October 17, 2025 • 41 mins
Friday from South Bend, at Notre Dame University. Joe Flacco leads the Bengals to victory over the Steelers and Pittsburgh is suddenly showing it might not be leading the pack in the AFC North. NBC broadcaster Noah Eagle joins Dan and talks about what it’s like growing up the son of a sports broadcaster and wanting to take that same path.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
We did it. We made it to a Friday. It's packed,
it's lit packed, it is lit. Yes, this is over
capacity right now. If the fire Marshall comes in, we're
in trouble. But this I'm gonna go out on a
lem and say, this crowd is the best we've had
this week here and already already the best. Yep, they're
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already the best. I don't know how we topp yesterday,
but we're gonna try. We uh have a lot of
things in store for you, beautiful day suns out, although
they're still talking about rain tomorrow for game time, and
I think notre Ing is still favored by nine to
nine and a half according to DraftKings all right eight
seven to seven three. DP Show email address DP at
(00:49):
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play of the day, poll, question stat of the day.
All of that forthcoming surprise surprise last night. I had
no expectations with the Bengals and the Steelers, but don't
underestimate Joe Flacco. He throws for three touchdowns. He basically
(01:11):
said he was winging it. He'd only had three days
to consume the playbook and he's out there, and it's
nice to be able to wing it when you have
Jamar Chase and t Higgins. But the Steelers, this is
one of those games, and we talk about this. You
look back on the season and you go, what happened there?
And this is where it prevents you from home field
advantage maybe in the first round or the second round,
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and you lose to the Bengals thirty three to thirty one.
And this is how it ended. With the game winning
field goal.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Money Mack is ready.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
He takes a deep breath, waits for the long snap
back to Rico.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Rico puts it down. The kick is up.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
It is good, and the Bengals have a two point
lead with seven seconds left on the clock.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
That's courtesy the Bengals radio network. Money Mack comes through
there and they pick up the win. You know, we
look at the Bengals and we go, you know, they're
like the Jets, they're winless or that's their first win.
They got three wins. Now, so all you're asking Flacco
to do is kind of hold serve here, just you know,
keep us in games. Maybe maybe you get a couple
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of wins, maybe you get to seven, eight wins, maybe
you're on the cusp of making the playoffs. But certainly
having those receivers makes you a whole lot more dangerous.
And they should be scoring thirty points a game, Yeah, Paulie, and.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
They always, you know, talk about Jamar Chase getting his targets.
He got twenty three targets last night. Guess what mood
he's in today. You know, Joe Flecko knows what he's doing.
Go to the guy who's better than anybody, and he'll
make you look good.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Jamar Chase had sixteen receptions. That's a franchise record. He's
the fourth receiver in NFL history with multiple games of
fourteen or more catches in a season. Keenan Allen did
it twice, Antonio Brown did it once, Reggie Wayne did
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to squeeze in phone calls today from South Bend eight
seven seven three DP show operator Tyler sitting by. He'll
(03:32):
take your calls. Baseball, the Dodgers starting pitching has been
unbelievable and now they're up three games to none on Milwaukee.
As for the Blue Jays, man, when they win, they
win big. They rough up the Mariners and that series
tied to two games apiece as they win eight to two.
Max Scherzer, I think he's around my age, but he
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was unbelievable last night. And you know, that's one of
those where he hadn't pitched in September or early September,
and he's out there and all of a sudden, he's
in a must win situation and he didn't want to
come out and he battled. It wasn't pretty, but that's
what you want. And the fact that he's out there
on the mound at his age. I think he's forty one,
(04:15):
and you start to look at these guys who were
forty years of age. It was, you know, for the
is forty the new thirty because you had Flacko and
Rogers last night. Surezer last night, who was forty or
forty one. He allowed three hits, two runs over five
and two thirds. First pitcher in baseball history to start
a postseason game for six different teams Tigers, Nationals, Dodgers, Mets, Rangers,
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Blue Jays, and he's the oldest pitcher to start a
postseason game at forty one years eighty one days since
Kenny Rodgers. That was back in the six World Series.
It's Nana the JS stat of the JA.
Speaker 7 (04:56):
We love your statu Stanni the j stanild.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
When Schurzer walks a guy and then they have that
mound meeting, he was borderline unhinged when they came out there.
He was telling guys to get the hell off the
mound and everyone just retreated like they're physically scared of him.
And since they won, it looks great if they somehow
lost that game, Like, why would you a lot a
mad man continue pitching up at baseball game?
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Do we have John Schneider Marvin and talking about when
he went to the Mountain. He's the manager for the
Blue Jays and Max Schurzer has a Blue eye and
a brown eye, and so he's going out like David Bowie.
I think he had that too, but he's going out
to the mound and just going to talk to him,
and Surezer wanted no part of him.
Speaker 8 (05:45):
Yes, Marvin, he looks like the white version of Debo
from the movie Friday.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yes, like he was just like what bunk?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I mean, a guy you don't want to mess with. Okay,
here is John Schneider, the Blue Jays manager.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Given that it was your first experience with the Mad
Max that we've been hearing about for so long, was
it what you expected?
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Yeah, it was awesome and I thought it was gonna
kill me. It was great.
Speaker 9 (06:08):
You know, he locked eyes with me, you know, both
colors as I as I walked out, and it was
it's not fake.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
That's the thing.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
It's not fake. You know he has this Mad Max persona,
but he backed it up tonight. So it was you know,
Meanfielders had a good laugh too out there and he
got the job done.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
That's old school stuff. This is the way it used
to be. I'm not coming out now, and you convince
your manager you're not coming out, by the way. Uh,
it's a meat Friday and of course, we brought the
triggers with us, and we have brots, meat balls, reverse
seared porterhouse. We also have green bean skillet, cornbread, whipped potatoes.
(06:51):
Who has it better than we do?
Speaker 5 (06:53):
Nobody?
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Let me try that with the audience. Who has it
better than we do? There you go, I love it.
I did see somebody with a pass whole t shirt
over there, Todd, in honor of you.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Fantastic.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yes, we have not let Todd drive in South Bend
because we know how he is.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
He does cancel my rental car.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
He does not let anybody pass, even people who tried
to get a connecting flight. When we were connecting in DC,
Todd would not pull over in the aisle to let
people terrible pass him.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Just let me know next time. I was on this
long line at Avi's on one of these places and
the like, no, we don't have anything for you because
you canceled it without telling.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I'm not going to let you drive by the way.
Last night, some of the guys went to see some hockey.
Notre Dame is that Saint Francis is.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Notre Dame Saint Lawrence?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Lawrence.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Yeah, I walked in with a couple of the brgs,
and it was two to two when we walked in.
Three minutes later, it's five to two Irish.
Speaker 10 (07:50):
Okay, it's a good time.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
They got a new logo. I think they're unveiling the
sweaters tonight.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
They had him last night. The shirts you could get
it's like this raised bumpy lettering Irish hockey player guys.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Very cool.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
It's like shag carpet.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Okay, all right, So they got new hockey jersey sweaters
against the same team.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, Saint Lawrence back Lawrence.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Back to back. All right. A couple of guys went
to the Linebacker here in South Bend, Linebacker Famous famous lounge.
It was voted, I guess the second best campus bar
in America. That's pretty good. I'm gonna say, well, I was.
I think the first time I went to the Linebacker
was forty eight years ago, and nothing's changed in the Linebacker.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Bathroom hasn't been cleaned since.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
It's okay. I just I walked in and they gave me.
I don't think it was a twenty two ounce beer,
which you know that you got to love a place
that gives you a draft beer twenty two ouncer. And
I saw some jerseys there Rick Meyer, Oh, Myra, er Myra,
remember when we had him on and Pauli's is critiquing
him on how he pronounces his name.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
But you know you say that wrong.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, you say your name wrong, right, he says, myermer
er Meyer still working on it.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Yeah, I did take a picture. It's his Seattle Seahawk
jersey that was hanging in there in the linebacker. But yeah,
we got to press the flesh with some people last
night and then called it an early night because every
day is the Super Bowl. As we get ready for
Notre Dame and USC, Noah Eagle from NBC Sports, he'll
be calling the game. He'll join us, coming up shortly.
(09:30):
Jerome Bettis, we'll talk to him. Mike Golick Senior will
drop by, and maybe he's second, third, first, most important
person in college football. Pete Bavaqua, the Notre Dame athletic director.
He took over for Jack Swarbrick. But when you talk
about most important people, you're probably talking about Greg Sanke
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to start out, and then it might be Pete Bavoqua.
And you also have Tony Pettiti, who is the big
ten that you know, Commissioner, Yes Bowie.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Those are the three or four people that really stir
the drink, and the future of college football is in
the hands of the SEC, the Big Ten, Notre Dame,
and a couple other people.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Seaton, what's the poll question for the first hour of
this program.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
I think we're going to go with how much will
the Steelers regret last night's loss?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
A ton, A little, not at all?
Speaker 7 (10:20):
Okay, it feels like this is a season where you
have to win the games that you're supposed to win,
and that was a game they were supposed to win.
Five and one sounds a lot better this morning than
four and two to me for some reason.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
And you lose in the division. Lamar Jackson's coming back,
and I'm you know, looking at Vegas, and Vegas thinks
a whole lot of the Ravens somehow salvaging this. The
Steelers aren't a big favorite over the Ravens to win
that AFC North. And when you think about it, you know,
you're six seven games in. That's it. I mean, there's
a lot of time left here. But Joe Flacco last
(10:54):
night was impressive and all you got to do is
throw it to those two receivers and good things usually happen.
