January 8, 2026 • 44 mins
On this edition of The Best of The Odd Couple, Rob Parker & Rob G (filling in for Kelvin) discuss if Lane Kiffin deserves the backlash of not letting his assistant coaches coach in the Fiesta Bowl, which coach is on the hottest seat in the NFL Playoffs & why Sean McDermott needs to go!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thanks for listening to the best of the Odd Couple podcasts.
Be sure to check us out live every weekday from
four to seven pm Pacific seven to ten pm Eastern
on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for The
Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio dot Com, or stream
us every day on the iHeartRadio by searching FSR.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You're listening to the best of the Odd Couple.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
All time, the stuff from changing.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Wow, that pathword.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
You now have full access to this very fun radio
program for the.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Next three hours. I two, not three, not four.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
No matter how you listen in Fox Sports Radio, Foxsports
Radio dot Com, the iHeartRadio app, Serious XM Channel eighty three,
Wow and now Love Good Live YouTube.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Do it live and we'll do it a lot. That's right.
Say my name, Bob Parker, Say his name, Bobby Guherta,
Bobby Guera.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Better known as Rob g What Mexican And we are
indeed the Odd Couple on this TV theme song Thursday.
And you'll need our phone number because we are without question,
the most listener friendly national sports talk radio show.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
On the planet. Rich and Covino on the planet. Ben
Neller at least when people are still awake. I'm sorry
you're right. I forgot. They don't take calls exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Hey, write it down committed to memory, eight seven seven
ninety nine on Fox. For you layman out there can't
figure out the letters.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
And the numbers trigonometry.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
It's eight seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
And if you hear feedback on the line at your
own fault, it means only one thing.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
You forgot to turn down the radio.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
And if you're calling he and ever problem with what
we say to you, tough, because well.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I'm talking to you the way I want to talk
to you. You have a problem, turn off your station.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
That's right. And with all of that said, always remember
the odd Couple was filmed in front of a live audience. Sweetie,
all right, let's go big show.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Let me welcome in my cols today. Bud Mexican. He
is Rob.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I am Butt Mexican. Yeah, U better known as Rob
G or Butt Mexican. There you go, but Mexican to
Calvin is not feeling well.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
So Rob G you sure you didn't pone him too
much yesterday? Rob, I'm just poned. It looked good. Yeah,
it's not a terrible. Oh yeah, anyway, Rob, you know its.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Serious when he calls out for TV because that's where
the real money is.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And so I was like, oh snap, he making money?
Really be down bad?
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Yeah, So hopefully he'll be back tomorrow. We'll see, Yeah,
we hope. So what's happening.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
I'm struggling in these streets right now.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
I'm struggling. You want here doing radio show on four
hundred stations? Can you stop it? What are you struggling about?
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I gotta sit next to you for three hours? That's
what I'm struggling right Alex, me and.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Rob got a lot of pent up frustrations when we do.
You can feel it bubbling over it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
I don't know something. Are we gonna fight it?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Somebody have to get it out. We should do it
that radio row like in front of everybody. And then
and then Nick rec Can put on the graphic like
you did with you and Chris.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Can you guys keep it down over there? That was
the NFL network, Remember that? That was good? Chris and
I at the at the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I don't know what we're doing it with Tom Brady
and we went at it right and so much so
like all the other shows stopped.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
They were like, what are they doing over there.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Yeah, And it was Nick Wright who was hosting a
show for Serious right, and he was directly across from us,
And rather than coming over and say, hey, guys, you
keep it down, they put on the big graphics screen
three hundred feet across. Hey, Parker and Broussard, can you
keep it down over there?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yes, we will keep it down all right. Hey, we
got so much to do, so little time on this
TV theme song Thursday, all excited and again Kelvin.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
We hope that he gets well and he'll be back tomorrow.
That's right. Let's welcome in the odd couple crew.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
We wouldn't be able to do this farm radio program
without him.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Alex is our engineer behind the curtain. He's a hidden talent.
He is You're a hidden talent, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Breed, how are you Vitamin B Vitamin Brie, that's your
new name, Vitamin Brie.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Or if you need a right to the airport, Ubrey, ub.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
That's our ice. How are you, Bree?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
I'm good, guys, happy to be sitting over here. She's
in uh rob G's chair producing screening calls. Will be
nice when you call in.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Weird to have somebody sitting next to me in their
feet touch the ground. That's amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Manzi Blago is at the angle. And at least when
you know I'm introducing and we're all always going to
say her name properly right now, Mancy Bologna is what
exactly you know? Sometimes Kelvin, you know he's on television
flubbing names making money is unbelievable.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Yeah, Monty's already on the YouTube page just looking for
mentions of herself.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Is that right? Manti mant you know what, Listen, I
got called down. So now I'm never going on YouTube again.
Never again.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I've never I got called out on the show like
a few weeks like last weeks.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
I'm never going on again. You're so good, you're good
to make a fake account.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
The legitimate comment just came in Bri and Mancy on
the same show All Cats.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I used to pray for afternoons like this.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
See we're still praying for them for consistent afternoon drive
like this.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Oh can you wait five years?
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Maybe I mean, I mean, I mean take you out
before that. Oh wow, just kidding round, I'm just getting yes.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
And of course, uh saga is our social media.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Google's dropping my man.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Saga put out a video, a proof of performance video.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
You saw did you see Alex or you didn't see it? Yeah,
he did a great job. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
It probably could have been like an hour long, but
that doesn't work on social because it was all of
my correct NFL picks this year, Rob G, even you
the most. He's my harsh just critics, Rob G. He
is you just got to give it up.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
That's why I'm so frustrated, is because you are having
like the season of a lifetime, like this is what
was it the year that Michael Jordan was like Defensive
Player of the Year things scoring title and the NBA
like a relax saying some of the rest.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Of us, you've won enough.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
You've been in like four Hall of Fames, and you've
gotten seven of the your hottest takes correct.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Already, it's gonna be all bad at the player. All right, Hey,
let's go.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
We got a lot to get to and again we
want to hear from you on this TV theme.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
So on Thursday eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox,
let's go.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Here, Rob G for the game thirty minutes from now
exactly the semifinals, right, sir, We got ole Miss in Miami,
so we're all looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
But uh, people still calling out Lane Kiffin.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Yes, sir, now Lane Kiffin leading into these playoffs. You know,
he left for LSU on the eve, on the doorstep
of the playoff. Little did we know that ole Miss
would win two playoff games get to this point.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Now they're playing in the semi final.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
And one of the big stories coming into it was
we talked about on the show. Lane Kiffin wanted to
finish out the season with ole Miss for gwinn LSU.
He asked them during their meetings and they said, no,
I know I'm leaving, but I want to finish what
I started with these guys, let me coach out the
rest of the season. They said, no, hell no, you
cannot do it. But he graciously still allowed several of
(07:47):
his assistants to coach to the rest of the wall.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
He could have said, no, could have said, and why
why were they okay with them even.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
Though they leading exactly Well flash forward to tonight and
even though before the playoff I've started, Kiffing allowed five
of his assistants to coach through the rest of the way,
only two are left on the staff.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
For Ole Miss tonight.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
That would be offensive coordinator Charlie Wise, junior running backs
coach Kevin Smith. And there's one former college football coach,
one Jimbo Fisher, who really hated that decision.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Take a listen. It's selfish, that's what it is. It's stupid.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
And because here's why I say that, he wanted a
coach and thought he didn't get his way. So everybody
get on the plane with me. You don't have a job,
all right, And he makes them all go. Then he
gets down there and takes a pr hit because it
looks bad that you really don't care about the kids.
Then he says, okay, you can go back. But here's
where he screwed up.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
He thought they were gonna lose.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
He thought they were gonna lose a Georgia and the
portal thing was all over with and it was gonna
be all over with. He said, oh, I'll look like
a hero. Now he's got a egg on his face
because the real lane came back out, you know what
I'm saying. And he's and if those guys were allowed
to coach a first game, they should be allowed to
coach you four. Because those guys are doing those kids
are doing something that you get one time in your
life to or do literally that team and those guys
one time. And as a coach, listen, I know I've
(09:02):
left a job.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
I'll get that.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
But if you took them on, took them off, said
they're never coming back, that's fine. You set the rules
of the game. You don't change the rules in the
middle of the game. And as a coach, it's hurting
the kids and it pisses me off.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
What a hypocrite? Did you hear? A hypocrite?
Speaker 5 (09:15):
There?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
I left the job. Yeah, you did a couple times.
A couple times. You fraud, you phony. You guys kill
me your chance to dump on Lane Kiffin. Guess what,
rob G. He was there for six years. He built
this team. It's not his fault that the college football
(09:38):
Tom Clark and schedule is a bad one. He had
no choice the way it's set up. He's not the
first guy to do that. And he offered to stay
let me finish the season out. The school got their
penties in a bunch after he finally put together a team.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Rob G, to give them a chance.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
If you don't want anything to do with Lane Kiffin,
why are you using his assistance or leaving with him.
They're not coming back. It doesn't even make any sense.
And then you're trying to make him out the bad guy.
I hope oh Miss loses tonight. I hope they lose.
And then I want to hear what they gotta say.
(10:21):
Oh ain't givin no no. He went and took a
better job. He didn't take an equal job, Rob g
or you know where. He just kind of made a
lateral move. LSU has way more resources and gives them
a real opportunity to win a national championship. This is
a beautiful story, but it ain't Lane Kiffin. He didn't
make the rules and make the timetable and offered to stay.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
The school. They wanted to be big and bad.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
If you were so big and bad, you would say
take your assistance too, But they even knew they couldn't
do that. So they're using the guys that he hired,
he helped to coach him and coach up and develop,
and now they want to act like.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
He's the bad guy.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
I hope you'll lose, Old Miss spot on, Rob, You're
so right, you can't turn the left, And I know
that's disappointed to the odd mob. They want me to
come out of your neck all rested. Don't say that, Alex.
They want me to go at you all afternoon. And
it's like, look, there are certain things unfortunately we're gonna
agree with, and in this case, you are one thousand
percent correct. And even going back to this whole thing
about how Jimbo Fisher saying, hey, well, why would you
(11:25):
let him coach one game and out the other game?
And it's like, bro, if you break up with your
wife and you need a place to crash, hey, come
crash in my place, No big deal.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
That does not mean indefinitely.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
Why, It does not mean you can stay there forever
while you figure it out with your lady. Friend, It's
not gonna do that way. Lane Kiffin did you a
favor and said, hey, you're not gonna let me coach.
