March 11, 2025 • 37 mins
Doug talks about Championship Week and offers up a way to improve conference tournaments. Doug welcomes former Pro-Bowl receiver and current FSR host TJ Houshmandzadeh onto the show to break down NFL Free Agency movement. Plus, Isaac Lowenkron takes Doug through a game of "Rank'Em".
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 1 (00:45):
Good? To talk to you? Yeah, And the Doug Gottlieb
Show broadcast live and direct from that tyrack dot com studios,
t judgments out. It's gonna join me in twenty five minutes.
We'll talk about some of this free agency stuff. We
got some Cooper Cup stuff to do, discuss. John Middelkop's
gonna join us. We have a good amount, good amount
(01:07):
of NFL per ever, and as you listen to these updates,
you know that this stuff's coming fast and furious, whether
it's signings, trades, or releases with free agency upon us.
I do want to start with Championship week because not
just because I'm a Division one coach and obviously we're
watching at home and our women's program, the Green Bay Phoenix.
(01:32):
They just won their twenty second consecutive game and beat
Purdue Fort Wayne for a second consecutive time in in
a week, you know, a week and a half. Yeah,
week and a half. Anyway, So they are going to
the NCAA tournament. Kayla Carris, who's in her first year,
returning home to a place that she played. She's got
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seven seniors. They're awesome anyway, they're winning. So again there's
there's part of my job and my school and what
we're all doing. But I just this is more kind
of a question and there is no firm, true answer
in terms of what's best. But there's this balance, you know,
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of making money, fairness and core of what you are.
And here's what I mean, And I think it's no
different than when hockey expanded to the south. Right. Where again,
I'll just take our league, the Horizon League. If the
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game today between Green Bay and Fort Wayne the women
was played at our home arena, the Cress Center, which
seats four thousand people. They would have had four thousand
people there today. Now would it have been fair to
Fort Wayne? Probably not right, even though it was a
closer game when they lost in overtime. I think it
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was like a week and a half ago Saturday or
Sunday Saturday, so it would have been fair. What's fair? Right,
you win your league, it's a true double round robin,
meaning you have played everybody twice. Shouldn't you get the
benefit of the doubt and get to host the games.
On the other hand, you know, it does stretch your
league more thinly, and it eliminates the neutral site, which
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is like, let's really find out who the best team
means in your league. And then you factor in the
TV element to it, which is that for the men,
you know last night, the second game went beyond midnight
and you're like, why are you playing on a Monday
and Tuesday? Well, because once you get to Wednesday into Sunday,
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that's when the Big Ten, the SEC, the ACC, the
Big twelve, the Big East, they're all playing then. And yes,
there are still championship games at the mid major level,
but they are very, very much the side show, whereas
last night it's kind of and tonight kind of the
main event. Let's do this, Let's go around to you guys,
get your thoughts, your opinion, if it matters, if it
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doesn't matter. I mean very likely that Jay s Douo says,
I don't care, you know, just tell me who I
need to bet on so I can win money, is
really what Jay s dou actually cares about. Right, Sam
is the Midwesterner, right, Maybe he has an opinion. I
don't know. We have all different sorts of cornucopia of people. Jase,
do do you care? And if you do, which for again?
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And I have a working philosophy on this, but I'm
open to suggestions on it. Obviously, the Big East, the ACC,
the Big Twelve of the SEC they're gonna play at,
you know. I mean, look, I think everybody should end
up getting to Vegas or into New York City, which
is where the Big East is, and Vegas is where
you know, a lot of the West West Coast conferences
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are a big ten I think is going to Vegas eventually.
Maybe the Big Twelve does eventually as well. I'll get
to why I think that makes sense. But for you
when you get past those top five conferences, what are
your thoughts on where this conference tournament should be.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
So the choices are home sites, home sites for bigger seedings,
or neutral venus. I think the home sites work. I
think the home side sites work for me. And here's why.
I think the drama and excitement. If the home team
has a game going down to the final shot like
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we see all the time, the actual energy is much
better in the building and it adds to the drama
and the watch as opposed to the neutral site that
you're probably going to get half and half.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Yeah, if that you know? Now there are some leagues
where the neutral site, even for smaller conferences, does work.
I watched the Soakon last night. It was who was
it was Winter No, No, Wafford, Who Active, Wafford Les
Wafford Furman. Right, those are two small private schools and
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the Soakon. And I've called this tournament on radio that
that arena. It's just really cool. It's in Asheville, North Carolina.
Do you guys know anything about Ashville, North Carolina?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Not?
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You never heard of it?
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Yeah, of course you've heard nothing.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
What what have you heard?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I don't know anything about it. I've heard of it.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
I've heard barbecue.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Unc Ashville's there.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Nah, really, yes, unc Ashville is not really it's it's
i think in many people. Many people, it's considered kind
of like the Austin of North Carolina. It's a little
hippie ish. There's a cool music scene, you know. I'm
sure there's lots of micro pubs and coffee houses, and
there's areas there in the Carolina. It's not far away.
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We can go to the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can
go hiking like. It is absolutely beautiful and while not
perfectly centrally located, it's a destination spot. And that place
was jumping last night. It's the perfect size venue. It's
small schools, they're all than driving distance. I think we're
on spring break. Like. All these things work. So it's there.
There's there's I don't believe in absolutes in life and
(07:08):
absolutes in rules, but there are generally places where things work,
in places where they don't work, places where they don't work. Uh, Sam,
what do you think? Give me your thoughts. So we're
talking like the Missouri Valley is arch madness, right, It's
played in Saint Louis By the way, my new favorite
nickname is the Big Sky, which is played in Boise
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in Idaho, and that's called starch Madness. Shout out to the.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Big Sky's great that before.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
It's it's really good. It's really good. There's somebody sitting
there who listens. We're on in Boise, and there's somebody
who's sitting there who came up with that idea that
works for the Big SI Conference. And whoever you are
tweet at me, you deserve a raise. I will help
try to get you a raise today. Anyway, Uh Sam,
what do you think?
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Well, you know what we talked about this last week.
I'm definitely in favor of think I'm in favor of
the top seed in you know, one bid leagues getting
to host games because give them as many chances as
possible to get to the nca Tournament. I feel like
they did that work during the regular season that should
stand for something, whether that's you know, your top seed
in the conference tournament or even going as drastically far
(08:14):
as I had an idea of, you know, getting rid
of some of the bottom dwelling teams in some of
those smaller leagues just so you can give those teams
to finish with a good conference record a better shot
to get to the ncaterament.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Some of those have that. Some of those have these
staggered sunbelt. Don't know if you've seen, there's like eight
rounds and you know, and the top two teams like
sit out the first seven rounds. It's like crazy, I
lo werre are you on it.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
For on campus sites? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
The problem is it makes too much sense to ever happen.
It will never happen. There are so many conferences, mid
major conferences across the country that have phenomenal regular season atmospheres,
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and then when it goes to whatever conference tournament, it
automatically goes to an antiseptic site. I mean, when you're
playing the first game of a quadruple header during the
day or something like that, it's a very antiseptic atmosphere
that is just not comparable to the general fun of
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the regular season. In the NCAA Women's Tournament, I believe
they have on campus sites for the first two rounds,
which is at least a start, But because of logistics
and TV, that sort of thing's never gonna happen for
conference tournaments. The other thing. I don't think any conference
tournament should ever have more than eight teams.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Hey, Isaac, I like that makes too much sense to happen.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Why should not have more than eight teams?
