November 24, 2022 • 31 mins
Spanier & Plank give their predictions for the Thanksgiving slate, including shares their locks of the week. The guys also discuss more from College Football including Michigan State players who were charged with assault after their game against Michigan in October. Plus, FSR’s very own Bernie Fratto joins the show to discuss his read on this week’s NFL games and what betting angles to look for!
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You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. We call this the
Power Hour. The Power We got a bonus hour coming up, also,
the very rare Bonus Hour. You know, I want to say,
I am such a dope. I but was you know,
spending somebody On Black Friday. I was buying myself some
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high tops and I but I bought high tops that
were that you don't wear that are I don't know,
for decoration. I guess you know that you collect So
are they like overly expensive or what I mean? They're
they're they're a little pricey. But I'm like, oh, I
like to wear those, and they came in, I'm like,
they don't even really fit well. And then I realized
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they're like collectible, so I returned it and I had
to buy another pair of high to high but then
I'm like, I'm done messing around. I just bought some
Lebrons and I'm very confused right now. So they have
shoes that are collectibles that you can't wear. You can't
really what you can wear it, but it's not you know,
it doesn't really fit well, it's stiff and all they
get a bigger size. No, and it's it's not meant
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to be played in you know, you know, I play
a lot of basketball. I wasn't ordered myself a walking stick.
It hasn't been chipped yet. It comes with like a
knife and fights off animals and when you get attacked
and stuff like that. So that's pretty cool. I went,
So you're upset with the way that I lead the
show and you start this hour talking about a stupid
shoe purchase, and wow, I'm just asking. I mean, I
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I don't know do I need to go around the
horn on this. I mean, Alex, I should have you
ever heard of just decorative shoes? Oh yeah, that's a
big thing. I don't. I mean you can look at it.
They have like the original uh Michael Jordan's you know,
and all that stuff. They're very pricey, you know, so
you don't wear them, you just collect them. Really, I've
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never heard of this in my life. I mean, I
hear of people collecting shoes, but I didn't know that.
I didn't know that you could order it. It's like, no, no, no,
I don't want the shoes that you can wear. I
just want the shoes that you can collect. I've never
heard of that in my life. Oh they're they're expensive too,
that you can run up a lot of money to
look at Arnie's humble brack about how rich he is.
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I haven't stopped and I just brought a regular I mean,
they're so expensive. Is I again? I'm not cool? All right,
I've accepted a lot of things. I'm not cool. I'm
not funny. Got a little energy here, um, but I
mean that that's about all I bring. So if there's
these decorative shoes that they send you when you don't
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wear I put. I sent them right back. I'm like,
I can't wear these, I'm sending them back. So okay, okay,
hold on, did you buy shoes thinking that you were
going to wear them and you got the wrong size
or something? I did. I didn't think they were like
that big. I thought that they would look cool and
I wanted to wear them to play ball. And then
when I got them, I realized I started doing some information.
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They were decorative, really didn't fit well. They were stiff
there from a long time ago. They're not made to
be played and though I guess when we had them
a long time ago, we played in them, but not now.
What are they chucks or something? Did you get like
old chucks? I wish I did. Well, Well, did you
get taken care of? Did they take them back and
you get refund? Did or what? I hope? So I
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just sent him back today because I just got him.
So these are not I want to see the letter. Hi.
These are not wearable shoes. These are decorative shoes. That's
what I think I want to see in all of this. Well,
good luck, I mean, I hope you get things taken
care of there, because you will have a Thanksgiving where
you're rolling solo? Right, so you'll be all in on
the NFL games tomorrow, right, I'm not. I'm not going solo. VJ.
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Husky is gonna be in with me? No, No, I
meant yourself sitting. My wife's not gonna be here. My
son's out in Watertown, so New York. So I'm just
solo by myself, gonna sit around, eat a bunch of stuffing,
watch football, sleep till noon. I'm gonna make my wife
take the dogs out, feed him, and take him for
a walk before she gets on the road. So I
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don't have to do anything. I'm just gonna you know
what I'm doing. You said your sleep until noon. I
gotta be up really really early to what for? I
got a little work tomorrow, and I uh, I think
I'm gonna do to you what you do to all
of us. I think gonna starts sending you text messages
at like five am. Put on silence so I don't
have to wake up. Put it on. Do not disturb
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with your decorative shoes hanging next to you. Which of
the three games? So tomorrow we do get three NFL games,
and we're gonna be all over here on Fox Sports Radios,
Arnie mentioned he's back in tomorrow night, follow along with
what the Vikings are doing in that time slot. Why
do I just blank on who the Vikings are playing
tomorrow night? Um, they're playing the Patriots. Thank you? The
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Vikings Patriots game then, of course will have the Lions
show down with what I I think. I don't want
to get too carried away here, but maybe it must
win for the Bills based on the way things are
going in that division right now. And of course Cowboys Giants.
If you were going watchability slash Arnie's interest slash to
you most entertaining game, Oh, definitely Giants Dallas Giants Dallas one. Okay,
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there's no doubt, though I do think there's gonna be
an upset. I'm taking the Lions. I don't know how
much of an upset you think, considering the Lions in
a row. It's a nine point spread, right, I so
would be. But I think the Lions win. But the
Giant Stallas has probably the most at steak and that's
a big one. I think Minnesota is going to crush
the Patriots. I told you in our number one. I
think it's it's my pick of the decade is Minnesota.
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I think they win by like three touchouts. It's not
even gonna be closely. Of course, I can be wrong.
I doubt it, though, but Giant Stallas has a lot
more in steak there. Though. You know, Patriots are kind
of in a must win situation. You don't want to
lose and drop another game down the next thing you
know you're gonna be going at the last place. Yeah,
I just I like your hedge of your bet there.
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I can't be wrong. I mean, maybe I can, but
there's no way that I'm gonna be wrong on this way.
I just here's here's where I push back against your Patriots.
Are your Viking pick number one history. You constantly and
chronically pick against the Patriots. I don't know what it is.
I don't know if it's because you live in the area.
But even when they were winning Super Bowls, the happiest
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I've ever seen Arnie Spaniard was when we did the
Super Bowl show together and the first half of the
Alkins Patriots. That was the happiest I had ever seen
you on the air. Was happy happy, Aren't no doubt
about that. So I worry that you help you have
like this personal grudge against him, regardless of the matchup.
I probably do you know, people were picking Minnesota is
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like to go to the super Bowl until they had
that game against Dallas. They were one of eight and
are they eating one at that point? Until Dallas convertive
and you know, maybe we thought that we uh overestimated Philadelphia.
Minnesota was looking like the one or two seed in
the NFC. Do you know what Kirk cousins record is,
just kind of thinking about prime time games? Two wins
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in ten um and I don't think it's much better
when you start getting into Sunday night games either. That
doesn't affect you at all. There's only the only other
prime time game that Kirk Cousins has had this year.
