December 31, 2025 • 40 mins
Chris Plank talks about how soul-draining it has been to be a Raiders fan over the last few seasons and what he thinks lies ahead for Las Vegas, the perils of standing in the front row at the New York City NYE ball-drop, and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, we got a show to do. Sorry, I'm sitting
here like doing everything, socializing with Lorraine and Coop, trying
to I'm picking up for some reason. I've been out
of town. Crazy week for me. As we welcome you
into hour three of the Ben Mallor Show here on
Fox Sports Radio. Some programs are three hours, some were
(00:20):
even two anymore, not Big Ben four hours of power
here on Fox Sports Radio. But I was, I was
on the road this week. I think I can say
this now. I'm pretty sure my family's in bed. I
got the old guilt trip, Like I live in Oklahoma,
but my whole family's from like the Saint Louis area,
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So I got the you know, we're getting older, Chris,
we'd like to see the grand babies every now and
then they're no longer grand babies. I mean, my son
is freaking twenty two years old. But he's home. He
was home from his military responsibilities, and so we were like, okay,
let's go. Let's road trip. So we got in the car,
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packed up the fan, drove the seven and a half
eight hours up the highway to Saint Louis over the weekend,
and drove back today. So I'm still like. I haven't
been home since Saturday, so it's kind of like a
reset for me here in the Goldsby Oklahoma Studio. So
I apologize Loraina and Coop if I seem disheveled during
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the break. You know, I gotta find my hiding spot
for all the weed I bought, you know, whenever I
was in Saint Louis. So it's been an investigative kind
of process so far. That's that's that's a Joe, or
is it? Now? Speaking of celebrations, tonight is New Year's Eve.
I will psa the hell out of this because I
had a buddy of mine. They got a dewey back
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in the day on New Year's Eve kind of ruined
his whole. I don't want say live because he's fine now,
but kind of ruined the year. Really brought down the
vibes on that New Year's Eve. I mean, dude're telling
me that you had to switch lanes without using your signal.
But my point is, don't drink in tonight. Don't do it.
Don't drink and drive. If you're going to imbibe, there's lyft,
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there's uber. It might cost a little more. I don't
know if they still do serge pricing, but even if
it does, it's much cheaper than going to jail. With
that in mind, last night we were sitting in Arnie
Spanier and I were sitting in for Jason and Mike,
and Arnie was talking about the Times Square New Year's
Eve celebration. Now real quick before we get back to
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the phones. At eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox,
Coop Lorena Lorena Ladies, First, as always, has that ever
been something you wanted to experience like Times Square on
New Year's Eve A little bit?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, okay, I wanted to do like Christmas with the
ice skating and then stay for a company. Yes, do
some Broadway you know, experience the rats. Maybe they're not
out right now because it's wintertime, but you know, get
the whole experience and then watch the ball drop.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And then okay, Coop, is it ever? Is it like
a bucket list thing for you or anything you care about? Hell,
you might have already done it.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
I have wanted to do it in the past, but
knowing what I know now, I don't want to do
it that bad.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah, you know, And in fact, the little I bring
this up because Loraina mentioned during the break that they
were talking with one of the dudes that's already standing.
I guess what up against the rails, like what's considered
to be the prime standing spot for the New Year's
two celebration really early. He can't leave and I Alnie
(03:28):
brought this up last night and there's you know, listen,
just a little sidebar. My man, Arnie Spanier, We've been
doing a show together for over a decade. Love the guy,
love him like a brother. And my man falls for
everything that's fake on the internet. I mean everything that's
fake on the internet he falls for. We were just
talking about trying to figure out AI videos and what's
(03:49):
real and what isn't anymore, Buddy, Arnie still falls for
every single tweet that like Dove Climban sends out or
NFL r mrs or whatever, you know, fake thing that's
out there. You know, the Chris Olave decided to re
send his retirement papers whenever Derek Carr retired. Yeah no
he didn't, because nobody's losing their mind to play for
(04:09):
freaking Spencer Rattler. You guys kind of backed into Tyler
Shuck and his numbers are no better than Spencer Rattler's
but I digress. But Arniel fall for it, right. So
last night he was telling me the story about how
when you go to the New Year's Eve celebration in
New York, once you get your spot in Times Square,
you can't move and that people will go for like
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twenty four hours longer, right to just sit there and wait,
and you can't leave your spot because if you leave
your spot, you lose it, which creates a pretty challenging
situation when it comes to bathroom breaks. Now, I'm old
enough to remember a failed radio bit called Wee for
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a Wei where they you know, he's like, you don't
it sounds crazy, but you don't want to over hold
in your waist. I think it is the most family
friendly way to say it, even though we're in a
save harbor right now. People, but Larina, you were saying
they were were they interviewing a guy or it was
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just a report where he actually had his diapers there
with him that he was wearing, or like lines.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
It was an interview, like someone was up at the front,
like what do you do? He's like, well, I don't
want to lose my spot. So but I just thought
it was crazy because he only you would think he
pulled out like thick diapers. Sure, he only pulled out
panty liners, which is like the thinnest of the pads.
And if you're gonna be out there for twenty four
plus hours, you're gonna need more than a couple of
panty liners. And the people that were standing behind him
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were like looking like you're gonna change those out right?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
You're gonna what Like you can't just a sidebar to this,
You can't even negotiate anything. It's like, hey, listen, I
gotta go to the bathroom. You guys, can you hold
my spot here until I get back? Like they're big
enough jerks to where people.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Like, no, there's thousands of people. Have you ever been
to like a concert like that too? It's like it
would take forever.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
To get back up to this through. Yeah, doesn't seem sanitary, though,
you're right, like, what is?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I'm sure people be doing some weird stuff to not
have to leave the crowds to be honest.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Okay, well, I I mean I don't want to judge,
but I do. It's like there's this part of me
that who am I to say? What is had to.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Pee at the front of a concert? Or is there anything.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Listen, I'm fifty years old. I got to pee every
single time I drink water anymore, okay, right through me?
My conversation with my dad is now. I was like, oh,
you got to pee again? Yeah, me too. It's just
that's that's kind of life. But I I could understand
how that would be a challenge. But it's also, like
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you said it in our one, ring in the New
Year is a new start, right, it's a new you
ringing in the new year. By I mean pissing your pants,
I mean, I just don't really understand with a thin liner,
He's like, no, no, no, I'm not peeing my pants.
I got a liner here, right I could. I don't know.
Is it worth that risk to be right there? I
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guess is the question more than anything else? Is it worse?
Is it worth the humiliation to have that front row
spot and this guy's mind? It was? And you mentioned
the liner's too thin in my book, right, way too
thing thin.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
You're going to catch nothing with that, No good luck.
You might as well put in a catheter.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Go to a doctor beforehand and see if they can't
put a cather before you make winner.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
It'd be so much finner and more comfortable for everyone
around you too.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Well, if you're just getting in tonight, welcome to the
Ben Malor Show. My name is Chris Plank. Lorena and
Coop still working through the holidays. They are the blessed
ones amongst us. I have promised, I don't know if
you guys care, but I'm trying my damnedest. I have
promised a college football playoff update of each of the
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four games at the bottom of every hour. Our one
little bit lenkedier on Ohio State and Miami. Kind of
a quick sneak peek at the Texas Tech Oregon game,
and later on we'll talk Ole Miss versus Georgia. But
what's funny about all of this is Kirby Smart has
not taken this opportunity to talk a lot about Old Miss.
More than anything, he's taken this opportunity to do what
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He's taken this opportunity to rail on the college football system.
It's fantastic. We'll get to it coming up later on
the program. In the meantime, we've been taking your calls.
We've been talking about the Stefon dig situation. I've got
quarterback questions here that I want to dive into I
think there's four very intriguing quarterback questions heading into twenty
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twenty six and maybe more specifically heading into the offseason.
And I think a lot of them will be answered
pretty quick. And then Coop laid out how he has
to cure the back. He is on his way Denver
gets that one seed, it's definitely there, but you know
there'll be some nervous energy for that wild card game.
But in purchasing his tickets, very pricey, close to close
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two thousand dollars per ticket. But they're not next to
each other. In fact, they're what math one and eleven. Yeah,
they're like ten spots away from each other. So will
he be able to secure getting closer to his wife
or is it okay that they're just in the building
quote unquote building stadium together. So eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox eight seven seven nine ninety six six
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three sixty nine, we've been taking your call over the
last hour on it. So, Dre is in Central Cali.
