April 17, 2025 • 39 mins
Ben Maller talks about former Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava being set to transfer to UCLA and take less money, Kirk Herbstreit ranting that no one is willing to criticize players in college football, another edition of #AskBen, and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boom boom, boom boom.
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It's our number three, that's right, our number three of
the original Recipe podcast, and we focus in on the
most talked about college football player of the week.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
How does Nico Ima Leva's move from Tennessee to you
See La? How does that look from thirty thousand feet?
How does that look from thirty thousand feet as he's
taking a lot less money? Also, can you decipher what
Kirk Herbstreet means with his quote nobody's got the stones?
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Rant on college football? And we'll talk some baseball. How
worried should the Cubs be that Kyle Tucker will not
sign an extension to stay in the Friendly Confines. I'll
discuss that as well. It's all coming your way right now.
It's our number three, and it's yours. Well, sometimes you
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He looked up with Roberto with that, and he's been
very kind to us over the years. And he's gonna
love this story. He sent me a long not a
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long message, but he was very upset with one of
the big stories we've talked about in recent episodes. So
the rare and appropriate college football mallow monologue. College Football
malle Monologue. Now we go now to a obligatory monologue
update on former Southeastern Conference Tennessee quarterback Nico Imoliva, who
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has found a new home. If you haven't heard, maybe not.
It's not official official. They haven't done the docu sign yet.
But after leaving the volunteers who were in the College
Football Playoff over a financial dispute about nil payment, we
are told that Nico Imoliva is going to join the
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Powder Blue Up. You see, l Hey, it's going to
go play for the Wizard of Westwood as long as
the Wizard of Westwood comes back across the pearly gates
and it decides to coach football instead of basketball. But
im Aliva, remember this is the guy, this is the
guy that wanted the four million, said, hey, I want
the four men. If you believe the story that that's
out there, he wanted four million. Tennessee said, we're already
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paying a two point four million. We're not going to
pay a four man. You got a deal, And this
guy decided to pull a power play and he held
out right before the spring game in Knoxville. That's a
no no, that's a no no. Well, now it appears
that you see la the University of California, Los Angeles
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will pay him, but not anywhere near four million. In fact,
will it be three million? Now? Will it be two
and a half million? Absolutely not. Will it be two million?
Can I get a hell no, it will not be
two million. And the word of the street is that
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he will get around a million a year. Can you
imagine that that is considered poor in today's college football?
Oh my god, I'm gonna get about a million. You're
such a lightweight. But wait, there's more. But wait, there's more.
So our Fox Sports radio homeboy Colin Cowherd our teammate here,
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he reported that Imalva the family, the family of the player,
is claiming that it wasn't a financial move. It wasn't that.
It was a philosophical disagreement about the Tennessee volunteer offense.
Somewhere Danny in Nashville, who now lives in Miami is
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rolling his eyes in the back of his head. But
that's the spin from the emo Leva family. They're like, well, listen,
it was not about the money. Just didn't think it
was a good fit for the offense. Okay, so let
us discuss those are the latest developments. So I ask,
how does this quarterback Nico Imoliva's move from Tennessee to UCLA.
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Look from thirty thousand feet in the sky, you're looking down.
Even our blind listeners can look down and see this.
So my view on this, I've got paper Shredder, high
Seas and Bob Marley and we will combine all of
these things together and we will go into overdrive. We're
gonna go into overdrive. Now. First of all, I'm looking
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down from thirty thousand feet and I see a capital
B boondoggle. That's what I say. Boone doggle is what
I see from thirty thousand feet. Now. Imaliva went from
five star camp missrecruit QB one on a playoff team
from the Southeastern Conference. Now he is going back to
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his native land, southern California, to a basketball first school,
a bottom wrong, bottom wrong Big ten school. How odd
is it to say UCLA is in the Big Ten?
That just doesn't fit and it it's likely never going
to fit in my life. It's I just I grew
up with Pac ten, Big ten and all that anyway,
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But by any measurement, Nico blew it. It is not
a good time to be named Nico in sports, Whether
you're the executive in Dallas running the basketball team or
a quarterback, you don't want to have the name Nico.
Nico is bad, bad voodoo around Nico. So this guy
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took a two point four million dollar lot ticket and
accidentally put it in the paper shredder and destroyed it.
And now, if the math is accurate, that means, based
on malormath, he's lost roughly fifty eight percent of the
money that he would have made if he just kept
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his mouth shut and stayed at Tennessee. And now he's
going to football. Siberia is where he's going now. As
for the families, claim, it's not about the money. And
when I hear someone say it's not about the money,
my response is, it's always about the money. It's always
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about the bag. It's always about that. It's not about
they said, well, that was about the offense Tennessee. That
is the ministry of misinformation, is what that is. It
just doesn't pass the smelts. It just doesn't all right. Now, Secondly,
we stay with college football, and we stay and we
take out the why angle lens here on name, image
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and likeness and entering the chat now is longtime college
football pundit Kirk Herberstreet Herbie who does NFL games with
Al Michaels as well. Now. Herbstreet said recently that no one,
no one in a leadership position, is willing to criticize,
to poke fun of the situation in the game today,
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he said, Nobody's got the stones. Herb Street laid out
that it has become impossible to criticize the modern ballplayer
in college football because you will be labeled anti player
or out of touch, boomer old head, all the things
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used to mean anyone that has a differing opinion. So
can you decipher can you decipher what Kirk Kurbstreet means
with his Nobody's got the stones rant? And he's not
talking about the rolling stones on college football. So it's
pretty clear to me based on using my mallorar Rosetta
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Stone translating what Herbstreet was saying. So it seems that
he's talking about the high seas of college football, meaning
when you get twelve miles off the coast, like we
do the show from La So if you go down
to Santa Monica and you swim out twelve miles, you
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are in international waters. They call it the high seas.
You're floating on international waters. There are no laws. There
are no laws on the high seat now. When as
a little kid, my grandfather told me stories back, you know,
years ago, when they gambling was illegal. They would take
people on these giant ships twelve miles off the coast
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and and they would gamble their hearts. They had gambling
trips out to the ocean, gambling boats and all that.
But by definition, if you go twelve miles outside of
a country and in the water, you are under no jurisdiction.
So that's essentially what college football is. It is the
high seas right now. And Herbstreet is pointing out that,
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and this is rightfully so. The people that are supposed
to be the adults of the room, very decorated from academia,
they're cowards. The people that run college sports are cowards.
That's how I interpret that. They could make rules, they
could get together and have a council on a blue
ribbon panel, and they could put rules in, but they
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won't be very popular, and they'll be challenged, and anyone
who tries to put regulations in will be sued up
the wazoo. And if they're not sued, they'll be threatened
to suit your lawsuit here, lawsuit there, And so far
the players have won pretty much every lawsuit that has
been fouled. So these brightest minds, the most educated people
out there, would rather just do nothing right. They don't
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want to stand up to the to the bully. Instead,
they're they're bowing down. And what's gonna end up happening.
It's all being telegraphed. It is going to take an
Act of Congress. And when politicians get involved, they always
make things worse. It doesn't matter it's a bipartisan issue.
