November 26, 2025 • 38 mins
On this installment of The Midway, Doug and the crew deliver a special Thanksgiving edition. Doug welcomes FOX Sports Betting Analyst Chris Fallica onto the show to talk about the weekend of wagering in college football. Plus, Isaac Lowenkron takes Doug through "The Press".
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:35):
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a good second hour for you. Chris Filica from Big
Noon Kickoff the Bear Bear Bets Podcast. He'll be joining
us at twenty five after the hour gets ready for
a big weekend rivalry weekend college football. Some of them
still exist, like the Big Game where he'll be Plus,
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you got the Lane Kippen conundrum. We got a lot
to get to before we get to that. It is
a Wednesday, middle of the week, middle of the day.
It's the middle of the show. We get the hour
podcast after the show. Let's get to the Midway.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
It's not getting.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
It's time for.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
The Midway along with Isaac, Isaac Loncron, Ryan Smiths on
on the ones and twoes, and of course the great
Jason Stewart is producing Jase two.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
What's the topic of the Midway?
Speaker 5 (01:29):
Thank you, I'll take it from here. I sent this
to the group text today. I want to do I
want to be one of the only shows in the
country today that are doing Thanksgiving esque topics, nonally ironic,
yes or cheesy. I want to be the one show
that's going to take a holiday and then mix it
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into our sports content in a very witty way. I
want you guys to think about three things each of you.
I need. I need a short answer with a short explanation.
We can go one by one. Okay, First of all,
who is the biggest turkey in sports right now? That
I want you to think about that. Second, who is
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the best side dish in sports right now? Now? You
could take that as any way you want. Do you
want to take side dish as in a great Batman
to a Robin or Robin to Batman, or do you
want to take it like Cardi b to Stefan Diggs,
like the woman that's having one of his four babies
this year. In the third third topic, what sports team
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puts you to sleep the fastest?
Speaker 6 (02:41):
What's in the turkey? Bobby? What makes people sleepy?
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Okay, so those three items and I will start so
you guys can think about it. My answer to who
is the biggest turkey in sports right now, I'm gonna
say it's a tie between one of two people, but
I don't want to sam up the category, so I'm
gonna pick one. Jahn Morant. Jahn Morant called Klay Thompson
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a bum over the weekend and his latest miss out
from the bench, Doug he was not suited. He called
Clay Thompson, a surefire Hall of Famer, top seventy five player,
a bum, and Klay Thompson went off on him on
one of the most measured, smart articulate cut downs in
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the history of sports. Basically called him an unserious person.
He lacks depth, has no imagination. So Ja Morant right
now is my biggest turkey in sports. The best side
dish in sports right now. And I really liked my
Cardi b answer. I thought that was funny. But my biggest,
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my best side dish in sports right now, And this
is gonna be very controversial. I think a lot of
people are gonna be off at this one. But Austin
Reeves to Luka Doncic, Austin Reeves is my best side ditch.
You see what I did right there?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I thought you did.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
You saw what I did right there? Yep, I didn't.
I didn't include one person. So that's my controversial pick.
And then what's the sports team right now that makes
you sleep the fastest?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
What's in the turkey, Bobby? What makes people sleepy?
Speaker 5 (04:28):
I think the most forgettable team in sports right now
the Siberia of all sports. And I just realize I'm
going to all NBA on this one is the Washington Wizards.
You never hear anything about the Washington Wizards. I don't
know who's on the team. I couldn't tell you one
person on the team. I'm sure they got a really
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good free agent this past year. I have no idea
who's on the Washington Wizards formerly the Bullets. I hope
they go back to the Bullets. So that's my three answers,
gentlemen u in sports, John Moran side dish is Austin Reeves,
very controversial. And then the team that makes me sleep
the fastest right now is the Washington Wizards.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
What's in the turkey?
Speaker 5 (05:11):
I'm gonna give you the floor, do Gottlieb. Who's your
biggest turkey in sports right now?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Ryan Clark? Ryan Clark?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
I mean, I mean he's apologized three times so far
this year, maybe four. Ryan Clark's talented analyst, but you know,
in his in his effort to right wrongs from I
guess from his life. For his career, he's just said
and done a lot of things which have irritated a
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lot of people. But in sports, Ryan Clark is Ryan
Clark's my guy, and I do have a a co
favorite for that would be Stephen A. Smith again with
the you know, first he wanted to be a journalist.