What's going on? Dre? Welcome to Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
You know I am from Central Cali, but I've moved
to Arizona. I heard you saying you're in Arizona. Now,
so I don't know what radio station you're on, but
I'll look for you, mister Plank.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Thanks man, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Why you're welcome. I got a lot of things to
what we guys been talking about, so I'll try to
be quick about it. I'm not going to be like Ben.
So you can thank me for that. Cooper loop his
Denver Broncos stole Drake Greenlaw and who Fonga from the Niners.
So all the injuries the Niners have this year, they're
also missing Drake Greenlaw and Whufonga. To give them another
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pat on the back for making it this far, and
they will be Seattle this week and host their way
to the Super Bowl, probably see Denver. Anyways, Now you
are saying, Chris, you're an old lady. Ain't gonna let
you go to the game. You can't stand what you want.
Don't you have your own checking account?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
I know that I don't, do you.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Yeah, of course I do. I have hands, But then again,
I don't have to watch no more. But I got hands.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah. I never lived in that world, by the just
just as quick aside, I never really lived in that
world of the separate accounts. We were always in both
of my marriages. It was it was as one. So
I probably should have been a little bit smarter about that,
especially in round.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Well, well, I see how she put this way. She
ows a lot of money to the creditors, and I don't you,
But I go to all the games I wanted. And
what I advised you coop who grabbed your old lady
by the hand, and don't worry about the seat you
got upgrade. I'm upgraded my whole life. Every concert I
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go to, every sporting event, I've upgraded. Now, the first
time I spent a lot of money was the ninety
three season, ninety two season Niners against Dallas in the
NFC Championship Game. I got my tickets out of the
sporting green sections, or actually in the ads in the
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back of the chronicles. Spent two hundred and twenty five bucks.
Met a good, nice gentleman. He gave me a bubble
Paris Jersey. He was cool about it. And then two
years later ninety four season January ninety five, I spent fifty.
And then I went to the Green Bay Niners in
twenty twenty three of ave I spent five fifty. Now
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this last year this is last season. I went to
see Arizona nice heats behind the end zone, two tickets
five to fifty. I couldnt believe ever that much. I mean,
I mean, your cardinal's on all that much? Right, by
the way.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Great I would want I would wonder too, And I
appreciate the phone call. I would wonder too, what would
be like the ability to even upgrade coop? I mean,
I it sounds as if it was hard enough to
find two tickets together like I and I appreciate the
call from dre and Central Cali by way of Arizona.
(12:46):
Who has two at least one ex wife. I'm not
in Arizona, by the way. I just kind of went
had and rolled with it. I'm going to Arizona next month,
but shout out day. I mean, would there even be
an opportunity to upgrade on that front for you? I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
I mean, I don't know about the technical upgrade, but
I could have gotten like, you know, better seats together
if I.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Wanted to spend like ten grand or something.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, I wanted to spend something insane through like stub
hub or you know, you know, one of the third
party sites.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Speaking of that, can we have a conversation about ticket fees.
Are we not allowed to do that? Like the I
don't know, it's just it's one of those things where
you see the price and it's like, wow, that's all
this is. That's great, and then you go to the
actual checkout and it's like, whoa did I buy two
more tickets on this thing?
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Well, so now it's not really I mean, it's all
baked in now because of the new law.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Seems like a lot Yeah, it is. It is a
lot upgrade. I like, yeah, image you just Upgraig. Listen,
you only paid eight hundred bucks. Dude, pay sixteen hundred bucks.
What's your problems? Like, I don't want to. I don't
have the money that Dre has.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The tickets themselves were like six sixty and the rest
was fees.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Unreal. Hey, you guys want to bring the show down
a little bit because we'll do a break. But I
see my man Mojo Rising is on the phone and
he wants to talk about our well at least my
beloved Raiders. So let's do this here. Let's do this
Mojo Rising, the Mojo Rising, what's going on?
Speaker 5 (14:20):
Many they going through to the other side, Light on fire,
mister plank Man, you're filling in for the Godfather, you know,
Againt the beginning of the show, you were talking about
how filling in on this show you feel like you
have some animosity from the callers, because, I mean, come on,
the guys.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Listen, very that's right.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
I mean, so anyway, I want to agree with the
Lovely Lorrain on her suggestion that mister Coop he absolutely
should play that card that you know he was in Liar, Liar.
I mean, come on, he was the son of Jim
Carrey and Lyra Lion. That's beyond the classic movie. Beyond
the classic movie. If you don't know that movie, then
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you've been lost in the world. So if anybody has
a heart and you hear that way, come on, why
wouldn't you switch? I mean, come on, there, they're married,
they're all they're Denver fans are all going to be
super happy sitting at the game. So I think he's
got an inside track. You know, if he uses that car,
he may not even have to. He may just get
there and the people may be all happy and drunk
already and they'll switch the seats for him and everything.
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So I mean, I'm praying for the guy, and you know,
being a Raider fan, that's why I called him mister Plank.
I argue with Arnie on Sunday nights, And you're right.
The agony, the absolute agony of being a Raider fan. Now,
you're right, we're never where. You're never going to be
in a situation again because you're gonna have to even
worry about going to a playoff game because at this rate,
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the Raiders, I don't know, they'll never I don't think
they're ever going to sniff the playoffs again, you know.
And as a legendary Raider fan, I go back to
the days in Super Bowl eleven when the Raiders beat
Minnesota Vikings, what was it thirty two to twelve or
thirty two to fourteen, when Fred Blittnikoff was the MVP
of the Super Bowl and he never even he didn't
even score a touchdown in that game. He did set
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up the two touchdowns from the beginning. Could you imagine
that that fledble in the company he was calling touchdown
in nineteen seventy seven in the Super Bowl and won
the MVP. That's how far I go about, mister Planks.
So yeah, the agony, the absolute agony of being a
Raider fan. I've called him before and told mister Mallard,
it's an absolute embarrassment to see the Vegas crowd. It
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doesn't matter if it's the Panthers, it's half to half
the stadium, like when the Niners play there, or the
Chiefs play there, or the Broncos. It's all red or orange.
It's it's an embarrassment. It truly is. I mean, and
as a Raider fan, I can't even survive watching them anymore. Honestly,
I don't know how you feel about it, but it's
just sad.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
It truly is sad.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
Mister Black.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
I appreciate the phone call. I've been in a great mood.
I have a good life. Well, my wife's happy with me.
This week, kids seemed to adore me. Got a good job.
I'm sitting in for the Godfather, Lorraine and Cooper. Life.
I'm back home. It's not as cold here as it
was in Saint Louis. Life is good. And then I
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reminded that I'm pinned with the hell of being a
Raiders fan. Two things. The NFL made an egregious air
air whenever they did not pair the Raiders with the
Rams in LA and I get it. I wouldn't want
to do that either if I was Stan Kronky, because
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the Raiders are more popular in Los Angeles than the
Rams or the Chargers would have been. And well, maybe
this level of sucked that the Raiders are in right now,
it wouldn't have mattered, because if you think Vegas is
a bit of a bandwagon town, and I think it's
fair to say, LA can jump off that bandwagon whenever
you're not as good as you should be. And that's
what hurt the Raiders whenever they went back to Oakland.
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It's embarrassing. It's just it's bad enough that you're bad.
It's bad enough that you're a bad team right now,
added to the fact that every home game your stadium's
taken over. Add into it that the Chiefs, your hated rival,
won the Super Bowl in your stadium, and even though
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the Chiefs are bad, you can't even enjoy it because
you're worse. But I watch what the Jaguars are doing
this year. I watch what the Bears are doing this year.
I watch what teams that sucked last year are doing
this year. And I watch what Washington did when they
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got a quarterback. They you know, what do all these
teams have in common, Well, they got a quarterback, and
in the instances of Jacksonville and Chicago, they got a
coach that can work with said quarterback, Liam Cohen, and
Liam Cohen and Ben Johnson have done incredible jobs in
developing these quarterbacks. I was listening to Antonio Pearce, and
for as much animosity that I think that he holds
(18:59):
towards the race, they were trying to get him to
say something bad about Max Crosby being shut down, and
Antonio Peers was going through his Max Crosby. He's a fighter,
he wants to play YadA, YadA, YadA, and then he
stopped and he said, but I would really want a quarterback.