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Politicians make things worse. They don't make things better. They
never make things better. They make things worse. And so
they're going to put a bunch of rules in. The
dungeon masters are going to get together. The dungeon Masters
will throw all these rules in. Now they'll start out
rather small. I remember reading stories years ago about the
beginning of the NCAA and had a different name, but
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the reason that started it was the White House. They
were trying to save college football. College football at one
point was the second most popular sport. I don't say
it was. It was in the running with like boxing,
horse racing, and baseball, but college pro people didn't care
about pro football. College football was very popular, and people
started dying from the flying wedge. So the president and
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I forget the name clips my head right now at
the time, but the president put a panel together and
they formed what eventually became known as the NC Double A,
and it started out just to protect the players, and
over time they kept adding more rules and more rules
and more rules and more rules. I even like the
way this country started. Right this country, there were a
group of people from Europe that came across the ocean
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and they're like, they were upset with the taxation, so
they came here and they're like, all right, we're gonna
we're gonna set this up, and we're gonna have a
few laws, and we're gonna have so, you know, just
a few things. And then now look at it, you know,
all these years later, it's it's out of control. And
that's what always happened, right, And so because the people
involved do not have, as Herb Street said, the stones
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to set this up, what's going to happen is but
bunch of politicians will get involved and checks and balances,
it'll go upside down and it's going to be a
total debacle total. Right now, final funck. We pivot to baseball,
talking baseball. I know it's early, I always want to
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talk some baseball. So we go to Chicago, where right
now our man Tree is driving a truck filled with
packages from ups around Chicago, and he loves the cub
Now he didn't love the Cubs this week against the Podres.
Cubs played pretty well against the Dodgers and the things
that not going so well there in San Diego. But
the Cubs are off to a pretty good so not
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a great start, a pretty good start. And not all
is right on the homestead, though. There's an interesting story
going around that the consensus always loved the consensus of
unnamed Major league baseball executives. The consensus is that it
is unlikely that Kyle Tucker, the big pickup this offseason,
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will sign one of those powerball contracts with the Cubbies,
similar to what Vladimir Guerrero Junior did in all Come
with the Blue Jacks. In fact one, one unnamed, unnamed
National league executive said, quote, if the Cubs don't extend Tucker,
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that may go down as an all time terrible trig
close quote question, how worried how worried should the Cubs
be that Kyle Tucker will not will not sign an
extension to stay at the friendly confines in Chicago. So
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the Cubs, Now, I have no skin in the game.
And I have some people in my world that are
a Cub fan Jonas Knox, who the Morning Big Cup
Thy I loves to c got Cub season tickets for example.
And I have family who was in Chicago in the suburbs.
So the position if I'm the Cubs, I'm unphased and unshaken.
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In fact, I would crank up the Bob Marley tune,
Don't worry about a thing, Don't worry about a thing.
Right the Cubs. They went big. They got this former
cheating a one one thousand and two one thousand hole,
Kyle Tucker. And as long as they make a fair
market offer, and by all accounts they will do that,
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that's it. That's all you can do. Tucker is twenty eight.
He is in that category of baseball mercenary. Will someone
out bid the Cubs the usual suspects, the Red Sox,
the Yankees, the Dodgers, Maybe the Giants will spend some
more money, and the Giants actually playing really well, I
was watching the Giants Phillies game. By the way, that's
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that scares me a little bit. They're peaking too soon.
The hgantes that the Giant's playing much better than the Dodgers,
and that's a different conversation. But as far as Kyle Tucker,
as far as Kyle Tucker is concerned, Kyle Tucker, now
he also has to perform. And with every home run
and every run batted in and every big hit, the
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value either stays the same or goes out. But with
every bad at bad and with every bad performance, it
goes down a little bit. So let's do a check
on where Kyle Tucker is. Kyle Tucker is on pace
right now today for sixty five doubles, forty one home runs,
and one hundred and forty six RBIs now I never
played in Major League baseball. That sounds pretty good. That
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sounds pretty good. But there's a long way to go.
There's a long way to go, and it's only April seventeenth,
so we'll see how much damage he does the rest
of the way and does he stay healthy and all that.
But Tucker's playing well, very well. But again, I'm not
if I'm the cubs. I'm not freaking out. I'm not okay,
and cubs have It's like they built Disneyland around Wrigley Field.
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Now they got all that money, they own everything around there,
so they're good to go. They're good to go. All right?
Is the Ben Mallor Show as we are rolling, rolling,
rolling through the overnight hours here and if you would
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We'll get back to the newbies and you can be
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newbie and give us a bus eight seven seven ninety
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three six nine Time Now four the Mallor Riddle of
the Day. And here's the Mallord Riddle of the day.
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Orioles legend. Jim Palmer. This guy a what else stud?
This guy was million years ago. But Jim Palmer old
pitcher says, despite being seventy nine years old, he has
never eaten blank. Now remember you, you perverts, it's a
family show. Orioles legend. Jim Palmer says, despite being seventy nine,
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he has never eaten, never eaten blank. That is the
Mallord in love today. The answer. We'll get to it
and we will do it.
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Bill Miller and you. It is the Ben Malor Show,
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Now back for the the big answer. Well and Bill,
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it's me Ben. The big answer of the Mallard Riddle
of the Day Orioles legend. Jim Palmer says, to spite
been seventy nine, He's never eaten blank in his life,
never never done it. That is the question. What is
the answer. Let's see does anyone know the answer to
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the Mala Riddle of the day. It's a Newbie night
hoor right for Newbye night. By the way, Kathy and
Madison very happy with the cat Lady. So cat Lady,
you have a fan in Kathy in Madison. Uhlet's see, Yeah,
let's see. Mike the Leprechaun from Boston's Going with Dairy
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Queen Donkey Sausage says Jim Palmer's never eaten a dill
pickle frosted doughnut. That that is the answer. Andy in
lion O Lake says he's never eaten a mouthwatering juicy
Lucy at Lucy's Burgers in Blaine, Minnesota. According to it
to Andy, I've been to that one. Late night drug
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tester says he's never eaten at BUCkies at Bucky's there,
let's a late night drug tester. Tuna fish sandwich from
fer Dog Lady Sideburn says a poop poop platter is
the answer. Mason Lister Mason and Huntington Beach says a
reggie bar. Yeah, that's a classic his era. Back in
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the day. Alf the Alien Opiner said, Rocky Mountain oysters
are any variation thereof like, of course I've eaten as
you know. Alf King Roy says a gas station roller
dog flavored potato chip, never had it. I forty Ian
says Jim Palmer's never eaten a delicious New York City
dirty water dog with onions cooked in red sauce. Inca
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Terra says a KitKat boog powells ribs from ike in Roseville, Minnesota,
and Robin, Minnesota says these stuff they pick up off
the streets there in Philadelphia. Page down Trucker Joe says,
Mexican food from Chicago. He says, it's my dinner there steak, chicken, shrimp,
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rice beans, and a cheese filled jalapano. Oh what else?
Man Well from Guardina says Jim Palmer has never eaten guacamli.
Then something else there, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't
read the other part there, but you can imagine what
he might have been saying there. Page Nan crap Cake
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from Steve the misplaced San Diegan BP says Jim Palmer
has never eaten crow unless he did the same answer
that Stu had. Rocky Mountain oysters guessed by Perito as well,
because I had chew the testicles those Rocky Mountain oyster testicles.
