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January 5, 2026 40 mins

Ben Maller talks about Myles Garrett getting the single-season sack record and if it deserves an asterisk, Bengals HC Zac Taylor talking about the refs stopping the game to celebrate the milestone, Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase saying he's going to Cancun, Insta-Advice Line, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
How do you do? It's our number three, our three
of the Ben Mathers Show, the podcast. We were here
until the wee hours of the morning to provide you
with this podcast. We start out in Ohio. Does Brown's
edge rusher Miles garrett sack record deserve an asterisk? We'll

(00:22):
discuss that. Also, do you support Bengals coach Zach Taylor
saying that the NFL should not have stopped the game
for the Browns to celebrate Miles garrett sack record with
a few minutes to go in the game, and thumbs
up thumbs down on Bengals wide receiver Jamar Chase saying
that since his team did not make the playoffs, he's

(00:42):
going to can Kun. We'll talk about all of that
and a lot of other things that will pop up
along the way. Here it is our number three. Welcome
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(02:39):
of Ohio for bragging rides for Dick from Dayton, our
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be seen on Wildcard weekend or anywhere else. So if
you didn't see this or hear about it, maybe notus.

(03:00):
Edge rusher Miles Garrett wrote his name in the NFL
history book, And here's how it sounded. On a cold
day in Cincinnati, Bengals.

Speaker 3 (03:10):
Have it first out of the rounds forty five yard
Life Borough shotgun brow.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Miles Garrett.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah, sack number twenty three, the new single season sack king,
and the Browns defense mops their man at the Cincinnati
forty five yard line.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
All right, that's the voice of Fox Sports Radio alumni
member Andrew Siciliano, who's now slumming as the Cleveland Browns
play by play guy. How about that day? This guy?
I know that guy. I have his number on my phone. Heyway,
Miles Garrett, As you heard there, the NFL single season
sack record number twenty three in your program, but number
one in your heart. With five oh nine remaining during

(04:00):
the fourth quarter there of the game win over Joe
Burrow and the Bengals Garrett has passed the record that
had been shared twenty two and a half sacks shared
by Michael Strahan back way back in one twenty five
years ago and TJ. Watt, which was five years ago

(04:22):
for the Pittsburg Steelers back in the day. Now on
the record breaking play, there is legitimate controversy Joe Burrow
appeared to give Strahan the record. The movement of Joe
Burrow did not look like it was attempting to get
away from the sack. He was embracing the sack and

(04:43):
it's like he gave up on the play for those
that haven't seen it. Now, combine that with the extra
game and they play seventeen games now they used to
play sixteen, and many people are calling the Miles Garrett
sack record crooked. So that is a good jumping off point.
Let us discuss the question, does does Brown's edge rusher

(05:03):
Miles Garrett sack record deserve an asterisk? An askris? So,
I've got three card Monty corn syrup and beautiful time capsule,
and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to have some handmade meatballs from Stevie Meatballs,
and then we're gonna have some gabba ghul. So that's
what we have on online there. So first of all,

(05:28):
like the Wheel of Fortune, I'm going to take an
n and can I buy a Oh I'd like to
buy and oh, so I'll put those together. No, no, listen,
not because the record's pure, all right. The record is
not pure, Not because it's holy water the sack record,

(05:48):
because the sack record itself. If you think about the
sack record, of all the big records in sports, the
sack record is the three card Monty game run behind
the Denny's at four in the morning. That's what that is, right,
that's this is the most corrupt record in NFL history.

(06:10):
Does anyone disagree with that? Anyone in the back of
the room. I don't see anybody to raise their ends.
It's the most corrupt record. Here's why. Let me even
my evidence as to why that is. The league ignored
sacks until nineteen eighty two. Then all of a sudden
they said, okay, that's a big deal. The NFL was
around sixty two years. It started in nineteen twenty, so
they were around for sixty two years and nobody cared

(06:33):
about sacks. Now, I remember when I was early on
in my career, there were some old timers. There's some
guys that played for legendary defenses, the Rams and the Vikings,
some of those great defenses back and then those guys
would pop up. Everyone saw I do interviews and they
would lose their mind. One guy in particular that played
for the Rams back in the day, he just woul
beside forty sacks in a season whatever, And that was

(06:56):
back when they played fourteen game, but they didn't pay attention, right,
So they've added an extra game on top of what
they eventually played fourteen games wherever they went to sixteen
and then they played that for a long time. Now
that at seventeen and eventually they'll add an eighteenth game
and will probably be dead. But at some point they'll
add a couple other games and be to twenty. They'll
be twenty games. So they added the extra game. So

