January 1, 2026 • 36 mins
On this New Year's Eve special edition of the Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, Arnie Spanier and Veejay Huskey give a recap on an eventful Cotton Bowl!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:52):
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Speaker 3 (00:56):
Oh that is us. Good evening, everybody, j Husky, Arny Span,
You're in for the guys tonight Jason Smith and his
best friend Mike Harmon right here on Fox Sports Radio.
One more hour until we start breaking into New Year
here on the East Coast. Oh. Other parts of the
(01:16):
world have already welcomed twenty twenty six VJ. So we're
behind the times already, and they've had some great celebrations
other places, other countries, they break out the fireworks.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
The whole nine yards Australia is the most beautiful one
I've seen posted so far.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Oh yeah, so you're seeing the ones being posted too
on Twittery.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I think we should have a world like change on that.
I think the old clock at the same time it
should be on one clock. I don't know if that
can happen. Yeah, I don't know if, like you know,
we can make that happen, but it would just be
cool if it just changed. And I guess not because
they say the Earth is round, so it spins. It's
(01:58):
not flat, all right, This isn't flat.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I mean, when I'm in an airplane, it don't look
like it curve. It looks like it keeps going straight.
But who am I. I'm just a sports talk radio guy.
I just wish that would that would be cool because
it's like, wow, hold up, what part of the world
is that? Oh wow? Because I'm seeing New Year's Eve
celebrations at like ten o'clock this morning.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, there's been all day.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
That's the opposite side of the globe where it's already
hitting midnight. So I mean, you know, it is what
it is. But a hour for you, huh.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yeah, hour for us of course. Times Square just packed.
They were interviewing a guy on Times Square talking about
how he's wearing a diaper because you can't go to
the bat You can't you can't go to the bathroom,
and you have to be there like twelve hours ahead
of the time. If you leave to go to the bathroom,
you lose your spot. Yeah, you take that to a grave.
(02:48):
You don't tell nobody that you take that to a grave.
You know what, It's not worth it to me. I
just you know what, I'm gonna go to a bar,
have a good time, yeah, and talk.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
To some women.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
You know.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
If I just trying, I have to drink a lot
of fluids before you go.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I mean, just I don't ten hours, man, come on
or something.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
That's how long they stand out there. Ten hours?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Oh yeah, they're two outs hell no, yeah, tickets or something.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
No, it's twenty twenty five, bro, this is not nineteen
eighty three. Like, stop, I'm not standing Arnie, I'm not standing,
No damn weear for ten hours. Yeah, but by the way,
I don't care what it is.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
It is the two hundred and fiftieth year of our country.
So going into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
And making me stand nowhere for no damn ten hours?
What country birthday?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
It is?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Damn mine, no way it is. And it's cold out
there too. Wherever it's a little bit cold out of here.
We had some snow, so I think I'm gonna pass
on that. Also, I'm good, all right. We do have
a lot of football on this New Year's Eve. Were
getting a lot of tweets nights, So if you want
to tell us how you're listening and where you're listening,
we always love to hear from our listeners out there
at Big Vanilla Funny, I'm at Stinking Genius one. And
(04:02):
we know a lot of people don't go out and
for New Years, A lot of people think it is
amateur night. As I told VJ, ninety five percent of
the people living on this planet will stay home and
just enjoy a movie or just listen to sports talk
radio or listen to us and just kind of relax
and breaking into New Year. You know, I usually go
(04:23):
out and get the uh the what is it? The Martinelli's,
the fake champagne that you know what I'm talking about? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Man, she has apple juice and stated, Earth are you
kidding me? I get pissed when my kids drink mine.
I bought you. I brought you out a tree top.
The tree top is for you and Nellie's dad's dollars
a gallon.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
They must sell a lot of those every year, you.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Know, I man, oh, yeah, to sparkling stuff. Yeah yeah, yeah, man,
you drink that with a sandwich. I don't need to
celebrate enough. Hope eat that one. A sandwich is some chips.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
No, I love it. So we do appreciate. We know
you have other options. Appreciate you hanging out with us.
And like we said, so much going out of the
world of sports. Had ball games say, even though they
were mostly meaningless, had to start with Miami at Ohio State.
We'll go through the other games for tomorrow in a
little bit, because we got a lot a lot of
coaching rumors in the NFL. I don't know if you
(05:11):
saw the Stefanski and that if he gets fired, that
the Browns would be interested in getting McDaniel from the
Miami Dolphins, and well, you know, we'll touch on all that,
but first Miami wins it to beat Ohio State VJ.
To me, this is a colossal screwup by Ohio State.
(05:33):
This is a major upset. It was a ten point line.
No way Ohio State should have watched this game, no
matter how bad Ryan Day, you know, called the game.
And I never thought that Miami, if they did win
a game like this, it was gonna be a low
scoring game. I thought if Miami would have to pull
off the upset, it'd be like thirty four thirty one,
(05:55):
and they just got hot and Beck took him apart.
But that's not what happened. He didn't have a great
game under one hundred and fifty yards. If you told
me that would have happened, I said, well, they lost.
They couldn't keep up with the Ohio State. I don't
know what the fans are gonna say about Ryan Day.
Obviously it's gonna start all over again. How you know
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this guy can't lead him to a championship. He has once,
so you know, I think it's just the Buckeye fans
living in a bad moment right now. But This is
a colossal screw up. This was a bad loss for
the Ohio State Buckeye.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
See this is how football works. Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
everybody put the earphones on. I'm gonna pull a Rob Parker.
Is this thing on? Is this thing on? All right? Listen?
Football one oh one. Stop the run, run the ball,
attack the quarterback, protect the quarterback, don't commit stupid penalties,
don't turn the ball over, and you'll win sixty nine
percent of your football games. You can go look that up. Okay,
so who rushed for more? Let's see three to forty five.
(06:58):
I could stop talking right there. I can stop talking
right there once again, Ryan Day, Why is Julian saying
throwing the ball thirty five times but you're only running
it twenty four at times? No, I don't want to
hear that. I don't want to hear that because in football, Yeah,
but in football. No, I'm not saying it to you personally.
(07:18):
Just saying that to the football guy. That's all well,
because I don't care if I'm down fourteen. One big
run it's a seven point game, right, one big breakaway
run from these backs. You have these former five star,
four star recruits one big sixty five seventy yard gallop
and it's a seven point game, so you gotta keep
running the football. You know what else it does? It
(07:39):
keeps that defensive line off my quarterbacks. You know what
which he was running from his life all night tonight.
Baine Junior, who they're showing on the screen taking pictures
with fans and alumni right now, NFL are right there.
That's a legit man right there, Big Cooper, that defensive
tackle right there. These are NFL guys, man. You gotta
get them and keep them off your quarterback. That's why
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this falls on Ryan Dame. You have all the power
to say, hey, put the ball on the ground. They
ran the ball Miami did thirty seven times. They only
told their quarterback to throw it twenty six times, and
he was nineteen or twenty six. Very efficient. Get the
ball out quick against this NFL style defense that I mentioned.
(08:20):
Let's methodically move the ball down the field. And also
Monty and I were talking during a commercial break to
pick six. That's called film. Watching that kid that corner.
He watched that play one hundred times in the last
eleven days. I guarantee it. He watched it over and
over and over and over, and when he saw it,
he said, I'm taking this to the house. But Julian's saying,
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you have to check that corner. He never checked the corner.
They see if the corner backs out, he just turns
and he already made his mind up, Arnie where he
was going with the ball. That is a critical quarterback mistake.
Don't already have your mind made up. That's what held
to it back this year. I know we'll get to
some NFL stuff later in the show, right right, but
you can't have your mind made up at the quarterback position.
(09:01):
If you see something you don't like, you gotta be
quick enough to pull that back and then go to
your second r He just turns and throws it.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Go.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Look at the play. He never checks the corner in
the corner, takes a house the pick six.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
So Miami really with seventeen points. If you would have
told me Miami could only put seventeen points offensively, I'm like, well,
they're gonna lose forty on the seventeen.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah, they're gonna lose twenty eight seventeen. And what I
would have thought twenty eight thirty to seventeen because as
you mentioned early in this show, Ohio State's defense hadn't
given them more than twenty points all year long until tonight.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Well, twenty four, but yeah, seven came on the pick six.
It was Ohio State's offense. They were not to be found.