Speaker 5 (09:43):
Well, no, no, no, no, no, no no. A conference tournament.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, the SEC has how many teams?
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Okay, well the SEC has a little eighteen teams and
only fifteen.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Now the bottom three I would meet the cut.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
I guess I'm talking about mid major teams where you
know you have play quote unquote playing games, you know,
on the Tuesday, and then they go Tuesday one.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
I mean you have a Delaware Blue Hens team win
the Uh.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Well see here's how it working. Horizon Leak. So the
Horizon League, what we do is the first two rounds
are home sites. So the top five I believe got
to buy. Next year it'll be I think the top
six because in two years will be top six. Because
we're had Northern Illinois by the top and so we
had to go to Oakland. There's there was four games
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the first night where the bottom seed goes to the
higher seed and then the winner goes and plays one
of the teams with a bye. Right, So that's what happened.
And then the final four teams go to Indianapolis, and
the Innanapolis arena is really really cool. It's the old
I think it's called the Indianapolis Coliseum.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
They played some games there during the twenty twenty one
COVID tournament if I'm not mistaken at the fair rounds, right.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yes, that's exactly where they Yes, they played games there.
I didn't know that. Yeah, I think the old Aba
Pacers used to play there back before Market Square Arena
was built. So it's like historic and it's been redone
and it's really really cool. It's not huge and great sitelines.
The problem is, you know, it was you know, a
(11:18):
quarter to a half full tonight, you got Robert Morris,
which is you know in you know, moon Township, which
is just outside of Pittsburgh taking on Youngstown State. Youngstown,
Ohio is actually closest to Pittsburgh. Like, if this game
was played at Robert Morris and they have a beautiful
arena that's like five years old, there would be an
empty sea in the house, be an absolute bunker's atmosphere.
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And yeah, again I don't know the logistics of it.
My guess is it's easier to get a title sponsor.
If it's at the at the venue, plus you have
the women's and men's game again at the same venue,
it probably saves you money and everybody knows you're going Tonnapolis,
and it is very difficult in terms of travel planning. Like, look,
(12:03):
well we were there leading into our last game of
the year at Oakland. There was five different places we
could have gone for our first game, and then we
knew because we were the last seed, we were going
to go to Robert Morris if we won the first game.
But then there's just all these kind of moving targets
for everybody else. I understand there's an expense to not
knowing where you're going, and it's based upon whoever the
higher seed remaining is. But here's my biggest issue with it,
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and you guys tell me if that makes sense, and
it's honestly an issue I have with college football's playoff.
What separates college football and college basketball from the NFL
and the NBA other Obviously, level of talent, level of
skill is far greater in the pros, but what makes
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it special, especially college basketball, is the atmosphere of that
home gym, as much as the coaches and the historic
coaches and players are synonymous with their program, right, and
you think of Dick Vitees. Oh, let me tell you
about Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams and Built self and
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Delvin Sepson and Tom misso, oh, it's right, and those
are they're synonymous with their schools. And Richard Pettino, oh
the Pizon right, all of those things. College basketball has
been synonymous with the coaches. But also I just saw
Rosehill Gym. That's where Fordham plays, really cool plays one
hundred years of basketball there. Fog Allen Field House, to
(13:32):
me is the greatest place to play a basketball game ever.
They used to play NCAA tournament games there by the
way Gallagher I Arena where I played obviously not the
same as the Cowboys under five hundred season, but eventually
they'll you think they'll get it back. You know. You
go to New Mexico in the pit and Xavier where
they play at the Cintas Centers. Incredible, you d arena. Now,
I know they host the First four, but I did
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the only First Four game where Dayton actually played in
the First four. The home court atmosphere is as much
a part of college basketball as the actual basketball is,
and yet we get to the end of the season
and let's cut out the part of the sport that
makes it so cool and so unique, that makes it
(14:16):
so cool. It's unique. There's no student section, right, and
they'll have the little student Coordinati section. But again, with
these schools, a lot of them, the students don't travel
as much. And I get it. Sometimes it doesn't match
up a spring break. It might not work, but I guarantee,
if you have hey travel sites will be home sites.
Many of these schools would adjust their schedule beforehand knowing
(14:38):
that this is a possibility of hosting a conference tournament
game or the conference championship game.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
That's an outstanding point. And I'd like to raise this
as an ancillary point that you made me think of
by talking about this. The Final Four has been played
in a dome ever since nineteen ninety eight. It'll obviously
never happen, certainly with the Final for but wouldn't it
be great from an atmosphere standpoint if you could host
(15:04):
NCAA tournament games, even a regional round on the second
weekend at a place like Allen Field House. Now, that'll
never happen, but that would be great. For the sport
in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, I yes, I think if they add another round
of the tournament, that's what needs to happen. That's what
needs to happen.
Speaker 6 (15:28):
And doctor I was saying during the Calton Clark here
at Iowa, those opening two games in the NCAA Tournament
at Carver Hockey Arena were really fun, really wild special.
They actually got I think our sophomore year. The second
game they got upset by Creighton. So it's not impossible
to go in there and win if you're the visiting team.
But you know, on the Arch, madness works so well
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because you know, all of those schools are pretty much
in five hours maybe seven hours or less of driving.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
To It's changing now, but yes.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Yeah, do you mean it's changing a.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Well, like the makeup of that league continues to evolve. Yes, yes,
I don't know how far Murray, Kentucky is but no, yeah,
that's a hole in Chicago.
Speaker 6 (16:08):
It's not like now where you got a team on
the West. You know, it's right, it's it is a
little bit more condensed, and so it does work well
because people can drive for the most part to Saint
Louis and enjoy those those But the reason, the.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Reason Vegas works and I would be like, hey, if
you want to do Vegas, I'm cool, is because every
team would want to go. And though the fan bases
may be smaller, you'll get people like, hey, I'm going
out for the week, and it's just it's like basketball
topia there. It's amazing. So Vegas is like the and
you know, in New York, if you're gonna play Madison
Square Garden, otherwise nobody goes to Barclays. Again, like they
(16:40):
the Vegas does work for the Big West, it does
work for the Whack, It does work for the WCC
because you can plan every year. If you're a basketball fan,
I'm gonna go there. I'll see my team and then
if not, I'll stay, I'll gamble. And the weather's better
than wherever I live. But in the Midwest, in the South,
on the East coasts, I just is it hard to
(17:04):
play on the road. Yeah. Yeah. We played at Oakland twice.
We played there in the regular season, you know, quarter fall,
we played there in the postseason and again we had
just nearly upset them at our place and three quarters
full and that that was a six' eleven. GAME i just, think,
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man this. Is it's just screaming to you to what
makes college basketball great is your home court. Advantage and
if you win your, league you should get home court
advantage in those levels. Leagues and the only only time
that changes is if you can sell out a neutral, site,
well then by all means keep it a neutral. Site,
yep SO i looked it.
Speaker 6 (17:48):
Up Doug, Murray kentucky To Saint louis is only a
three hour and forty minute. Drive that kind of blew my.
MIND i thought they were more spread out than.
Speaker 7 (17:55):
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Show it's Live inthireck Dot Com. STUDIOS nfl free agency
is upon, us and you know there's some other big news.
Today Daniel jones signs with The colts is one, year fourteen.
Million that's slightly above traditional backup quarterback, money but it
makes you think what are they doing in order to kind,
(18:49):
of you, know Push richardson in terms of will he?
Start will he not? Start this? Year let's check in
with THE Tj Hush. BENZADA a lot to get to With.