Now he doesn't, you know, uh, But Ryan Clark to
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me is the biggest turkey in sports. The best side
dish in sports is booka coua. Oh, I'm gonna go
pook in a coula, And my logic behind it is
Matt Stafford is the main course, Matt Stafford has thirty
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touchdowns two interceptions, is on his way to winning the
NFL's MVP at thirty seven years old, and DeVante Adams
rightfully so because of the touchdown receptions, gets a ton
of the attentions. So I don't even think he is
what's the biggest side dish. I don't even know if
he's like stuffing booka. A coua is almost like cranberry
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sauce or sweet potatoes or sweet potato cast role, because
it's like you don't you think of Thanksgiving, You think
of the turkey. Maybe you think of the mashed potatoes.
But poog and a coua is amazing eighty catches through
ten games with eleven point eight yards reception, and like
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you think, obviously, Devanta Adams you think of as a
hall of famer, Matt Safford's gonna be a Hall of
famer and MVP.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
But putin Akua is.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Here's here's what I love is star wide receiver who
still goes over the middle. He'll get the five yard catch,
take a couple of hits, and then get out and
go do it again. He's not simply trying to get touchdowns.
He's moving the sticks as well. Putin a cou is
my uh?
Speaker 3 (07:25):
And then great choice, great choice? What was the last one?
Speaker 5 (07:30):
What sports team right now makes sure sleep the fastest?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (07:38):
Oh, there's a bunch of bobby what makes people sleepy?
Speaker 7 (07:43):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
The Las Vegas Raiders out, well, they just no offense.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
But they've got no offense.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
And you know, it's one of those things where we
fall in love with the story but we don't actually see, Like, look,
it was a great story that Geno Smith grew up.
Genis Smith was immature, Geni Smith is the second round pick.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Did make it with the Jets.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Gino Smith became a guy who everybody likes respects. But
he topped out a couple of years ago during that
kind of comeback year with the Seattle Seahawks. Right, he
had thirty touchdowns, eleven interceptions, then twenty and nine. Then
last year he went very good, and this year he's
met at best. I mean, honestly, he's not even mediocre.
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Thirteen touchdowns, thirteen interceptions. It's not that their team is great,
but they drafted first round draft pick running back and
they have the rookie of the Year last year and
brought powers and they're just eh, but the Raiders are.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
It's a tough watch that. There's my answer.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
Two choices. Two of your answers are right. And Ryan
Smith's face as he's running the board today, he loves
Ryan Clark and he loves the Raiders, So you guys
are officially rivals in this midway. I just want to
remind listeners, I'm hoping when we are the only show
in the country right now doing a would he take
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incorporating a holiday into sports content. That's what we do here,
Isaac Glow and Crown, You're up next. Who is the
biggest turkey in sports right now?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Very annoyed by Guntley.
Speaker 8 (09:24):
No, No, I'm just kidding, it's not you, Doug all right.
I would actually like to preemptively invite feedback and or
pushback from the contingent here as I reeled these off.
Controversially my biggest turkey in sports Lane Kiffin. Now here's what.
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Here's a guy who I thought had been completely humbled
by what happened with him with the Raiders in USC
and even to an extent Alabama, begins to rebuild his
head coaching career at F Gloria Atlantic humbles himself, goes there,
then goes to ole Miss. Great, and because of that,
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I would think he would be happy and satisfied where
he is, particularly with what they're doing now. But either way, however,
this weekends, I think he's a turkey because if he goes,
I think he's a turkey because oh the grass is
always greener on the other side of the pasture. He
leaves ole Miss in the lurch. And if he stays,
which on one hand, I would respect. Why would you
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put ole Miss through all this uncertainty? You know, we've
seen We saw it with Chip Kelly, we saw it
with Brian Kelly. We see all these hot shots and
boosters are falling all over themselves with gazillions of dollars
to lure these people, and wow, it just doesn't work out.
So I felt for a guy who was humbled and
it has already been through the worst of coaching. He's
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just doing the same stuff that he was doing twenty
years ago.