At least in the first they were getting clobbered. They
moved it in the second, but they were no points
to show for it, and then they came out like
gang busters in the third. By then, though, when it
was fourteen to seven, they let Miami moved the ball
down get some points, and they could never really get
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back into it. Even though it was seventeen to fourteen
and it was in the fourth. They couldn't get that
ball back when it was that six minute mark right there.
Great job, great play calling by Miami to make sure
that they didn't have to give the ball back in
a compromising situation. This is a stunning upset VJ. Absolutely stunning.
(10:15):
I didn't see this one happening. I thought Ohio State
had this game every which way, even if they didn't
cover the ten point spread. I didn't expect them to
lose this game. VJ.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Well, yeah, I don't know how stunning the upset it
is I know people would pick ten points. Yeah, I
took my way to topready. I didn't like to spread
at Miami to cover, but I text you earlier, give
me the canes straight up, like I was just taking
the cane straight up. Because in these type of bowl games,
I like defense more than offensive stars because defense travels,
and your offense can be off. It's like in the NBA, right,
(10:45):
if you have a top ten defense, that's for eighty
two games, right, but offenses could come. You could just
have a night where you just can't hit a shot. Right,
Some nights Steph goes three or twelve from three, correct,
and then some nights he goes eight to fourteen. It's
probably gonna have more than eight of fourteen to nine
to fifteen knights. But if he ever has one of
those two for fourteen knights from three in the game
(11:07):
five where series is tidy two, do you think Golden
State's gonna win that game? Probably not so. In football,
I like to look at that as far as being
able to run the football and defense. Always say this
about football. Two things travel no matter where you play
a running game, and defense indoor outdoor, sleek, hot, humid, snow,
rang don't matter. If I can run the ball, I
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can run the ball. If I have a great defense.
I got a great defense that goes anywhere. And they
took their running game and they took their defense to
the common ball. They took it to take look think
about it. Then this team just went at Texas A
and M, a team that people thought was the best
team in the nation right there with Ohio run in
a very hostile environment, and then twelve fIF time, right
(11:48):
time and beat them and beat them. But to go
back to that last drive, that's that's beating the team
against their will something. You're someplace hockey. You're big. You
guys can big hockey guys out there, and you and
your son if he can fill this in, you're a hockey.
You can feel this. Hockey and football are they're like
the two man sports. You know why because it's me
cause no, no, no, this is really because it's physically me
(12:09):
versus you, not dribbling, not swinging the club, swinging a
bad no no no, no no no no. My body
against your body for four quarters? Can you keep hitting
me or me hitting you over and over and over
and over, and sooner or later somebody breaks. We Sam
in hockey, and right there they said, okay, let's go
(12:31):
ahead and put this game away. We're not gonna throw nothing.
We're gonna run the ball right in your face down
the field, score and put the game away. You know
what's coming and there's nothing you can do about it.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
We want to hear what you thought about the game
between Miami and Ohio State. You could tweet us at
Big Vanilla Funny. I'm a stinking genius one, so I'm
dying to here what you guys have to say. Also,
where are you listening to us from? And how are
you listening? Bruce said, good evening, fellas from bell Air, Maryland.
He did a lot of DV. He did a little
(13:03):
coffee rubbed fill as on the grill pan seared scallops.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
This is this is your guy, okay, because you see
he know that's how we do for the DMV. So
I'm doing grilled filets myself, red wine marinated grill filets
that are marinate in the fridge right now. And I'm
also doing grilled lobster tales with some bacon rap shrimp.
So that's what we're doing in the Yeah, that's what
you're doing in the Husky House and ain't some fried
Chris Pye potatoes. That's what we're doing in the Husky
House the night for New Year's Eve.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Baby, all right, we got three other games tomorrow. By
the way, do you like one game today? Three tomorrow?
You prefer? Maybe two? And two doesn't bother you?
Speaker 4 (13:37):
No, no, no, give me three on New Year's Day
because tomorrow You're right, We're off New Year's Night doing nothing.
I'm laying around with my babies man, looking at the
Christmas tree for the last days. I'm gonna watch Trading
Places later tonight. That's my New Year's Eve movie every year.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
That was what the season finale tonight?
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Right, yeah, No, no Trading Places, the Eddie Murphyckroyd eighty three,
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
I'm sorry, I confuse because what's the big Stranger Things?
Speaker 4 (14:03):
I don't watch none of that.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
I don't watch that.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
I don't watch any of that stuff. Comedy bro, That's
all I watch.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Well, the only reason I bring it up is because
today was tonight's the finale of Stranger Things?
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Oh is it?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
And I guess it broke down? Shut down Netflix?
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Do you watch that Alex breeding Is Shrader Things. Do
you guys watch this? Should I be on that? I
know it's populars now. I gave up after like season three.
There was just too much time in between each season.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
I just couldn't heard what.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
Thrones because I never watched that, but my wife didn't.
Everyone I knew watch They were looking at me like
like it was I was looking down upon because I
didn't watch Game of Thrones.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
But I binged Game of Thrones after it was over,
so I'm probably.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Okay, I do look down at you a little bit
for not watching Game of really a little bit, all right,
I don't watch I did just finish Sopranos and I
got to like season four saying sons of anarchy. So
I did pick those up. Good, Yeah, I did pick
those up.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
So to answer your question real quick, Stranger Things is
worth it, real there's a reason to binge it if
you do watch it with an open mind and digest
the purpose of what it's trying to portray. The finale,
I understand why everybody's hyped for it, because they've built
up so well better deliver.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Okay, well that's why. And the other one I keep
hearing about, squit of them. I haven't seen that. Okay,
I love that. Do you watch that? Are you joking?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Oh yeah, okay, that's being serious. I I love that.
My wife thinks it's just way too dark, and it
is dark, but it is uh, it is good.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I like it. It's based on real stuff. Rich people
watching poor people do stuff.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Come on.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
Yeah, gods, skyboxes these days, tell me wrong.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Here, But I just saw I saw that Stranger Things.
So many people watching it. Netflix had a problem, but
uh uh yeah that's some Things.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
Six Yeah, yeah, so many people watch that show, I guess.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
So yeah, get a hold of us. Tell you how
you listen thing and where you're listening at Big Vanilla Funny.
I'm astinking genius one. We'll get to the other three games.
I keep promising that night we will get to it
coming up next segment. Because I think it's good. I
like it. But the only thing I don't like VJ
is the non home games. I don't like these neutral sites.
(16:20):
In the quarterfinals, the atmosphere was so electric in the
first round games would have loved the scene games on
the home sites of Indian.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
They can't do that though. Why is that? Because you
can't take away to cotton Roll sugar and fiesta.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Unless can well, that was part of my thing I
said last hour that I get rid of the bowl games.
You can't get rid of those that maybe you could
use it later on. I just don't think it serves
a purpose anymore.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
No, it does. It does like the cotton First of all,
the Cotton Bowl is a big bowl. It may not
be a rose, may not be the sugar or the orange.
I think the fiesta's right there with it, But that
the Cotton Bowl. You go back to the sixties and
seventies in like Oklahoma, Nebraska and Tom Osbourne and those
guys were killing people in the cotton bowl s. M
U with what uh you know with with their team
that they had back in the day, with Eric Dickerson
(17:09):
and Craig James and those guys you know you used
to want to get to because it's in Texas, it's
in Dallas. Dallas is a big city.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Gonna be ask your question, kids, was tonight the Cotton Bowl? Wait? Wait,
was it be finished? Was tonight the Cotton Bowl? Or
was tonight the first round of the quarter final playoff game?
Speaker 4 (17:27):
You tell me it was the quarterfinal Cotton right.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
I don't consider it is the the Cotton Bowl, and
it's a bowl game. I considered the first round of
the next round of the playoffs, not the Cotton Bowl,
the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
I don't actual question. Where's that Alabama Indiana playing Tomore.
They're they're playing at U in Pasadena. There's Rose. Yeah,
but I don't get it.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
But I don't consider the I don't consider the Rose
Bowl game.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
You know, no matter what you consider. Man, it just
but right, but only because it's the next round of
the My credential says Rose Bowl. On it doesn't say well,
it says, uh, you know, quarterfinal CFP. But above the
main words on the credential says Rose Bowl.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I bet you more of our listeners think of it
as the next round of the playoffs than a you know,
typical Rose Bowl game.
Speaker 4 (18:21):
Let's throw it out there and ask them. I'll say
that our listeners right now will go with me and say, no, man,
that's still the Rose Bowl is because they're gonna say
the Rose Bowl prevented by such and such and such,
this is the college football. They're going to start the
broadcast off by saying, like right now, if you look
on the screen on your computer, on ESPN dot com.