And you know, Derek Carr is what Derek Carr is.
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And I think Raider fans have learned that he wasn't
as terrible as many people try to make him out
to be. When you consider that, I think Vegas since
his final game that he played is on like seven
different starting quarterbacks in three years. I mean, it's just terrible.
So Antonio Pierce was always fighting to try to get
up and get what Jane Daniels he thought the Raiders
should trade up to number two, give up everything to
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get Daniels, and maybe it would have been a different
world for him. But there's a failed head coach who
had to go through a quarterback disaster, and he's like, listen,
you can get mad about, you know, telling a player
that he's hurt and he's gonna be put on ir
and you're not playing him, but you also need to
get an position where you actually have a serviceable quarterback.
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Geno Smith sucks, all right. I know this isn't breaking news,
and Seahawk fans are probably applauding, but the man cannot
handle adversity. It's one of the coolest career arcs you'll
ever seen. Guy was a backup for like six years
and all of a sudden gets to Seattle and resurrects
his career. It's cool, but it's over. It's ov er over.
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As Arnie Spanier would say, go get Fernando Mendoza, Go
get Dante more and maybe you get sucked into some
of these trade talks with Lamar Kyler. Don't let yourself
do that. Evaluate your quarterback and get him, because I
do think, believe it or not, the Raiders have some dudes,
Genti's gonna be a stud. Max Crosby is one of
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the best edge rushers, if not the overall best defensive
players in the league. Your left tackle's been hurt all
year long. You've got a decent interior of your offensive
line and names like kayleb Rodgers and Dylan Parthen. Receiver
needs help, corner needs help. But they got dudes.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Now.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
By the way, it would help if we didn't have
a senior citizen as our head coach too. And can
we normalize retiring at a regular age? I learned last night.
I did not know this. I did not know the
Packers had the age rule for the president of their franchise.
I think it's the smartest thing that anyone could ever do. Now,
if you wanted to fight it, you'd probably went in
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court because you know ages to rules and things of
that nature. But when you turn seventy, you know what
you are within the Packers organization as the president. You're out.
You've aged out. Can we normalize seventy being an age
where you're playing the back nine of your career and
you're not trying to rebuild a franchise. I'm so down, man,
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life is good. My life is great. I've never been
happier until I turn on that suck of a franchise
that just basically drains my will to live. And then
I gotta see Coop be all happy with his Broncos,
and I gotta see both the Charger fans that get
all their celebrations, and I mean, it's just terrible, just
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terrible right now. And then you gotta watch, by the way,
that was a pretty funny take. You gotta watch Titan fans,
Mojo Risen, Titan fans come in and take over your stadium.
Oh the humanity, We got a break. It's the Ben
Mallor Show on Fox Sports Radio. My name is Chris Plank,
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Speaker 1 (23:46):
You'll be living it up. New Year's Eve pregame. Now, no, no,
don't do that. Don't do that, I was asking Coop
during the break I had been I've been thrown off
by all the Tigers. I completely missed it. Tiger's birthday
was yesterday, turned fifty, and it made me laugh at
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a headline out of the New York Post which said,
Tiger Woods at fifty, his historic career is haunted by
what could have been? What? Haunted by what could have been.
He's maybe the most popular athlete of all time, haunted
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by what could have been? Why? Because he was chasing tail?
I mean stop because he wasn't the greatest that ever?
He might still be the greatest it ever? Did it haunted?
Stop it? But happy fiftieth Tiger. I'm here to tell
you fifty sucks. But it's also one of those times
in your life where for him it opens up a
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whole new door because now you're open and eligible for
the Champions Tour. So happy birthday, Tiger. Party up, all right,
let's get to the phones. Eight seven seven ninety nine
on box. Got a little bit on Ole Miss Georgia
coming up in a bit. But quinsle wants to talk
about the Raiders. He's in Oaktown where the Raiders should
have never left. What's going on? Quins Will, welcome to
the show.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
Hey, what's going on? Man?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
How's it going going well? Dude? Going well? How about you?
All right?
Speaker 9 (25:20):
Hey, all right? I wanted to say happy New Year
to you and all your staff. But hey, when you
started talking about the Raiders, man, it brought me back, man,
because I remember when the Raiders first came back to Oakland.
I was at that first game when they played the Rams.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Man.
Speaker 9 (25:38):
You know, I took the old Colors women that went
the dirt on the field. That's when I really liked it,
you feel me? And then we won that game as up,
And then I remember, and then why did the league
always have we had to play the replayed the Ravens
in their first game in Baltimore, and then we played
the Rams and the first game on that But anyway,
(25:59):
that besides point. But I wanted to say when you
were talking about so if you were the writer's dream
of what you do, you say you think you would
rather draft the quarterback rather than going out and getting
a guy like Kyler Murray or to a tug of
Byoh hey, before you even answer that question, I want
to say, lore Lorena, if you have for happy no
years because the twenty twenty six is anything specifical me,
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I'll be able to take you at the dinner because
you are so adorable and you were two pretty for
the radio and too fine for TV. But anyway, what
was you about to say, though z Yeah, no.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
No, I'm glad you were able to get in the
flirt with a Lorena. Well done there, all.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
Right here, I appreciate your kind words.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (26:42):
I will want to abless you.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
All right, buddy, thanks for the phone call. I appreciate it.
I would shoot to an end of the sun. I
would contemplate Kyler or Lamar, but I don't know. Here's
the question that I have. I'm stammering around here. Let
me make a point. I would draft a quarterback. I
wouldn't go get a veteran. I would draft if you
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fall in love with either one Mendoza more hel Ty
Simpson too. I like Ty Simpson a lot. I don't
know if he's number one worthy, but nobody at this point.
You know, years ago was talking about Kyler or Baker
going number one, and they did. But there is this
part of me that realizes, you gotta get something flashy
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to get Vegas excited and will Vegas the city will
it be patient with a rookie quarterback or do you
need to go get Lamar Jackson. By the way, Lamar
Jackson age check is twenty eight. People talk about him
like he's forty, and I understand his style is different,
so that ages him a bit. And I know how
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Ben feels about Kyler Murray. I feel different because I
covered him and I like him. I think, I think
he's a great quarterback. He hasn't been able to stay healthy.
His clock is ticking a little bit and may be
accelerated because of the game that he but like me
personally as someone who wants to see this franchise persevere
year after year and be good, be great. I want
a draft Mendoza or Dante More and I want to
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go with the rookie quarterback. I don't want to get
caught up in this world of going to get a veteran,
especially whenever you're talking about two guys that you mentioned, well,
I guess three, but one of them sucks and the
other two guys haven't been able to stay healthy the
last few years. I also think I have to start
realizing that the Raiders just might be cursed. They went
thirteen years without making the playoffs. After they won the
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AFC Championship and went to the Super Bowl in twenty sixteen,
they might have been one of the best teams in
the league. Khalil Mack was an Defensive Player of the
Year that year. Derek Carr franchise quarterback man just starting
his career. Offensive line that had Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson,
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Donald Penn. I mean they were dudes, the Tay Train,
Latavius Murray and what happened. What happened in the next
to last game of the season, Derek Carr broke his foot,
our leg or whatever. All right, then you gotta go
with Connor Cook, Connor freaking Cook are Matt McGloin, and
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it didn't go well and you lost to the Texans
in the playoffs. You then go four years without making
a return trip to the playoffs. You hire John Gruden,
who goes four and twelve, seven and nine, eight and eight,
And then in twenty twenty one, you got something. You
got something. You're starting out, you won. You've won three
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or your first five games. I know three and two
in college talk is like, gosh, that's terrible, But in
the NFL, you're okay, you're three and two, you're feeling
pretty good. And then the email scandal hits, and then
the email scandal hits, and then the Henry Ruggs situation
does tragedy takes place and he's out of the league
whenever it looked like he was starting to develop as
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a receiver when he was healthy, and Derek Carr and
Rich Pasaccia rally the troops. They go seven and five
and they make the playoffs, only to lose in the
first round of the eventual Super Bowl participant, Cincinnati Bengals.