He was sacked twice and had three interceptions and a
loss to the Eagles. Yeah, you would say that to
his face. I'm bed right, you know you're choking big
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games there, my friends. I would hold up the statu
sheet and that's what I would do. You like that,
you like that, you like what your record is, but
you're like, damn the stats. This is my lock of
the decade. Decade of the decade, my friend, because they
got so trounced. It is an important game for them
if they want to try to get the one seat
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from Philadelphia. And they're right up there, so, um, you
know they're gonna keep the pressure on there. I think
they want to make a mends for what happened to
them last week. And there's no way the Patriots can
keep up with them offensively. Oh there's when it comes
down to your hatred of the Patriots. They can't keep
up with them. Offense is not going to happen. If
they think they're gonna run Stevenson thirty two times and
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keep up with Minnesota, they're certaly mistaken. Um, mac Jones,
I'm starting to think, is not the quarterback better numbers
than Kirk Cousins did last week. You know what's so
funny you said that because I was just about to say, Chris,
I'm almost to the point where if things are just iff,
let's say if the Patriots will make the playoffs, Okay,
just for Givent's sake, let's say they finished right around
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five hundred. Let's say nine and eight or eight nine.
Let's say let's say eight nine. For for this, I'm
almost to the point where I want to move on
from Mac Jones. Okay, I thought you were gonna say
Bill Belichick, no, no, no, from from Mac Jones, and
matter of people were clambing for clamoring for what esappy
or whatever for him for that guy, what would they
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do with a real quarterback would become available? So, and
by the way you want to hear it, I don't
know if you call this a hot sports take or
most of you are go ahead. What would happen now
that Tom Brady is single and just says, you know what,
I just want to finish off for it all started.
Would would you take me back? Go back to New
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England or go play with back McDaniels, No, go back
to New England. You know it's interesting. I as we
welcome you in on this Wednesday night Happy Thanksgiving on
Sports Radio. I was digging through his contract, Tom Brady's contract,
because earlier in the program, I think I had said, hey,
he's on a two year deal. But Jason brings up
an interesting point. Brady's contract is up after this season,
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so yes, he would be available next season. Don't think
he'd go to the Jets though, I think he's going
to Las Vegas. So I so I did a little
dig in because yeah, it was a one year deal.
But do you know what Tom Brady counts dead money
wise for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next year even with
his one year, fifty million dollar deal, if he leaves
or if uh dead cap, Yeah, it doesn't matter that
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that's what you're gonna pay it. Thirty five million dollars
is what he costs. The Patriot sume the Buccaneers in
dead cap next year. So did I say Buccaneers Buccaneers?
You got me all confused here. So I don't necessarily
know that he's gonna go because the way that they've
worked this contract out was to kind of create some
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salary cap space for the Buccaneers. But I like your idea.
Would that be cool? Send him back? Listen? Mac Jones
again is only a second year starter right and a
surprise winner of the job out of camp. He's coming
off at ten and seventh season and this year. You
can dog him all you want, but Matt freaking Patricia
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is his offensive coordinator right now, So I don't know
if you're setting him up to half his most success.
You know what's interesting is, you know how I love
Tom Brady now that he's on Tampa. Right, If he
goes back to New England, I'm back to hating Tom
Brady all over again. And he goes back to the Patriots, well,
anti Brady and AUNTI to Tom all over again. So
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we know a couple of things about what the quarterback
market might be this soft season, right. We we know
that Aaron Rodgers will not be a part of it
this offseason unless somebody decides they're gonna take on a
ridiculous amount of money to bring him in with his
contract with Green Bay. But if I mean, if Tom
Brady says he's gonna to play another year, would you
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be surprised if say, things don't even end up all
that great with Tampa. They still win their division, they
go to the playoffs, they lose, maybe in the first
or second round. If he says, hey, I'm I'm gonna
move on, I mean, I don't know if they would
fight him too much and try to find a way
to to recoup some of that dead catch, which I
don't think they can. I think it's the way that
they've set up his contract. Is he a hot ticket?
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Is he is Brady is hot of commodity? Commodity out
there on that free agent wire, I say a Jimmy
g might be or someone else. Oh absolutely, I would
think so, especially if he's not going to cause the
King's ransom and it's only gonna be a one year
deal and you're looking for a stop gap because maybe
you have a rookie quarterback that still needs a year
of warning. Um, let's say the Titans and you want
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to replace some with Tannehill because Malik Willis isn't ready yet.
Maybe that's a one year uh stop cop there, that's
just you know, throwing one out. I'm I'm not saying
that's going to happen. I can see him going back
to the Patriots were where it all started. I can
think there's a lot of things you could probably end
them doing for one year. I can't believe that we've
stumbled upon this topic here tonight, because now you've got
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me looking at teams that I think or a quarterback
away from being a championship team. What, um, yeah, for
one year? For one year? Right, teams that have a
roster maybe give you. I'll give you a team go ahead,
who doesn't even have a quarterback for next year? Who's that?
The Commanders who would you say the Commanders and they're
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a playoff team right now? Who's that? The Giants? The
Giants would be interesting with Tom Brady and Brian Dables.
I mean then they didn't pick up the fifth year
option that they could always resign him right, Uh, what's
his face? I'm already Daniel Jones, d Jones, but very forgettable.
But you can you can also bring in Brady for
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one year and figure out what you wanted to or
for two years and figure out what you want to
do after that. What if you're looking across the sideline
or however it's set up it met Stadium, maybe it's
uh to the tunnel? What about the Jets? But um,
I don't know, is there is that rivalry too deep
between the Patriots and the Jets? Are you? Could you
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imagine if you were Tom Brady and I get to
tell you get to play the Patriots twice a year,
he'd say, where do I sign up? I'm gonna play
for twenty an hour, kind of like Brett Farve whenever
he went to the Vikings like that. Um, can I
give you two more teams on this since we're looking
because you're you're bringing up the Titans I thought was
a really good one. But are the Colts in a
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position to where another one there? You could go there
like Peyton, I saw what you did now here it
comes the way that it's supposed to be done. And
I guess really the only other one might be what
the Seahawks are the Saints? Well, you don't like to
say cars ever gonna leave the Raiders. But what happens
if that opened up? They have a decision to make
on Derek Carr, right, I mean, his his deal if
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if my understanding is correct on Derek Carr's contract, um,
the second week of February is when his contract becomes guaranteed.
So if he's on the roster three days after the
Super Bowl, my understanding is Derek Carr is pretty much
locked in. But if the Raiders cut him before then,
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then obviously they can save that our trade him before then,
they can save themselves his money against the Cameras. So
the Raiders might be interesting. What happens if Jimmy g
let's say, ends up in with the Jets with San
Francisco want Tom Brady for one year, and Tom Brady
would want San Francisco because that's his that's his team
that he had growing up. Why are we how do
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we fall into this trap talking about Tom Brady's teams
for next year? What happened to this show? Aren't? Because
now I'm fascinated by this and I was someone when
the season started that thought he was headed to the
Fox booth after this year regardless. No. If if I was,
I look, I'm not Vegas. But if I am Vegas
and I was gonna put out odds on where Tom
Brady was going to play next year, and you made
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me pick like the top three teams, I guess Tampa.