It says college football playoff quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton
(18:43):
Bowl Classic, Right, Like, it's still the it's still the
Cotton Bowl Club, Right, it's.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Still it's still the Cotton Bowl. But I don't consider
it the bowl game. Like you mentioned, well you had
like ten years ago fifty which is like, which is
why I said, let's get rid of the bull games.
Let's have back on the home sites for the quarterfinals.
It would have been electric. Matter of fact, I'd have
home sites for all the games except for the championship.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
And well, you know what I win.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
NFL has it way.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Okay, that's fine if you do that, but that doesn't
mean you get rid of a bowl game. You just
have to send other teams to go play those bowl games.
But do you think the Orange Bowl or do you
think the Tostitos people of the Fiesta Bowl. You think
that CEO wants Tulane in SMU.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
In that game.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
No, absolutely not. He wants Ohio State versus Alabama or
Michigan versus Texas like he wants that game there because
that's gonna bring in the advertising dollars, in the advertising money.
So the ball games aren't going anywhere, Arnie. You always
want to get rid of something. Man, you talked about
eliminating preseason in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Not that I want to get rid of it. I
just want to move along with the times. I'm not
gonna be stuck back fifty years ago. Matter of fact,
we'll come back. We'll give you the latest lines of
the three games tomorrow. We'll get to the three games
tomorrow and you could comment on that too. All that
covering up next Vjhus Arnie Spaan. You're filling in for
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon right here on Fox Sports Radio.
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Speaker 3 (20:50):
All right, good evening, everyone, VJ Husky, Arnie Span, You're
in for Jason Smith and Mike Harmon right here on
Fox Sports Radio. We got the big upset in the
first game of the quarterfinals. Were the Miami Hurricanes. My Hurricanes,
loving this one. Beat the buck guys of Ohio State
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twenty four fourteen. And you're happy to being a Michigan man.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
I know you're static right now, you state portnoying you
were happy. I've been tweeting and talking trash through every
commercial break since this game ended. Are you kidding me? Absolutely?
I love seeing this, seeing these these these guys go
down like this, lost the Indiana in the Big Ten
championship game and not lose their first playoff game, lost
their last two after being defending national champions, picked the
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repeat and do it all over again. Of course, I
like seeing them getting their ass handed to him like
this tonight, scoring fourteen points from this high powered offense.
Because Ryan Day, who's such a great coach, yes, decided
to have his quarterback through thirty five and only must
have forty three yards rushing on the ground. I always thought,
once he took the team over, the one thing I
give Urban Meyer and right a big Urban Mayer. The
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one thing I give him know is that when he
coached Ohio State, they were physically tough. Like they were tough.
He put some guys in the NFL in that front
seven on the offensive line year in and year out.
I always felt in Ryan they took it over. They tried.
They became a pretty team. Like what are they known for?
Right now? Their wide receiver you right, look at all
the wide receiver right all their wide receivers that are
in the NFL. I thought the same thing happened to
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LSU when Saban was there, when Les Miles was there.
They were physical, attacking, running, physical upfront teams. Then they
started throwing the ball around the lot. They became more pretty.
So you get a number one overall picking Joe Burrow
at the quarterback position. You start to throw a bunch
of receivers in the league, and then they were being
called why receiver you? But sooner or later, what happens
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The toughness went away. They weren't winning the big games.
They were still winning ten eleven games, but they weren't
winning national championships anymore, and they weren't going far as
far and winning their bowl games and things of that nature.
I'm seeing the same thing with Ohio State. They just
looked like a pretty and a finesse team other than
the power Big ten that we're used to seeing. And
that's why he loses games like this, puts up fourteen points.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
All right, we're gonna go through the other three games.
I just wanted to finish out what we talked about
before we went to the break where and I guess
a couple of the listeners are like, no, leave them alone,
leave the balls the way they are. Gunner says, it's
the Cotton Bowl. Nothing changes. Ball games are memorable. No
ball games leave. It's not that I want things to leave, VJ.
But things do change. Like we're having a playoff and
(23:25):
now we're gonna go sooner or later, it's gonna go
to sixteen to twenty four, and I think we'll stop
at twenty four for a while. And I'm okay with
all that because things change, and I'd like to have
more teams involved in the playoff system. That's why. I
think we have to mix it up a little bit.
We don't have to use the capital one, the rolls
or the sugar or anything like that. We have a playoff,
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call it what you want, round one, round two, like
we do in March Madness, the Sweet Sixteen, the Playing Game,
the Thursday play the Tuesday. I don't care what you
call it. It's round one what it is for me. VJ.
So again, I we're gonna have changes anyway. So I
think we have to get rid of a lot of
(24:08):
these meaningless ball games people. You know, ESPN says they're
not being.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Watched, They're not meaningless. You keep calling them that.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
It is meaningless for the any First of all, the
kids are opting out. So for a lot of the kids,
kids opting out there, the coaches even opt out. I'll
be coaches opted out. There's still coaches on the sideline. Yeah,
some coaches are opting out because there might be some
some turmoil there. They might be looking for a new job.
But like I said, these teams are still fielding players.
They're still putting players. Have you let me ask you
(24:35):
a question, how many all games? Just estimate y'all don't
know if you know the exact number. How many Bowl
games have you watched this year? Yes, I would say
I probably watched about half of that.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Okay, you're telling me these games haven't been competitive. You're
telling me these kids haven't been playing hard out here,
these coaches haven't been coaching. And when they win, the
joy jubilation you see on their faces holding up whatever
trophy the game, you know, whatever trophy they win, and
when they even show doing commercial break. So earlier this
week when the team arrived, they they've been on the
community hunt too, So they went to the Cancer Research
(25:08):
Children's Hospital or the pinch stripe ball at Yankee Stadium.
Some of the players from I forget who played to
Penn State and Clemson right some went the ring ring,
the the what's the bell? The bell there for the
stock market and like that's remember that kid would never
be able to do that, Arnie, if he didn't play
at that school and he didn't go to right Bowl.
You know.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
And when you bring up some of that, I understand
that that's nostalgic stuff, that it's part, it's part of
the process. But when I mean meaningless, like I heard
the guys talking about USC and TCU, First of all,
I've never heard of a game being broken down without
mentioning the winning team. In TCU, all I heard was
us he choked, how could they not have missed three tackles?
(25:47):
How could they give up third and twenty? How could
they do that? You would have you would against it.
They didn't play anybody, But yeah, what cause?
Speaker 4 (25:54):
I mean, I watched that.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
But we don't break down the games. Are we gonna
bring up Tennessee Illinois?
Speaker 4 (25:59):
Of course?
Speaker 3 (25:59):
Not Coastal Caroliniden Louisiana Tech. No, because but if they
were in the playoffs, we'd be bringing them up.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
No, we won't bring them up because it's Coastal Carolina
to the senior. You can bring up because when people
start talking about Josh Heipel's job later this offseason, they're
gonna go back to They didn't be any top ranked
teams in the SCC and this time by the game
this game was so it doesn't matter though, but because
they played in that ball game, because lane, because USC
(26:28):
had a linebacker who couldn't tackle one hundred and eighty
pounds running that was a sideline last night and overtime,
and the second defender didn't even attempt to throw a
shoulder or throw your body at this guy. You wait
until he got even with you, then try to turn
on the jets and reach out. No, that's gonna go
on tape into the offseason. USC has the number one
(26:51):
recruiting class. They ended up with the number one class.
They loaded up on four stars and threw a few
five stars in there to balance that class.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Who's fault, by the way, Notre Dame in USC. Whose
fault is that it's leaking Riley.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
Hey, listen here, here's my thing with that. It's nobody's
fault but College Football Ncuba. They should have put their
foot in Nordre Dame's ass twenty five thirty years ago.
Get in a conference. Get in a conference, or you're
not playing in no ball games. You don't qualify for
the national championship. They could have stopped this. Nordre Dame
(27:30):
is one of those schools. And I don't fault them
because I'm a guy that says, listen, if you got power,
I get why people will did because it makes things
happen and it moves in America. Nordre Dame is norm
whether you like them or not, or Nordre Dame's over
rate go go look at the ratings when Norder Dame.
They're like the Dallas Cowboys when Nordre Dame's on TV.
There's a reason why they have their own network deal,
(27:51):
right for any of these universities had a network deal.