(07:18):
congratulations to Miles Garrett just inflated the balloon animal. Congratulations
on that. And TJ. Watt he got his twenty two
and a half sacks in fifteen games. Michael Strahan needed
all sixteen games and a little assist, a push, if
you will, from Brett Farv taking a theatrical tumble at

(07:42):
lambeau Field, one of the most bogus moments ever recorded
for a record now, Miles Garrett, it was not as
blatant as what happened was Strahan and Brett Farv. However,
Joe Burrow did look like he helped Miles Garrett move
the couch, if you know what I'm saying. And then

(08:03):
you've got the platypus in the room. The platypus in
the room. And that would be remember February of twenty
twenty five, because I do. I was here so almost
a year ago, and Miles Garrett raised a hullaballoo. He
had had enough. He didn't want to play for the
Browns because they're a bunch of losers. He said, I
was never about Cleveland to Canton. Went on this big rant,

(08:27):
Miles Garrett, and now here he was. They stopped the game.
He was hoisted on the shoulders of his Browns teammates
like Rudy. It was like the movie Rudy from South Bend, Touchdown, Jesus,
the Golden Domers and all of that on a Browns
team that went what five and twelve this season and

(08:53):
the worst team among the three that had the sack record,
the Giants, they were not good that year of the
Pittsburgh Steelers actually made the playoffs the year that mister
Watt had his record. So again, it's not an asterisk situation.
It's just a stat that smells like rotten eggs in

(09:15):
a paper bag. It just it just doesn't smell right
the way it all went down. Anyway, here's Miles Garrett
in his own words, and I'm sure he'll be very
shy about this. He will not be braggadocious about setting
the sack cricker. Let's go to the audio tape.

Speaker 4 (09:28):
And it was everything I expected, and it was it
was so tough. I knew they want to make a
bit more than three singles on a on a real
drive back the whole game, and I just knew that
if I did, I have to make that moment count.
And I think the feeling couldn't be better.

Speaker 1 (09:47):
It's like the Shaggy Dog story. I got a story
for you. It's a humdinger of a story. It's so
it's so amazing. Now, speaking of the pause in the game.
Speaking of the pause, so Zach Taylor, the head coach there,
he was not happy with the referee stopping the game
so Miles Garrett could have his ass kissed in front

(10:09):
of men, women, and children there on the field after
his record breaking sack, which is not the most authentic
sack of all time anyway. He said that he was
never told this is Zach Taylor said, he was never
told beforehand they were going to stop the game. He
gave this over the top quote, he said, quote, we're

(10:29):
playing for our lives here in a critical moment like that.
We were trying to be on the ball in tempo,
Zach Taylor said, and we couldn't do anything. Boooooo. Zach Taylor,
NFL head coach. Not a good one, Not a good one.
Question do you support the Bengals coach? Zach Taylor? Should

(10:53):
the NFL? Should the NFL have stopped the game for
the Browns to celebrate Miles gar It's record. So here's
my position. I am. I don't need a lot of
these over the top celebration. I realize I'm in the
minority and that a lot of you fanboys you love this,
You get all around you all turned on only slump

(11:16):
the game. Put them on some shoulders. They're oh man,
get all horny for this. I'm not wired that way.
I wish I was. I'm just not so I am
with Zach Taylor in principle. I'm with him. You stop
the game for a mid drive celebration. Typically they'll stop
the game after a touchdown because there's a pause anyway.

(11:39):
But this is the NFL's version of corn syrup. It's
the NFL's version of corn syrup. It's sticky, it's sweet,
it's unnecessary. Now that said, Zach Taylor's saying that his
team was playing for our lives. Come on, man, what
are you doing? Dude? Cincinnati was already to tagged weeks ago.

(12:00):
This was not braveheart. What are we doing? Seriously? What
do we doing? This was a six and eleven football team,
the Cincinnati ben Gals packing sunscreen? Like do we go
to Hawaii? Do we go to the Bahamas? Where do
we go? I don't know where do we go? We
gotta figure that out. We go Tropicals, we go South America?
What are we doing all? And then Zach, Zach Taylor

(12:24):
goes out there and he he went full Shakespeare when
a haiku, an old fashioned iiku would have been fine.
That would have worked. Just do a little haiku, and
the league still botched this. They still ended up watching
this thing here. You don't hit the pause like it's
a like a DVR timeout, and you roll out the

