December 26, 2025 • 41 mins
Mike Harmon and Arnie Spanier, filling in for Jason Smith, bring you a Christmas special of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon! The guys dive into the Christmas Day NFL matchups and react to Charles Barkley calling out Roger Goodell for taking over NBA Day! All that and more coming up in Hour 1 of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon! 🎙️🔥
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, that's right, you
heard the Big Boys guy. Welcome in another beautiful edition
The Jason Smith Show with Me Mike Harmon.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Know Jason Smith.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Tonight it's Arnie span you, the Stinking Genius himself in
his stead as we come and celebrate four hours of
merriment chaos across the sporting universe, and to give you
a break from your friends and family who have no
doubt been talking your ear off about all things you
don't care about all day. So let us do the
same at Swellwodom where you find me at Stinking Genius
(00:59):
One for Arnie and Hey, the Broncos decided to show
up and play some football against a bunch of Kansas
City backups.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Arnie right as we come on the air.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
They get a little touchdown, they take the lead out there.
I love it in the close game Chiefs of course
down to their fifteenth Street quarterback. But I want to
say Merry Christmas to you, Merry Christmas to all the
listeners out there. Already you threw me for a loop.
I thought I was driving tonight. But you know what
good idea. Let you drive. You'll never learn unless I
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let you do things like that. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Well, sometimes I gotta take the keys away from your grandpa.
It's not safe for America or for the globe if
I let you roll this thing through. Anybody that knows
when Arnie is in with us. The customary way we
start to communicate is yellow letters off a legal pad
at least forty eight hours before any show will commence.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
You didn't use a lot of my top my roman numeral.
A lot of them are old.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
We talked about a Monday.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Well, but there's in the news.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I mean, well it's kind of there, kind of that.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
But you know, I mean, I didn't get to talk
to us, Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, you know that's part of the larger theme of
the tonight. I mean, when I send a note to
you and to Shay, who's in for us as our
executive producer. Alex ty Shirt is with us on the
ones and twos, making us sound so pretty. Brianna is
at the news desk, you'll keep a surprised of everything
going on. We still have another NBA game yet to
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tip off tonight as well as the final uh stanza
here of Rockets Lakers, and this NFL game is mine's additive.
So I take a couple of the pieces at an
Odor two maybe an article to be read, But.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Look at what happened to that guy? Oh my goodness, man,
Well he's well on his way to recovery.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
He's been drinking you know, his Christmas meal straw for
a week, right, Like so many people out there, you know,
if you're going through some stuff, commiserate with us here
at Stinking Genius one at Swollen Dome, we're talking traditions
is a lot of the overarching theme of the show,
because between complaining about today's events in the Sporting universe,
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you brought up Notre Dame in usc That will get
to Kansas City moving away from Arrowhead, the Bears potentially
leaving the city and Soldier Field in greener pastures, which
seems inevitable. It's just a matter of where unless they're
just going to finally put the final lid on that
toilet that they put on top of my beloved Soldier
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Field all those years ago. You know, I actually cried
the first time I saw that in person.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
What is this like, Rudy, You're like, legitimately.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Well, but no, a little bit not about Notre Dame.
I certainly don't cry for Notre Dame Chicago. I'm a Chicagoan.
That ain't happening. Show me somebody in your family that
went there and then we can talk, or your own
sheep skin for that matter. But all of that to say,
the when they did the renovations to Soldier Field, right
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and over the column and they put up the metal,
and once you go inside, you do you don't know
the difference. It's a newer stadium. There's luxury boxes. It
looks great. But from the outside, for those that know it,
historical landmark.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
You can go and google what it used to look like.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
You had the columns, the coliseum kind of look all
of it revered and hallowed grounds. And then they put
that thing over the top that looks like a toilet bowl.
It doesn't look like a spaceship. It makes it look
like a toilet bowl, So you might as well just
put the lid over the top like you're putting the
seat down because you need to sit.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And did you feel the same way. Did you feel
the same way when they put lights in regularly? You know,
I mean, it's not like a roof, but it's a
great place to see a game. And I finally was
happy that they put lights in regular.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
I remember what a big problem that was.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And for a long time it remained a sticking point
with the neighborhood, the city and trying to coordinate dates.
And now they have concerts there all the time, but
once upon.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
A time they didn't have Whites and Wrigley until nineteen
eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Wow right, it was supposed to be eight eight eighty eight,
and then it got rained out, so they had to
do it the next night. I remember the late great
Ryan Samberg talking to him, a friend of mine at
the time, and it was working on a giant print
that they he'd acquired that a bunch of signatures that
it had a space just reserved for Samberg, and he
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added it proudly and started talking about the changes and
all the fights and you know, even the players being
asked about it through the years.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
But that neighborhood's nothing.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Like it was when I grew up, and it's been
retrofitted to where you know, you they've made it a palace.
You still have the dump trucks that show up on
the last day of the last home stand if they've
been eliminated, because they start repairing underneath, right, because they
try to keep that as up as they can. And
it's the best outdoor bar in America. And that city
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there is great.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Jeez, it's fantastic. I mean, there's nothing like it. And
people have not to get off of the tedgents as
we start the show. But it is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.
Out there is what and of living in Chicago, you
have to at least make at least a dozen visits
down there. It's a great time.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
No, that's just it.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
I mean, I'm a white Sox kid, I'm a South
Side Chicago and by birth, hide to my bro.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Some of those games.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Not impressed, Mike, Sorry about that, Sorry to tell you that.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
You know, well, when did you go?
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Oh boy? It was uh jeez, could have been like
thirty years away.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Well because here, because here's the thing, right originally that
and and it's a nice history lesson here as we
talked nostalgia, uh and and giving everybody a nice warm hug.
When they got rid of old Kamiski Park, right, they
were going to build what became Camden Yards, but in
order to get city money, it had to be approved
to be a bigger venue with multi purpose possibilities, now
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getting concerts down to the south side instead of someone
taking up residents and sold it wasn't gonna happen. But
but either way, they they acquiesced and they built what
was at the time a pretty decent ballpark. The problem
was the upper deck made it feel like you are
a million miles away. It was just everybody complained about that. Yeah,
and it's now retrofitted into a nice small baseball only facility. Yeah,
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not that they don't still have some other events there,
but it's it's not what its original intent was, nor
does it look anything like it once.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Did you know?
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I was working for TV down there at WGN TV,
and I was doing interviews and White Sox people they
not only do they hate cup fans, they hate the
words WGN. They hate all that.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
No, that's it.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
It was great.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I had a very brief dalliance stuff at me where
there was the potential of, you know, teaming up and
becoming a member of the WGN family, and it was
very conflicting, except for the fact that it would have
been a radio and TV job combombination and growing up
in Chicago. WGN remains like, that's still my source for
postgame bears because it's Dan Hampton and ed Obradovitch. No
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matter if they win by forty points, it's still and
the quarterback can't get this right. And then they're holding
up a sign twenty minutes in going remind people they
won the game because they sound like you, screaming and
yelling and all the things that are wrong with the world.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
You know, no offense. I couldn't lead. I had to
do two stints in Chicago like it was jail six
years at each stint. Couldn't get out of there fast enough. Wow, Yeah,
I couldn't go I'd go back.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
I miss it. There's a lot I miss about it.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I missed public transportation and not sitting in a car
every day. I don't miss certain things about the weather
because now I'm.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Old and my knees creak.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
That's all.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
But other than that, and look, I've been out in
California twenty years, so the blood's thinned, and.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Yeah, you're done cold as difvinywhere else.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Well no, wow, I mean we'll see. Only time will
tell in that regard. But over the course of the night,
stuff about traditions certainly coming into play. We've got the
Charles Barkley quotes. So much going on, But be remiss
if we didn't start at least with a little bit
of this NFL game that's going on now Kansas City
down to Ola d'acoun who at himself, a hey, yeah,
(09:02):
it's it.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Yeah, just kidding.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So South Dakota State Samford South Dakota State, thirty one
hundred yards, twenty five touchdowns, was drafted seventh round by Pittsburgh.
He's been with the Chiefs on their practice squad and
he's got himself two Super Bowl rings.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Because you're on the practice squad, you get Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Round and you're part of the organization.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I didn't know that they still claim him as two times,
or at least someone on his on his staff claims
him as a two time Super Bowl champion.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Do you get him?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Might have say, no, Well, you get voters. Well I
think that. I think they vote that, don't they? Isn't that?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I think a football it's the same kind of thing. Wow,
how instrumental to anything were these guys? But for him
it's been an interesting run, no question about it. When
you're looking at the the best pass play I saw
on make was one did Juju Smith Schuster that started
with him dropping the ball, picking it up, keeping his
(10:00):
composure on the run, and making a first down throw.
He also had the touchdown throw to Broshard Smith earlier
in the game. And as we look at it, Denver's
finally taking the lead on a bon Nick's running touchdown.
Fantasy owners, it is finals week, so a lot of
chaos ensuing. He's got one hundred and forty six yards,
(10:20):
does Bonnicks one interception, but does have thirty five yards
and the rushing TD to give you a little bit
of a boost there. All in all, not the world
beating day, because you thought perhaps with a two touchdown
spread and Kansas City relying on a bunch of backups
(10:40):
including Oladucin, He's passed for thirty two yards.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Yeah, you know, there's a couple of things on that.