All right, So eight seven seven three DP show email
address DP at Danpatrick dot com. Kurt Signetti, the Indiana
head coach, he benefited. You know, timing is everything. So
you had James Franklin losing a couple of games, He
(11:15):
loses to UCLA, loses to Northwestern homecoming weekend, you get
beat by Oregon, and all of a sudden, Kirk Signetti
beats Oregon. So now he doesn't get this raise right
now if James Franklin doesn't lose to Northwestern and you know,
lose to Ucla. So the timing of that, he gets fired.
(11:37):
And then all of a sudden, it's like, is he
going to go to Penn State? And as I said
on the show, no he's not. I think he likes
where he is. He's sixty four years of age, he's
got something, and he signed an eight year, ninety three
million dollar deal. Now that doesn't mean there's going to
be ten or fifteen coaches going to benefit from James
Franklin getting fired, because they're either going to say there,
(12:00):
you know, interested in that job, or it's going to
get out that they're interested or Penn State's interested in them.
And then they'll get a raise as well. But Kurt
Signetti and I think it's all guaranteed, which is pretty amazing.
Eight years, ninety three million dollar deal, and now we've
set the new market of eleven million dollars or so
for a top end head coach.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Yes, Tom, these coaches send thank you cards to coach
Franklin Or is that bad form? I just want to
let you know thanks for losing to you silly in
Northwestern Now we're all getting super rich because of your
incompetence and happy Valley.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
How do you think that would go on?
Speaker 5 (12:32):
Don't think very well at all.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
Okay, it's gonna be a little tasteless, but I think
it'd be hilarious at the same time.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
What if you got fired, but then other bookers in
other shows.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Sent me like letters you thank you, say thank.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
You because now I'm getting I'm getting paid debt.
Speaker 6 (12:47):
I would likely have hurt feelings about it. Okay, that's
that won't sit well with me. Thank you, Todd.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
Yes, Kurt Signetti is going to make eleven point six
million dollars a year going forward. He more than doubled
his salary five years ago when he was at James
Madison he was making four hundred thirty grand a year.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Nuts to go five years.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
By the way, we're going to look at the most
must win game of the weekend because you've got certainly
this game. This is an elimination game for Notre Dame.
If Notre Dame loses this game, I can't see them
being in the playoffs. USC, you just beat Michigan, and
if you beat Notre Dame and then you got Oregon
coming up, now you get everybody's attention. Here Lsu Vandy
Lsu is an underdog against Andy Old Miss Georgia, Penn State, Iowa.
(13:30):
We were seated with the Heartland Steak people last night
and they're from Des Moines and they were nervous about
Penn State coming to town until James Franklin got fired.
Now all of a sudden, they're feeling pretty confident that,
all of a sudden, here he comes to town and
Penn State is a three point underdog. USC's getting nine
and a half. That just seems steep. In our gambling podcast,
(13:53):
everybody was taking Notre Dame in that game, but with
some trepidation of can they cover nine and a half?
Tennessee Alabama and Utah against BYU and that's Utah minus
three and a half. And then we have some of
the NFL games here as well, Raiders getting eleven and
a half against the Chiefs, the Commanders, and the Cowboys Commanders.
(14:17):
They're two and a half point favorites here. The Rams
and the Jags, by the way, that'll be in London.
And it's a shame that you have those games that
they almost like they don't exist or they didn't happen
because it's Sunday morning there. But the Jags and Rams
is a really good matchup there, and that's tough for
a Rams fan, like if you're gone all the way
(14:39):
cross country already with the time difference and then yah,
add you know what is it six thirty am? You're
going to be playing football? Yeah, let's see. Okay, I
shouldn't say who's my must win game of the weekend,
but it has to do with the Dolphins in the Browns,
(14:59):
because is this one for Miami. Miami is two and
a half point underdog against Cleveland if they lose this game.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Dot dot dot, I feel like you really just narrowed
down your muscling.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Idea has to do. I'm gonna take a guess yeah, yeah,
not leaving is a lot of options.
Speaker 5 (15:19):
I don't want to reveal it, but it has to
do with the Dolphins and the ridiculous Hound. Your gas
was a little silly.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Yeah, I didn't do well. You know when I was
at Sports Center and we'd always tease something coming up,
and I was really good at that. Not anymore. I
go right to the point. There, no not fooling around.
So my most must win game of the weekend would
be the Dolphins against the Browns. That's in Cleveland, right,
So yeah, it has to be Dolphins are getting two
(15:47):
and a half. That one's tricky. That one's really tricky. Todd,
you gave me the matchups here. You said the Giants
are getting seven versus the Giants.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
I entered getting seven versus the Giant. They're playing each
other like in a scrimmage.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (16:00):
I thought my Broncos were involved in that game.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Yeah, well you have the Giants getting seven against the Giants.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
And this is coming off to Brady quinn fiasco of yesterday.
Speaker 6 (16:08):
Oh that was definitely came from me.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Well, Brady Quinn, that was wrong. You had you had
big noon kickoff in ann Arbor and they're actually in
Utah the Fox.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
It gets very confusing, and then Paul came kind of
came to my side. It's like, you know one's college.
The kickoff is one thing, the game. You know, they
just you mad, but the main game is in another place.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
You made a mistake.
Speaker 10 (16:33):
I made a mistake that I don't think I handed
to you. But if I'm over to them, it's okay,
here we go. Why would why would you think a
Bronco fan would say the Giants are playing the Giants?
Why would I the Broncos are playing the Broncos. That's
why I brought it up. It wouldn't make sense to leave.
I'm blaming whoever handed you that sheet. Has it got
some bed inform me?
Speaker 2 (16:48):
It was on my desk when I got here.
Speaker 6 (16:50):
I gave you a bio for the athletic director of
notreed that anything else you have from someone else. I
never handled the points sprints. I don't want to throw
anybody under the bus. Well that sounds like a Ray
or Dylan type.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
If you don't want to, you just did.
Speaker 5 (17:02):
I would think that would have to.
Speaker 7 (17:03):
Be one of those similar to how Dan did his
most must win game There tees, I teased you.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
I don't want to give it up, but it has
to do with the Browns and the Dolphins. Try to
figure out what team I'll t.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
I mean, I guess it would have been me, but
I don't.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
Know I would I would take the Giants plus seven
up with the Giants too, though I'm not convinced Jackson
Dart's the guy yet.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Just say you're sorry.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
I'm gonna say I'm sorry about yesterday's Fox thing that was.
Speaker 5 (17:28):
That was a mistake. Okay, this, I don't know where
you got that.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Let's act professional. We got no Eagle. He's a big time,
you know, broadcaster. He's got Notre Dame. He's doing NBA
for NBC.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Right, he's wondering why he agreed to do this show.
Probably right, I just leave it. I see him leaving
in the distance.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
How about we take a break here. Okay, my starting
lineup is Fritzie Seaton, Polly marve yours truly in the
back room, guys as well. We're back after this from
South Bend.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan
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Speaker 11 (18:02):
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Tony Foodsco Show. Yeah, but instead of us telling you
how great we are, here's how Dan Patrick described us
when he came on our show.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
Quick, knowledgeable and funny, opinionated.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
What are you doing interrupting our promo?
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Yeah, he wasn't talking about you. You took those clips
totally out of context.
Speaker 11 (18:24):
Oh yeah, well after this promo, I'm gonna take you
out and beat you.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Let me put this into context. Shut up.
Speaker 11 (18:31):
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Speaker 2 (18:37):
Ye, get a couple of phone calls in here, and
then we'll talk to Iron Eagle, his son who was
going to be calling the game. And uh, Noah Eagle.
I look at him. They're the same guy. It's just
a couple of years younger. But Iron Eagle's son who's
following in his footsteps. Noah has done a wonderful job.
(18:58):
He'll call the Notre Dame game. He's doing the end
as well.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
In NBC yes, Paul, No is not quite as snarky
as his dad yet.
Speaker 12 (19:04):
No.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Yeah, yet give him time, Yes, give him a little
bit of time that his dad is a great broadcaster
as well and very snarky. Let's see, Uh Gino in Virginia,
Hi Gino, what's on your mind? I got three quick things?
Speaker 13 (19:19):
And is that okay with you guys?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Okay, there's go.
Speaker 13 (19:23):
Let's go Trojans.
Speaker 12 (19:24):
And I believe I've only seen one Trojan guy out
during your crowd. I could be wrong. Anyways, how about
my Dodgers?
Speaker 5 (19:31):
Are we gonna sweet?
Speaker 2 (19:33):
I would say that the way you're pitching is going yes,
and I would say the USC people probably would be
coming in later on tonight. But thank you for the
phone call, Gina. I think Will Ferrell's maybe bringing his
mom in. Oh. I think she always wanted to go
to USC Notre Dame game and bringing her in tomorrow
as well. Uh Turuso in Des Moines, Hey Turso.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
You know what's dp? Hey man, I've been a fan
of your guys' show for since the jump.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
To be completely honest with you.
Speaker 12 (20:05):
Watching Marvin's face yesterday though, when Todd was talking about
not moving out of the aisle was priceless, and Todd,
I just got to tell you this man, Just apologize
when you're wrong. It's so much easier than putting us
all through the ring of Listen. You go back and
forth about this, you're like one of those guys that
wants to have a political argument but doesn't want to
(20:27):
listen to logic and reason. Just say you're sorry, listen
to what everybody else is.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Saying, and move forward.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Bro.
Speaker 12 (20:34):
It'll be a lot easier for all of us, and
DP won't have to cut you off as quick as
he always does.
