorn and have a good time.
But pairing McDaniel with Jim Harbaugh, that's the other part
is does McDaniel seem like a Jim Harbaugh kind of guy.
Jim Harbaugh buttoned up conservative khaki pants, that whole deal.
And then you've got Mike McDaniel, who is the antithesis

(19:45):
of that at this point. So it's like oil and
water mixing them together, and it's like or worse. I
guess the annouge would be like putting a kombucha tea
next to a steak. Harbaugh's the steak and then the
kombucha t is mister McDaniel. So it it something feels
like it's a lot of wishing going on with the Chargers.

Speaker 2 (20:04):
Let's see, they'll be fine during the regular season. They're
always fine during the regular season. It's the playoffs that
are the problem.

Speaker 1 (20:12):
It is the Ben Mahlor Show, as we continue on
and on and on further and further into the night.

Speaker 2 (20:18):
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Speaker 1 (20:19):
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time now though for the mal riddle of the day.
Here's the Mallard Riddle of the day. With too much
or not enough coming up a little bit later. So
the La Clippers TV announcers could not stop chuckling when
the video feed on a recent game abruptly flipped to

(20:42):
an image of blank. Again, NBA's La Clippers TV announcers
could not stop chuckling.

Speaker 2 (20:49):
When the video feed of the game.

Speaker 1 (20:51):
They were broadcasting abruptly flip to a still image of blank.

Speaker 2 (20:56):
That is the Mallor riddle of the day. The answer,
We'll get to it. We will do it next.

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Speaker 1 (21:46):
Coming up later this hour, we will have a rivening
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Hearts with the payoff on the Riddle of the Day,
that'll be coming up momentary. But if you want part
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(22:10):
you like to play one of our games? It's called
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Much not Enough. That'll be coming up a little bit
later this hour as well. And back to It.

Speaker 2 (22:24):
Back to It we go, and here is the Malord
riddle of the day.

Speaker 1 (22:28):
La Clipper TV announcers could not stop chuckling the other
day when the video feed of the game abruptly flipped
to a still image of blank.

Speaker 2 (22:39):
That is the question. What is the answer? Alf the
alien Opiner says, A still image of my hometown of
East Hampton, which Doctor Seuss based whovill on?

Speaker 6 (22:50):
Oh there you go, fun fact.

Speaker 2 (22:53):
A dog in a barber chair from Late Night Drug tester?
Who else you have? Page nine?

Speaker 1 (23:00):
Ferg Ducks say, is the Lakers allowing seventy one points
at halftime? Peu, they stink? According to Fergie, they were
on their way to home depot. That makes no sense.
King Rory, Oh I see what you did there? Okay,
what else we have? Page down?

Speaker 2 (23:18):
Donkey Sausage says, something about Pocahontas is the answer? What
else we have? A page? Tonguan Trucker says, a picture
of Chris Everett beating up Jim Rome. Okay.

Speaker 1 (23:33):
Eileen in San Francisco says the answer is a photo
of Snightly whiplash.

Speaker 2 (23:39):
Oh hes twirling the mustache right there. That's what bad
guys do. They twirl the mustache.

Speaker 1 (23:44):
Absolutely far out, Dave says, something about nineteen gnarly Neon Nympho, Ninjas,
Kindo Knives all that Donald Sterling guests by Eke and
Rose Minnesota, Incatara says a photo of blind Scott sitting
on his plunger see page down.

Speaker 2 (24:05):
JT.

Speaker 1 (24:05):
The Wingman said, mister Peanut is the is the answer?
A plumber's crack from Doug in Korea?

Speaker 2 (24:14):
What else do we have? Page Dan weed Man during
the hurricane when he called in and give us updates
during the hurricane years ago? From Mike the Leprechaun the
Teletubbies from courtesy Flusher. That's his answer. Who else do
we have?

Speaker 1 (24:30):
Page down? I can't read that? Ah, do you have
an answer? The Rain of the Mallard Riddle of the
day La Clipper TV and answers who could not stop
chuckling when the video feed of their game abruptly flipped
to a still image of blank.

