Hour 1 - 'Stinkin' Lincoln Riley Still Doesn't Get it + Sports Illustrated NFL writer Matt Verderame
December 31, 2025 • 38 mins
Rob and Kelvin explain why it’s more clear now than ever that USC head coach Lincoln Riley just doesn’t get it, debate Rob’s cupcake gift generosity, and take a trip out to Shekel City for Rob’s nightly bets. Plus, Sports Illustrated NFL writer Matt Verderame swings by to discuss the lost seasons for the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams’ uphill path to the NFC Championship Game, the upcoming winner-take-all game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, and much more!
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Can you bring me back his hot, fresh warm buns?
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Watson? You know I never said anything. What did you say?
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I said, bring his bread, bread, not his buns.
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Next morning, less than twelve hours later, Oh, rob G,
can I have your cakes?
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I'm like, wait a minute, what I said? Either?
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Praise asked him a simple question, what was it? Is
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And it was a big ass stack, like you didn't
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Literally looked so Stereoto had the butter and the syrup
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Robb G. Just cut the triangle hand and here you go, baby,
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You ate.
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I can't believe you ate that off the fourth Okay,
all right, my god, Robert, No, look fast in the
decade you just put the fork in his mouth. Anyway,
what y'all want to do today? I was like, wait
a minute, what I'm looking at? Brus like, is this
what I signed up for?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (07:18):
God?
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Did Chris pick up that town?
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Hell?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
No, we don't even think he's breakfast. Hey, Elijah puts
care on me. I don't even think he did the grace. Nigger, Chris,
what do you do blessed the food? I think I
had to bless the food. I was waiting, and I
was like, Reverend unbelieves, like no disciple. You got it
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g Uh, USC a school where I'm employed at least rope.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Now be careful better be like all them athletes you
hate talk about their former schools.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
You know, I didn't sign a contract at USC to
not do my job as a media members.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I'm just it is what it is. But Rob g
A lost yesterday.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
A lot of USC alum came out hard against the
program and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 6 (08:21):
Hey, man, Lincoln Riley, in his first four years that
are now completed at USC has not won a conference title.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Nor has he ever been to the college football playoff.
Speaker 6 (08:31):
And then last night, on the heels of an inexplicable
overtime loss the TCU and the Alamo Bowl, had the
nerve to say that the glass is half full here
in Southern cal Take a listen.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I really believe a window here has opened up.
Speaker 7 (08:47):
That's taken a lot of effort by a lot of people,
a lot of commitment by a.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Lot of people for fun, but really.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Challenging years to get it open.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
And that's open now.
Speaker 7 (08:57):
We all feel that all of us that are that
are fortunate.
Speaker 9 (09:00):
To be able to come back here next year because
it's not our right.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
Coaching or the.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Playing working at USC is not anybody's right, and so
it's a privilege, and those of us have the privilege
that would come back.
Speaker 10 (09:11):
We know what our job is is to make all
the efforts of all those people, the last four years
worth of when that's what.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
We're going to do.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Listen, let me tell you something, man. You mentioned it.
That's your school. Obviously we live here and everything, and
it's all we're by USC. It's a big deal, man.
It ain't been a big deal since they had Pete
Carroll and of course Matt and Lioner and Reggie Bush
and that's it.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
And Pete Carroll wasn't collecting Social Security back then.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Right, No, no, no, he was still young in spribe, right,
just so you thought he was a leading man in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Out here.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Let me get into Stinking Riley, not Lincoln Riley, but
Stinking Riley. You know why I say that, because all
the fanfare that came with it, all of the huahi
and all of this is going to be that. You
know what it is is Clay Helton Part two. And
I was here working in sports radio the other place
at that time, and oh, Clay Helton's just he's just
a guy, Bridge guy.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
He's just to this.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Well, Clay Helton kept getting a little bit better, a
little bit better, and then finally they let him go.
And then eventually we get to Lincoln Riley where it's
the same thing. And what world you and I see
there every day? And what world can a coach at
a prominent university say after four years, yeah, her window
just open.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
No coming coming off a loss that they shouldn't they shouldn't.
You know, you have fun big ones to stand up
exactly and say that after that situation because none of
that makes.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Sex percent to come and to come off of that
from just a couple of years earlier, you had two
years with a Heisman winner and a Heisman hopeful again
trying to win back to back in Kyleb Williams.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
So it's not like you.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Came into a program that was three and nine and
you're building it up having somewhere. You came in with
your guy Kayleb Williams, and you've had all the resources,
everything you need.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
You're at USC.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
We know the endowby, we know all the lure of it,
and nothing to show for but Clay Helton two point zero.
And again when you go back to what Pete Carroll
was doing with it with this team, and if you
want to just say, hey, it takes some cheating to win,
because if you take that out, what has USC really
done and they last forty.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Years really nothing. And here's the other thing too, And
not to mention one more point.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You and I talked about this and we're gonna get
a little bit more deeper into the traditions of college football.
Rob and he's also advocate. I mean, I don't mind
not playing Notre Dame anymore. I'm cool with it if
it's gonna help us. And it's like, dude, don't be
scared of that smoke. Number One, people enjoy the rivalry.
They enjoy the tradition of it. Number two, you shouldn't
be ducking smoke any idea that the window just opened
(11:31):
and a big ten conference where you got to see
your foes like the now the coach who is gonna
be coaching Michigan who had beating you, beating that school
a few times when he's at Utah. You got Oregon, Michigan,
you got, of course Indiana, now, you got Ohio State,
you got teams like Iowa, Wisconsin that pop up, you
got Penn State that much to bounce back. So the
idea that he's just all will be good now is
kind of crazy to me.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Well, I agree that, considering that he's coming off of
not only losing that game the TCU, but the whole
Notre Dame thing of not playing them, and in reality,
Notre Dame cut themselves such a sweet deal that all
you do is be the top twelve and they automatically
get a bit, you know, in the college Football playoff.
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So if you're USC and you beat them, wouldn't that
improve and enhance your chances of getting there? Because if
they're in the top twelve and you beat them, how
in the world are gonna leave us out? So I
don't know why you would ditch that or the idea
of playing USC thinking that that's an issue. And uh,
you're afraid, as some of the other players former players
(12:34):
have called out, like this is skirting being afraid.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
What are you afraid of? Smoking?
Speaker 5 (12:41):
You?
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And I said here, I don't know, maybe say within
the last week or so, and guys like Keishawn Johnson
some of the other alum guys who taking to social
media who played there saying hey, what are we doing here?
Speaker 3 (12:51):
I was letting this go a little bit. I was
letting this.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Line and they were ripping on Matt Liner because he
lockstep with the coach.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
But you never know, you know what I'm.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Saying, like, I don't know how anybody who competes would
want to not take on some of the best schools
Like this whole idea to me is horrible.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
It just is.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
And you got to understand Notre Dame is a different animal.
That's why they have a deal with NBC Sports for
the last twenty five years.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
They're different and you.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Just have to accept that because no other school has
a singular deal that pays them. Their fan base travels,
they have a huge fan base, Like, let's not be
kidding ourselves. Notre Dame is unlike anybody. That's why they
get away with it. That's why they're allowed to do that.
That's why they before they agreed to the whole college
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football and knicks Man well top twelve, we're.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
In no matter what. Yeah, how many schools could go
in and do that. Nobody.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
But then to your point, why duck that go beat them?
Show us up. That's what I'm saying. TI creat the
rivalry and you do that, and again he just keeps
he's he's always coming out of something and it's always
something else. It's always something that's excuse, it's always you know,
I don't. I just don't feel like he comes in
and he's he's owning up, he's taking responsibility and putting
this program where they think they should be, when in reality,
(14:12):
what have they really been. Like I said, aside from
those couple of years two three years with UH with
Pete Carroll, but I just I'm just kind of always
disappointing from what I hear from him, and coming off
a loss, coming off of a disappointing loss at that,
coming off of another season where he you know, he's
not hasn't produced in the way he should have, and
to walk around like her windows just open. Well, I've
got a lot of coaches wish they could get four
(14:33):
years of doing really nice nothing and saying now I'm
just getting started, baby.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
But it's crazy that it's open after a loss. How
do you stand up that?