Speaker 5 (20:38):
All of us.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
So it's very very sane advice, are you, and like
I usually do, you're ignoring it, but it's you know,
it's it had to be said, and I've absorbed it now.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
You know I have to decide what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
No, you did say last night in a quiet moment,
you pulled me aside at dinner and you said, you know,
I got to get better at admitting I'm wrong.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
I did do that. Yes, and the therapy and the
MEAs it all help. It's all good.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Yes, Marvin Fritzy had a quiet moment. Yes, Yeah, it
was really loud on the weeks ago or no, No,
he did apologize last night at dinner. You said you
got to be better at being told that you did
something wrong and admitting it.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
I got to be better at a lot of things, yes,
including where you know big newon kickoff is that you
can make a whole list.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Of No, we're not revisiting that you made. You made
a mistake, I did.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
I hate making mistakes and the only thing more than
that is admitting that you made.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Him and ap here's you like making mistakes.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Making mistakes. Now back to our regular scots.
Speaker 7 (21:37):
Tell you one thing he doesn't need to improve on
that booking gift, because our next one coming up.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Noah Eagle, NBC Sports play by play Big ten Saturday
Night NBA. He's gonna call the USC Notre Dame game
as well. He's a busy man as we make way
for Noah Eagle on the program, So Notre Dame and
USC that'll be Saturday at seven thirty Eastern on NBC
(22:05):
and Peacock and then three days later on the call
for the NBA and NBC Steph Curry and the Warriors
against Luca and the Lakers. It's a busy schedule there,
but you grew up with your dad having a crazy schedule, Like,
at what point did you realize what your dad did
and that he wasn't going to be home like normal dads.
Speaker 8 (22:25):
I figured he'd be home all the time. He's not
home right now. No, no, no, I think he might
be doing a game in like Boise at this point.
If there was a little league game he could do,
he would sign up for that. He was gluttonous at times.
But no, it was great for me because I think
it was just expected and normal that I would be
in the living room and pop on the TV and
(22:47):
there he was. When I was four, I just said, oh, yeah,
that's just my dad is there. And then the best
part was he did have the summers off. Because he
wasn't a baseball guy. He got offered I actually didn't
really know this. Many years ago. He got offered certain
baseball packages. And he grew up a huge Mets fan
in Queens from Forest Hills, and.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
His dream was to do the Mets. As a kid.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
That was always what he thought he would do, and
so I think he got offered, however, many Mets games
and he went to my mom and said, you know,
this is the deal, and I grew up and she goes,
and I've really put up with a lot in life.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
This is going to be a no, a hard no
at that.
Speaker 8 (23:29):
The one moment that I have that we have together
is the summertime, and if you're going to take that away,
it's going to be a problem.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
And he's a smart man. He listened.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
When did you realize this was your calling?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Probably about thirteen or fourteen.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
My dad has a great story that he went to
his father, who was an actor, stand up comedian, performer,
and he went to him at seven six or six
or seven years old and said, I want to be
a sportscaster. And his dad said, well, that's what you're
going to do to be a sportscaster. And the problem
was he said it with a list. He said, I
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want to be a fourth castor and his dad said,
well that's what you're gonna do, but you got to
get rid of your lisp, and he said.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
What lift? You know?
Speaker 8 (24:10):
So that's that was a beautiful story because it bred
confidence in this young man. I went to my parents
about the same age, and you know, they said, oh, well,
what do you want to do? And most kids it's
cowboy asked or not something fun. I said, I want
to be a TV dentist, And instead of them saying, well,
that's what you're going to do, it was what is
wrong with our child? What is a TV dentist? Can
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we get them checked out? So for me it was
it took a little bit longer, I'd say thirteen or fourteenist.
I think doctor Phil filling a molar is probably the
intersection I was thinking of now on TikTok or Instagram reels.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
That exists, I'm sure somewhere.
Speaker 8 (24:46):
But for whatever reason, I thought people would want to
sit at home on a Wednesday at one point fifteen
and watch a crown get him solved. That does not exist,
or at least not not yet, I should say. But
for me thirteen or fourteen years old, I'd gone with
my dad enough games at that point and been around
them and gotten to meet some amazing people around them
that I said, well, this is pretty cool. And you know,
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I wasn't going to be the tallest of people. As
you could see, I'm pretty vertically challenged, so this was
the next best bet for me to stay involved in sports.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
I made the mistake of calling you I an eagle
like you look exactly like you're dead.
Speaker 8 (25:20):
The crazy thing is I'm adopted, So that's that's shocking
that it just worked out that way. It's like when
dogs turn morph into the people that bring them into
the house. No, I yeah, it's definitely one. We sound
very similar, look very similar. I'm about two inches taller,
so well, yeah, we go back to back on a
daily basis. I post them up in the driveway and
(25:40):
you know, there's the similarity aspect. The one good thing though,
is I'm glad at least you said I in. There
are people that come up to me and they say
ian Ian, I love you on the nets, like thank
you so much. You know, if you if you mess
it up twice, that's a deeper problem.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
How do you capture a moment as a play by
play guy, You're going to walk into this stadium Saturday,
the Olympics, Lakers Golden State next week, But you got
to capture it too, but you can't try to overshadow it.
So it's kind of a delicate tightrope walk. How do
you do it or what's your approach?
Speaker 3 (26:17):
Tightrope is probably the right term.
Speaker 8 (26:19):
I like to say it's a constant dance as well
of feeling.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
And someone asked me this.
Speaker 8 (26:24):
We did the white Out game a couple of weeks ago,
about a month ago now, which is crazy, and going
into that game, you know, the environment is going to
be amazing, the crowd is going to be a sea
of white, it's going to be deafening noise. I don't
think I've ever heard a stadium that loud, and this
one right here gets real loud.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
And so that says something.
Speaker 8 (26:42):
And so you don't want to take away from that
because you're trying to find the perfect words or you're
trying to make sure that you leave a stamp on it.
A lot of times it's going to do that for you.
And so I know, a game like this, with so
much rich history and tradition and star players and star
coaches on either sideline, a lot of the pictures are
going to tell that story. And the worst thing I
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can do is try to jump all over it. But
I think you want to make sure that you have
a period that ends every call. And that was something
that was really drilled into my head is you need
to finish with an exclamation of some kind, some level
of punctuation to at least just give that sound bite
at least that give that moment some more levity than
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maybe it would have had before.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
But that is to your point. It's tightrope. It's not
something that you can go in there and plan.
Speaker 8 (27:31):
I don't think I've ever necessarily sat down and said,
if this happens, I'm going to say this, because the
game always dictates.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
How you're going to feel when it's all said and done.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
But you start to look at these moments that you
have and I'm wondering when you're growing up and you're
listening to your father, and it may sound crazy to
say this, but did you pattern yourself after your dad?
Or did you have somebody else that you wanted to broadcast?
Speaker 8 (27:55):
Like it's a great question, and I'd say naturally, just
because I was, you know, eating chicken palm next to
my father on a regular basis, naturally you gain a
lot of that stuff. And what I mean it's more
than just sitting and watching him call a game.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
A lot of it.
Speaker 8 (28:10):
It was being around him at the dinner table, being
around him interacting with his crew. That influenced me a
lot more than how I broadcast. And the thing he
always really made sure that I understood is the best
broadcasters aren't just the best x'es and oz so to
speak of play by play, it's the most well rounded people.
What do you know outside of the sports, you're covering, television, movies, music, arts, history,
(28:37):
current events. All of that stuff is important, and so
making sure that you blend all of that I thought
was key. But there were certainly broadcasters that influenced me.
I thought Mike Turrico, my colleague at NBC, the most
versatile broadcaster in the business, someone who could be an
elite host and an elite play by play guy. I
thought that was incredible. I said, okay, how do you
emulate this? Bob Costas. The eloquence that he brought to
(29:00):
every broadcast was special. Mike Breen, you talk about elevating
moments in the biggest moments.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
If you hear bang, you know it was a huge deal.
Speaker 8 (29:08):
A double bang now is even bigger, and you go
down and on and on. You know, the Dave Pashes,
who I think don't get enough credit. Dave Pash, I
think is just one of the best broadcasters in the business.
And now even the younger Adam Amein, Jason Bennetti, guys
like that who are just so solid, so you.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
Take bits and pieces from all of them.
Speaker 8 (29:26):
But to even go back to your previous question, you know,
my dad, I just the calls that stick out to
me are not the ones of the biggest moments. They're
the Antonio Brown kicking the punter and him just being
on top of kicks a man want you want? Those
those are the ones that always, you know. And obviously
I grew up in New Jersey watching all of the
NETS games, and so there are just random NETS moments
(29:48):
of Jerry seinfeldsitting courtside and Joe Johnson hitting a game
winner in double overtime and him being ready with.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
That was real and that was spectacular. That's what I like,
you know.
Speaker 8 (29:59):
So so that's the that influenced me more than anything else.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
We're talking to Noah Eagle, he'll be on the call
with Todd Blackledge. He'll be tomorrow night and Rain in
the forecast Notre Dame USC. Do you care about the
conditions when you broadcast?
Speaker 8 (30:12):
Well, if you're asking if I physically care, not necessarily,
because I know my hair is protected in the booth
the key. I worked hard on it this morning, so
that's always the key. But I care in the sense
that I want the game to be at the highest quality.
And sometimes, look, you can make the argument that that's
real football, right of how do you deal with the elements?
(30:33):
How does a quarterback deal with a wet football? All
of that stuff matters, and so it does factor into
the story of the game.
Speaker 3 (30:40):
But you want it to be at the highest quality,
highest level.
Speaker 8 (30:43):
When we did and I apologize for bringing this up
for Notre Dame fans, when we did the A and
M game earlier this year, it was picture perfect in
terms of the forecast, in terms of the offensive execution
on either side, and so you want a lot of
those highlights as a play by play guy. But at
the same time, you want a great game. And sometimes
the ugliest games turn into the all time games.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
It's always weird when and I don't know how you
take this, but when you hear a play by play
guy and they give you credit for not saying anything. Sure,
like you you did a great job, you laid out,
you let the natural sound come through, which sounds kind
of counterintuitive to what a play by play guy does.