Speaker 6 (24:45):
Boossy the beaver eating his brisket.

Speaker 1 (24:47):
It's it's Bucky, but yeah no, the correct answer is
a still image of a gaggle of geese, a gaggle
of guess no, Dick in Dayton. It looks like the
phones are working now. All of a sudden, that's weird.
Dick in Dayton. Oh you did, oh, Coop fix them?

Speaker 2 (25:07):
There you go. Hello Dick in Dayton, Hello.

Speaker 7 (25:09):
Dick, good morning.

Speaker 2 (25:12):
If I was any better, I would be a Brown,
but not a Cleveland Brown. Now, I got to get
your perspective. They stink, but I got to get your perspective, Dick.

Speaker 1 (25:19):
Now, Baker Mayfield took a shot at Kevin Stefanski for
not being polite when they got rid of Baker. So
I asked, I asked you, now, Dick and Dayton, as
you are the king of Cleveland Sports and all Ohio sports,
whose side are you on? Are you on the side
of Baker Mayfield or Kevin Stefanski?

Speaker 7 (25:35):
Well, I uh, I think I take the side of
Baker Bayfield.

Speaker 1 (25:41):
Okay, send that out, Coop, Baker, Dick and Dayton. Dick
supports Baker Mayfield right there, boom.

Speaker 7 (25:47):
And there's still I can't figure out what's taken so
long for them to get a coach. I mean, it's
been a couple of weeks and it drags on and on.

Speaker 1 (25:57):
Well, here's here's what I've heard, Dick. I've heard they're
waiting for you to accept the job. Why have you
not accepted the job, Dick me.

Speaker 7 (26:03):
Yeah, well, be as much as I call up there and.

Speaker 2 (26:07):
Stuff, you know, yeah, you could.

Speaker 1 (26:09):
You could entertain the team and play your different musical instruments.
How many instruments do you know how to play?

Speaker 7 (26:14):
Five?

Speaker 4 (26:15):
Five?

Speaker 2 (26:17):
Five? That's amazing, it's great. I don't know how to
play any that's wonderful. Yeah, very talented. Everything good with
you? You're doing all right? Yeah?

Speaker 7 (26:27):
Well, I'm doing good. A little cold down here, I'm
doing pretty good.

Speaker 2 (26:32):
This is how the weather is supposed to be cold
in January.

Speaker 7 (26:35):
Right, I've been watching the Cavaliers, you know, I love
the Cavaliers.

Speaker 2 (26:40):
Yeah, to the line, to the lane, yeah.

Speaker 7 (26:44):
Yeah, but yeah, I'm just I didn't It's funny. I
didn't get to see the Indiana Miami game. But I'm
just disappointed. I guess Brian days. They haven't said anything.
But I'm hoping good come back this year, you know.

Speaker 1 (27:02):
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he'll be back. We would have
fired him by now. We want to go to be
back unless he unless he goes to the NFL, and
I haven't heard anything about that.

Speaker 2 (27:10):
Yeah, how about how about India?

Speaker 1 (27:12):
Do you ever think Dick and Dayton lifetime college football
Officionado that the Indiana Hoosiers, who Ohio State? You know
Ohio State treats? How do they treat Indiana like a booger?
They just flipped them away and then for Indiana to
win the championship.

Speaker 2 (27:26):
This is amazing. Yeah it was.

Speaker 7 (27:29):
Hey. I wanted to tell you a lot of people, Uh,
they want to talk to me down here at Stony Reds.
They say, I listened to dickon.

Speaker 5 (27:38):
Ben Mare, so oh nice, I got a fan base
up here.

Speaker 1 (27:44):
You should You're a legend, You're the ditch. All right,
bye bye, There he goes Dick and Dayton. All right,
I still don't have my game show contestant, so we'll
keep it going on the phones. Poppy is in San Diego.
Hello Poppy, welcome, Hey man.

Speaker 3 (28:00):
Sorry. You know, you know I had some people say like, hey,
I'm come, you don't crown the Ben Mallard show like
Tiger Man the matter?

Speaker 2 (28:06):
No one, No one never said that. No one ever
said no for sure, name one person that said, why
do we not hear from more Poppy who said.