Speaker 5 (14:43):
Man?
Speaker 4 (14:43):
They beat TCU right like seventy six to nothing, then
you might get up there like, dude, we got this
thing is gonna be rolling that year. We we know
what we got. Blah blah blah. What off a loss?
Speaker 3 (14:54):
All right?
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Eight seven seven ninety nine off Fox eight seven seven
nine nine six three six nine This time next year,
what's more likely Lincoln Riley or as Kelvin calls him,
Stinking Riley has USC in the college Football playoff or
Lincoln Riley is fired? Which one We'll continue that conversation
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Speaker 3 (17:30):
That includes us, rob G. What are we doing? Yeah,
we're doing a like a team one. We gotta get
it in.
Speaker 6 (17:36):
We want to know, huh did you get yours in?
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Hey, we'll get to the callers. Let's get to the callers.
Always get to the callers.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
All right, let's do it all right? God, yes, oh God,
is what we're looking for. Casey in Oregon, you're on
the yad couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
What's up, Casey, Yo Yo radio?
Speaker 8 (17:58):
Right now?
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Great job, thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (18:03):
Yeah, man Us, she needs to move on. I'm not
sure what they're waiting for. Not only I mean if
I was USC, I would say make Ferban Meyer or
Nick Shaven say no, or even maybe give Dan Mullen
a call.
Speaker 12 (18:17):
Turn to move on.
Speaker 8 (18:18):
He's got four years.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Yeah, most people don't get that run that leeway. That's
what I'm saying for him to be the windows now open.
Most people, your door is being shut on your button,
you know, get kicked out the place right.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
It's amazing for real.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
And the money that he's made, like his buy out
this year was ninety three million dollars. Crazy. Thanks for
the call, Casey. Chris and Atar Ontario. I'm gonna say
that California. I think he misremembers Ontario.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Throw California. What's up, Chris?
Speaker 9 (18:48):
Oh God, what's going on?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
Oh God, there we go give him a ring? Oh God,
oh world.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
No, Lincoln Riley needs to be fired. Even if you
don't watch college football. The thing is his defense has
always been bad. I don't go home, and his defense
was horrible. He comes to USC and brings a horrible defense,
and now he's scared to put that defense on the
field and he's.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Running from the smoke. So my question is, after.
Speaker 9 (19:15):
Lincoln Riding gets fired, do you think USC comes back
right away after the two year agreement to be like, hey,
let's get back in this note to Dame fight so
we can show.
Speaker 5 (19:24):
Them what we're made up like they should be.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
That's a good question, and thank you for the call.
Happy New Years to you.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I could see, yes, I can see them trying to
trying to find a way to do it because again,
so many people it mattered to them, so many of
the alum, big names guys who play there. They're like,
hey man, this is tradition, this is what USC is
all about. So I can see them trying to say clear,
you know, clear the palette and let's start over.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
I can see that again. Absolutely, All right.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Jordan in DC, you're on the odd couple of Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
What's up, Jordan?
Speaker 5 (19:52):
Oh Hey, happy New Year guys. Oh god, oh.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Nice job. Jordan, Oh, gone, fine.
Speaker 10 (20:00):
Yes, But guys, I think I think Lincoln Riley is
done after next year.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
You know.
Speaker 10 (20:05):
You know, here's a couple of coaches who will hired
the same offseason he was Marcus Freeman, who's been to
a national title, and Dan Lannon, who's in his second
college football playoffs. You know who also was hired the
same offseason, Brian Kelly. He got fired from that, but
for failing the same way Lincoln Riley is. You know,
I think I think that you know that that you know, quickly,
(20:25):
he seemed like he turned from from uh what the
next uh McVeigh to the next can Hackett, you know,
and and and and and you know. Unfortunately, I think
his death nail was when, oh, you made the college
football playoff this year. Your old school made it before you, did.
You know, I think I think I think it's.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Over for now, Jordan.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
That is a great point. Happy New Year's Eve to you.
Happy New Year.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
That's a great point when the place you left when
it had moved on without you and you haven't. You're
supposed to have all the resources and two years with
Kayler Williams, you expect more.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
One more. We going to Monts. We'll be doing.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
We got Kevin in Culver City. You're on a couple
of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 12 (21:00):
Kevin, God's good all the time, Avenue, New Year. Let
me tell you something right now, Kelvin, you can't just
ride off our three year run like that when we
beat your Michigan wolver Reeds for a national championship. I
was at that game at the Row.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Di don't nobody ask you to go in the Delaia
and Kevin and go back in time. We're talking about
right now, because if you want to go right now,
Michigan just won a championship year and a half.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
Two years ago.
Speaker 12 (21:24):
We just beat you guys though at the Coliseum. That
was one of the biggest win of the seasons. Lincoln
Riley has the number one recouoniter class. Nobody's talking about.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
He had number one or two last year. Kevin, he
had number two last year. Kevin.
Speaker 12 (21:37):
We got We got Rob Ryan coming and bringing the
fire back to this university. I was there with Reggie
Bush on twenty eighth Street, Lyndel White, Terrell Thomas First
so H, Steve Dennis from Long Beach Cary, and Darnell Bean.
We're coming back. Will we get the street cooning class
in next season, You're gonna see what this seam looks like.
And if Lencoln Riley can't get it done, we'll go
get Robert Sala, We'll get somebody else, like like a P.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
Carroll Eqaling.
Speaker 12 (22:00):
But Lincoln Riley has turned this whole offense around.
Speaker 5 (22:04):
He didn't win it with Caleb Boymans.
Speaker 12 (22:05):
He didn't do that, of course, but he's gotta let's
see if he gets his number one recruiting class into
the playoff next season. I think he will do it.
We can't just get rid of him, so you're gonna.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
Hire everybody else is hired by the team.
Speaker 12 (22:17):
And don't sit up there and ignore the fact that
the NCAA and Mark Emert took away our recruits and
our prominent dynasty run by taking our giving ready for
their bation.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
Time time time, Kevin, I gave you seventeen minutes to
say nothing.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
You're still our guy, though, Happy yeah, Happy New Year
to you, Kevin. All right right now, Monte Bilano.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Rob Parker and kelvin Washington weekdays at seven pm
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Speaker 3 (22:50):
All right, thank you for Matt Montie, We appreciate it. Okay,
The Odd Couple.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
He's Rob on Kelvin on a last day of twenty
twenty five edition of of Course The Odd Couple. We
are joined now by Matt verde Am, sports Illustrated NFL writer,
host of the Matt Verdidam Show on Patreon.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
Matt, Happy New Year's Eve to you. What's happening?
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Happy Years guys? What's going on doing? Well?
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Man?
Speaker 1 (23:12):
We're just obviously having some conversations. We're talking little usc there.
I don't know if you had a chance to hear that.
Do you want to start it's a whole bunch of NFL?
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Well, yeah, I want to start with the meltdown that
has been the Los Angeles ram oh oh oh go
on ten ten days ago to number one seed out West,
Matthew Stafford's going to win the MVP, blah blah blah
blah blah. And they were up thirty to fourteen in
Seattle in a statement game. And it has been bad
since then. What What what's hop What hap? And Lucy
(23:43):
is what I.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Want to ask?
Speaker 5 (23:45):
Well, I mean, what happened Seattle was their special teams
were a train wreck. They gave up a punt return
for a touchdown, they missed the field goal, they gave
up another big actually it wasn't a big return. Second
I was a shank punt, So they gave up bad
field position, and that's they lost the Eagles game. Yep,
two of them. They missed two kicks against the Niners
(24:06):
in an overtime loss.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
But there's no way against Atlanta, a six and nine team,
they should have been down twenty one to nothing.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Stafford's picks all over the place. That was a bad loss.