But hey, I did a great job, but I didn't
say a word like Chris Berman doing the cal Ripken
(31:27):
game when he broke lou Gerriggs all time record. I
think Chris didn't say anything for fifteen minutes. You did
a great job on that game. Yeah, you didn't say
a word for fifteen minutes. It just sounds weird.
Speaker 8 (31:40):
Yeah, but it goes back to what you asked earlier
about finding that balance between when's the right time to
say the right thing and when's the right time to
say nothing. And honestly, the one guy I forgot to
mention who really has influenced me a lot is Joe Buck,
who I think early in his career got a lot
of flack for probably laying out almost too much, and
he would admit that. But now he's found, in my opinion,
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the perfect balance and the reason that people say all
the time it sounds like a big game when Joe
Buck is on.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
It is because of exactly what you just said. It's
very minimalists.
Speaker 8 (32:10):
He's going to give you exactly what you need, but
nothing more, and then he's going to allow the crowd
and the photos and the sound, the cacophony of noise,
to do the rest of the talking for him. I
think that is powerful, incredibly powerful, because if you really
think back to all the great moments of your childhood,
of sports fandom, of just sports history.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
A lot of it is exactly that, where a.
Speaker 8 (32:32):
Broadcaster will punch it with one or two lines, the
rest of it just you feel like you were there.
And that's what the goal of watching sports is.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
At the end of the day, we think that these stadiums,
they are all heated and they're covered and you don't
have to worry about the elements. But you did an
army game at Yankee Stadium and your partner Todd Blacklache,
who did play professional quarterback. Yeah, it was an open
air broadcast. Yeah, booth, and here's a guy who played
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professional football that he seemed to be kind of wimpy
in the booth there.
Speaker 8 (33:08):
I'm not gonna say that Todd looked like Tom Coughlin
purple face, but he was on the road to purple face.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
You know. That's how you know it was cold out
that day.
Speaker 8 (33:18):
Look, I think we've gotten Sharman ultrasoft in the booth
because we just expect the conditions to be very tame,
even cold weather games. Look, you keep the window open,
and you feel it, but you're covered. You're not dealing
with overwind in both directions, and that was different.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
That was definitely a unique experience.
Speaker 8 (33:37):
The dead of winter really, I guess beginning of winter,
towards the end of November, and it was cold. I
think you guys were around so you could probably remember.
It was what seven eight, nine ten degrees and we
were out.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
For the entire game. And I think the reason that it.
Speaker 8 (33:52):
Was probably a little worse was because Notre Dame pummelt army.
If it's a close game and it's cold, you go, okay,
therean's pump in. Once it becomes a thirty or forty
point game, it feels a little bit different. And that
was certainly that. But yeah, he was he was not
doing well. I think he turned to me a couple
of times during breaks and said, why.
Speaker 3 (34:10):
Are we out here? Exactly what's going on right now?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Uh? Great to see you.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
You too appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Uh he is no eagle. He'll be on the call
tomorrow night, seven thirty Eastern on NBC in Peacock. And
then you got the NBA on NBC and there'll be
Steph Curry the Warriors with Luca Lakers as well. Thanks
for joining us. We'll come back. We have our Player
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Speaker 1 (34:33):
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Speaker 2 (34:52):
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Speaker 6 (34:55):
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Speaker 3 (34:57):
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Speaker 5 (34:58):
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Speaker 4 (35:42):
Could Joe Burrow be a two time Comeback Player of
the Year winner, Yes, because he won it in twenty
twenty three with the Browns.
Speaker 2 (35:50):
Not that you want to win it a couple of times.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
Joe Burrow has two and I think Chad Pennington has
two of the luminaries.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Yeah, but Joe Flacco just came back from being at
home sitting on the couch. He didn't get injured.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Right, he didn't overcome adversary. He ever became a barklunder.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Yes, Marvin, he'd beat a guy that died on the field. Yeah,
Jamar Hamlin died.
Speaker 5 (36:11):
Yep, but he didn't come off the couch.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
I still don't understand a guy died twice came back
to life but didn't win the Comeback Player of the Year.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
But who played better?
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Joe Flacco played better. But Damar Hamlin beat death like
you want to talk about an opponent like Joe Flacco. Okay,
maybe beat the Steelers. Jamar Hamlin beat death.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
Death was undefeated.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
Up in me that it was. Yeah, it was all No,
there's one person, oh JC, Yeah, big man came back
to life.
Speaker 4 (36:42):
But he didn't hit anybody in the next year on
the Special.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
He did not.
Speaker 5 (36:44):
He did not.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
I checked.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
He was on the special teams. Yes, yes, he was
captain Special team. Uh, you want to update the pole results?
There you're in the shadow of touchdown Jesus, Yeah, blasphemous goes.
We got to go to confession? Yo, Okay, when's the
last time you went to confession?
Speaker 4 (37:07):
Honestly six months ago?
Speaker 3 (37:09):
Wow? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (37:10):
What'd you need to get off your chair?
Speaker 5 (37:11):
I had a backlog of material.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
I was in there for forty five minutes. It was
like a soliloquy.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
When when you can hear paper rough, rough, rustling, when
you're going page two, there going that's how you got uh, Seaton,
when's last time you went to confession? Uh?
Speaker 3 (37:35):
Maybe in high school?
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Okay maybe, Yeah, it's probably been fifty years for me.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Yeah, this is I mean, there's got to be one
within one hundred yards of us, several likely.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
I could get a priest over here before the end
of this.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
But you know what it's It's like when you go
to the doctor, and then the doctor you don't tell
him everything because he'll say how you feeling, You'll stay
great even though you know that you need something to
you do this though.
Speaker 6 (38:01):
Oh I tell you, I do five k's and I'm
just eating like kale salad and I'm just jogging and
there wor all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
But you you don't tell the priest everything.
Speaker 7 (38:10):
Nor do I think you go in there and give
them your exercise habits and diet terry.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
He's like, yeah, being Jewish, I haven't been to confessional.
Speaker 7 (38:17):
You don't go in there and be like, you know,
I'm keeping myself a pretty good ship. I could be
better with the amount of barbecue of meeting.
Speaker 6 (38:21):
Yes, but why has it been fifty years You've done
nothing to confess to or you just youre shy.
Speaker 4 (38:27):
You know, just want to keep it to you judging judging, Why.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
Do you think it's been so long since you've been
to well, I don't know. You were just judging me.
Speaker 5 (38:33):
There, not judging you.
Speaker 6 (38:34):
But at that half a century of not having a
little chat in the room there with a booth whatever,
however it works, I haven't with a little door, right,
there's like a little door there.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
There is a little Yeah, there's like a perforador.
Speaker 5 (38:45):
Are you anonymous? Do they know who you are? They
can tell your book?
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Can hell with my boys? Your That's why I try
to disguise it when I'm.
Speaker 5 (38:52):
Forgive me five life, said Dan Patrick.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Patrick, what did you do interview.
Speaker 5 (38:57):
What happened?
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Yes, Marvin, is.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
There a Jewish version of confession?
Speaker 2 (39:00):
I think it's life, isn't it that you just you
live with that.
Speaker 6 (39:04):
Yeah, you're just neurotic and worried all the time and
you go to the rabbi and he gives you generic
answers that don't really fulfill the needs of what.
Speaker 2 (39:10):
When is the last time you talked to your rabbi
about a very long time? Okay?
Speaker 6 (39:13):
I think the last time was when I think I
was fasting for young Kapoor.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
Why didn't you go, huh, are you too shock?
Speaker 5 (39:21):
Judge?
Speaker 7 (39:22):
Not?
Speaker 3 (39:22):
You shall not be judged.
Speaker 6 (39:23):
Yeah, I don't think the rabbit would understand some of
my deep rioted issues, so I just figured, you know,
I'm going to waste.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
My time, Thank you, tood Well.
Speaker 6 (39:35):
They were telling me to go see like a therapisting
like that, though, Rabbi, these you know, these are religious figures.
Speaker 5 (39:39):
They don't You can't sit down on a couch or
anything like that. At the synagogue of the church. They
tell you to go get to.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
See Would you update the pull results please?
Speaker 7 (39:48):
When is the last time you were at confession? How
much will the Steelers regret last night's loss. Right now,
is sixty two percent of the audience say a ton
only five percent have it?
Speaker 2 (39:59):
Is not at all? Aiden in Utah, Hi, Aiden, what's
on your mind?
Speaker 13 (40:05):
Yeah? Try to follow that out? Uh, you know the
pig from Looney Tunes. That's what Todd sounds like when
I talk to and I and then then that's off both.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Wow, I like it. You don't have to take that.
Speaker 5 (40:17):
It's actually got a confessional.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
It's accurate. Aiden, don't stop saying mean things about Todd.
Was accurate.
Speaker 13 (40:27):
I'm sorry I do talk about Todd too much. I
apologize Todd last night. What a game between a future
first ballot Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers?
Speaker 3 (40:43):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (40:45):
Yeah, maybe Joe Flacco, you know, maybe you know, get
on a playoff run maybe what No, he's no, no,
he's not a Hall of Fame, but he's had a
pretty good career.
Speaker 5 (40:56):
He has super m v P made some money too.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
Yeah yeah, Paul, if.
Speaker 4 (40:59):
You did most improved team in a week in the NFL,
it's got to be them. I know their defense still stinks,
but now they're threatening.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Well, they were talking about maybe trading Trey Hendrickson that
he hadn't really performed or but he's banged up and
so I don't know. I saw where the Cowboys might
be interested in him, because I think now they admit
they need a pass rush. Yeah, they didn't have one.