Speaker 5 (10:56):
So I don't know if you about that. Yeah, take
on that one. That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
On Brian Kelly.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
No, No, for all the reasons Isaac just pointed out.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So I ilo, why do you think that why does
he have to decide right.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Now because his team's in national championship contender. And I
just don't understand.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Because you want him to.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
I'm sorry, because you want him to. No, I don't
have a dog in the fight here. But it just
seems to me that in college football, the grass is
always always greener on the other side of the pasture.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I mean, link the other side. Let me give you
the other side.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Yeah, second you have a bad second, you have a
bad year, they fire you, and they want to buy
you out for fifty million dollars.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Fair point, fair point.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
It's like why these guys have these huge buyos whatever,
because the second they lose a couple of games, you say, hey,
we're Oh, you're you're I'm all about you. I do
think if he was staying, he would have said him staying.
On the other hand, on the other hand, there is
the power of negotiation, which just like, hey, because look,
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you only stay if they're going to put you at
the top level of the SEC can find out, I
want everything they got in nil money. And I'm sure
he's also waiting on the NFL.
Speaker 8 (12:19):
Oh, I hadn't even thought about that.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
You mean, like the New York Giants, even Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
What Giants and Tennessee Giants have his quarterback. Tennessee's right
down the road. So he's a man with options. He
doesn't have to decide now. The only ones that are
pushing the narrative of deciding now are the schools that
jobs are open. That's the reality of it. It's the
absolute reality of it. And that's those jobs problem. You know,
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had they not fired their coaches already, we wouldn't have sped.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Up this process. You don't have to decide now.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Wait till if they play Mississippi State, you know, they
get in the College Wall playoff. Like, I don't think
he has to decide now, even though I think he's
probably decided at some point long ago.
Speaker 8 (13:04):
All right, best sidekick slash side dish. Yes, I'm gonna
go from the Dallas Cowboys, Brandon Aubrey.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
In the whole.
Speaker 8 (13:15):
You know, kickers come from the side, you know. All Right,
So this season alone, this cat he hits a sixty
four yard field goal to force an overtime against the
Giants and hits the game winning field goal in overtime.
He hits another sixty plus or later in the year
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game winning field goal against the Eagles. I mean, this
guy is you know, you mentioned the stock rising for
the Cowboys.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
You know, he's.
Speaker 8 (13:45):
Another reason why. I mean, you know, you just kind
of have to get it over midfield with this cat,
and you're already you know, especially indoors in field goal range.
And finally, I.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Think it's interesting, by the way, that Isaac is somehow
channeled like the beat beat Nick generation of the sixties.
He called Aubrey a cat twice. I don't think anyone
calls men cats anymore. So well done, go ahead, Yeah,
I need the team that makes you fall asleep the fastest.
Speaker 8 (14:15):
By the way, just just just refer to me as
the uh Jack Kerouac of the new millennium, if you will.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
On the road.
Speaker 8 (14:23):
Very good, He refers to Marty Glickman in there by
the way, all right, now onto references that the rest
of our audience will understand.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
All right.
Speaker 8 (14:31):
I'm also going to go to the NBA, which is
kind of an indictment on Adam Silver that it's not
the first team but the Atlanta Hawks. I mean, I'm
not saying this to be a sarcastic jerk, even though
I am one, But can you guys tell me since
the days of Dominique Wilkins when the Atlanta Hawks have
ever been a nationally relevant team, Not necessarily in terms
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of success, because they've had successful teams, but have they
ever been captivating enough to talk about? Like I literally
had to look up what their record is this year,
and they're actually having a decent season. They're eleven and eight.
They're in sixth place in the Eastern Conference right now.
But I cannot remember literally when.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
They went to the Eastern Conference finals. But still, but no,
I got it. Yeah, here's right, No, no, I got it.
I agree with you.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
I do have a take that maybe today's not the
day for but it's you know, the the Mavericks fired
their gentle manager for trading away a beloved superstar, right,
and the Hawks fired Landry Fields because he did in
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many ways, because he didn't trade away their beloved superstar
in Trey Young. Like Trey Young's crazy popular in Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
But you can't win it.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
You can't win big with Trey Young as your best player,
and thus they could enter they didn't trade him, everybody
lost their jobs.