They've had the NBC deal for about forty years. They
got like their Nordre Dame. So they could kind of
mugg their nose and go, you know what, we don't
want to play you anymore. You don't want to play
us anymore? Okay, no problem.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
I mean there was no God suggested. Why should anybody
schedule No, schedule them.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Yeah, but that's what you do. But then now you're
talking collusion, right, well you can do that.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Yeah, but you know it's not in the best interest
of college football though it really is.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
No, it's not. No, it's not. You take if that's
like taking the Yankees out of baseball, taking Duke Carolina
out of college basketball, taking you know, Dallas out of
out of the NFL.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
Yeah, you gotta make notes. You they play the San
Jose States of the world. No, nobody really wants to
see that.
Speaker 4 (28:34):
No, they won't because the money nor to Dame. Now
here's the thing they got the kind of money they
can still schedule big schools like they got that kind
of money because hey, listen, if you play us, you
know we'll get fifteen million. We'll pay you twenty million.
Like they have that kind of money to just throw
around to get what what program is gonna say? No,
we don't want your to.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Top programs in the power in the Power fives don't
have to sell well, they still get plenty of money,
and they don't want to. They already played nine conference games.
But that that was just some of the talk from
Joel Klatten. Some of the guys out there. We gotta
come back, We gotta go ahead, get to the other
three games. First though, quick check in with mons. See
(29:13):
what's trending out there? What's going on? Monsey?
Speaker 7 (29:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Say your last name right?
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:20):
Okay, he said it right? All right?
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Who messed it?
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (29:23):
I remember?
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Never mind Kelvin Washington because he definitely messed it up.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
I don't even know what he said. It's not like
blown his whole government.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
You don't go Kelvin, You don't go Rob Oh yeah,
Kelvin Kelvin to Washington.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
Yes, the middle name too.
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
In fact, in fact, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, no,
but he definitely did. But after saying it right millions of.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Times, he still butchered it.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
So we'll never let him live it down. Well, we
won't let him live it down, don't you worry.
Speaker 7 (29:52):
I don't know if we're gonna let Ryan Day and
Ohio State live it down anytime soon, you guys. But
ten seed Miami with the upset over the Buckeyes, the
defending national champion, coming down on top twenty four to fourteen.
In a game where where Carson Beck only threw for
one hundred and thirty eight yards and a touchdown. The
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Hurricanes defense came ready to play two interceptions a pick
six in the first half. That second interception on Julian
Sane came in the final drive when Ohio State was
trying to do something in the final minute, but down
ten points, the game was over. Miami advances to the quarterfinal,
to the semi finals, just like we all thought. Not really,
(30:33):
not really right what happened earlier today though, in the
other games. If you don't want to hear this, VJ
plag your ears because Arch Manning put on a show
against your Michigan team in the Citrus Bowl. He threw
for two hundred and twenty one yards two touchdowns. He
also rushed for one hundred and fifty five yards and
two touchdowns. Texas defeats Michigan forty one to twenty seven.
Iowa knocked off Vanderbilt and the RelA Quests Bowl thirty
(30:54):
four to twenty seven. In the Las Vegas Bowl, Utah
roll pass Nebraska forty four to twenty two, and in
the Sun Bowl, Duke prevailed over Arizona State forty two
to thirty nine. A couple of NBA scores, the Spurs
good news guys, because Victor one Banyama suffered a slight
hyper extension in his left knee. Initial tests, though came
back negative, showed no major injury, and the Spurs, who
(31:15):
were down nineteen, came back to beat the next one
thirty four to one thirty two win when Victor went Banyama,
despite playing not playing most of the fourth quarter, ended
with thirty one points and thirteen rebounds. Then Nuggets, playing
without Nicola Jokic, survived one o six to one oh
three against the Raptors. Paolo Bancaro hit the go ahead
shot with like seven seconds left, and the Magic defeated
the Pacers win twelve to one ten, where Bancaro ended
(31:37):
with his own double double twenty nine points and ten rebounds.
The Cavs snapped the Sun's four game winning streak sorry Brie.
One twenty nine to one thirteen was the final score there.
Donovan Mitchell led the way with thirty four points Bowls,
they rolled past the Pelicans one thirty four to one eighteen.
The Wizards edged the Bucks one fourteen to one thirteen
despite thirty plus points from Giannis, and the thunder CRUs passed.
(31:57):
The Trailblazers won twenty four to ninety five. Steph Curry
had twenty six points. The Warriors outscored the Hornets one
thirty two to one twenty five, and the Hawks topped
the Timberwolves one twenty six to one oh two. Not
sure if you guys saw this, but Anthony Edwards, with
like seven minutes left in the fourth quarter left the
bench because he was mad that coach Finch benched all
the starters. At that point, Atlanto was up one oh
(32:18):
nine to eighty. He left, never came back. He did
not speak to the media. He had thirty points in
the game.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
You want to beat the traffic.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
Yeah, sure, that's what it is.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
That's what it is.
Speaker 7 (32:28):
And coach finch Off obviously after the game said he
should have come back, but he never did. When it
comes to the NHL, the Avalanche are just crushing the Blues.
Six to one is the score, ninety seconds to go
in the third period, Flames over the Flyers four to
one halfway through the third period, and still early in
the third period as the Bruins lead the Oilers right
now five to one.
Speaker 4 (32:48):
Back to you really quick about and Edwards. He's done shows.
When Martin and I had our Saturday show and I
used to it's all zaidas about him. He's an extreme talent, yeah,
but he just always strikes me, number one, as a
me guy. And he could either be Dwayne Wade or
he was going to end up like a Brandon Roy
or Jean Morant type of player, where he tried to
(33:09):
make himself a character and a superstar. And I like
it when it's organic, when you just kind of morph
into it, like I think Wimby's gonna show us more
personality as his career goes on. I thought Aunt went
for it, but when you start pulling moves like this.
You already got a coach fire right, got the extension,
got the Max Deale. Now he's trying to pull power
play and just pouty moves like this like Draymond leaving
(33:31):
the bench the other night too, Jim k I just
sent Draymond home for like two straight, like you're suspending,
just really quick. It's not it's now, it's it's starting. Yeah,
just Mark, just remember it's starting.
Speaker 7 (33:48):
I will tell you the thing with with Anthony Edwards,
I feel I feel like he cares sometimes and.
Speaker 4 (33:55):
That's not good enough. Correct when you're the franchise guy,
if you're if you're if you're Aquaman, or you're fast,
you cannot show up. But damn it, Batman and Superman
gotta be an auto fight, right, Batman Man, wonder Woman
got to be a Batman. Not right, not handle the No,
you're green Leonard, dude, and no one saw that movie.
You're Daredevil.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Movie, but you're Superhero.
Speaker 4 (34:17):
Yeah you're superhero. Nobody saw great, you've seen all thirty
seven Batman.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I like I like this.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
I like how that's it.
Speaker 7 (34:25):
That's it, the green lantern, that's it.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
A right, thank you mon sing here for the next
hour By the way, Paul Bill's Mafias his Happy New Year.
He's outside of Buffalo, New York, visiting his parents and siblings.
He spent the day arguing with his whole high school
buddies over whether the Bills should fire Sean McDermott. He's
for the pro pink slip. We're gonna get a lot
of NFL in, a lot of coaches on the hot seat.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
What are you thinking that? What are you thinking that?
Speaking that one real quick, aren't you?
Speaker 6 (34:53):
No?
Speaker 4 (34:53):
I don't don't like about McDermott.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
No, I think you keep him. Look, I know that
people are fans, think that the next best coaches out there,
and you know, maybe there is. If Tomlin gets fired
or you want a McDaniel or you know who the
heck you want Pete.
Speaker 4 (35:10):
Carroll, Tomas not getting fired, he'll But I'm just.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Saying, if you want to, you know, go out to
another coach. But but the grass isn't always greener in
this situation.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
They lose in the first round of the playoffs, does
your opinion change?
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Maybe it may change.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
They lose by six in the wildcar round, because that's
what they're gonna be in because the Patriots already have
the home game, they go on the road, they lose
by six, and it just it just doesn't look like
Josh Allen plays Superman but just doesn't have enough. There's
some coaching things you can point to. Do you start
to think about it more and change your opinion.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
So I think it is still being considered. You know,
I just wouldn't do it. Though I wouldn't do it.
There's too many coaches out looks. Unless there's a Tom
Win I can figure out how to get But then again,
it's not like he's you know, taking him to a
bunch of small flores.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Maybe up in Minnesota.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
That's a big name being flooded right now.