I ate them. I lost the bet. I pay off
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all my bets did. Do you have an answer? Lorrain?
It's the Mallard Riddle of the day. The Malard Riddle
of day. Jim Palmer, baseball legend, says, despite being seventy nine,
he's never eaten blank Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
I think it's Freedo Pie's ben. I think he's never
eaten a Freedo pie.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
All right, let's find out is the answer freed O pie? No,
Christ's answer is Jim Palmer says he has never eaten
chicken wings.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
Chicken wings.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
No, I have had chicken wings, but I have not.
I didn't like them as much as the chicken finger.
So I went with the finger. And that's always my
favorite part of the chicken. People say, what do you
like the thigh? Do you like the breast of the chicken?
I like the finger. I think that's the most delicious
part of the chicken. It is wonderful, just so good.
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On a newbie night, hooray for newbie night. Let's say
hello to any meenie miney moe. Let's say hello to
Jack who's in d C. What's going on? Jack? Welcome?
Speaker 6 (23:22):
Hey, Maler loved the show.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Thank you, Jack. You got a very deep you got
a deep voice, got some good pipes going there. Yeah, solid.
Speaker 6 (23:30):
Yeah, as a Giants fan, I heard that the I
think as a GM or the owner was saying, we're
gonna stick with Russell Wilson and we're gonna start with
Jameis Winston and not draft the quarterback that number three?
Really really Winston and Wilson. Now you're gonna stick with really?
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah. Well, I don't know what's going on with your
phone there, but I not that I don't enjoy the static.
But you do understand though, Jack, You've been around man.
You know it's lying season. Jack. You know it's lying season. Right,
You're gonna say that, and you're like, and we don't
have to draft a quarterback. That tells me this is
how I interpret that, Jack. First of all, it tells
me that this Joe Shane guy, that gam of the
Giants is playing the game. Secondly, that he likely thinks
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that if you look at the big board there in
the draft, that there's a team that would be willing
to trade up to get a player, but not but
not a quarterback, meaning like you know, if you if
the draft shakes. Now where abdual Carter is there at
number three, like somebody might be I think that's the
top player in the draft. So somebody might trade for
Abdul Carter. But if they think the Giants are going
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to take a quarterback, then why would you bother trading
because you just trade with the Patriots or somebody after
the Giants because it doesn't matter.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
So, but why would you not take a quarterback? You
got Sador, You've got Jackson Dart there, or you got
what or I've heard of people say that Tyler Suure
out of I think, I want to say Louisville, but
I'm not sure. But I.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Mean, these these quarterbacks get over hyped, they're oversouled, and
I don't I'm not impressed with any of them. I
don't should Sanders. Those people want to say he shouldn't
be drafted at all in the first round, he should
be a second round pick, and and they always get overdrafted.
So I would I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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I've already gotten I got paralysis of analysis from the
NFL draft. I'm already being on it. Yeah, all right,
well listen, thank you, it's newby not you're a nubie Jack. Unbelievable.
All right, thank you bye, all right by the newbies.
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up week from tonight, eight pm Eastern, throughout the first
round of the draft. Throughout it insider Jay Glazer. That's
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a long time. And former Jets GM Joe Douglas, he's
a big man, a college Football Hall of Famer, LaVar
Arrington also a big guy. And Fox Sports League college
football reporter Jenny Taff will have pick by pick predictions
and reactions to every first round pick. It's coming up
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in LA? What's going on? PARTO? Welcome?
Speaker 7 (26:44):
Hey, Hey, it's an honor to be on here. Benny
thank you, And hey, Koop Fan, ain't that anyways? Ben
up in the Seastern you on Baja Radio? Man down
in the Losertown, USA.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Oh man, you're old. Do you listen to the Mighty
six ninety back and then the Border Blaster?
Speaker 4 (27:04):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (27:04):
Yes I did, Man, Yes I did.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
That's cool.
Speaker 7 (27:07):
You know, one hundred and fifty years combined in that
town and you have the Fadres, Chargers, Clippers, and Poppy
and they're all losers.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
So well, Poppy, I think we finally chased Poppy away.
I don't think Poppy calls the show anymore. He's finally done.
He's finally quit the show, which which opens it up, Parrito.
That opens up worst caller of the Year on the show.
Now that Poppy's quit the show, there's somebody else is
going to win the worst caller, and that's always the
most competitive category in the Bennys.
Speaker 7 (27:35):
Well, there you go. I don't I'm gonna want that one, man.
I'm going for newcomer. I'm gonna start calling in more.
I'm happy to be retired and able to call with
in sports takes. Next time, all.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Right, Parto, Well listen, I see you on I see
on the X all the time parto. So yeah, we
would love to have you as a regular. We'll give
you a Well, you don't even need a nickname. Your
name stands out, Pirito. You don't need a nickname that
you're just known as Pirto.
Speaker 7 (27:58):
It's it right on. Man made you an honorary homeboy
Lincoln Heights since she did your time there, I did.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
I spent I lived in Lincoln Heights for seven years
on the avenues.
Speaker 7 (28:11):
Yeah, right there, you made it out in life. You're
one of us, that's.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Right, man. I got street, Craig Parrito, I got Street
Craig Baby. I spent seven years there, and I actually
loved it. Was great. It was central to everything. Great location.
Now the crime not so much, but the location was wonderful,
really good. So anyway, yeah, it's it's a great it's
a great location. Yeah. That was the when I lived
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in Lincoln Heights in LA I was on a date
and I was ending the date and down the street
there were all these people running, like down from down
the street. I've told the story on the podcast the
Fifth Hour podcast in the past, So like as any
a date, and all these people were running and like screaming,
like women are screaming their shoes off, and there were
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in dresses and stuff, and there was like there was
some warehouse down the street that they had rented out,
and I guess there was like a shooting. And that's
a tough way to end a date. That does that.
You don't really you don't get a second date on that.
I know I wasn't involved in it, but that was
rather well, it all depends.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
On how you react in the moment, too.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Is that right?
Speaker 8 (29:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Well, as you know, I was stoic, and because I
had no idea what was happening. If I'd known what
was happening, I probably would have had a different reaction,
but I didn't realize at the time what was going on.
It put two and two together. Let's go, let's go
back to the phones. It's at newbe night, all right,
for now by night, let's say hello to Let's go
to Colin, who's in Idaho. He's gone, he went to
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go pick potatoes. So instead we'll talk to Jason, who's
is he at the border? Is that right? Are you
at the border?
Speaker 4 (29:46):
At?
Speaker 6 (29:46):
Which?
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Which border are you at? Jason Santas? Oh, look at
you man? Very nice?
Speaker 4 (29:52):
All right?
Speaker 1 (29:53):
What you are you working or you're just hanging out.
Speaker 9 (29:56):
No, I'm done with work and I'm driving to San
Francisco because I have to speak in San Francisco tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Okay, well, this is a good time to drive. There's
no traffic. Just keep your windows rolled up. You don't
want to smell the cow stuff.
Speaker 9 (30:11):
You know, it's all strategic. That's why I'm driving now.
It's I can bypass LA traffic.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
The way to do it, man, so way to do it.
So what's on your mind?