Speaker 8 (16:04):
Right and and and even before that, I mean, I
literally I'm like I said, I'm not trying to be sarcastic,
but I don't remember since the days of Dominique Wilkins
when they have been a captivating national teams or story. Yeah,
you're absolutely right, and they're and they're not a minor
market team.
Speaker 5 (16:22):
We've been waiting a good ten minutes for Ryan Smith
to come up with his response. Yeah, Doug picking Ryan
Clark and the Raiders in his choice. So so Ryan Smith.
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Got my popcorn matty.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
That's great. The biggest turkey in sports right now, Well,
this is only for selfish reasons. My biggest turkey.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Is Chase good choice because he's on my fantasy team
and I needed him, yep, to keep going in our
pool in our league, and he couldn't play it because
he likes the spit in people's faces. Thanks Jamar, thank
you so much. Good choice, the best dish side dish.
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I would go with Higgins because he's also on my
fantasy team. But guess what, uh I started him and
then he got a concussion and he got knocked out
of the game, So that's great.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
Yeah, and Bengals centric. Is he gonna go three for three?
Speaker 9 (17:16):
No?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
I not, but the team that puts me to sleep.
Speaker 6 (17:19):
Yeah, what's in the turkey? Bobby? What makes people sleepy?
Speaker 7 (17:23):
H The Saints? They are so boring to watch. Say
what you want about the Raiders, but it's like a
train wreck. At least it's entertaining for me because like, Wow,
they're so bad, but they're bad in a entertaining way.
The Saints are just boring. Like that Saints Falcons game.
My god, I went to sleep boom?
Speaker 5 (17:45):
How about that? How about the met Midway? Guys, we
incorporated a holiday into sports content. I don't think it's
doing that.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
I think it's really unique. It's really unique.
Speaker 8 (17:53):
You know what you wanted to do, Jason, one time
in the future, you ought to pick out a subject
and how the top four and call it the Mount Rushmore.
I don't think that's ever been done before.
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There is the Lane Kiffen conundrum, right, It's like, whoo,
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a lot of different jobs. My thought is this u
as I said with with Isaac or this about ten
minutes ago. I do think that if he was staying,
he would have said he's staying.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
The only thing I could otherwise is are you are
you leveraging these jobs to get more nil money more
than more money for yourself. Again, not that lank Kiffen
doesn't want more money for himself and can't get more
an annuity or whatever, but the reality is that if
you're gonna do this, he with the most money rules.
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I don't know if if Ole Miss has the resources.
I know that though Florida most people think Florida does.
They got to redo their stadium. There's some added expenses there.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
There's there is a certain kind of coolness to the
old miss thing. Right, if you've ever been to Oxford,
you know that once they got rid of the rebel
flags and now look the downside to Ole Misses, there
are going to be black players that won't play there.
They won't, they just won't. And you're always going to
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be limited by though you can maybe get the best
players in state. There's a fewer in state players and
there will be at Florida fewer than there will be
at LSU. Those jobs are And as much as we're like,
well it's about who has the most money, Yeah, but
if the money's the same, they're gonna want to stay
closer to home. LSU is the best job, Florida's the
second best job, will miss the third best job. But
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ole Miss is probably the most rewarding job, but can
be limiting, and you are probably gonna have a year
where you come up short, and you'd think maybe they
don't freak out there the way they'd freak out an
LSU or at Florida.
Speaker 5 (20:31):
So if he's leaving, and that seems to be your opinion,
is it fair for the committee to factor that into
the seating for their playoff?
Speaker 2 (20:40):
No? Not if their play doesn't drop off. The great
thing about it is these stories have been out there.
Let's see how the play Againssissippi State see the other play.
But I don't think so. And here's why one to
this point hasn't hurt their play. And secondly, the assumption
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is most of these players are leaving. It doesn't mean
it's a reality, but that's the assumption. So we don't
hold it against them. Why should we hold it against Lane.
I understand what you're saying, and I do think a
coach is far greater of importance and it changes things altogether.
But I do think that players are more apt to
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continue playing for a guy even if he is out.