First of all, eight out of thirteen for thirty two,
Like you said, that's just so embarrassing. I still don't understand, Mike,
why you can't get a legitimate backup quarterback. Well you
had one.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
And he's up in the booth with Patrick mchall.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
You know what you shouldn't make It shouldn't be all
that tough. Every team should have a legitimate starter and
a legitimate backup. All these teams, I was like, looking,
first starter, there's only ten great quarterbacks, fifteen great quarterbacks
in the NFL. Where are all these great What are
all these great college quarterbacks that can't play a lick
in the NFL? I don't understand it. And then you
(11:21):
have these guys that come in throw for thirty two yards.
I think I can throw for more than thirty two
yards after four quarters, it's done right embarrassing. That's the
first thing I wanted to say, two real quick, and
you coming on this shame on them for Christmas. And
I know they were going up against the NBA, but
you put two games on Netflix, one on Amazon Prime.
(11:42):
Forget about me. You know, I'm in between moving my
house around, so I didn't really get the Netflix right away.
I'm searching and pressing and signing up and going crazy
for the whole tame because I barely even have my
TV on the wall. But how many people missed out
on the games today because they don't have Netflix, they
don't have Amazon Prime. I just felt that the NFL,
(12:04):
will you talk about having their hands greedy and going
up against the NBA on Christmas. They're taking every dime
they can from every streaming service, and that's fine, but
you got to do something to help the people that
just don't have that, and they don't care. They didn't
put any games on regular TV. I found that very disturbing.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Well, I think we'll make that our jumping off point
to where I say, well, allow me to retort in
my fast Samuel L.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Jackson response, you've got.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
A thought on this chime on in at Stinking Genius
one at Fox Sports Radio at Swollen Dome. Yeah, it's
that big crossover in the evolution of the game. And
that's what we're talking about traditions the way we've had
things right, Because for years people were complaining about the
Lions being on Thanksgiving Day and then all of a
sudden they became good until today. Talk about all of
(12:57):
those traditions. I will be sounding theme over the course
of the night. We'll talk about this Christmas Day slate,
the good, the bad, the ugly. And right now I'm
seeing a commercial that has Nicholas Cage as John Madden,
which has me excited to no end.
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Speaker 3 (14:01):
Pauli Foods go ahead with Tony Foodsco.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
Yeah, As everybody knows, we're the hosts of the award
winning Polly and Tony Foodsco Show. Yeah, but instead of
us telling you how great we are, here's how Dan
Packrick described us when he came on our show.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Quick, knowledgeable and funny, opinionated.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
What you do interrupting our promo?
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Yeah, he wasn't talking about you.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
You took those clips totally of context.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
Oh yeah, well after this promo, I'm gonna take you
out and beat you.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Let me put this into context.
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Shut up.
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Speaker 3 (14:37):
Yee, I's home.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
It's home with the stylings of Alex ty shirt rolling
through Welcome back in Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show
with Me Mike Harmon. Jason Off to the new Year,
when we'll reconvene and start this party bus once again.
In the interim, joining Shotgun, our guy the Stake and
genius himself.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Aren't he saanyer?
Speaker 2 (14:59):
You hear him alongside Chris Plank yelling at each other
for three hours every Sunday night.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
All right, more one way than the other. But you know, look, keep.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Each other honest. Here at Fox Sports Radio, where a
beautiful extended family. It's how I describe the folks here
to everyone. I spend more time with the folks here
than I get to with my kids and whatever. Oh,
for sure, you're sad, but it is reality. And on
Christmas Day, there's so many different traditions that have come
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and gone, certainly in society at large, where we talk
to our sporting traditions, we've got so many things swirling
outdoor stadiums going the way of the Dodo. The fact
that once upon a time they did all the stuff
by computer polls and programs, and no, no, no, Now we
got committees to vote on playoffs and people don't like
that either. So all of that to say, we get
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to today's action. Five NBA games. Lakers down big at
home to Houston. Lebron said he didn't feel like he
doesn't really like playing on Christmas, and well it shows.
Austin Reeves also left this game a reinjury of his calf,
so we'll keep an eye on that one. You know,
one of those long term reaggravated injuries here on the
(16:15):
Christmas Day. I love all the different sneakers, So if
anybody can find a pair and send him my way,
that would be great.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Was it an NBA day for you today, Mike, or
you were just all NFL?
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Well, I had them both.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I'm in dual screen experience because I'm a nerd. I'll
be honest. In the first game, right the Knicks with
that dramatic fourth quarter comeback and and Jalen Brunson was fantastic,
but it was a game for a while, I was like, Wow,
this game stinks and they were getting blown out.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
So you know what I did. I watched the Mickey
Mouse version to Dun't the Halls.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I saw that, you know, you know, Mickeys threw up
a last second prayer that might have broken all of
New York if he'd hit.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
I know that it came kind of close. I thought
it was a good account. A couple of things on that.
You know, it was like a perfect storm because one
it was the Knicks game. They did make it perfect.
They made a good comeback to These games were all
on streaming, so I'm wondering how many people didn't have
the streaming and tuned on into the NBA. I wonder
if the NBA had higher ratings or lower ratings, kind
(17:15):
of going up against the NFL and the streaming.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Well, let's talk about that fir second. First, let's set
it up with Charles Barkley. Who got Chestias charleses want
to do? Meanwhile, they're running shack through a faux brick wall.
But but here was Charles Barkley talking about competition.
Speaker 7 (17:31):
The NFL got greed instarted a Christmas game. We used
to have this day to ourself. But you know, Roger
Goodell and them pigs at the NFL always wanted to
every day of the week.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Now they can't play the NBA.
Speaker 8 (17:44):
Dude.
Speaker 7 (17:46):
I saw those guys yesterday on the ESPN talk about it,
and they're right. Christmas is an NBA day.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
So if you want to watch the NBA, watch the NBA.
That's the beauty of a free marketing economy. You have choice.
You could go watch Home Alone for the forty fifth times. Yes,
you could go waste time watching that overrated Drek. That
is a Christmas story for the fifty fifth time. If
you want, I watched a little bit. If it's a
(18:13):
wonderful life. You know what I did. I watched the
really sad version that they have streaming on one of
these things where they have the original graveyard scene. You
don't see that on your NBC telecast. But all of
that to say, you've got two hundred million households, and
I use that term loosely. Households have Netflix subscriptions. You
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live in a community. How often do you see the
damn Amazon driver come up and down your street in
a given day?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
A million million times?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Right, So guess what Amazon Prime everybody had?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
The ESPN game was. It was on.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
It was not part of the Hey you need the
upgraded package, at least for the early game. The Knixt
game was on, but it was also streaming on online
through ESPN dot Com. Later on, if you wanted to
stream it, you would have had to either go to
your YouTube, TV, your your cable provider, or upgrade to
(19:13):
their their new app and package. But all of that
to say, I think the market was pretty well served
in terms of households that are tenant. And notice I
used the term household because how many people are logged
in from someone's account in different places, not just in
the same house in the same city. In the same state,
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in the same country. They're all over the place, so
nobody nobody got left out that really wanted to see it.
And even if you just took it for a month
trial and then cancel, you can do that too.
Speaker 4 (19:48):
I agree with you, first of all, if you want
to watch the NBA, it was there. If you wanted
to watch the NFL. But remember these NFL games really
didn't have a lot of meaning.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Well, and that everybody strives to their own right. There's
plenty of games coming to.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Don't you know what gives a damn about you know,
it didn't have any meaning When it came to playoff time,
the Lions had a small chance Denver's going to make
the playoffs, so this is kind of proceeding. But for
the most part, you had a dog lineup in the NFL,
you had them on streaming, and you are going up
against the NBA. Is the Christmas and NBA day it
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used to be, But those days are gone.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
Life changes, yeah, right, I got a little bit older,
I got some gray hair, and I got places where
the hair don't come in anymore. I still look resplendent
here in my Santa hatan, my plaid Christmas shoes.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
I'm feeling good about myself. Life changes.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
I'll get your Greasian formula for your for your next birthday.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Yeah, I appreciate you, buddy. Yeah, there's a nice old
dated reference. There's a billion other options that you could
have gone for the Grecian.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
You know what's so funny is I just sent you
a list of stuff that that wasn't around twenty five
years ago.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Play that game a little bit later.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
That that just crazy, because you're right, things change, and
they changed dramatically. And it used to be the Christmas
was for the NBA. It's no longer that you're gonna
have to go up against the NFL. And you can't
really change it to uh, you know, Christmas Eve. It's
it's really not good working, you know, because people aren't
going to stay home during the day.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
A lot of people celebrate on Christmas Eve a lot, right,
and then and either at midnight Mass or with watching
of one of those aforementioned films.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Right, But I would say this the.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
NBA also, And I appreciate the Cup and the the
New York Knicks and winning the E Cup.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
Oh yeah right, yeah, let's have a parade.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Well, no, but the NBA screwed themselves to a degree
by doing that, right, because Christmas Day was always the
starting point, right, You played six weeks and everybody was excited, Hey,
Christmas Day, here's a bunch of matchups.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Well guess what we just had. We just had the
Spurs and ok C last week. We've had it twice.