I disagree with thin. He's a dumb decision, but I
respect your decision. You want to use some of my
assistants so that you have some kind of well, first,
let them stay so that they could stay in the playoff, right,
(11:55):
because they thought if they all left they might drop
out of the rings completely. He says, I'll let you
have them. You have some kind of synergy into this postseason.
I think it'll give you the best chance to win.
That was a month ago, now, right, you know what's
happened in a month in the world of college football.
We talked about it yesterday. You had four thousand players
jumping into the portal.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Thank you. You had a player.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Yesterday at you dubbed that we talked about sign an
nil deal.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Try to back out of it. Enter the transfer portal.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Now it's being blocked by Washington, unfortunately for Ole Miss,
for LSU, for every college football program in the country.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
The way the calendar is.
Speaker 5 (12:32):
Right now, it behooves Lane Kiffin to have his staffers
with him so that he doesn't lose seventy five percent
of his roster that portal, so that he could get
ahead start on finding his next quarterback, which that man
be allowed on the stay exactly. And to be quite
honest with you, their current quarterback, Chambliss is a guy.
(12:52):
He wants to bring out you, or try to. You
don't think that he would be in his best interest,
Say hey, you know what, I really want that kid
him out, Charlie. Watching you come back over here, because
we need to find a different quarterback. They're not letting
us get the one that we want. Of course it
would help him do that, but instead they're making him
out to be this villain for wanting to put his
(13:14):
future in front of what happened in the past. And
that's not fair to anybody. If you weren't at another
company and you leave, do they expect you to be like, Hey,
I know that you left us, but you'd really be
doing us a favor of if you did X, Y
and Z. No, that's that's irresponsible. That's that's not fair
to expect the new employee to do that.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
No, and they make it like he made the rules.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
The Jimbo Fisher interviews terrible to me because when he
said that, where's the host to jump in and say, Yeah,
you did leave your kids on a lurch, didn't you?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Why are you now ripping Lane Kiffin? Didn't you do
the same thing? Do you know what I mean? Oh? Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
The reason that it was okay with you is because
your team wasn't going to the or you were. Your
team wasn't good enough, you know, but you still walked
out on your kids for a new deal. Come on, man,
they've all done it. Rob g to make Lane Kiffin.
If you don't like Lang Kiffin, that's fine, and I
get it. He comes with some baggage from other places.
But am I wrong?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
On h that's fine? Sixt years of seven.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
You can absolutely not like Lane Kiffin as a person,
and I totally he's done some some scumbag type of
stuff throughout his ten years. I get a coach both
at the pro level and in the college level, but
in this instance, to try to make it out like
he's the bad guy is off base, no.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Doubt, all right?
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven, seven, nine,
nine six sixty three sixteen, Go ahead read the teas.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
Is it off base to Carl Lane Kiffin selfish? Is
Jimbo Fisher being a hypocrite in the situation? Eight seven
seven nine nine six six three six nine eight seven
seven nine O Fox, It is the odd couple with
Rob Parker and me Rob G on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Stick And it's kind of weird not hearing Rob say
in the us of a there it is.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Our number two, Rob G. How does that make you feel?
You heard your name? I never heard that.
Speaker 5 (15:11):
It's pretty cool. Wow, And I know that for a
long time. Alice, you know this pulling back the curtain.
They couldn't put my name on the schedule or in
the update or in the intro because other people didn't
like it.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Which people I can't say who it was.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Oh, Alex, don't do that. Okay, you've me no longer
with us, Alex. We need five more years, okay five. Yes,
you can't do anything.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
You're tripping. You can't go anywhere do anything for five years.
We got to talk. If you want five okay, it
give you it.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
Give you six months. No, he won't give you that,
all right, be sure, but to hear your name on
it USK. Oh yeah, that is pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Be sure to check out the brand new YouTube channel
you're watching us and it's real simple. Just search Odd
Couple FSR on YouTube. That's right again, that's Odd Couple
fss are. Just search and subscribe. You'll be able to
watch the show simulcast, listen to it and all that
and much more. As we know, the Fiesta Bowl's going
(16:03):
on a SEI final here for the college football championship
and Rob, do you got an update?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Yeah, we got an update.
Speaker 5 (16:10):
The Hurricanes shout out to Michael Evering and they're driving
right now. It's third and three they're inside the red zone.
They've already co written a fourth down once minimum. Looks
like they' getting a field goal here, but hopefully they
can cash it in for six and get on the board.
And before we get to this next topic, Rob, which
I know that you've been chomping at the bit for
all week because you text me about it. Yes, we've
(16:30):
been saving it. Can I read some of the odd
mob the YouTube being comments that we got coming. Oh,
let me just say this. Monty's not allowed to work
on the show anymore. Why not because it turned into
a reverse thirst trap. People don't even spell her name correctly.
They put David Jackson, put Montsey m O n t
SI all caps with exclamations.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
This has been going on her whole life, Am I right?
M O N s E. Yeah, no, I'm not offended. Yeah,
my whole life.
Speaker 6 (17:00):
I've been dealing with my name.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
So that's fine.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
No, hell uts.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Some of the other comics that make you feel the
hobo man says manci looks like my typical hinge of date.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Damn, you must have some great dates. Then there you go, hinge,
what is that? Uh, here's another one coming in? You
can say on Grinder, Rubin. I think you would do
well there, Robi, you're so tall. Can we make you
an account if you don't have much a thumbs up?
We can put that picture you just took with the shirt. Yes,
that'll be your profile picture of Grinder. Come on, you
(17:29):
would get so much activity? Would you stop? And then
here's another one, unhinged. Can I go unhinged? Uh?
Speaker 5 (17:36):
This is mister Gomer. But when I first read, I
thought it said mister gooner. I'm gonna choose called mister gooner.
It says a nice shirt, Mancy. That shirt is fire.
Take off that odd couple stuff?
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Yeah, how could you see this shirt underneath the odd
couple stuff?
Speaker 5 (17:50):
Whoa, that's why Mancy's not allowed to bring you're doing
updates from now on. Manci is not no longer allowed
on the IIC. It's unbelievable. They don't want to They
wanted to take off our odd couple stuff.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Don't get jealous because you don't work on a radio show,
you don't have gear.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
I think you should auction yours as game warn By
the way, everybody that's from the that's from year two.
I think we can sign it. Donate it we could.
Speaker 5 (18:16):
I was telling Rob, I have the Year one one
with Christmas Rest in peace, Deb Carson, rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Me to that one. I don't I.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Keep that one with the hood and the zipper on
purpose that that's going to be in the rafters in
the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 7 (18:28):
I legit could do an auction with all the ones
you've given us, Rob, I have like ten, so you
have that many?
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Yeah? Wow, got the new backpack? The new one? Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
I would just say that the new one is a
sweater with a zipper, right, I mean, that's fresh.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
It's like fleece too, in case I want to be fancy.
It's it's pretty nice, it's pretty cool. It's like a
sweater vest it is.
Speaker 5 (18:46):
But all good, all look great in San Francisco wearing that.
Just three dudes walking around with matching sweaters. Yes, can
you imagine?
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Yeah, we're gonna get Yeah, okay, I don't know about
all that. I don't know either.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Don't forget coming up in about twenty five minutes, Uh,
Antonio Daniels. Of course, NBA Champ Serious XM Radio, Pelicans
TV analysts, and of course Fox Sports Radio NBA analysts.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
We also have a shop talk. So we got a
lot of good stuff to get to here.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
An hour number two on the Odd Couple with Rob
Parker and Rob G Rob Gara in.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
For kelvin Washington. We hope he improves and he'll be here, hope.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
So. I hope so because it's fun doing the show.
But I don't like sitting next to you. No, if
thats us think no, I'd rather sit over there. I
feel like I can yell at you and be more
forceful behind the glass than close, and.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
I can reach you over here if you yell us.
You're eleven feet tall, I know just about. So we
need a footcam for Rob g. Nobody wants to hang
out with me if.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
I stand up on the same high which is embarrassing.
It is the super Bowl, I believe, playoff eve in
the NFL. Right, we're about forty eight hours from the
first games kicking off on Saturday. And usually this is
the time of the year Rob, where everyone's like, well,
make your super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Everybody's been asking me to give me your super Bowl.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
Even this security guys are asking of what the super
Bowl prediction is. And usually if you're like me, what
your prediction is isn't always what you want to see,
right because you're like, this is what I think is
gonna happen. I think these are the best teams, even
though I would prefer to see this team or this
guy or this coach wins because a better story.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
But if you're Rob Parker and you host.
Speaker 5 (20:20):
A national radio show and your slogan is if I'm writing,
I'm ripping, there we go.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Everything is from the negative point of not everything.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Everything they tell me I'm too positive with Aaron Rodgers
not negative.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
He's the only one like him and Lamar Jackson. So
on Sunday afternoon, Rob texts me, Rob, G, I got
a great take. First, we're gonna do it this week
on the show. Give us the super Bowl teams that
you don't want to be in the super Bowl. Who
do you not want to see win a championship? Rob,
this is your baby. You've been sitting on it for
seventy two hours. Who are the teams you do not
(20:54):
want to see? Howiston Lombardy in three weeks in Santa Clara.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
All Right, Well, in the it's tough in the NFC
because there's two uh that I'm not that thrilled.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
About Okay, we got the two. Who are they?
Speaker 3 (21:10):
The Los Angeles Rams? You hate Matt Stafford that much?
On in sad who said I hated him? I don't
hate him?
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Is it because it would ruin your stat Patford Moniker
that you've made so much money.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Off of UH and the Seahawks and Sam Donald? Sam Donald?
Speaker 5 (21:29):
You would rather okay, so Rob playing that you would
rather see Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers in the
Super Bowl?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Is that all the options?
Speaker 5 (21:36):
No, I'm just saying you're saying, these are the two
teams the NFC. I don't want to see it in
the super.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
Bowl, but I have to pick one because I can't
do both. Yeah, you're fat sitting. I'm asking you, Yes,
who are you talking? Pick one? We don't do fence
sitting on the odd couple if I do.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
If I have to, I'm gonna say the Los Angeles Rams?
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Why?
Speaker 3 (21:58):
And I saw them at the end of the year.
I know that they've had this year and all the stats.
Matthew Stafford has put together a ton of stats. What
he got forty six touchdowns and all that, and Pook
Pocas had had an unbelievable year. But we saw that
stumble against Atlanta. We saw that second half against Seattle
(22:22):
in the game they should have easily won.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Rob g up thirty to fourteen.