It's the Doug Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio,
and let's catch you ready for another great weekend of
college football with our guy Chris Folika.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
He's the Bear.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
That's why he's got the Bear Bets podcast. You see
him on Big Noon Kickoff on Fox on Fox, and
so he's kind of to spend some time with this
year on the Doug Gottlieb Show. Let's start with the
big Game. Well, how states douneb one in the country.
They're a ten point favorite at Michigan ten point favorite
and the totals forty three and a half. And I
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can tell you being in Wisconsin right now, the same
snowstorm that's going through here is going to go through Michigan.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
It's supposed to snow there. Give me a read on
this game.
Speaker 9 (22:09):
It feels like it's an undertype game. To me, it
feels like one of those defensive slogs that we with
the snow. I guess the weather maybe a Saturday afternoon,
so it could be a little a little little messy
second half. I guess a lot of it comes down
to as well, how healthy Cornel Tate and Jeremiah smith Ard.
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They're conflicting reports as to their availability with a calf
injury and a hamstring pull. I guess is what's rumored
to be the injury, so we'll see what happens ultimately.
I think this comes down to just between the ear holes.
For for Ohio State, they're better, but they were better
last year and Michigan couldn't complete a forward pass and
they still beat them. I think Ohio State wins Ohio
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State should win there better, But you know, from playing
in these rivalry games and being around them long enough,
a lot of times psychology plays much more of a
role than physical talent. Michigan I guess should have bringing
back back this week, which will help. But I don't
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know if I want to lay the points here where
the last get I feel a little bit better about
looking towards maybe a game under and a first step under.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Radio. That's the
Bear Bear Bets Podcast. You need to download it, put
it in your queue. Your boys, Miami take it on Pittsburgh. Okay,
so you got a warm weather team go into a
cold weather late in the season. Pit though a seven
point dog touchdown Dog at home totals forty nine and
a half.
Speaker 9 (23:45):
It's interesting because I like looking around and seeing various
people's picks and thoughts on certain games, and one thing
that I had seen and heard all everywhere out there
is pitt has all over the year marks of being
a very public underdog. This week, every pick I've seen
or heard on the game so far has been Pit
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plus the points. Doesn't mean the Panthers can't cover or win,
but when you see things like that happen, you tend
to have a little bit of pause. I think Miami
will win. I think they're better up front on both
sides of the ball. In watching that Georgia Tech offensive line,
not only last week, the pit real offensive line rather
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last week against Georgia Tech, and the pit offensive line
against Notre Dame, I think they're gonna have a hell
of a time trying to block Messador and Bane and
Scott and that Miami front a lot of people. I
think even the College Football Playoffs Electric Committee, I think
they really penalized Miami after that lost to SMU, just
kind of assuming that they'll lose again, though they always
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seem to lose November and Fade and it hasn't happened.
Miami's played the best ball of the year the last
three games, so I think they're gonna go on the road.
I think they're gonn to win. If I had to
play aside in the game, I would lay the six
and a half or seven, just because I think ultimately
Miami defense is the best unit on the field, one
of the best units in the country. But think's gonna
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make the job for the selection give any much more
difficult after a win out RA pick team who bout
always playing for broke THESCC Todle game, unlike Notre Dame
a couple of weeks back when paton Ardussi, of course said,
at this game doesn't mean anything. We can lose one
hundred to nothing or whatever it was, as long as
we win the next two games.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Okay, Vanderbilt Tennessee, the Battle of Tennessee. Who would have
thought that Tennessee only a three point favorite at home
and Vanny trying to get in the College Fall playoff.
This one huge number, sixty five and a half is
the total.
Speaker 9 (25:43):
Who do you like I'd be looking at the Tennessee
team total over here? I think the balls are going
to put up a bunch of points. You look at
the last few meetings, they have gone up and down
the field on Vandy one of those games, and the
Commodores have been a very trendy upset pick in those
games as well. I was impressed with what Tennessee what
did last week. I know it's not the Florida team
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everybody thought we were going to get at the start
of the year. But to go to Gainsville and dominate
that team and just end the game early and win
for the first time to two thousand and three. I
knowing the past or Josh Heipel on how emotional, on
how personally he's he tends to take things, I think
there's a little bit of an edge, a little bit
of a chip on the shoulder, and they are not
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going to watch to see Vanderbilt come in there and
win I like the balls here had laid the points.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Okay, a couple more here, Iron Bull Okay, BEMA needs
a win to get in that College Fall playoff. They
take on Auburn. The totals forty six and a half.