Speaker 5 (24:17):
Oh no, that's a brutal loss to me. That's that's
a carryover offs. That's a game where you lose to Seattle,
you don't get emotionally right over the next ten days.
You come out flat in a building that you see,
you look, we're gonna go in and win that game.
Atlanta is not good and all of a sudden, to
your point, yeah, you make a couple of mistakes, Bijon
runs a ninety three yard touchdown, and then all of
(24:37):
a sudden you're looking up the scoreboard going what happened?
I mean, they came back late, but it was too late.
I still think they're the most talented team, but there
road is a lot tougher. Now. Now you're looking probably
three road games and maybe starting off in Silly, which
has been a horror show for them when they.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Lost last year. They lost last year.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
Can't beat them. They played them three times in the
last calendar either can't beat them. So I mean that
is a much harder road than if they had held
on in Seattle.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Well, let me stay in that same division and go
with the forty nine ers. We talked about the Seahawks,
if we talked about the Rams, and forty nine has
just chugged along.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
They have Mac Jones who Matt Jones in there. They
also had one of the easiest schedules, yes for.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
But here they are with a chance to get into
the postseason and do what they've done the last seven
eight years, get to a super Bowl. If they get in,
how is there are they able to do this? And
where do you look at rock Party now? I think
what five six in a row? Since he's been.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Back, he's playing very well. I mean the last three
weeks ago all love the touchdown Passes's played very well
down the stretch. He did not play well early, but
he's playing well. Now. Look, I wrote after the game
for US, I we have to day that crazy game.
They beat Chicago on Sunday night. This is not the
best team Chanahan's ever coached there, it's not even close.
But this is probably his best shot to win a
Super Bowl because there's no Mahomes waiting in the Super
(25:52):
Bowl for him. You know, the NFC is just like
the AC. There's no great team. And if you're the Niners,
you're looking at this we went on Saturday night. Not
only do we have home field, a dance through the
NCY plas. You're hosting the Super Bowl, you're hosting the games.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Yeah, I mean you are here. Here's my only problem
with that. I hear you.
Speaker 4 (26:12):
Shanahan has been awful in big games. To close him out,
he was the offensive coordinator in that terrible loss to
the Patriots. And people always say, oh, you can't blame him,
Yes I can. When you have a first intendant to
twenty two. After Julio Jones makes his unbelievable catch to
get you in field goal range and you're passing the
(26:33):
ball a hold and a sack, you're out of field
goal range and Tom Brady beat you right in overtime.
Then you have two ten point leads where you dominated
Kansas City, Kansasity look terrible in both of those games,
and then you give it up. That's can Shanahan close
the deal? That's what I'm afraid of, not so much
(26:54):
the team. He hasn't shown me that he can win.
Speaker 5 (26:58):
Robert question, And you know what, I point to the
guy who beat him in the one Tuper Bowl or
actually both Troop Bowls is Andy Andy Rae. Like that
was the same question about Andy Reid forever. Hey, you
know what great coach, great scheme, all that stuff, and
then the big games he can't coach his way out
of a paper back. Now always to knock on Andy Reid.
And then now looks what change Andy got? Patrick ball right?
Speaker 8 (27:21):
Right?
Speaker 5 (27:22):
Of course Shanahan does not have that and rock pretty
But I think you know again, the reason I would
say that this is his best shot is because look
around the league, nobody's say good, this is whoever wins
the Super Bowl is year I'm thirty seven. It's probably
the worst team I've ever seen one of Super Bowl,
no matter who it is. So if I'm the Niners,
I'm going, if we win Saturday Night, who do you
(27:42):
have to be to get to the super Bowl.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
So my other question would be, Matt, if they don't win,
so you just they don't win, right then you got
to really start to look at it and go, who
what what's the deal here with Shanahan?
Speaker 5 (27:55):
Seriously, Yeah, I think there's a lot of per if
they're the number one seed, they on Saturday Night and
they don't get to the super Bowl or they don't
win the super Bowl, because I think they should be
anybody who comes out of the AFC. I mean, if
they don't, yeah, you're gonna have a lot of people saying, man,
he's just never gonna do. I think it's the same
in a different way with Buffalo and the AFC, where
you look at Allen and go, if not now when
(28:19):
you can't win your super Bowl, Matt, and I know
if they're an imperfect team to everybody is this year
like if you if you're Josh Allen, you can't lose
the bon Knicks in the divisional round. I'm sorry, I
don't care. The Denver has a really good defense. I
don't know, you can't lose to Trevor Lawrence. Those two
teams are probably under more pressure and those two guys,
Shanahan and Allen than anybody else in football.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
I do want to ask one more question.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
Uh, the Lions and the Chiefs, Right, we're both the
number one seeds. Just a year ago before the Seeds
thought I picked them both not to make the playoffs.
I'm just asking, tell Matt, but which one which was worse? Like, like,
I get it the cheese, but the law. I don't
think that anybody thought the Lions wouldn't even make the
(29:06):
playoffs either, seriously, like a year ago.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Yes, I get the point. No, I think like the Chiefs.
Obviously their season was worse. But I think if you're
asking in terms of like which one feels sicker, right,
be the Lions? Right? Because the Chiefs are a dynasty.
They've won exactly exactly. You're the Chiefs, you're going home
going all right, the you're stunk, But hey, look at all
the rings I have, right, you know, Like if you're
(29:32):
the Lions, you're going, oh my god, we blew the
NFC Tyler Game. Two years. Last year we had this
disaster of a loss against Washington, and this year in
a year that is as open as anybody can remember,
You're not even in the dance, were not even to
the Chiefs. You're just sitting there going, yeah, it was
an off year. What are you going to do? And
then the other part of the two guys is, honestly,
(29:53):
if you're the chief you've got Mahomes if he comes
back healthy, you're like, this is a one off deal.
We're going to be back in the play off next
year and we're gonna be dangerous for the next decade.
Or if you're the Lions, you're looking at it going
how many more bites gap? What do we have?
Speaker 4 (30:07):
Especially because that division has gotten better too.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Yeah, I agree, Hey real quick for me before we
let you go, Matt, you brought up the bills. When
I look at the AFC, I've been telling Rob g
our producer here, that I just think, like you said,
NFC should whoever goes should win. I don't think the
AFC really has a complete team. Maybe the Patriots would say, hey,
what about us?
Speaker 3 (30:25):
Who is it? Is it the Patriots? Is it? Maybe
the Texans?
Speaker 1 (30:28):
All of a sudden, where we've seen teams with great
defenses take it all the way. As long as you
get solid quarterback play, you think of the Bucks, the
Buccaneers back in the day. You think of the Ravens
back in the day, even those Giants teams where if
the offenseis make a player too, the defense can carry
the day.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Are the Texans like that?
Speaker 5 (30:46):
They are? Look, I would say this about Houston, like
they're not my pick to get to the Super Bowl,
but they can absolutely do them up just on the
strength of, look, we're gonna give up ten points a
game for free weeks. I mean they you know, they're
not gonna face unless they face hating. Who are they
facing that is a quarterback that you go that guy's
gonna carve him. I mean, great May has been awesome
this year. He's also very young, and I don't know
(31:06):
that he's gonna go hang thirty on Houston. Like maybe
he can, I don't know, but they don't have a
beat weapons. I do like New England the most of
any of the AFC teams. I think the probably the
most complete the coach quarterback. But with Buffalo, yeah, look,
I think it's you know, look, they're the team that's
under pressent. Nobody else the AC is under a ton
of pressure a little because of the one seat and
all that, but like, realistically, no one th Extenver's winning
(31:29):
the Super Bowl outside of Denver, if Buffalo, if they're
at the sixth seat and a loose to Jacksonville in
the wild card round. I mean, the narrative around Josh
Allen is going to start to change, and right or wrong,
it's gonna start to change.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
I agree, Yeah, I just as loyal.