Speaker 5 (22:26):
Maybe they should have won BLEWI think they had like
a ninety one percent chances was sixteen point lead in
the fourth quarter, not the second half. In the fourth quarter,
it was bad.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
It was really bad, And I think I don't want
to see.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
And this is where I'm gonna be honest. Can I
pull the curtain all the way back? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I think Matthew Stafford would get an unfair rewriting of
his career if they were able to win.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Okay, and one thing he deserves, right. What I mean
by that is.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
They already went to the Super Bowl before he got there.
They already had the pieces parts, they had the infrastructure.
It was already set up for him. He wins the
first Super Bowl robed Gee. How many interceptions did he
have in the Super Bowls? Because you remember he didn't
even win Super Bowl MVP.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Arredy Cooper Cup.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
He had two interceptions in that Super Bowl. He also
had a big one that was dropped in the NFC. Right, Okay,
they won. I'm not taking anything away from them, And
I think when you have a guy who was never
up for All Pro his career right all pro, only
made three Pro Bowls in seventeen years as a quarterback
(23:43):
in the NFL. And all of those stats that people
point to were stats that I watched as meaningless stats.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
That's why he has a nickname.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
What was trending Sunday in his final game against the
against the Cardinals stat Patford? Why why would that be
trending for a guy who's going into the Hall of Fame,
a Hall of Fame quarterback?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Why would that be trending? Because he was lighting up.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
A bad team because he was padding stats exactly. He
was trying to win the MVP in Week eight team exactly,
and it worked because he now he's the favorite and
playing against But I don't know what's automatic, But I
mean like it in some people's eyes, the stat padding.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Works, right.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
But but but if you really looked at it in
those other two games where it was really important, it
didn't happen. And he had that really bad three interception
game against the Falcons. So I think, uh, that would
be uh, that would be one team and the second
would be the Broncos. In the AFC don't want to
(24:48):
see the Broncos. And that's because I think Sean Payton
is too smug. Sean Payton, the way he traded treated
Russell Wilson really bothered me. The way he disrespected him
and what that guy had done in the league, Rob
g And remember.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
People make it like he's a genius in he invented football.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
He's also the guy who suspended over bounty gates, sending
his players out to hurt.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Talk about that.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Nobody talks about that with Sean Payton. So I'm not
a Sean Payton guy and I'm not a Matt Stafford gud.
So those are the two if I could say two
teams I don't want to get to the super Bowl
because it enhances their story. Sean Payton's already won one
super Bowl, Matt's already won one. If those guys get
(25:33):
another one and changes the conversation and the narrative.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Okay, So if I've removed the Caroline Pat That's why
I was giving her time with Pat because I don't
think they have to be the playoffs, right because there
came nine, but they beat.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
The Rams down there with but then.
Speaker 5 (25:47):
They also lost a winner take all game and still
got in because of some back door back door with
the Falcons, So take them off the table. I'm with
you on the Broncos in the AFC. I do not
other than the Sean payn stuff, which used eloquently put
I'm not a Sean Payton guy.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
You've known that for a while.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
I don't need to see the twenty sixth rated quarterback
and the middle of the road offense in the Super
Bowl in a game that's gonna be thirteen to seven
and you're gonna win on the last second, field go
one way or the other. Like if you watch football
and you don't just look at the end, I know
what you say is short menu wins and losses. If
you watch football, you cannot stay with the straight face.
Denver Broncos are the best team in the AFL.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
They had a lot of that Chiefs magic for yeah
ago where everybody knew watching the games.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
They weren't good and we and did we not say
that all year with the Chiefs.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Last year, I was like, dude, they're not gonna win
a Super Bowl play like this.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
Even the people who picked the Chiefs to win, which
I was one of them, I was, I fell for it.
It was just because how am I going to pick
against a team that's find these weird ways to win
all s. It wasn't because objectively I thought they were
the best.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Team, because they weren't.
Speaker 5 (26:52):
It was because I'm like, hey, they got this kind
of juju that I can't make sense of, and if
I pick against them, I'm gonna look stupid because they've
been winning these stupid games all see along and then
what happened and they got blown out because the team
didn't fall for them exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
So that's them in the AFC, in the NFC.
Speaker 5 (27:07):
I'm in to hear this one the forty nine ers, really,
because Rob Parker's not the only one in America who
doesn't like Kyle Shannon. Doesn't think he's all that great.
We talk about this stat all the time on this show.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
This is a crazy stat.
Speaker 5 (27:20):
There have been sevent teams to give up ten plus
point leads in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Shout out to Mansie.
Speaker 5 (27:26):
Kyle Shanahan has been involved in three of those games,
including the offensive coordinator for the biggest blone lead ever
twenty to three.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
And the two second tied for the second.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
Biggest blown leads ten points in the fourth quarter, both
as head coach against the nine against Chiefs, right, and
then again in the second in the fourth court, both
both against the Chiefs. Both sorry, And this is my
favorite stat of the of the whole thing. In those
three Super Bowls that he was a part of as
the OC and head coach. Two when San Francisco won
in Atlanta, Kyle Shannhan's teams have been outscored a fifty
(28:00):
eight to twelve in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Fifty eight. He that's just he's an offensive genius. Day
told me so.
Speaker 5 (28:05):
That tells me no matter what's going on in that game,
if the San Fransco forty nine ers get there and
they take on Josh Allen and the Bills, or they
take on Justin Herbert or c. J. Stroud, whatever, Kyle
Shannan is gonna find a way to melt down in
the fourth quarter like he always does. And instead of
us celebrating CJ. Stroud or Josh Allen or whoever it is,
(28:30):
we're gonna be talking about see, Kyle Shanahan did it again.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Did it again?
Speaker 5 (28:33):
He blew another one, And it's gonna take a little
bit of the shine away from the team that actually won,
because the story is gonna be Kyle Shanahan fumbles it
away for the fourth time.
Speaker 3 (28:44):
All Right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight
seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Only pick one. We want you to come in with
one team.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
One team and the reason why you don't want to
see them in the Super Bowl. We just gave you
a couple, both AFC and NFC, but we want you
to pick one, either one. It doesn't matter. Any team
you want to pick, We'll do that. It is the
odd couple. On a TV theme song Thursday, Rob Parker
(29:14):
Rob Garra, better known as Rob g in for Kelvin
Washington right here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
And you know what you need to do, stick and
stay America our number three.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
On a TV theme song Thursday, Rob Parker, Rob Garra,
better known as Rob g our producer filling in for
Kelvin is under the weather. Hopefully Kelvin will be back tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (29:42):
Appreciate you being here even if he's back. Do you
expect them to be here do I?
Speaker 2 (29:48):
Yeah? No, tomorrow be at home? Yeah yeah, but you
know what I mean. Back on the show. He's not
gonna be here for the cheesecakes. My birthday on Saturday.
We're gonna have cheesecake tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (29:56):
Four pounds of cheesecake coming here?
Speaker 2 (29:58):
Is that? How big of a hair? Four pounds? Four pounds?
Really bulking season, Rob, And that was way cheaper than
getting a slice or equal all right, almost the same, right,
at the same price as one slice? Mind me? Just
scored again? Yeah, yes, sir, cocaine sixteen to ten pending
the extra points. It is Michael Irvan When you need it,
I know it is the odd couple again.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
And with the iHeartRadio app, you can stream us wherever
you happen to be. Catch us and all the Fox
Sports Radio shows live twenty four to seven in the
new and improved iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Just search Fox Sports.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Radio in the app and stream us live all day
every day, and be sure to select Fox Sports Radio
as one of your presets in the iHeartRadio app so
it will always pop up at the top of your screen.
Don't forget the reason you listen on Thursday Ty Shirt's
Tower of Trivia and legendary Miami Hurricanes audition.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
So there you go, We'll do that.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
We also have last Call if you couldn't get in,
Rob g on some topics earlier. You'll have that opportunity,
and I do want to take this time to just
say thanks. You know we we do appreciate you, and
that's why you know this robbed you. When we started
this show, we wanted to make sure that we made
it listener friendly. Listeners can be involved in the show.
(31:17):
You can claim this as your show. I know a
lot of shows talk on purpose. It was all right
on purpose. We were like a lot of shows talk
at you and you really can't get in. You can't
you know, be heard or whatever. We're here for you
to be able to not only listen to us, but
also chime in. You know, we want to hear what
you have to say from time to time, and we
(31:38):
don't think we go overboard on call just enough.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
And not even just on calls on the YouTube. We
want you to chime me because we're unlike a lot
of shows, we are going to read the comments, including
dating back to our number two. We did a segment
talking about the best endings in TV and film history.
So some people try. People are really anxious about this one. Okay,
so here's one. Scott Lewis, Cheers was an awesome way
(32:01):
to end just.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
We are closed. Yep. No, that was a good way.
That was good, and then it.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Comes Sometimes you can overthink it. That's what problems like,
oh we gotta have this dynamite crazy ending.
Speaker 5 (32:11):
You have people talking about these ones that overrated. Terry
Wilson says The Walking Dead was overrated with their ending.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
I think that in general it's overrated.
Speaker 5 (32:20):
And then Alex Hill appreciate this one. Somebody went out
of their way onto our YouTube page to ask this,
whatever happened to the anime podcast?
Speaker 2 (32:31):
Alex he's the listener, He's the one. You got seven
listeners it is?
Speaker 7 (32:37):
Does he want to know what really happened? Yes, Hollywood
gut involved. Oh and when they put money into that stuff,
it gets bad. Like I said, when I saw Megan
the Stallion doing the Awards show, time for me to leave.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
You had to get out of it on my place.
They're gonna bring it back actually might. Okay, So nod
you said that. That's a tease. He's not.
Speaker 5 (32:55):
He's not above Hollywood's money, all right. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
I'm a fluffer. What do you want? And a damn
good one. The way he said it, the way he
said it, it just felt weird. What hey, I'm just
looking at it. Even Breeze like that was just show.
Speaker 5 (33:17):
That was almost as bad as when he said he
put barbecue sauce on her back.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Do you remember that one, bree you got barbecue sauce
on your back? No, here's a tow. Yeah, here's this
hot seat appearance. You got all that barbecue sauce in
your back? Like it off Because.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Whenever we do the hotson we'd always say like, you're
a piece of meat on the grill, now on the grill,
and we always say.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Okay, yeah, don't will you explain yourself? It sounds worse.
It got worse, Rob, stop everything. I can't say anything.
Every time I say something, I mean, all right, we
got it, all right.
Speaker 5 (33:51):
It is the eye couple, Rob Parker right there, Rob
g that's me sitting here for Kevin Washington over here.