Go figure all right. Hour two on this Friday, Jerome
(41:27):
Bettis will join us. Mike Golig Senior will stop by,
You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
We did it. We made it to a Friday. It's packed,
it's lit packed, it is lit. Yes, this is over
capacity right now. If the fire Marshall comes in, we're
in trouble. But this I'm gonna go out on a
lem and say, this crowd is the best we've had
this week here and already already the best. Yep, they're
(00:26):
already the best. I don't know how we topp yesterday,
but we're gonna try. We uh have a lot of
things in store for you, beautiful day suns out, although
they're still talking about rain tomorrow for game time, and
I think notre Ing is still favored by nine to
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All of that forthcoming surprise surprise last night. I had
no expectations with the Bengals and the Steelers, but don't
underestimate Joe Flacco. He throws for three touchdowns. He basically
(01:11):
said he was winging it. He'd only had three days
to consume the playbook and he's out there, and it's
nice to be able to wing it when you have
Jamar Chase and t Higgins. But the Steelers, this is
one of those games, and we talk about this. You
look back on the season and you go, what happened there?
And this is where it prevents you from home field
advantage maybe in the first round or the second round,
(01:32):
and you lose to the Bengals thirty three to thirty one.
And this is how it ended. With the game winning
field goal.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Money Mack is ready.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
He takes a deep breath, waits for the long snap
back to Rico.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Rico puts it down. The kick is up.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
It is good, and the Bengals have a two point
lead with seven seconds left on the clock.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
That's courtesy the Bengals radio network. Money Mack comes through
there and they pick up the win. You know, we
look at the Bengals and we go, you know, they're
like the Jets, they're winless or that's their first win.
They got three wins. Now, so all you're asking Flacco
to do is kind of hold serve here, just you know,
keep us in games. Maybe maybe you get a couple
(02:17):
of wins, maybe you get to seven, eight wins, maybe
you're on the cusp of making the playoffs. But certainly
having those receivers makes you a whole lot more dangerous.
And they should be scoring thirty points a game, Yeah, Paulie, and.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
They always, you know, talk about Jamar Chase getting his targets.
He got twenty three targets last night. Guess what mood
he's in today. You know, Joe Flecko knows what he's doing.
Go to the guy who's better than anybody, and he'll
make you look good.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Jamar Chase had sixteen receptions. That's a franchise record. He's
the fourth receiver in NFL history with multiple games of
fourteen or more catches in a season. Keenan Allen did
it twice, Antonio Brown did it once, Reggie Wayne did
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take your calls. Baseball, the Dodgers starting pitching has been
unbelievable and now they're up three games to none on Milwaukee.
As for the Blue Jays, man, when they win, they
win big. They rough up the Mariners and that series
tied to two games apiece as they win eight to two.
Max Scherzer, I think he's around my age, but he
(03:53):
was unbelievable last night. And you know, that's one of
those where he hadn't pitched in September or early September,
and he's out there and all of a sudden, he's
in a must win situation and he didn't want to
come out and he battled. It wasn't pretty, but that's
what you want. And the fact that he's out there
on the mound at his age. I think he's forty one,
(04:15):
and you start to look at these guys who were
forty years of age. It was, you know, for the
is forty the new thirty because you had Flacko and
Rogers last night. Surezer last night, who was forty or
forty one. He allowed three hits, two runs over five
and two thirds. First pitcher in baseball history to start
a postseason game for six different teams Tigers, Nationals, Dodgers, Mets, Rangers,
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Blue Jays, and he's the oldest pitcher to start a
postseason game at forty one years eighty one days since
Kenny Rodgers. That was back in the six World Series.
It's Nana the JS stat of the JA.
Speaker 7 (04:56):
We love your statu Stanni the j stanild.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
When Schurzer walks a guy and then they have that
mound meeting, he was borderline unhinged when they came out there.
He was telling guys to get the hell off the
mound and everyone just retreated like they're physically scared of him.
And since they won, it looks great if they somehow
lost that game, Like, why would you a lot a
mad man continue pitching up at baseball game?
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Do we have John Schneider Marvin and talking about when
he went to the Mountain. He's the manager for the
Blue Jays and Max Schurzer has a Blue eye and
a brown eye, and so he's going out like David Bowie.
I think he had that too, but he's going out
to the mound and just going to talk to him,
and Surezer wanted no part of him.
Speaker 8 (05:45):
Yes, Marvin, he looks like the white version of Debo
from the movie Friday.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yes, like he was just like what bunk?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I mean, a guy you don't want to mess with. Okay,
here is John Schneider, the Blue Jays manager.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Given that it was your first experience with the Mad
Max that we've been hearing about for so long, was
it what you expected?
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Yeah, it was awesome and I thought it was gonna
kill me. It was great.
Speaker 9 (06:08):
You know, he locked eyes with me, you know, both
colors as I as I walked out, and it was
it's not fake.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
That's the thing.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
It's not fake. You know he has this Mad Max persona,
but he backed it up tonight. So it was you know,
Meanfielders had a good laugh too out there and he
got the job done.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
That's old school stuff. This is the way it used
to be. I'm not coming out now, and you convince
your manager you're not coming out, by the way. Uh,
it's a meat Friday and of course, we brought the
triggers with us, and we have brots, meat balls, reverse
seared porterhouse. We also have green bean skillet, cornbread, whipped potatoes.
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Who has it better than we do?
Speaker 5 (06:53):
Nobody?
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Let me try that with the audience. Who has it
better than we do? There you go, I love it.
I did see somebody with a pass whole t shirt
over there, Todd, in honor of you.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Fantastic.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yes, we have not let Todd drive in South Bend
because we know how he is.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
He does cancel my rental car.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
He does not let anybody pass, even people who tried
to get a connecting flight. When we were connecting in DC,
Todd would not pull over in the aisle to let
people terrible pass him.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Just let me know next time. I was on this
long line at Avi's on one of these places and
the like, no, we don't have anything for you because
you canceled it without telling.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I'm not going to let you drive by the way.
Last night, some of the guys went to see some hockey.
Notre Dame is that Saint Francis is.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Notre Dame Saint Lawrence?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Lawrence.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Yeah, I walked in with a couple of the brgs,
and it was two to two when we walked in.
Three minutes later, it's five to two Irish.
Speaker 10 (07:50):
Okay, it's a good time.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
They got a new logo. I think they're unveiling the
sweaters tonight.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
They had him last night. The shirts you could get
it's like this raised bumpy lettering Irish hockey player guys.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Very cool.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
It's like shag carpet.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Okay, all right, So they got new hockey jersey sweaters
against the same team.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, Saint Lawrence back Lawrence.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Back to back. All right. A couple of guys went
to the Linebacker here in South Bend, Linebacker Famous famous lounge.
It was voted, I guess the second best campus bar
in America. That's pretty good. I'm gonna say, well, I was.
I think the first time I went to the Linebacker
was forty eight years ago, and nothing's changed in the Linebacker.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Bathroom hasn't been cleaned since.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
It's okay. I just I walked in and they gave me.
I don't think it was a twenty two ounce beer,
which you know that you got to love a place
that gives you a draft beer twenty two ouncer. And
I saw some jerseys there Rick Meyer, Oh, Myra, er Myra,
remember when we had him on and Pauli's is critiquing
him on how he pronounces his name.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
But you know you say that wrong.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, you say your name wrong, right, he says, myermer
er Meyer still working on it.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Yeah, I did take a picture. It's his Seattle Seahawk
jersey that was hanging in there in the linebacker. But yeah,
we got to press the flesh with some people last
night and then called it an early night because every
day is the Super Bowl. As we get ready for
Notre Dame and USC, Noah Eagle from NBC Sports, he'll
be calling the game. He'll join us, coming up shortly.
(09:30):
Jerome Bettis, we'll talk to him. Mike Golick Senior will
drop by, and maybe he's second, third, first, most important
person in college football. Pete Bavaqua, the Notre Dame athletic director.
He took over for Jack Swarbrick. But when you talk
about most important people, you're probably talking about Greg Sanke
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to start out, and then it might be Pete Bavoqua.
And you also have Tony Pettiti, who is the big
ten that you know, Commissioner, Yes Bowie.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Those are the three or four people that really stir
the drink, and the future of college football is in
the hands of the SEC, the Big Ten, Notre Dame,
and a couple other people.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Seaton, what's the poll question for the first hour of
this program.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
I think we're going to go with how much will
the Steelers regret last night's loss?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
A ton, A little, not at all?
Speaker 7 (10:20):
Okay, it feels like this is a season where you
have to win the games that you're supposed to win,
and that was a game they were supposed to win.
Five and one sounds a lot better this morning than
four and two to me for some reason.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
And you lose in the division. Lamar Jackson's coming back,
and I'm you know, looking at Vegas, and Vegas thinks
a whole lot of the Ravens somehow salvaging this. The
Steelers aren't a big favorite over the Ravens to win
that AFC North. And when you think about it, you know,
you're six seven games in. That's it. I mean, there's
a lot of time left here. But Joe Flacco last
(10:54):
night was impressive and all you got to do is
throw it to those two receivers and good things usually happen.
All right, So eight seven seven three DP show email
address DP at Danpatrick dot com. Kurt Signetti, the Indiana
head coach, he benefited. You know, timing is everything. So
you had James Franklin losing a couple of games, He
(11:15):
loses to UCLA, loses to Northwestern homecoming weekend, you get
beat by Oregon, and all of a sudden, Kirk Signetti
beats Oregon. So now he doesn't get this raise right
now if James Franklin doesn't lose to Northwestern and you know,
lose to Ucla. So the timing of that, he gets fired.