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you can find it wherever you find your. Podcast which
(19:12):
quarterback move do you like the? Best gino To vegas
Or Sam donald To. Seattle, Wow that's.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
That's a tough. ONE i feel like the familiarity That
gino has With Pete carroll will will both. Well i'm
Like donald, Man i've been a. FAN i was a
fan of his when he when he came out OF
Us Seniors drafts in the first round with The. Jets
obviously that didn't pan out too. Well but what he
(19:45):
did In, minnesota it, was it was. Remarkable now he's
not gonna have those same type of weapons As. SEATTLE
i just feel like if they put this offense around,
him he can do something very similar to what he
did In. Minnesota obviously won't be at the same extent
because you don't have A Justin jefferson And jig but
(20:05):
can be somewhat of An, addison but you just you
don't have A jets that's one of the best receivers in.
League that's gonna be. Tough BUT i Believe Sam donald
can kind of continue where he left. Office that makes
any same. Thing, Also kevin. O'Connell, man IF jj McCarthy plays,
Well kevin O'Connell should just start making twenty million a
(20:26):
year because he's just that. Good everybody that's to understand
or plays well for, him.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
No question about. It Doug Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports,
radio T Jo hoshpinzata h is our. Guest let's let's
talk about your former, team The. Bengals right as of,
now they're gonna franchise tag T Y hilton looks Like
hendrickson there trying to find, it you, know a trade
partner For what are your thoughts on what their plans.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
ARE i don't know what the plans, are. Man you,
know like you, said we franchise and tea your. Figure
you know you're gonna. Sign but the longer you, wait
the more it's gonna, be, like just get it. Done
the longer you. Wait, Now Michael parking come and he
(21:10):
signs a little more Than Miles. Garrett now are you
still gonna Make chase the highest paid non quarterback in THE?
Nfl and so what are they gonna do with? That
are they gonna Allow Trey hendrickson to seek a trade
or they gonna extend. Them there's just so much that
needs to be. Done got to figure out a way
to make it. Happen, man AND i always point to
(21:30):
The Philadelphia, eagles best run organization in The National Football.
League what team do you know that signs a running
back to a contract last year just gives him an
extension with the? Age who does? That the best organization in?
Football so if The eagles can do, it everybody else
can do.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
It Stut gottlieb show here On Fox Sports, trader that's
the voice of T J Huschman, zada who'sh let's, uh
let's get to The. Colts Daniel jones is brought in to.
Compete what are your thoughts on what The colts are
doing at?
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Quarterback the coach are trying to Push Anthony richardson to
be the best he can be or they're gonna have
to move. On and you when you Give Daniel jones
fourteen million, Dollars, yeah you're, competing but it's a competition
with we think you're gonna win. This you're not giving
the backup fourteen. Million you're giving him fourteen million hopefully
(22:28):
that he can be better than he's ever, been but
he can be better Than Matthew. Richmonds so For Anthony,
richmond this offseason is paramount for, him very, important very
crucial for him to really get on his a. Game,
young twenty three years, old but just The National Football
league Man tom waits for no. One so if he
does not get on his game this, Offseason Daniel jones
(22:50):
will be the. Starter and let's see what Saying styken
can do with.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Him, Yeah Doug Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports, radio
you KNOW i THOUGHT i Thought Matt stafford was you,
know up to be, traded get a new, contract, whatever
and then all of a sudden they bring him back
and now they Add Davante. Adams how much Does DeVante
adams have in the?
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Tank, Oh, Man brown's gonna Be they gonna be. Cold,
Man the round's gonna be tough to deal. With Devonte
adams has never been a getting down the, field beat
you with speed. Guy Davonte adams Is i'm gonna beat
you with my release. Game i'm gonna beat you at
the top of the route that's not going. Anywhere so
he has a lot Let, man you're playing With, stafford
who is extremely, accurate gonna throw the ball in. Anticipation
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that young defense that's extremely. Good and now you Put
davante With puka And Matthew. Stafford The rams aren't going
to be hell for these, teams and they're gonna win
that division and they gonna be competing with The, eagles The,
commanders and The lions soon goes to The Super.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Bowl, okay what do you think about The niners who
seem to be shedding some of these older players big,
contracts but big name players as they got a free
up some money for For Brock purty's contract.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Man, DUDE i don't know if they got a free
up money what they talking about Paying Rock Purty, Like
i'm not Giving Rock party top of the market quarterback
money because he's. Not he's not that. Guy he's a good,
player but he's not top of the market. QUARTERBACK i
wouldn't call it a. Rebuild they're trying to retool and still.
Compete it's just gonna be tough to get rid Of.
Deebo you talk a, much you want to get rid
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Of va and count On, Juwan jenny And pearsall you
lose Green, law you lose from. Funga the forty nine
ers are obviously in a state of. Transition dram to
me looks to be the much better. Team the forty
nine ers will always be good because now that they
have salat Back Roberts, salaz a hell of a defensive,
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coach they're gonna be. Better they had a better defense last.
Year they probably make the. Playoffs but you can't lose
all those pieces and still think you're gonna beat the
team that you.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Work, NO i. DON'T i don't think. YOU i don't
think you can't. EITHER i don't think you can either
stug Got leab show here On Fox Sports. Radio if
you were Advising Aaron, rodgers, uh talk of The, giants
talk of The. Steelers some think he's close to siding
with The. Steelers you, Know tennessee's out. There what would you?
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Do? Man that that's a that's not an easy decision
because when you If i'm If I'm Mariyon, rodgers you
look at the division to say where where where CAN
i have the most success in the division that possibly
get to the playoffs and do damage and you, know
have an opportunity to compete for a Super bowl and The.
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Giants you when you go to The, giants you got
The eagles and The commanders in your. Division you you
go to The steelers as of, now you Got Lamar
jackson in The. Ravens The bengals offensively are going to
present a, problem but do they present a problem? Defensively
and so If I'm Marion, rodgers you just from that,
perspective you go to The. Steelers but but but are
(25:58):
they gonna change a style Of is it still gonna
be two yards and a cloud of dust on? Offense you,
know we're just gonna, run, run, run and pass when
we need. To you, figure they trade FOR, dk they
give you all that, money they gonna open it. Up
but are they gonna KEEP dk And George. Pickings there's
just so much that has to be understood from The steelers'.
Perspective but If I'm Aaron, rodgers to, me wherever he,
(26:21):
goes he's going to be. Fine The giants that, defense
those young players on. OFFENSE i Love Brian dave was
a head coach and a play. CALLER i would lean
that way after saying WHAT i, said considering the, Divisions
BUT i just feel Like Aaron rodgers can still really.
Play he just has to get put in a good.
Situation how much Is.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Larry, tunsel who obviously is gonna want new contractors last
year of his. Deal how much does he bring to
the table still for The Washington, Commanders.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
Oh tungs he's a great pass. Blocker and so when
when you Got Jade, daniels who will be a CERTIFIED
Boni FIED mvp. Candidate as long as because he can stay,
healthy you want to protect him and so him when
it tons them when it comes to pass. Blocking, oh
he's going to do a very very very good. Job
(27:10):
The ron block is another, story but to, me that
was a good Trade houston got off of him because
they probably didn't want to pay him after this. SEASON
i think it's a win win for both. Sides AND
i just love what The commanders are. Doing got a
ricky quarterback on a rookie. Deal we're going all in
at all these other. Positions we're going to strengthen the
offense and defensive, lines and hopefully we can get to The.