Speaker 5 (31:46):
All right.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Hey, Matt, happy new Yeah, I appreciate you, Thank you, buddy.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Take you no doubt?
Speaker 1 (31:52):
All right, give him a follow, Matt Verderram on X
you can give a follow there.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
On the way, and I'm sticking my check.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Oh we back, we back, little teaser Shekel City on
the Way play of the day as well. It is
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Speaker 4 (32:12):
I am moist after that, Oh God.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
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Speaker 1 (32:31):
DJ Ali Alex Alex alexis the Odd Couple Rob Parker
Kelvin Washington on a worship Wednesday, In fact, the last
worship Wednesday of the year, So happy New Year in
advance to you all. Thank you to Matt Verde Ram
who just joined us. Go check him out on X
and Robs. You will have that up on the podcast
a little bit later on.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
I don't know what match from. He sounds like he's
straight out of Brooklyn, though you got a little little
New York sit exit.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Sound a little bit. I don't. I don't know where
he's from, Buddy, Hey, a little East. I didn't. I
didn't get me, Rob Ge, where's a rock from New York?
He sounded like verde Ram. I know he does a
show in Kansas City, so he may from there.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
Okay, okay, yeah, I'm wrong. Quite the other New York
like you did. I was wrong, and his first time
in this football season. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
We got the We got the eye couple of ball
coming up this this this week. You bet you are
hoping against home because you know I must save it
for then too.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
If you go ahead, let's go. We got. Let's get
to it. We got Shekel City.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Welcome to Shekel City, the whole base for Rob Parker's
day Dicks against the spread.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
All right, yes, let's do this quickly. I was three
and oh last night. Ay you are right after I
was oh and three. I came back with a three
and oh one oh five ninety four. I was being
the Janet Jackson concert. All right tonight.
Speaker 4 (33:57):
I got the Bucks minus ten of that half. They're
hosting the Wizards and I'm taking Portland plus fifteen and
a half at Oka. See so again, Portland plus fifteen
and a half and the Bucks minus ten and a half.
Speaker 3 (34:10):
I'm sorry, who is Portland playing at the fifteen? Okay?
Speaker 4 (34:13):
Yeah in okay, see all right, fifteen and a half
is crazy. It is all right coming so uh you
remember have it. I'm not telling you who to bet on.
I'm telling you who I bet on.
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Speaker 3 (35:01):
It is the way tire buying should be. All right,
all right? What you got Rob g I brought him
for the staff tonight.
Speaker 4 (35:10):
Okay, you bring in cupcakes for everybody, a little cupcakes.
But there's a little twist to it. And this is
where we want to have a little dialogue of conversation. Monty,
please put your headphones on to Rob.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Do you explain? Oh? God, is so on brand?
Speaker 6 (35:23):
Rob Parker and went to Ralph's and got himself some cupcakes,
chocolate and sprinkle cup gave you on YouTube you can see.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
It sounds like a leg knight snack for him. It
is a here's the thing.
Speaker 6 (35:33):
It's a twelve pack of cupcakes, but there's only six
available to us.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Okay, that's number one, number two.
Speaker 6 (35:41):
It has the regular price on top eight ninety nine
with card, which is a good deal.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
That's a great deal.
Speaker 6 (35:45):
Rob Parker being Rob Parker got them the reduced price
of two dollars and seventy cents because the best by
date is today.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
Great.
Speaker 6 (35:54):
So the question is, YouTube you see this, do we
celebrate rob for thinking of us and bringing in a cupcake?
Or do we say this cheap bastard only brought in
six because he ate the other six himself and he
played thirty percent on the dollar.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Definitely the latter, don't don't beat you remember differently, Manzi,
Do you remember what happened when he came back from
the Super Bowl bringing all that food with him or whatever?
Speaker 3 (36:19):
You did?
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Ate that old they were reduced sandwiches, and what happened
off the I told you're gonna get sick your stomach
off the air.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
He didn't know I was listening those cupcakes, shir Monzi.
It says twelve thirty one. That's alright, and Roberts.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Already New Year in New Zealand, it's already twenty.
Speaker 4 (36:37):
Said this, and this is the point I want to make.
I could have pulled the sticker off.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
No, that's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
I'm just put it on a separate plate. It just
looks like you ate half of them, so it looks
like you did.
Speaker 11 (36:48):
He happen and I met present of like you ate
half of them, put him on a separate plate and
make it seem like you know, yeah, it was only six.
Speaker 4 (36:57):
Yes, you brought it a half eating Yeah, and now
we all have the image of you eating them on
your chest. I didn't bite them. Chinilla a good chinchilla,
ate good.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
Alex. You got a problem with me bringing the cupcakes
for the quick. Now you know what's Alex.
Speaker 7 (37:09):
Does because that's leftovers for the Yes, that's it was
it sealed? Were they all there?
Speaker 3 (37:16):
Put it in a plate, right, put a little girl exactly,
Bob g you're not gonna eat a cupcake.
Speaker 6 (37:21):
I'm definitely gonna eat a cupcake. I don't eat the
one has your fingers swipe throwing it. I didn't him
looking forward to it? Which flavored chocolate?
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Is it fudge?
Speaker 6 (37:31):
The utuo beans weighing in Brother sixteen o way says
celebrate Rob Parker, there you go read Dion says, who
the hell eats six cupcakes? And Huey Freeman says Rob
is so cheap. Guys, do not eat those.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
What you can't give us?
Speaker 1 (37:47):
Yes, first of all, again, Rob, it's already twenty twenty
six in New Zealand Dubai, Japan.
Speaker 3 (37:52):
So don't talk about twelve twelve thirty one on it?
How do you know? How do you know? Maybe my
time's on cupcake Japan time, Japanese time.
Speaker 8 (38:00):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
One had your name on it, Alex, look at that
did but you swiped my name. That is ridiculous, rap
I can't believe. And what are you doing eating six
cupcakes by yourself?
Speaker 4 (38:11):
No that I ate three last night and I put
hold on you ate three last night.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
I put on the side you married that night. You
ate three cupcakes? And that's that's a lot. I was
there was Oh they were so good.
Speaker 4 (38:25):
Oh gone, oh god.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
I want to see you my top whatever you wait
before the Super Bowl last year?
Speaker 3 (38:30):
You my top of this year. Three is crazy. Rob
has had a cupcake
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Come on in. It's New Year's Eve.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Oh my god, Oh god, it's New Year's Eve, Alex,
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Alex does it better than I? That's why I said it.
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Speaker 5 (01:58):
Do it?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
There you go, I got fired day. Say my name, Rob,
say his name?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
He said, we are indeed the odd couple on this
What is today worship?
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Wednesday? I didn't know either on TV? Said it on TV.
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I was like a happy Monday too, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
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Speaker 3 (02:34):
You can't do that.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
You can't come to my house and then roast me
been in my house, had my cookies. His cookies were good,
all right, the ones that he made is what I'm
talking Oh cad, oh god, right, let me be the
first one to call it Alex Hello, let me try,
Oh god, oh god, yes this is and dre for bass.
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Easy Eve, Yeah, thank you, DC. Let's go big show, funny,
let me welcome in my call. Legend whooped the damn
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I mean, everybody's doing it now. He did it, then
young thug did it.