(12:45):
confetti cannons and all that. You don't need to do that.
This was a forced, manipulated Hallmark moment. Does anyone really
think that's a big record anyway? It's so bogus, just
seems to bogus. So the NFL, I no, no, let's
get that soft music. We'll have like snow falling in
the snow globeh it'd be so nice, so nice. A

(13:07):
Marico will be weeping because Miles Garrett on a crappy
Browns team, it gets a god awful Bengals team set
the sack record where please now to make matters worse
the Bengals, it appeared, helped Miles Garrett get that last
sack that he'd only five minutes left in the game

(13:28):
and some change. And so that's like leaving the keys
in the car and the engine's running, you got full
tank of gas, and then you start screaming, I can't
believe someone stole my car. I don't understand. I don't
get it. Now, the milestone itself. Is it is crooked.
That's the proper word. It is crooked stat padding on

(13:50):
a dog Food Browns team. Miles Garrett, Now, he said
he wanted out. He said it. I didn't say it.
He said it. He wrote a big letter. I want
to be out of it. I want to be anymore,
and I want to win. I'm a winner. I want
to win, Miles Garrett said. Brown said, you know what,
let's give you a big, giant, cartoon size check. Okay,

(14:10):
I'm good. I like the stats. I'm all about the
stats man. I don't care call me a loser with
a capitol L. And then he gets upset when people
puint this out. He gets very hasty, Miles Garrett, Oh,
I don't like that. I don't don't call me that. Yeah,
but you could have celebrated after the game, not during
the live action of the game. In the NFL obviously
didn't read the room. They're not great about reading the room.

Speaker 5 (14:33):
Here.

Speaker 1 (14:33):
They redecorated with a bunch of glitter, and here's some
glitter and the mal verdict that Zach Taylor, while he
is right, the delivery was a bit tone deaf, not
great there, And the NFL does deserve a little side eye,
a little sidey there, all right? Now, final thought, staying
in Cincinnati's staying in Cincinnati. So, Bengals wide receiver Jamar

(14:56):
Chase was asked about his offseason play hands the high
paid wide receiver with the massive contract, and what did
what did he say? Did you hear? You're all right? Well,
this is a Jamar Chase on where he's going to
go this off season. Take a list, going to go.

Speaker 6 (15:13):
To Kancun like everybody except me to do, and I'm
going to enjoy myself because I'll have nothing else to do.

Speaker 1 (15:19):
So I'm taking myself there. There you go, all right,
that's it, going to Can't Code. So a question thumbs
up or thumbs down, thumbs up, thumbs down on Bengals
wide receiver Jamar Chase going to can Kun. So he said,
so I'm going to go thumb up, up, up, hy
thumb up for this with a warning label, of course,

(15:41):
slapped on the side of the suitcase. Little warning label
on the suitcase. There. I did enjoy the self deprecating humor.
Good job by Jamar Chase. I thought that was great.
The Bengals season ended like milk left on the dashboard
of your car in July, late July, right, and it's good.
Chase has a sense of humor. He laughed the situation

(16:04):
and you can either sulk about it or laugh about it,
and he chose to have some fun and all that.
And I do respect the self awareness of Jamar Chase.
I thought that was great. However, however, let's not ignore
the other shoe, the snuffleluffagus in the room. This also
screams of social media brain rot from Jamar Chase. That

(16:30):
Chase is swimming in the deep end of the matrix.
He is mainlining mentions of his name and CanCon jokes
like it's oxygen the joke plans. But it also tells
you that he's hearing everything. He's hearing everything, and sometimes
hearing everything in life means you're thinking too much and

(16:54):
you need to get out and put your feet in
some grass and all that stuff. And still again, credit
where credit is due. And this was a beautiful capsule,
a time capsule. Beautiful time capsule. Tribute to Nick van
Exel nearly thirty years later. Thirty years later, I was
doing local LA radio at the time Nick van Exel,

(17:15):
when the Lakers could not get by the Utah Jazz
with Karl Malone and John Stockton, and it was just
a nightmare every year in the playoffs with the Purple
and Gold. They they could not get by them in
those those days. And Nick Van Exel famously said one,
two three cankun as the Lakers broke the huddle, and

(17:36):
so tremendous, the most honest huddle chant in sports history. Now,
Van Exel said that when the nineteen ninety eight, my god,
the child in nineteen ninety when the nineteen ninety eight
Lakers were dead in the water, and you know, it
is still a thing all these years later, almost thirty
years later, and Chase honoring that like an old school

(18:00):
punchline with fresh legs. A lot of people don't know this,
but Van Exel said this aut a practice. He didn't
say it at a game, but it got repeated to reporters,
and so people think he said it during a game,
but he said it at a practice leading up to
a game. But anyway, So the Mallard scorecard we've got
in terms of funny for Jamar Chase absolutely apps, that's chuckles.