Even when you have a break, when you're good, something
goes wrong. They haven't sniffed the winning record since, so
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there's a part of me that has to accept that
they might just be cursed and the only way to
break that curse is to get a good quarterback in
there to save your day. And I don't think that
guy is Lamar Jackson or Cala Murray. Cardiac stan Lee Stanley,
Welcome to the show. What's going on man? You're on
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Hey, I want to talk to you know, the college
football playoffs. But before that, you were talking about ticket
price for Super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Yeah, well, in general, right, my.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
Dad we lived in Dayton, Ohio, and my dad had
to fly out to LA for business and he went
to a game called Super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Number two, oh Raves Packers.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
And he said it took us for twenty five dollars
and it was half empty, and you could sit anywhere,
you know, you know.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
What, you couldn't even park. I don't even think you
could get a snack for that at the super Bowl
now in twenty twenty six. But different world, man, different world,
Different times. I was telling the story we'd pay eleven
bucks for bleacher tickets at Bush Stadium whenever, and I
thought that was expensive. So it's crazy. I mean, it's
an inflation's part of that. We can't sit here and
compare things to the sixties too much, right, But in
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that same vein, it's it shows you just how out
of control things have gotten whenever it comes to sports spending.
So let's talk some college football playoffs. How do you
feel about your Buckeye today? Should be feeling pretty good?
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Well, I do you know, they say they haven't played anybody,
but from I listened to the games, I like the
guys that call the games on the radio scene in
Ohio State. People probably don't know this. From Ohio State place,
probably fifty fifty five kids every game, you know, and
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Ryan Day is now going to call the place right
as opposed to Brian Hartline right, who was once a
really good receiver from the Buckeyes. So my only concern
is is he going to, you know, hold stuff back
or is he going to go for it? But Ohio
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State's bread and butter is Jeremiah Smith. And the other
kid I can't remember his name. He's really good too,
and that saying it is a freshman to be and
he's throws a knife ball. And I also would like
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to see Old Miss upset Georgia because Georgia is the
only other team the playoffs stare me, what say you,
Chris Blank?
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Thanks for the phone call. Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate, Brandon
Nis all stud receivers for Ohio State. And part of
the reason, part of the reason why he is playing
fifty five total players is because they're blowing everybody out.
That's why blowing everyone out so you can play fifty
(33:44):
five dudes in a game. I would worry about Miami
a little bit more. I think their defense is better
than what people are giving them credit for. But you're
you're thinking the right way. I want to. If I'm
in a position where i think I've got a championship
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caliber team, I want Georgia out. They're good they're good,
and to me, the most overall talented team in the
playoffs is Ohio State. Now, what's crazy about it is
not a lot of that like NFL talent for now
would be defensively, but they might have the best defensive
(34:26):
player in all the playoffs in Caleb Downs, So Julian
saying special, I think he's done a great job going
into a tough situation. Ryan Day knows how to handle
being an offensive coordinator because he's called plays before for
a long time, so you're not skipping a beat too
terribly much. And the way that he's made it sound,
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the way that he's made it sound is they've got
a pretty good feel for what they want to do offensively,
even with Brian Hartline balancing two jobs right now. So
if I'm an Ohio State fan, I'm feeling really good
about things. But you're right, I don't want Georgia to
be a part of this because Kirby Smart has them
ramping up and playing their best ball at the right time. Now,
with that in mind, I guess that kind of serves
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as our college football preview. I do owe you some
ole Miss Georgia talk, which will do when we come
back but I I see Mike the leprekhn as on hold.
So hanging there, Mike the Leprecaun. We'll get your call. Then,
how did you called it? You absolutely called it. You
called it. It's coming up next right here on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 7 (35:27):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Nature Boy Rights, Jets fans are cursed. Raider fans are
just experiencing a drought. Buddy. It's it's pretty thirsty drought
right now. I'm not gonna lie. It's uh, it's rather intense.
Speaker 7 (35:48):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
And then Rod maybe asks the question of the night, Coop,
This one's for you. So you mentioned you have seats
one and eleven in your row for the Ronco's playoff game. Yes,
is Coop wanting seats one and two? Are ten and
eleven or eleven and twelve? Inquiring minds want to know.
(36:10):
That's a damn good question.
Speaker 4 (36:12):
I think that the most likely scenario, or the situation
that people are most likely to agree to, is us
sitting in seats one and two. Okay, because going further,
you know, into the row up to you know, seats
ten eleven, that is more towards center field.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Would Ben have been this caring about your plight or
would he have just dismissed it rather quickly and moved on?
Oh no, we wouldn't even talked about it. All right,
there you go. I hope that answers your question. Rod. Now,
if you had your preference, though, like you would want
one and two right that way, easy in ingress egress
pretty quick too, and right there near the middle of
(36:54):
the right there the best seats and the best of
you possible.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Uh no, I mean, if I if I could choose, I'd
rather have like the eleven and twelve.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Oh okay, yeah, it will be easier for you to
get all these lovely people drinks with you being on
the outside.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
That is true.
Speaker 4 (37:12):
The way that it's set up, though, I'm not even
sure if it's an aisle seat or if it's literally
just like in a corner surrounded by like a walls,
you know, the way that it is on the seating chart,
I can't tell.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
By the way Quinn's I didn't want to say. Roberto
is checked and he's not hot happy at all with
the idea of Kyler to the raiders. I want to
make this very clear, Roberto, I said, draft a rookie.
I think Kyler Murray's gonna be the next next quarterback
of the Steelers. And Cardiac Stanley. A good job by
Coop doing a little research. So what did we find
out the actual with inflation the ticket prices would be today?
(37:47):
What to twenty five is at?
Speaker 6 (37:48):
Right?
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Yeah? Two thirty something? Okay? Yeah, based on if you
added whatever. He's at twenty bucks for super Bowl tickets
back in the day. But I they made it seem
like super Bowl too was pretty packed Cardiac Stanley. So
let's see if that works out. All right, Michael lepre Kahn,
you get the final word this hour. What's going on? Bud?
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Happy New Year? Happy New Year's Eve?
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Sorry, all right, I'm doing well, Mike. How have you Ben?
Speaker 3 (38:15):
Do you remember me?
Speaker 1 (38:17):
Yes? I remember, Mike. They're very memorable. How can I
forget you?
Speaker 3 (38:21):
Well? The rain of tries to forget me every day.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
But that fine, I understood.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
I would like to I would like to have seat
one or eleven.
Speaker 5 (38:29):
I like the isle seat, but.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
See where the aisles are. That's the problem. We got
to figure out where these aisles are on that seat.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Yeah, you can always Google. Use Google Maps for God's sake. Anyway,
the first place in the world that's going to have
New Year's Eve is here a body.
Speaker 9 (38:46):
It's called Christmas Album.
Speaker 5 (38:47):
It's in the Pacific Ocean.
Speaker 9 (38:49):
You'll be having anything in about thirty hours.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
The future.
Speaker 5 (38:54):
Okay, so back to the Future. That's a great movie too.
Speaker 9 (38:58):
But anyways, so Chris, remember the girl with the dress
falling off Chris skirt falling off and.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
Almost run over by the bus. Sure, yeah, and that
was That was my second call of all time.
Speaker 9 (39:10):
It was like the week after the Celtics had won
and I had paid seven hundred.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
Bucks for up those bleed seats for the final game
that they won, and the ticket master also charged me
five hundred bucks for.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
Fees apparently, but it was still it was still well
worth my while gooing there.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Yeah, if you're willing to pay it, and it's a
major moment, man, I'm not going to judge you mine.
Speaker 9 (39:34):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (39:35):
So I always thought your name was Chris Frank like
PLA and k it is I would have changed. I
have a joke about Briano.
Speaker 9 (39:44):
Okay, okay, are you in tomorrow with Chris as well?
Speaker 1 (39:48):
No, no, no, this is my only get one fill
in a year.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
Geez. Anyways, okay, anyway, so my joke about Briano, why
is he never going to get a full time.