You've had two games three times in two weeks.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
That's my point. We had it three times in two weeks.
So yeah, but it doesn't have the same juice that
it would have otherwise.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
Did you see the first two games? How many people
other than you saw all three games out there? This
is probably their first chance to see these two teams.
They didn't see the first two games, Mike, So I
kind of disagree with you on that.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Well, fine, but it's the idea of the The Cup
was supposed to be the kickoff, right, and everybody got
juiced and everybody made fun of the knicks. I say,
hang the banners, right, here's my old rule of thumb. Right,
I'm stealing this. You know, Pat Fitzgerald now the coach
over at Michigan State long ago, and I'm sure he
co opted it from a million other places. But I'm
gonna give him credit here.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
The whole goal every.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Day is to go one tozer right in your life,
to treat the people that you love, the people that
you like, even the people you don't, with a bit
of respect and dignity. And at the end of the day,
you lay your head down, say you gave an honest
day's work, you treated people well, and you won the day.
Belly's full, you got a roof over your head.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
You move on.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
And for the the NBA, they had that for a
long time, and now you've changed up your formatics by
adding an extra piece. So when the Knicks did get
the the banner, it's like, hell with it, right, it's
a championship.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Surprised it wasn't. That wasn't talked about and.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Forced upon the nausea well, but it wasn't forced up
on them by the sponsor, because so that usually part
of the deal.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
And you're going to put it up in the arena
and some commemoration of yes.
Speaker 4 (23:29):
Did you guys make it big? Didn't Jason Smith make
a big?
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Why would you not?
Speaker 4 (23:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I mean you take it for what it is with
a grain of salt. Right, it's December, so it doesn't
really mean anything.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
It means nothing, It means zero.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Well, especially that that championship game. And this is where
I also kind of laugh at the NBA. Is that,
time and time again we have these circumstances whereby players
take days off and people cry, Oh, little Jonny and
Susie in the three hundred levels won't get to see them. Okay, fine,
now you've added this tournament. Cool, right, All the games
count except for the title. Now you're playing for a
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cash prize, but those stats don't count towards anything. Nor
does that count towards your games played, towards your MVP
or any other league award considerations.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
I had no idea.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
That's some terrible CBA negotiation. Yeah, you can get a
cash prize and your bonus. But guess what, we always
complain about the wear and tear. That's all I've heard
about the NFL today. Oh No, these guys are hurt.
That's life. It's a difficult game.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
Yeah, except their injuries are a lot more severe.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
I'm not down playing the injury.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
I'm downplaying down playing the fact that suddenly this is
new material for people, like this is a new invention. Oh,
a guy suffered an ACL tear. It happens. It happens
every year. Now do you get stars at the same
time in a short period of time the same way
we do?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
I don't know. Is it recency bias.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
I'll let someone else do the full numbers, but I've
gotten kind of numb to the idea of stars getting
getting through unscathed year after year.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
No, that that's not going to happen. And you said,
those into it, and we'll get to that probably later on.
But the way these acls are coming down, it's very scary.
I don't even know when Mahomes is coming back. I
can't assume he'll be ready for next year. I don't
even imagine he'd be even close.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
But that that's the larger question, right, you know you
talk about the scheduling, you talk about the primetime games,
which people will lamenting today, going, well, you can't know,
and maybe there's an answer about scheduling and flex scheduling,
but you.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Can only do so much. It's the holiday season.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
People have their travels pegged, right, so if they decided that, hey,
I was gonna go to Kansas City, maybe Kelsey's, they're
they're still playing for high stakes and it might be
even in the best of circumstances, his final home game.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
And do you think it's you think he's gonna retire?
What do you think?
Speaker 9 (25:50):
No?
Speaker 4 (25:51):
No, I agree.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
I think I think it all comes down to how
quickly is Patrick getting back, because if he's got reasonable
expectations that he's back before October, then I think they
load up and they're back at it for no.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
I see, I can't. I can't rush Mahomes back. He's
my It's not a rush, but it is a real
I want him one hundred and ten percent, not ninety,
not one hundred, not from an injury like this. I
know he's gonna want to come back and you know,
push it and be ready for the start of next year.
Not going to happen. What you can do is go
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go out and get yourself a real quarterback for the
first what two months of the season if you have to,
and you know, don't fall into a hole until Mahomes
comes back. So that's what you gotta do, don't you know,
don't rely on somebody who can't play, and get yourself
a good back. About that, all right?
Speaker 3 (26:41):
You took me off an exit.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
We're gonna get back onto the freeway that we were
driving there, and we'll go and we'll take that next
exit sometime next hour. About the Chiefs in earnest when
we talk about Kelsey and his paws and everything else.
But to the larger question of Christmas Day games and
the NBA, it's you're gonna watch what you're gonna watch,
all right. People that were really on board the NBA,
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and they're really huge NBA fans, they're not dipping for
everybody else. It's Fantasy Championship Week. It's a lot of gambling.
There's a lot of other things at stake, whether there's
playoffs on the line or not.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Aren't he Oh a lot of people cry.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
And I've seen one hundred thousand texts and tweets about
Jamiir Gibbs and some pretty funny memes.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Actually, what it came down.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
To is, I mean, because final depending on how much
you got dinged for his fumble loss, you either have
finished with six point three points or five point three
points in a game where he you were expecting bigger things.
I didn't expect much against this Minnesota defense, the way
they've been playing and the hit or miss that you've
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got with Gibbs But the larger point is, you know,
there still are a lot more considerations other than the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
No, I mean, that's what everybody wants. It's the playoffs
out there. Matter of fact, that's I saw the numbers
for the college football playoffs that went up against the NFL,
and they did poorly, I mean real poor.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Shock.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well, the game that the good game that they put
on before the NFL started did just fine.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
It was okay, a little bit lower, but that it
usually should have done. I think it was in the
fifteen million range, which is which I thought was okay.
A few people pointed out it might have been lower,
but the Tulane Ole miss six point two million and
the James Madison Oregon four point four million. I can
only imagine that's what happens when you go up against
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the NFL. I can only imagine what the NBA is
going to look like on Christmas Day. I'm kind of
curious to see what the ratings will look like then.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
Well, but that's the thing, right.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
You give people freedom of choice, yep, and if they
choose the NFL, I'm sorry, NBA, I'll give you the
biggest hug I can. I'll walk to New York and
hug every one of those exacts and every guy sitting
at the desk, everybody in Connecticut. If they want to
cry about it, cry about it. But if you see
a viable space where families and generations are together and
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they're sitting around and they've already opened their presence, they've
already gone to services, and now they're sitting and staring,
waiting for a meal to finish cooking, or the meal's
done and you're still gonna hang out with each other.
It's getting everybody to agree to a singular movie not happening. No,
getting anybody to watch any game from either sport. Yeah,
(29:31):
I think you can get folks to sit whether they
hate watch or not, they'll sit around and watch it.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
By the way, can I just I want to say,
we are getting a lot of tweets. I know you
usually don't go ahead and read them on the air,
but Nature why does want you to know that Home
Alone is overrated?
Speaker 2 (29:46):
So I just okay, so we added Home Alone to it.
I mean, you got overrated Christmas movies. I'm here for it.
Full disclosure. Over the I just watched What Fun, which
is what they're advertising right now as part of the
prime video Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Leary and an all star cast.
So that was fun. Jason Schwartzman has a nice role
in it and whatever. But I've been watching all the
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different Hallmark, Lifetime, you name it, going on about six
weeks now. I subscribe fully to the Elvis. Why can't
every day be like Christmas?
Speaker 4 (30:18):
My wife loves that stuff. Let me get somebody is
moving from the busy city to the suburbs to visit
their family. The dad gets sick and they have to
help take care of the restaurant or the inn and
fall in love with the groundskeeper. Does that sound about right?
Is that wall?
Speaker 2 (30:33):
You say that like it's wrong? Why can't the groundskeeper
get some love for Christmas?
Speaker 4 (30:38):
They were filming one a couple of years ago, open
Vermab and I wanted to go for one of the
parts where I play like the repair guy at the groundskeeper,
warring my red and black you know, lumberjack shirt walking
around with an axe. I don't know what you do
with the acts, but just walking around with it. Stuff
like that, I think going to be good.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
I feel like I need to write and start casting
a movie.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
I think we get crowdfunded with our listeners, they can
be executive producers and getting credit.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Let's see if we can figure that out. You know
who else would maybe contribute a dollar to this?
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Who is that Briannamurou who's over at the news desk?
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Maybe a dollar? Maybe two? You know what's funny? I don't.
Speaker 9 (31:19):
I haven't watched a Hallmark movie since I was probably
like seven years old. Isn't that crazy?
Speaker 4 (31:25):
I would be good that, I'm telling you I'd be
I want to cast myself in something I could also.
You know, there's always an older couple that fall in
love in their fifties and sixties. I could be one
of those guys too, But.
Speaker 9 (31:35):
It's just so formulaic. Why do you just want to
be another like old couple?