It is the couple on Fox Sports Radio keeping an
eye on this college football playoff semi final. Canes up
seventeen to ten, about two minutes left the gun.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
Don't know who scored, but he was wide open.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
And that's been the case of this game. A lot
of big plays on both sides. I know Ole Miss
has been struggling, but they popped a seventy three yard
touchdown run.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
And outside of that.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
Though, Miami has really dominated this game, and it's surprising
that it's only seventeen to ten.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Rob, Yeah, I mean I picked Miami.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
Uh this is where ole miss gets off, you know
what I mean? As far as uh this run here
without this magical run, this is their exit. I mean,
they got what they won two games, so I mean
I give them credit. Without your coach or whatever, you're
you're a step away, a game away, and away from
getting to the National champions.
Speaker 5 (34:42):
And you know, we always say that the stats don't
always tell the story, but sometimes they do. Miami total
yards two thirty to one twelve. Miami on third and
fourth down is six of nine ole Missus oh of three.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Yeah, I mean it's only a seven point right. They
are an.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Interception of you know, return a bloop in the blast
a bloop we say in baseball.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (35:04):
As far as getting back into it, So this game's
not over, but yes, Miami has dominated.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
So far, Yes, sir, So let's get back the NFL playoffs.
Speaker 5 (35:14):
Getting kicked up, sticking it for well, going to the
NFL and the big story on Thursday and how big
it is, but that Mike McDaniel got fired, right, even
though a lot of us could kind of see it
coming the way the season ended, you know, the dysfunction
with the team. Everybody was missing meetings, falling asleep, showing
up late, and he never did anything about it to
(35:35):
what was talking about a lack of leadership. Then he
gets benched. So to see Mike McDaniel getting fired wasn't
that much of a shocker. In fact, Jay Glazer Fox
Sports NFL Insider had a whole bit on Sunday before
Black Monday talking about which coaches were on the hot
seat and could get their walking papers relatively quickly. Here's
(35:58):
who he had on his graphic on coaches to keep
an eye. He said, time will tell. John Harbaugh fired,
Jonathan Gannon fired, Raheem Morris fired, Mike McDaniel, fired, Todd Bowles.
Apparently he's gonna stay right. So those are the guys,
and he could have been fired because they had a
(36:18):
bad finish, sure, but those are teams that missed the playoffs.
Until it would make sense why those guys would go.
He had three other names on that list though, of
teams that are currently in the playoffs as of right now,
Mike mctomlin, Mike Mike Tomlin, Sean McDermot, and Buffalo Matt
(36:38):
Lafleur with the Packers. So, rob I ask you this,
of those guys, could we say Todd Bowles is off
the table, he's gonna stay.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
Three other man's left. Yeah, I just don't see Tom Bowles.
Speaker 5 (36:48):
Three names left and they're all in the postseason, Tomlin, Leafloor, McDermott.
Who's the next coach to get fired?
Speaker 3 (36:59):
It would be easy to say Mike Tomlin, but they
just won the division, which I don't think anybody thought
right coming into the season. He was the one who
had the love affair with Aaron Rodgers. It could have
been a disaster, Robb G. Instead, Aaron Rodgers went ten
and five in his fifteen stars, right, So I think
it's hard to look at Mike Tomlin. And the last
(37:20):
piece is that they just don't fire coaches, rob G.
They just don't had three coaches in the last sixty
years or fifty eight, fifty five years, whatever it is.
They believe in job security in Pittsburgh. It's a family
owned business. It's not there it's not a corporation, you
know what I mean, So they wouldn't have twenty eight jobs,
Rob If you got one job to be there, that's right.
(37:43):
But Sean McDermott is the guy to me who I
think is in jeopardy because if you look at the AFC,
no Ma Holmes, no Lamar, you got to defending MVP.
(38:06):
If you're not gonna get there this year, Rob Ge,
when are you gonna get there? And that's why I
think it's a hard sell to continue to go with
Sean McDermott. He's been there. How many years we got
now with Sean McDermott a lot. He's been through several coordinators, That's.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
What I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (38:22):
Like he's been there, you can't keep doing the same
thing and be expecting different outcomes, and you would look
and go the path is clear. I left out Joe Burrow, right,
No Joe Burrow, no Mahomes, no Lamar. It's a clean
(38:44):
slate in the AFC. Why not Buffalo. They've been waiting
to try to win a championship since Moby Dick was
a guy.
Speaker 5 (38:53):
I was gonna say the Louisiana purchase, all.
Speaker 3 (38:55):
Right, one of the two but you get my point.
So I'm gonna say, Sean McDermott, where are you.
Speaker 5 (39:00):
That's not a bad guess for all the reasons you stated,
because if not now, then when, Like the landscape has
never been more wide open for Buffalo than it is
this season, and this is not even the best team
of that run, right, Like, sometimes it works out the
way you know that covering sports, you know since the
Louisiana purchase, you go, that's an escrow, right that the
(39:22):
best team or your best team isn't always the one
that breaks through. Sometimes your best team has a heartbreaker
in the championship semi final, right, or you lose in
Game seven in a heartbreak, and then you come back
the next year and even though your team might not
be better than it was a year before key injury, there
(39:42):
still might want the playoffs shakes out a certain way
you make a run. Aaron Rodgers' best teams never won
the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (39:48):
They were fifteen and one. One year the Yeah and
the yeunit they won.
Speaker 5 (39:53):
They were wild six seed wild card, right, So this
could be that year you would think for Buffalo and
if it and I could see him getting fired. But
the guy that I think is most likely to get
the acts at the end of this run here in
February is Matt laflor in Green Bay, Okay.
Speaker 3 (40:11):
And the reason in that that makes sense, and I
want you to explain more, But the reason it makes
sense is he's looking for a contract extension and they
didn't give him one before season.
Speaker 5 (40:23):
Starter correct exactly, And depending on who you follow, whatever
insider that you like, the reason why his current contract
is set to end at the end of twenty twenty
six and why they have not given him an extension
yet is because they want to see how he does
in the postseason. Because, as we just alluded to, Aaron
(40:43):
Rodgers had some great teams with Matt Lafleur, won a
couple of MVPs with Matt Lafloor, and somehow, some way
kept finding ways to blow games. Tom Brady threw three
second half interceptions in the NFC Championship game and the
Packers still could not win at home.
Speaker 3 (41:00):
And if you really think about it, and when they
do the doc on Aaron Rodgers, them kicking a field
goal rather than going for the exact down, and Matt
Lafloyd that was his call. YEP, was the dumbest thing
I ever saw. I thought that was. I just couldn't
believe it. I still would rather him going in completion.
(41:20):
Whatever they played him were. And then they were at
the one yard line and have to go the other way, right,
It doesn't make any rob g.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
It doesn't make any sense. You want you want to
get the ball back?
Speaker 3 (41:31):
Let them start at the one yard line, right, because
you're four. And then they got to try to get
out of that. You could throw a pick, you could
have a fumble in the end zone. There's so many
things that could happen. Why would you not do that?
Speaker 5 (41:43):
Absolutely? And then flash forward another couple of years. The
Packers are the one seed again, right, they host I
believe they host the Niners. And you'll recall that game.
The Packers could not move the ball at all in
that game.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
And if you remember, I tell me if I'm wrong.
I don't think the forty who was a Garoppolo. I
want to say Garoppolo didn't have a touchdown No.
Speaker 5 (42:08):
Twenty twenty two NFC around thirteen to ten.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
But Garoppolo did he have a touchdown?
Speaker 7 (42:13):
No?
Speaker 2 (42:14):
But that's what I was gonna sun.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
Yeah, they lost the game and thirteen ten Garoppolo didn't
even throw.
Speaker 5 (42:19):
A touchdo Yeah, and again you could argue that was
the best team of the Rogers Lafleor era. Right now
these last three years, I know you got a new
quarterback and it's Jordan Love and you know to be
determined on what his long term outlook is. If the
NFL had not expanded their playoff to seven games, they.
Speaker 2 (42:35):
Wouldn't be in. They would not have been in twenty three,
twenty four, twenty five. Wow, I didn't know they were.
Speaker 5 (42:41):
I don't even straight seasons they have been the seventh seed.
I didn't even realize with all of that young talent,
with the the rabid fan base there in Green Bay,
you have what many believe is a great coach and
an up and coming quarterback.
Speaker 2 (42:55):
Lob G, you're a football fan. I'm gonna say this
to you for real. Yep. You need to go to
Green Bay when the Raiders played there for one time.
Speaker 3 (43:03):
I'm dead serious, just for the experience of what that's like.
Speaker 5 (43:07):
Is it like a college town where everything shuts down
and everyone's.
Speaker 3 (43:10):
At the game because there's not much else around there
and they don't have seats, they have bleachers, so.
Speaker 2 (43:15):
You know, it's old school. It's old school, and it's
cold there.
Speaker 5 (43:20):
I believe that I've been to a game at Mile Wallers.
That's not my high anymore. I have been to the game.
I was freezing.
Speaker 2 (43:25):
You better dress for that. It was terrible.
Speaker 5 (43:27):
And and just to wrap it up real quick on
the floor, there's limping into the playoff or backing in
the way Carolina did, like they lose their last game
and then they ultimately get in still and there is
just falling ass backwards in the way Green Bay has.
They have lost their last four games coming into this postseason,
lost to the Broncos, lost of the Bears, blown out
(43:48):
by the Ravens and a backup quarterback and then they
play nobody in the vikings, the Week eight team.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
They get it anyways.
Speaker 5 (43:53):
So if Matt Lafleur doesn't get it done, I'm like you,
I don't think he's going to. I think the Bear.
I think that pains me to say, is are gonna
win that game?
Speaker 2 (44:02):
I think that will. I could see him getting cause
they getting their receivers back too.
Speaker 5 (44:06):
Right roma doon Day is supposed to be back. DJ Moore,
we'll see, Luther Burden will see. But when you play
a team three times, it usually comes down to coaching.
And I think Ben Johnson has shown, even in this
short amount of time that he's a better coach than
Matt Lafleur.
Speaker 3 (44:21):
All right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven, seven, nine,
nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Speaker 5 (44:27):
Now we want to hear from you, which of these
current coaches in the NFL playoffs, Mike Tom and Sean McDermott,
Matt Lafleur is most likely to get fired here during
this cycle. We want to hear from you eight seven,
seven nine nine six six three six nine eighty seven
seven nine nine nine Fox.
Speaker 2 (44:45):
It is the odd.
Speaker 5 (44:45):
Couple with Rob Parker Rob g right here on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (44:50):
Stick and Stay, Especially if you missed my anime podcast
in the US of A. There we Go. That's one fan,
Get it back.