I would still put in maybe the Patriots, and then
maybe San Francisco would be my top three? Or am
I missing out on something? Be sure to catch live
editions of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weekdays
at ten pm Eastern seven pm Pacific. Al Right, so
I'm actually watching a really good college basketball game right now,
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San Diego State game. Correct, Arkansas leads seventy two in
the final minute of overtime. Did Aaron Torres just tweeted himself?
Did you see that Aaron Torres just said you up
at Torres on Hawgs? Isn't that him? Or no? Is
it not be you doing. Just tweet it yourself. I
do the same thing, though. You know who doesn't. Bernie Fratto,
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who joined us right now on Fox Sports Radio. Bernie's
up late with us. He's watching all the college basketball.
But Bernie, before the break, Arnie got us going on
tom Brady's future. Where would you put the odds on
favorite for Tom Brady services right now? In Do you
think he's back with Bucks? I do? Uh? And Vegas
doesn't put up those types of eyes even in far
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away places. There's nothing we know. He's a free agent.
But you're gonna see Tampa Bayy bound get back in
the playoffs and make a run. And Gisel just bought
a new crib. I guess a couple of blocks away
from him there in Tampa. So I think he's back
in Tampa. Bernie. We got some Thanksgiving games first, Well,
let me ask you, like Bills Lions, do you have
to pay a premium to take the Lions? Do they
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get like an extra half point because it's Thanksgiving? And
you know the Padges pageantry of it all, or that
makes no difference whatsoever? Now that doesn't really make any difference. Uh.
It still comes down to power ratings, and you know,
the Lions are three and eleven against his spread as
a dog during things giving two thousand four, but they've
covered their last three straight. This is a really tough
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game to handicap because Buffalo has that wonky travel situation.
They played that game against Minnesota completely emptied the tank,
all kinds of emotion left on the field. Then they
have that you know, nice summer day in Buffalo, what
they have like six ft snow And they finally make
it to Detroit to play a game, and now they're
playing their second game in Detroit, same stadium, five days later,
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and they didn't stay in Detroit, so they're going back
and forth. Buffalo's got a ton of injuries and Josh Allen,
I'm told they're not gonna let him run a lot
tomorrow because it could hurt his elbow. The bottom line
is you're getting to bundle of points here with Detroit.
And I would say this that that I think is
where the value lies. Detroit's offense is pretty good, it's sixth,
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Buffalo's offenses fifth. The reason I don't think Detroit coming
out right number one rule in handicapping, you look for
strength versus weakness. The Lions defense still only ranks thirty
one and Buffaloes defense ranks fifth, so you get a
fast track. I think you're gonna see a competitive game.
Both teams will get their points. Buffalo's got their injuries
as well. But I think actually the Lions hang around.
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They've played some gutsy games and had one, you know,
score losses against Philadelphia and Miami and some of the
upper extel On teams, So I think it might be
a competitive game. But Bernie, you spent a lot of
time in Detroit, you understand. Uh, we all know the
history of the why behind the Thanksgiving Day game, but
how was it embraced to that community and how big
of a ill to become for that franchise to play
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on Thanksgiving. It's huge. It's a great source of pride.
I covered ten of the games myself to two thousand
and eight. It's a lot of fun. Uh, it's a
great tradition. And you, Chris, you know about the history.
Guy named George Richards who owned the Lions back in
nineteen thirty four, all he wanted to do was boost
at tenants. He said, let's have a Thanksgiving game. He
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did it. He did something very shrewd. He sold the
rights to NBC and they broadcasted at nineties stations on
the radio nationwide and the rest of his history. It's
been a Detroit tradition since nineteen thirty four. Then Dallas
jumped on board, you know, about thirty five, forty years ago. No,
it's a huge source of pride. It's appointment watching Detroitter's
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planned their their day around that, and it's it's terrific.
The Lions haven't fairwell on Thanksgiving. We all get that,
But in terms of the pomp and circumstance and the pride,
it's a civic thing that the detroitters really, uh really enjoy. Bernie.
Maybe they'll be talking about you gamblers out there in Vegas,
because we all know you guys have like a pick
of the month, the pick of the year. I gotta
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pick of the decade. I love the Vikings over the Patriots,
lay in the two and a half. I think the
Vikings were embarrassed last week. I think they have too
much offense for the Patriots. I think they win this
by three touchdowns. What do you do? What? What dictates
when you have like the pick of the year, the
pick of the decade. Uh, and then your fellow gamblers
go up insite that we like to have the side Bertie.
I mean, what goes into that thinking lot to unpacked there,
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my man. So first of all, I'll be happy to
take if you want to. And there is no sets
things and the pick of the decade to pick of
the year. Just ask Argentina for cranno. Uh. Look h
as far as that game, I do think the Vikings
are the side. Uh. One staple has been when a
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team is severely embarrassed the following week, they typically rebound nicely.
But this game could be a bit of a Tusso
there's a couple of bothersome things about the Vikings. Last week,
as you guys saw, they were two point underdogs at
home and people, how could they be underdogs? Well, look,
first of all, they were coming off that you know
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game at Buffalo where they left a lot on the
field empty the tank. But the Vikings as an eight
and one team, we're making history in two areas. One,
their point differential was only plus thirty five cumulatively on
the year, that was good for like eleventh in the NFL.
And their yard differential was minus two twenty nine that
was twenty six in the NFL by a thing called
the Pythagorean theorem. The Vikings were really a five and
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four team dressed up as an eight and one team,
so there's some concern. Now. The Vikings at eight and
two have a negative point differential of minus two. That's
never happened in the history of the National Football so
they're very much an underperforming team the numbers. I look
for Belichick to put Justin Jefferson in a vice. I
never really trust Kirk Cousins. You got sack seven times
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last week, so Belichick comes to an eight gap pressure.
This could be a nice little wrestling match. But I
do think Minnesota is the side that that would be
the sign I would pick of the decade, my pick
of the decade, Bernie. We don't need to play the
game there, Bernie. I wish you were co hosting the show. Listen.
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I don't I know you're gonna be on if you're
filling in for been Thursday night into Friday, and then
you got your shows over the weekend, so you're gonna
get plenty of time to talk about this. But I
want to pick your brain now, anything really jumping out
at you on the college slate, a lot of big numbers.
Man that that massive number in Vandy, Tennessee is interesting.
There's that big double digit number. Well, I guess it's
down to a little bit. It was. It was, I
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think much higher in some places I thought it would
than it would be. But what USC is at like
six five and a half. But there's some interesting numbers
with some big favorites in college football. Anything really catching
your eye. I do like Notre Dame in the points, Yes, uh,
I love USC, But that defense couldn't stop a nosebleed.
So I think that this is where Notre Dame lives
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in these high level situations. Look what they did to Clemson.
I'll tell you there's a thing. If you'll notice, all
top four teams last week, Ohio State, TCU, UH, Michigan,
and Georgia were all favorites. None of them covered. There's
a thing in college football called the nerves are tightening.
When you get after Week nine and you're undefeated and
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you are a favorite, you're only covering about forty one
percent of the time, and if you're a home favorite,
you're only covering about thirty seven percent of the time.