Speaker 4 (31:38):
Like?
Speaker 9 (31:39):
Why do you want to do something exciting? Like you know,
put on like a dolphin jersey and be like the
old drunk guy in the bar or something, you know.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Old drunk guy and the dolphin jersey that finds love.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
At your Yeah, I see real life.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
You're commiserating over to us.
Speaker 9 (31:53):
I will put six dollars towards that movie. Yeah, that
is something much.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
One for every touchdown to it through this year. Oh gosh.
Speaker 9 (32:00):
Anyways, I'm speaking of really no touchdowns being thrown right
now in the Broncos Chiefs games, is thirteen thirteen, three
and a half minutes left to go in the fourth quarter.
The Vikings defeated the Lions earlier today, twenty three to ten.
The Lions are officially eliminated from playoff contention. I didn't
know this, but the Viking has only had seventy six
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of yards of offense all game.
Speaker 3 (32:23):
That's crazy. Three yards passing.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Oh my god.
Speaker 9 (32:28):
Yeah, that's a time a Christmas of a third string quarterback.
So I always remember this.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Mac I said to this stat Max Browsmer is the
only NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl era to play
an entire game and finish with under seventy yards passing
and seven plus sacks and yet still win.
Speaker 9 (32:48):
You could do my job for me, aren't you?
Speaker 3 (32:50):
Thank you he so much.
Speaker 4 (32:52):
You're welcome.
Speaker 9 (32:53):
I don't I don't have to do anything.
Speaker 4 (32:55):
That's great exactly.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
Also earlier to the Cowboys defeated the Commanders at thirty
to twenty, and in the NBA the Lakers got molly
wopped by the Rockets one nineteen to ninety six Kevin
Durant had twenty five points, two blocks, and nine assists
in the win. And the Warriors feat of the Mavericks
one twenty six to one sixteen and the Spurs one
their eighth straight game and got past the Thunder one
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seventeen to one o two and just getting ready to
tip off the the Timberwolves and the Nuggets live in Denver.
Back to you guys. Sorry, I got really distracted with
this Chiefs game. I'm like trying to pay attention.
Speaker 2 (33:32):
Well, trying to figure out what what you're actually watching now.
It's kind of a curiosity here in sonat the final
three minutes, Travis Kelcey just staring up and everybody looking
at his baby blues.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
There you go, thanks Brianna.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
All Right, as we continue here, it's Fox Sports Radio
Jason Smiths Show with me, Mike Rman, Arnie Spanier at
Stinking Geniuses where you find him find me over at
Swalling Dome. Ideas for Christmas movies that you can send
to Hell and are overrated, or if you want to
dial in on the Christmas traditions, ones that you celebrate.
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You know, it's one of the songs that shows up
in my Broadway show show tunes all the time tradition
from the Fiddler on the Roof of course. Oh yeah, yeah,
So we've got that in the mix, so you can
dial up there as well. But the fight between the
NBA and the NFL is just getting underway these last
couple of years. That's going nowhere because what we've got
weekend games coming up, right, and this is as we
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drift on the calendar. Next year, it'll be even better
and even a fiercer fight.
Speaker 3 (34:34):
But we continue on. You sent me the list of
things that didn't exist twenty five years ago. I didn't
look at it yet.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
Oh there's a lot, a lot.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
So now I have to question how good.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
Is Arnie's memory as we play a game and try
to decide good, bad, or ugly. We'll do that as
we continue here live from the Fox Sports Radio studios.
As we count down the final minutes of this game,
will also celebrate Nikola Jokic, who's in on the joke
or he's part of a larger advertising campaign to come
we'll explain coming up next here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 5 (35:07):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
Welcome back in Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Sports Radio Jason Smith Show with Me, Mike Harmon, No
Jason Smith Tonight, Arnie Spanner in his stead Merry Christmas,
se y'all.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
A couple of things going on in the background.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Feel free to tweet on in at Swollen Dome, at
Stick and Genius one at Fox Sports Radio. Overrated holiday
movies that can go in with or if you got
a recommendation one for one that I may have missed.
Speaker 4 (35:43):
You know, by the way you talk about tradition, because
usually I work on Christmas for the network, I usually
don't work on Christmas with you. We've done a lot
of shows, but we usually don't do Christmas together. Usually
on Christmas, I tell my story on how I got
into the business because of started I think thirty nine
or forty years ago on Christmas Eve was my first
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show ever on the radio. So I gotta I'll get
to that later on.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
So Arnie, I mean, do you want to tell that story?
Speaker 2 (36:14):
And we've got music, We've got a band striking up
right now to accompany that.
Speaker 4 (36:20):
Like you want me to tell it now, I'll tell
it real quick if you want me to it's.
Speaker 3 (36:24):
I mean, you've got everybody waiting with baited breath. I
had to jam that in there.
Speaker 4 (36:28):
I know, I was teasing about thirty listen to this,
all right, enough with the enough with the music there,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (36:35):
He's like Melissa McCarthy playing the mouth horn.
Speaker 4 (36:38):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
Now.
Speaker 4 (36:39):
Thirty nine years ago, I got into the business. I
was in Los Angeles and I used to listen to
this network out of Las Vegas, and it was a
semi national network. It was hurt all over the place,
but I used to it was located in Vegas, and
I used to listen to this one guy and he
would beg for calls and he was just awful, no offense,
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but it still happens.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
I mean, he was Mike, he was.
Speaker 4 (37:06):
He was just awful. I mean, he couldn't fill an
hour if he didn't get phone calls.
Speaker 3 (37:11):
If you think you know who he's talking about eight
seven seven, No.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
No, it was I don't even remember the guy's name.
Speaker 3 (37:17):
He was, I call you a liar bull. He on
a Christmas night.
Speaker 4 (37:22):
Being serious. So it's funny. But so after that, uh,
this was before Christmas. I called the guy and I'm like, hey,
I want to I want to do a show for you.
You know, I've heard some of your hosts, and I
think I could, you know, do a pretty good job.
And the guy goes, where have you done a show before?
And I I've never done a show. He goes, what
(37:42):
are you crazy? Because you think I'm just gonna just
put you on a national network like that. I go, no, no,
no offense. But I've heard some of your hosts.
Speaker 8 (37:51):
And believe me, it doesn't sound like they answer. Now
you've already questioned his acumen. Awesome talent chooser. Hey, let
me tell you something. Yeah, so he goes, you know what,
I like, you keep in touch. So I kept in touch.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
September, October, November, nothing, nothing, nothing. And then one day
I'm just sitting up in my parents' house and I
get a call, I mean, like the old fashioned phone call,
and I answer it and it happens to be the
guy and he goes, hey, you still want to do
a show. I said, yeah, I want to do a show.
He goes, I'll give you Christmas, even Christmas, New Year's
(38:28):
even New Year's midnight to six, drive yourself to Vegas.
We'll put you up in this hotel, which was the
sleaziest hotel ever. I was called the Continental. It's not
not there anymore. It was torn down, and it was
like all the hookers hung out there.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa family show.
Speaker 4 (38:46):
I went in there, didn't know what I was doing
at all.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
My first Wow, there's a teachable moment there.
Speaker 7 (38:54):
There we are.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
The guy never showed up to tell me what to
do and how to do it. I showed up about
two three hours early. The uh, the producer had took
pity on me and said, hey, look, I'll show you
two things. This is how you punch up calls. This
is how you get rid of them. That's it. I go,
I don't even have headphones, and he goes, here's an
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extra para headphones. That's it. And I did the show.
I did all four shows. It was a lot of
funn He still never came in to even say hello
or look at me. I decided to go into the
office to thank the guy. And I'm sitting in the
office and I hear from the color the door that's closed,
blank you no, no, blank you, blank you, and a
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lot of you know, curse words going on. The door
swings open two guys walk out. Yeah, two guys. Two guys.
I know we're short on time. Two guys walk out,
and I'm standing there and he looks at me and
he goes and it's the guy, and he goes, who
are you?
Speaker 5 (39:58):
They go, whoa, whoa.
Speaker 4 (39:59):
I go on board. I just want to thank you
for letting me do those shifts. You know, I appreciate it.
He goes, you want to thank me. You could start
today and your shift comes up in two hours. And
I hired on the spot. And here we are forty
years later and I'm still doing sports talk radio. So
(40:20):
that's my little story on how I got hired. Back
in the day, sporting news radio was the place. So
back Las Vegas here it.
Speaker 2 (40:28):
Is the legend of the stinking genius. My brothers and
lucky certain training guards listening to you late at night.
In case you did not know this, Yeah, my name
is Arnie Spaniel.
Speaker 4 (40:42):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
I tried to find air checks online. There's nothing.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
It's like you don't exist.
Speaker 3 (40:46):
It's like you work for the CIA.
Speaker 4 (40:48):
Yeah, I've had my fifteen minutes of fame. But you
want to talk about somebody getting real lucky. Uh, it
was right place at the right time.