(27:33):
Bowl while we Have Jaye daniels.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
For Chief Stut Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports. Radio
what becomes of The. Chiefs you, know it's like the
offensive line so, depleted doesn't have necessarily the weaponry that
he had. Before and you, know you obviously have A
hall Of fame caliber tight end who look washing The
Super bowl and, look he can get into better. Shape
(27:57):
but at the end of the, day there's a lot
of treade off that. Tires what do you do if
you're run The.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Chiefs Travis kelsey gonna be. Fine he'll be. Fine. Now
yards for catches decreased every year the last four, years
with the exception OF i believe twenty one and twenty
two they were the. Same he'll be. Fine he just
got a little more. Focused The chiefs are being carried
by their. Defense you, know they go Signed johnstone from The.
(28:25):
Patriots that was a great creagent sign up signing than
they trading to The bears this. Year so you trade
your best or maybe a second best To Tray smith
offensive lineman when you had offensive line problems in The Super.
Bowl and so that's going to be. Interesting they need,
Weapons they need weapons that they That mahomes trust At
(28:45):
Andy reid's, trust because when when you look at, it
they're struggling offensively to create big. Plays they're struggling offensively
just to create some type of consistent plays out of
the passing. Game and so they have to figure out
where do they. Go how can they answer those? Questions
AND i don't know if It's kelsey And worthy or
(29:05):
they got to go sign. Somebody Cooper CUP i believe
would be a great help to, them Especially, mahomes a smart.
Player but as long as you Got mahomes And, andyurie
you have a. CHANCE i just don't know if you
have a chance of winning The Super bowl the way
we've come to, expect because that's all they've.
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to FROM Jj redick at the top of next hour
Plus John Miikaloffe. Jonas we'll ask him about some of
the adjustments The eagles are having to, make you, know
shedding some high dollar free agents on. Defense we know
that how he's been able to rebuild. It but again
year After Super bowls win or lose have been a
(30:06):
little bit rough for. Them so we'll check in on
The Philadelphia eagles and try and figure out This cooper
cupcub care does, Yeah Cooper? Cup where does he end?
Up as he's said to be released by THE La.
Rams got a lot to get to but every day
at this time we turn the things over in this
case To Isaac lohencron for a.
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Show what you got?
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There, Ilo oh please let it Be rank them? Today rank?
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Them?
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Now what do you? Know look at? Me all, right
let's start by ranking the top THREE nfl free agent
signings up to this. Point AND i know it'll be
tough for you to avoid putting The Tampa buccaneers Signing
Riley dixon as their punter in the top.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Three that's a big. ONE i, Know Riley dixon as
their punter is a big. One but go, ahead, okay
give me the top.
Speaker 5 (31:09):
Three top THREE nfl free agent signings up to this.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
POINT i, WILL i would go, here.
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M, hm.
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signings which ones are trade. RIGHT i, think, okay, no, no,
NO i got. IT i Think i'm gonna go, Look
i'm gonna. Go Sam donald is. ONE i Think DeVante
(31:52):
adams is.
Speaker 5 (31:54):
Two absolutely, Absolutely and you, know.
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there's there's two different levels to. It, one it's you,
know the name quality of signing a high LEVEL uh wide.
Receiver BUT i think What pittsburgh did is is is. Three, okay,
yeah so there's my, one, two. Three all.
Speaker 5 (32:23):
Right, NOW i want you to rank the top three
quarterback draft prospects in the UPCOMING nfl.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
DRAFT i Like Jackson, dart you, know AND i know
he's climbing the, charts BUT i don't think That Jackson
dart IS i, MEAN i does it fall? Where? Like
are you looking for me to throw off the order or?
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of my. Issue Cam ward, one AND i think there's
(32:56):
a world. War Cam ward goes number, one, Sure sanders,
two And Jackson dart. Three all.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Right USUALLY i save these types of items for, last
but morbid curiosity makes me want to bring this one.
NEXT i want you to rank your top three technical
producers over the.
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on my, list so you can go back to previous
stops that. LIST i did not write this, list BUT
i did move it up in the.
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YEAH i want to know their. Names let's hear. Them,
YEAH i Mean sam at number.
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like he's a program director now at In San, Francisco
like he's big. Time he started out as my my board. Up, like,
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One all, right, fine just answer me.
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everybody has quirks and everything's. Good so, yeah let's not do.
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up WHEN i was AT Cbs Sports. Radio so, Like
i'm just not going to, LIKE i got so many
people out there that are good.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
People well look at. YOU i appreciate your. Diplomacy all,
Right then onto SOMETHING i know you'll, answer rank the
top three conference tournaments you are most intrigued, by.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
Okay this, year or like which Ones i'd like to
attend most this.
Speaker 5 (35:20):
Year BUT i think that's also another interesting component of.
It so let's start with this. Year and THEN i
MEAN i think, like, like, look the biggiest. Tournament you
have to do that once before you?
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Die, yeah, yeah, right cat do that once before you.
DIE i think, LIKE i just Think, vegas like you
had good zagat take it On Saint. MARY'S i think that's,
Tonight but then you at The Mountain west is. Awesome
vegas is a great. Stop big ten tournament is usually
really really. GOOD i don't like it as much In
chicago AS i do when it's In, indie AND i
thought it was In New york it was. Amazing and
(35:52):
then of Course i'm a big twelve. Guy SO i
Love Kansas city and the New big, twelve Although kansas
not being Elite Iowa, state we'll pack that, place so
it still has a. CHANCE i, mean But houston doesn't
bring a ton of. PEOPLE i don't THINK i would
go this. Year Ones i'd like to go to. Most
(36:13):
i'm gonna Say big twelve, Three Big ten, two And
Big east, one just as i'd love to go in The,
garden and you got Probably patino in The garden maybe
against The. Yukon the league's not, great but there's great
storylines and it'll be a great.
Speaker 5 (36:29):
Atmosphere can't be that final. ITEM i want you to
rank the top three teams in the NBA's Western Conference.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
Western, conference well currently With lebron, out or in. Totality
let's go in. Totality, Okay, Well Okama city's, One Okama city's.
One that's where it gets. Interesting denver's. Two those, Three
(37:03):
i'll Go lakers. THREE i go to probably Go lakers
three if they're. Healthy, YEAH i Go lakers.
Speaker 5 (37:07):
Three and that's game.
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We'll talk about some of this free agency stuff. We
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gonna join us. We have a good amount, good amount
(01:07):
of NFL per ever, and as you listen to these updates,
you know that this stuff's coming fast and furious, whether
it's signings, trades, or releases with free agency upon us.
I do want to start with Championship week because not
just because I'm a Division one coach and obviously we're
watching at home and our women's program, the Green Bay Phoenix.
(01:32):
They just won their twenty second consecutive game and beat
Purdue Fort Wayne for a second consecutive time in in
a week, you know, a week and a half. Yeah,
week and a half. Anyway, So they are going to
the NCAA tournament. Kayla Carris, who's in her first year,
returning home to a place that she played. She's got
(01:54):
seven seniors. They're awesome anyway, they're winning. So again there's
there's part of my job and my school and what
we're all doing. But I just this is more kind
of a question and there is no firm, true answer
in terms of what's best. But there's this balance, you know,
(02:18):
of making money, fairness and core of what you are.