Be that as it May. I think Ohio State covers
against Michigan, but the rest of these games are gonna
be very interesting, and I don't think you can fade
TCU at this point. I am so impressed with what
Sunny Dikes has done in every high LEVELAE situation. Last week,
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Max Duggan on his own ten yard line without two
of US offensive stars. They go ninety yards. Then it
turns out they practice that Chinese are deal in sixteen seconds.
You know, Mike McCarthy take notes, my friend, That's how
it's done. The bottom line is, I think you look
to the dogs this weekend because you're dealing with nineteen
twenty year old kids that Nola where the world is
on their shoulders and everything that's at stake, and there's
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really no margin of air unless you're Georgia. You know
it's in the Bible, and you're in sec You can
lose two or three or four games still make the championship, right.
The bottom line is that everybody else has the way
of the world on their shoulders. I'll be looking to
the dogs except for the Ohio State game. I think
Michigan's past defensive suspect and they can't do anything vertically
in their passing game. I believe Blake corm will play.
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But regardless, Ohio State remembers what happened last year and
they've got a fifth, sixth, seventh gear. Athletically, the Michigan
really doesn't have. I think it's gonna I think it's
gonna come out on Saturday. Well, by the way Giants
plus tend and taking the points there or what boll
that's a see. That's another really tough game. At seven
and three. They're the biggest thunderdog in sixteen years. You
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haven't had a seven hundred percentage team that's that's getting
double digits since two thousand six. The lines are very
banged up, but you could only look to taking the
points if you're betting that game. Double digit favorites have
covered six weeks in a row. You've got a divisional
double digit dog. I check that. Double digit dogs have
covered six weeks in a row. You've got a divisional
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divisional double digit dog at home in a standalone game.
And I have a saying, when the ball is in
the air, who do the books need? I want to
be on the side of the books. The books are
very much gonna need the Lions, and they're very much
gonna need the Giants, so I would lean to the Giants.
One other thing, the Cowboys have an elite defense, but
guess what Their run defense ranks in the bottom ten
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this year in the National Football League. Paging s kwon
Barkley the ravaging her in sixty five yards on the ground. Again,
that game could be closer than people think. But what
what what last think? Burdie USA are England on Friday?
How much six to one is that the odds? Or
what usc? The USA is gonna get worked like a
burger and fries. Which this is the most athletic team,
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the most skilled team. They don't do well on the
world stage. They don't jail. They're completely unproving that game
against Wales, Wales capt much faster company going into that game.
If you saw the friendly USA played versus Japan, you'd
have to turn your head. I think New England now
Harry Kane, New England's top striker and who would have
been a candidate to win the Golden Boot the most
(26:26):
goals in the tournament. He's hobbled, so even if he plays,
he's not gonna be pent. I don't think it's gonna matter.
I think New England wins handy, right, Old England. Old
England wins handy. I like. I like New England too. Hey, Bertie,
have a great time. Can't wait to hear you a
night and all the weekend. Enjoy your Thanksgiving and Chris
my Man, a word of the wise. When your son
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comes home for that first time from college, I've been
there and he and he doesn't want to hang with you.
You've done your job, my friend. You don't want a
two year old unemployed paper boy living in your basement. Dad.
Would you give another grave soda? I'm sure it wouldn't
be great soda. Thanks. Be sure to catch live editions
of The Jason Smith Show with Mike harmon weekdays at
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ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio
and the I Heart Radio app. All Right, it's Arnie
and Planks sitting in for Jason and Mike here on
Fox Sports Radio. Arnie celebrating a championship for his Arizona
Wildcats today in one of the preseason Hawaiian Hawaii Maui Mai,
(27:30):
My class one. You should have, but I mean you've
got a Super Bowl to save up for it. When
you see the Dolphins, plus a couple of quick tweets
to get tweets. I know you have some tweets to
get to because I just bring up one thing that's
been bothering me. I can't believe I waited this song
to bring this up. I want you people to ever
stop yelling at me for not getting to the tweets,
because this is what happens every single time I try
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just one thing I want to get off my chest.
Are we really going to start prosecuting players for stuff
they do during and after a game like the Michigan players.
I just wanted what seven players are being Yeah, I mean,
is this is this what we're really going after? I
mean that's yeah, I mean Michigan say but I mean,
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I mean it's ridiculous, right, I mean, anything that goes
on during the course of a game, or before the
game or after a game, that's sportsmanship. Sure, you're not
gonna take your helmet and swing it or anything like that,
but you can't start prosecuting the kids, um for what
went on during you know, you're getting them all hyped
up where they come out and before a game and
after a game. I think this is ridiculous. Is what
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I'm saying. So, I don't think there's a one size
fits all. I'm pretty sure if after a game Sha
Spanier had a bunch of dudes with their hockey helmets off,
beating the snot and we're wielding their hockey skates, I
don't think you'd be too happy about it. Right. If
it was on the ice, I I wouldn't say this
wasn't on the ice, it was in the tunnel. I mean,
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you're split the hairs here, Chris. I mean, how so
you mean if it was it was on the field,
it was like a few more of the field. No, No,
I'm asking you this. You're acting like that nothing should
happen to you. I'm not saying that they should handle
it internally. This is not a police matter. I guess
that is what I'm saying. So, I don't know if
you know this or not, Arnie, but we live in
(29:22):
a very litigious society. I don't know if you've caught
this or not, but people, yeah, it's a thing. But
if you're wondering what Arnie's talking about. Today, seven Michigan
State players were officially charged with crimes stemming from the
UH The issue in the tunnel after the Michigan Michigan
State game, which, by the way, that issue took place
(29:43):
like what two weeks after James Franklin had complained about it. Uh.
The wild thing about this one of their defensive backs
is being charged with felonious assault. And I mean that's
he's the one that was swinging the helmet, right, that's correct,
that is correct. So again, I'm there's a lot of
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me that's with you. I don't know if you can
handle things internally like this anymore. I'm not gonna lie
to you. I completely forgot about it. I mean, it
was just one of those things. And I'm sure that
player didn't for Michigan, and I'm sure the Michigan State
players involved in their program hasn't. But it was just something.
I mean, I'm sorry. I couldn't care less about right now, right,
I mean, and I get it again, I don't cover Michigan.
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We don't talk about it. President. Anything that happens on
the ice, on the field, on the diamond, whatever can
be prosecuted. I don't know if that's where we want
to take this thing. You know, well, when okay, let
me give you for instance, like jose Off from it.
Whenever he charged them out with a baseball batanis hand
and went swinging out of picture? Is that a crime?
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Should that be a felony? Was most he didn't have
the baseball bat? Is that a crime or felony? If
somebody just pummels a picture, you really took out a
very important I'm talking about attack with a weapon. I mean,
do you think you should be charged? I guess it
depends how bad the injury is? Right, So my point is,
(31:09):
I'm not trying to like stomp you here, but I
don't think there's a one size fits all. And I
think something like this has carried away. Is that got
This may have involved some legal intervention, but I don't
like it. I'm with you, you know, I don't like
it at all. And it's gonna be a headline that
will take away and I'm so greedy about my college football.
But someone's gonna end up getting paid in all of this.