Speaker 4 (36:05):
Yeah, yeah, he said, he said he's enjoyed his time
in Minnesota. But I do believe if another team comes calling,
you know, he didn't get it right in he didn't
get it, you know, right in Miami. But you know,
try it again.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Well, come back, let's finish out the hour. Of course,
the VJ Husky Arnie Spanier right here on Fox Sports
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One more hour until we start breaking into New Year
here on the East Coast. Oh. Other parts of the
(01:16):
world have already welcomed twenty twenty six VJ. So we're
behind the times already, and they've had some great celebrations
other places, other countries, they break out the fireworks.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
The whole nine yards Australia is the most beautiful one
I've seen posted so far.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Oh yeah, so you're seeing the ones being posted too
on Twittery.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I think we should have a world like change on that.
I think the old clock at the same time it
should be on one clock. I don't know if that
can happen. Yeah, I don't know if, like you know,
we can make that happen, but it would just be
cool if it just changed. And I guess not because
they say the Earth is round, so it spins. It's
(01:58):
not flat, all right, This isn't flat.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I mean, when I'm in an airplane, it don't look
like it curve. It looks like it keeps going straight.
But who am I. I'm just a sports talk radio guy.
I just wish that would that would be cool because
it's like, wow, hold up, what part of the world
is that? Oh wow? Because I'm seeing New Year's Eve
celebrations at like ten o'clock this morning.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, there's been all day.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
That's the opposite side of the globe where it's already
hitting midnight. So I mean, you know, it is what
it is. But a hour for you, huh.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yeah, hour for us of course. Times Square just packed.
They were interviewing a guy on Times Square talking about
how he's wearing a diaper because you can't go to
the bat You can't you can't go to the bathroom,
and you have to be there like twelve hours ahead
of the time. If you leave to go to the bathroom,
you lose your spot. Yeah, you take that to a grave.
(02:48):
You don't tell nobody that you take that to a grave.
You know what, It's not worth it to me. I
just you know what, I'm gonna go to a bar,
have a good time, yeah, and talk.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
To some women.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
You know.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
If I just trying, I have to drink a lot
of fluids before you go.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I mean, just I don't ten hours, man, come on
or something.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
That's how long they stand out there. Ten hours?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Oh yeah, they're two outs hell no, yeah, tickets or something.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
No, it's twenty twenty five, bro, this is not nineteen
eighty three. Like, stop, I'm not standing Arnie, I'm not standing,
No damn weear for ten hours. Yeah, but by the way,
I don't care what it is.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
It is the two hundred and fiftieth year of our country.
So going into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
And making me stand nowhere for no damn ten hours?
What country birthday?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
It is?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Damn mine, no way it is. And it's cold out
there too. Wherever it's a little bit cold out of here.
We had some snow, so I think I'm gonna pass
on that. Also, I'm good, all right. We do have
a lot of football on this New Year's Eve. Were
getting a lot of tweets nights, So if you want
to tell us how you're listening and where you're listening,
we always love to hear from our listeners out there
at Big Vanilla Funny, I'm at Stinking Genius one. And
(04:02):
we know a lot of people don't go out and
for New Years, A lot of people think it is
amateur night. As I told VJ, ninety five percent of
the people living on this planet will stay home and
just enjoy a movie or just listen to sports talk
radio or listen to us and just kind of relax
and breaking into New Year. You know, I usually go
(04:23):
out and get the uh the what is it? The Martinelli's,
the fake champagne that you know what I'm talking about? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Man, she has apple juice and stated, Earth are you
kidding me? I get pissed when my kids drink mine.
I bought you. I brought you out a tree top.
The tree top is for you and Nellie's dad's dollars
a gallon.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
They must sell a lot of those every year, you.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Know, I man, oh, yeah, to sparkling stuff. Yeah yeah, yeah, man,
you drink that with a sandwich. I don't need to
celebrate enough. Hope eat that one. A sandwich is some chips.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
No, I love it. So we do appreciate. We know
you have other options. Appreciate you hanging out with us.
And like we said, so much going out of the
world of sports. Had ball games say, even though they
were mostly meaningless, had to start with Miami at Ohio State.
We'll go through the other games for tomorrow in a
little bit, because we got a lot a lot of
coaching rumors in the NFL. I don't know if you
(05:11):
saw the Stefanski and that if he gets fired, that
the Browns would be interested in getting McDaniel from the
Miami Dolphins, and well, you know, we'll touch on all that,
but first Miami wins it to beat Ohio State VJ.
To me, this is a colossal screwup by Ohio State.
(05:33):
This is a major upset. It was a ten point line.
No way Ohio State should have watched this game, no
matter how bad Ryan Day, you know, called the game.
And I never thought that Miami, if they did win
a game like this, it was gonna be a low
scoring game. I thought if Miami would have to pull
off the upset, it'd be like thirty four thirty one,
(05:55):
and they just got hot and Beck took him apart.
But that's not what happened. He didn't have a great
game under one hundred and fifty yards. If you told
me that would have happened, I said, well, they lost.
They couldn't keep up with the Ohio State. I don't
know what the fans are gonna say about Ryan Day.
Obviously it's gonna start all over again. How you know
(06:16):
this guy can't lead him to a championship. He has once,
so you know, I think it's just the Buckeye fans
living in a bad moment right now. But This is
a colossal screw up. This was a bad loss for
the Ohio State Buckeye.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
See this is how football works. Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
everybody put the earphones on. I'm gonna pull a Rob Parker.
Is this thing on? Is this thing on? All right? Listen?
Football one oh one. Stop the run, run the ball,
attack the quarterback, protect the quarterback, don't commit stupid penalties,
don't turn the ball over, and you'll win sixty nine
percent of your football games. You can go look that up. Okay,
so who rushed for more? Let's see three to forty five.
(06:58):
I could stop talking right there. I can stop talking
right there once again, Ryan Day, Why is Julian saying
throwing the ball thirty five times but you're only running
it twenty four at times? No, I don't want to
hear that. I don't want to hear that because in football, Yeah,
but in football. No, I'm not saying it to you personally.
(07:18):
Just saying that to the football guy. That's all well,
because I don't care if I'm down fourteen. One big
run it's a seven point game, right, one big breakaway
run from these backs. You have these former five star,
four star recruits one big sixty five seventy yard gallop
and it's a seven point game, so you gotta keep
running the football. You know what else it does? It
(07:39):
keeps that defensive line off my quarterbacks. You know what
which he was running from his life all night tonight.
Baine Junior, who they're showing on the screen taking pictures
with fans and alumni right now, NFL are right there.
That's a legit man right there, Big Cooper, that defensive
tackle right there. These are NFL guys, man. You gotta
get them and keep them off your quarterback. That's why
(07:59):
this falls on Ryan Dame. You have all the power
to say, hey, put the ball on the ground. They
ran the ball Miami did thirty seven times. They only
told their quarterback to throw it twenty six times, and
he was nineteen or twenty six. Very efficient. Get the
ball out quick against this NFL style defense that I mentioned.
(08:20):
Let's methodically move the ball down the field. And also
Monty and I were talking during a commercial break to
pick six. That's called film. Watching that kid that corner.
He watched that play one hundred times in the last
eleven days. I guarantee it. He watched it over and
over and over and over, and when he saw it,
he said, I'm taking this to the house. But Julian's saying,
(08:41):
you have to check that corner. He never checked the corner.
They see if the corner backs out, he just turns
and he already made his mind up, Arnie where he
was going with the ball. That is a critical quarterback mistake.
Don't already have your mind made up. That's what held
to it back this year. I know we'll get to
some NFL stuff later in the show, right right, but
you can't have your mind made up at the quarterback position.
(09:01):
If you see something you don't like, you gotta be
quick enough to pull that back and then go to
your second r He just turns and throws it.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Go.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Look at the play. He never checks the corner in
the corner, takes a house the pick six.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
So Miami really with seventeen points. If you would have
told me Miami could only put seventeen points offensively, I'm like, well,
they're gonna lose forty on the seventeen.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah, they're gonna lose twenty eight seventeen. And what I
would have thought twenty eight thirty to seventeen because as
you mentioned early in this show, Ohio State's defense hadn't
given them more than twenty points all year long until tonight.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Well, twenty four, but yeah, seven came on the pick six.
It was Ohio State's offense. They were not to be found.
At least in the first they were getting clobbered. They
moved it in the second, but they were no points
to show for it, and then they came out like
gang busters in the third. By then, though, when it
was fourteen to seven, they let Miami moved the ball
down get some points, and they could never really get
(09:53):
back into it. Even though it was seventeen to fourteen
and it was in the fourth. They couldn't get that
ball back when it was that six minute mark right there.