(18:22):
I loved it. It's great self aware check that box,
very self aware. Is it risky? Slightly risky? You bet
slightly risky. Here's why, cause can't coon jokes in January
a kind of fun. It's a good Hey, we're bad,
go to can't Kut. However, in September, when the Bengals
go back and play another game that means something. In

(18:43):
September they boomerang back and your sunburned and loud and
everyone ready to heckle you. You know you're gonna go to
cant coon again, and you're going to can't Coon. It
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Take a bunch of these phone calls. I see some
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your dancing and dining pleasure, we'll have the instant Advice
line time now though, for the riddle of the day.
This one inspired by our friend Jerry. She lives in

(19:27):
Rhode Island and this is inspired for her. So Jalen Brown,
that's a basketball player credits Blank for helping him score
his historic fifty points in the Celtics win over the weekend. Again,
Jalen Brown crediting Blank for helping him score his fifty
points in a Celtic win over the weekend. That is

(19:49):
the Mallor riddle of the day. The answer, We'll get
to it. We will do it next.

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(21:19):
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back to it and time and payoff the Mallord. Riddle
of the day in honor of our friend Jerry from
Rhode Island. Jalen Brown that's a basketball player, credits Blank

(21:42):
for helping him score fifty points in the Celtics win
over the weekend. He says that Blank helped him get
to that fifty point mark. That is the question. What
is the answer, And let's see here. Luke the vending guy,
good to see Luke back with us says penies and
weenies is the correct answer. There See Donkey Sausage says

(22:05):
was outside shoveling the snow. I did not hear the riddle,
So I'm gonna go with the old standby hookers and
booger sugar from Donkey Sausage. Who else do we have
a page?

Speaker 3 (22:17):
Now?

Speaker 1 (22:18):
Let's see, Uh, Jerry, you can't play Jerry and Rhodin
and you already know the answer. You can't play. It's
a bad job by you. Shame on you. You're cheating.
You can't cheat. Let's see practicing the Texas two step
from malar prop Guy see ferg Dog says nine year
old Mallard monologues. They sure help me through the break. Wow,

(22:41):
so monologue is going back to February of twenty seventeen.
That's wild they still have that. Why do they still
have that? I don't stand Alf? Who wants to hear those? Alf?
The Alien Opiner says Stefon Diggs is the answer. Lady
Sideburn says a Nigerian prince for whom he met via email.
Fudgie in Boston says apple cider vinegar. Robbie the Mariner

(23:05):
fan says. Jaylen Brown credits being snubbed for the Player
of the Month award. Beans and Weenies from Nick What
else do we have our guy Billy aka weed Man
Hippie from j T. The Wingman, Bonzi Wells from The
Nature Boy and see Gunner says the answer is he
credits Blind Scott from Gunner. Tillo in Florida says the

(23:29):
gabbago and the platypus in the room is the great. Well,
we've got to add her, gotta add different animals. We
have to do. That's we make a tear by the way,
the platypus. I love platypus. They're funy animals, aren't the platypus. Yes,
they're so weird. I actually do you remember the beanie babies?
Of course I used to think they were actually purple? Really?
Oh man, all right, let's see Matt Jack says viagra.

(23:53):
There you go. What else? We have a red bull
it gave him wings from Larry d. Doc Dan says
witchcraft is the answer. The Great Gazoo from Rebecca in
La snapping his fingers for him, says, our friend Rebecca.
What else do we let see page Dan, that's enough, Loraina.
Do you have an answer to the Mather Riddle of

(24:14):
the day? Jalen Brown, that's a basketball player credits Blank
for helping score fifty points in this Celtics win over
the weekend. Not wearing socks. No socks? All right? Is
that correct?

Speaker 6 (24:25):
No?

Speaker 1 (24:25):
That is not correct. Jaylon Brown credits salsa dancing, salsa
dancing as the key ever been salsa dancing? Loraina? Uh no,
I haven't taken actual salsa dancing classes. Have you been
to a club and done the just as salt, even
the dirty stuff? Really? Do you know the there's an
NFL receiver, let's see chances, let's see loraina? No, no, no, no,

(24:49):
no answers, No, don't cheat. There was a wide receiver
who was famous for doing the salsa dance after scoring touchdown?
Do you know who that is? This goes back many years.
He was famous. He played on the East Coast and
he used to do salsa dancing and that was his
end zone celebration. Where did they? This is hard. I

(25:13):
don't think my knowledge of players goes past Texas, past Texas?