And here's what I mean, And I think it's no
different than when hockey expanded to the south. Right. Where again,
I'll just take our league, the Horizon League. If the
(02:38):
game today between Green Bay and Fort Wayne the women
was played at our home arena, the Cress Center, which
seats four thousand people. They would have had four thousand
people there today. Now would it have been fair to
Fort Wayne? Probably not right, even though it was a
closer game when they lost in overtime. I think it
(02:59):
was like a week and a half ago Saturday or
Sunday Saturday, so it would have been fair. What's fair? Right,
you win your league, it's a true double round robin,
meaning you have played everybody twice. Shouldn't you get the
benefit of the doubt and get to host the games.
On the other hand, you know, it does stretch your
league more thinly, and it eliminates the neutral site, which
(03:24):
is like, let's really find out who the best team
means in your league. And then you factor in the
TV element to it, which is that for the men,
you know last night, the second game went beyond midnight
and you're like, why are you playing on a Monday
and Tuesday? Well, because once you get to Wednesday into Sunday,
(03:44):
that's when the Big Ten, the SEC, the ACC, the
Big twelve, the Big East, they're all playing then. And yes,
there are still championship games at the mid major level,
but they are very, very much the side show, whereas
last night it's kind of and tonight kind of the
main event. Let's do this, Let's go around to you guys,
get your thoughts, your opinion, if it matters, if it
(04:05):
doesn't matter. I mean very likely that Jay s Douo says,
I don't care, you know, just tell me who I
need to bet on so I can win money, is
really what Jay s dou actually cares about. Right, Sam
is the Midwesterner, right, Maybe he has an opinion. I
don't know. We have all different sorts of cornucopia of people. Jase,
do do you care? And if you do, which for again?
(04:30):
And I have a working philosophy on this, but I'm
open to suggestions on it. Obviously, the Big East, the ACC,
the Big Twelve of the SEC they're gonna play at,
you know. I mean, look, I think everybody should end
up getting to Vegas or into New York City, which
is where the Big East is, and Vegas is where
you know, a lot of the West West Coast conferences
(04:51):
are a big ten I think is going to Vegas eventually.
Maybe the Big Twelve does eventually as well. I'll get
to why I think that makes sense. But for you
when you get past those top five conferences, what are
your thoughts on where this conference tournament should be.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
So the choices are home sites, home sites for bigger seedings,
or neutral venus. I think the home sites work. I
think the home side sites work for me. And here's why.
I think the drama and excitement. If the home team
has a game going down to the final shot like
(05:30):
we see all the time, the actual energy is much
better in the building and it adds to the drama
and the watch as opposed to the neutral site that
you're probably going to get half and half.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Yeah, if that you know? Now there are some leagues
where the neutral site, even for smaller conferences, does work.
I watched the Soakon last night. It was who was
it was Winter No, No, Wafford, Who Active, Wafford Les
Wafford Furman. Right, those are two small private schools and
(06:06):
the Soakon. And I've called this tournament on radio that
that arena. It's just really cool. It's in Asheville, North Carolina.
Do you guys know anything about Ashville, North Carolina?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Not?
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You never heard of it?
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Yeah, of course you've heard nothing.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
What what have you heard?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I don't know anything about it. I've heard of it.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
I've heard barbecue.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Unc Ashville's there.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Nah, really, yes, unc Ashville is not really it's it's
i think in many people. Many people, it's considered kind
of like the Austin of North Carolina. It's a little
hippie ish. There's a cool music scene, you know. I'm
sure there's lots of micro pubs and coffee houses, and
there's areas there in the Carolina. It's not far away.
(06:45):
We can go to the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can
go hiking like. It is absolutely beautiful and while not
perfectly centrally located, it's a destination spot. And that place
was jumping last night. It's the perfect size venue. It's
small schools, they're all than driving distance. I think we're
on spring break. Like. All these things work. So it's there.
There's there's I don't believe in absolutes in life and
(07:08):
absolutes in rules, but there are generally places where things work,
in places where they don't work, places where they don't work. Uh, Sam,
what do you think? Give me your thoughts. So we're
talking like the Missouri Valley is arch madness, right, It's
played in Saint Louis By the way, my new favorite
nickname is the Big Sky, which is played in Boise
(07:29):
in Idaho, and that's called starch Madness. Shout out to the.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Big Sky's great that before.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
It's it's really good. It's really good. There's somebody sitting
there who listens. We're on in Boise, and there's somebody
who's sitting there who came up with that idea that
works for the Big SI Conference. And whoever you are
tweet at me, you deserve a raise. I will help
try to get you a raise today. Anyway, Uh Sam,
what do you think?
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Well, you know what we talked about this last week.
I'm definitely in favor of think I'm in favor of
the top seed in you know, one bid leagues getting
to host games because give them as many chances as
possible to get to the nca Tournament. I feel like
they did that work during the regular season that should
stand for something, whether that's you know, your top seed
in the conference tournament or even going as drastically far
(08:14):
as I had an idea of, you know, getting rid
of some of the bottom dwelling teams in some of
those smaller leagues just so you can give those teams
to finish with a good conference record a better shot
to get to the ncaterament.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Some of those have that. Some of those have these
staggered sunbelt. Don't know if you've seen, there's like eight
rounds and you know, and the top two teams like
sit out the first seven rounds. It's like crazy, I
lo werre are you on it.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
For on campus sites? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
The problem is it makes too much sense to ever happen.
It will never happen. There are so many conferences, mid
major conferences across the country that have phenomenal regular season atmospheres,
(08:58):
and then when it goes to whatever conference tournament, it
automatically goes to an antiseptic site. I mean, when you're
playing the first game of a quadruple header during the
day or something like that, it's a very antiseptic atmosphere
that is just not comparable to the general fun of
(09:19):
the regular season. In the NCAA Women's Tournament, I believe
they have on campus sites for the first two rounds,
which is at least a start, But because of logistics
and TV, that sort of thing's never gonna happen for
conference tournaments. The other thing. I don't think any conference
tournament should ever have more than eight teams.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Hey, Isaac, I like that makes too much sense to happen.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Why should not have more than eight teams?
Speaker 5 (09:43):
Well, no, no, no, no, no, no no. A conference tournament.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, the SEC has how many teams?
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Okay, well the SEC has a little eighteen teams and
only fifteen.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Now the bottom three I would meet the cut.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
I guess I'm talking about mid major teams where you
know you have play quote unquote playing games, you know,
on the Tuesday, and then they go Tuesday one.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
I mean you have a Delaware Blue Hens team win
the Uh.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Well see here's how it working. Horizon Leak. So the
Horizon League, what we do is the first two rounds
are home sites. So the top five I believe got
to buy. Next year it'll be I think the top
six because in two years will be top six. Because
we're had Northern Illinois by the top and so we
had to go to Oakland. There's there was four games
(10:30):
the first night where the bottom seed goes to the
higher seed and then the winner goes and plays one
of the teams with a bye. Right, So that's what happened.
And then the final four teams go to Indianapolis, and
the Innanapolis arena is really really cool. It's the old
I think it's called the Indianapolis Coliseum.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
They played some games there during the twenty twenty one
COVID tournament if I'm not mistaken at the fair rounds, right.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yes, that's exactly where they Yes, they played games there.
I didn't know that. Yeah, I think the old Aba
Pacers used to play there back before Market Square Arena
was built. So it's like historic and it's been redone
and it's really really cool. It's not huge and great sitelines.