Great job, great play calling by Miami to make sure
that they didn't have to give the ball back in
a compromising situation. This is a stunning upset VJ. Absolutely stunning.
(10:15):
I didn't see this one happening. I thought Ohio State
had this game every which way, even if they didn't
cover the ten point spread. I didn't expect them to
lose this game. VJ.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Well, yeah, I don't know how stunning the upset it
is I know people would pick ten points. Yeah, I
took my way to topready. I didn't like to spread
at Miami to cover, but I text you earlier, give
me the canes straight up, like I was just taking
the cane straight up. Because in these type of bowl games,
I like defense more than offensive stars because defense travels,
and your offense can be off. It's like in the NBA, right,
(10:45):
if you have a top ten defense, that's for eighty
two games, right, but offenses could come. You could just
have a night where you just can't hit a shot. Right,
Some nights Steph goes three or twelve from three, correct,
and then some nights he goes eight to fourteen. It's
probably gonna have more than eight of fourteen to nine
to fifteen knights. But if he ever has one of
those two for fourteen knights from three in the game
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five where series is tidy two, do you think Golden
State's gonna win that game? Probably not so. In football,
I like to look at that as far as being
able to run the football and defense. Always say this
about football. Two things travel no matter where you play
a running game, and defense indoor outdoor, sleek, hot, humid, snow,
rang don't matter. If I can run the ball, I
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can run the ball. If I have a great defense.
I got a great defense that goes anywhere. And they
took their running game and they took their defense to
the common ball. They took it to take look think
about it. Then this team just went at Texas A
and M, a team that people thought was the best
team in the nation right there with Ohio run in
a very hostile environment, and then twelve fIF time, right
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time and beat them and beat them. But to go
back to that last drive, that's that's beating the team
against their will something. You're someplace hockey. You're big. You
guys can big hockey guys out there, and you and
your son if he can fill this in, you're a hockey.
You can feel this. Hockey and football are they're like
the two man sports. You know why because it's me
cause no, no, no, this is really because it's physically me
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versus you, not dribbling, not swinging the club, swinging a
bad no no no, no no no no. My body
against your body for four quarters? Can you keep hitting
me or me hitting you over and over and over
and over, and sooner or later somebody breaks. We Sam
in hockey, and right there they said, okay, let's go
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ahead and put this game away. We're not gonna throw nothing.
We're gonna run the ball right in your face down
the field, score and put the game away. You know
what's coming and there's nothing you can do about it.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
We want to hear what you thought about the game
between Miami and Ohio State. You could tweet us at
Big Vanilla Funny. I'm a stinking genius one, so I'm
dying to here what you guys have to say. Also,
where are you listening to us from? And how are
you listening? Bruce said, good evening, fellas from bell Air, Maryland.
He did a lot of DV. He did a little
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coffee rubbed fill as on the grill pan seared scallops.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
This is this is your guy, okay, because you see
he know that's how we do for the DMV. So
I'm doing grilled filets myself, red wine marinated grill filets
that are marinate in the fridge right now. And I'm
also doing grilled lobster tales with some bacon rap shrimp.
So that's what we're doing in the Yeah, that's what
you're doing in the Husky House and ain't some fried
Chris Pye potatoes. That's what we're doing in the Husky
House the night for New Year's Eve.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Baby, all right, we got three other games tomorrow. By
the way, do you like one game today? Three tomorrow?
You prefer? Maybe two? And two doesn't bother you?
Speaker 4 (13:37):
No, no, no, give me three on New Year's Day
because tomorrow You're right, We're off New Year's Night doing nothing.
I'm laying around with my babies man, looking at the
Christmas tree for the last days. I'm gonna watch Trading
Places later tonight. That's my New Year's Eve movie every year.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
That was what the season finale tonight?
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Right, yeah, No, no Trading Places, the Eddie Murphyckroyd eighty three,
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
I'm sorry, I confuse because what's the big Stranger Things?
Speaker 4 (14:03):
I don't watch none of that.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
I don't watch that.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
I don't watch any of that stuff. Comedy bro, That's
all I watch.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Well, the only reason I bring it up is because
today was tonight's the finale of Stranger Things?
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Oh is it?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
And I guess it broke down? Shut down Netflix?
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Do you watch that Alex breeding Is Shrader Things. Do
you guys watch this? Should I be on that? I
know it's populars now. I gave up after like season three.
There was just too much time in between each season.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
I just couldn't heard what.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
Thrones because I never watched that, but my wife didn't.
Everyone I knew watch They were looking at me like
like it was I was looking down upon because I
didn't watch Game of Thrones.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
But I binged Game of Thrones after it was over,
so I'm probably.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Okay, I do look down at you a little bit
for not watching Game of really a little bit, all right,
I don't watch I did just finish Sopranos and I
got to like season four saying sons of anarchy. So
I did pick those up. Good, Yeah, I did pick
those up.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
So to answer your question real quick, Stranger Things is
worth it, real there's a reason to binge it if
you do watch it with an open mind and digest
the purpose of what it's trying to portray. The finale,
I understand why everybody's hyped for it, because they've built
up so well better deliver.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Okay, well that's why. And the other one I keep
hearing about, squit of them. I haven't seen that. Okay,
I love that. Do you watch that? Are you joking?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Oh yeah, okay, that's being serious. I I love that.
My wife thinks it's just way too dark, and it
is dark, but it is uh, it is good.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I like it. It's based on real stuff. Rich people
watching poor people do stuff.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Come on.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
Yeah, gods, skyboxes these days, tell me wrong.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Here, But I just saw I saw that Stranger Things.
So many people watching it. Netflix had a problem, but
uh uh yeah that's some Things.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
Six Yeah, yeah, so many people watch that show, I guess.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
So yeah, get a hold of us. Tell you how
you listen thing and where you're listening at Big Vanilla Funny.
I'm astinking genius one. We'll get to the other three games.
I keep promising that night we will get to it
coming up next segment. Because I think it's good. I
like it. But the only thing I don't like VJ
is the non home games. I don't like these neutral sites.
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In the quarterfinals, the atmosphere was so electric in the
first round games would have loved the scene games on
the home sites of Indian.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
They can't do that though. Why is that? Because you
can't take away to cotton Roll sugar and fiesta.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Unless can well, that was part of my thing I
said last hour that I get rid of the bowl games.
You can't get rid of those that maybe you could
use it later on. I just don't think it serves
a purpose anymore.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
No, it does. It does like the cotton First of all,
the Cotton Bowl is a big bowl. It may not
be a rose, may not be the sugar or the orange.
I think the fiesta's right there with it, But that
the Cotton Bowl. You go back to the sixties and
seventies in like Oklahoma, Nebraska and Tom Osbourne and those
guys were killing people in the cotton bowl s. M
U with what uh you know with with their team
that they had back in the day, with Eric Dickerson
(17:09):
and Craig James and those guys you know you used
to want to get to because it's in Texas, it's
in Dallas. Dallas is a big city.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Gonna be ask your question, kids, was tonight the Cotton Bowl? Wait? Wait,
was it be finished? Was tonight the Cotton Bowl? Or
was tonight the first round of the quarter final playoff game?
Speaker 4 (17:27):
You tell me it was the quarterfinal Cotton right.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
I don't consider it is the the Cotton Bowl, and
it's a bowl game. I considered the first round of
the next round of the playoffs, not the Cotton Bowl,
the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
I don't actual question. Where's that Alabama Indiana playing Tomore.
They're they're playing at U in Pasadena. There's Rose. Yeah,
but I don't get it.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
But I don't consider the I don't consider the Rose
Bowl game.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
You know, no matter what you consider. Man, it just
but right, but only because it's the next round of
the My credential says Rose Bowl. On it doesn't say well,
it says, uh, you know, quarterfinal CFP. But above the
main words on the credential says Rose Bowl.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I bet you more of our listeners think of it
as the next round of the playoffs than a you know,
typical Rose Bowl game.
Speaker 4 (18:21):
Let's throw it out there and ask them. I'll say
that our listeners right now will go with me and say, no, man,
that's still the Rose Bowl is because they're gonna say
the Rose Bowl prevented by such and such and such,
this is the college football. They're going to start the
broadcast off by saying, like right now, if you look
on the screen on your computer, on ESPN dot com.