Speaker 9 (25:16):
All right?

Speaker 1 (25:16):
So this guy played in New York? How about that
Kerry Road? No? Is that the only player you know
that played in New York? Might be? Wasn't he a
defensive player? It was a running back? Wouldn't he I
thought he was a running back.

Speaker 5 (25:33):
He's the safety.

Speaker 1 (25:33):
It was a safety. Oh I was wrong, there you go.
So yeah, I'd be a defensive player, so you wouldn't
score a lot of touchdowns. You're a defensive player. Oh yeah.

Speaker 9 (25:42):
You know.

Speaker 1 (25:43):
There is a better chance of world peace tomorrow than
the Raina getting the answers. But we know there will
never be world piece because those companies need people to
buy bombs. But I know the correct answer would be
Victor Cruz did the salsa dancing.

Speaker 9 (26:00):
So there you go.

Speaker 1 (26:01):
Let's go to the would have got that. That's right.
Let's say hello to Brandon, who is sleepless in Seattle.
What's going on? Brandon? Welcome?

Speaker 10 (26:10):
Oh thanks?

Speaker 11 (26:11):
What's happening?

Speaker 9 (26:12):
Ben?

Speaker 1 (26:13):
I'm just kind of hanging out here, and Iowa Sam
for some reason, was in the building. He's still he's
down in the other the old studio, Iowa Sam, And
so I go and I get some steps in and
then I we have these little brief five minute conversations there. Yeah,
he's still there. What a loser? What does he do?
What a dope? We get paid for this? What what
he like?

Speaker 6 (26:33):
The studio rack?

Speaker 12 (26:34):
You know, like there's Jim rat he's a studio.

Speaker 1 (26:35):
Yeah, he lives. He lives kind of close. That's why
if he lived far away, he wouldn't be here. He's close.

Speaker 12 (26:41):
Well, I wanted to I wanted to say thanks for
being such a great radio guy over the years, and uh,
really enjoy listening to you and everything.

Speaker 1 (26:48):
Well, thank you. That's a nice that's a perfect phone call.
That's a perfect phone call.

Speaker 9 (26:53):
Right there.

Speaker 1 (26:53):
You should end it now. He's not. He's not gonna
end it now.

Speaker 11 (26:57):
No.

Speaker 12 (26:58):
Well, I was going to say, also, like you're opening
monologue with Well, later on in the monologue with the
the one two three, can't Coon or whatever, that was hilarious,
but uh yeah, it kind of reminds me of like
Lou Garrick. You know, during the off season you'd be
like staring out the window, you know, kind of waiting
for the next season. It's kind of like going to Canco,

(27:18):
you know, kind of.

Speaker 11 (27:19):
The same thing.

Speaker 1 (27:20):
Yeah, yeah, well yeah, why not? What the what the heck?
Apsolutely you are definitely a big fan Brandon. How long
you've been listening to radio? How long do you go
back on the radio.

Speaker 12 (27:30):
Well, I've been I've been listening to you, you know
since like COVID. You know, I've been listening. You know,
I listened to Mel Allen and and Red Barber.

Speaker 1 (27:39):
And well you didn't listen. I mean, not that old.
You didn't listen to them. But like I, I was
a kid, mel Allen was old this Weekend Baseball.

Speaker 12 (27:48):
Yeah, that's it's crazy that that's the same guy that
was announcing all the Gillette you know, World Series games
back then.

Speaker 9 (27:54):
But was he?

Speaker 1 (27:55):
I don't know. I was cool like all the old
guys when I started as a kid, like it my age.
I got to meet Harry Carey, Harry Callous, who had
a big, big red nose because he was a big
drinker and a very nice man, very nice man. The
Tigers had this legendary broadcaster named Ernie Harwell, and I
got to meet him. He was very nice, very nice.

(28:15):
He was shocked that anyone knew who he was outside
of Michigan. I thought it was amazed by that.

Speaker 12 (28:19):
So, oh yeah, well, wasn't That's like Ralph Kiner. Wasn't
he doing you know?

Speaker 1 (28:25):
Yeah? Ralph Connor was a Kiner's corner on the for
the Mets. Yeah he was. He was around. He had
one of the great quotes of all time. Well, thanks
for listening, Brandon. I love talking about old broad You
want to talk about Pharrell? Did you call up about Pharrell?
Something about Scott Parrell on the bench?