Thanks for listening to the best of the Odd Couple podcasts.
Be sure to check us out live every weekday from
four to seven pm Pacific seven to ten pm Eastern
on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for The
Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio dot Com, or stream
us every day on the iHeartRadio by searching FSR.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You're listening to the best of the Odd Couple.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
All time, the stuff from changing.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Wow, that pathword.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
You now have full access to this very fun radio
program for the.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Next three hours. I two, not three, not four.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
No matter how you listen in Fox Sports Radio, Foxsports
Radio dot Com, the iHeartRadio app, Serious XM Channel eighty three,
Wow and now Love Good Live YouTube.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Do it live and we'll do it a lot. That's right.
Say my name, Bob Parker, Say his name, Bobby Guherta,
Bobby Guera.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Better known as Rob g What Mexican And we are
indeed the Odd Couple on this TV theme song Thursday.
And you'll need our phone number because we are without question,
the most listener friendly national sports talk radio show.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
On the planet. Rich and Covino on the planet. Ben
Neller at least when people are still awake. I'm sorry
you're right. I forgot. They don't take calls exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Hey, write it down committed to memory, eight seven seven
ninety nine on Fox. For you layman out there can't
figure out the letters.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
And the numbers trigonometry.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
It's eight seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
And if you hear feedback on the line at your
own fault, it means only one thing.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
You forgot to turn down the radio.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
And if you're calling he and ever problem with what
we say to you, tough, because well.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I'm talking to you the way I want to talk
to you. You have a problem, turn off your station.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
That's right. And with all of that said, always remember
the odd Couple was filmed in front of a live audience. Sweetie,
all right, let's go big show.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Let me welcome in my cols today. Bud Mexican. He
is Rob.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I am Butt Mexican. Yeah, U better known as Rob
G or Butt Mexican. There you go, but Mexican to
Calvin is not feeling well.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
So Rob G you sure you didn't pone him too
much yesterday? Rob, I'm just poned. It looked good. Yeah,
it's not a terrible. Oh yeah, anyway, Rob, you know its.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Serious when he calls out for TV because that's where
the real money is.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And so I was like, oh snap, he making money?
Really be down bad?
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Yeah, So hopefully he'll be back tomorrow. We'll see, Yeah,
we hope. So what's happening.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
I'm struggling in these streets right now.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
I'm struggling. You want here doing radio show on four
hundred stations? Can you stop it? What are you struggling about?
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I gotta sit next to you for three hours? That's
what I'm struggling right Alex, me and.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Rob got a lot of pent up frustrations when we do.
You can feel it bubbling over it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
I don't know something. Are we gonna fight it?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Somebody have to get it out. We should do it
that radio row like in front of everybody. And then
and then Nick rec Can put on the graphic like
you did with you and Chris.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Can you guys keep it down over there? That was
the NFL network, Remember that? That was good? Chris and
I at the at the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I don't know what we're doing it with Tom Brady
and we went at it right and so much so
like all the other shows stopped.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
They were like, what are they doing over there.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Yeah, And it was Nick Wright who was hosting a
show for Serious right, and he was directly across from us,
And rather than coming over and say, hey, guys, you
keep it down, they put on the big graphics screen
three hundred feet across. Hey, Parker and Broussard, can you
keep it down over there?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yes, we will keep it down all right. Hey, we
got so much to do, so little time on this
TV theme song Thursday, all excited and again Kelvin.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
We hope that he gets well and he'll be back tomorrow.
That's right. Let's welcome in the odd couple crew.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
We wouldn't be able to do this farm radio program
without him.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Alex is our engineer behind the curtain. He's a hidden talent.
He is You're a hidden talent, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Breed, how are you Vitamin B Vitamin Brie, that's your
new name, Vitamin Brie.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Or if you need a right to the airport, Ubrey, ub.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
That's our ice. How are you, Bree?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
I'm good, guys, happy to be sitting over here. She's
in uh rob G's chair producing screening calls. Will be
nice when you call in.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Weird to have somebody sitting next to me in their
feet touch the ground. That's amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Manzi Blago is at the angle. And at least when
you know I'm introducing and we're all always going to
say her name properly right now, Mancy Bologna is what
exactly you know? Sometimes Kelvin, you know he's on television
flubbing names making money is unbelievable.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Yeah, Monty's already on the YouTube page just looking for
mentions of herself.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Is that right? Manti mant you know what, Listen, I
got called down. So now I'm never going on YouTube again.
Never again.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I've never I got called out on the show like
a few weeks like last weeks.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
I'm never going on again. You're so good, you're good
to make a fake account.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
The legitimate comment just came in Bri and Mancy on
the same show All Cats.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I used to pray for afternoons like this.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
See we're still praying for them for consistent afternoon drive
like this.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Oh can you wait five years?
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Maybe I mean, I mean, I mean take you out
before that. Oh wow, just kidding round, I'm just getting yes.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
And of course, uh saga is our social media.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Google's dropping my man.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Saga put out a video, a proof of performance video.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
You saw did you see Alex or you didn't see it? Yeah,
he did a great job. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
It probably could have been like an hour long, but
that doesn't work on social because it was all of
my correct NFL picks this year, Rob G, even you
the most. He's my harsh just critics, Rob G. He
is you just got to give it up.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
That's why I'm so frustrated, is because you are having
like the season of a lifetime, like this is what
was it the year that Michael Jordan was like Defensive
Player of the Year things scoring title and the NBA
like a relax saying some of the rest.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Of us, you've won enough.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
You've been in like four Hall of Fames, and you've
gotten seven of the your hottest takes correct.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Already, it's gonna be all bad at the player. All right, Hey,
let's go.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
We got a lot to get to and again we
want to hear from you on this TV theme.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
So on Thursday eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox,
let's go.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Here, Rob G for the game thirty minutes from now
exactly the semifinals, right, sir, We got ole Miss in Miami,
so we're all looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
But uh, people still calling out Lane Kiffin.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Yes, sir, now Lane Kiffin leading into these playoffs. You know,
he left for LSU on the eve, on the doorstep
of the playoff. Little did we know that ole Miss
would win two playoff games get to this point.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Now they're playing in the semi final.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
And one of the big stories coming into it was
we talked about on the show. Lane Kiffin wanted to
finish out the season with ole Miss for gwinn LSU.
He asked them during their meetings and they said, no,
I know I'm leaving, but I want to finish what
I started with these guys, let me coach out the
rest of the season. They said, no, hell no, you
cannot do it. But he graciously still allowed several of
(07:47):
his assistants to coach to the rest of the wall.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
He could have said, no, could have said, and why
why were they okay with them even.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
Though they leading exactly Well flash forward to tonight and
even though before the playoff I've started, Kiffing allowed five
of his assistants to coach through the rest of the way,
only two are left on the staff.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
For Ole Miss tonight.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
That would be offensive coordinator Charlie Wise, junior running backs
coach Kevin Smith. And there's one former college football coach,
one Jimbo Fisher, who really hated that decision.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Take a listen. It's selfish, that's what it is. It's stupid.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
And because here's why I say that, he wanted a
coach and thought he didn't get his way. So everybody
get on the plane with me. You don't have a job,
all right, And he makes them all go. Then he
gets down there and takes a pr hit because it
looks bad that you really don't care about the kids.
Then he says, okay, you can go back. But here's
where he screwed up.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
He thought they were gonna lose.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
He thought they were gonna lose a Georgia and the
portal thing was all over with and it was gonna
be all over with. He said, oh, I'll look like
a hero. Now he's got a egg on his face
because the real lane came back out, you know what
I'm saying. And he's and if those guys were allowed
to coach a first game, they should be allowed to
coach you four. Because those guys are doing those kids
are doing something that you get one time in your
life to or do literally that team and those guys
one time. And as a coach, listen, I know I've
(09:02):
left a job.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
I'll get that.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
But if you took them on, took them off, said
they're never coming back, that's fine. You set the rules
of the game. You don't change the rules in the
middle of the game. And as a coach, it's hurting
the kids and it pisses me off.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
What a hypocrite? Did you hear? A hypocrite?
Speaker 5 (09:15):
There?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
I left the job. Yeah, you did a couple times.
A couple times. You fraud, you phony. You guys kill
me your chance to dump on Lane Kiffin. Guess what,
rob G. He was there for six years. He built
this team. It's not his fault that the college football
(09:38):
Tom Clark and schedule is a bad one. He had
no choice the way it's set up. He's not the
first guy to do that. And he offered to stay
let me finish the season out. The school got their
penties in a bunch after he finally put together a team.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Rob G, to give them a chance.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
If you don't want anything to do with Lane Kiffin,
why are you using his assistance or leaving with him.
They're not coming back. It doesn't even make any sense.
And then you're trying to make him out the bad guy.
I hope oh Miss loses tonight. I hope they lose.
And then I want to hear what they gotta say.
(10:21):
Oh ain't givin no no. He went and took a
better job. He didn't take an equal job, Rob g
or you know where. He just kind of made a
lateral move. LSU has way more resources and gives them
a real opportunity to win a national championship. This is
a beautiful story, but it ain't Lane Kiffin. He didn't
make the rules and make the timetable and offered to stay.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
The school. They wanted to be big and bad.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
If you were so big and bad, you would say
take your assistance too, But they even knew they couldn't
do that. So they're using the guys that he hired,
he helped to coach him and coach up and develop,
and now they want to act like.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
He's the bad guy.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
I hope you'll lose, Old Miss spot on, Rob, You're
so right, you can't turn the left, And I know
that's disappointed to the odd mob. They want me to
come out of your neck all rested. Don't say that, Alex.
They want me to go at you all afternoon. And
it's like, look, there are certain things unfortunately we're gonna
agree with, and in this case, you are one thousand
percent correct. And even going back to this whole thing
about how Jimbo Fisher saying, hey, well, why would you
(11:25):
let him coach one game and out the other game?
And it's like, bro, if you break up with your
wife and you need a place to crash, hey, come
crash in my place, No big deal.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
That does not mean indefinitely.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
Why, It does not mean you can stay there forever
while you figure it out with your lady. Friend, It's
not gonna do that way. Lane Kiffin did you a
favor and said, hey, you're not gonna let me coach.
I disagree with thin. He's a dumb decision, but I
respect your decision. You want to use some of my
assistants so that you have some kind of well, first,
let them stay so that they could stay in the playoff, right,
(11:55):
because they thought if they all left they might drop
out of the rings completely. He says, I'll let you
have them. You have some kind of synergy into this postseason.
I think it'll give you the best chance to win.
That was a month ago, now, right, you know what's
happened in a month in the world of college football.