Speaker 5 (39:58):
Job for Fox Sports Radio. I don't know why because
it's not a yes man.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
M all right, let's let's just end on that. Thank
you very much, Michael Leprechaun. See, this is why I
needed to have the Friday Show from Mike before he
jumps on with Ben so he can work
Oh, we got a show to do. Sorry, I'm sitting
here like doing everything, socializing with Lorraine and Coop, trying
to I'm picking up for some reason. I've been out
of town. Crazy week for me. As we welcome you
into hour three of the Ben Mallor Show here on
Fox Sports Radio. Some programs are three hours, some were
(00:20):
even two anymore, not Big Ben four hours of power
here on Fox Sports Radio. But I was, I was
on the road this week. I think I can say
this now. I'm pretty sure my family's in bed. I
got the old guilt trip, Like I live in Oklahoma,
but my whole family's from like the Saint Louis area,
(00:40):
So I got the you know, we're getting older, Chris,
we'd like to see the grand babies every now and
then they're no longer grand babies. I mean, my son
is freaking twenty two years old. But he's home. He
was home from his military responsibilities, and so we were like, okay,
let's go. Let's road trip. So we got in the car,
(01:00):
packed up the fan, drove the seven and a half
eight hours up the highway to Saint Louis over the weekend,
and drove back today. So I'm still like. I haven't
been home since Saturday, so it's kind of like a
reset for me here in the Goldsby Oklahoma Studio. So
I apologize Loraina and Coop if I seem disheveled during
(01:21):
the break. You know, I gotta find my hiding spot
for all the weed I bought, you know, whenever I
was in Saint Louis. So it's been an investigative kind
of process so far. That's that's that's a Joe, or
is it? Now? Speaking of celebrations, tonight is New Year's Eve.
I will psa the hell out of this because I
had a buddy of mine. They got a dewey back
(01:42):
in the day on New Year's Eve kind of ruined
his whole. I don't want say live because he's fine now,
but kind of ruined the year. Really brought down the
vibes on that New Year's Eve. I mean, dude're telling
me that you had to switch lanes without using your signal.
But my point is, don't drink in tonight. Don't do it.
Don't drink and drive. If you're going to imbibe, there's lyft,
(02:04):
there's uber. It might cost a little more. I don't
know if they still do serge pricing, but even if
it does, it's much cheaper than going to jail. With
that in mind, last night we were sitting in Arnie
Spanier and I were sitting in for Jason and Mike,
and Arnie was talking about the Times Square New Year's
Eve celebration. Now real quick before we get back to
(02:26):
the phones. At eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox,
Coop Lorena Lorena Ladies, First, as always, has that ever
been something you wanted to experience like Times Square on
New Year's Eve A little bit?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, okay, I wanted to do like Christmas with the
ice skating and then stay for a company. Yes, do
some Broadway you know, experience the rats. Maybe they're not
out right now because it's wintertime, but you know, get
the whole experience and then watch the ball drop.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And then okay, Coop, is it ever? Is it like
a bucket list thing for you or anything you care about? Hell,
you might have already done it.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
I have wanted to do it in the past, but
knowing what I know now, I don't want to do
it that bad.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah, you know, And in fact, the little I bring
this up because Loraina mentioned during the break that they
were talking with one of the dudes that's already standing.
I guess what up against the rails, like what's considered
to be the prime standing spot for the New Year's
two celebration really early. He can't leave and I Alnie
(03:28):
brought this up last night and there's you know, listen,
just a little sidebar. My man, Arnie Spanier, We've been
doing a show together for over a decade. Love the guy,
love him like a brother. And my man falls for
everything that's fake on the internet. I mean everything that's
fake on the internet he falls for. We were just
talking about trying to figure out AI videos and what's
(03:49):
real and what isn't anymore, Buddy, Arnie still falls for
every single tweet that like Dove Climban sends out or
NFL r mrs or whatever, you know, fake thing that's
out there. You know, the Chris Olave decided to re
send his retirement papers whenever Derek Carr retired. Yeah no
he didn't, because nobody's losing their mind to play for
(04:09):
freaking Spencer Rattler. You guys kind of backed into Tyler
Shuck and his numbers are no better than Spencer Rattler's
but I digress. But Arniel fall for it, right. So
last night he was telling me the story about how
when you go to the New Year's Eve celebration in
New York, once you get your spot in Times Square,
you can't move and that people will go for like
(04:30):
twenty four hours longer, right to just sit there and wait,
and you can't leave your spot because if you leave
your spot, you lose it, which creates a pretty challenging
situation when it comes to bathroom breaks. Now, I'm old
enough to remember a failed radio bit called Wee for
(04:51):
a Wei where they you know, he's like, you don't
it sounds crazy, but you don't want to over hold
in your waist. I think it is the most family
friendly way to say it, even though we're in a
save harbor right now. People, but Larina, you were saying
they were were they interviewing a guy or it was
(05:12):
just a report where he actually had his diapers there
with him that he was wearing, or like lines.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
It was an interview, like someone was up at the front,
like what do you do? He's like, well, I don't
want to lose my spot. So but I just thought
it was crazy because he only you would think he
pulled out like thick diapers. Sure, he only pulled out
panty liners, which is like the thinnest of the pads.
And if you're gonna be out there for twenty four
plus hours, you're gonna need more than a couple of
panty liners. And the people that were standing behind him
(05:39):
were like looking like you're gonna change those out right?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
You're gonna what Like you can't just a sidebar to this,
You can't even negotiate anything. It's like, hey, listen, I
gotta go to the bathroom. You guys, can you hold
my spot here until I get back? Like they're big
enough jerks to where people.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Like, no, there's thousands of people. Have you ever been
to like a concert like that too? It's like it
would take forever.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
To get back up to this through. Yeah, doesn't seem sanitary, though,
you're right, like, what is?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I'm sure people be doing some weird stuff to not
have to leave the crowds to be honest.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Okay, well, I I mean I don't want to judge,
but I do. It's like there's this part of me
that who am I to say? What is had to.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Pee at the front of a concert? Or is there anything.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Listen, I'm fifty years old. I got to pee every
single time I drink water anymore, okay, right through me?
My conversation with my dad is now. I was like, oh,
you got to pee again? Yeah, me too. It's just
that's that's kind of life. But I I could understand
how that would be a challenge. But it's also, like
(06:57):
you said it in our one, ring in the New
Year is a new start, right, it's a new you
ringing in the new year. By I mean pissing your pants,
I mean, I just don't really understand with a thin liner,
He's like, no, no, no, I'm not peeing my pants.
I got a liner here, right I could. I don't know.
Is it worth that risk to be right there? I
(07:19):
guess is the question more than anything else? Is it worse?
Is it worth the humiliation to have that front row
spot and this guy's mind? It was? And you mentioned
the liner's too thin in my book, right, way too
thing thin.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
You're going to catch nothing with that, No good luck.
You might as well put in a catheter.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Go to a doctor beforehand and see if they can't
put a cather before you make winner.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
It'd be so much finner and more comfortable for everyone
around you too.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Well, if you're just getting in tonight, welcome to the
Ben Malor Show. My name is Chris Plank. Lorena and
Coop still working through the holidays. They are the blessed
ones amongst us. I have promised, I don't know if
you guys care, but I'm trying my damnedest. I have
promised a college football playoff update of each of the
(08:07):
four games at the bottom of every hour. Our one
little bit lenkedier on Ohio State and Miami. Kind of
a quick sneak peek at the Texas Tech Oregon game,
and later on we'll talk Ole Miss versus Georgia. But
what's funny about all of this is Kirby Smart has
not taken this opportunity to talk a lot about Old Miss.
More than anything, he's taken this opportunity to do what
(08:30):
He's taken this opportunity to rail on the college football system.
It's fantastic. We'll get to it coming up later on
the program. In the meantime, we've been taking your calls.
We've been talking about the Stefon dig situation. I've got
quarterback questions here that I want to dive into I
think there's four very intriguing quarterback questions heading into twenty
(08:52):
twenty six and maybe more specifically heading into the offseason.
And I think a lot of them will be answered
pretty quick. And then Coop laid out how he has
to cure the back. He is on his way Denver
gets that one seed, it's definitely there, but you know
there'll be some nervous energy for that wild card game.
But in purchasing his tickets, very pricey, close to close
(09:14):
two thousand dollars per ticket. But they're not next to
each other. In fact, they're what math one and eleven. Yeah,
they're like ten spots away from each other. So will
he be able to secure getting closer to his wife
or is it okay that they're just in the building
quote unquote building stadium together. So eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox eight seven seven nine ninety six six
(09:34):
three sixty nine, we've been taking your call over the
last hour on it. So, Dre is in Central Cali.