Speaker 12 (28:40):
Well, I called in on his last show on the network. Unfortunately,
you know, went away, but yeah, I was on the
phone with him here. He was the last voice on
that network.

Speaker 1 (28:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (28:54):
Yeah, they got replaced by you know, we're all listening
to Fox a lot more.

Speaker 1 (28:57):
Well, you've got to listen to I mean, I don't
know there's any other networks. And I do feel bad.
I had I had friends and we kicked their ass,
but I had friends that worked at that other network,
and I'm sad that a lot of those people are
out of work now. It sucks and I feel bad
for them, and hopefully they'll find jobs that pay them
a good amount of money. But thank you, Brandon, I
do appreciate that. And let's say hello to Jed who fled?

(29:20):
Who is next? Hello, Jed who fled?

Speaker 9 (29:23):
All right, Yeah, that's a battery dying. There's four hundred million, know,
it's pretty close to it. They maybe maybe present to
the administration of more than six lines. That's all I'm saying.
Maybe I don't know Alex chose them used to have
like thousands of collars they had.

Speaker 1 (29:41):
He did not have thousands of the most radio stations.
I've worked at a bunch of radio plays and they
all have like six or seven lines six seven six
seven six seven.

Speaker 6 (29:55):
Here's what you got do, man, You gotta get really
invested in hard narcotics and dive into it, and you
will have no clue about what's going on with pop
culture ever. And you can just tell people like, no,
I don't know what you're talking about. Stop miching that
it's a little Whine Soong? Is it a little Wayne Soong?
If it's not that, that's all it matters.

Speaker 1 (30:10):
Now where are we at? We had three According to
the latest number the World Meter, we have the population
in the United States of three hundred and forty seven million, exactly.

Speaker 6 (30:23):
About It was about three ninety at Joe Biden, and
we're trying to get back, guys about three forty seven.
But I'm trying to say, I will say, the World
Cup's coming out twenty twenty six. Why are we running
all of the Hispanic people, you know, all of.

Speaker 11 (30:36):
Them, the ones?

Speaker 9 (30:36):
Why are we running out of the country?

Speaker 6 (30:37):
Are we trying not to win this home of the
in or what.

Speaker 1 (30:41):
I well, the marriage? Is I gonna win the World Cup?
You think the winning World Cup? I mean, didn't I
somebody said that. I'm not a soccer guy. Somebody said
they rigged it so the US will advance at least
early on in the World Cup. Is that true? I
don't know. Some email me.

Speaker 6 (30:54):
I think, if you get, if you give, if you
give bond start and hollering James another chance to do
picking with popular voices, make the World Cup team.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
Dude, if you want Poppy? Are you asking Poppy to
be on the air? Would you like to hear from Poppy?

Speaker 6 (31:05):
I'd like to hear from Helmet Man and Poppy, and
that'd be my dream. Three from dude hero essexually, I.

Speaker 1 (31:11):
Understand, Well, we don't have Helmet Man. Unfortunately he's not there.
I thought he would call up because the Ravens were
eliminated from the playoffs. I thought he would call up
to mourn them, writing the vomit comment in that game.
But he did not.

Speaker 6 (31:22):
I'd like to know, actually, ask Poppy, how how did
I do that? How did I not go past the
line of racism? Were like hollering James and blink Scott.
But they did it actually, and it was awesome there.

Speaker 9 (31:32):
I laughed.

Speaker 6 (31:32):
If I do that, you know, great people.

Speaker 9 (31:35):
Imagine I wish I was in the land of Cotton.

Speaker 1 (31:38):
Hold On, Poppy, do you feel like Jed's a good
caller or a bad call? This just Poppy in San Diego. Hello, Poppy,
Welcome Ben Mallard.

Speaker 11 (31:47):
You know Papa is gotta have it go on segment
like I don't know, you know, Jennifer Fland, You gotta
give him.

Speaker 1 (31:52):
His own Oh she just hung up. He was online
with you, Poppy, and Jed just hung up.

Speaker 11 (31:58):
He said, that's heir, because you know, I just want
to say happy New Year, mentor you like right here
you were here for a while. But look, I just
want to say that, hey, my pigs, I went two
and three. I WoT two right, one run sixty six.

Speaker 1 (32:16):
San Maller, And that's the sign of the devil. Sixty
six point six percent is the sign of the devil.