Speaker 2 (40:55):
Some of it is just that better sometimes to be
lucky than good, and then you try to get to
it after the fact. Here he goes at Snick a
genius one where you find and find me Over at
Swollen Dome. The Denver Broncos have taken a seven point
lead inside of the final two minutes. Here of the
fourth quarter, bo Nick's doing it again. We'll talk about
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, that's right, you
heard the Big Boys guy. Welcome in another beautiful edition
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Speaker 3 (00:35):
Know Jason Smith.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Tonight it's Arnie span you, the Stinking Genius himself in
his stead as we come and celebrate four hours of
merriment chaos across the sporting universe, and to give you
a break from your friends and family who have no
doubt been talking your ear off about all things you
don't care about all day. So let us do the
same at Swellwodom where you find me at Stinking Genius
(00:59):
One for Arnie and Hey, the Broncos decided to show
up and play some football against a bunch of Kansas
City backups.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Arnie right as we come on the air.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
They get a little touchdown, they take the lead out there.
I love it in the close game Chiefs of course
down to their fifteenth Street quarterback. But I want to
say Merry Christmas to you, Merry Christmas to all the
listeners out there. Already you threw me for a loop.
I thought I was driving tonight. But you know what
good idea. Let you drive. You'll never learn unless I
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let you do things like that. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Well, sometimes I gotta take the keys away from your grandpa.
It's not safe for America or for the globe if
I let you roll this thing through. Anybody that knows
when Arnie is in with us. The customary way we
start to communicate is yellow letters off a legal pad
at least forty eight hours before any show will commence.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
You didn't use a lot of my top my roman numeral.
A lot of them are old.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
We talked about a Monday.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Well, but there's in the news.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I mean, well it's kind of there, kind of that.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
But you know, I mean, I didn't get to talk
to us, Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, you know that's part of the larger theme of
the tonight. I mean, when I send a note to
you and to Shay, who's in for us as our
executive producer. Alex ty Shirt is with us on the
ones and twos, making us sound so pretty. Brianna is
at the news desk, you'll keep a surprised of everything
going on. We still have another NBA game yet to
(02:26):
tip off tonight as well as the final uh stanza
here of Rockets Lakers, and this NFL game is mine's additive.
So I take a couple of the pieces at an
Odor two maybe an article to be read, But.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Look at what happened to that guy? Oh my goodness, man,
Well he's well on his way to recovery.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
He's been drinking you know, his Christmas meal straw for
a week, right, Like so many people out there, you know,
if you're going through some stuff, commiserate with us here
at Stinking Genius one at Swollen Dome, we're talking traditions
is a lot of the overarching theme of the show,
because between complaining about today's events in the Sporting universe,
(03:12):
you brought up Notre Dame in usc That will get
to Kansas City moving away from Arrowhead, the Bears potentially
leaving the city and Soldier Field in greener pastures, which
seems inevitable. It's just a matter of where unless they're
just going to finally put the final lid on that
toilet that they put on top of my beloved Soldier
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Field all those years ago. You know, I actually cried
the first time I saw that in person.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
What is this like, Rudy, You're like, legitimately.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Well, but no, a little bit not about Notre Dame.
I certainly don't cry for Notre Dame Chicago. I'm a Chicagoan.
That ain't happening. Show me somebody in your family that
went there and then we can talk, or your own
sheep skin for that matter. But all of that to say,
the when they did the renovations to Soldier Field, right
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and over the column and they put up the metal,
and once you go inside, you do you don't know
the difference. It's a newer stadium. There's luxury boxes. It
looks great. But from the outside, for those that know it,
historical landmark.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
You can go and google what it used to look like.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
You had the columns, the coliseum kind of look all
of it revered and hallowed grounds. And then they put
that thing over the top that looks like a toilet bowl.
It doesn't look like a spaceship. It makes it look
like a toilet bowl, So you might as well just
put the lid over the top like you're putting the
seat down because you need to sit.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And did you feel the same way. Did you feel
the same way when they put lights in regularly? You know,
I mean, it's not like a roof, but it's a
great place to see a game. And I finally was
happy that they put lights in regular.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
I remember what a big problem that was.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And for a long time it remained a sticking point
with the neighborhood, the city and trying to coordinate dates.
And now they have concerts there all the time, but
once upon.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
A time they didn't have Whites and Wrigley until nineteen
eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Wow right, it was supposed to be eight eight eighty eight,
and then it got rained out, so they had to
do it the next night. I remember the late great
Ryan Samberg talking to him, a friend of mine at
the time, and it was working on a giant print
that they he'd acquired that a bunch of signatures that
it had a space just reserved for Samberg, and he
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added it proudly and started talking about the changes and
all the fights and you know, even the players being
asked about it through the years.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
But that neighborhood's nothing.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Like it was when I grew up, and it's been
retrofitted to where you know, you they've made it a palace.
You still have the dump trucks that show up on
the last day of the last home stand if they've
been eliminated, because they start repairing underneath, right, because they
try to keep that as up as they can. And
it's the best outdoor bar in America. And that city
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there is great.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Jeez, it's fantastic. I mean, there's nothing like it. And
people have not to get off of the tedgents as
we start the show. But it is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.
Out there is what and of living in Chicago, you
have to at least make at least a dozen visits
down there. It's a great time.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
No, that's just it.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
I mean, I'm a white Sox kid, I'm a South
Side Chicago and by birth, hide to my bro.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Some of those games.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Not impressed, Mike, Sorry about that, Sorry to tell you that.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
You know, well, when did you go?
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Oh boy? It was uh jeez, could have been like
thirty years away.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Well because here, because here's the thing, right originally that
and and it's a nice history lesson here as we
talked nostalgia, uh and and giving everybody a nice warm hug.
When they got rid of old Kamiski Park, right, they
were going to build what became Camden Yards, but in
order to get city money, it had to be approved
to be a bigger venue with multi purpose possibilities, now
(06:50):
getting concerts down to the south side instead of someone
taking up residents and sold it wasn't gonna happen. But
but either way, they they acquiesced and they built what
was at the time a pretty decent ballpark. The problem
was the upper deck made it feel like you are
a million miles away. It was just everybody complained about that. Yeah,
and it's now retrofitted into a nice small baseball only facility. Yeah,
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not that they don't still have some other events there,
but it's it's not what its original intent was, nor
does it look anything like it once.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Did you know?
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I was working for TV down there at WGN TV,
and I was doing interviews and White Sox people they
not only do they hate cup fans, they hate the
words WGN. They hate all that.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
No, that's it.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
It was great.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I had a very brief dalliance stuff at me where
there was the potential of, you know, teaming up and
becoming a member of the WGN family, and it was
very conflicting, except for the fact that it would have
been a radio and TV job combombination and growing up
in Chicago. WGN remains like, that's still my source for
postgame bears because it's Dan Hampton and ed Obradovitch. No
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matter if they win by forty points, it's still and
the quarterback can't get this right. And then they're holding
up a sign twenty minutes in going remind people they
won the game because they sound like you, screaming and
yelling and all the things that are wrong with the world.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
You know, no offense. I couldn't lead. I had to
do two stints in Chicago like it was jail six
years at each stint. Couldn't get out of there fast enough. Wow, Yeah,
I couldn't go I'd go back.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
I miss it. There's a lot I miss about it.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I missed public transportation and not sitting in a car
every day. I don't miss certain things about the weather
because now I'm.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Old and my knees creak.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
That's all.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
But other than that, and look, I've been out in
California twenty years, so the blood's thinned, and.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Yeah, you're done cold as difvinywhere else.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Well no, wow, I mean we'll see. Only time will
tell in that regard. But over the course of the night,
stuff about traditions certainly coming into play. We've got the
Charles Barkley quotes. So much going on, But be remiss
if we didn't start at least with a little bit
of this NFL game that's going on now Kansas City
down to Ola d'acoun who at himself, a hey, yeah,
(09:02):
it's it.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Yeah, just kidding.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So South Dakota State Samford South Dakota State, thirty one
hundred yards, twenty five touchdowns, was drafted seventh round by Pittsburgh.
He's been with the Chiefs on their practice squad and
he's got himself two Super Bowl rings.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Because you're on the practice squad, you get Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Round and you're part of the organization.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I didn't know that they still claim him as two times,
or at least someone on his on his staff claims
him as a two time Super Bowl champion.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Do you get him?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Might have say, no, Well, you get voters. Well I
think that. I think they vote that, don't they? Isn't that?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I think a football it's the same kind of thing. Wow,
how instrumental to anything were these guys? But for him
it's been an interesting run, no question about it. When
you're looking at the the best pass play I saw
on make was one did Juju Smith Schuster that started
with him dropping the ball, picking it up, keeping his
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composure on the run, and making a first down throw.
He also had the touchdown throw to Broshard Smith earlier
in the game. And as we look at it, Denver's
finally taking the lead on a bon Nick's running touchdown.
Fantasy owners, it is finals week, so a lot of
chaos ensuing. He's got one hundred and forty six yards,
(10:20):
does Bonnicks one interception, but does have thirty five yards
and the rushing TD to give you a little bit
of a boost there. All in all, not the world
beating day, because you thought perhaps with a two touchdown
spread and Kansas City relying on a bunch of backups
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including Oladucin, He's passed for thirty two yards.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Yeah, you know, there's a couple of things on that.