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But I got to bring that answer the reports wire,
you know how you play that, the Lebron and the
intro Alex huh and then me who met one not
too man me. Yesterday was his birthday.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Rob. I was at the game.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
He looked forty one, like to see good seats in person,
like yeah, wow, I mean Lebron honestly goodness, because who
he is.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
He didn't get booed.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Dude, he's hitting the side of the backboard, not like
oh because I had to throw it up. I mean
like regularly some air balls.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
It was.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
It was it was like the seventeen points would make
you go, I mean seventeen you know, no, no.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
No, it looked. It looked bad from a football player.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
They're that's the problem. It was like Rob G knows
this as a Laker fan watching Westbrook on a nightly
basis compared to before.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Dude, I just tell my friends back home, everybody's hard
on the dude. He's taking some of the worst shots,
hitting the backboard, turned side on the back backdoor, and
you know he's not even seeing his his defender guy
he's defending.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
It's just like unbelievable. All right.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Uh now, let's welcome in the odd Couple crew because
you wouldn't be able to do to find radio program without
him Rob G as our producer.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But Mexicans, there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Alex is our engineery challenge.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Alex one more time hidden talent. It ain't that hitting.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We always show him so much love. It ain't hit
no more. Manzi, what are you talking about?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Manzi?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Blant the anchor desk to keep you up throughout the program.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
She has a nice bun on today, very nice. All right, Hey, yeah,
I'm gonna call you cinnamon bun today. Yeah, the rain,
I don't want to do my hair when I like
the ball.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Good, thank you, thank you. Yeah, it was just because
of the rain to things, you know, But I'm not
talking about her buns.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I said, we all know listen.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I was worried long as he didn't pluralize it. But
I know, Manci, he wasn't talking about yours, but I
know he was talking about rob.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
G's Who wouldn't talk about rob G? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Can you bring me back his hot, fresh warm buns?
I was like wait a minute, is this what's being
initiated to? This is my first Super Bowl with y'all?
Is this what y'all doing?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Watson? You know I never said anything. What did you say?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I said, bring his bread, bread, not his buns.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
It's one against everyone else.
Speaker 8 (06:27):
No.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Next morning, less than twelve hours later, Oh, rob G,
can I have your cakes?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm like, wait a minute, what I said? Either?
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Praise asked him a simple question, what was it? Is
that a pancake?
Speaker 3 (06:41):
And it was a big ass stack, like you didn't
know what it was?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Literally looked so Stereoto had the butter and the syrup
coming in, rob G? Is that a pancake? No, rob
it's a pork chop that you always talk about.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Robb G. Just cut the triangle hand and here you go, baby,
just sweet, that's precious.
Speaker 8 (06:59):
You ate.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
I can't believe you ate that off the fourth Okay,
all right, my god, Robert, No, look fast in the
decade you just put the fork in his mouth. Anyway,
what y'all want to do today? I was like, wait
a minute, what I'm looking at? Brus like, is this
what I signed up for?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (07:18):
God?
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Did Chris pick up that town?
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Hell?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
No, we don't even think he's breakfast. Hey, Elijah puts
care on me. I don't even think he did the grace. Nigger, Chris,
what do you do blessed the food? I think I
had to bless the food. I was waiting, and I
was like, Reverend unbelieves, like no disciple. You got it
all right.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
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Man, we appreciate everybody with subscribe, man, the numbers are great,
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We're very very excited.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
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and leave a comment. We appreciate that, all right, Rob
g Uh, USC a school where I'm employed at least rope.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Now be careful better be like all them athletes you
hate talk about their former schools.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
You know, I didn't sign a contract at USC to
not do my job as a media members.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I'm just it is what it is. But Rob g
A lost yesterday.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
A lot of USC alum came out hard against the
program and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 6 (08:21):
Hey, man, Lincoln Riley, in his first four years that
are now completed at USC has not won a conference title.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Nor has he ever been to the college football playoff.
Speaker 6 (08:31):
And then last night, on the heels of an inexplicable
overtime loss the TCU and the Alamo Bowl, had the
nerve to say that the glass is half full here
in Southern cal Take a listen.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I really believe a window here has opened up.
Speaker 7 (08:47):
That's taken a lot of effort by a lot of people,
a lot of commitment by a.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Lot of people for fun, but really.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Challenging years to get it open.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
And that's open now.
Speaker 7 (08:57):
We all feel that all of us that are that
are fortunate.
Speaker 9 (09:00):
To be able to come back here next year because
it's not our right.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
Coaching or the.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Playing working at USC is not anybody's right, and so
it's a privilege, and those of us have the privilege
that would come back.
Speaker 10 (09:11):
We know what our job is is to make all
the efforts of all those people, the last four years
worth of when that's what.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
We're going to do.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Listen, let me tell you something, man. You mentioned it.
That's your school. Obviously we live here and everything, and
it's all we're by USC. It's a big deal, man.
It ain't been a big deal since they had Pete
Carroll and of course Matt and Lioner and Reggie Bush
and that's it.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
And Pete Carroll wasn't collecting Social Security back then.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Right, No, no, no, he was still young in spribe, right,
just so you thought he was a leading man in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Out here.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Let me get into Stinking Riley, not Lincoln Riley, but
Stinking Riley. You know why I say that, because all
the fanfare that came with it, all of the huahi
and all of this is going to be that. You
know what it is is Clay Helton Part two. And
I was here working in sports radio the other place
at that time, and oh, Clay Helton's just he's just
a guy, Bridge guy.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
He's just to this.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Well, Clay Helton kept getting a little bit better, a
little bit better, and then finally they let him go.
And then eventually we get to Lincoln Riley where it's
the same thing. And what world you and I see
there every day? And what world can a coach at
a prominent university say after four years, yeah, her window
just open.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
No coming coming off a loss that they shouldn't they shouldn't.
You know, you have fun big ones to stand up
exactly and say that after that situation because none of
that makes.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Sex percent to come and to come off of that
from just a couple of years earlier, you had two
years with a Heisman winner and a Heisman hopeful again
trying to win back to back in Kyleb Williams.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
So it's not like you.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Came into a program that was three and nine and
you're building it up having somewhere. You came in with
your guy Kayleb Williams, and you've had all the resources,
everything you need.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
You're at USC.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
We know the endowby, we know all the lure of it,
and nothing to show for but Clay Helton two point zero.
And again when you go back to what Pete Carroll
was doing with it with this team, and if you
want to just say, hey, it takes some cheating to win,
because if you take that out, what has USC really
done and they last forty.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Years really nothing. And here's the other thing too, And
not to mention one more point.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You and I talked about this and we're gonna get
a little bit more deeper into the traditions of college football.
Rob and he's also advocate. I mean, I don't mind
not playing Notre Dame anymore. I'm cool with it if
it's gonna help us. And it's like, dude, don't be
scared of that smoke. Number One, people enjoy the rivalry.
They enjoy the tradition of it. Number two, you shouldn't
be ducking smoke any idea that the window just opened
(11:31):
and a big ten conference where you got to see
your foes like the now the coach who is gonna
be coaching Michigan who had beating you, beating that school
a few times when he's at Utah. You got Oregon, Michigan,
you got, of course Indiana, now, you got Ohio State,
you got teams like Iowa, Wisconsin that pop up, you
got Penn State that much to bounce back. So the
idea that he's just all will be good now is
kind of crazy to me.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Well, I agree that, considering that he's coming off of
not only losing that game the TCU, but the whole
Notre Dame thing of not playing them, and in reality,
Notre Dame cut themselves such a sweet deal that all
you do is be the top twelve and they automatically
get a bit, you know, in the college Football playoff.
(12:12):
So if you're USC and you beat them, wouldn't that
improve and enhance your chances of getting there? Because if
they're in the top twelve and you beat them, how
in the world are gonna leave us out? So I
don't know why you would ditch that or the idea
of playing USC thinking that that's an issue. And uh,
you're afraid, as some of the other players former players
(12:34):
have called out, like this is skirting being afraid.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
What are you afraid of? Smoking?
Speaker 5 (12:41):
You?
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And I said here, I don't know, maybe say within
the last week or so, and guys like Keishawn Johnson
some of the other alum guys who taking to social
media who played there saying hey, what are we doing here?
Speaker 3 (12:51):
I was letting this go a little bit. I was
letting this.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Line and they were ripping on Matt Liner because he
lockstep with the coach.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
But you never know, you know what I'm.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Saying, like, I don't know how anybody who competes would
want to not take on some of the best schools
Like this whole idea to me is horrible.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
It just is.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
And you got to understand Notre Dame is a different animal.