The problem is, you know, it was you know, a
(11:18):
quarter to a half full tonight, you got Robert Morris,
which is you know in you know, moon Township, which
is just outside of Pittsburgh taking on Youngstown State. Youngstown,
Ohio is actually closest to Pittsburgh. Like, if this game
was played at Robert Morris and they have a beautiful
arena that's like five years old, there would be an
empty sea in the house, be an absolute bunker's atmosphere.
(11:42):
And yeah, again I don't know the logistics of it.
My guess is it's easier to get a title sponsor.
If it's at the at the venue, plus you have
the women's and men's game again at the same venue,
it probably saves you money and everybody knows you're going Tonnapolis,
and it is very difficult in terms of travel planning. Like, look,
(12:03):
well we were there leading into our last game of
the year at Oakland. There was five different places we
could have gone for our first game, and then we
knew because we were the last seed, we were going
to go to Robert Morris if we won the first game.
But then there's just all these kind of moving targets
for everybody else. I understand there's an expense to not
knowing where you're going, and it's based upon whoever the
higher seed remaining is. But here's my biggest issue with it,
(12:28):
and you guys tell me if that makes sense, and
it's honestly an issue I have with college football's playoff.
What separates college football and college basketball from the NFL
and the NBA other Obviously, level of talent, level of
skill is far greater in the pros, but what makes
(12:50):
it special, especially college basketball, is the atmosphere of that
home gym, as much as the coaches and the historic
coaches and players are synonymous with their program, right, and
you think of Dick Vitees. Oh, let me tell you
about Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams and Built self and
(13:11):
Delvin Sepson and Tom misso, oh, it's right, and those
are they're synonymous with their schools. And Richard Pettino, oh
the Pizon right, all of those things. College basketball has
been synonymous with the coaches. But also I just saw
Rosehill Gym. That's where Fordham plays, really cool plays one
hundred years of basketball there. Fog Allen Field House, to
(13:32):
me is the greatest place to play a basketball game ever.
They used to play NCAA tournament games there by the
way Gallagher I Arena where I played obviously not the
same as the Cowboys under five hundred season, but eventually
they'll you think they'll get it back. You know. You
go to New Mexico in the pit and Xavier where
they play at the Cintas Centers. Incredible, you d arena. Now,
I know they host the First four, but I did
(13:54):
the only First Four game where Dayton actually played in
the First four. The home court atmosphere is as much
a part of college basketball as the actual basketball is,
and yet we get to the end of the season
and let's cut out the part of the sport that
makes it so cool and so unique, that makes it
(14:16):
so cool. It's unique. There's no student section, right, and
they'll have the little student Coordinati section. But again, with
these schools, a lot of them, the students don't travel
as much. And I get it. Sometimes it doesn't match
up a spring break. It might not work, but I guarantee,
if you have hey travel sites will be home sites.
Many of these schools would adjust their schedule beforehand knowing
(14:38):
that this is a possibility of hosting a conference tournament
game or the conference championship game.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
That's an outstanding point. And I'd like to raise this
as an ancillary point that you made me think of
by talking about this. The Final Four has been played
in a dome ever since nineteen ninety eight. It'll obviously
never happen, certainly with the Final for but wouldn't it
be great from an atmosphere standpoint if you could host
(15:04):
NCAA tournament games, even a regional round on the second
weekend at a place like Allen Field House. Now, that'll
never happen, but that would be great. For the sport
in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, I yes, I think if they add another round
of the tournament, that's what needs to happen. That's what
needs to happen.
Speaker 6 (15:28):
And doctor I was saying during the Calton Clark here
at Iowa, those opening two games in the NCAA Tournament
at Carver Hockey Arena were really fun, really wild special.
They actually got I think our sophomore year. The second
game they got upset by Creighton. So it's not impossible
to go in there and win if you're the visiting team.
But you know, on the Arch, madness works so well
(15:50):
because you know, all of those schools are pretty much
in five hours maybe seven hours or less of driving.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
To It's changing now, but yes.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Yeah, do you mean it's changing a.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Well, like the makeup of that league continues to evolve. Yes, yes,
I don't know how far Murray, Kentucky is but no, yeah,
that's a hole in Chicago.
Speaker 6 (16:08):
It's not like now where you got a team on
the West. You know, it's right, it's it is a
little bit more condensed, and so it does work well
because people can drive for the most part to Saint
Louis and enjoy those those But the reason, the.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Reason Vegas works and I would be like, hey, if
you want to do Vegas, I'm cool, is because every
team would want to go. And though the fan bases
may be smaller, you'll get people like, hey, I'm going
out for the week, and it's just it's like basketball
topia there. It's amazing. So Vegas is like the and
you know, in New York, if you're gonna play Madison
Square Garden, otherwise nobody goes to Barclays. Again, like they
(16:40):
the Vegas does work for the Big West, it does
work for the Whack, It does work for the WCC
because you can plan every year. If you're a basketball fan,
I'm gonna go there. I'll see my team and then
if not, I'll stay, I'll gamble. And the weather's better
than wherever I live. But in the Midwest, in the South,
on the East coasts, I just is it hard to
(17:04):
play on the road. Yeah. Yeah. We played at Oakland twice.
We played there in the regular season, you know, quarter fall,
we played there in the postseason and again we had
just nearly upset them at our place and three quarters
full and that that was a six' eleven. GAME i just, think,
(17:27):
man this. Is it's just screaming to you to what
makes college basketball great is your home court. Advantage and
if you win your, league you should get home court
advantage in those levels. Leagues and the only only time
that changes is if you can sell out a neutral, site,
well then by all means keep it a neutral. Site,
yep SO i looked it.
Speaker 6 (17:48):
Up Doug, Murray kentucky To Saint louis is only a
three hour and forty minute. Drive that kind of blew my.
MIND i thought they were more spread out than.
Speaker 7 (17:55):
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Supply for life out. Here this is The Doug Gottlieb.
Show it's Live inthireck Dot Com. STUDIOS nfl free agency
is upon, us and you know there's some other big news.
Today Daniel jones signs with The colts is one, year fourteen.
Million that's slightly above traditional backup quarterback, money but it
makes you think what are they doing in order to kind,
(18:49):
of you, know Push richardson in terms of will he?
Start will he not? Start this? Year let's check in
with THE Tj Hush. BENZADA a lot to get to With.
Hohosh he's A Fox sports ONE nfo analyst Or Pro
bowl wide. Receiver he co hosts up On game with
The bar And plexico Each saturday On Fox Sports. Radio
you can find it wherever you find your. Podcast which
(19:12):
quarterback move do you like the? Best gino To vegas
Or Sam donald To. Seattle, Wow that's.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
That's a tough. ONE i feel like the familiarity That
gino has With Pete carroll will will both. Well i'm
Like donald, Man i've been a. FAN i was a
fan of his when he when he came out OF
Us Seniors drafts in the first round with The. Jets
obviously that didn't pan out too. Well but what he
(19:45):
did In, minnesota it, was it was. Remarkable now he's
not gonna have those same type of weapons As. SEATTLE
i just feel like if they put this offense around,
him he can do something very similar to what he
did In. Minnesota obviously won't be at the same extent
because you don't have A Justin jefferson And jig but
(20:05):
can be somewhat of An, addison but you just you
don't have A jets that's one of the best receivers in.