First of all, eight out of thirteen for thirty two,
Like you said, that's just so embarrassing. I still don't understand, Mike,
why you can't get a legitimate backup quarterback. Well you
had one.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
And he's up in the booth with Patrick mchall.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
You know what you shouldn't make It shouldn't be all
that tough. Every team should have a legitimate starter and
a legitimate backup. All these teams, I was like, looking,
first starter, there's only ten great quarterbacks, fifteen great quarterbacks
in the NFL. Where are all these great What are
all these great college quarterbacks that can't play a lick
in the NFL? I don't understand it. And then you
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have these guys that come in throw for thirty two yards.
I think I can throw for more than thirty two
yards after four quarters, it's done right embarrassing. That's the
first thing I wanted to say, two real quick, and
you coming on this shame on them for Christmas. And
I know they were going up against the NBA, but
you put two games on Netflix, one on Amazon Prime.
(11:42):
Forget about me. You know, I'm in between moving my
house around, so I didn't really get the Netflix right away.
I'm searching and pressing and signing up and going crazy
for the whole tame because I barely even have my
TV on the wall. But how many people missed out
on the games today because they don't have Netflix, they
don't have Amazon Prime. I just felt that the NFL,
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will you talk about having their hands greedy and going
up against the NBA on Christmas. They're taking every dime
they can from every streaming service, and that's fine, but
you got to do something to help the people that
just don't have that, and they don't care. They didn't
put any games on regular TV. I found that very disturbing.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Well, I think we'll make that our jumping off point
to where I say, well, allow me to retort in
my fast Samuel L.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Jackson response, you've got.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
A thought on this chime on in at Stinking Genius
one at Fox Sports Radio at Swollen Dome. Yeah, it's
that big crossover in the evolution of the game. And
that's what we're talking about traditions the way we've had
things right, Because for years people were complaining about the
Lions being on Thanksgiving Day and then all of a
sudden they became good until today. Talk about all of
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those traditions. I will be sounding theme over the course
of the night. We'll talk about this Christmas Day slate,
the good, the bad, the ugly. And right now I'm
seeing a commercial that has Nicholas Cage as John Madden,
which has me excited to no end.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
He's already spaniard for Jason Smith. I'm by Carmon.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
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Speaker 5 (13:50):
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Speaker 3 (14:01):
Pauli Foods go ahead with Tony Foodsco.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
Yeah, As everybody knows, we're the hosts of the award
winning Polly and Tony Foodsco Show. Yeah, but instead of
us telling you how great we are, here's how Dan
Packrick described us when he came on our show.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Quick, knowledgeable and funny, opinionated.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
What you do interrupting our promo?
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Yeah, he wasn't talking about you.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
You took those clips totally of context.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
Oh yeah, well after this promo, I'm gonna take you
out and beat you.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Let me put this into context.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Shut up.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
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Show on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts oherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Yee, I's home.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
It's home with the stylings of Alex ty shirt rolling
through Welcome back in Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show
with Me Mike Harmon. Jason Off to the new Year,
when we'll reconvene and start this party bus once again.
In the interim, joining Shotgun, our guy the Stake and
genius himself.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Aren't he saanyer?
Speaker 2 (14:59):
You hear him alongside Chris Plank yelling at each other
for three hours every Sunday night.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
All right, more one way than the other. But you know, look, keep.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Each other honest. Here at Fox Sports Radio, where a
beautiful extended family. It's how I describe the folks here
to everyone. I spend more time with the folks here
than I get to with my kids and whatever. Oh,
for sure, you're sad, but it is reality. And on
Christmas Day, there's so many different traditions that have come
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and gone, certainly in society at large, where we talk
to our sporting traditions, we've got so many things swirling
outdoor stadiums going the way of the Dodo. The fact
that once upon a time they did all the stuff
by computer polls and programs, and no, no, no, Now we
got committees to vote on playoffs and people don't like
that either. So all of that to say, we get
(15:53):
to today's action. Five NBA games. Lakers down big at
home to Houston. Lebron said he didn't feel like he
doesn't really like playing on Christmas, and well it shows.
Austin Reeves also left this game a reinjury of his calf,
so we'll keep an eye on that one. You know,
one of those long term reaggravated injuries here on the
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Christmas Day. I love all the different sneakers, So if
anybody can find a pair and send him my way,
that would be great.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Was it an NBA day for you today, Mike, or
you were just all NFL?
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Well, I had them both.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I'm in dual screen experience because I'm a nerd. I'll
be honest. In the first game, right the Knicks with
that dramatic fourth quarter comeback and and Jalen Brunson was fantastic,
but it was a game for a while, I was like, Wow,
this game stinks and they were getting blown out.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
So you know what I did. I watched the Mickey
Mouse version to Dun't the Halls.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I saw that, you know, you know, Mickeys threw up
a last second prayer that might have broken all of
New York if he'd hit.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
I know that it came kind of close. I thought
it was a good account. A couple of things on that.
You know, it was like a perfect storm because one
it was the Knicks game. They did make it perfect.
They made a good comeback to These games were all
on streaming, so I'm wondering how many people didn't have
the streaming and tuned on into the NBA. I wonder
if the NBA had higher ratings or lower ratings, kind
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of going up against the NFL and the streaming.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Well, let's talk about that fir second. First, let's set
it up with Charles Barkley. Who got Chestias charleses want
to do? Meanwhile, they're running shack through a faux brick wall.
But but here was Charles Barkley talking about competition.
Speaker 7 (17:31):
The NFL got greed instarted a Christmas game. We used
to have this day to ourself. But you know, Roger
Goodell and them pigs at the NFL always wanted to
every day of the week.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Now they can't play the NBA.
Speaker 8 (17:44):
Dude.
Speaker 7 (17:46):
I saw those guys yesterday on the ESPN talk about it,
and they're right. Christmas is an NBA day.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
So if you want to watch the NBA, watch the NBA.
That's the beauty of a free marketing economy. You have choice.
You could go watch Home Alone for the forty fifth times. Yes,
you could go waste time watching that overrated Drek. That
is a Christmas story for the fifty fifth time. If
you want, I watched a little bit. If it's a
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wonderful life. You know what I did. I watched the
really sad version that they have streaming on one of
these things where they have the original graveyard scene. You
don't see that on your NBC telecast. But all of
that to say, you've got two hundred million households, and
I use that term loosely. Households have Netflix subscriptions. You
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live in a community. How often do you see the
damn Amazon driver come up and down your street in
a given day?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
A million million times?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Right, So guess what Amazon Prime everybody had?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
The ESPN game was. It was on.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
It was not part of the Hey you need the
upgraded package, at least for the early game. The Knixt
game was on, but it was also streaming on online
through ESPN dot Com. Later on, if you wanted to
stream it, you would have had to either go to
your YouTube, TV, your your cable provider, or upgrade to
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their their new app and package. But all of that
to say, I think the market was pretty well served
in terms of households that are tenant. And notice I
used the term household because how many people are logged
in from someone's account in different places, not just in
the same house in the same city. In the same state,
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in the same country. They're all over the place, so
nobody nobody got left out that really wanted to see it.
And even if you just took it for a month
trial and then cancel, you can do that too.
Speaker 4 (19:48):
I agree with you, first of all, if you want
to watch the NBA, it was there. If you wanted
to watch the NFL. But remember these NFL games really
didn't have a lot of meaning.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Well, and that everybody strives to their own right. There's
plenty of games coming to.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Don't you know what gives a damn about you know,
it didn't have any meaning When it came to playoff time,
the Lions had a small chance Denver's going to make
the playoffs, so this is kind of proceeding. But for
the most part, you had a dog lineup in the NFL,
you had them on streaming, and you are going up
against the NBA. Is the Christmas and NBA day it
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used to be, But those days are gone.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
Life changes, yeah, right, I got a little bit older,
I got some gray hair, and I got places where
the hair don't come in anymore. I still look resplendent
here in my Santa hatan, my plaid Christmas shoes.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
I'm feeling good about myself. Life changes.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
I'll get your Greasian formula for your for your next birthday.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Yeah, I appreciate you, buddy. Yeah, there's a nice old
dated reference. There's a billion other options that you could
have gone for the Grecian.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
You know what's so funny is I just sent you
a list of stuff that that wasn't around twenty five
years ago.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Play that game a little bit later.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
That that just crazy, because you're right, things change, and
they changed dramatically. And it used to be the Christmas
was for the NBA. It's no longer that you're gonna
have to go up against the NFL. And you can't
really change it to uh, you know, Christmas Eve. It's
it's really not good working, you know, because people aren't
going to stay home during the day.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
A lot of people celebrate on Christmas Eve a lot, right,
and then and either at midnight Mass or with watching
of one of those aforementioned films.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Right, But I would say this the.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
NBA also, And I appreciate the Cup and the the
New York Knicks and winning the E Cup.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
Oh yeah right, yeah, let's have a parade.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Well, no, but the NBA screwed themselves to a degree
by doing that, right, because Christmas Day was always the
starting point, right, You played six weeks and everybody was excited, Hey,
Christmas Day, here's a bunch of matchups.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Well guess what we just had. We just had the
Spurs and ok C last week. We've had it twice.
You've had two games three times in two weeks.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
That's my point. We had it three times in two weeks.