(31:32):
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You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. We call this the
Power Hour. The Power We got a bonus hour coming up, also,
the very rare Bonus Hour. You know, I want to say,
I am such a dope. I but was you know,
spending somebody On Black Friday. I was buying myself some
(00:45):
high tops and I but I bought high tops that
were that you don't wear that are I don't know,
for decoration. I guess you know that you collect So
are they like overly expensive or what I mean? They're
they're they're a little pricey. But I'm like, oh, I
like to wear those, and they came in, I'm like,
they don't even really fit well. And then I realized
(01:07):
they're like collectible, so I returned it and I had
to buy another pair of high to high but then
I'm like, I'm done messing around. I just bought some
Lebrons and I'm very confused right now. So they have
shoes that are collectibles that you can't wear. You can't
really what you can wear it, but it's not you know,
it doesn't really fit well, it's stiff and all they
get a bigger size. No, and it's it's not meant
(01:30):
to be played in you know, you know, I play
a lot of basketball. I wasn't ordered myself a walking stick.
It hasn't been chipped yet. It comes with like a
knife and fights off animals and when you get attacked
and stuff like that. So that's pretty cool. I went,
So you're upset with the way that I lead the
show and you start this hour talking about a stupid
shoe purchase, and wow, I'm just asking. I mean, I
(01:53):
might have messed up the bottom of the hour, but
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(02:15):
I don't know do I need to go around the
horn on this. I mean, Alex, I should have you
ever heard of just decorative shoes? Oh yeah, that's a
big thing. I don't. I mean you can look at it.
They have like the original uh Michael Jordan's you know,
and all that stuff. They're very pricey, you know, so
you don't wear them, you just collect them. Really, I've
(02:36):
never heard of this in my life. I mean, I
hear of people collecting shoes, but I didn't know that.
I didn't know that you could order it. It's like, no, no, no,
I don't want the shoes that you can wear. I
just want the shoes that you can collect. I've never
heard of that in my life. Oh they're they're expensive too,
that you can run up a lot of money to
look at Arnie's humble brack about how rich he is.
(02:57):
I haven't stopped and I just brought a regular I mean,
they're so expensive. Is I again? I'm not cool? All right,
I've accepted a lot of things. I'm not cool. I'm
not funny. Got a little energy here, um, but I
mean that that's about all I bring. So if there's
these decorative shoes that they send you when you don't
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wear I put. I sent them right back. I'm like,
I can't wear these, I'm sending them back. So okay, okay,
hold on, did you buy shoes thinking that you were
going to wear them and you got the wrong size
or something? I did. I didn't think they were like
that big. I thought that they would look cool and
I wanted to wear them to play ball. And then
when I got them, I realized I started doing some information.
(03:40):
They were decorative, really didn't fit well. They were stiff
there from a long time ago. They're not made to
be played and though I guess when we had them
a long time ago, we played in them, but not now.
What are they chucks or something? Did you get like
old chucks? I wish I did. Well, Well, did you
get taken care of? Did they take them back and
you get refund? Did or what? I hope? So I
(04:01):
just sent him back today because I just got him.
So these are not I want to see the letter. Hi.
These are not wearable shoes. These are decorative shoes. That's
what I think I want to see in all of this. Well,
good luck, I mean, I hope you get things taken
care of there, because you will have a Thanksgiving where
you're rolling solo? Right, so you'll be all in on
the NFL games tomorrow, right, I'm not. I'm not going solo. VJ.
(04:24):
Husky is gonna be in with me? No, No, I
meant yourself sitting. My wife's not gonna be here. My
son's out in Watertown, so New York. So I'm just
solo by myself, gonna sit around, eat a bunch of stuffing,
watch football, sleep till noon. I'm gonna make my wife
take the dogs out, feed him, and take him for
a walk before she gets on the road. So I
(04:44):
don't have to do anything. I'm just gonna you know
what I'm doing. You said your sleep until noon. I
gotta be up really really early to what for? I
got a little work tomorrow, and I uh, I think
I'm gonna do to you what you do to all
of us. I think gonna starts sending you text messages
at like five am. Put on silence so I don't
have to wake up. Put it on. Do not disturb
(05:06):
with your decorative shoes hanging next to you. Which of
the three games? So tomorrow we do get three NFL games,
and we're gonna be all over here on Fox Sports Radios,
Arnie mentioned he's back in tomorrow night, follow along with
what the Vikings are doing in that time slot. Why
do I just blank on who the Vikings are playing
tomorrow night? Um, they're playing the Patriots. Thank you? The
(05:27):
Vikings Patriots game then, of course will have the Lions
show down with what I I think. I don't want
to get too carried away here, but maybe it must
win for the Bills based on the way things are
going in that division right now. And of course Cowboys Giants.
If you were going watchability slash Arnie's interest slash to
you most entertaining game, Oh, definitely Giants Dallas Giants Dallas one. Okay,
(05:49):
there's no doubt, though I do think there's gonna be
an upset. I'm taking the Lions. I don't know how
much of an upset you think, considering the Lions in
a row. It's a nine point spread, right, I so
would be. But I think the Lions win. But the
Giant Stallas has probably the most at steak and that's
a big one. I think Minnesota is going to crush
the Patriots. I told you in our number one. I
think it's it's my pick of the decade is Minnesota.
(06:12):
I think they win by like three touchouts. It's not
even gonna be closely. Of course, I can be wrong.
I doubt it, though, but Giant Stallas has a lot
more in steak there. Though. You know, Patriots are kind
of in a must win situation. You don't want to
lose and drop another game down the next thing you
know you're gonna be going at the last place. Yeah,
I just I like your hedge of your bet there.
(06:32):
I can't be wrong. I mean, maybe I can, but
there's no way that I'm gonna be wrong on this way.
I just here's here's where I push back against your Patriots.
Are your Viking pick number one history. You constantly and
chronically pick against the Patriots. I don't know what it is.
I don't know if it's because you live in the area.
But even when they were winning Super Bowls, the happiest
(06:54):
I've ever seen Arnie Spaniard was when we did the
Super Bowl show together and the first half of the
Alkins Patriots. That was the happiest I had ever seen
you on the air. Was happy happy, Aren't no doubt
about that. So I worry that you help you have
like this personal grudge against him, regardless of the matchup.
I probably do you know, people were picking Minnesota is
(07:14):
like to go to the super Bowl until they had
that game against Dallas. They were one of eight and
are they eating one at that point? Until Dallas convertive
and you know, maybe we thought that we uh overestimated Philadelphia.
Minnesota was looking like the one or two seed in
the NFC. Do you know what Kirk cousins record is,
just kind of thinking about prime time games? Two wins
(07:38):
in ten um and I don't think it's much better
when you start getting into Sunday night games either. That
doesn't affect you at all. There's only the only other
prime time game that Kirk Cousins has had this year.