Speaker 3 (28:14):
That that tiger Tiger Man? And Utah told me that
that was one person? Mentor isn't I right, okay, he was.

Speaker 2 (28:23):
He was pretending no, no, no for real.

Speaker 3 (28:26):
But you know what, I love that you make my advice.
I'm the one that advised you mentor started intro. You
start an intro and you still don't show me enough
love that intest getting you big grate.

Speaker 6 (28:39):
You know what the intro?

Speaker 2 (28:40):
What are you talking about?

Speaker 3 (28:41):
Yeah? The intro that like the intro on top of
the show, like every single day you come up with
the intro on the Ben Mallards show that nobody tells
him and shut his mouth or you know something like that.
He has a big mouth, a big mouth.

Speaker 6 (28:56):
You know, we don't make us.

Speaker 1 (28:57):
I have nothing to do. I haven't even heard that.
I don't know what you're talking about.

Speaker 3 (29:02):
I have no count that your shoulders like an intro now,
and I give you that, But you know what I'm
gonna say. My point is this, please mantor please please
please give me a favorite Cela, put some respect?

Speaker 2 (29:14):
Inspect all right, Lorena, please put some respect. Put some
respect on this man's name, Poppy Works. How much do
you were spread it like butter?

Speaker 1 (29:22):
Or should I like chunky peanut butter?

Speaker 3 (29:28):
Tell her please respect. In a segment NFL on.

Speaker 1 (29:32):
Tell, come on, this is a very important This is
one of the top handicappers in America.

Speaker 2 (29:36):
Poppy in San Diego. This guy, this guy, this guy
has been in uber commercials.

Speaker 4 (29:41):
Right.

Speaker 8 (29:42):
I took a lot of time figuring out which music
bed I should put behind your picks.

Speaker 6 (29:46):
Okay, you should be thinking me, oh, Lorena think.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
All right, all right, I gotta go, thank you. All right,
let's get to the game. Here we go, right now,
hit that button right there.

Speaker 5 (29:59):
Game, Ben Mallard.

Speaker 7 (30:00):
Game.

Speaker 5 (30:00):
We've endured too many of these hazy too much or
not enough?

Speaker 2 (30:04):
All right, here we go. A d Are you ready?
My man?

Speaker 1 (30:07):
He's in the great state of Colorado, where the Broncos
will take on the Patriots this weekend and the AFC
Championship game.

Speaker 2 (30:14):
Hello, a d Hey, how we doing, Ben? I'm doing great.
It sounds like you're in the car driving around. You
got stuff going on? Yes, yeah, just getting off of
work here, so on the way home. Oh good timing. Okay, well,
good luck. And what kind of work do you do.

Speaker 7 (30:30):
I'm all work for Coca Cola.

Speaker 2 (30:32):
Look at that. This guy makes all the Coca Cola.
This guy, I know, all right, and all the coke
not just soda, a bunch of other products as well,
not just soda. Yes, all right, well, let's play it.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
Let's play the game right now. Here we go too
much or not enough? Question number one in all you
have to do is get three right. In NFL playoff history,
there has been six There have been six teams to
have had a game tying touchdown in the last thirty
of the fourth quarters. That too much or not enough?

Speaker 5 (31:04):
Too much?

Speaker 2 (31:05):
Let's find out. Yeah, that is correct. The answer is
too much. The Bears were just the fourth team to
do so, and all four teams were going to lose
in overtime.

Speaker 1 (31:18):
Question number two. You're off to a good start. Question
number two. There have been five players to have thirty
plus receptions in a single postseason. Is that too much
or not enough?

Speaker 3 (31:30):
Not enough?

Speaker 2 (31:31):
All right? See two for two? Wrong, No, that's right,
that's all right. The answer is too much. There's only
been three Cooper Cup, Travis Kelce, and Larry fitz Jerald.
Those are the answers to that. We move on to
question three. You're one in one, You're you're in good shape.
Here ad the Coca Cola man. Question number three.

Speaker 1 (31:54):
Pooka Nakua has averaged eighty five yards per game on the.