That's why they have a deal with NBC Sports for
the last twenty five years.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
They're different and you.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Just have to accept that because no other school has
a singular deal that pays them. Their fan base travels,
they have a huge fan base, Like, let's not be
kidding ourselves. Notre Dame is unlike anybody. That's why they
get away with it. That's why they're allowed to do that.
That's why they before they agreed to the whole college
(13:43):
football and knicks Man well top twelve, we're.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
In no matter what. Yeah, how many schools could go
in and do that. Nobody.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
But then to your point, why duck that go beat them?
Show us up. That's what I'm saying. TI creat the
rivalry and you do that, and again he just keeps
he's he's always coming out of something and it's always
something else. It's always something that's excuse, it's always you know,
I don't. I just don't feel like he comes in
and he's he's owning up, he's taking responsibility and putting
this program where they think they should be, when in reality,
(14:12):
what have they really been. Like I said, aside from
those couple of years two three years with UH with
Pete Carroll, but I just I'm just kind of always
disappointing from what I hear from him, and coming off
a loss, coming off of a disappointing loss at that,
coming off of another season where he you know, he's
not hasn't produced in the way he should have, and
to walk around like her windows just open. Well, I've
got a lot of coaches wish they could get four
(14:33):
years of doing really nice nothing and saying now I'm
just getting started, baby.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
But it's crazy that it's open after a loss. How
do you stand up that?
Speaker 5 (14:43):
Man?
Speaker 4 (14:43):
They beat TCU right like seventy six to nothing, then
you might get up there like, dude, we got this
thing is gonna be rolling that year. We we know
what we got. Blah blah blah. What off a loss?
Speaker 3 (14:54):
All right?
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Eight seven seven ninety nine off Fox eight seven seven
nine nine six three six nine This time next year,
what's more likely Lincoln Riley or as Kelvin calls him,
Stinking Riley has USC in the college Football playoff or
Lincoln Riley is fired? Which one We'll continue that conversation
(15:16):
next with you. It is the odd couple. Yet we
are live. We're live, We're live.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
New Year's Eve, that's right.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
All these other shows they got fill ins and all
this other craziness.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
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Speaker 7 (15:33):
Want to do, stick and stay, especially before the New
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Speaker 2 (15:42):
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Speaker 3 (17:30):
That includes us, rob G. What are we doing? Yeah,
we're doing a like a team one. We gotta get
it in.
Speaker 6 (17:36):
We want to know, huh did you get yours in?
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Hey, we'll get to the callers. Let's get to the callers.
Always get to the callers.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
All right, let's do it all right? God, yes, oh God,
is what we're looking for. Casey in Oregon, you're on
the yad couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
What's up, Casey, Yo Yo radio?
Speaker 8 (17:58):
Right now?
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Great job, thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (18:03):
Yeah, man Us, she needs to move on. I'm not
sure what they're waiting for. Not only I mean if
I was USC, I would say make Ferban Meyer or
Nick Shaven say no, or even maybe give Dan Mullen
a call.
Speaker 12 (18:17):
Turn to move on.
Speaker 8 (18:18):
He's got four years.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Yeah, most people don't get that run that leeway. That's
what I'm saying for him to be the windows now open.
Most people, your door is being shut on your button,
you know, get kicked out the place right.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
It's amazing for real.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
And the money that he's made, like his buy out
this year was ninety three million dollars. Crazy. Thanks for
the call, Casey. Chris and Atar Ontario. I'm gonna say
that California. I think he misremembers Ontario.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Throw California. What's up, Chris?
Speaker 9 (18:48):
Oh God, what's going on?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
Oh God, there we go give him a ring? Oh God,
oh world.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
No, Lincoln Riley needs to be fired. Even if you
don't watch college football. The thing is his defense has
always been bad. I don't go home, and his defense
was horrible. He comes to USC and brings a horrible defense,
and now he's scared to put that defense on the
field and he's.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Running from the smoke. So my question is, after.
Speaker 9 (19:15):
Lincoln Riding gets fired, do you think USC comes back
right away after the two year agreement to be like, hey,
let's get back in this note to Dame fight so
we can show.
Speaker 5 (19:24):
Them what we're made up like they should be.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
That's a good question, and thank you for the call.
Happy New Years to you.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I could see, yes, I can see them trying to
trying to find a way to do it because again,
so many people it mattered to them, so many of
the alum, big names guys who play there. They're like,
hey man, this is tradition, this is what USC is
all about. So I can see them trying to say clear,
you know, clear the palette and let's start over.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
I can see that again. Absolutely, All right.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Jordan in DC, you're on the odd couple of Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
What's up, Jordan?
Speaker 5 (19:52):
Oh Hey, happy New Year guys. Oh god, oh.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Nice job. Jordan, Oh, gone, fine.
Speaker 10 (20:00):
Yes, But guys, I think I think Lincoln Riley is
done after next year.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
You know.
Speaker 10 (20:05):
You know, here's a couple of coaches who will hired
the same offseason he was Marcus Freeman, who's been to
a national title, and Dan Lannon, who's in his second
college football playoffs. You know who also was hired the
same offseason, Brian Kelly. He got fired from that, but
for failing the same way Lincoln Riley is. You know,
I think I think that you know that that you know, quickly,
(20:25):
he seemed like he turned from from uh what the
next uh McVeigh to the next can Hackett, you know,
and and and and and you know. Unfortunately, I think
his death nail was when, oh, you made the college
football playoff this year. Your old school made it before you, did.
You know, I think I think I think it's.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Over for now, Jordan.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
That is a great point. Happy New Year's Eve to you.
Happy New Year.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
That's a great point when the place you left when
it had moved on without you and you haven't. You're
supposed to have all the resources and two years with
Kayler Williams, you expect more.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
One more. We going to Monts. We'll be doing.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
We got Kevin in Culver City. You're on a couple
of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 12 (21:00):
Kevin, God's good all the time, Avenue, New Year. Let
me tell you something right now, Kelvin, you can't just
ride off our three year run like that when we
beat your Michigan wolver Reeds for a national championship. I
was at that game at the Row.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Di don't nobody ask you to go in the Delaia
and Kevin and go back in time. We're talking about
right now, because if you want to go right now,
Michigan just won a championship year and a half.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
Two years ago.
Speaker 12 (21:24):
We just beat you guys though at the Coliseum. That
was one of the biggest win of the seasons. Lincoln
Riley has the number one recouoniter class. Nobody's talking about.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
He had number one or two last year. Kevin, he
had number two last year. Kevin.
Speaker 12 (21:37):
We got We got Rob Ryan coming and bringing the
fire back to this university. I was there with Reggie
Bush on twenty eighth Street, Lyndel White, Terrell Thomas First
so H, Steve Dennis from Long Beach Cary, and Darnell Bean.
We're coming back. Will we get the street cooning class
in next season, You're gonna see what this seam looks like.
And if Lencoln Riley can't get it done, we'll go
get Robert Sala, We'll get somebody else, like like a P.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
Carroll Eqaling.
Speaker 12 (22:00):
But Lincoln Riley has turned this whole offense around.
Speaker 5 (22:04):
He didn't win it with Caleb Boymans.
Speaker 12 (22:05):
He didn't do that, of course, but he's gotta let's
see if he gets his number one recruiting class into
the playoff next season. I think he will do it.
We can't just get rid of him, so you're gonna.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
Hire everybody else is hired by the team.
Speaker 12 (22:17):
And don't sit up there and ignore the fact that
the NCAA and Mark Emert took away our recruits and
our prominent dynasty run by taking our giving ready for
their bation.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
Time time time, Kevin, I gave you seventeen minutes to
say nothing.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
You're still our guy, though, Happy yeah, Happy New Year
to you, Kevin. All right right now, Monte Bilano.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Rob Parker and kelvin Washington weekdays at seven pm
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Speaker 3 (22:50):
All right, thank you for Matt Montie, We appreciate it. Okay,
The Odd Couple.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
He's Rob on Kelvin on a last day of twenty
twenty five edition of of Course The Odd Couple. We
are joined now by Matt verde Am, sports Illustrated NFL writer,
host of the Matt Verdidam Show on Patreon.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
Matt, Happy New Year's Eve to you. What's happening?