He was sacked twice and had three interceptions and a
loss to the Eagles. Yeah, you would say that to
his face. I'm bed right, you know you're choking big
(08:01):
games there, my friends. I would hold up the statu
sheet and that's what I would do. You like that,
you like that, you like what your record is, but
you're like, damn the stats. This is my lock of
the decade. Decade of the decade, my friend, because they
got so trounced. It is an important game for them
if they want to try to get the one seat
(08:22):
from Philadelphia. And they're right up there, so, um, you
know they're gonna keep the pressure on there. I think
they want to make a mends for what happened to
them last week. And there's no way the Patriots can
keep up with them offensively. Oh there's when it comes
down to your hatred of the Patriots. They can't keep
up with them. Offense is not going to happen. If
they think they're gonna run Stevenson thirty two times and
(08:44):
keep up with Minnesota, they're certaly mistaken. Um, mac Jones,
I'm starting to think, is not the quarterback better numbers
than Kirk Cousins did last week. You know what's so
funny you said that because I was just about to say, Chris,
I'm almost to the point where if things are just iff,
let's say if the Patriots will make the playoffs, Okay,
just for Givent's sake, let's say they finished right around
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five hundred. Let's say nine and eight or eight nine.
Let's say let's say eight nine. For for this, I'm
almost to the point where I want to move on
from Mac Jones. Okay, I thought you were gonna say
Bill Belichick, no, no, no, from from Mac Jones, and
matter of people were clambing for clamoring for what esappy
or whatever for him for that guy, what would they
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do with a real quarterback would become available? So, and
by the way you want to hear it, I don't
know if you call this a hot sports take or
most of you are go ahead. What would happen now
that Tom Brady is single and just says, you know what,
I just want to finish off for it all started.
Would would you take me back? Go back to New
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England or go play with back McDaniels, No, go back
to New England. You know it's interesting. I as we
welcome you in on this Wednesday night Happy Thanksgiving on
Sports Radio. I was digging through his contract, Tom Brady's contract,
because earlier in the program, I think I had said, hey,
he's on a two year deal. But Jason brings up
an interesting point. Brady's contract is up after this season,
(10:12):
so yes, he would be available next season. Don't think
he'd go to the Jets though, I think he's going
to Las Vegas. So I so I did a little
dig in because yeah, it was a one year deal.
But do you know what Tom Brady counts dead money
wise for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next year even with
his one year, fifty million dollar deal, if he leaves
or if uh dead cap, Yeah, it doesn't matter that
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that's what you're gonna pay it. Thirty five million dollars
is what he costs. The Patriot sume the Buccaneers in
dead cap next year. So did I say Buccaneers Buccaneers?
You got me all confused here. So I don't necessarily
know that he's gonna go because the way that they've
worked this contract out was to kind of create some
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salary cap space for the Buccaneers. But I like your idea.
Would that be cool? Send him back? Listen? Mac Jones
again is only a second year starter right and a
surprise winner of the job out of camp. He's coming
off at ten and seventh season and this year. You
can dog him all you want, but Matt freaking Patricia
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is his offensive coordinator right now, So I don't know
if you're setting him up to half his most success.
You know what's interesting is, you know how I love
Tom Brady now that he's on Tampa. Right, If he
goes back to New England, I'm back to hating Tom
Brady all over again. And he goes back to the Patriots, well,
anti Brady and AUNTI to Tom all over again. So
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we know a couple of things about what the quarterback
market might be this soft season, right. We we know
that Aaron Rodgers will not be a part of it
this offseason unless somebody decides they're gonna take on a
ridiculous amount of money to bring him in with his
contract with Green Bay. But if I mean, if Tom
Brady says he's gonna to play another year, would you
(12:02):
be surprised if say, things don't even end up all
that great with Tampa. They still win their division, they
go to the playoffs, they lose, maybe in the first
or second round. If he says, hey, I'm I'm gonna
move on, I mean, I don't know if they would
fight him too much and try to find a way
to to recoup some of that dead catch, which I
don't think they can. I think it's the way that
they've set up his contract. Is he a hot ticket?
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Is he is Brady is hot of commodity? Commodity out
there on that free agent wire, I say a Jimmy
g might be or someone else. Oh absolutely, I would
think so, especially if he's not going to cause the
King's ransom and it's only gonna be a one year
deal and you're looking for a stop gap because maybe
you have a rookie quarterback that still needs a year
of warning. Um, let's say the Titans and you want
(12:46):
to replace some with Tannehill because Malik Willis isn't ready yet.
Maybe that's a one year uh stop cop there, that's
just you know, throwing one out. I'm I'm not saying
that's going to happen. I can see him going back
to the Patriots were where it all started. I can
think there's a lot of things you could probably end
them doing for one year. I can't believe that we've
stumbled upon this topic here tonight, because now you've got
(13:09):
me looking at teams that I think or a quarterback
away from being a championship team. What, um, yeah, for
one year? For one year? Right, teams that have a
roster maybe give you. I'll give you a team go ahead,
who doesn't even have a quarterback for next year? Who's that?
The Commanders who would you say the Commanders and they're
(13:30):
a playoff team right now? Who's that? The Giants? The
Giants would be interesting with Tom Brady and Brian Dables.
I mean then they didn't pick up the fifth year
option that they could always resign him right, Uh, what's
his face? I'm already Daniel Jones, d Jones, but very forgettable.
But you can you can also bring in Brady for
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one year and figure out what you wanted to or
for two years and figure out what you want to
do after that. What if you're looking across the sideline
or however it's set up it met Stadium, maybe it's
uh to the tunnel? What about the Jets? But um,
I don't know, is there is that rivalry too deep
between the Patriots and the Jets? Are you? Could you
(14:11):
imagine if you were Tom Brady and I get to
tell you get to play the Patriots twice a year,
he'd say, where do I sign up? I'm gonna play
for twenty an hour, kind of like Brett Farve whenever
he went to the Vikings like that. Um, can I
give you two more teams on this since we're looking
because you're you're bringing up the Titans I thought was
a really good one. But are the Colts in a
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position to where another one there? You could go there
like Peyton, I saw what you did now here it
comes the way that it's supposed to be done. And
I guess really the only other one might be what
the Seahawks are the Saints? Well, you don't like to
say cars ever gonna leave the Raiders. But what happens
if that opened up? They have a decision to make
on Derek Carr, right, I mean, his his deal if
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if my understanding is correct on Derek Carr's contract, um,
the second week of February is when his contract becomes guaranteed.
So if he's on the roster three days after the
Super Bowl, my understanding is Derek Carr is pretty much
locked in. But if the Raiders cut him before then,
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then obviously they can save that our trade him before then,
they can save themselves his money against the Cameras. So
the Raiders might be interesting. What happens if Jimmy g
let's say, ends up in with the Jets with San
Francisco want Tom Brady for one year, and Tom Brady
would want San Francisco because that's his that's his team
that he had growing up. Why are we how do
(15:39):
we fall into this trap talking about Tom Brady's teams
for next year? What happened to this show? Aren't? Because
now I'm fascinated by this and I was someone when
the season started that thought he was headed to the
Fox booth after this year regardless. No. If if I was,
I look, I'm not Vegas. But if I am Vegas
and I was gonna put out odds on where Tom
Brady was going to play next year, and you made
(16:00):
me pick like the top three teams, I guess Tampa.
I would still put in maybe the Patriots, and then
maybe San Francisco would be my top three? Or am
I missing out on something? Be sure to catch live
editions of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weekdays
at ten pm Eastern seven pm Pacific. Al Right, so
I'm actually watching a really good college basketball game right now,
(16:21):
San Diego State game. Correct, Arkansas leads seventy two in
the final minute of overtime. Did Aaron Torres just tweeted himself?