Speaker 2 (32:00):
O this season, including the postseason for the Rams. Is
that too much or not enough?

Speaker 3 (32:08):
With Pooka, I'm gonna say not enough.

Speaker 1 (32:11):
Okay, A D says not enough. Let's find out that
is right? Look at that all right, a day, Look
at you, your big stud. You're won away from winning
the game. Lorena would like you to win the game
right now.

Speaker 4 (32:24):
You can do it.

Speaker 3 (32:26):
I believe in it.

Speaker 7 (32:27):
Will do it.

Speaker 2 (32:28):
Okay. Question four, it's elimonade. You win, you win the game.

Speaker 1 (32:34):
Anthony Edwards, that's a basketball player now has twenty forty
point games in his Timberwolves career.

Speaker 2 (32:41):
Is that too much or not enough to win the game?

Speaker 7 (32:46):
Oh, tam does be going off? Not enough?

Speaker 2 (32:50):
Let's find out that's out?

Speaker 8 (32:55):
Yea, I heratulation what a win?

Speaker 2 (33:04):
Is this an omen for the Broncos? I don't know,
but you are the winners? Yeah? All right, thank you.

Speaker 3 (33:12):
I'm hoping the Broncos lose. Man.

Speaker 7 (33:14):
I'm from Colorado, but I am not all right.

Speaker 2 (33:20):
That was very funny. You just broke coops Hart, But
thank you, A D.

Speaker 8 (33:24):
I was wondering I think I might be manifesting the
Broncos win too I have a Denver magnet on my fridge.

Speaker 2 (33:31):
Well, that clearly means they're going to win the game, obviously. Manet.
Absolutely the moose. It's a moose, of course.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
All right, Well, let's get We are going to have
moments away the Queen of Hearts with Lorrain, and we
look forward to that. We'll get to it, and we
will do it next.

Speaker 4 (33:49):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific, Bill.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
Miller and you.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
It is the Ben Maller Show here all night, every
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Speaker 2 (34:33):
Here we go. It's it bys good, Little rain A
tennin clean up.

Speaker 5 (34:47):
Hearts going to help you get rye gear rye and
night gear ry to night, dear ry.

Speaker 6 (34:55):
You heard the man. It's time for love on this
beautiful hump day. How you doing over their ben?

Speaker 4 (35:01):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (35:01):
Listen live in the dream here, Lorraina. The button the
buttons are fixed. Everything's good here. I haven't seen the
cockroaches walking around the building, so things are good. All good? Yeah,
feeling feeling good? Are you ready to answer some questions here? Yes?

Speaker 3 (35:13):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (35:14):
Ferg Dog writes and he says, hey, Loraina, do women
buy dude wipes or are they fine with single ply
toilet paper?

Speaker 2 (35:22):
Great question.

Speaker 6 (35:23):
I think wet wipes have been around for a long
time now.

Speaker 2 (35:26):
These are dude wipes, so this is a better product.

Speaker 6 (35:28):
Right right?

Speaker 8 (35:29):
Well, I think the dude branding is to get you
guys to want to ease.

Speaker 2 (35:32):
They're special. There's something mad. I don't know where it is,
but in my opinion, it's magical.

Speaker 8 (35:36):
Well, I did buy a whole bunch of dude wipes
here a couple months back. I did, I did, and
I put a whole box of them in there. And
Alex tight shirt stole all of them.

Speaker 2 (35:44):
Oh is that right?

Speaker 6 (35:45):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (35:46):
I like that you added him on the air. Does
he work here anymore? I never see him.

Speaker 6 (35:49):
I don't know. I think it's Mary all the time now.

Speaker 2 (35:51):
Yeah, the vegan Alex.

Speaker 6 (35:54):
The vegan kind of got in a relationship.

Speaker 2 (35:56):
Oh is that why? I think?

Speaker 7 (35:57):
So?

Speaker 1 (35:58):
So they're not to work he's in a related What
kind of weird you should ask him?

Speaker 2 (36:05):
None of my business. I just I never see him.
I used to see him all the time. Like what happened?

Speaker 7 (36:10):
Man?