What's going on? Dre? Welcome to Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
You know I am from Central Cali, but I've moved
to Arizona. I heard you saying you're in Arizona. Now,
so I don't know what radio station you're on, but
I'll look for you, mister Plank.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Thanks man, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Why you're welcome. I got a lot of things to
what we guys been talking about, so I'll try to
be quick about it. I'm not going to be like Ben.
So you can thank me for that. Cooper loop his
Denver Broncos stole Drake Greenlaw and who Fonga from the Niners.
So all the injuries the Niners have this year, they're
also missing Drake Greenlaw and Whufonga. To give them another
(10:16):
pat on the back for making it this far, and
they will be Seattle this week and host their way
to the Super Bowl, probably see Denver. Anyways, Now you
are saying, Chris, you're an old lady. Ain't gonna let
you go to the game. You can't stand what you want.
Don't you have your own checking account?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
I know that I don't, do you.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Yeah, of course I do. I have hands, But then again,
I don't have to watch no more. But I got hands.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah. I never lived in that world, by the just
just as quick aside, I never really lived in that
world of the separate accounts. We were always in both
of my marriages. It was it was as one. So
I probably should have been a little bit smarter about that,
especially in round.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Well, well, I see how she put this way. She
ows a lot of money to the creditors, and I don't you,
But I go to all the games I wanted. And
what I advised you coop who grabbed your old lady
by the hand, and don't worry about the seat you
got upgrade. I'm upgraded my whole life. Every concert I
(11:22):
go to, every sporting event, I've upgraded. Now, the first
time I spent a lot of money was the ninety
three season, ninety two season Niners against Dallas in the
NFC Championship Game. I got my tickets out of the
sporting green sections, or actually in the ads in the
(11:45):
back of the chronicles. Spent two hundred and twenty five bucks.
Met a good, nice gentleman. He gave me a bubble
Paris Jersey. He was cool about it. And then two
years later ninety four season January ninety five, I spent fifty.
And then I went to the Green Bay Niners in
twenty twenty three of ave I spent five fifty. Now
(12:12):
this last year this is last season. I went to
see Arizona nice heats behind the end zone, two tickets
five to fifty. I couldnt believe ever that much. I mean,
I mean, your cardinal's on all that much? Right, by
the way.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Great I would want I would wonder too, And I
appreciate the phone call. I would wonder too, what would
be like the ability to even upgrade coop? I mean,
I it sounds as if it was hard enough to
find two tickets together like I and I appreciate the
call from dre and Central Cali by way of Arizona.
(12:46):
Who has two at least one ex wife. I'm not
in Arizona, by the way. I just kind of went
had and rolled with it. I'm going to Arizona next month,
but shout out day. I mean, would there even be
an opportunity to upgrade on that front for you? I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
I mean, I don't know about the technical upgrade, but
I could have gotten like, you know, better seats together
if I.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Wanted to spend like ten grand or something.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, I wanted to spend something insane through like stub
hub or you know, you know, one of the third
party sites.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Speaking of that, can we have a conversation about ticket fees.
Are we not allowed to do that? Like the I
don't know, it's just it's one of those things where
you see the price and it's like, wow, that's all
this is. That's great, and then you go to the
actual checkout and it's like, whoa did I buy two
more tickets on this thing?
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Well, so now it's not really I mean, it's all
baked in now because of the new law.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Seems like a lot Yeah, it is. It is a
lot upgrade. I like, yeah, image you just Upgraig. Listen,
you only paid eight hundred bucks. Dude, pay sixteen hundred bucks.
What's your problems? Like, I don't want to. I don't
have the money that Dre has.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The tickets themselves were like six sixty and the rest
was fees.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Unreal. Hey, you guys want to bring the show down
a little bit because we'll do a break. But I
see my man Mojo Rising is on the phone and
he wants to talk about our well at least my
beloved Raiders. So let's do this here. Let's do this
Mojo Rising, the Mojo Rising, what's going on?
Speaker 5 (14:20):
Many they going through to the other side, Light on fire,
mister plank Man, you're filling in for the Godfather, you know,
Againt the beginning of the show, you were talking about
how filling in on this show you feel like you
have some animosity from the callers, because, I mean, come on,
the guys.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Listen, very that's right.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
I mean, so anyway, I want to agree with the
Lovely Lorrain on her suggestion that mister Coop he absolutely
should play that card that you know he was in Liar, Liar.
I mean, come on, he was the son of Jim
Carrey and Lyra Lion. That's beyond the classic movie. Beyond
the classic movie. If you don't know that movie, then
(14:56):
you've been lost in the world. So if anybody has
a heart and you hear that way, come on, why
wouldn't you switch? I mean, come on, there, they're married,
they're all they're Denver fans are all going to be
super happy sitting at the game. So I think he's
got an inside track. You know, if he uses that car,
he may not even have to. He may just get
there and the people may be all happy and drunk
already and they'll switch the seats for him and everything.
(15:18):
So I mean, I'm praying for the guy, and you know,
being a Raider fan, that's why I called him mister Plank.
I argue with Arnie on Sunday nights, And you're right.
The agony, the absolute agony of being a Raider fan. Now,
you're right, we're never where. You're never going to be
in a situation again because you're gonna have to even
worry about going to a playoff game because at this rate,
(15:38):
the Raiders, I don't know, they'll never I don't think
they're ever going to sniff the playoffs again, you know.
And as a legendary Raider fan, I go back to
the days in Super Bowl eleven when the Raiders beat
Minnesota Vikings, what was it thirty two to twelve or
thirty two to fourteen, when Fred Blittnikoff was the MVP
of the Super Bowl and he never even he didn't
even score a touchdown in that game. He did set
(16:00):
up the two touchdowns from the beginning. Could you imagine
that that fledble in the company he was calling touchdown
in nineteen seventy seven in the Super Bowl and won
the MVP. That's how far I go about, mister Planks.
So yeah, the agony, the absolute agony of being a
Raider fan. I've called him before and told mister Mallard,
it's an absolute embarrassment to see the Vegas crowd. It
(16:22):
doesn't matter if it's the Panthers, it's half to half
the stadium, like when the Niners play there, or the
Chiefs play there, or the Broncos. It's all red or orange.
It's it's an embarrassment. It truly is. I mean, and
as a Raider fan, I can't even survive watching them anymore. Honestly,
I don't know how you feel about it, but it's
just sad.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
It truly is sad.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
Mister Black.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
I appreciate the phone call. I've been in a great mood.
I have a good life. Well, my wife's happy with me.
This week, kids seemed to adore me. Got a good job.
I'm sitting in for the Godfather, Lorraine and Cooper. Life.
I'm back home. It's not as cold here as it
was in Saint Louis. Life is good. And then I
(17:06):
reminded that I'm pinned with the hell of being a
Raiders fan. Two things. The NFL made an egregious air
air whenever they did not pair the Raiders with the
Rams in LA and I get it. I wouldn't want
to do that either if I was Stan Kronky, because
(17:28):
the Raiders are more popular in Los Angeles than the
Rams or the Chargers would have been. And well, maybe
this level of sucked that the Raiders are in right now,
it wouldn't have mattered, because if you think Vegas is
a bit of a bandwagon town, and I think it's
fair to say, LA can jump off that bandwagon whenever
you're not as good as you should be. And that's
what hurt the Raiders whenever they went back to Oakland.
(17:52):
It's embarrassing. It's just it's bad enough that you're bad.
It's bad enough that you're a bad team right now,
added to the fact that every home game your stadium's
taken over. Add into it that the Chiefs, your hated rival,
won the Super Bowl in your stadium, and even though
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the Chiefs are bad, you can't even enjoy it because
you're worse. But I watch what the Jaguars are doing
this year. I watch what the Bears are doing this year.
I watch what teams that sucked last year are doing
this year. And I watch what Washington did when they
(18:36):
got a quarterback. They you know, what do all these
teams have in common, Well, they got a quarterback, and
in the instances of Jacksonville and Chicago, they got a
coach that can work with said quarterback, Liam Cohen, and
Liam Cohen and Ben Johnson have done incredible jobs in
developing these quarterbacks. I was listening to Antonio Pearce, and
for as much animosity that I think that he holds
(18:59):
towards the race, they were trying to get him to
say something bad about Max Crosby being shut down, and
Antonio Peers was going through his Max Crosby. He's a fighter,
he wants to play YadA, YadA, YadA, and then he
stopped and he said, but I would really want a quarterback.