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Happy Years guys? What's going on doing? Well?
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Man?
Speaker 1 (23:12):
We're just obviously having some conversations. We're talking little usc there.
I don't know if you had a chance to hear that.
Do you want to start it's a whole bunch of NFL?
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Well, yeah, I want to start with the meltdown that
has been the Los Angeles ram oh oh oh go
on ten ten days ago to number one seed out West,
Matthew Stafford's going to win the MVP, blah blah blah
blah blah. And they were up thirty to fourteen in
Seattle in a statement game. And it has been bad
since then. What What what's hop What hap? And Lucy
(23:43):
is what I.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Want to ask?
Speaker 5 (23:45):
Well, I mean, what happened Seattle was their special teams
were a train wreck. They gave up a punt return
for a touchdown, they missed the field goal, they gave
up another big actually it wasn't a big return. Second
I was a shank punt, So they gave up bad
field position, and that's they lost the Eagles game. Yep,
two of them. They missed two kicks against the Niners
(24:06):
in an overtime loss.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
But there's no way against Atlanta, a six and nine team,
they should have been down twenty one to nothing.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Stafford's picks all over the place. That was a bad loss.
Speaker 5 (24:17):
Oh no, that's a brutal loss to me. That's that's
a carryover offs. That's a game where you lose to Seattle,
you don't get emotionally right over the next ten days.
You come out flat in a building that you see,
you look, we're gonna go in and win that game.
Atlanta is not good and all of a sudden, to
your point, yeah, you make a couple of mistakes, Bijon
runs a ninety three yard touchdown, and then all of
(24:37):
a sudden you're looking up the scoreboard going what happened?
I mean, they came back late, but it was too late.
I still think they're the most talented team, but there
road is a lot tougher. Now. Now you're looking probably
three road games and maybe starting off in Silly, which
has been a horror show for them when they.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Lost last year. They lost last year.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
Can't beat them. They played them three times in the
last calendar either can't beat them. So I mean that
is a much harder road than if they had held
on in Seattle.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Well, let me stay in that same division and go
with the forty nine ers. We talked about the Seahawks,
if we talked about the Rams, and forty nine has
just chugged along.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
They have Mac Jones who Matt Jones in there. They
also had one of the easiest schedules, yes for.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
But here they are with a chance to get into
the postseason and do what they've done the last seven
eight years, get to a super Bowl. If they get in,
how is there are they able to do this? And
where do you look at rock Party now? I think
what five six in a row? Since he's been.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Back, he's playing very well. I mean the last three
weeks ago all love the touchdown Passes's played very well
down the stretch. He did not play well early, but
he's playing well. Now. Look, I wrote after the game
for US, I we have to day that crazy game.
They beat Chicago on Sunday night. This is not the
best team Chanahan's ever coached there, it's not even close.
But this is probably his best shot to win a
Super Bowl because there's no Mahomes waiting in the Super
(25:52):
Bowl for him. You know, the NFC is just like
the AC. There's no great team. And if you're the Niners,
you're looking at this we went on Saturday night. Not
only do we have home field, a dance through the
NCY plas. You're hosting the Super Bowl, you're hosting the games.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Yeah, I mean you are here. Here's my only problem
with that. I hear you.
Speaker 4 (26:12):
Shanahan has been awful in big games. To close him out,
he was the offensive coordinator in that terrible loss to
the Patriots. And people always say, oh, you can't blame him,
Yes I can. When you have a first intendant to
twenty two. After Julio Jones makes his unbelievable catch to
get you in field goal range and you're passing the
(26:33):
ball a hold and a sack, you're out of field
goal range and Tom Brady beat you right in overtime.
Then you have two ten point leads where you dominated
Kansas City, Kansasity look terrible in both of those games,
and then you give it up. That's can Shanahan close
the deal? That's what I'm afraid of, not so much
(26:54):
the team. He hasn't shown me that he can win.
Speaker 5 (26:58):
Robert question, And you know what, I point to the
guy who beat him in the one Tuper Bowl or
actually both Troop Bowls is Andy Andy Rae. Like that
was the same question about Andy Reid forever. Hey, you
know what great coach, great scheme, all that stuff, and
then the big games he can't coach his way out
of a paper back. Now always to knock on Andy Reid.
And then now looks what change Andy got? Patrick ball right?
Speaker 8 (27:21):
Right?
Speaker 5 (27:22):
Of course Shanahan does not have that and rock pretty
But I think you know again, the reason I would
say that this is his best shot is because look
around the league, nobody's say good, this is whoever wins
the Super Bowl is year I'm thirty seven. It's probably
the worst team I've ever seen one of Super Bowl,
no matter who it is. So if I'm the Niners,
I'm going, if we win Saturday Night, who do you
(27:42):
have to be to get to the super Bowl.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
So my other question would be, Matt, if they don't win,
so you just they don't win, right then you got
to really start to look at it and go, who
what what's the deal here with Shanahan?
Speaker 5 (27:55):
Seriously, Yeah, I think there's a lot of per if
they're the number one seed, they on Saturday Night and
they don't get to the super Bowl or they don't
win the super Bowl, because I think they should be
anybody who comes out of the AFC. I mean, if
they don't, yeah, you're gonna have a lot of people saying, man,
he's just never gonna do. I think it's the same
in a different way with Buffalo and the AFC, where
you look at Allen and go, if not now when
(28:19):
you can't win your super Bowl, Matt, and I know
if they're an imperfect team to everybody is this year
like if you if you're Josh Allen, you can't lose
the bon Knicks in the divisional round. I'm sorry, I
don't care. The Denver has a really good defense. I
don't know, you can't lose to Trevor Lawrence. Those two
teams are probably under more pressure and those two guys,
Shanahan and Allen than anybody else in football.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
I do want to ask one more question.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
Uh, the Lions and the Chiefs, Right, we're both the
number one seeds. Just a year ago before the Seeds
thought I picked them both not to make the playoffs.
I'm just asking, tell Matt, but which one which was worse? Like, like,
I get it the cheese, but the law. I don't
think that anybody thought the Lions wouldn't even make the
(29:06):
playoffs either, seriously, like a year ago.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Yes, I get the point. No, I think like the Chiefs.
Obviously their season was worse. But I think if you're
asking in terms of like which one feels sicker, right,
be the Lions? Right? Because the Chiefs are a dynasty.
They've won exactly exactly. You're the Chiefs, you're going home
going all right, the you're stunk, But hey, look at all
the rings I have, right, you know, Like if you're
(29:32):
the Lions, you're going, oh my god, we blew the
NFC Tyler Game. Two years. Last year we had this
disaster of a loss against Washington, and this year in
a year that is as open as anybody can remember,
You're not even in the dance, were not even to
the Chiefs. You're just sitting there going, yeah, it was
an off year. What are you going to do? And
then the other part of the two guys is, honestly,
(29:53):
if you're the chief you've got Mahomes if he comes
back healthy, you're like, this is a one off deal.
We're going to be back in the play off next
year and we're gonna be dangerous for the next decade.
Or if you're the Lions, you're looking at it going
how many more bites gap? What do we have?
Speaker 4 (30:07):
Especially because that division has gotten better too.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Yeah, I agree, Hey real quick for me before we
let you go, Matt, you brought up the bills. When
I look at the AFC, I've been telling Rob g
our producer here, that I just think, like you said,
NFC should whoever goes should win. I don't think the
AFC really has a complete team. Maybe the Patriots would say, hey,
what about us?
Speaker 3 (30:25):
Who is it? Is it the Patriots? Is it? Maybe
the Texans?