A tepid six point line is what I'm looking at
right like nothing. There's no reason this should be a
six point line based upon anything Auburn's done this year.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
But everybody's just cost us of one of.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Those rivalry Iron Bowl games where nothing makes sense, makes
sense of that six point line and.
Speaker 9 (27:02):
It's perfect college football twenty twenty five with Auburn. Auburn
has been in a bunch of games this year, they
just haven't been able to finish them off. And the
oddsmakers know the history of this rivalry, specifically at Jordin Hare.
The last four games that have been played there between
the two teams, you had a couple of games where
Alabama was two touchdown favorite and both more than a
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two touchdown favorite actually, and they wound up winning by
two and three points late. The previous two before that
were games where Alabama was favored by six points or
fewer and wound up losing outright. So the oddsmakers know
that Jordan Hare is kind of a little bit of
a house of Horris for Baba. I am not super
high on Alabama. I have been a little bit lower
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on them than most people. They kind of were begging
for a loss going into that Oklahoma game, and they
survived and then help game Oklahoma by two to one margin.
Just couldn't stop turning ball over and miss the field
goaling such and really handed OEU the game. Would not
surprise me at all to see Auburn ball up here
and win. I bet yeah it would. Would you mean? Here,
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here's a question that I've been posted to people all week.
More pressure this week, Ryan Day and Ohio State to
beat Michigan or Kaitlin de Boor in Alabama and beat
Auburn because if Alabama loses here, they are out of
the college football playoff and you bookend your season with
an embarrassing loss in Florida State and then a loss
of the iron ball to knock getting out all the
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SEC championship gave but the college football.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Playoffs such good stuff. Yeah, I would say de bor is,
there's more more more pressure on da Boor. You're you're right,
but but that's why you go to Alabama? As they say, right,
you don't go to Alabama if you don't want the
pressure pressure of Jack. Okay, any thoughts on any of
these other teams being in any sort of danger and
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those others? I mean, Tech is on the road, big
number against West Virginia Oklahoma, ten points against LSU.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Uh. Those are two college twell.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Playoff teams BYU at a home against Central Florida, Oregon
against Washington only a six and a half point favorite.
Which of those teams are you most interested in or
you think is most likely to be upset?
Speaker 9 (29:15):
I think it's Oregon at Washington. Well, I think Oregon
is good statistically and metrically where they are in terms
of offensive and defensive efficiency, but they aren't beat up
beyond belief. Their receiving corps is drastically hampered right now,
they've been offensive line injuries. It's a couple beat up
guys on the defensive side of the ball. And now
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you're going to Washington, a place where Huskies traditionally have
a pretty big home field advantage and an edge there.
It kind of feels like a contract drive kind of
game for Demond Williams and someone who could ultimately wind
up in the portal next year if Jed Fish indeed
is no longer the head coach at UB last year.
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We've seen even this year Washington play so much better
at Husky Stadium as opposed to playing on the road
where they've looked terrible and lofty Wisconsin and barely beating
Maryldon on the road. Getting points here against an Oregon
team coming off at SC win, that's beat up. I
think you deb has an excellent chance to kind of
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shake the college football playoff standing up and up in
the air.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you. Enjoy the big game, and thanks
so much for being our guest.
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Thanks you much.
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Speaker 8 (31:44):
All right, Doug, We'll start with some Major League baseball
for you. He has been reporting a short time ago
that Anthony Rendon and the Angels are in talks about
buying out the final year of his contract, with the
expectation that he will retire. Rendon is owed thirty eight
million dollars next season in the final season of a
seven year, two hundred and forty five million dollar contract,
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in which, how can I put it lightly, the Angels
did not get that sort of return on their.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
Investments Classic Angels.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
But at some point you just got to cut bait, right,
At some point you just got to eat the money
and go, hey, this ain't working. It's an iesore tracks
down the whole organization.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Goodbye.
Speaker 8 (32:28):
Quick poll among the crew, closest answer wins. I want
the three of you guys to guess what percentage of
Angels games that Anthony Rendon actually played in during the
course of the previous six years of his contract.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
What percentage? I'm going to put it at one hundred and.