And you know, Derek Carr is what Derek Carr is.
(19:21):
And I think Raider fans have learned that he wasn't
as terrible as many people try to make him out
to be. When you consider that, I think Vegas since
his final game that he played is on like seven
different starting quarterbacks in three years. I mean, it's just terrible.
So Antonio Pierce was always fighting to try to get
up and get what Jane Daniels he thought the Raiders
should trade up to number two, give up everything to
(19:43):
get Daniels, and maybe it would have been a different
world for him. But there's a failed head coach who
had to go through a quarterback disaster, and he's like, listen,
you can get mad about, you know, telling a player
that he's hurt and he's gonna be put on ir
and you're not playing him, but you also need to
get an position where you actually have a serviceable quarterback.
(20:04):
Geno Smith sucks, all right. I know this isn't breaking news,
and Seahawk fans are probably applauding, but the man cannot
handle adversity. It's one of the coolest career arcs you'll
ever seen. Guy was a backup for like six years
and all of a sudden gets to Seattle and resurrects
his career. It's cool, but it's over. It's ov er over.
(20:26):
As Arnie Spanier would say, go get Fernando Mendoza, Go
get Dante more and maybe you get sucked into some
of these trade talks with Lamar Kyler. Don't let yourself
do that. Evaluate your quarterback and get him, because I
do think, believe it or not, the Raiders have some dudes,
Genti's gonna be a stud. Max Crosby is one of
(20:47):
the best edge rushers, if not the overall best defensive
players in the league. Your left tackle's been hurt all
year long. You've got a decent interior of your offensive
line and names like kayleb Rodgers and Dylan Parthen. Receiver
needs help, corner needs help. But they got dudes.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Now.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
By the way, it would help if we didn't have
a senior citizen as our head coach too. And can
we normalize retiring at a regular age? I learned last night.
I did not know this. I did not know the
Packers had the age rule for the president of their franchise.
I think it's the smartest thing that anyone could ever do. Now,
if you wanted to fight it, you'd probably went in
(21:26):
court because you know ages to rules and things of
that nature. But when you turn seventy, you know what
you are within the Packers organization as the president. You're out.
You've aged out. Can we normalize seventy being an age
where you're playing the back nine of your career and
you're not trying to rebuild a franchise. I'm so down, man,
(21:49):
life is good. My life is great. I've never been
happier until I turn on that suck of a franchise
that just basically drains my will to live. And then
I gotta see Coop be all happy with his Broncos,
and I gotta see both the Charger fans that get
all their celebrations, and I mean, it's just terrible, just
(22:10):
terrible right now. And then you gotta watch, by the way,
that was a pretty funny take. You gotta watch Titan fans,
Mojo Risen, Titan fans come in and take over your stadium.
Oh the humanity, We got a break. It's the Ben
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Speaker 1 (23:46):
You'll be living it up. New Year's Eve pregame. Now, no, no,
don't do that. Don't do that, I was asking Coop
during the break I had been I've been thrown off
by all the Tigers. I completely missed it. Tiger's birthday
was yesterday, turned fifty, and it made me laugh at
(24:10):
a headline out of the New York Post which said,
Tiger Woods at fifty, his historic career is haunted by
what could have been? What? Haunted by what could have been.
He's maybe the most popular athlete of all time, haunted
(24:32):
by what could have been? Why? Because he was chasing tail?
I mean stop because he wasn't the greatest that ever?
He might still be the greatest it ever? Did it haunted?
Stop it? But happy fiftieth Tiger. I'm here to tell
you fifty sucks. But it's also one of those times
in your life where for him it opens up a
(24:53):
whole new door because now you're open and eligible for
the Champions Tour. So happy birthday, Tiger. Party up, all right,
let's get to the phones. Eight seven seven ninety nine
on box. Got a little bit on Ole Miss Georgia
coming up in a bit. But quinsle wants to talk
about the Raiders. He's in Oaktown where the Raiders should
have never left. What's going on? Quins Will, welcome to
the show.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
Hey, what's going on? Man?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
How's it going going well? Dude? Going well? How about you?
All right?
Speaker 9 (25:20):
Hey, all right? I wanted to say happy New Year
to you and all your staff. But hey, when you
started talking about the Raiders, man, it brought me back, man,
because I remember when the Raiders first came back to Oakland.
I was at that first game when they played the Rams.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Man.
Speaker 9 (25:38):
You know, I took the old Colors women that went
the dirt on the field. That's when I really liked it,
you feel me? And then we won that game as up,
And then I remember, and then why did the league
always have we had to play the replayed the Ravens
in their first game in Baltimore, and then we played
the Rams and the first game on that But anyway,
(25:59):
that besides point. But I wanted to say when you
were talking about so if you were the writer's dream
of what you do, you say you think you would
rather draft the quarterback rather than going out and getting
a guy like Kyler Murray or to a tug of
Byoh hey, before you even answer that question, I want
to say, lore Lorena, if you have for happy no
years because the twenty twenty six is anything specifical me,
(26:23):
I'll be able to take you at the dinner because
you are so adorable and you were two pretty for
the radio and too fine for TV. But anyway, what
was you about to say, though z Yeah, no.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
No, I'm glad you were able to get in the
flirt with a Lorena. Well done there, all.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
Right here, I appreciate your kind words.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (26:42):
I will want to abless you.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
All right, buddy, thanks for the phone call. I appreciate it.
I would shoot to an end of the sun. I
would contemplate Kyler or Lamar, but I don't know. Here's
the question that I have. I'm stammering around here. Let
me make a point. I would draft a quarterback. I
wouldn't go get a veteran. I would draft if you
(27:04):
fall in love with either one Mendoza more hel Ty
Simpson too. I like Ty Simpson a lot. I don't
know if he's number one worthy, but nobody at this point.
You know, years ago was talking about Kyler or Baker
going number one, and they did. But there is this
part of me that realizes, you gotta get something flashy
(27:28):
to get Vegas excited and will Vegas the city will
it be patient with a rookie quarterback or do you
need to go get Lamar Jackson. By the way, Lamar
Jackson age check is twenty eight. People talk about him
like he's forty, and I understand his style is different,
so that ages him a bit. And I know how
(27:49):
Ben feels about Kyler Murray. I feel different because I
covered him and I like him. I think, I think
he's a great quarterback. He hasn't been able to stay healthy.
His clock is ticking a little bit and may be
accelerated because of the game that he but like me
personally as someone who wants to see this franchise persevere
year after year and be good, be great. I want
a draft Mendoza or Dante More and I want to
(28:11):
go with the rookie quarterback. I don't want to get
caught up in this world of going to get a veteran,
especially whenever you're talking about two guys that you mentioned, well,
I guess three, but one of them sucks and the
other two guys haven't been able to stay healthy the
last few years. I also think I have to start
realizing that the Raiders just might be cursed. They went
thirteen years without making the playoffs. After they won the
(28:36):
AFC Championship and went to the Super Bowl in twenty sixteen,
they might have been one of the best teams in
the league. Khalil Mack was an Defensive Player of the
Year that year. Derek Carr franchise quarterback man just starting
his career. Offensive line that had Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson,
(28:59):
Donald Penn. I mean they were dudes, the Tay Train,
Latavius Murray and what happened. What happened in the next
to last game of the season, Derek Carr broke his foot,
our leg or whatever. All right, then you gotta go
with Connor Cook, Connor freaking Cook are Matt McGloin, and
(29:20):
it didn't go well and you lost to the Texans
in the playoffs. You then go four years without making
a return trip to the playoffs. You hire John Gruden,
who goes four and twelve, seven and nine, eight and eight,
And then in twenty twenty one, you got something. You
got something. You're starting out, you won. You've won three
(29:44):
or your first five games. I know three and two
in college talk is like, gosh, that's terrible, But in
the NFL, you're okay, you're three and two, you're feeling
pretty good. And then the email scandal hits, and then
the email scandal hits, and then the Henry Ruggs situation
does tragedy takes place and he's out of the league
whenever it looked like he was starting to develop as
(30:05):
a receiver when he was healthy, and Derek Carr and
Rich Pasaccia rally the troops. They go seven and five
and they make the playoffs, only to lose in the
first round of the eventual Super Bowl participant, Cincinnati Bengals.