Did you see that Aaron Torres just said you up
at Torres on Hawgs? Isn't that him? Or no? Is
it not be you doing. Just tweet it yourself. I
do the same thing, though. You know who doesn't. Bernie Fratto,
(16:42):
who joined us right now on Fox Sports Radio. Bernie's
up late with us. He's watching all the college basketball.
But Bernie, before the break, Arnie got us going on
tom Brady's future. Where would you put the odds on
favorite for Tom Brady services right now? In Do you
think he's back with Bucks? I do? Uh? And Vegas
doesn't put up those types of eyes even in far
(17:03):
away places. There's nothing we know. He's a free agent.
But you're gonna see Tampa Bayy bound get back in
the playoffs and make a run. And Gisel just bought
a new crib. I guess a couple of blocks away
from him there in Tampa. So I think he's back
in Tampa. Bernie. We got some Thanksgiving games first, Well,
let me ask you, like Bills Lions, do you have
to pay a premium to take the Lions? Do they
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get like an extra half point because it's Thanksgiving? And
you know the Padges pageantry of it all, or that
makes no difference whatsoever? Now that doesn't really make any difference. Uh.
It still comes down to power ratings, and you know,
the Lions are three and eleven against his spread as
a dog during things giving two thousand four, but they've
covered their last three straight. This is a really tough
(17:46):
game to handicap because Buffalo has that wonky travel situation.
They played that game against Minnesota completely emptied the tank,
all kinds of emotion left on the field. Then they
have that you know, nice summer day in Buffalo, what
they have like six ft snow And they finally make
it to Detroit to play a game, and now they're
playing their second game in Detroit, same stadium, five days later,
(18:07):
and they didn't stay in Detroit, so they're going back
and forth. Buffalo's got a ton of injuries and Josh Allen,
I'm told they're not gonna let him run a lot
tomorrow because it could hurt his elbow. The bottom line
is you're getting to bundle of points here with Detroit.
And I would say this that that I think is
where the value lies. Detroit's offense is pretty good, it's sixth,
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Buffalo's offenses fifth. The reason I don't think Detroit coming
out right number one rule in handicapping, you look for
strength versus weakness. The Lions defense still only ranks thirty
one and Buffaloes defense ranks fifth, so you get a
fast track. I think you're gonna see a competitive game.
Both teams will get their points. Buffalo's got their injuries
as well. But I think actually the Lions hang around.
(18:52):
They've played some gutsy games and had one, you know,
score losses against Philadelphia and Miami and some of the
upper extel On teams, So I think it might be
a competitive game. But Bernie, you spent a lot of
time in Detroit, you understand. Uh, we all know the
history of the why behind the Thanksgiving Day game, but
how was it embraced to that community and how big
of a ill to become for that franchise to play
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on Thanksgiving. It's huge. It's a great source of pride.
I covered ten of the games myself to two thousand
and eight. It's a lot of fun. Uh, it's a
great tradition. And you, Chris, you know about the history.
Guy named George Richards who owned the Lions back in
nineteen thirty four, all he wanted to do was boost
at tenants. He said, let's have a Thanksgiving game. He
(19:33):
did it. He did something very shrewd. He sold the
rights to NBC and they broadcasted at nineties stations on
the radio nationwide and the rest of his history. It's
been a Detroit tradition since nineteen thirty four. Then Dallas
jumped on board, you know, about thirty five, forty years ago. No,
it's a huge source of pride. It's appointment watching Detroitter's
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planned their their day around that, and it's it's terrific.
The Lions haven't fairwell on Thanksgiving. We all get that,
But in terms of the pomp and circumstance and the pride,
it's a civic thing that the detroitters really, uh really enjoy. Bernie.
Maybe they'll be talking about you gamblers out there in Vegas,
because we all know you guys have like a pick
of the month, the pick of the year. I gotta
(20:14):
pick of the decade. I love the Vikings over the Patriots,
lay in the two and a half. I think the
Vikings were embarrassed last week. I think they have too
much offense for the Patriots. I think they win this
by three touchdowns. What do you do? What? What dictates
when you have like the pick of the year, the
pick of the decade. Uh, and then your fellow gamblers
go up insite that we like to have the side Bertie.
I mean, what goes into that thinking lot to unpacked there,
(20:38):
my man. So first of all, I'll be happy to
take if you want to. And there is no sets
things and the pick of the decade to pick of
the year. Just ask Argentina for cranno. Uh. Look h
as far as that game, I do think the Vikings
are the side. Uh. One staple has been when a
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team is severely embarrassed the following week, they typically rebound nicely.
But this game could be a bit of a Tusso
there's a couple of bothersome things about the Vikings. Last week,
as you guys saw, they were two point underdogs at
home and people, how could they be underdogs? Well, look,
first of all, they were coming off that you know
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game at Buffalo where they left a lot on the
field empty the tank. But the Vikings as an eight
and one team, we're making history in two areas. One,
their point differential was only plus thirty five cumulatively on
the year, that was good for like eleventh in the NFL.
And their yard differential was minus two twenty nine that
was twenty six in the NFL by a thing called
the Pythagorean theorem. The Vikings were really a five and
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four team dressed up as an eight and one team,
so there's some concern. Now. The Vikings at eight and
two have a negative point differential of minus two. That's
never happened in the history of the National Football so
they're very much an underperforming team the numbers. I look
for Belichick to put Justin Jefferson in a vice. I
never really trust Kirk Cousins. You got sack seven times
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last week, so Belichick comes to an eight gap pressure.
This could be a nice little wrestling match. But I
do think Minnesota is the side that that would be
the sign I would pick of the decade, my pick
of the decade, Bernie. We don't need to play the
game there, Bernie. I wish you were co hosting the show. Listen.
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I don't I know you're gonna be on if you're
filling in for been Thursday night into Friday, and then
you got your shows over the weekend, so you're gonna
get plenty of time to talk about this. But I
want to pick your brain now, anything really jumping out
at you on the college slate, a lot of big numbers.
Man that that massive number in Vandy, Tennessee is interesting.
There's that big double digit number. Well, I guess it's
down to a little bit. It was. It was, I
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think much higher in some places I thought it would
than it would be. But what USC is at like
six five and a half. But there's some interesting numbers
with some big favorites in college football. Anything really catching
your eye. I do like Notre Dame in the points, Yes, uh,
I love USC, But that defense couldn't stop a nosebleed.
So I think that this is where Notre Dame lives
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in these high level situations. Look what they did to Clemson.
I'll tell you there's a thing. If you'll notice, all
top four teams last week, Ohio State, TCU, UH, Michigan,
and Georgia were all favorites. None of them covered. There's
a thing in college football called the nerves are tightening.
When you get after Week nine and you're undefeated and
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you are a favorite, you're only covering about forty one
percent of the time, and if you're a home favorite,
you're only covering about thirty seven percent of the time.