We talked about it yesterday. You had four thousand players
jumping into the portal.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Thank you. You had a player.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Yesterday at you dubbed that we talked about sign an
nil deal.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Try to back out of it. Enter the transfer portal.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Now it's being blocked by Washington, unfortunately for Ole Miss,
for LSU, for every college football program in the country.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
The way the calendar is.
Speaker 5 (12:32):
Right now, it behooves Lane Kiffin to have his staffers
with him so that he doesn't lose seventy five percent
of his roster that portal, so that he could get
ahead start on finding his next quarterback, which that man
be allowed on the stay exactly. And to be quite
honest with you, their current quarterback, Chambliss is a guy.
(12:52):
He wants to bring out you, or try to. You
don't think that he would be in his best interest,
Say hey, you know what, I really want that kid
him out, Charlie. Watching you come back over here, because
we need to find a different quarterback. They're not letting
us get the one that we want. Of course it
would help him do that, but instead they're making him
out to be this villain for wanting to put his
(13:14):
future in front of what happened in the past. And
that's not fair to anybody. If you weren't at another
company and you leave, do they expect you to be like, Hey,
I know that you left us, but you'd really be
doing us a favor of if you did X, Y
and Z. No, that's that's irresponsible. That's that's not fair
to expect the new employee to do that.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
No, and they make it like he made the rules.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
The Jimbo Fisher interviews terrible to me because when he
said that, where's the host to jump in and say, Yeah,
you did leave your kids on a lurch, didn't you?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Why are you now ripping Lane Kiffin? Didn't you do
the same thing? Do you know what I mean? Oh? Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
The reason that it was okay with you is because
your team wasn't going to the or you were. Your
team wasn't good enough, you know, but you still walked
out on your kids for a new deal. Come on, man,
they've all done it. Rob g to make Lane Kiffin.
If you don't like Lang Kiffin, that's fine, and I
get it. He comes with some baggage from other places.
But am I wrong?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
On h that's fine? Sixt years of seven.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
You can absolutely not like Lane Kiffin as a person,
and I totally he's done some some scumbag type of
stuff throughout his ten years. I get a coach both
at the pro level and in the college level, but
in this instance, to try to make it out like
he's the bad guy is off base, no.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Doubt, all right?
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven, seven, nine,
nine six sixty three sixteen, Go ahead read the teas.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
Is it off base to Carl Lane Kiffin selfish? Is
Jimbo Fisher being a hypocrite in the situation? Eight seven
seven nine nine six six three six nine eight seven
seven nine O Fox, It is the odd couple with
Rob Parker and me Rob G on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Stick And it's kind of weird not hearing Rob say
in the us of a there it is.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Our number two, Rob G. How does that make you feel?
You heard your name? I never heard that.
Speaker 5 (15:11):
It's pretty cool. Wow, And I know that for a
long time. Alice, you know this pulling back the curtain.
They couldn't put my name on the schedule or in
the update or in the intro because other people didn't
like it.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Which people I can't say who it was.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Oh, Alex, don't do that. Okay, you've me no longer
with us, Alex. We need five more years, okay five. Yes,
you can't do anything.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
You're tripping. You can't go anywhere do anything for five years.
We got to talk. If you want five okay, it
give you it.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
Give you six months. No, he won't give you that,
all right, be sure, but to hear your name on
it USK. Oh yeah, that is pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Be sure to check out the brand new YouTube channel
you're watching us and it's real simple. Just search Odd
Couple FSR on YouTube. That's right again, that's Odd Couple
fss are. Just search and subscribe. You'll be able to
watch the show simulcast, listen to it and all that
and much more. As we know, the Fiesta Bowl's going
(16:03):
on a SEI final here for the college football championship
and Rob, do you got an update?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Yeah, we got an update.
Speaker 5 (16:10):
The Hurricanes shout out to Michael Evering and they're driving
right now. It's third and three they're inside the red zone.
They've already co written a fourth down once minimum. Looks
like they' getting a field goal here, but hopefully they
can cash it in for six and get on the board.
And before we get to this next topic, Rob, which
I know that you've been chomping at the bit for
all week because you text me about it. Yes, we've
(16:30):
been saving it. Can I read some of the odd
mob the YouTube being comments that we got coming. Oh,
let me just say this. Monty's not allowed to work
on the show anymore. Why not because it turned into
a reverse thirst trap. People don't even spell her name correctly.
They put David Jackson, put Montsey m O n t
SI all caps with exclamations.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
This has been going on her whole life, Am I right?
M O N s E. Yeah, no, I'm not offended. Yeah,
my whole life.
Speaker 6 (17:00):
I've been dealing with my name.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
So that's fine.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
No, hell uts.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Some of the other comics that make you feel the
hobo man says manci looks like my typical hinge of date.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Damn, you must have some great dates. Then there you go, hinge,
what is that? Uh, here's another one coming in? You
can say on Grinder, Rubin. I think you would do
well there, Robi, you're so tall. Can we make you
an account if you don't have much a thumbs up?
We can put that picture you just took with the shirt. Yes,
that'll be your profile picture of Grinder. Come on, you
(17:29):
would get so much activity? Would you stop? And then
here's another one, unhinged. Can I go unhinged? Uh?
Speaker 5 (17:36):
This is mister Gomer. But when I first read, I
thought it said mister gooner. I'm gonna choose called mister gooner.
It says a nice shirt, Mancy. That shirt is fire.
Take off that odd couple stuff?
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Yeah, how could you see this shirt underneath the odd
couple stuff?
Speaker 5 (17:50):
Whoa, that's why Mancy's not allowed to bring you're doing
updates from now on. Manci is not no longer allowed
on the IIC. It's unbelievable. They don't want to They
wanted to take off our odd couple stuff.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Don't get jealous because you don't work on a radio show,
you don't have gear.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
I think you should auction yours as game warn By
the way, everybody that's from the that's from year two.
I think we can sign it. Donate it we could.
Speaker 5 (18:16):
I was telling Rob, I have the Year one one
with Christmas Rest in peace, Deb Carson, rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Me to that one. I don't I.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Keep that one with the hood and the zipper on
purpose that that's going to be in the rafters in
the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 7 (18:28):
I legit could do an auction with all the ones
you've given us, Rob, I have like ten, so you
have that many?
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Yeah? Wow, got the new backpack? The new one? Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
I would just say that the new one is a
sweater with a zipper, right, I mean, that's fresh.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
It's like fleece too, in case I want to be fancy.
It's it's pretty nice, it's pretty cool. It's like a
sweater vest it is.
Speaker 5 (18:46):
But all good, all look great in San Francisco wearing that.
Just three dudes walking around with matching sweaters. Yes, can
you imagine?
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Yeah, we're gonna get Yeah, okay, I don't know about
all that. I don't know either.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Don't forget coming up in about twenty five minutes, Uh,
Antonio Daniels. Of course, NBA Champ Serious XM Radio, Pelicans
TV analysts, and of course Fox Sports Radio NBA analysts.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
We also have a shop talk. So we got a
lot of good stuff to get to here.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
An hour number two on the Odd Couple with Rob
Parker and Rob G Rob Gara in.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
For kelvin Washington. We hope he improves and he'll be here, hope.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
So. I hope so because it's fun doing the show.
But I don't like sitting next to you. No, if
thats us think no, I'd rather sit over there. I
feel like I can yell at you and be more
forceful behind the glass than close, and.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
I can reach you over here if you yell us.
You're eleven feet tall, I know just about. So we
need a footcam for Rob g. Nobody wants to hang
out with me if.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
I stand up on the same high which is embarrassing.
It is the super Bowl, I believe, playoff eve in
the NFL. Right, we're about forty eight hours from the
first games kicking off on Saturday. And usually this is
the time of the year Rob, where everyone's like, well,
make your super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Everybody's been asking me to give me your super Bowl.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
Even this security guys are asking of what the super
Bowl prediction is. And usually if you're like me, what
your prediction is isn't always what you want to see,
right because you're like, this is what I think is
gonna happen. I think these are the best teams, even
though I would prefer to see this team or this
guy or this coach wins because a better story.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
But if you're Rob Parker and you host.
Speaker 5 (20:20):
A national radio show and your slogan is if I'm writing,
I'm ripping, there we go.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Everything is from the negative point of not everything.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Everything they tell me I'm too positive with Aaron Rodgers
not negative.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
He's the only one like him and Lamar Jackson. So
on Sunday afternoon, Rob texts me, Rob, G, I got
a great take. First, we're gonna do it this week
on the show. Give us the super Bowl teams that
you don't want to be in the super Bowl. Who
do you not want to see win a championship? Rob,
this is your baby. You've been sitting on it for
seventy two hours. Who are the teams you do not
(20:54):
want to see? Howiston Lombardy in three weeks in Santa Clara.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
All Right, Well, in the it's tough in the NFC
because there's two uh that I'm not that thrilled.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
About Okay, we got the two. Who are they?
Speaker 3 (21:10):
The Los Angeles Rams? You hate Matt Stafford that much?
On in sad who said I hated him? I don't
hate him?
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Is it because it would ruin your stat Patford Moniker
that you've made so much money.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Off of UH and the Seahawks and Sam Donald? Sam Donald?
Speaker 5 (21:29):
You would rather okay, so Rob playing that you would
rather see Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers in the
Super Bowl?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Is that all the options?
Speaker 5 (21:36):
No, I'm just saying you're saying, these are the two
teams the NFC. I don't want to see it in
the super.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
Bowl, but I have to pick one because I can't
do both. Yeah, you're fat sitting. I'm asking you, Yes,
who are you talking? Pick one? We don't do fence
sitting on the odd couple if I do.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
If I have to, I'm gonna say the Los Angeles Rams?
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Why?
Speaker 3 (21:58):
And I saw them at the end of the year.
I know that they've had this year and all the stats.
Matthew Stafford has put together a ton of stats. What
he got forty six touchdowns and all that, and Pook
Pocas had had an unbelievable year. But we saw that
stumble against Atlanta. We saw that second half against Seattle
(22:22):
in the game they should have easily won.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Rob g up thirty to fourteen.
Speaker 5 (22:26):
Maybe they should have won BLEWI think they had like
a ninety one percent chances was sixteen point lead in
the fourth quarter, not the second half. In the fourth quarter,
it was bad.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
It was really bad, And I think I don't want
to see.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
And this is where I'm gonna be honest. Can I
pull the curtain all the way back? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I think Matthew Stafford would get an unfair rewriting of
his career if they were able to win.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Okay, and one thing he deserves, right. What I mean
by that is.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
They already went to the Super Bowl before he got there.