Speaker 1 (30:28):
All of a sudden, where we've seen teams with great
defenses take it all the way. As long as you
get solid quarterback play, you think of the Bucks, the
Buccaneers back in the day. You think of the Ravens
back in the day, even those Giants teams where if
the offenseis make a player too, the defense can carry
the day.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Are the Texans like that?
Speaker 5 (30:46):
They are? Look, I would say this about Houston, like
they're not my pick to get to the Super Bowl,
but they can absolutely do them up just on the
strength of, look, we're gonna give up ten points a
game for free weeks. I mean they you know, they're
not gonna face unless they face hating. Who are they
facing that is a quarterback that you go that guy's
gonna carve him. I mean, great May has been awesome
this year. He's also very young, and I don't know
(31:06):
that he's gonna go hang thirty on Houston. Like maybe
he can, I don't know, but they don't have a
beat weapons. I do like New England the most of
any of the AFC teams. I think the probably the
most complete the coach quarterback. But with Buffalo, yeah, look,
I think it's you know, look, they're the team that's
under pressent. Nobody else the AC is under a ton
of pressure a little because of the one seat and
all that, but like, realistically, no one th Extenver's winning
(31:29):
the Super Bowl outside of Denver, if Buffalo, if they're
at the sixth seat and a loose to Jacksonville in
the wild card round. I mean, the narrative around Josh
Allen is going to start to change, and right or wrong,
it's gonna start to change.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
I agree, Yeah, I just as loyal.
Speaker 5 (31:46):
All right.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Hey, Matt, happy new Yeah, I appreciate you, Thank you, buddy.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Take you no doubt?
Speaker 1 (31:52):
All right, give him a follow, Matt Verderram on X
you can give a follow there.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
On the way, and I'm sticking my check.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Oh we back, we back, little teaser Shekel City on
the Way play of the day as well. It is
The Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio the last day
of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (32:12):
I am moist after that, Oh God.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
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with Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington weekdays at seven pm
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Speaker 1 (32:31):
DJ Ali Alex Alex alexis the Odd Couple Rob Parker
Kelvin Washington on a worship Wednesday, In fact, the last
worship Wednesday of the year, So happy New Year in
advance to you all. Thank you to Matt Verde Ram
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and Robs. You will have that up on the podcast
a little bit later on.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
I don't know what match from. He sounds like he's
straight out of Brooklyn, though you got a little little
New York sit exit.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Sound a little bit. I don't. I don't know where
he's from, Buddy, Hey, a little East. I didn't. I
didn't get me, Rob Ge, where's a rock from New York?
He sounded like verde Ram. I know he does a
show in Kansas City, so he may from there.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
Okay, okay, yeah, I'm wrong. Quite the other New York
like you did. I was wrong, and his first time
in this football season. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
We got the We got the eye couple of ball
coming up this this this week. You bet you are
hoping against home because you know I must save it
for then too.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
If you go ahead, let's go. We got. Let's get
to it. We got Shekel City.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Welcome to Shekel City, the whole base for Rob Parker's
day Dicks against the spread.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
All right, yes, let's do this quickly. I was three
and oh last night. Ay you are right after I
was oh and three. I came back with a three
and oh one oh five ninety four. I was being
the Janet Jackson concert. All right tonight.
Speaker 4 (33:57):
I got the Bucks minus ten of that half. They're
hosting the Wizards and I'm taking Portland plus fifteen and
a half at Oka. See so again, Portland plus fifteen
and a half and the Bucks minus ten and a half.
Speaker 3 (34:10):
I'm sorry, who is Portland playing at the fifteen? Okay?
Speaker 4 (34:13):
Yeah in okay, see all right, fifteen and a half
is crazy. It is all right coming so uh you
remember have it. I'm not telling you who to bet on.
I'm telling you who I bet on.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
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Speaker 3 (34:32):
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Speaker 5 (34:35):
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Speaker 3 (34:39):
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Speaker 1 (34:41):
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Speaker 3 (35:01):
It is the way tire buying should be. All right,
all right? What you got Rob g I brought him
for the staff tonight.
Speaker 4 (35:10):
Okay, you bring in cupcakes for everybody, a little cupcakes.
But there's a little twist to it. And this is
where we want to have a little dialogue of conversation. Monty,
please put your headphones on to Rob.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Do you explain? Oh? God, is so on brand?
Speaker 6 (35:23):
Rob Parker and went to Ralph's and got himself some cupcakes,
chocolate and sprinkle cup gave you on YouTube you can see.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
It sounds like a leg knight snack for him. It
is a here's the thing.
Speaker 6 (35:33):
It's a twelve pack of cupcakes, but there's only six
available to us.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Okay, that's number one, number two.
Speaker 6 (35:41):
It has the regular price on top eight ninety nine
with card, which is a good deal.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
That's a great deal.
Speaker 6 (35:45):
Rob Parker being Rob Parker got them the reduced price
of two dollars and seventy cents because the best by
date is today.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
Great.
Speaker 6 (35:54):
So the question is, YouTube you see this, do we
celebrate rob for thinking of us and bringing in a cupcake?
Or do we say this cheap bastard only brought in
six because he ate the other six himself and he
played thirty percent on the dollar.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Definitely the latter, don't don't beat you remember differently, Manzi,
Do you remember what happened when he came back from
the Super Bowl bringing all that food with him or whatever?
Speaker 3 (36:19):
You did?
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Ate that old they were reduced sandwiches, and what happened
off the I told you're gonna get sick your stomach
off the air.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
He didn't know I was listening those cupcakes, shir Monzi.
It says twelve thirty one. That's alright, and Roberts.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Already New Year in New Zealand, it's already twenty.
Speaker 4 (36:37):
Said this, and this is the point I want to make.
I could have pulled the sticker off.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
No, that's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
I'm just put it on a separate plate. It just
looks like you ate half of them, so it looks
like you did.
Speaker 11 (36:48):
He happen and I met present of like you ate
half of them, put him on a separate plate and
make it seem like you know, yeah, it was only six.
Speaker 4 (36:57):
Yes, you brought it a half eating Yeah, and now
we all have the image of you eating them on
your chest. I didn't bite them. Chinilla a good chinchilla,
ate good.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
Alex. You got a problem with me bringing the cupcakes
for the quick. Now you know what's Alex.
Speaker 7 (37:09):
Does because that's leftovers for the Yes, that's it was
it sealed? Were they all there?
Speaker 3 (37:16):
Put it in a plate, right, put a little girl exactly,
Bob g you're not gonna eat a cupcake.
Speaker 6 (37:21):
I'm definitely gonna eat a cupcake. I don't eat the
one has your fingers swipe throwing it. I didn't him
looking forward to it? Which flavored chocolate?
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Is it fudge?
Speaker 6 (37:31):
The utuo beans weighing in Brother sixteen o way says
celebrate Rob Parker, there you go read Dion says, who
the hell eats six cupcakes? And Huey Freeman says Rob
is so cheap. Guys, do not eat those.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
What you can't give us?
Speaker 1 (37:47):
Yes, first of all, again, Rob, it's already twenty twenty
six in New Zealand Dubai, Japan.
Speaker 3 (37:52):
So don't talk about twelve twelve thirty one on it?
How do you know? How do you know? Maybe my
time's on cupcake Japan time, Japanese time.
Speaker 8 (38:00):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
One had your name on it, Alex, look at that
did but you swiped my name. That is ridiculous, rap
I can't believe. And what are you doing eating six
cupcakes by yourself?
Speaker 4 (38:11):
No that I ate three last night and I put
hold on you ate three last night.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
I put on the side you married that night. You
ate three cupcakes? And that's that's a lot. I was
there was Oh they were so good.
Speaker 4 (38:25):
Oh gone, oh god.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
I want to see you my top whatever you wait
before the Super Bowl last year?
Speaker 3 (38:30):
You my top of this year. Three is crazy. Rob
has had a cupcake
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