Speaker 8 (32:45):
Fifty percentage percentage percentage of games.
Speaker 6 (32:51):
I thought.
Speaker 3 (32:52):
I thought I'm the one who doesn't listen to the question.
I thought that was my rules.
Speaker 8 (32:56):
Well, my wife always says that about me. Seven percent, Doug.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Ryan twenty nine percent.
Speaker 8 (33:04):
Actually Ryan wins thirty one point seven percent.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
I had no idea.
Speaker 5 (33:08):
I thought you were going to ask of the four
of us, which of us grew up closest to Anaheim Stadium.
Speaker 8 (33:15):
Well, why can't we do that? Go ahead, Jason, I'm
gonna say me, Okay, where'd you grow up?
Speaker 5 (33:21):
Only hold? I was like, no, it's got to be Doug.
It's gotta be gotta be done. I was Avne.
Speaker 8 (33:24):
Doug was Tustin Ryan.
Speaker 5 (33:26):
Where were you?
Speaker 6 (33:26):
No?
Speaker 3 (33:27):
No, no, no, I grew up in Orange. Yes, I
grew up in Orange.
Speaker 5 (33:31):
I went to Tustin. He grew up in an Orange,
which is closer.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
To my brother and sister, el Medina Gratz. Jason Freddy
Freeman's high.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
School Brea is like a fifteen minute trip down the
fifty six.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
It's about a fifteen minute trip. I actually think we
should do You should do a little Google maps right now.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
Now, I'll do it.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
I'll shoot to my mom's address. Whoa same house? And
you tell me, Jason, what high school did you go to?
Speaker 8 (33:52):
Okay? The Wildcats?
Speaker 5 (33:54):
Right, So I am I am extremely qualified to say this. Okay.
I went to a ton of Angel games growing up.
I had a very intimate relationship with the Angels. Was
never a fan. I was always a Dodger fan, but
I just because of access, I went to a lot
of games and I love baseball, and I have a
bunch of buddies on my group texts that are angel fans,
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so I could say this, I'm very qualified. The Angels
along with Anthony Rendon and Josh Hamilton and Albert Poolhols
and all these awful contracts.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
Vaughn.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
Forget about Movaon.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
That was a terrible one horrible. That wasn't early their fault.
Speaker 8 (34:28):
But okay, yeah, they should have moved the dugout on
an opening.
Speaker 5 (34:30):
Day in twenty five years. I forever want the Angels
to be known as the team that had Mike Trout
in his prime Sho Hao Tani and never went to
the playoffs. I just I want that to be I
guess on their tombstone if they're ever put outs to rest,
this was the team that never went to the playoffs
with Mike Trout and show Halo Tony.
Speaker 8 (34:52):
By the way, in relation to the Anthony Rendon story here,
but also dug one of your topics that headlined the
show kind of loaded me management, Doug. You remember former
Los Angeles Lakers longtime trainer Gary Vetti.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Yeah, I've heard the podcast stuff. It's been really good.
Speaker 8 (35:07):
Oh yeah, he's awesome, But he was he he said recently,
I'm paraphrasing. He said, Hey, you know what the Showtime
Lakers did for load management. We kicked bleep for the
first three quarters and then sat our starters in the
fourth quarter. That was our idea of load management. Great
line from Gary Vetty, one of our favorites. More NBA
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items for you, Doug. Anthony Davis of the Mavericks return
to practice today. He could have returned to action on
Friday against the Lakers after missing fourteen games with a
strain left calf.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
You're never gonna know on this team until they get
Kyrie back. And it feels like they're going to trade
Anthony Dais for they get Kyrie back. But you know,
Anthony Davis is oft injured. But man, the kind of
year and a half two years before he was injured,
he's been an elite, elite NBA player.
Speaker 5 (35:57):
The results are in. The results are in. The empirical
evidence has been proven that Orange from Doug's mother's house,
it's eleven miles from door to door to Anaheim Stadium,
and from Brailwin Too High School it is twelve miles.
So Orange is the winner. Orange. Doug grew up closer
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to Angel State than I did.
Speaker 3 (36:21):
I'm just very much the fireworks distally from my roof.