Speaker 3 (36:10):
All right?

Speaker 1 (36:11):
Next up, Mike the leprecaunt says, is it a red
flag when on a first date you discover that your
very good looking date has already had three divorces?

Speaker 8 (36:22):
No, I think you should be really thankful that she's
gotten rid of those husbands so that she could be
on this date with you. You should be thankful and
not hold her past against her.

Speaker 6 (36:30):
Huh.

Speaker 1 (36:31):
Probably, I say we all get one, Mulligan, I don't know,
thought maybe even two, but three?

Speaker 6 (36:38):
I think Jlo's on what six?

Speaker 2 (36:39):
And she Yeah, she's a nut job. She's a nut job.
Comes back?

Speaker 6 (36:44):
Well, yeah, because I even went back three times.

Speaker 1 (36:46):
She's got money and all that, but she's you know.
I'm sure she's talented in some areas, but come on now, no,
you you got one or two, But once you get
to three, that's you're in the danger zone.

Speaker 2 (36:56):
At that point.

Speaker 6 (36:57):
Maybe she's a hopeless romantic or her.

Speaker 2 (37:01):
Or what, she's a whack of doodle? How about that?

Speaker 8 (37:04):
Maybe she's a oh what's that called? You should find
out if her ex husbands are dead. That's what you
should worry about.

Speaker 1 (37:10):
There you go poisoned? Yes, yeah, okay, I have your problem. Yeah,
Danny is in Toronto on the phones. He has a question.

Speaker 2 (37:18):
Hello Danny, welcome.

Speaker 3 (37:20):
Hello, Ben, Hello.

Speaker 2 (37:22):
What's up?

Speaker 3 (37:24):
So here's here's my question for Lorena. And this is
a genuine question.

Speaker 7 (37:31):
This is honest. Here.

Speaker 3 (37:32):
So I dated a girl.

Speaker 7 (37:34):
For three months this summer.

Speaker 3 (37:36):
So imagine you were dating a guy for three months
and everything was perfect.

Speaker 7 (37:41):
He checks all the boxes.

Speaker 3 (37:43):
He's handsome, he's got a great sense of humor.

Speaker 7 (37:47):
You guys have.

Speaker 2 (37:47):
Never had that paycheck?

Speaker 3 (37:49):
Uh huh?

Speaker 6 (37:49):
Yeah, keep going, what's up? Sounds like we didn't keep going?
Uh huh.

Speaker 1 (37:54):
But but hurry upset.

Speaker 3 (37:57):
Everything's perfect and you find out he.

Speaker 7 (38:01):
Gets cold sores? Are you in?

Speaker 2 (38:03):
Oh? Okay, so pre existing condition? I believe.

Speaker 8 (38:07):
Yes, yes, you know a lot of people have cold
sours aka herpes.

Speaker 6 (38:12):
They have it in their face and we didn't.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
Doctor Drew say that pretty much.

Speaker 6 (38:16):
Like I think. I think eighty percent of the people
they haven't. Yeah, so you know, just watch for outbreaks.

Speaker 8 (38:22):
If you really like the person, you should just make
sure you're protecting yourself.

Speaker 2 (38:26):
Or just enjoy some private time with yourself. What do
you want me to do? All right? Thank you, Danny?
All right, man alive? All right? What else do we have?

Speaker 3 (38:34):
Bob?

Speaker 1 (38:34):
Question Bobby, Yeah, wonderful question Bobby and Floria says, is
anything that gives every woman the ick factor besides being
a leprechaun.

Speaker 6 (38:44):
Being overly like on top of that person, like stop.

Speaker 2 (38:47):
Stop space JG.

Speaker 1 (38:50):
The woman says, when in a relationship, should you start
traveling by plane.

Speaker 6 (38:54):
As soon as you want to go on a date somewhere?

Speaker 2 (38:56):
That's not it, that's more than a date lorrange.

Speaker 8 (38:58):
No, I do that all the time, especially if you're
a long distance. I'll meet you anywhere, baby, let's go.

Speaker 2 (39:03):
I don't know, I don't know about that one.
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