Speaker 9 (30:21):
I was as I was driving through downtown Tijuana, I
heard what you were saying about the creation of the NCAA,
which might have been, you know, mildly facetious, but I
think it is important to remind people that the creation
of that governing body was literally designed to make sure
that there's a demarketing line between commerce and students, and
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it's the creation of the student athlete that comes from that.
That creation of that governing body.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Well it was, but it was also the student athlete
term was to get out of paying lawsuits they didn't want.
Yeah they yeah. Yeah. A lot of people don't know that.
It's what about studentley, But it was just a term
because they didn't want to pay workers workers comp because
there was some guy from Illinois right as he died
and his wife, I guess, sued or.
Speaker 9 (31:13):
Life suit. Yeah, And there was also a lot of
lawsuits for like potential loss wages because of career ending.
Speaker 6 (31:20):
Injuries early on.
Speaker 9 (31:22):
So usually when these governing bodies are formed, it's always
a labor dispute. And I think one of the things
that we forget when it comes to athletics, especially college athletics,
because I've been listening to a lot of people talk
about the young man from Tennessee, and I've heard some
interesting things where people come from when they talk about it.
(31:44):
But we're not at this new and I've heard you
say this before. There's a new paradigm when we talk
about college athletics where I don't know if a lot
of people can really wrap their minds around this new
athlete because we're still kind of stuck in the student
fleet paradigm where someone should be happy just to be
there or happy to get the money, and in kind
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of a society where cities are destroyed over moving for
more money. So why wouldn't the student leave the school
for the potential of more money.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Well, yeah, no, there do need there have to be
some baselines, like you can't just like leave endlessly. There
have to be periods of free agency because you've gotta
make it, make it fair, and it's not. You know,
the college basketball thing was absurd where guys were in
the portal while the tournament was going on. They were
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entering the port I mean, what are you doing?
Speaker 9 (32:44):
It's like you would you agree though, And I don't. Look,
there needs to be some sort of regulation. I don't
know how it's going to come down. I do think
it does need to be federal regulation.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
I know, but I hate it's going to be federal.
I got to leave it there. I hate federal regulation,
but it's going to be federal regulations. Like I listen,
I work at Fox Sports Radio. If you know, somebody
another network contacted me. I couldn't just in the middle
of the night leave and go work for them. I'm
not allowed to. But if you're playing college football at
Oklahoma and you know, you want to play at Alabama
(33:17):
and you find somebody and you just end up a
portal and you boom, you're on your way. So anyway,
all right, it is the Ben Mahler Show, The Ben
Maler Show. We are going to have ask Ban. Your
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Speaker 10 (34:47):
All right, we're gonna start off with a question from
Ferg dog Hi. Ferg, he wants to know do you
own a firearm?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Well, as you know, I must protect myself, Cooper, but
we do not discuss whether or not there's a firearm
or not. Let's just say I am. I am prepared
if someone goes wild on what about you, Lorraina, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (35:11):
I stay strapped even right now, I got a gatling
on me.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
Is that right? Yeah, Megan, unbelievable, Cooper Loop. I think
that's a Bucky's version. Coop.
Speaker 8 (35:21):
All right, I realized this is such a private question. No,
I do not own a firearm.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
All right? What is next to ask?
Speaker 10 (35:28):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Your questions are answers our rest of the hour.
Speaker 10 (35:34):
The King Rory would like to know, Yeah, do you
have any concerns that you'll not be allowed back into
the United States of America after attending the Vancouver Meet
and Greet?
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Well, it depends what part of Canada I'm in. If
I'm not allowed back in, as long as they have poutine,
I'm good, I'll be all right. I'm fine. Lorrainey, you
think we'll get stuck in Canada? You think there'll be
some kind of issue there.
Speaker 5 (35:55):
I think Fox might be mad if that happens, or
maybe they won't care about you know, I think it
might be a nice vacation.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Yeah, I'm not. I'm not really worried about it and
looking forward to seeing Van Cooper though. It's gonna be
a lot of fun. What about you, a Coop, you
figure gets stuck there.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
I think made's legal there, so I'm okay, is it?
I believe so? You sure?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (36:15):
They have dispensaries.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Were going about like taking some back in the country
though you I'll finish it all. Okay, Good job for you.
Good good effort there, Cooper. All right, what's next year?
It's ask Ben? Your questions are answers on a Newbie Night.
We do this every week. If you like it, if
you really like it, we have something totally different on
Sunday on the Fifth Hour podcast, the mail Bag, which
is nothing like this at all.
Speaker 10 (36:37):
Go ahead, Coop, Donkey sausage would like tonight, Donkey, do
you crack your knuckles?
Speaker 1 (36:43):
Yeah? You know what I I do? I have my
my right knee is kind of messed up a little
bit at old football injury, you know, back at Polk
High School. So my knee cracks sometimes and it I'll
like sometimes when on board, I'll just crack my knee
and it drives the wife crazy. He gets really annoyed
by that. But I love it. It's like, oh man,
that's a that's the sound of a bone cracking. I
(37:05):
love it. So I don't crack my knuckles. I crack
my knee. What about you, of a rain?
Speaker 5 (37:08):
I am absolutely terrified of cracking things I do do
my pinky toes. Okay, specific I know, but everything else
scares me, especially your neck. If you can crack your
own neck, Oh my.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Gosh, get a neck so much. But like the knee,
you know, it's just like it's like a power. It's
like that one's fun hip bones connected to go ahead, coop.
Speaker 8 (37:30):
All the time.
Speaker 10 (37:31):
Every every knuckle in my body. There you go, elbows, fingers, toes, neck,
back crack.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
No, that one picks he picks his nose. That's all right.
What's what's next?
Speaker 8 (37:45):
Uh, let's see.
Speaker 6 (37:49):
L l l L.
Speaker 8 (37:51):
Well then we're gonna do another one from King Rory.
All right, he wants to know what is your go
to dessert?
Speaker 1 (37:57):
Yes, banana cream pie. I love the ice cream sandwich
with the cookie, the cookie ice cream sandwich.
Speaker 8 (38:03):
Have the cream pie kind of guy, Ben, The rain's
my time to talk.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
So you have the you have the two cookie, the
chocolate chip cookies, and then you have the vanilla ice
cream in the I'm a basic bitch when it comes
to that. Like it a lot, but I'm pretty pretty
by dessert. I'll go pretty much any desert. What about you, Lorrain?
Speaker 5 (38:21):
Oh, I'm an ice cream girl, Ben, I love ice cream.
Speaker 1 (38:25):
That's your go to favorite always, not just a candy bar.
Bucky Nuggets or are good too. What about your cinnamon rolls? Well, so.
Speaker 10 (38:41):
You just have to keep talking the rain. Now you
give one thing answer, that's all you get, Okay. Uh
so uh mind straddles between breakfast and dessert. But cinnamon
roll is the it's that's it's the best. Love cinnamon rolls.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
You like with pecans on top?
Speaker 8 (38:56):
No pec I prefer without, but I'll take it with
the pecan.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (39:00):
A nice sticky bun Yeah, oh, sticky.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Buny real quick.
Speaker 8 (39:05):
Late night drug tester wants to know have you ever
gotten bumped to first class on a flight for free.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Yes, on the flight though Waii. When I got married,
it was awesome. It was so good.
Speaker 8 (39:14):
Wow, bit lucky.