Be that as it May. I think Ohio State covers
against Michigan, but the rest of these games are gonna
be very interesting, and I don't think you can fade
TCU at this point. I am so impressed with what
Sunny Dikes has done in every high LEVELAE situation. Last week,
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Max Duggan on his own ten yard line without two
of US offensive stars. They go ninety yards. Then it
turns out they practice that Chinese are deal in sixteen seconds.
You know, Mike McCarthy take notes, my friend, That's how
it's done. The bottom line is, I think you look
to the dogs this weekend because you're dealing with nineteen
twenty year old kids that Nola where the world is
on their shoulders and everything that's at stake, and there's
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really no margin of air unless you're Georgia. You know
it's in the Bible, and you're in sec You can
lose two or three or four games still make the championship, right.
The bottom line is that everybody else has the way
of the world on their shoulders. I'll be looking to
the dogs except for the Ohio State game. I think
Michigan's past defensive suspect and they can't do anything vertically
in their passing game. I believe Blake corm will play.
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But regardless, Ohio State remembers what happened last year and
they've got a fifth, sixth, seventh gear. Athletically, the Michigan
really doesn't have. I think it's gonna I think it's
gonna come out on Saturday. Well, by the way Giants
plus tend and taking the points there or what boll
that's a see. That's another really tough game. At seven
and three. They're the biggest thunderdog in sixteen years. You
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haven't had a seven hundred percentage team that's that's getting
double digits since two thousand six. The lines are very
banged up, but you could only look to taking the
points if you're betting that game. Double digit favorites have
covered six weeks in a row. You've got a divisional
double digit dog. I check that. Double digit dogs have
covered six weeks in a row. You've got a divisional
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divisional double digit dog at home in a standalone game.
And I have a saying, when the ball is in
the air, who do the books need? I want to
be on the side of the books. The books are
very much gonna need the Lions, and they're very much
gonna need the Giants, so I would lean to the Giants.
One other thing, the Cowboys have an elite defense, but
guess what Their run defense ranks in the bottom ten
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this year in the National Football League. Paging s kwon
Barkley the ravaging her in sixty five yards on the ground. Again,
that game could be closer than people think. But what
what what last think? Burdie USA are England on Friday?
How much six to one is that the odds? Or
what usc? The USA is gonna get worked like a
burger and fries. Which this is the most athletic team,
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the most skilled team. They don't do well on the
world stage. They don't jail. They're completely unproving that game
against Wales, Wales capt much faster company going into that game.
If you saw the friendly USA played versus Japan, you'd
have to turn your head. I think New England now
Harry Kane, New England's top striker and who would have
been a candidate to win the Golden Boot the most
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goals in the tournament. He's hobbled, so even if he plays,
he's not gonna be pent. I don't think it's gonna matter.
I think New England wins handy, right, Old England. Old
England wins handy. I like. I like New England too. Hey, Bertie,
have a great time. Can't wait to hear you a
night and all the weekend. Enjoy your Thanksgiving and Chris
my Man, a word of the wise. When your son
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comes home for that first time from college, I've been
there and he and he doesn't want to hang with you.
You've done your job, my friend. You don't want a
two year old unemployed paper boy living in your basement. Dad.
Would you give another grave soda? I'm sure it wouldn't
be great soda. Thanks. Be sure to catch live editions
of The Jason Smith Show with Mike harmon weekdays at
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ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio
and the I Heart Radio app. All Right, it's Arnie
and Planks sitting in for Jason and Mike here on
Fox Sports Radio. Arnie celebrating a championship for his Arizona
Wildcats today in one of the preseason Hawaiian Hawaii Maui Mai,
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My class one. You should have, but I mean you've
got a Super Bowl to save up for it. When
you see the Dolphins, plus a couple of quick tweets
to get tweets. I know you have some tweets to
get to because I just bring up one thing that's
been bothering me. I can't believe I waited this song
to bring this up. I want you people to ever
stop yelling at me for not getting to the tweets,
because this is what happens every single time I try
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just one thing I want to get off my chest.
Are we really going to start prosecuting players for stuff
they do during and after a game like the Michigan players.
I just wanted what seven players are being Yeah, I mean,
is this is this what we're really going after? I
mean that's yeah, I mean Michigan say but I mean,
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I mean it's ridiculous, right, I mean, anything that goes
on during the course of a game, or before the
game or after a game, that's sportsmanship. Sure, you're not
gonna take your helmet and swing it or anything like that,
but you can't start prosecuting the kids, um for what
went on during you know, you're getting them all hyped
up where they come out and before a game and
after a game. I think this is ridiculous. Is what
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I'm saying. So, I don't think there's a one size
fits all. I'm pretty sure if after a game Sha
Spanier had a bunch of dudes with their hockey helmets off,
beating the snot and we're wielding their hockey skates, I
don't think you'd be too happy about it. Right. If
it was on the ice, I I wouldn't say this
wasn't on the ice, it was in the tunnel. I mean,
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you're split the hairs here, Chris. I mean, how so
you mean if it was it was on the field,
it was like a few more of the field. No, No,
I'm asking you this. You're acting like that nothing should
happen to you. I'm not saying that they should handle
it internally. This is not a police matter. I guess
that is what I'm saying. So, I don't know if
you know this or not, Arnie, but we live in
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a very litigious society. I don't know if you've caught
this or not, but people, yeah, it's a thing. But
if you're wondering what Arnie's talking about. Today, seven Michigan
State players were officially charged with crimes stemming from the
UH The issue in the tunnel after the Michigan Michigan
State game, which, by the way, that issue took place
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like what two weeks after James Franklin had complained about it. Uh.
The wild thing about this one of their defensive backs
is being charged with felonious assault. And I mean that's
he's the one that was swinging the helmet, right, that's correct,
that is correct. So again, I'm there's a lot of
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me that's with you. I don't know if you can
handle things internally like this anymore. I'm not gonna lie
to you. I completely forgot about it. I mean, it
was just one of those things. And I'm sure that
player didn't for Michigan, and I'm sure the Michigan State
players involved in their program hasn't. But it was just something.
I mean, I'm sorry. I couldn't care less about right now, right,
I mean, and I get it again, I don't cover Michigan.
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We don't talk about it. President. Anything that happens on
the ice, on the field, on the diamond, whatever can
be prosecuted. I don't know if that's where we want
to take this thing. You know, well, when okay, let
me give you for instance, like jose Off from it.
Whenever he charged them out with a baseball batanis hand
and went swinging out of picture? Is that a crime?
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Should that be a felony? Was most he didn't have
the baseball bat? Is that a crime or felony? If
somebody just pummels a picture, you really took out a
very important I'm talking about attack with a weapon. I mean,
do you think you should be charged? I guess it
depends how bad the injury is? Right, So my point is,
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I'm not trying to like stomp you here, but I
don't think there's a one size fits all. And I
think something like this has carried away. Is that got
This may have involved some legal intervention, but I don't
like it. I'm with you, you know, I don't like
it at all. And it's gonna be a headline that
will take away and I'm so greedy about my college football.
But someone's gonna end up getting paid in all of this.
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All right, When we come back to the tire rack
dot Com studios, We've got Week eleven right around the
corner and a ton of NFL stories to catch up on.
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