It says college football playoff quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton
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Bowl Classic, Right, Like, it's still the it's still the
Cotton Bowl Club, Right, it's.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Still it's still the Cotton Bowl. But I don't consider
it the bowl game. Like you mentioned, well you had
like ten years ago fifty which is like, which is
why I said, let's get rid of the bull games.
Let's have back on the home sites for the quarterfinals.
It would have been electric. Matter of fact, I'd have
home sites for all the games except for the championship.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
And well, you know what I win.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
NFL has it way.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Okay, that's fine if you do that, but that doesn't
mean you get rid of a bowl game. You just
have to send other teams to go play those bowl games.
But do you think the Orange Bowl or do you
think the Tostitos people of the Fiesta Bowl. You think
that CEO wants Tulane in SMU.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
In that game.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
No, absolutely not. He wants Ohio State versus Alabama or
Michigan versus Texas like he wants that game there because
that's gonna bring in the advertising dollars, in the advertising money.
So the ball games aren't going anywhere, Arnie. You always
want to get rid of something. Man, you talked about
eliminating preseason in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Not that I want to get rid of it. I
just want to move along with the times. I'm not
gonna be stuck back fifty years ago. Matter of fact,
we'll come back. We'll give you the latest lines of
the three games tomorrow. We'll get to the three games
tomorrow and you could comment on that too. All that
covering up next Vjhus Arnie Spaan. You're filling in for
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon right here on Fox Sports Radio.
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Speaker 3 (20:50):
All right, good evening, everyone, VJ Husky, Arnie Span, You're
in for Jason Smith and Mike Harmon right here on
Fox Sports Radio. We got the big upset in the
first game of the quarterfinals. Were the Miami Hurricanes. My Hurricanes,
loving this one. Beat the buck guys of Ohio State
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twenty four fourteen. And you're happy to being a Michigan man.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
I know you're static right now, you state portnoying you
were happy. I've been tweeting and talking trash through every
commercial break since this game ended. Are you kidding me? Absolutely?
I love seeing this, seeing these these these guys go
down like this, lost the Indiana in the Big Ten
championship game and not lose their first playoff game, lost
their last two after being defending national champions, picked the
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repeat and do it all over again. Of course, I
like seeing them getting their ass handed to him like
this tonight, scoring fourteen points from this high powered offense.
Because Ryan Day, who's such a great coach, yes, decided
to have his quarterback through thirty five and only must
have forty three yards rushing on the ground. I always thought,
once he took the team over, the one thing I
give Urban Meyer and right a big Urban Mayer. The
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one thing I give him know is that when he
coached Ohio State, they were physically tough. Like they were tough.
He put some guys in the NFL in that front
seven on the offensive line year in and year out.
I always felt in Ryan they took it over. They tried.
They became a pretty team. Like what are they known for?
Right now? Their wide receiver you right, look at all
the wide receiver right all their wide receivers that are
in the NFL. I thought the same thing happened to
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LSU when Saban was there, when Les Miles was there.
They were physical, attacking, running, physical upfront teams. Then they
started throwing the ball around the lot. They became more pretty.
So you get a number one overall picking Joe Burrow
at the quarterback position. You start to throw a bunch
of receivers in the league, and then they were being
called why receiver you? But sooner or later, what happens
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The toughness went away. They weren't winning the big games.
They were still winning ten eleven games, but they weren't
winning national championships anymore, and they weren't going far as
far and winning their bowl games and things of that nature.
I'm seeing the same thing with Ohio State. They just
looked like a pretty and a finesse team other than
the power Big ten that we're used to seeing. And
that's why he loses games like this, puts up fourteen points.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
All right, we're gonna go through the other three games.
I just wanted to finish out what we talked about
before we went to the break where and I guess
a couple of the listeners are like, no, leave them alone,
leave the balls the way they are. Gunner says, it's
the Cotton Bowl. Nothing changes. Ball games are memorable. No
ball games leave. It's not that I want things to leave, VJ.
But things do change. Like we're having a playoff and
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now we're gonna go sooner or later, it's gonna go
to sixteen to twenty four, and I think we'll stop
at twenty four for a while. And I'm okay with
all that because things change, and I'd like to have
more teams involved in the playoff system. That's why. I
think we have to mix it up a little bit.
We don't have to use the capital one, the rolls
or the sugar or anything like that. We have a playoff,
(23:47):
call it what you want, round one, round two, like
we do in March Madness, the Sweet Sixteen, the Playing Game,
the Thursday play the Tuesday. I don't care what you
call it. It's round one what it is for me. VJ.
So again, I we're gonna have changes anyway. So I
think we have to get rid of a lot of
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these meaningless ball games people. You know, ESPN says they're
not being.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Watched, They're not meaningless. You keep calling them that.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
It is meaningless for the any First of all, the
kids are opting out. So for a lot of the kids,
kids opting out there, the coaches even opt out. I'll
be coaches opted out. There's still coaches on the sideline. Yeah,
some coaches are opting out because there might be some
some turmoil there. They might be looking for a new job.
But like I said, these teams are still fielding players.
They're still putting players. Have you let me ask you
(24:35):
a question, how many all games? Just estimate y'all don't
know if you know the exact number. How many Bowl
games have you watched this year? Yes, I would say
I probably watched about half of that.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Okay, you're telling me these games haven't been competitive. You're
telling me these kids haven't been playing hard out here,
these coaches haven't been coaching. And when they win, the
joy jubilation you see on their faces holding up whatever
trophy the game, you know, whatever trophy they win, and
when they even show doing commercial break. So earlier this
week when the team arrived, they they've been on the
community hunt too, So they went to the Cancer Research
(25:08):
Children's Hospital or the pinch stripe ball at Yankee Stadium.
Some of the players from I forget who played to
Penn State and Clemson right some went the ring ring,
the the what's the bell? The bell there for the
stock market and like that's remember that kid would never
be able to do that, Arnie, if he didn't play
at that school and he didn't go to right Bowl.
You know.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
And when you bring up some of that, I understand
that that's nostalgic stuff, that it's part, it's part of
the process. But when I mean meaningless, like I heard
the guys talking about USC and TCU, First of all,
I've never heard of a game being broken down without
mentioning the winning team. In TCU, all I heard was
us he choked, how could they not have missed three tackles?
(25:47):
How could they give up third and twenty? How could
they do that? You would have you would against it.
They didn't play anybody, But yeah, what cause?
Speaker 4 (25:54):
I mean, I watched that.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
But we don't break down the games. Are we gonna
bring up Tennessee Illinois?
Speaker 4 (25:59):
Of course?
Speaker 3 (25:59):
Not Coastal Caroliniden Louisiana Tech. No, because but if they
were in the playoffs, we'd be bringing them up.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
No, we won't bring them up because it's Coastal Carolina
to the senior. You can bring up because when people
start talking about Josh Heipel's job later this offseason, they're
gonna go back to They didn't be any top ranked
teams in the SCC and this time by the game
this game was so it doesn't matter though, but because
they played in that ball game, because lane, because USC
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had a linebacker who couldn't tackle one hundred and eighty
pounds running that was a sideline last night and overtime,
and the second defender didn't even attempt to throw a
shoulder or throw your body at this guy. You wait
until he got even with you, then try to turn
on the jets and reach out. No, that's gonna go
on tape into the offseason. USC has the number one
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recruiting class. They ended up with the number one class.
They loaded up on four stars and threw a few
five stars in there to balance that class.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Who's fault, by the way, Notre Dame in USC. Whose
fault is that it's leaking Riley.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
Hey, listen here, here's my thing with that. It's nobody's
fault but College Football Ncuba. They should have put their
foot in Nordre Dame's ass twenty five thirty years ago.
Get in a conference. Get in a conference, or you're
not playing in no ball games. You don't qualify for
the national championship. They could have stopped this. Nordre Dame
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is one of those schools. And I don't fault them
because I'm a guy that says, listen, if you got power,
I get why people will did because it makes things
happen and it moves in America. Nordre Dame is norm
whether you like them or not, or Nordre Dame's over
rate go go look at the ratings when Norder Dame.
They're like the Dallas Cowboys when Nordre Dame's on TV.
There's a reason why they have their own network deal,
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right for any of these universities had a network deal.