So yeah, but it doesn't have the same juice that
it would have otherwise.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
Did you see the first two games? How many people
other than you saw all three games out there? This
is probably their first chance to see these two teams.
They didn't see the first two games, Mike, So I
kind of disagree with you on that.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Well, fine, but it's the idea of the The Cup
was supposed to be the kickoff, right, and everybody got
juiced and everybody made fun of the knicks. I say,
hang the banners, right, here's my old rule of thumb. Right,
I'm stealing this. You know, Pat Fitzgerald now the coach
over at Michigan State long ago, and I'm sure he
co opted it from a million other places. But I'm
gonna give him credit here.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
The whole goal every.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Day is to go one tozer right in your life,
to treat the people that you love, the people that
you like, even the people you don't, with a bit
of respect and dignity. And at the end of the day,
you lay your head down, say you gave an honest
day's work, you treated people well, and you won the day.
Belly's full, you got a roof over your head.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
You move on.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
And for the the NBA, they had that for a
long time, and now you've changed up your formatics by
adding an extra piece. So when the Knicks did get
the the banner, it's like, hell with it, right, it's
a championship.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Surprised it wasn't. That wasn't talked about and.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Forced upon the nausea well, but it wasn't forced up
on them by the sponsor, because so that usually part
of the deal.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
And you're going to put it up in the arena
and some commemoration of yes.
Speaker 4 (23:29):
Did you guys make it big? Didn't Jason Smith make
a big?
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Why would you not?
Speaker 4 (23:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I mean you take it for what it is with
a grain of salt. Right, it's December, so it doesn't
really mean anything.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
It means nothing, It means zero.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Well, especially that that championship game. And this is where
I also kind of laugh at the NBA. Is that,
time and time again we have these circumstances whereby players
take days off and people cry, Oh, little Jonny and
Susie in the three hundred levels won't get to see them. Okay, fine,
now you've added this tournament. Cool, right, All the games
count except for the title. Now you're playing for a
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cash prize, but those stats don't count towards anything. Nor
does that count towards your games played, towards your MVP
or any other league award considerations.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
I had no idea.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
That's some terrible CBA negotiation. Yeah, you can get a
cash prize and your bonus. But guess what, we always
complain about the wear and tear. That's all I've heard
about the NFL today. Oh No, these guys are hurt.
That's life. It's a difficult game.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
Yeah, except their injuries are a lot more severe.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
I'm not down playing the injury.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
I'm downplaying down playing the fact that suddenly this is
new material for people, like this is a new invention. Oh,
a guy suffered an ACL tear. It happens. It happens
every year. Now do you get stars at the same
time in a short period of time the same way
we do?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
I don't know. Is it recency bias.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
I'll let someone else do the full numbers, but I've
gotten kind of numb to the idea of stars getting
getting through unscathed year after year.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
No, that that's not going to happen. And you said,
those into it, and we'll get to that probably later on.
But the way these acls are coming down, it's very scary.
I don't even know when Mahomes is coming back. I
can't assume he'll be ready for next year. I don't
even imagine he'd be even close.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
But that that's the larger question, right, you know you
talk about the scheduling, you talk about the primetime games,
which people will lamenting today, going, well, you can't know,
and maybe there's an answer about scheduling and flex scheduling,
but you.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Can only do so much. It's the holiday season.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
People have their travels pegged, right, so if they decided that, hey,
I was gonna go to Kansas City, maybe Kelsey's, they're
they're still playing for high stakes and it might be
even in the best of circumstances, his final home game.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
And do you think it's you think he's gonna retire?
What do you think?
Speaker 9 (25:50):
No?
Speaker 4 (25:51):
No, I agree.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
I think I think it all comes down to how
quickly is Patrick getting back, because if he's got reasonable
expectations that he's back before October, then I think they
load up and they're back at it for no.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
I see, I can't. I can't rush Mahomes back. He's
my It's not a rush, but it is a real
I want him one hundred and ten percent, not ninety,
not one hundred, not from an injury like this. I
know he's gonna want to come back and you know,
push it and be ready for the start of next year.
Not going to happen. What you can do is go
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go out and get yourself a real quarterback for the
first what two months of the season if you have to,
and you know, don't fall into a hole until Mahomes
comes back. So that's what you gotta do, don't you know,
don't rely on somebody who can't play, and get yourself
a good back. About that, all right?
Speaker 3 (26:41):
You took me off an exit.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
We're gonna get back onto the freeway that we were
driving there, and we'll go and we'll take that next
exit sometime next hour. About the Chiefs in earnest when
we talk about Kelsey and his paws and everything else.
But to the larger question of Christmas Day games and
the NBA, it's you're gonna watch what you're gonna watch,
all right. People that were really on board the NBA,
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and they're really huge NBA fans, they're not dipping for
everybody else. It's Fantasy Championship Week. It's a lot of gambling.
There's a lot of other things at stake, whether there's
playoffs on the line or not.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Aren't he Oh a lot of people cry.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
And I've seen one hundred thousand texts and tweets about
Jamiir Gibbs and some pretty funny memes.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Actually, what it came down.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
To is, I mean, because final depending on how much
you got dinged for his fumble loss, you either have
finished with six point three points or five point three
points in a game where he you were expecting bigger things.
I didn't expect much against this Minnesota defense, the way
they've been playing and the hit or miss that you've
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got with Gibbs But the larger point is, you know,
there still are a lot more considerations other than the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
No, I mean, that's what everybody wants. It's the playoffs
out there. Matter of fact, that's I saw the numbers
for the college football playoffs that went up against the NFL,
and they did poorly, I mean real poor.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Shock.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well, the game that the good game that they put
on before the NFL started did just fine.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
It was okay, a little bit lower, but that it
usually should have done. I think it was in the
fifteen million range, which is which I thought was okay.
A few people pointed out it might have been lower,
but the Tulane Ole miss six point two million and
the James Madison Oregon four point four million. I can
only imagine that's what happens when you go up against
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the NFL. I can only imagine what the NBA is
going to look like on Christmas Day. I'm kind of
curious to see what the ratings will look like then.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
Well, but that's the thing, right.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
You give people freedom of choice, yep, and if they
choose the NFL, I'm sorry, NBA, I'll give you the
biggest hug I can. I'll walk to New York and
hug every one of those exacts and every guy sitting
at the desk, everybody in Connecticut. If they want to
cry about it, cry about it. But if you see
a viable space where families and generations are together and
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they're sitting around and they've already opened their presence, they've
already gone to services, and now they're sitting and staring,
waiting for a meal to finish cooking, or the meal's
done and you're still gonna hang out with each other.
It's getting everybody to agree to a singular movie not happening. No,
getting anybody to watch any game from either sport. Yeah,
(29:31):
I think you can get folks to sit whether they
hate watch or not, they'll sit around and watch it.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
By the way, can I just I want to say,
we are getting a lot of tweets. I know you
usually don't go ahead and read them on the air,
but Nature why does want you to know that Home
Alone is overrated?
Speaker 2 (29:46):
So I just okay, so we added Home Alone to it.
I mean, you got overrated Christmas movies. I'm here for it.
Full disclosure. Over the I just watched What Fun, which
is what they're advertising right now as part of the
prime video Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Leary and an all star cast.
So that was fun. Jason Schwartzman has a nice role
in it and whatever. But I've been watching all the
(30:08):
different Hallmark, Lifetime, you name it, going on about six
weeks now. I subscribe fully to the Elvis. Why can't
every day be like Christmas?
Speaker 4 (30:18):
My wife loves that stuff. Let me get somebody is
moving from the busy city to the suburbs to visit
their family. The dad gets sick and they have to
help take care of the restaurant or the inn and
fall in love with the groundskeeper. Does that sound about right?
Is that wall?
Speaker 2 (30:33):
You say that like it's wrong? Why can't the groundskeeper
get some love for Christmas?
Speaker 4 (30:38):
They were filming one a couple of years ago, open
Vermab and I wanted to go for one of the
parts where I play like the repair guy at the groundskeeper,
warring my red and black you know, lumberjack shirt walking
around with an axe. I don't know what you do
with the acts, but just walking around with it. Stuff
like that, I think going to be good.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
I feel like I need to write and start casting
a movie.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
I think we get crowdfunded with our listeners, they can
be executive producers and getting credit.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Let's see if we can figure that out. You know
who else would maybe contribute a dollar to this?
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Who is that Briannamurou who's over at the news desk?
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Maybe a dollar? Maybe two? You know what's funny? I don't.
Speaker 9 (31:19):
I haven't watched a Hallmark movie since I was probably
like seven years old. Isn't that crazy?
Speaker 4 (31:25):
I would be good that, I'm telling you I'd be
I want to cast myself in something I could also.
You know, there's always an older couple that fall in
love in their fifties and sixties. I could be one
of those guys too, But.
Speaker 9 (31:35):
It's just so formulaic. Why do you just want to
be another like old couple?
Speaker 4 (31:38):
Like?
Speaker 9 (31:39):
Why do you want to do something exciting? Like you know,
put on like a dolphin jersey and be like the
old drunk guy in the bar or something, you know.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Old drunk guy and the dolphin jersey that finds love.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
At your Yeah, I see real life.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
You're commiserating over to us.