Speaker 11 (32:21):
That's not good. And I don't want me to tell
you that. So I just wanted to share that. Man Manta,
But you.

Speaker 1 (32:26):
Know, why didn't he just text me He didn't need
to have you tell me he's got my number. He
could text me.

Speaker 11 (32:30):
Oh, well, yeah, you can send me a message or
text me whenever you want to send me. An I
don't have your number, Well I give it a Coop
and then you get called me here. You know you're
my mentor, but I.

Speaker 1 (32:42):
Don't have your number. Coop said, you're lying. He says
he doesn't have your number.

Speaker 11 (32:47):
I'll give it to him again, Cooper, I don't want it.

Speaker 1 (32:50):
Loraina wants your number.

Speaker 11 (32:50):
She wants you to No, no, I'll get it to it.
But hey, what I wanted to talk about was like, look,
Aaron Rodgers. I said it before.

Speaker 1 (32:57):
Karin Rogers, how's his white? His wife doing? His wife
upset that Rogers has to play in the playoffs.

Speaker 11 (33:03):
Well, yeah, we don't even care about his life. But
I said it before the season. I said, I like
Aaron Rodgers going to the playoffs. I said, shout out
to Bernie Frottle writer.

Speaker 1 (33:12):
I said that you're dropping a lot of names. You're
dropping a lot of names. He dropped Adam's name, Now
you're dropping Bernie's name. Anyone else you'd like to name?
Any other hosts here that you would like to name.

Speaker 11 (33:24):
It's all part of the Fox Sportune.

Speaker 1 (33:25):
I understand that, but you're dropping a lot of names.
Who else do you want to what other names you
want to drap? Mike Harmon, that's that Mark, Rob Parker,
let's drop his name? Why not?

Speaker 11 (33:36):
I want to say Eric said former Renkin?

Speaker 1 (33:39):
You know, like yeah, But look, and whatever happened to
our friend from the Commonwealth and his dog willis Where
did he go the other day?

Speaker 9 (33:47):
Oh?

Speaker 8 (33:47):
He did?

Speaker 1 (33:48):
Okay, gotcha? Maybe that was on the daytime radio show
Rob Parker. I'm just curious where his dog went. I
don't know. Is that it Poppy You're good?

Speaker 8 (34:00):
Oh?

Speaker 9 (34:00):
No?

Speaker 11 (34:00):
What I want to say about Aaron Rodgers, Look, he
did great, he did amazing. I think it's gonna be
They're gonna be playing and in the playoffs and they're
gonna be good. Under spend the primetime against the like
Houston Texas. That's gonna be a revenge him, a little revenge,
a little prede what we're gonna do on Thursday and
Poppy Stick. But like, look, I like Aaron Rodgers what
he's doing. And then the other thing that I like

(34:21):
what you said, Ben Maller about Matthew Stafford we'll see
if he's gonna.

Speaker 9 (34:24):
Be the MVP.

Speaker 11 (34:25):
Another double revenge game against the Panthers.

Speaker 1 (34:27):
Right up, Premium and I'm good. I don't need to.
Let's say hello to hold on, let me to take
candle mouthwall, why'd you call back? Mouthwash? Mike, what's going on?
You're already on the phone. Why'd you call back? What's
going on? All right? You don't know why you called back.
Let's go to Andrea in Berkeley and she's our astrology insider,

(34:52):
and I know there was a big cosmic event recently.
And is it tied with Aaron Rodgers. Yes, welcome back there,
Hello Andrea? How you doing. You're doing okay? Hanging in there.
How's your health? Everything okay? Getting better, you.

Speaker 10 (35:04):
Know, got the dental issues, but taking it one day
at a time. Thanks for asking, and welcome back. It's
always you know, makes things easier and things to look
forward to when you're back, and can always count on
you for some nice memories. The Kinda's Corner. Wow, I

(35:24):
remember that show?

Speaker 1 (35:25):
Yes, Ralph Kiner, Yeah, wo r in New York.

Speaker 10 (35:29):
Yeah, that was the Met's postgame show. Yeah, that was classic.

Speaker 1 (35:33):
And Ralph Kiner gave one of the great quotes of
all time, and I still remember. I use it sometimes
from time to time. He was playing for the Pirates,
hit thirty seven home runs for the Pirates, and he
told the story Kinner about he went in to meet
with the general manager with the great branch Rickey, who
brought Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ralph Kinder went there.
He asked for a race. He said, I would like

(35:55):
a nice race. I hit thirty seven home runs. I
led the league in home runs, and branch Ricky said,
I'm not I'm not going to give you a raise man,
And I said, well again, I led the league at home.
I the had thirty seven one and then branch Ricky said, well,
where did we finish, Ralph? And Ralph said, well, mister Ricky,
we finished in last place. And then the famous quote

(36:16):
was that branch Ricky said, we can finish last without you.
This is famous. Sounds like he should be a radio
executive in those days.