Speaker 1 (39:15):
Yeah, I had to wait five hours, but it was
worth it. At the airport
Boom boom, boom boom.
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It's our number three, that's right, our number three of
the original Recipe podcast, and we focus in on the
most talked about college football player of the week.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
How does Nico Ima Leva's move from Tennessee to you
See La? How does that look from thirty thousand feet?
How does that look from thirty thousand feet as he's
taking a lot less money? Also, can you decipher what
Kirk Herbstreet means with his quote nobody's got the stones?
(00:37):
Rant on college football? And we'll talk some baseball. How
worried should the Cubs be that Kyle Tucker will not
sign an extension to stay in the Friendly Confines. I'll
discuss that as well. It's all coming your way right now.
It's our number three, and it's yours. Well, sometimes you
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long message, but he was very upset with one of
the big stories we've talked about in recent episodes. So
the rare and appropriate college football mallow monologue. College Football
malle Monologue. Now we go now to a obligatory monologue
update on former Southeastern Conference Tennessee quarterback Nico Imoliva, who
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has found a new home. If you haven't heard, maybe not.
It's not official official. They haven't done the docu sign yet.
But after leaving the volunteers who were in the College
Football Playoff over a financial dispute about nil payment, we
are told that Nico Imoliva is going to join the
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Powder Blue Up. You see, l Hey, it's going to
go play for the Wizard of Westwood as long as
the Wizard of Westwood comes back across the pearly gates
and it decides to coach football instead of basketball. But
im Aliva, remember this is the guy, this is the
guy that wanted the four million, said, hey, I want
the four men. If you believe the story that that's
out there, he wanted four million. Tennessee said, we're already
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paying a two point four million. We're not going to
pay a four man. You got a deal, And this
guy decided to pull a power play and he held
out right before the spring game in Knoxville. That's a
no no, that's a no no. Well, now it appears
that you see la the University of California, Los Angeles
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will pay him, but not anywhere near four million. In fact,
will it be three million? Now? Will it be two
and a half million? Absolutely not. Will it be two million?
Can I get a hell no, it will not be
two million. And the word of the street is that
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he will get around a million a year. Can you
imagine that that is considered poor in today's college football?
Oh my god, I'm gonna get about a million. You're
such a lightweight. But wait, there's more. But wait, there's more.
So our Fox Sports radio homeboy Colin Cowherd our teammate here,
(04:40):
he reported that Imalva the family, the family of the player,
is claiming that it wasn't a financial move. It wasn't that.
It was a philosophical disagreement about the Tennessee volunteer offense.
Somewhere Danny in Nashville, who now lives in Miami is
(05:04):
rolling his eyes in the back of his head. But
that's the spin from the emo Leva family. They're like, well, listen,
it was not about the money. Just didn't think it
was a good fit for the offense. Okay, so let
us discuss those are the latest developments. So I ask,
how does this quarterback Nico Imoliva's move from Tennessee to UCLA.
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Look from thirty thousand feet in the sky, you're looking down.
Even our blind listeners can look down and see this.
So my view on this, I've got paper Shredder, high
Seas and Bob Marley and we will combine all of
these things together and we will go into overdrive. We're
gonna go into overdrive. Now. First of all, I'm looking
(05:50):
down from thirty thousand feet and I see a capital
B boondoggle. That's what I say. Boone doggle is what
I see from thirty thousand feet. Now. Imaliva went from
five star camp missrecruit QB one on a playoff team
from the Southeastern Conference. Now he is going back to
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his native land, southern California, to a basketball first school,
a bottom wrong, bottom wrong Big ten school. How odd
is it to say UCLA is in the Big Ten?
That just doesn't fit and it it's likely never going
to fit in my life. It's I just I grew
up with Pac ten, Big ten and all that anyway,
(06:38):
But by any measurement, Nico blew it. It is not
a good time to be named Nico in sports, Whether
you're the executive in Dallas running the basketball team or
a quarterback, you don't want to have the name Nico.
Nico is bad, bad voodoo around Nico. So this guy
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took a two point four million dollar lot ticket and
accidentally put it in the paper shredder and destroyed it.
And now, if the math is accurate, that means, based
on malormath, he's lost roughly fifty eight percent of the
money that he would have made if he just kept
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his mouth shut and stayed at Tennessee. And now he's
going to football. Siberia is where he's going now. As
for the families, claim, it's not about the money. And
when I hear someone say it's not about the money,
my response is, it's always about the money. It's always
(07:41):
about the bag. It's always about that. It's not about
they said, well, that was about the offense Tennessee. That
is the ministry of misinformation, is what that is. It
just doesn't pass the smelts. It just doesn't all right. Now, Secondly,
we stay with college football, and we stay and we
take out the why angle lens here on name, image
(08:03):
and likeness and entering the chat now is longtime college
football pundit Kirk Herberstreet Herbie who does NFL games with
Al Michaels as well. Now. Herbstreet said recently that no one,
no one in a leadership position, is willing to criticize,
to poke fun of the situation in the game today,
(08:28):
he said, Nobody's got the stones. Herb Street laid out
that it has become impossible to criticize the modern ballplayer
in college football because you will be labeled anti player
or out of touch, boomer old head, all the things
(08:51):
used to mean anyone that has a differing opinion. So
can you decipher can you decipher what Kirk Kurbstreet means
with his Nobody's got the stones rant? And he's not
talking about the rolling stones on college football. So it's
pretty clear to me based on using my mallorar Rosetta
(09:14):
Stone translating what Herbstreet was saying. So it seems that
he's talking about the high seas of college football, meaning
when you get twelve miles off the coast, like we
do the show from La So if you go down
to Santa Monica and you swim out twelve miles, you
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are in international waters. They call it the high seas.
You're floating on international waters. There are no laws. There
are no laws on the high seat now. When as
a little kid, my grandfather told me stories back, you know,
years ago, when they gambling was illegal. They would take
people on these giant ships twelve miles off the coast
(09:59):
and and they would gamble their hearts. They had gambling
trips out to the ocean, gambling boats and all that.
But by definition, if you go twelve miles outside of
a country and in the water, you are under no jurisdiction.
So that's essentially what college football is. It is the
high seas right now. And Herbstreet is pointing out that,
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and this is rightfully so. The people that are supposed
to be the adults of the room, very decorated from academia,
they're cowards. The people that run college sports are cowards.
That's how I interpret that. They could make rules, they
could get together and have a council on a blue
ribbon panel, and they could put rules in, but they
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won't be very popular, and they'll be challenged, and anyone
who tries to put regulations in will be sued up
the wazoo. And if they're not sued, they'll be threatened
to suit your lawsuit here, lawsuit there, And so far
the players have won pretty much every lawsuit that has
been fouled. So these brightest minds, the most educated people
out there, would rather just do nothing right. They don't
(11:09):
want to stand up to the to the bully. Instead,
they're they're bowing down. And what's gonna end up happening.
It's all being telegraphed. It is going to take an
Act of Congress. And when politicians get involved, they always
make things worse. It doesn't matter it's a bipartisan issue.