They've had the NBC deal for about forty years. They
got like their Nordre Dame. So they could kind of
mugg their nose and go, you know what, we don't
want to play you anymore. You don't want to play
us anymore? Okay, no problem.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
I mean there was no God suggested. Why should anybody
schedule No, schedule them.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Yeah, but that's what you do. But then now you're
talking collusion, right, well you can do that.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Yeah, but you know it's not in the best interest
of college football though it really is.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
No, it's not. No, it's not. You take if that's
like taking the Yankees out of baseball, taking Duke Carolina
out of college basketball, taking you know, Dallas out of
out of the NFL.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
Yeah, you gotta make notes. You they play the San
Jose States of the world. No, nobody really wants to
see that.
Speaker 4 (28:34):
No, they won't because the money nor to Dame. Now
here's the thing they got the kind of money they
can still schedule big schools like they got that kind
of money because hey, listen, if you play us, you
know we'll get fifteen million. We'll pay you twenty million.
Like they have that kind of money to just throw
around to get what what program is gonna say? No,
we don't want your to.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Top programs in the power in the Power fives don't
have to sell well, they still get plenty of money,
and they don't want to. They already played nine conference games.
But that that was just some of the talk from
Joel Klatten. Some of the guys out there. We gotta
come back, We gotta go ahead, get to the other
three games. First though, quick check in with mons. See
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what's trending out there? What's going on? Monsey?
Speaker 7 (29:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Say your last name right?
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:20):
Okay, he said it right? All right?
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Who messed it?
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (29:23):
I remember?
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Never mind Kelvin Washington because he definitely messed it up.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
I don't even know what he said. It's not like
blown his whole government.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
You don't go Kelvin, You don't go Rob Oh yeah,
Kelvin Kelvin to Washington.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
Yes, the middle name too.
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
In fact, in fact, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, no,
but he definitely did. But after saying it right millions of.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Times, he still butchered it.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
So we'll never let him live it down. Well, we
won't let him live it down, don't you worry.
Speaker 7 (29:52):
I don't know if we're gonna let Ryan Day and
Ohio State live it down anytime soon, you guys. But
ten seed Miami with the upset over the Buckeyes, the
defending national champion, coming down on top twenty four to fourteen.
In a game where where Carson Beck only threw for
one hundred and thirty eight yards and a touchdown. The
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Hurricanes defense came ready to play two interceptions a pick
six in the first half. That second interception on Julian
Sane came in the final drive when Ohio State was
trying to do something in the final minute, but down
ten points, the game was over. Miami advances to the quarterfinal,
to the semi finals, just like we all thought. Not really,
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not really right what happened earlier today though, in the
other games. If you don't want to hear this, VJ
plag your ears because Arch Manning put on a show
against your Michigan team in the Citrus Bowl. He threw
for two hundred and twenty one yards two touchdowns. He
also rushed for one hundred and fifty five yards and
two touchdowns. Texas defeats Michigan forty one to twenty seven.
Iowa knocked off Vanderbilt and the RelA Quests Bowl thirty
(30:54):
four to twenty seven. In the Las Vegas Bowl, Utah
roll pass Nebraska forty four to twenty two, and in
the Sun Bowl, Duke prevailed over Arizona State forty two
to thirty nine. A couple of NBA scores, the Spurs
good news guys, because Victor one Banyama suffered a slight
hyper extension in his left knee. Initial tests, though came
back negative, showed no major injury, and the Spurs, who
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were down nineteen, came back to beat the next one
thirty four to one thirty two win when Victor went Banyama,
despite playing not playing most of the fourth quarter, ended
with thirty one points and thirteen rebounds. Then Nuggets, playing
without Nicola Jokic, survived one o six to one oh
three against the Raptors. Paolo Bancaro hit the go ahead
shot with like seven seconds left, and the Magic defeated
the Pacers win twelve to one ten, where Bancaro ended
(31:37):
with his own double double twenty nine points and ten rebounds.
The Cavs snapped the Sun's four game winning streak sorry Brie.
One twenty nine to one thirteen was the final score there.
Donovan Mitchell led the way with thirty four points Bowls,
they rolled past the Pelicans one thirty four to one eighteen.
The Wizards edged the Bucks one fourteen to one thirteen
despite thirty plus points from Giannis, and the thunder CRUs passed.
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The Trailblazers won twenty four to ninety five. Steph Curry
had twenty six points. The Warriors outscored the Hornets one
thirty two to one twenty five, and the Hawks topped
the Timberwolves one twenty six to one oh two. Not
sure if you guys saw this, but Anthony Edwards, with
like seven minutes left in the fourth quarter left the
bench because he was mad that coach Finch benched all
the starters. At that point, Atlanto was up one oh
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nine to eighty. He left, never came back. He did
not speak to the media. He had thirty points in
the game.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
You want to beat the traffic.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
Yeah, sure, that's what it is.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
That's what it is.
Speaker 7 (32:28):
And coach finch Off obviously after the game said he
should have come back, but he never did. When it
comes to the NHL, the Avalanche are just crushing the Blues.
Six to one is the score, ninety seconds to go
in the third period, Flames over the Flyers four to
one halfway through the third period, and still early in
the third period as the Bruins lead the Oilers right
now five to one.
Speaker 4 (32:48):
Back to you really quick about and Edwards. He's done shows.
When Martin and I had our Saturday show and I
used to it's all zaidas about him. He's an extreme talent, yeah,
but he just always strikes me, number one, as a
me guy. And he could either be Dwayne Wade or
he was going to end up like a Brandon Roy
or Jean Morant type of player, where he tried to
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make himself a character and a superstar. And I like
it when it's organic, when you just kind of morph
into it, like I think Wimby's gonna show us more
personality as his career goes on. I thought Aunt went
for it, but when you start pulling moves like this.
You already got a coach fire right, got the extension,
got the Max Deale. Now he's trying to pull power
play and just pouty moves like this like Draymond leaving
(33:31):
the bench the other night too, Jim k I just
sent Draymond home for like two straight, like you're suspending,
just really quick. It's not it's now, it's it's starting. Yeah,
just Mark, just remember it's starting.
Speaker 7 (33:48):
I will tell you the thing with with Anthony Edwards,
I feel I feel like he cares sometimes and.
Speaker 4 (33:55):
That's not good enough. Correct when you're the franchise guy,
if you're if you're if you're Aquaman, or you're fast,
you cannot show up. But damn it, Batman and Superman
gotta be an auto fight, right, Batman Man, wonder Woman
got to be a Batman. Not right, not handle the No,
you're green Leonard, dude, and no one saw that movie.
You're Daredevil.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Movie, but you're Superhero.
Speaker 4 (34:17):
Yeah you're superhero. Nobody saw great, you've seen all thirty
seven Batman.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I like I like this.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
I like how that's it.
Speaker 7 (34:25):
That's it, the green lantern, that's it.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
A right, thank you mon sing here for the next
hour By the way, Paul Bill's Mafias his Happy New Year.
He's outside of Buffalo, New York, visiting his parents and siblings.
He spent the day arguing with his whole high school
buddies over whether the Bills should fire Sean McDermott. He's
for the pro pink slip. We're gonna get a lot
of NFL in, a lot of coaches on the hot seat.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
What are you thinking that? What are you thinking that?
Speaking that one real quick, aren't you?
Speaker 6 (34:53):
No?
Speaker 4 (34:53):
I don't don't like about McDermott.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
No, I think you keep him. Look, I know that
people are fans, think that the next best coaches out there,
and you know, maybe there is. If Tomlin gets fired
or you want a McDaniel or you know who the
heck you want Pete.
Speaker 4 (35:10):
Carroll, Tomas not getting fired, he'll But I'm just.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Saying, if you want to, you know, go out to
another coach. But but the grass isn't always greener in
this situation.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
They lose in the first round of the playoffs, does
your opinion change?
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Maybe it may change.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
They lose by six in the wildcar round, because that's
what they're gonna be in because the Patriots already have
the home game, they go on the road, they lose
by six, and it just it just doesn't look like
Josh Allen plays Superman but just doesn't have enough. There's
some coaching things you can point to. Do you start
to think about it more and change your opinion.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
So I think it is still being considered. You know,
I just wouldn't do it. Though I wouldn't do it.
There's too many coaches out looks. Unless there's a Tom
Win I can figure out how to get But then again,
it's not like he's you know, taking him to a
bunch of small flores.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Maybe up in Minnesota.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
That's a big name being flooded right now.
Speaker 4 (36:05):
Yeah, yeah, he said, he said he's enjoyed his time
in Minnesota. But I do believe if another team comes calling,
you know, he didn't get it right in he didn't
get it, you know, right in Miami. But you know,
try it again.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Well, come back, let's finish out the hour. Of course,
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