(11:37):
And then all of a sudden, it's like, is he
going to go to Penn State? And as I said
on the show, no he's not. I think he likes
where he is. He's sixty four years of age, he's
got something, and he signed an eight year, ninety three
million dollar deal. Now that doesn't mean there's going to
be ten or fifteen coaches going to benefit from James
Franklin getting fired, because they're either going to say there,
(12:00):
you know, interested in that job, or it's going to
get out that they're interested or Penn State's interested in them.
And then they'll get a raise as well. But Kurt
Signetti and I think it's all guaranteed, which is pretty amazing.
Eight years, ninety three million dollar deal, and now we've
set the new market of eleven million dollars or so
for a top end head coach.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Yes, Tom, these coaches send thank you cards to coach
Franklin Or is that bad form? I just want to
let you know thanks for losing to you silly in
Northwestern Now we're all getting super rich because of your
incompetence and happy Valley.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
How do you think that would go on?
Speaker 5 (12:32):
Don't think very well at all.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
Okay, it's gonna be a little tasteless, but I think
it'd be hilarious at the same time.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
What if you got fired, but then other bookers in
other shows.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Sent me like letters you thank you, say thank.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
You because now I'm getting I'm getting paid debt.
Speaker 6 (12:47):
I would likely have hurt feelings about it. Okay, that's
that won't sit well with me. Thank you, Todd.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
Yes, Kurt Signetti is going to make eleven point six
million dollars a year going forward. He more than doubled
his salary five years ago when he was at James
Madison he was making four hundred thirty grand a year.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Nuts to go five years.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
By the way, we're going to look at the most
must win game of the weekend because you've got certainly
this game. This is an elimination game for Notre Dame.
If Notre Dame loses this game, I can't see them
being in the playoffs. USC, you just beat Michigan, and
if you beat Notre Dame and then you got Oregon
coming up, now you get everybody's attention. Here Lsu Vandy
Lsu is an underdog against Andy Old Miss Georgia, Penn State, Iowa.
(13:30):
We were seated with the Heartland Steak people last night
and they're from Des Moines and they were nervous about
Penn State coming to town until James Franklin got fired.
Now all of a sudden, they're feeling pretty confident that,
all of a sudden, here he comes to town and
Penn State is a three point underdog. USC's getting nine
and a half. That just seems steep. In our gambling podcast,
(13:53):
everybody was taking Notre Dame in that game, but with
some trepidation of can they cover nine and a half?
Tennessee Alabama and Utah against BYU and that's Utah minus
three and a half. And then we have some of
the NFL games here as well, Raiders getting eleven and
a half against the Chiefs, the Commanders, and the Cowboys Commanders.
(14:17):
They're two and a half point favorites here. The Rams
and the Jags, by the way, that'll be in London.
And it's a shame that you have those games that
they almost like they don't exist or they didn't happen
because it's Sunday morning there. But the Jags and Rams
is a really good matchup there, and that's tough for
a Rams fan, like if you're gone all the way
(14:39):
cross country already with the time difference and then yah,
add you know what is it six thirty am? You're
going to be playing football? Yeah, let's see. Okay, I
shouldn't say who's my must win game of the weekend,
but it has to do with the Dolphins in the Browns,
(14:59):
because is this one for Miami. Miami is two and
a half point underdog against Cleveland if they lose this game.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Dot dot dot, I feel like you really just narrowed
down your muscling.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Idea has to do. I'm gonna take a guess yeah, yeah,
not leaving is a lot of options.
Speaker 5 (15:19):
I don't want to reveal it, but it has to
do with the Dolphins and the ridiculous Hound. Your gas
was a little silly.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Yeah, I didn't do well. You know when I was
at Sports Center and we'd always tease something coming up,
and I was really good at that. Not anymore. I
go right to the point. There, no not fooling around.
So my most must win game of the weekend would
be the Dolphins against the Browns. That's in Cleveland, right,
So yeah, it has to be Dolphins are getting two
(15:47):
and a half. That one's tricky. That one's really tricky. Todd,
you gave me the matchups here. You said the Giants
are getting seven versus the Giants.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
I entered getting seven versus the Giant. They're playing each
other like in a scrimmage.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (16:00):
I thought my Broncos were involved in that game.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Yeah, well you have the Giants getting seven against the Giants.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
And this is coming off to Brady quinn fiasco of yesterday.
Speaker 6 (16:08):
Oh that was definitely came from me.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Well, Brady Quinn, that was wrong. You had you had
big noon kickoff in ann Arbor and they're actually in
Utah the Fox.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
It gets very confusing, and then Paul came kind of
came to my side. It's like, you know one's college.
The kickoff is one thing, the game. You know, they
just you mad, but the main game is in another place.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
You made a mistake.
Speaker 10 (16:33):
I made a mistake that I don't think I handed
to you. But if I'm over to them, it's okay,
here we go. Why would why would you think a
Bronco fan would say the Giants are playing the Giants?
Why would I the Broncos are playing the Broncos. That's
why I brought it up. It wouldn't make sense to leave.
I'm blaming whoever handed you that sheet. Has it got
some bed inform me?
Speaker 2 (16:48):
It was on my desk when I got here.
Speaker 6 (16:50):
I gave you a bio for the athletic director of
notreed that anything else you have from someone else. I
never handled the points sprints. I don't want to throw
anybody under the bus. Well that sounds like a Ray
or Dylan type.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
If you don't want to, you just did.
Speaker 5 (17:02):
I would think that would have to.
Speaker 7 (17:03):
Be one of those similar to how Dan did his
most must win game There tees, I teased you.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
I don't want to give it up, but it has
to do with the Browns and the Dolphins. Try to
figure out what team I'll t.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
I mean, I guess it would have been me, but
I don't.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
Know I would I would take the Giants plus seven
up with the Giants too, though I'm not convinced Jackson
Dart's the guy yet.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Just say you're sorry.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
I'm gonna say I'm sorry about yesterday's Fox thing that was.
Speaker 5 (17:28):
That was a mistake. Okay, this, I don't know where
you got that.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Let's act professional. We got no Eagle. He's a big time,
you know, broadcaster. He's got Notre Dame. He's doing NBA
for NBC.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Right, he's wondering why he agreed to do this show.
Probably right, I just leave it. I see him leaving
in the distance.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
How about we take a break here. Okay, my starting
lineup is Fritzie Seaton, Polly marve yours truly in the
back room, guys as well. We're back after this from
South Bend.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan
Patrick Show week days at nine am Eastern six am
Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 11 (18:02):
Paully Foods go here with Tony Foodsco. Yeah, as everybody knows,
one of 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 Patrick described us
when he came on our show.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
Quick, knowledgeable and funny, opinionated.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
What are you doing interrupting our promo?
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Yeah, he wasn't talking about you. You took those clips
totally out of context.
Speaker 11 (18:24):
Oh yeah, well after this promo, I'm gonna take you
out and beat you.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Let me put this into context. Shut up.
Speaker 11 (18:31):
Yeah, anyway, just listen to the Polly and Tony Fosco
Show on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts for wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Ye, get a couple of phone calls in here, and
then we'll talk to Iron Eagle, his son who was
going to be calling the game. And uh, Noah Eagle.
I look at him. They're the same guy. It's just
a couple of years younger. But Iron Eagle's son who's
following in his footsteps. Noah has done a wonderful job.
(18:58):
He'll call the Notre Dame game. He's doing the end
as well.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
In NBC yes, Paul, No is not quite as snarky
as his dad yet.
Speaker 12 (19:04):
No.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Yeah, yet give him time, Yes, give him a little
bit of time that his dad is a great broadcaster
as well and very snarky. Let's see, Uh Gino in Virginia,
Hi Gino, what's on your mind? I got three quick things?
Speaker 13 (19:19):
And is that okay with you guys?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Okay, there's go.
Speaker 13 (19:23):
Let's go Trojans.
Speaker 12 (19:24):
And I believe I've only seen one Trojan guy out
during your crowd. I could be wrong. Anyways, how about
my Dodgers?
Speaker 5 (19:31):
Are we gonna sweet?
Speaker 2 (19:33):
I would say that the way you're pitching is going yes,
and I would say the USC people probably would be
coming in later on tonight. But thank you for the
phone call, Gina. I think Will Ferrell's maybe bringing his
mom in. Oh. I think she always wanted to go
to USC Notre Dame game and bringing her in tomorrow
as well. Uh Turuso in Des Moines, Hey Turso.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
You know what's dp? Hey man, I've been a fan
of your guys' show for since the jump.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
To be completely honest with you.
Speaker 12 (20:05):
Watching Marvin's face yesterday though, when Todd was talking about
not moving out of the aisle was priceless, and Todd,
I just got to tell you this man, Just apologize
when you're wrong. It's so much easier than putting us
all through the ring of Listen. You go back and
forth about this, you're like one of those guys that
wants to have a political argument but doesn't want to
(20:27):
listen to logic and reason. Just say you're sorry, listen
to what everybody else is.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Saying, and move forward.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Bro.
Speaker 12 (20:34):
It'll be a lot easier for all of us, and
DP won't have to cut you off as quick as
he always does.