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Politicians make things worse. They don't make things better. They
never make things better. They make things worse. And so
they're going to put a bunch of rules in. The
dungeon masters are going to get together. The dungeon Masters
will throw all these rules in. Now they'll start out
rather small. I remember reading stories years ago about the
beginning of the NCAA and had a different name, but
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the reason that started it was the White House. They
were trying to save college football. College football at one
point was the second most popular sport. I don't say
it was. It was in the running with like boxing,
horse racing, and baseball, but college pro people didn't care
about pro football. College football was very popular, and people
started dying from the flying wedge. So the president and
(12:13):
I forget the name clips my head right now at
the time, but the president put a panel together and
they formed what eventually became known as the NC Double A,
and it started out just to protect the players, and
over time they kept adding more rules and more rules
and more rules and more rules. I even like the
way this country started. Right this country, there were a
group of people from Europe that came across the ocean
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and they're like, they were upset with the taxation, so
they came here and they're like, all right, we're gonna
we're gonna set this up, and we're gonna have a
few laws, and we're gonna have so, you know, just
a few things. And then now look at it, you know,
all these years later, it's it's out of control. And
that's what always happened, right, And so because the people
involved do not have, as Herb Street said, the stones
(12:57):
to set this up, what's going to happen is but
bunch of politicians will get involved and checks and balances,
it'll go upside down and it's going to be a
total debacle total. Right now, final funck. We pivot to baseball,
talking baseball. I know it's early, I always want to
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talk some baseball. So we go to Chicago, where right
now our man Tree is driving a truck filled with
packages from ups around Chicago, and he loves the cub
Now he didn't love the Cubs this week against the Podres.
Cubs played pretty well against the Dodgers and the things
that not going so well there in San Diego. But
the Cubs are off to a pretty good so not
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a great start, a pretty good start. And not all
is right on the homestead, though. There's an interesting story
going around that the consensus always loved the consensus of
unnamed Major league baseball executives. The consensus is that it
is unlikely that Kyle Tucker, the big pickup this offseason,
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will sign one of those powerball contracts with the Cubbies,
similar to what Vladimir Guerrero Junior did in all Come
with the Blue Jacks. In fact one, one unnamed, unnamed
National league executive said, quote, if the Cubs don't extend Tucker,
(14:32):
that may go down as an all time terrible trig
close quote question, how worried how worried should the Cubs
be that Kyle Tucker will not will not sign an
extension to stay at the friendly confines in Chicago. So
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the Cubs, Now, I have no skin in the game.
And I have some people in my world that are
a Cub fan Jonas Knox, who the Morning Big Cup
Thy I loves to c got Cub season tickets for example.
And I have family who was in Chicago in the suburbs.
So the position if I'm the Cubs, I'm unphased and unshaken.
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In fact, I would crank up the Bob Marley tune,
Don't worry about a thing, Don't worry about a thing.
Right the Cubs. They went big. They got this former
cheating a one one thousand and two one thousand hole,
Kyle Tucker. And as long as they make a fair
market offer, and by all accounts they will do that,
(15:37):
that's it. That's all you can do. Tucker is twenty eight.
He is in that category of baseball mercenary. Will someone
out bid the Cubs the usual suspects, the Red Sox,
the Yankees, the Dodgers, Maybe the Giants will spend some
more money, and the Giants actually playing really well, I
was watching the Giants Phillies game. By the way, that's
(15:59):
that scares me a little bit. They're peaking too soon.
The hgantes that the Giant's playing much better than the Dodgers,
and that's a different conversation. But as far as Kyle Tucker,
as far as Kyle Tucker is concerned, Kyle Tucker, now
he also has to perform. And with every home run
and every run batted in and every big hit, the
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value either stays the same or goes out. But with
every bad at bad and with every bad performance, it
goes down a little bit. So let's do a check
on where Kyle Tucker is. Kyle Tucker is on pace
right now today for sixty five doubles, forty one home runs,
and one hundred and forty six RBIs now I never
played in Major League baseball. That sounds pretty good. That
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sounds pretty good. But there's a long way to go.
There's a long way to go, and it's only April seventeenth,
so we'll see how much damage he does the rest
of the way and does he stay healthy and all that.
But Tucker's playing well, very well. But again, I'm not
if I'm the cubs. I'm not freaking out. I'm not okay,
and cubs have It's like they built Disneyland around Wrigley Field.
(17:04):
Now they got all that money, they own everything around there,
so they're good to go. They're good to go. All right?
Is the Ben Mallor Show as we are rolling, rolling,
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Orioles legend. Jim Palmer. This guy a what else stud?
This guy was million years ago. But Jim Palmer old
pitcher says, despite being seventy nine years old, he has
never eaten blank. Now remember you, you perverts, it's a
family show. Orioles legend. Jim Palmer says, despite being seventy nine,
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he has never eaten, never eaten blank. That is the
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it's me Ben. The big answer of the Mallard Riddle
of the Day Orioles legend. Jim Palmer says, to spite
been seventy nine, He's never eaten blank in his life,
never never done it. That is the question. What is
the answer. Let's see does anyone know the answer to
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the Mala Riddle of the day. It's a Newbie night
hoor right for Newbye night. By the way, Kathy and
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you have a fan in Kathy in Madison. Uhlet's see, Yeah,
let's see. Mike the Leprechaun from Boston's Going with Dairy
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Queen Donkey Sausage says Jim Palmer's never eaten a dill
pickle frosted doughnut. That that is the answer. Andy in
lion O Lake says he's never eaten a mouthwatering juicy
Lucy at Lucy's Burgers in Blaine, Minnesota. According to it
to Andy, I've been to that one. Late night drug
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tester says he's never eaten at BUCkies at Bucky's there,
let's a late night drug tester. Tuna fish sandwich from
fer Dog Lady Sideburn says a poop poop platter is
the answer. Mason Lister Mason and Huntington Beach says a
reggie bar. Yeah, that's a classic his era. Back in
(20:48):
the day. Alf the Alien Opiner said, Rocky Mountain oysters
are any variation thereof like, of course I've eaten as
you know. Alf King Roy says a gas station roller
dog flavored potato chip, never had it. I forty Ian
says Jim Palmer's never eaten a delicious New York City
dirty water dog with onions cooked in red sauce. Inca
(21:11):
Terra says a KitKat boog powells ribs from ike in Roseville, Minnesota,
and Robin, Minnesota says these stuff they pick up off
the streets there in Philadelphia. Page down Trucker Joe says,
Mexican food from Chicago. He says, it's my dinner there steak, chicken, shrimp,
(21:34):
rice beans, and a cheese filled jalapano. Oh what else?
Man Well from Guardina says Jim Palmer has never eaten guacamli.
Then something else there, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't
read the other part there, but you can imagine what
he might have been saying there. Page Nan crap Cake
(21:54):
from Steve the misplaced San Diegan BP says Jim Palmer
has never eaten crow unless he did the same answer
that Stu had. Rocky Mountain oysters guessed by Perito as well,
because I had chew the testicles those Rocky Mountain oyster testicles.
I ate them. I lost the bet. I pay off
(22:15):
all my bets did. Do you have an answer? Lorrain?
It's the Mallard Riddle of the day. The Malard Riddle
of day. Jim Palmer, baseball legend, says, despite being seventy nine,
he's never eaten blank Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
I think it's Freedo Pie's ben. I think he's never
eaten a Freedo pie.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
All right, let's find out is the answer freed O pie? No,
Christ's answer is Jim Palmer says he has never eaten
chicken wings.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
Chicken wings.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
No, I have had chicken wings, but I have not.