Speaker 10 (36:26):
I'll tell you, but yeah, the postgame show was fun.
He always had good guests. But meanwhile, talk about good timing.
We had the full moon on Saturday.

Speaker 1 (36:37):
That's right, I knew it happened over the weekend, and
this is the after glow, right the after glow, the
effects are still there.

Speaker 10 (36:43):
Yes, absolutely, Ben two days before the day of and
two days after, and we had high tides, and you
know it was interesting. The forty nine ers had their
playoff game on the full moon in Capricorn son and
Capricorn mooning came answer and brock Perty born December twenty seventh,

(37:05):
nineteen ninety nine. The full moon was opposite his son
in Capricorn, so he had a very difficult game. So
the forty nine ers didn't win, but you know they're
still moving forward. But that was a challenge when the
full moon opposes your son. Yes, and that was Bachowell
Bertie's situation. But on a happier note, good timing gets

(37:29):
who returned in time for your return, and that's Aaron
Aron Roger.

Speaker 1 (37:36):
Have you seen his wife yet? No, No one has
seen his wife. She does not exist, this woman.

Speaker 10 (37:42):
No, I'll tell you he's a character.

Speaker 1 (37:44):
You might be Aaron Rodgers' wife, Andrea. I don't know.
As far as I know, you might be married to
Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 10 (37:51):
Well, you know it's interesting. I mean time has flown by.
I did a sports astrology for the Athletic literally two
years ago when I googled it. It's wow, that's flown.

Speaker 1 (38:01):
By yes time. Oh, I mean I'm getting yelled at.
Hoop says. If I don't hang up on you right now,
we will not have time for the incident advice line.
I love you call me more often. I hopefully your
dental problems get better. There our friend Andrea. We're gonna
have the instant advice line. We'll get to that. If
you want to recommend somebody, send me a message on X.
The incident Advice line is next.

Speaker 5 (38:20):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.

Speaker 1 (38:25):
Bill Miller and you. It is The Ben Mallor Show.
Support the podcast. We need your downloads. The Ben Mallor
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Speaker 5 (38:44):
Hey, you sports figure guy or girl?

Speaker 1 (38:47):
Who here were you talking to?

Speaker 4 (38:49):
Hear some intertent advice?

Speaker 10 (38:51):
Hold that doun no one's paid attention to me for
ten whole seconds.

Speaker 7 (38:54):
And if you don't like it anyway, we go see
incident advice line advice to Lamar Jackson and the Ravens
who missed the playoffs because they air idiot kicker shanked
a kick against the Steelers as time ran out.

Speaker 1 (39:10):
So advice to Lamar Jackson. You're live on the air.
When you hear my voice at eight seven seven ninety
nine on box. Line one, you're on the Airline one.
Advice to Lamar Jackson.

Speaker 6 (39:18):
Lots of hookers and cocaine.

Speaker 1 (39:20):
Okay. Line two, you're on the airline to advice to
Lamar Jackson, please make a.

Speaker 6 (39:24):
New Year's resolution to give up after.

Speaker 1 (39:28):
Okay, all right, very nice. That sounded like ferg dog
call it. You're on the air. Advice to Lamar Jackson. Caller, Okay,
thank you for that. Your next caller advice to Lamar Jackson.

Speaker 9 (39:38):
Hello, good morning time.

Speaker 10 (39:40):
You know a rose by any other name is still
too damn expensive?

Speaker 9 (39:43):
Am I right?

Speaker 5 (39:44):
That is?

Speaker 6 (39:44):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (39:45):
The very right, verys the great the Rick and Maryland
making his debut. Line five, you're on their Advice to
Lamar Jackson. Line five.

Speaker 12 (39:53):
Tip with my bears had to the Chicago Bears.

Speaker 1 (39:56):
Okay, dump bears. Line six, you're on the air line sex. Hello,
hang up on Poppy, Everything all right, hang up by
my one more coop. Hurry up, pig egg, mind to
line too. You're on the air line to go, no
line one, no line one. No Oh, that was blind Sky.
I'm glad we cut that guy off. There, there we go.

(40:18):
That was a hot mess.
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