Speaker 5 (20:38):
All of us.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
So it's very very sane advice, are you, and like
I usually do, you're ignoring it, but it's you know,
it's it had to be said, and I've absorbed it now.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
You know I have to decide what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
No, you did say last night in a quiet moment,
you pulled me aside at dinner and you said, you know,
I got to get better at admitting I'm wrong.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
I did do that. Yes, and the therapy and the
MEAs it all help. It's all good.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Yes, Marvin Fritzy had a quiet moment. Yes, Yeah, it
was really loud on the weeks ago or no, No,
he did apologize last night at dinner. You said you
got to be better at being told that you did
something wrong and admitting it.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
I got to be better at a lot of things, yes,
including where you know big newon kickoff is that you
can make a whole list.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Of No, we're not revisiting that you made. You made
a mistake, I did.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
I hate making mistakes and the only thing more than
that is admitting that you made.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Him and ap here's you like making mistakes.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Making mistakes. Now back to our regular scots.
Speaker 7 (21:37):
Tell you one thing he doesn't need to improve on
that booking gift, because our next one coming up.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Noah Eagle, NBC Sports play by play Big ten Saturday
Night NBA. He's gonna call the USC Notre Dame game
as well. He's a busy man as we make way
for Noah Eagle on the program, So Notre Dame and
USC that'll be Saturday at seven thirty Eastern on NBC
(22:05):
and Peacock and then three days later on the call
for the NBA and NBC Steph Curry and the Warriors
against Luca and the Lakers. It's a busy schedule there,
but you grew up with your dad having a crazy schedule, Like,
at what point did you realize what your dad did
and that he wasn't going to be home like normal dads.
Speaker 8 (22:25):
I figured he'd be home all the time. He's not
home right now. No, no, no, I think he might
be doing a game in like Boise at this point.
If there was a little league game he could do,
he would sign up for that. He was gluttonous at times.
But no, it was great for me because I think
it was just expected and normal that I would be
in the living room and pop on the TV and
(22:47):
there he was. When I was four, I just said, oh, yeah,
that's just my dad is there. And then the best
part was he did have the summers off. Because he
wasn't a baseball guy. He got offered I actually didn't
really know this. Many years ago. He got offered certain
baseball packages. And he grew up a huge Mets fan
in Queens from Forest Hills, and.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
His dream was to do the Mets. As a kid.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
That was always what he thought he would do, and
so I think he got offered, however, many Mets games
and he went to my mom and said, you know,
this is the deal, and I grew up and she goes,
and I've really put up with a lot in life.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
This is going to be a no, a hard no
at that.
Speaker 8 (23:29):
The one moment that I have that we have together
is the summertime, and if you're going to take that away,
it's going to be a problem.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
And he's a smart man. He listened.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
When did you realize this was your calling?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Probably about thirteen or fourteen.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
My dad has a great story that he went to
his father, who was an actor, stand up comedian, performer,
and he went to him at seven six or six
or seven years old and said, I want to be
a sportscaster. And his dad said, well, that's what you're
going to do to be a sportscaster. And the problem
was he said it with a list. He said, I
(24:03):
want to be a fourth castor and his dad said,
well that's what you're gonna do, but you got to
get rid of your lisp, and he said.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
What lift? You know?
Speaker 8 (24:10):
So that's that was a beautiful story because it bred
confidence in this young man. I went to my parents
about the same age, and you know, they said, oh, well,
what do you want to do? And most kids it's
cowboy asked or not something fun. I said, I want
to be a TV dentist, And instead of them saying, well,
that's what you're going to do, it was what is
wrong with our child? What is a TV dentist? Can
(24:31):
we get them checked out? So for me it was
it took a little bit longer, I'd say thirteen or fourteenist.
I think doctor Phil filling a molar is probably the
intersection I was thinking of now on TikTok or Instagram reels.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
That exists, I'm sure somewhere.
Speaker 8 (24:46):
But for whatever reason, I thought people would want to
sit at home on a Wednesday at one point fifteen
and watch a crown get him solved. That does not exist,
or at least not not yet, I should say. But
for me thirteen or fourteen years old, I'd gone with
my dad enough games at that point and been around
them and gotten to meet some amazing people around them
that I said, well, this is pretty cool. And you know,
(25:06):
I wasn't going to be the tallest of people. As
you could see, I'm pretty vertically challenged, so this was
the next best bet for me to stay involved in sports.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
I made the mistake of calling you I an eagle
like you look exactly like you're dead.
Speaker 8 (25:20):
The crazy thing is I'm adopted, So that's that's shocking
that it just worked out that way. It's like when
dogs turn morph into the people that bring them into
the house. No, I yeah, it's definitely one. We sound
very similar, look very similar. I'm about two inches taller,
so well, yeah, we go back to back on a
daily basis. I post them up in the driveway and
(25:40):
you know, there's the similarity aspect. The one good thing though,
is I'm glad at least you said I in. There
are people that come up to me and they say
ian Ian, I love you on the nets, like thank
you so much. You know, if you if you mess
it up twice, that's a deeper problem.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
How do you capture a moment as a play by
play guy, You're going to walk into this stadium Saturday,
the Olympics, Lakers Golden State next week, But you got
to capture it too, but you can't try to overshadow it.
So it's kind of a delicate tightrope walk. How do
you do it or what's your approach?
Speaker 3 (26:17):
Tightrope is probably the right term.
Speaker 8 (26:19):
I like to say it's a constant dance as well
of feeling.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
And someone asked me this.
Speaker 8 (26:24):
We did the white Out game a couple of weeks ago,
about a month ago now, which is crazy, and going
into that game, you know, the environment is going to
be amazing, the crowd is going to be a sea
of white, it's going to be deafening noise. I don't
think I've ever heard a stadium that loud, and this
one right here gets real loud.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
And so that says something.
Speaker 8 (26:42):
And so you don't want to take away from that
because you're trying to find the perfect words or you're
trying to make sure that you leave a stamp on it.
A lot of times it's going to do that for you.
And so I know, a game like this, with so
much rich history and tradition and star players and star
coaches on either sideline, a lot of the pictures are
going to tell that story. And the worst thing I
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can do is try to jump all over it. But
I think you want to make sure that you have
a period that ends every call. And that was something
that was really drilled into my head is you need
to finish with an exclamation of some kind, some level
of punctuation to at least just give that sound bite
at least that give that moment some more levity than
(27:25):
maybe it would have had before.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
But that is to your point. It's tightrope. It's not
something that you can go in there and plan.
Speaker 8 (27:31):
I don't think I've ever necessarily sat down and said,
if this happens, I'm going to say this, because the
game always dictates.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
How you're going to feel when it's all said and done.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
But you start to look at these moments that you
have and I'm wondering when you're growing up and you're
listening to your father, and it may sound crazy to
say this, but did you pattern yourself after your dad?
Or did you have somebody else that you wanted to broadcast?
Speaker 8 (27:55):
Like it's a great question, and I'd say naturally, just
because I was, you know, eating chicken palm next to
my father on a regular basis, naturally you gain a
lot of that stuff. And what I mean it's more
than just sitting and watching him call a game.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
A lot of it.
Speaker 8 (28:10):
It was being around him at the dinner table, being
around him interacting with his crew. That influenced me a
lot more than how I broadcast. And the thing he
always really made sure that I understood is the best
broadcasters aren't just the best x'es and oz so to
speak of play by play, it's the most well rounded people.
What do you know outside of the sports, you're covering, television, movies, music, arts, history,
(28:37):
current events. All of that stuff is important, and so
making sure that you blend all of that I thought
was key. But there were certainly broadcasters that influenced me.
I thought Mike Turrico, my colleague at NBC, the most
versatile broadcaster in the business, someone who could be an
elite host and an elite play by play guy. I
thought that was incredible. I said, okay, how do you
emulate this? Bob Costas. The eloquence that he brought to
(29:00):
every broadcast was special. Mike Breen, you talk about elevating
moments in the biggest moments.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
If you hear bang, you know it was a huge deal.
Speaker 8 (29:08):
A double bang now is even bigger, and you go
down and on and on. You know, the Dave Pashes,
who I think don't get enough credit. Dave Pash, I
think is just one of the best broadcasters in the business.
And now even the younger Adam Amein, Jason Bennetti, guys
like that who are just so solid, so you.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
Take bits and pieces from all of them.
Speaker 8 (29:26):
But to even go back to your previous question, you know,
my dad, I just the calls that stick out to
me are not the ones of the biggest moments. They're
the Antonio Brown kicking the punter and him just being
on top of kicks a man want you want? Those
those are the ones that always, you know. And obviously
I grew up in New Jersey watching all of the
NETS games, and so there are just random NETS moments
(29:48):
of Jerry seinfeldsitting courtside and Joe Johnson hitting a game
winner in double overtime and him being ready with.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
That was real and that was spectacular. That's what I like,
you know.
Speaker 8 (29:59):
So so that's the that influenced me more than anything else.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
We're talking to Noah Eagle, he'll be on the call
with Todd Blackledge. He'll be tomorrow night and Rain in
the forecast Notre Dame USC. Do you care about the
conditions when you broadcast?
Speaker 8 (30:12):
Well, if you're asking if I physically care, not necessarily,
because I know my hair is protected in the booth
the key. I worked hard on it this morning, so
that's always the key. But I care in the sense
that I want the game to be at the highest quality.
And sometimes, look, you can make the argument that that's
real football, right of how do you deal with the elements?
(30:33):
How does a quarterback deal with a wet football? All
of that stuff matters, and so it does factor into
the story of the game.
Speaker 3 (30:40):
But you want it to be at the highest quality,
highest level.
Speaker 8 (30:43):
When we did and I apologize for bringing this up
for Notre Dame fans, when we did the A and
M game earlier this year, it was picture perfect in
terms of the forecast, in terms of the offensive execution
on either side, and so you want a lot of
those highlights as a play by play guy. But at
the same time, you want a great game. And sometimes
the ugliest games turn into the all time games.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
It's always weird when and I don't know how you
take this, but when you hear a play by play
guy and they give you credit for not saying anything. Sure,
like you you did a great job, you laid out,
you let the natural sound come through, which sounds kind
of counterintuitive to what a play by play guy does.