They already had the pieces parts, they had the infrastructure.
It was already set up for him. He wins the
first Super Bowl robed Gee. How many interceptions did he
have in the Super Bowls? Because you remember he didn't
even win Super Bowl MVP.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Arredy Cooper Cup.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
He had two interceptions in that Super Bowl. He also
had a big one that was dropped in the NFC. Right, Okay,
they won. I'm not taking anything away from them, And
I think when you have a guy who was never
up for All Pro his career right all pro, only
made three Pro Bowls in seventeen years as a quarterback
(23:43):
in the NFL. And all of those stats that people
point to were stats that I watched as meaningless stats.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
That's why he has a nickname.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
What was trending Sunday in his final game against the
against the Cardinals stat Patford? Why why would that be
trending for a guy who's going into the Hall of Fame,
a Hall of Fame quarterback?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Why would that be trending? Because he was lighting up.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
A bad team because he was padding stats exactly. He
was trying to win the MVP in Week eight team exactly,
and it worked because he now he's the favorite and
playing against But I don't know what's automatic, But I
mean like it in some people's eyes, the stat padding.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Works, right.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
But but but if you really looked at it in
those other two games where it was really important, it
didn't happen. And he had that really bad three interception
game against the Falcons. So I think, uh, that would
be uh, that would be one team and the second
would be the Broncos. In the AFC don't want to
(24:48):
see the Broncos. And that's because I think Sean Payton
is too smug. Sean Payton, the way he traded treated
Russell Wilson really bothered me. The way he disrespected him
and what that guy had done in the league, Rob
g And remember.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
People make it like he's a genius in he invented football.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
He's also the guy who suspended over bounty gates, sending
his players out to hurt.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Talk about that.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Nobody talks about that with Sean Payton. So I'm not
a Sean Payton guy and I'm not a Matt Stafford gud.
So those are the two if I could say two
teams I don't want to get to the super Bowl
because it enhances their story. Sean Payton's already won one
super Bowl, Matt's already won one. If those guys get
(25:33):
another one and changes the conversation and the narrative.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Okay, So if I've removed the Caroline Pat That's why
I was giving her time with Pat because I don't
think they have to be the playoffs, right because there
came nine, but they beat.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
The Rams down there with but then.
Speaker 5 (25:47):
They also lost a winner take all game and still
got in because of some back door back door with
the Falcons, So take them off the table. I'm with
you on the Broncos in the AFC. I do not
other than the Sean payn stuff, which used eloquently put
I'm not a Sean Payton guy.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
You've known that for a while.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
I don't need to see the twenty sixth rated quarterback
and the middle of the road offense in the Super
Bowl in a game that's gonna be thirteen to seven
and you're gonna win on the last second, field go
one way or the other. Like if you watch football
and you don't just look at the end, I know
what you say is short menu wins and losses. If
you watch football, you cannot stay with the straight face.
Denver Broncos are the best team in the AFL.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
They had a lot of that Chiefs magic for yeah
ago where everybody knew watching the games.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
They weren't good and we and did we not say
that all year with the Chiefs.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Last year, I was like, dude, they're not gonna win
a Super Bowl play like this.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
Even the people who picked the Chiefs to win, which
I was one of them, I was, I fell for it.
It was just because how am I going to pick
against a team that's find these weird ways to win
all s. It wasn't because objectively I thought they were
the best.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Team, because they weren't.
Speaker 5 (26:52):
It was because I'm like, hey, they got this kind
of juju that I can't make sense of, and if
I pick against them, I'm gonna look stupid because they've
been winning these stupid games all see along and then
what happened and they got blown out because the team
didn't fall for them exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
So that's them in the AFC, in the NFC.
Speaker 5 (27:07):
I'm in to hear this one the forty nine ers, really,
because Rob Parker's not the only one in America who
doesn't like Kyle Shannon. Doesn't think he's all that great.
We talk about this stat all the time on this show.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
This is a crazy stat.
Speaker 5 (27:20):
There have been sevent teams to give up ten plus
point leads in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Shout out to Mansie.
Speaker 5 (27:26):
Kyle Shanahan has been involved in three of those games,
including the offensive coordinator for the biggest blone lead ever
twenty to three.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
And the two second tied for the second.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
Biggest blown leads ten points in the fourth quarter, both
as head coach against the nine against Chiefs, right, and
then again in the second in the fourth court, both
both against the Chiefs. Both sorry, And this is my
favorite stat of the of the whole thing. In those
three Super Bowls that he was a part of as
the OC and head coach. Two when San Francisco won
in Atlanta, Kyle Shannhan's teams have been outscored a fifty
(28:00):
eight to twelve in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Fifty eight. He that's just he's an offensive genius. Day
told me so.
Speaker 5 (28:05):
That tells me no matter what's going on in that game,
if the San Fransco forty nine ers get there and
they take on Josh Allen and the Bills, or they
take on Justin Herbert or c. J. Stroud, whatever, Kyle
Shannan is gonna find a way to melt down in
the fourth quarter like he always does. And instead of
us celebrating CJ. Stroud or Josh Allen or whoever it is,
(28:30):
we're gonna be talking about see, Kyle Shanahan did it again.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Did it again?
Speaker 5 (28:33):
He blew another one, And it's gonna take a little
bit of the shine away from the team that actually won,
because the story is gonna be Kyle Shanahan fumbles it
away for the fourth time.
Speaker 3 (28:44):
All Right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight
seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Only pick one. We want you to come in with
one team.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
One team and the reason why you don't want to
see them in the Super Bowl. We just gave you
a couple, both AFC and NFC, but we want you
to pick one, either one. It doesn't matter. Any team
you want to pick, We'll do that. It is the
odd couple. On a TV theme song Thursday, Rob Parker
(29:14):
Rob Garra, better known as Rob g in for Kelvin
Washington right here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
And you know what you need to do, stick and
stay America our number three.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
On a TV theme song Thursday, Rob Parker, Rob Garra,
better known as Rob g our producer filling in for
Kelvin is under the weather. Hopefully Kelvin will be back tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (29:42):
Appreciate you being here even if he's back. Do you
expect them to be here do I?
Speaker 2 (29:48):
Yeah? No, tomorrow be at home? Yeah yeah, but you
know what I mean. Back on the show. He's not
gonna be here for the cheesecakes. My birthday on Saturday.
We're gonna have cheesecake tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (29:56):
Four pounds of cheesecake coming here?
Speaker 2 (29:58):
Is that? How big of a hair? Four pounds? Four pounds?
Really bulking season, Rob, And that was way cheaper than
getting a slice or equal all right, almost the same, right,
at the same price as one slice? Mind me? Just
scored again? Yeah, yes, sir, cocaine sixteen to ten pending
the extra points. It is Michael Irvan When you need it,
I know it is the odd couple again.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
And with the iHeartRadio app, you can stream us wherever
you happen to be. Catch us and all the Fox
Sports Radio shows live twenty four to seven in the
new and improved iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Just search Fox Sports.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Radio in the app and stream us live all day
every day, and be sure to select Fox Sports Radio
as one of your presets in the iHeartRadio app so
it will always pop up at the top of your screen.
Don't forget the reason you listen on Thursday Ty Shirt's
Tower of Trivia and legendary Miami Hurricanes audition.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
So there you go, We'll do that.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
We also have last Call if you couldn't get in,
Rob g on some topics earlier. You'll have that opportunity,
and I do want to take this time to just
say thanks. You know we we do appreciate you, and
that's why you know this robbed you. When we started
this show, we wanted to make sure that we made
it listener friendly. Listeners can be involved in the show.
(31:17):
You can claim this as your show. I know a
lot of shows talk on purpose. It was all right
on purpose. We were like a lot of shows talk
at you and you really can't get in. You can't
you know, be heard or whatever. We're here for you
to be able to not only listen to us, but
also chime in. You know, we want to hear what
you have to say from time to time, and we
(31:38):
don't think we go overboard on call just enough.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
And not even just on calls on the YouTube. We
want you to chime me because we're unlike a lot
of shows, we are going to read the comments, including
dating back to our number two. We did a segment
talking about the best endings in TV and film history.
So some people try. People are really anxious about this one. Okay,
so here's one. Scott Lewis, Cheers was an awesome way
(32:01):
to end just.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
We are closed. Yep. No, that was a good way.
That was good, and then it.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Comes Sometimes you can overthink it. That's what problems like,
oh we gotta have this dynamite crazy ending.
Speaker 5 (32:11):
You have people talking about these ones that overrated. Terry
Wilson says The Walking Dead was overrated with their ending.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
I think that in general it's overrated.
Speaker 5 (32:20):
And then Alex Hill appreciate this one. Somebody went out
of their way onto our YouTube page to ask this,
whatever happened to the anime podcast?
Speaker 2 (32:31):
Alex he's the listener, He's the one. You got seven
listeners it is?
Speaker 7 (32:37):
Does he want to know what really happened? Yes, Hollywood
gut involved. Oh and when they put money into that stuff,
it gets bad. Like I said, when I saw Megan
the Stallion doing the Awards show, time for me to leave.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
You had to get out of it on my place.
They're gonna bring it back actually might. Okay, So nod
you said that. That's a tease. He's not.
Speaker 5 (32:55):
He's not above Hollywood's money, all right. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
I'm a fluffer. What do you want? And a damn
good one. The way he said it, the way he
said it, it just felt weird. What hey, I'm just
looking at it. Even Breeze like that was just show.
Speaker 5 (33:17):
That was almost as bad as when he said he
put barbecue sauce on her back.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Do you remember that one, bree you got barbecue sauce
on your back? No, here's a tow. Yeah, here's this
hot seat appearance. You got all that barbecue sauce in
your back? Like it off Because.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Whenever we do the hotson we'd always say like, you're
a piece of meat on the grill, now on the grill,
and we always say.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Okay, yeah, don't will you explain yourself? It sounds worse.
It got worse, Rob, stop everything. I can't say anything.
Every time I say something, I mean, all right, we
got it, all right.
Speaker 5 (33:51):
It is the eye couple, Rob Parker right there, Rob
g that's me sitting here for Kevin Washington over here.
It is the couple on Fox Sports Radio keeping an
eye on this college football playoff semi final. Canes up
seventeen to ten, about two minutes left the gun.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
Don't know who scored, but he was wide open.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
And that's been the case of this game. A lot
of big plays on both sides. I know Ole Miss
has been struggling, but they popped a seventy three yard
touchdown run.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
And outside of that.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
Though, Miami has really dominated this game, and it's surprising
that it's only seventeen to ten.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Rob, Yeah, I mean I picked Miami.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
Uh this is where ole miss gets off, you know
what I mean? As far as uh this run here
without this magical run, this is their exit. I mean,
they got what they won two games, so I mean
I give them credit. Without your coach or whatever, you're
you're a step away, a game away, and away from
getting to the National champions.