League that's gonna be. Tough BUT i Believe Sam donald
can kind of continue where he left. Office that makes
any same. Thing, Also kevin. O'Connell, man IF jj McCarthy plays,
Well kevin O'Connell should just start making twenty million a
(20:26):
year because he's just that. Good everybody that's to understand
or plays well for, him.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
No question about. It Doug Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports,
radio T Jo hoshpinzata h is our. Guest let's let's
talk about your former, team The. Bengals right as of,
now they're gonna franchise tag T Y hilton looks Like
hendrickson there trying to find, it you, know a trade
partner For what are your thoughts on what their plans.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
ARE i don't know what the plans, are. Man you,
know like you, said we franchise and tea your. Figure
you know you're gonna. Sign but the longer you, wait
the more it's gonna, be, like just get it. Done
the longer you. Wait, Now Michael parking come and he
(21:10):
signs a little more Than Miles. Garrett now are you
still gonna Make chase the highest paid non quarterback in THE?
Nfl and so what are they gonna do with? That
are they gonna Allow Trey hendrickson to seek a trade
or they gonna extend. Them there's just so much that
needs to be. Done got to figure out a way
to make it. Happen, man AND i always point to
(21:30):
The Philadelphia, eagles best run organization in The National Football.
League what team do you know that signs a running
back to a contract last year just gives him an
extension with the? Age who does? That the best organization in?
Football so if The eagles can do, it everybody else
can do.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
It Stut gottlieb show here On Fox Sports, trader that's
the voice of T J Huschman, zada who'sh let's, uh
let's get to The. Colts Daniel jones is brought in to.
Compete what are your thoughts on what The colts are
doing at?
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Quarterback the coach are trying to Push Anthony richardson to
be the best he can be or they're gonna have
to move. On and you when you Give Daniel jones
fourteen million, Dollars, yeah you're, competing but it's a competition
with we think you're gonna win. This you're not giving
the backup fourteen. Million you're giving him fourteen million hopefully
(22:28):
that he can be better than he's ever, been but
he can be better Than Matthew. Richmonds so For Anthony,
richmond this offseason is paramount for, him very, important very
crucial for him to really get on his a. Game,
young twenty three years, old but just The National Football
league Man tom waits for no. One so if he
does not get on his game this, Offseason Daniel jones
(22:50):
will be the. Starter and let's see what Saying styken
can do with.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Him, Yeah Doug Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports, radio
you KNOW i THOUGHT i Thought Matt stafford was you,
know up to be, traded get a new, contract, whatever
and then all of a sudden they bring him back
and now they Add Davante. Adams how much Does DeVante
adams have in the?
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Tank, Oh, Man brown's gonna Be they gonna be. Cold,
Man the round's gonna be tough to deal. With Devonte
adams has never been a getting down the, field beat
you with speed. Guy Davonte adams Is i'm gonna beat
you with my release. Game i'm gonna beat you at
the top of the route that's not going. Anywhere so
he has a lot Let, man you're playing With, stafford
who is extremely, accurate gonna throw the ball in. Anticipation
(23:33):
that young defense that's extremely. Good and now you Put
davante With puka And Matthew. Stafford The rams aren't going
to be hell for these, teams and they're gonna win
that division and they gonna be competing with The, eagles The,
commanders and The lions soon goes to The Super.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Bowl, okay what do you think about The niners who
seem to be shedding some of these older players big,
contracts but big name players as they got a free
up some money for For Brock purty's contract.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Man, DUDE i don't know if they got a free
up money what they talking about Paying Rock Purty, Like
i'm not Giving Rock party top of the market quarterback
money because he's. Not he's not that. Guy he's a good,
player but he's not top of the market. QUARTERBACK i
wouldn't call it a. Rebuild they're trying to retool and still.
Compete it's just gonna be tough to get rid Of.
Deebo you talk a, much you want to get rid
(24:25):
Of va and count On, Juwan jenny And pearsall you
lose Green, law you lose from. Funga the forty nine
ers are obviously in a state of. Transition dram to
me looks to be the much better. Team the forty
nine ers will always be good because now that they
have salat Back Roberts, salaz a hell of a defensive,
(24:47):
coach they're gonna be. Better they had a better defense last.
Year they probably make the. Playoffs but you can't lose
all those pieces and still think you're gonna beat the
team that you.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Work, NO i. DON'T i don't think. YOU i don't
think you can't. EITHER i don't think you can either
stug Got leab show here On Fox Sports. Radio if
you were Advising Aaron, rodgers, uh talk of The, giants
talk of The. Steelers some think he's close to siding
with The. Steelers you, Know tennessee's out. There what would you?
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Do? Man that that's a that's not an easy decision
because when you If i'm If I'm Mariyon, rodgers you
look at the division to say where where where CAN
i have the most success in the division that possibly
get to the playoffs and do damage and you, know
have an opportunity to compete for a Super bowl and The.
(25:36):
Giants you when you go to The, giants you got
The eagles and The commanders in your. Division you you
go to The steelers as of, now you Got Lamar
jackson in The. Ravens The bengals offensively are going to
present a, problem but do they present a problem? Defensively
and so If I'm Marion, rodgers you just from that,
perspective you go to The. Steelers but but but are
(25:58):
they gonna change a style Of is it still gonna
be two yards and a cloud of dust on? Offense you,
know we're just gonna, run, run, run and pass when
we need. To you, figure they trade FOR, dk they
give you all that, money they gonna open it. Up
but are they gonna KEEP dk And George. Pickings there's
just so much that has to be understood from The steelers'.
Perspective but If I'm Aaron, rodgers to, me wherever he,
(26:21):
goes he's going to be. Fine The giants that, defense
those young players on. OFFENSE i Love Brian dave was
a head coach and a play. CALLER i would lean
that way after saying WHAT i, said considering the, Divisions
BUT i just feel Like Aaron rodgers can still really.
Play he just has to get put in a good.
Situation how much Is.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Larry, tunsel who obviously is gonna want new contractors last
year of his. Deal how much does he bring to
the table still for The Washington, Commanders.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
Oh tungs he's a great pass. Blocker and so when
when you Got Jade, daniels who will be a CERTIFIED
Boni FIED mvp. Candidate as long as because he can stay,
healthy you want to protect him and so him when
it tons them when it comes to pass. Blocking, oh
he's going to do a very very very good. Job
(27:10):
The ron block is another, story but to, me that
was a good Trade houston got off of him because
they probably didn't want to pay him after this. SEASON
i think it's a win win for both. Sides AND
i just love what The commanders are. Doing got a
ricky quarterback on a rookie. Deal we're going all in
at all these other. Positions we're going to strengthen the
offense and defensive, lines and hopefully we can get to The.
(27:33):
Bowl while we Have Jaye daniels.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
For Chief Stut Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports. Radio
what becomes of The. Chiefs you, know it's like the
offensive line so, depleted doesn't have necessarily the weaponry that
he had. Before and you, know you obviously have A
hall Of fame caliber tight end who look washing The
Super bowl and, look he can get into better. Shape
(27:57):
but at the end of the, day there's a lot
of treade off that. Tires what do you do if
you're run The.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Chiefs Travis kelsey gonna be. Fine he'll be. Fine. Now
yards for catches decreased every year the last four, years
with the exception OF i believe twenty one and twenty
two they were the. Same he'll be. Fine he just
got a little more. Focused The chiefs are being carried
by their. Defense you, know they go Signed johnstone from The.
(28:25):
Patriots that was a great creagent sign up signing than
they trading to The bears this. Year so you trade
your best or maybe a second best To Tray smith
offensive lineman when you had offensive line problems in The Super.