But hey, I did a great job, but I didn't
say a word like Chris Berman doing the cal Ripken
(31:27):
game when he broke lou Gerriggs all time record. I
think Chris didn't say anything for fifteen minutes. You did
a great job on that game. Yeah, you didn't say
a word for fifteen minutes. It just sounds weird.
Speaker 8 (31:40):
Yeah, but it goes back to what you asked earlier
about finding that balance between when's the right time to
say the right thing and when's the right time to
say nothing. And honestly, the one guy I forgot to
mention who really has influenced me a lot is Joe Buck,
who I think early in his career got a lot
of flack for probably laying out almost too much, and
he would admit that. But now he's found, in my opinion,
(32:01):
the perfect balance and the reason that people say all
the time it sounds like a big game when Joe
Buck is on.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
It is because of exactly what you just said. It's
very minimalists.
Speaker 8 (32:10):
He's going to give you exactly what you need, but
nothing more, and then he's going to allow the crowd
and the photos and the sound, the cacophony of noise,
to do the rest of the talking for him. I
think that is powerful, incredibly powerful, because if you really
think back to all the great moments of your childhood,
of sports fandom, of just sports history.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
A lot of it is exactly that, where a.
Speaker 8 (32:32):
Broadcaster will punch it with one or two lines, the
rest of it just you feel like you were there.
And that's what the goal of watching sports is.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
At the end of the day, we think that these stadiums,
they are all heated and they're covered and you don't
have to worry about the elements. But you did an
army game at Yankee Stadium and your partner Todd Blacklache,
who did play professional quarterback. Yeah, it was an open
air broadcast. Yeah, booth, and here's a guy who played
(33:03):
professional football that he seemed to be kind of wimpy
in the booth there.
Speaker 8 (33:08):
I'm not gonna say that Todd looked like Tom Coughlin
purple face, but he was on the road to purple face.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
You know. That's how you know it was cold out
that day.
Speaker 8 (33:18):
Look, I think we've gotten Sharman ultrasoft in the booth
because we just expect the conditions to be very tame,
even cold weather games. Look, you keep the window open,
and you feel it, but you're covered. You're not dealing
with overwind in both directions, and that was different.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
That was definitely a unique experience.
Speaker 8 (33:37):
The dead of winter really, I guess beginning of winter,
towards the end of November, and it was cold. I
think you guys were around so you could probably remember.
It was what seven eight, nine ten degrees and we
were out.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
For the entire game. And I think the reason that it.
Speaker 8 (33:52):
Was probably a little worse was because Notre Dame pummelt army.
If it's a close game and it's cold, you go, okay,
therean's pump in. Once it becomes a thirty or forty
point game, it feels a little bit different. And that
was certainly that. But yeah, he was he was not
doing well. I think he turned to me a couple
of times during breaks and said, why.
Speaker 3 (34:10):
Are we out here? Exactly what's going on right now?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Uh? Great to see you.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
You too appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Uh he is no eagle. He'll be on the call
tomorrow night, seven thirty Eastern on NBC in Peacock. And
then you got the NBA on NBC and there'll be
Steph Curry the Warriors with Luca Lakers as well. Thanks
for joining us. We'll come back. We have our Player
of the day right after this.
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Speaker 6 (34:55):
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Speaker 4 (35:42):
Could Joe Burrow be a two time Comeback Player of
the Year winner, Yes, because he won it in twenty
twenty three with the Browns.
Speaker 2 (35:50):
Not that you want to win it a couple of times.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
Joe Burrow has two and I think Chad Pennington has
two of the luminaries.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Yeah, but Joe Flacco just came back from being at
home sitting on the couch. He didn't get injured.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Right, he didn't overcome adversary. He ever became a barklunder.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Yes, Marvin, he'd beat a guy that died on the field. Yeah,
Jamar Hamlin died.
Speaker 5 (36:11):
Yep, but he didn't come off the couch.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
I still don't understand a guy died twice came back
to life but didn't win the Comeback Player of the Year.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
But who played better?
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Joe Flacco played better. But Damar Hamlin beat death like
you want to talk about an opponent like Joe Flacco. Okay,
maybe beat the Steelers. Jamar Hamlin beat death.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
Death was undefeated.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
Up in me that it was. Yeah, it was all No,
there's one person, oh JC, Yeah, big man came back
to life.
Speaker 4 (36:42):
But he didn't hit anybody in the next year on
the Special.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
He did not.
Speaker 5 (36:44):
He did not.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
I checked.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
He was on the special teams. Yes, yes, he was
captain Special team. Uh, you want to update the pole results?
There you're in the shadow of touchdown Jesus, Yeah, blasphemous goes.
We got to go to confession? Yo, Okay, when's the
last time you went to confession?
Speaker 4 (37:07):
Honestly six months ago?
Speaker 3 (37:09):
Wow? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (37:10):
What'd you need to get off your chair?
Speaker 5 (37:11):
I had a backlog of material.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
I was in there for forty five minutes. It was
like a soliloquy.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
When when you can hear paper rough, rough, rustling, when
you're going page two, there going that's how you got uh, Seaton,
when's last time you went to confession? Uh?
Speaker 3 (37:35):
Maybe in high school?
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Okay maybe, Yeah, it's probably been fifty years for me.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Yeah, this is I mean, there's got to be one
within one hundred yards of us, several likely.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
I could get a priest over here before the end
of this.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
But you know what it's It's like when you go
to the doctor, and then the doctor you don't tell
him everything because he'll say how you feeling, You'll stay
great even though you know that you need something to
you do this though.
Speaker 6 (38:01):
Oh I tell you, I do five k's and I'm
just eating like kale salad and I'm just jogging and
there wor all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
But you you don't tell the priest everything.
Speaker 7 (38:10):
Nor do I think you go in there and give
them your exercise habits and diet terry.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
He's like, yeah, being Jewish, I haven't been to confessional.
Speaker 7 (38:17):
You don't go in there and be like, you know,
I'm keeping myself a pretty good ship. I could be
better with the amount of barbecue of meeting.
Speaker 6 (38:21):
Yes, but why has it been fifty years You've done
nothing to confess to or you just youre shy.
Speaker 4 (38:27):
You know, just want to keep it to you judging judging, Why.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
Do you think it's been so long since you've been
to well, I don't know. You were just judging me.
Speaker 5 (38:33):
There, not judging you.
Speaker 6 (38:34):
But at that half a century of not having a
little chat in the room there with a booth whatever,
however it works, I haven't with a little door, right,
there's like a little door there.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
There is a little Yeah, there's like a perforador.
Speaker 5 (38:45):
Are you anonymous? Do they know who you are? They
can tell your book?
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Can hell with my boys? Your That's why I try
to disguise it when I'm.
Speaker 5 (38:52):
Forgive me five life, said Dan Patrick.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Patrick, what did you do interview.
Speaker 5 (38:57):
What happened?
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Yes, Marvin, is.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
There a Jewish version of confession?
Speaker 2 (39:00):
I think it's life, isn't it that you just you
live with that.
Speaker 6 (39:04):
Yeah, you're just neurotic and worried all the time and
you go to the rabbi and he gives you generic
answers that don't really fulfill the needs of what.
Speaker 2 (39:10):
When is the last time you talked to your rabbi
about a very long time? Okay?
Speaker 6 (39:13):
I think the last time was when I think I
was fasting for young Kapoor.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
Why didn't you go, huh, are you too shock?
Speaker 5 (39:21):
Judge?
Speaker 7 (39:22):
Not?
Speaker 3 (39:22):
You shall not be judged.
Speaker 6 (39:23):
Yeah, I don't think the rabbit would understand some of
my deep rioted issues, so I just figured, you know,
I'm going to waste.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
My time, Thank you, tood Well.
Speaker 6 (39:35):
They were telling me to go see like a therapisting
like that, though, Rabbi, these you know, these are religious figures.
Speaker 5 (39:39):
They don't You can't sit down on a couch or
anything like that. At the synagogue of the church. They
tell you to go get to.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
See Would you update the pull results please?
Speaker 7 (39:48):
When is the last time you were at confession? How
much will the Steelers regret last night's loss. Right now,
is sixty two percent of the audience say a ton
only five percent have it?
Speaker 2 (39:59):
Is not at all? Aiden in Utah, Hi, Aiden, what's
on your mind?
Speaker 13 (40:05):
Yeah? Try to follow that out? Uh, you know the
pig from Looney Tunes. That's what Todd sounds like when
I talk to and I and then then that's off both.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Wow, I like it. You don't have to take that.
Speaker 5 (40:17):
It's actually got a confessional.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
It's accurate. Aiden, don't stop saying mean things about Todd.
Was accurate.
Speaker 13 (40:27):
I'm sorry I do talk about Todd too much. I
apologize Todd last night. What a game between a future
first ballot Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers?
Speaker 3 (40:43):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (40:45):
Yeah, maybe Joe Flacco, you know, maybe you know, get
on a playoff run maybe what No, he's no, no,
he's not a Hall of Fame, but he's had a
pretty good career.
Speaker 5 (40:56):
He has super m v P made some money too.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
Yeah yeah, Paul, if.
Speaker 4 (40:59):
You did most improved team in a week in the NFL,
it's got to be them. I know their defense still stinks,
but now they're threatening.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Well, they were talking about maybe trading Trey Hendrickson that
he hadn't really performed or but he's banged up and
so I don't know. I saw where the Cowboys might
be interested in him, because I think now they admit
they need a pass rush. Yeah, they didn't have one.
Go figure all right. Hour two on this Friday, Jerome
(41:27):
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