I didn't like them as much as the chicken finger.
So I went with the finger. And that's always my
favorite part of the chicken. People say, what do you
like the thigh? Do you like the breast of the chicken?
I like the finger. I think that's the most delicious
part of the chicken. It is wonderful, just so good.
(23:11):
On a newbie night, hooray for newbie night. Let's say
hello to any meenie miney moe. Let's say hello to
Jack who's in d C. What's going on? Jack? Welcome?
Speaker 6 (23:22):
Hey, Maler loved the show.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Thank you, Jack. You got a very deep you got
a deep voice, got some good pipes going there. Yeah, solid.
Speaker 6 (23:30):
Yeah, as a Giants fan, I heard that the I
think as a GM or the owner was saying, we're
gonna stick with Russell Wilson and we're gonna start with
Jameis Winston and not draft the quarterback that number three?
Really really Winston and Wilson. Now you're gonna stick with really?
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah. Well, I don't know what's going on with your
phone there, but I not that I don't enjoy the static.
But you do understand though, Jack, You've been around man.
You know it's lying season. Jack. You know it's lying season. Right,
You're gonna say that, and you're like, and we don't
have to draft a quarterback. That tells me this is
how I interpret that, Jack. First of all, it tells
me that this Joe Shane guy, that gam of the
Giants is playing the game. Secondly, that he likely thinks
(24:15):
that if you look at the big board there in
the draft, that there's a team that would be willing
to trade up to get a player, but not but
not a quarterback, meaning like you know, if you if
the draft shakes. Now where abdual Carter is there at
number three, like somebody might be I think that's the
top player in the draft. So somebody might trade for
Abdul Carter. But if they think the Giants are going
(24:37):
to take a quarterback, then why would you bother trading
because you just trade with the Patriots or somebody after
the Giants because it doesn't matter.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
So, but why would you not take a quarterback? You
got Sador, You've got Jackson Dart there, or you got
what or I've heard of people say that Tyler Suure
out of I think, I want to say Louisville, but
I'm not sure. But I.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Mean, these these quarterbacks get over hyped, they're oversouled, and
I don't I'm not impressed with any of them. I
don't should Sanders. Those people want to say he shouldn't
be drafted at all in the first round, he should
be a second round pick, and and they always get overdrafted.
So I would I wouldn't worry too much about it.
(25:22):
I've already gotten I got paralysis of analysis from the
NFL draft. I'm already being on it. Yeah, all right,
well listen, thank you, it's newby not you're a nubie Jack. Unbelievable.
All right, thank you bye, all right by the newbies.
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(26:30):
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in LA? What's going on? PARTO? Welcome?
Speaker 7 (26:44):
Hey, Hey, it's an honor to be on here. Benny
thank you, And hey, Koop Fan, ain't that anyways? Ben
up in the Seastern you on Baja Radio? Man down
in the Losertown, USA.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Oh man, you're old. Do you listen to the Mighty
six ninety back and then the Border Blaster?
Speaker 4 (27:04):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (27:04):
Yes I did, Man, Yes I did.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
That's cool.
Speaker 7 (27:07):
You know, one hundred and fifty years combined in that
town and you have the Fadres, Chargers, Clippers, and Poppy
and they're all losers.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
So well, Poppy, I think we finally chased Poppy away.
I don't think Poppy calls the show anymore. He's finally done.
He's finally quit the show, which which opens it up, Parrito.
That opens up worst caller of the Year on the show.
Now that Poppy's quit the show, there's somebody else is
going to win the worst caller, and that's always the
most competitive category in the Bennys.
Speaker 7 (27:35):
Well, there you go. I don't I'm gonna want that one, man.
I'm going for newcomer. I'm gonna start calling in more.
I'm happy to be retired and able to call with
in sports takes. Next time, all.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Right, Parto, Well listen, I see you on I see
on the X all the time parto. So yeah, we
would love to have you as a regular. We'll give
you a Well, you don't even need a nickname. Your
name stands out, Pirito. You don't need a nickname that
you're just known as Pirto.
Speaker 7 (27:58):
It's it right on. Man made you an honorary homeboy
Lincoln Heights since she did your time there, I did.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
I spent I lived in Lincoln Heights for seven years
on the avenues.
Speaker 7 (28:11):
Yeah, right there, you made it out in life. You're
one of us, that's.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Right, man. I got street, Craig Parrito, I got Street
Craig Baby. I spent seven years there, and I actually
loved it. Was great. It was central to everything. Great location.
Now the crime not so much, but the location was wonderful,
really good. So anyway, yeah, it's it's a great it's
a great location. Yeah. That was the when I lived
(28:37):
in Lincoln Heights in LA I was on a date
and I was ending the date and down the street
there were all these people running, like down from down
the street. I've told the story on the podcast the
Fifth Hour podcast in the past, So like as any
a date, and all these people were running and like screaming,
like women are screaming their shoes off, and there were
(28:58):
in dresses and stuff, and there was like there was
some warehouse down the street that they had rented out,
and I guess there was like a shooting. And that's
a tough way to end a date. That does that.
You don't really you don't get a second date on that.
I know I wasn't involved in it, but that was
rather well, it all depends.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
On how you react in the moment, too.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Is that right?
Speaker 8 (29:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Well, as you know, I was stoic, and because I
had no idea what was happening. If I'd known what
was happening, I probably would have had a different reaction,
but I didn't realize at the time what was going on.
It put two and two together. Let's go, let's go
back to the phones. It's at newbe night, all right,
for now by night, let's say hello to Let's go
to Colin, who's in Idaho. He's gone, he went to
(29:39):
go pick potatoes. So instead we'll talk to Jason, who's
is he at the border? Is that right? Are you
at the border?
Speaker 4 (29:46):
At?
Speaker 6 (29:46):
Which?
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Which border are you at? Jason Santas? Oh, look at
you man? Very nice?
Speaker 4 (29:52):
All right?
Speaker 1 (29:53):
What you are you working or you're just hanging out.
Speaker 9 (29:56):
No, I'm done with work and I'm driving to San
Francisco because I have to speak in San Francisco tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Okay, well, this is a good time to drive. There's
no traffic. Just keep your windows rolled up. You don't
want to smell the cow stuff.
Speaker 9 (30:11):
You know, it's all strategic. That's why I'm driving now.
It's I can bypass LA traffic.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
The way to do it, man, so way to do it.
So what's on your mind?
Speaker 9 (30:21):
I was as I was driving through downtown Tijuana, I
heard what you were saying about the creation of the NCAA,
which might have been, you know, mildly facetious, but I
think it is important to remind people that the creation
of that governing body was literally designed to make sure
that there's a demarketing line between commerce and students, and
(30:45):
it's the creation of the student athlete that comes from that.
That creation of that governing body.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Well it was, but it was also the student athlete
term was to get out of paying lawsuits they didn't want.
Yeah they yeah. Yeah. A lot of people don't know that.
It's what about studentley, But it was just a term
because they didn't want to pay workers workers comp because
there was some guy from Illinois right as he died
and his wife, I guess, sued or.
Speaker 9 (31:13):
Life suit. Yeah, And there was also a lot of
lawsuits for like potential loss wages because of career ending.