Bowl and so that's going to be. Interesting they need,
Weapons they need weapons that they That mahomes trust At
(28:45):
Andy reid's, trust because when when you look at, it
they're struggling offensively to create big. Plays they're struggling offensively
just to create some type of consistent plays out of
the passing. Game and so they have to figure out
where do they. Go how can they answer those? Questions
AND i don't know if It's kelsey And worthy or
(29:05):
they got to go sign. Somebody Cooper CUP i believe
would be a great help to, them Especially, mahomes a smart.
Player but as long as you Got mahomes And, andyurie
you have a. CHANCE i just don't know if you
have a chance of winning The Super bowl the way
we've come to, expect because that's all they've.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Done Stug Gottlieb show here On Fox Sports. Trader that's
the voice of T. J Huschman, zada Who's you're The Best.
Man Championship week's, awesome but, listen talking football with you
is even. Better thanks for our, Guest, DOUG.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
I appreciate, it. Man keep it up to good. Work.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
Bro be sure to catch the live edition Of The
Doug Gottlieb show weekdays at three Pm eastern Noon Pacific.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Doug Gotlib show here On Fox Sports. Radio we'll talk
to FROM Jj redick at the top of next hour
Plus John Miikaloffe. Jonas we'll ask him about some of
the adjustments The eagles are having to, make you, know
shedding some high dollar free agents on. Defense we know
that how he's been able to rebuild. It but again
year After Super bowls win or lose have been a
(30:06):
little bit rough for. Them so we'll check in on
The Philadelphia eagles and try and figure out This cooper
cupcub care does, Yeah Cooper? Cup where does he end?
Up as he's said to be released by THE La.
Rams got a lot to get to but every day
at this time we turn the things over in this
case To Isaac lohencron for a.
Speaker 7 (30:26):
Game this is game time on The Doug Gottlieb.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Show what you got?
Speaker 5 (30:40):
There, Ilo oh please let it Be rank them? Today rank?
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Them?
Speaker 5 (30:45):
Now what do you? Know look at? Me all, right
let's start by ranking the top THREE nfl free agent
signings up to this. Point AND i know it'll be
tough for you to avoid putting The Tampa buccaneers Signing
Riley dixon as their punter in the top.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Three that's a big. ONE i, Know Riley dixon as
their punter is a big. One but go, ahead, okay
give me the top.
Speaker 5 (31:09):
Three top THREE nfl free agent signings up to this.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
POINT i, WILL i would go, here.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
M, hm.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Well that's not freedom. Signing laromie tunsl is not a freedom, signing,
Right so Again i'm trying to remember which ones are,
signings which ones are trade. RIGHT i, think, okay, no, no,
NO i got. IT i Think i'm gonna go, Look
i'm gonna. Go Sam donald is. ONE i Think DeVante
(31:52):
adams is.
Speaker 5 (31:54):
Two absolutely, Absolutely and you, know.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Oh yeah yo yo YE a for. THREE i think
there's there's two different levels to. It, one it's you,
know the name quality of signing a high LEVEL uh wide.
Receiver BUT i think What pittsburgh did is is is. Three, okay,
yeah so there's my, one, two. Three all.
Speaker 5 (32:23):
Right, NOW i want you to rank the top three
quarterback draft prospects in the UPCOMING nfl.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
DRAFT i Like Jackson, dart you, know AND i know
he's climbing the, charts BUT i don't think That Jackson
dart IS i, MEAN i does it fall? Where? Like
are you looking for me to throw off the order or?
SOMETHING i don't. KNOW i think that's That that's kind
of my. Issue Cam ward, one AND i think there's
(32:56):
a world. War Cam ward goes number, one, Sure sanders,
two And Jackson dart. Three all.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Right USUALLY i save these types of items for, last
but morbid curiosity makes me want to bring this one.
NEXT i want you to rank your top three technical
producers over the.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
Years come, on, yes.
Speaker 5 (33:17):
It's it's it's on my it's on my. List it's
on my, list so you can go back to previous
stops that. LIST i did not write this, list BUT
i did move it up in the.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
Order come, on, Dude i'm not let's the next, Question.
Speaker 5 (33:34):
Okay sparing the feelings Of Iowa Sam i's, Okay, no,
no it's.
Speaker 6 (33:38):
Not just want to Put ramo set. One that's. Fine
IF I i'm in a distant, fifth that's all. Right
i'm not even in the.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
Top, listen. Listen i've worked in this business for uh.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Yeah you got guys going back to other networks, Too i'm. Sure,
YEAH i want to know their. Names let's hear. Them,
YEAH i Mean sam at number.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Nine, No i'm not getting like my Boy Jeremiah, crow
like he's a program director now at In San, Francisco
like he's big. Time he started out as my my board. Up, like,
Yeah i'm not doing. That that's the next.
Speaker 5 (34:10):
One all, right, fine just answer me.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Though it's, like well they're ALL i, mean you, know
everybody has quirks and everything's. Good so, yeah let's not do.
Speaker 5 (34:18):
That just answer. Me this Would Google Elmo marconi be
in your top?
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Three who's?
Speaker 5 (34:24):
That he's the guy who invented.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
Radio OH i, AGAIN i THOUGHT i thought you had a.
Nickname it was because, like, look, no it was his.
Speaker 5 (34:31):
Name Google Google Almo Giovanni Marconi.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
Cony that's the Old Marconi. Awards that's why they never Google.
Speaker 5 (34:39):
Almo, yes, Wow, Yeah as opposed To Tom, googliata It's Google.
Almo all, right?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Question, Yeah Tom DECORDY td was my was my board
up WHEN i was AT Cbs Sports. Radio so, Like
i'm just not going to, LIKE i got so many
people out there that are good.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
People well look at. YOU i appreciate your. Diplomacy all,
Right then onto SOMETHING i know you'll, answer rank the
top three conference tournaments you are most intrigued, by.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
Okay this, year or like which Ones i'd like to
attend most this.
Speaker 5 (35:20):
Year BUT i think that's also another interesting component of.
It so let's start with this. Year and THEN i
MEAN i think, like, like, look the biggiest. Tournament you
have to do that once before you?
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Die, yeah, yeah, right cat do that once before you.
DIE i think, LIKE i just Think, vegas like you
had good zagat take it On Saint. MARY'S i think that's,
Tonight but then you at The Mountain west is. Awesome
vegas is a great. Stop big ten tournament is usually
really really. GOOD i don't like it as much In
chicago AS i do when it's In, indie AND i
thought it was In New york it was. Amazing and
(35:52):
then of Course i'm a big twelve. Guy SO i
Love Kansas city and the New big, twelve Although kansas
not being Elite Iowa, state we'll pack that, place so
it still has a. CHANCE i, mean But houston doesn't
bring a ton of. PEOPLE i don't THINK i would
go this. Year Ones i'd like to go to. Most
(36:13):
i'm gonna Say big twelve, Three Big ten, two And
Big east, one just as i'd love to go in The,
garden and you got Probably patino in The garden maybe
against The. Yukon the league's not, great but there's great
storylines and it'll be a great.
Speaker 5 (36:29):
Atmosphere can't be that final. ITEM i want you to
rank the top three teams in the NBA's Western Conference.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
Western, conference well currently With lebron, out or in. Totality
let's go in. Totality, Okay, Well Okama city's, One Okama city's.
One that's where it gets. Interesting denver's. Two those, Three
(37:03):
i'll Go lakers. THREE i go to probably Go lakers
three if they're. Healthy, YEAH i Go lakers.
Speaker 5 (37:07):
Three and that's game.
Speaker 7 (37:10):
Game this is game time on The Doug Gottlieb.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
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