Speaker 5 (34:42):
And you know, we always say that the stats don't
always tell the story, but sometimes they do. Miami total
yards two thirty to one twelve. Miami on third and
fourth down is six of nine ole Missus oh of three.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Yeah, I mean it's only a seven point right. They
are an.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Interception of you know, return a bloop in the blast
a bloop we say in baseball.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (35:04):
As far as getting back into it, So this game's
not over, but yes, Miami has dominated.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
So far, Yes, sir, So let's get back the NFL playoffs.
Speaker 5 (35:14):
Getting kicked up, sticking it for well, going to the
NFL and the big story on Thursday and how big
it is, but that Mike McDaniel got fired, right, even
though a lot of us could kind of see it
coming the way the season ended, you know, the dysfunction
with the team. Everybody was missing meetings, falling asleep, showing
up late, and he never did anything about it to
(35:35):
what was talking about a lack of leadership. Then he
gets benched. So to see Mike McDaniel getting fired wasn't
that much of a shocker. In fact, Jay Glazer Fox
Sports NFL Insider had a whole bit on Sunday before
Black Monday talking about which coaches were on the hot
seat and could get their walking papers relatively quickly. Here's
(35:58):
who he had on his graphic on coaches to keep
an eye. He said, time will tell. John Harbaugh fired,
Jonathan Gannon fired, Raheem Morris fired, Mike McDaniel, fired, Todd Bowles.
Apparently he's gonna stay right. So those are the guys,
and he could have been fired because they had a
(36:18):
bad finish, sure, but those are teams that missed the playoffs.
Until it would make sense why those guys would go.
He had three other names on that list though, of
teams that are currently in the playoffs as of right now,
Mike mctomlin, Mike Mike Tomlin, Sean McDermot, and Buffalo Matt
(36:38):
Lafleur with the Packers. So, rob I ask you this,
of those guys, could we say Todd Bowles is off
the table, he's gonna stay.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
Three other man's left. Yeah, I just don't see Tom Bowles.
Speaker 5 (36:48):
Three names left and they're all in the postseason, Tomlin, Leafloor, McDermott.
Who's the next coach to get fired?
Speaker 3 (36:59):
It would be easy to say Mike Tomlin, but they
just won the division, which I don't think anybody thought
right coming into the season. He was the one who
had the love affair with Aaron Rodgers. It could have
been a disaster, Robb G. Instead, Aaron Rodgers went ten
and five in his fifteen stars, right, So I think
it's hard to look at Mike Tomlin. And the last
(37:20):
piece is that they just don't fire coaches, rob G.
They just don't had three coaches in the last sixty
years or fifty eight, fifty five years, whatever it is.
They believe in job security in Pittsburgh. It's a family
owned business. It's not there it's not a corporation, you
know what I mean, So they wouldn't have twenty eight jobs,
Rob If you got one job to be there, that's right.
(37:43):
But Sean McDermott is the guy to me who I
think is in jeopardy because if you look at the AFC,
no Ma Holmes, no Lamar, you got to defending MVP.
(38:06):
If you're not gonna get there this year, Rob Ge,
when are you gonna get there? And that's why I
think it's a hard sell to continue to go with
Sean McDermott. He's been there. How many years we got
now with Sean McDermott a lot. He's been through several coordinators, That's.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
What I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (38:22):
Like he's been there, you can't keep doing the same
thing and be expecting different outcomes, and you would look
and go the path is clear. I left out Joe Burrow, right,
No Joe Burrow, no Mahomes, no Lamar. It's a clean
(38:44):
slate in the AFC. Why not Buffalo. They've been waiting
to try to win a championship since Moby Dick was
a guy.
Speaker 5 (38:53):
I was gonna say the Louisiana purchase, all.
Speaker 3 (38:55):
Right, one of the two but you get my point.
So I'm gonna say, Sean McDermott, where are you.
Speaker 5 (39:00):
That's not a bad guess for all the reasons you stated,
because if not now, then when, Like the landscape has
never been more wide open for Buffalo than it is
this season, and this is not even the best team
of that run, right, Like, sometimes it works out the
way you know that covering sports, you know since the
Louisiana purchase, you go, that's an escrow, right that the
(39:22):
best team or your best team isn't always the one
that breaks through. Sometimes your best team has a heartbreaker
in the championship semi final, right, or you lose in
Game seven in a heartbreak, and then you come back
the next year and even though your team might not
be better than it was a year before key injury, there
(39:42):
still might want the playoffs shakes out a certain way
you make a run. Aaron Rodgers' best teams never won
the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (39:48):
They were fifteen and one. One year the Yeah and
the yeunit they won.
Speaker 5 (39:53):
They were wild six seed wild card, right, So this
could be that year you would think for Buffalo and
if it and I could see him getting fired. But
the guy that I think is most likely to get
the acts at the end of this run here in
February is Matt laflor in Green Bay, Okay.
Speaker 3 (40:11):
And the reason in that that makes sense, and I
want you to explain more, But the reason it makes
sense is he's looking for a contract extension and they
didn't give him one before season.
Speaker 5 (40:23):
Starter correct exactly, And depending on who you follow, whatever
insider that you like, the reason why his current contract
is set to end at the end of twenty twenty
six and why they have not given him an extension
yet is because they want to see how he does
in the postseason. Because, as we just alluded to, Aaron
(40:43):
Rodgers had some great teams with Matt Lafleur, won a
couple of MVPs with Matt Lafloor, and somehow, some way
kept finding ways to blow games. Tom Brady threw three
second half interceptions in the NFC Championship game and the
Packers still could not win at home.
Speaker 3 (41:00):
And if you really think about it, and when they
do the doc on Aaron Rodgers, them kicking a field
goal rather than going for the exact down, and Matt
Lafloyd that was his call. YEP, was the dumbest thing
I ever saw. I thought that was. I just couldn't
believe it. I still would rather him going in completion.
(41:20):
Whatever they played him were. And then they were at
the one yard line and have to go the other way, right,
It doesn't make any rob g.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
It doesn't make any sense. You want you want to
get the ball back?
Speaker 3 (41:31):
Let them start at the one yard line, right, because
you're four. And then they got to try to get
out of that. You could throw a pick, you could
have a fumble in the end zone. There's so many
things that could happen. Why would you not do that?
Speaker 5 (41:43):
Absolutely? And then flash forward another couple of years. The
Packers are the one seed again, right, they host I
believe they host the Niners. And you'll recall that game.
The Packers could not move the ball at all in
that game.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
And if you remember, I tell me if I'm wrong.
I don't think the forty who was a Garoppolo. I
want to say Garoppolo didn't have a touchdown No.
Speaker 5 (42:08):
Twenty twenty two NFC around thirteen to ten.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
But Garoppolo did he have a touchdown?
Speaker 7 (42:13):
No?
Speaker 2 (42:14):
But that's what I was gonna sun.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
Yeah, they lost the game and thirteen ten Garoppolo didn't
even throw.
Speaker 5 (42:19):
A touchdo Yeah, and again you could argue that was
the best team of the Rogers Lafleor era. Right now
these last three years, I know you got a new
quarterback and it's Jordan Love and you know to be
determined on what his long term outlook is. If the
NFL had not expanded their playoff to seven games, they.
Speaker 2 (42:35):
Wouldn't be in. They would not have been in twenty three,
twenty four, twenty five. Wow, I didn't know they were.
Speaker 5 (42:41):
I don't even straight seasons they have been the seventh seed.
I didn't even realize with all of that young talent,
with the the rabid fan base there in Green Bay,
you have what many believe is a great coach and
an up and coming quarterback.
Speaker 2 (42:55):
Lob G, you're a football fan. I'm gonna say this
to you for real. Yep. You need to go to
Green Bay when the Raiders played there for one time.
Speaker 3 (43:03):
I'm dead serious, just for the experience of what that's like.
Speaker 5 (43:07):
Is it like a college town where everything shuts down
and everyone's.
Speaker 3 (43:10):
At the game because there's not much else around there
and they don't have seats, they have bleachers, so.
Speaker 2 (43:15):
You know, it's old school. It's old school, and it's
cold there.
Speaker 5 (43:20):
I believe that I've been to a game at Mile Wallers.
That's not my high anymore. I have been to the game.
I was freezing.
Speaker 2 (43:25):
You better dress for that. It was terrible.
Speaker 5 (43:27):
And and just to wrap it up real quick on
the floor, there's limping into the playoff or backing in
the way Carolina did, like they lose their last game
and then they ultimately get in still and there is
just falling ass backwards in the way Green Bay has.
They have lost their last four games coming into this postseason,
lost to the Broncos, lost of the Bears, blown out
(43:48):
by the Ravens and a backup quarterback and then they
play nobody in the vikings, the Week eight team.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
They get it anyways.
Speaker 5 (43:53):
So if Matt Lafleur doesn't get it done, I'm like you,
I don't think he's going to. I think the Bear.
I think that pains me to say, is are gonna
win that game?
Speaker 2 (44:02):
I think that will. I could see him getting cause
they getting their receivers back too.
Speaker 5 (44:06):
Right roma doon Day is supposed to be back. DJ Moore,
we'll see, Luther Burden will see. But when you play
a team three times, it usually comes down to coaching.
And I think Ben Johnson has shown, even in this
short amount of time that he's a better coach than
Matt Lafleur.
Speaker 3 (44:21):
All right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven, seven, nine,
nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Speaker 5 (44:27):
Now we want to hear from you, which of these
current coaches in the NFL playoffs, Mike Tom and Sean McDermott,
Matt Lafleur is most likely to get fired here during
this cycle. We want to hear from you eight seven,
seven nine nine six six three six nine eighty seven
seven nine nine nine Fox.
Speaker 2 (44:45):
It is the odd.
Speaker 5 (44:45):
Couple with Rob Parker Rob g right here on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (44:50):
Stick and Stay, Especially if you missed my anime podcast
in the US of A. There we Go. That's one fan,
Get it back.
Hosts And Creators
kelvin washington
Rob Parker
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman
How do the smartest marketers and business entrepreneurs cut through the noise? And how do they manage to do it again and again? It's a combination of math—the strategy and analytics—and magic, the creative spark. Join iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman as he analyzes the Math and Magic of marketing—sitting down with today's most gifted disruptors and compelling storytellers.