Speaker 6 (31:20):
Injuries early on.
Speaker 9 (31:22):
So usually when these governing bodies are formed, it's always
a labor dispute. And I think one of the things
that we forget when it comes to athletics, especially college athletics,
because I've been listening to a lot of people talk
about the young man from Tennessee, and I've heard some
interesting things where people come from when they talk about it.
(31:44):
But we're not at this new and I've heard you
say this before. There's a new paradigm when we talk
about college athletics where I don't know if a lot
of people can really wrap their minds around this new
athlete because we're still kind of stuck in the student
fleet paradigm where someone should be happy just to be
there or happy to get the money, and in kind
(32:06):
of a society where cities are destroyed over moving for
more money. So why wouldn't the student leave the school
for the potential of more money.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Well, yeah, no, there do need there have to be
some baselines, like you can't just like leave endlessly. There
have to be periods of free agency because you've gotta
make it, make it fair, and it's not. You know,
the college basketball thing was absurd where guys were in
the portal while the tournament was going on. They were
(32:41):
entering the port I mean, what are you doing?
Speaker 9 (32:44):
It's like you would you agree though, And I don't. Look,
there needs to be some sort of regulation. I don't
know how it's going to come down. I do think
it does need to be federal regulation.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
I know, but I hate it's going to be federal.
I got to leave it there. I hate federal regulation,
but it's going to be federal regulations. Like I listen,
I work at Fox Sports Radio. If you know, somebody
another network contacted me. I couldn't just in the middle
of the night leave and go work for them. I'm
not allowed to. But if you're playing college football at
Oklahoma and you know, you want to play at Alabama
(33:17):
and you find somebody and you just end up a
portal and you boom, you're on your way. So anyway,
all right, it is the Ben Mahler Show, The Ben
Maler Show. We are going to have ask Ban. Your
questions are answers. It's ask Ban. I know that's exciting
on a new B night. Hooray for new B Night.
(33:37):
That'll be coming up for the rest of the hour.
We'll get to that and we will do it next.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific, Bill.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Miller and you. It is the Ben Mallor Show. As
we are working our way through the overnight, Ask Ben
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(34:10):
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It's now time for Honey Henry, Ask Bed Twitter.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Send us your questions on Twitter.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
Now anyway we go to Ask Ben. Your questions are
answers on a Newbie night, and over to the Kooper
Loop for the reading of the question.
Speaker 10 (34:47):
All right, we're gonna start off with a question from
Ferg dog Hi. Ferg, he wants to know do you
own a firearm?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Well, as you know, I must protect myself, Cooper, but
we do not discuss whether or not there's a firearm
or not. Let's just say I am. I am prepared
if someone goes wild on what about you, Lorraina, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (35:11):
I stay strapped even right now, I got a gatling
on me.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
Is that right? Yeah, Megan, unbelievable, Cooper Loop. I think
that's a Bucky's version. Coop.
Speaker 8 (35:21):
All right, I realized this is such a private question. No,
I do not own a firearm.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
All right? What is next to ask?
Speaker 10 (35:28):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Your questions are answers our rest of the hour.
Speaker 10 (35:34):
The King Rory would like to know, Yeah, do you
have any concerns that you'll not be allowed back into
the United States of America after attending the Vancouver Meet
and Greet?
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Well, it depends what part of Canada I'm in. If
I'm not allowed back in, as long as they have poutine,
I'm good, I'll be all right. I'm fine. Lorrainey, you
think we'll get stuck in Canada? You think there'll be
some kind of issue there.
Speaker 5 (35:55):
I think Fox might be mad if that happens, or
maybe they won't care about you know, I think it
might be a nice vacation.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Yeah, I'm not. I'm not really worried about it and
looking forward to seeing Van Cooper though. It's gonna be
a lot of fun. What about you, a Coop, you
figure gets stuck there.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
I think made's legal there, so I'm okay, is it?
I believe so? You sure?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (36:15):
They have dispensaries.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Were going about like taking some back in the country
though you I'll finish it all. Okay, Good job for you.
Good good effort there, Cooper. All right, what's next year?
It's ask Ben? Your questions are answers on a Newbie Night.
We do this every week. If you like it, if
you really like it, we have something totally different on
Sunday on the Fifth Hour podcast, the mail Bag, which
is nothing like this at all.
Speaker 10 (36:37):
Go ahead, Coop, Donkey sausage would like tonight, Donkey, do
you crack your knuckles?
Speaker 1 (36:43):
Yeah? You know what I I do? I have my
my right knee is kind of messed up a little
bit at old football injury, you know, back at Polk
High School. So my knee cracks sometimes and it I'll
like sometimes when on board, I'll just crack my knee
and it drives the wife crazy. He gets really annoyed
by that. But I love it. It's like, oh man,
that's a that's the sound of a bone cracking. I
(37:05):
love it. So I don't crack my knuckles. I crack
my knee. What about you, of a rain?
Speaker 5 (37:08):
I am absolutely terrified of cracking things I do do
my pinky toes. Okay, specific I know, but everything else
scares me, especially your neck. If you can crack your
own neck, Oh my.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Gosh, get a neck so much. But like the knee,
you know, it's just like it's like a power. It's
like that one's fun hip bones connected to go ahead, coop.
Speaker 8 (37:30):
All the time.
Speaker 10 (37:31):
Every every knuckle in my body. There you go, elbows, fingers, toes, neck,
back crack.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
No, that one picks he picks his nose. That's all right.
What's what's next?
Speaker 8 (37:45):
Uh, let's see.
Speaker 6 (37:49):
L l l L.
Speaker 8 (37:51):
Well then we're gonna do another one from King Rory.
All right, he wants to know what is your go
to dessert?
Speaker 1 (37:57):
Yes, banana cream pie. I love the ice cream sandwich
with the cookie, the cookie ice cream sandwich.
Speaker 8 (38:03):
Have the cream pie kind of guy, Ben, The rain's
my time to talk.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
So you have the you have the two cookie, the
chocolate chip cookies, and then you have the vanilla ice
cream in the I'm a basic bitch when it comes
to that. Like it a lot, but I'm pretty pretty
by dessert. I'll go pretty much any desert. What about you, Lorrain?
Speaker 5 (38:21):
Oh, I'm an ice cream girl, Ben, I love ice cream.
Speaker 1 (38:25):
That's your go to favorite always, not just a candy bar.
Bucky Nuggets or are good too. What about your cinnamon rolls? Well, so.
Speaker 10 (38:41):
You just have to keep talking the rain. Now you
give one thing answer, that's all you get, Okay. Uh
so uh mind straddles between breakfast and dessert. But cinnamon
roll is the it's that's it's the best. Love cinnamon rolls.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
You like with pecans on top?
Speaker 8 (38:56):
No pec I prefer without, but I'll take it with
the pecan.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (39:00):
A nice sticky bun Yeah, oh, sticky.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Buny real quick.
Speaker 8 (39:05):
Late night drug tester wants to know have you ever
gotten bumped to first class on a flight for free.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Yes, on the flight though Waii. When I got married,
it was awesome. It was so good.
Speaker 8 (39:14):
Wow, bit lucky.
Speaker 1 (39:15):
Yeah, I had to wait five hours, but it was
worth it. At the airport
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