Speaker 9 (31:53):
I will put six dollars towards that movie. Yeah, that
is something much.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
One for every touchdown to it through this year. Oh gosh.
Speaker 9 (32:00):
Anyways, I'm speaking of really no touchdowns being thrown right
now in the Broncos Chiefs games, is thirteen thirteen, three
and a half minutes left to go in the fourth quarter.
The Vikings defeated the Lions earlier today, twenty three to ten.
The Lions are officially eliminated from playoff contention. I didn't
know this, but the Viking has only had seventy six
(32:21):
of yards of offense all game.
Speaker 3 (32:23):
That's crazy. Three yards passing.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Oh my god.
Speaker 9 (32:28):
Yeah, that's a time a Christmas of a third string quarterback.
So I always remember this.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Mac I said to this stat Max Browsmer is the
only NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl era to play
an entire game and finish with under seventy yards passing
and seven plus sacks and yet still win.
Speaker 9 (32:48):
You could do my job for me, aren't you?
Speaker 3 (32:50):
Thank you he so much.
Speaker 4 (32:52):
You're welcome.
Speaker 9 (32:53):
I don't I don't have to do anything.
Speaker 4 (32:55):
That's great exactly.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
Also earlier to the Cowboys defeated the Commanders at thirty
to twenty, and in the NBA the Lakers got molly
wopped by the Rockets one nineteen to ninety six Kevin
Durant had twenty five points, two blocks, and nine assists
in the win. And the Warriors feat of the Mavericks
one twenty six to one sixteen and the Spurs one
their eighth straight game and got past the Thunder one
(33:17):
seventeen to one o two and just getting ready to
tip off the the Timberwolves and the Nuggets live in Denver.
Back to you guys. Sorry, I got really distracted with
this Chiefs game. I'm like trying to pay attention.
Speaker 2 (33:32):
Well, trying to figure out what what you're actually watching now.
It's kind of a curiosity here in sonat the final
three minutes, Travis Kelcey just staring up and everybody looking
at his baby blues.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
There you go, thanks Brianna.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
All Right, as we continue here, it's Fox Sports Radio
Jason Smiths Show with me, Mike Rman, Arnie Spanier at
Stinking Geniuses where you find him find me over at
Swalling Dome. Ideas for Christmas movies that you can send
to Hell and are overrated, or if you want to
dial in on the Christmas traditions, ones that you celebrate.
(34:07):
You know, it's one of the songs that shows up
in my Broadway show show tunes all the time tradition
from the Fiddler on the Roof of course. Oh yeah, yeah,
So we've got that in the mix, so you can
dial up there as well. But the fight between the
NBA and the NFL is just getting underway these last
couple of years. That's going nowhere because what we've got
weekend games coming up, right, and this is as we
(34:30):
drift on the calendar. Next year, it'll be even better
and even a fiercer fight.
Speaker 3 (34:34):
But we continue on. You sent me the list of
things that didn't exist twenty five years ago. I didn't
look at it yet.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
Oh there's a lot, a lot.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
So now I have to question how good.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
Is Arnie's memory as we play a game and try
to decide good, bad, or ugly. We'll do that as
we continue here live from the Fox Sports Radio studios.
As we count down the final minutes of this game,
will also celebrate Nikola Jokic, who's in on the joke
or he's part of a larger advertising campaign to come
we'll explain coming up next here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 5 (35:07):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
Welcome back in Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Sports Radio Jason Smith Show with Me, Mike Harmon, No
Jason Smith Tonight, Arnie Spanner in his stead Merry Christmas,
se y'all.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
A couple of things going on in the background.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Feel free to tweet on in at Swollen Dome, at
Stick and Genius one at Fox Sports Radio. Overrated holiday
movies that can go in with or if you got
a recommendation one for one that I may have missed.
Speaker 4 (35:43):
You know, by the way you talk about tradition, because
usually I work on Christmas for the network, I usually
don't work on Christmas with you. We've done a lot
of shows, but we usually don't do Christmas together. Usually
on Christmas, I tell my story on how I got
into the business because of started I think thirty nine
or forty years ago on Christmas Eve was my first
(36:06):
show ever on the radio. So I gotta I'll get
to that later on.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
So Arnie, I mean, do you want to tell that story?
Speaker 2 (36:14):
And we've got music, We've got a band striking up
right now to accompany that.
Speaker 4 (36:20):
Like you want me to tell it now, I'll tell
it real quick if you want me to it's.
Speaker 3 (36:24):
I mean, you've got everybody waiting with baited breath. I
had to jam that in there.
Speaker 4 (36:28):
I know, I was teasing about thirty listen to this,
all right, enough with the enough with the music there,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (36:35):
He's like Melissa McCarthy playing the mouth horn.
Speaker 4 (36:38):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
Now.
Speaker 4 (36:39):
Thirty nine years ago, I got into the business. I
was in Los Angeles and I used to listen to
this network out of Las Vegas, and it was a
semi national network. It was hurt all over the place,
but I used to it was located in Vegas, and
I used to listen to this one guy and he
would beg for calls and he was just awful, no offense,
(37:00):
but it still happens.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
I mean, he was Mike, he was.
Speaker 4 (37:06):
He was just awful. I mean, he couldn't fill an
hour if he didn't get phone calls.
Speaker 3 (37:11):
If you think you know who he's talking about eight
seven seven, No.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
No, it was I don't even remember the guy's name.
Speaker 3 (37:17):
He was, I call you a liar bull. He on
a Christmas night.
Speaker 4 (37:22):
Being serious. So it's funny. But so after that, uh,
this was before Christmas. I called the guy and I'm like, hey,
I want to I want to do a show for you.
You know, I've heard some of your hosts, and I
think I could, you know, do a pretty good job.
And the guy goes, where have you done a show before?
And I I've never done a show. He goes, what
(37:42):
are you crazy? Because you think I'm just gonna just
put you on a national network like that. I go, no, no,
no offense. But I've heard some of your hosts.
Speaker 8 (37:51):
And believe me, it doesn't sound like they answer. Now
you've already questioned his acumen. Awesome talent chooser. Hey, let
me tell you something. Yeah, so he goes, you know what,
I like, you keep in touch. So I kept in touch.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
September, October, November, nothing, nothing, nothing. And then one day
I'm just sitting up in my parents' house and I
get a call, I mean, like the old fashioned phone call,
and I answer it and it happens to be the
guy and he goes, hey, you still want to do
a show. I said, yeah, I want to do a show.
He goes, I'll give you Christmas, even Christmas, New Year's
(38:28):
even New Year's midnight to six, drive yourself to Vegas.
We'll put you up in this hotel, which was the
sleaziest hotel ever. I was called the Continental. It's not
not there anymore. It was torn down, and it was
like all the hookers hung out there.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa family show.
Speaker 4 (38:46):
I went in there, didn't know what I was doing
at all.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
My first Wow, there's a teachable moment there.
Speaker 7 (38:54):
There we are.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
The guy never showed up to tell me what to
do and how to do it. I showed up about
two three hours early. The uh, the producer had took
pity on me and said, hey, look, I'll show you
two things. This is how you punch up calls. This
is how you get rid of them. That's it. I go,
I don't even have headphones, and he goes, here's an
(39:17):
extra para headphones. That's it. And I did the show.
I did all four shows. It was a lot of
funn He still never came in to even say hello
or look at me. I decided to go into the
office to thank the guy. And I'm sitting in the
office and I hear from the color the door that's closed,
blank you no, no, blank you, blank you, and a
(39:41):
lot of you know, curse words going on. The door
swings open two guys walk out. Yeah, two guys. Two guys.
I know we're short on time. Two guys walk out,
and I'm standing there and he looks at me and
he goes and it's the guy, and he goes, who
are you?
Speaker 5 (39:58):
They go, whoa, whoa.
Speaker 4 (39:59):
I go on board. I just want to thank you
for letting me do those shifts. You know, I appreciate it.
He goes, you want to thank me. You could start
today and your shift comes up in two hours. And
I hired on the spot. And here we are forty
years later and I'm still doing sports talk radio. So
(40:20):
that's my little story on how I got hired. Back
in the day, sporting news radio was the place. So
back Las Vegas here it.
Speaker 2 (40:28):
Is the legend of the stinking genius. My brothers and
lucky certain training guards listening to you late at night.
In case you did not know this, Yeah, my name
is Arnie Spaniel.
Speaker 4 (40:42):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
I tried to find air checks online. There's nothing.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
It's like you don't exist.
Speaker 3 (40:46):
It's like you work for the CIA.
Speaker 4 (40:48):
Yeah, I've had my fifteen minutes of fame. But you
want to talk about somebody getting real lucky. Uh, it
was right place at the right time.
Speaker 2 (40:55):
Some of it is just that better sometimes to be
lucky than good, and then you try to get to
it after the fact. Here he goes at Snick a
genius one where you find and find me Over at
Swollen Dome. The Denver Broncos have taken a seven point
lead inside of the final two minutes. Here of the
fourth quarter, bo Nick's doing it again. We'll talk about
it next on Fox.
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