Even when you have a break, when you're good, something
goes wrong. They haven't sniffed the winning record since, so
(30:27):
there's a part of me that has to accept that
they might just be cursed and the only way to
break that curse is to get a good quarterback in
there to save your day. And I don't think that
guy is Lamar Jackson or Cala Murray. Cardiac stan Lee Stanley,
Welcome to the show. What's going on man? You're on
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Hey, I want to talk to you know, the college
football playoffs. But before that, you were talking about ticket
price for Super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Yeah, well, in general, right, my.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
Dad we lived in Dayton, Ohio, and my dad had
to fly out to LA for business and he went
to a game called Super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Number two, oh Raves Packers.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
And he said it took us for twenty five dollars
and it was half empty, and you could sit anywhere,
you know, you know.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
What, you couldn't even park. I don't even think you
could get a snack for that at the super Bowl
now in twenty twenty six. But different world, man, different world,
Different times. I was telling the story we'd pay eleven
bucks for bleacher tickets at Bush Stadium whenever, and I
thought that was expensive. So it's crazy. I mean, it's
an inflation's part of that. We can't sit here and
compare things to the sixties too much, right, But in
(31:52):
that same vein, it's it shows you just how out
of control things have gotten whenever it comes to sports spending.
So let's talk some college football playoffs. How do you
feel about your Buckeye today? Should be feeling pretty good?
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Well, I do you know, they say they haven't played anybody,
but from I listened to the games, I like the
guys that call the games on the radio scene in
Ohio State. People probably don't know this. From Ohio State place,
probably fifty fifty five kids every game, you know, and
(32:29):
Ryan Day is now going to call the place right
as opposed to Brian Hartline right, who was once a
really good receiver from the Buckeyes. So my only concern
is is he going to, you know, hold stuff back
or is he going to go for it? But Ohio
(32:50):
State's bread and butter is Jeremiah Smith. And the other
kid I can't remember his name. He's really good too,
and that saying it is a freshman to be and
he's throws a knife ball. And I also would like
(33:12):
to see Old Miss upset Georgia because Georgia is the
only other team the playoffs stare me, what say you,
Chris Blank?
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Thanks for the phone call. Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate, Brandon
Nis all stud receivers for Ohio State. And part of
the reason, part of the reason why he is playing
fifty five total players is because they're blowing everybody out.
That's why blowing everyone out so you can play fifty
(33:44):
five dudes in a game. I would worry about Miami
a little bit more. I think their defense is better
than what people are giving them credit for. But you're
you're thinking the right way. I want to. If I'm
in a position where i think I've got a championship
(34:04):
caliber team, I want Georgia out. They're good they're good,
and to me, the most overall talented team in the
playoffs is Ohio State. Now, what's crazy about it is
not a lot of that like NFL talent for now
would be defensively, but they might have the best defensive
(34:26):
player in all the playoffs in Caleb Downs, So Julian
saying special, I think he's done a great job going
into a tough situation. Ryan Day knows how to handle
being an offensive coordinator because he's called plays before for
a long time, so you're not skipping a beat too
terribly much. And the way that he's made it sound,
(34:47):
the way that he's made it sound is they've got
a pretty good feel for what they want to do offensively,
even with Brian Hartline balancing two jobs right now. So
if I'm an Ohio State fan, I'm feeling really good
about things. But you're right, I don't want Georgia to
be a part of this because Kirby Smart has them
ramping up and playing their best ball at the right time. Now,
with that in mind, I guess that kind of serves
(35:09):
as our college football preview. I do owe you some
ole Miss Georgia talk, which will do when we come
back but I I see Mike the leprekhn as on hold.
So hanging there, Mike the Leprecaun. We'll get your call. Then,
how did you called it? You absolutely called it. You
called it. It's coming up next right here on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 7 (35:27):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Nature Boy Rights, Jets fans are cursed. Raider fans are
just experiencing a drought. Buddy. It's it's pretty thirsty drought
right now. I'm not gonna lie. It's uh, it's rather intense.
Speaker 7 (35:48):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
And then Rod maybe asks the question of the night, Coop,
This one's for you. So you mentioned you have seats
one and eleven in your row for the Ronco's playoff game. Yes,
is Coop wanting seats one and two? Are ten and
eleven or eleven and twelve? Inquiring minds want to know.
(36:10):
That's a damn good question.
Speaker 4 (36:12):
I think that the most likely scenario, or the situation
that people are most likely to agree to, is us
sitting in seats one and two. Okay, because going further,
you know, into the row up to you know, seats
ten eleven, that is more towards center field.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Would Ben have been this caring about your plight or
would he have just dismissed it rather quickly and moved on?
Oh no, we wouldn't even talked about it. All right,
there you go. I hope that answers your question. Rod. Now,
if you had your preference, though, like you would want
one and two right that way, easy in ingress egress
pretty quick too, and right there near the middle of
(36:54):
the right there the best seats and the best of
you possible.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Uh no, I mean, if I if I could choose, I'd
rather have like the eleven and twelve.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Oh okay, yeah, it will be easier for you to
get all these lovely people drinks with you being on
the outside.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
That is true.
Speaker 4 (37:12):
The way that it's set up, though, I'm not even
sure if it's an aisle seat or if it's literally
just like in a corner surrounded by like a walls,
you know, the way that it is on the seating chart,
I can't tell.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
By the way Quinn's I didn't want to say. Roberto
is checked and he's not hot happy at all with
the idea of Kyler to the raiders. I want to
make this very clear, Roberto, I said, draft a rookie.
I think Kyler Murray's gonna be the next next quarterback
of the Steelers. And Cardiac Stanley. A good job by
Coop doing a little research. So what did we find
out the actual with inflation the ticket prices would be today?
(37:47):
What to twenty five is at?
Speaker 6 (37:48):
Right?
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Yeah? Two thirty something? Okay? Yeah, based on if you
added whatever. He's at twenty bucks for super Bowl tickets
back in the day. But I they made it seem
like super Bowl too was pretty packed Cardiac Stanley. So
let's see if that works out. All right, Michael lepre Kahn,
you get the final word this hour. What's going on? Bud?
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Happy New Year? Happy New Year's Eve?
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Sorry, all right, I'm doing well, Mike. How have you Ben?
Speaker 3 (38:15):
Do you remember me?
Speaker 1 (38:17):
Yes? I remember, Mike. They're very memorable. How can I
forget you?
Speaker 3 (38:21):
Well? The rain of tries to forget me every day.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
But that fine, I understood.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
I would like to I would like to have seat
one or eleven.
Speaker 5 (38:29):
I like the isle seat, but.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
See where the aisles are. That's the problem. We got
to figure out where these aisles are on that seat.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Yeah, you can always Google. Use Google Maps for God's sake. Anyway,
the first place in the world that's going to have
New Year's Eve is here a body.
Speaker 9 (38:46):
It's called Christmas Album.
Speaker 5 (38:47):
It's in the Pacific Ocean.
Speaker 9 (38:49):
You'll be having anything in about thirty hours.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
The future.
Speaker 5 (38:54):
Okay, so back to the Future. That's a great movie too.
Speaker 9 (38:58):
But anyways, so Chris, remember the girl with the dress
falling off Chris skirt falling off and.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
Almost run over by the bus. Sure, yeah, and that
was That was my second call of all time.
Speaker 9 (39:10):
It was like the week after the Celtics had won
and I had paid seven hundred.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
Bucks for up those bleed seats for the final game
that they won, and the ticket master also charged me
five hundred bucks for.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
Fees apparently, but it was still it was still well
worth my while gooing there.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Yeah, if you're willing to pay it, and it's a
major moment, man, I'm not going to judge you mine.
Speaker 9 (39:34):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (39:35):
So I always thought your name was Chris Frank like
PLA and k it is I would have changed. I
have a joke about Briano.
Speaker 9 (39:44):
Okay, okay, are you in tomorrow with Chris as well?
Speaker 1 (39:48):
No, no, no, this is my only get one fill
in a year.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
Geez. Anyways, okay, anyway, so my joke about Briano, why
is he never going to get a full time.
Speaker 5 (39:58):
Job for Fox Sports Radio. I don't know why because
it's not a yes man.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
M all right, let's let's just end on that. Thank
you very much, Michael Leprechaun. See, this is why I
needed to have the Friday Show from Mike before he
jumps on with Ben so he can work
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The Burden
The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.