Speaker 8 (36:25):
I'm just very impressed that Jason, you could do that
comprehensive of a project so quickly. Our final item here,
high school basketball game in Nebraska last night was put
in jeopardy because a pregame slammed dunk shattered the glass
on one of the backboards, so the two teams actually
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played the entire game with just three quarters of the court,
so when the other team would get the ball, they
would have to advance it three quarters of the way
down the floor before doubling back to the one basket
that worked. I'm guessing that there weren't many fast break
points scored in the contest, and transition defense wasn't a problem.
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But kudos to that high school for finding a way
to contest the game.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
They couldn't go sideways. They couldn't put the hoops down
and go sideways.
Speaker 8 (37:12):
I mean, where were they put the where they put
the fans? And I'm looking at the video right now.
Is one of these gyms that actually had only two baskets.
It had a stage and actually a really nice video screen.
So they had to get creative I suppose so.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
They spent money in the video screen, didn't get money
for the backup basketball.
Speaker 8 (37:28):
Oh geez, Gottlieb rips Nebraska Prep High School.
Speaker 5 (37:33):
No, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 6 (37:35):
You know.
Speaker 8 (37:35):
That's a good point.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
Well, I mean, this is one of those deals to
where now they allowed dunking in warmups. Some hoops are
not built for dunking and warm ups.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
Yeah, the press get out there and pressed.
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a Wednesday, middle of the week, middle of the day.
It's the middle of the show. We get the hour
podcast after the show. Let's get to the Midway.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
It's not getting.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
It's time for.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
The Midway along with Isaac, Isaac Loncron, Ryan Smiths on
on the ones and twoes, and of course the great
Jason Stewart is producing Jase two.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
What's the topic of the Midway?
Speaker 5 (01:29):
Thank you, I'll take it from here. I sent this
to the group text today. I want to do I
want to be one of the only shows in the
country today that are doing Thanksgiving esque topics, nonally ironic,
yes or cheesy. I want to be the one show
that's going to take a holiday and then mix it
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into our sports content in a very witty way. I
want you guys to think about three things each of you.
I need. I need a short answer with a short explanation.
We can go one by one. Okay, First of all,
who is the biggest turkey in sports right now? That
I want you to think about that. Second, who is
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the best side dish in sports right now? Now? You
could take that as any way you want. Do you
want to take side dish as in a great Batman
to a Robin or Robin to Batman, or do you
want to take it like Cardi b to Stefan Diggs,
like the woman that's having one of his four babies
this year. In the third third topic, what sports team
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puts you to sleep the fastest?
Speaker 6 (02:41):
What's in the turkey? Bobby? What makes people sleepy?
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Okay, so those three items and I will start so
you guys can think about it. My answer to who
is the biggest turkey in sports right now, I'm gonna
say it's a tie between one of two people, but
I don't want to sam up the category, so I'm
gonna pick one. Jahn Morant. Jahn Morant called Klay Thompson
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a bum over the weekend and his latest miss out
from the bench, Doug he was not suited. He called
Clay Thompson, a surefire Hall of Famer, top seventy five player,
a bum, and Klay Thompson went off on him on
one of the most measured, smart articulate cut downs in
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the history of sports. Basically called him an unserious person.
He lacks depth, has no imagination. So Ja Morant right
now is my biggest turkey in sports. The best side
dish in sports right now. And I really liked my
Cardi b answer. I thought that was funny. But my biggest,
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my best side dish in sports right now, And this
is gonna be very controversial. I think a lot of
people are gonna be off at this one. But Austin
Reeves to Luka Doncic, Austin Reeves is my best side ditch.
You see what I did right there?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I thought you did.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
You saw what I did right there? Yep, I didn't.
I didn't include one person. So that's my controversial pick.
And then what's the sports team right now that makes
you sleep the fastest?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
What's in the turkey, Bobby? What makes people sleepy?
Speaker 5 (04:28):
I think the most forgettable team in sports right now
the Siberia of all sports. And I just realize I'm
going to all NBA on this one is the Washington Wizards.
You never hear anything about the Washington Wizards. I don't
know who's on the team. I couldn't tell you one
person on the team. I'm sure they got a really
(04:49):
good free agent this past year. I have no idea
who's on the Washington Wizards formerly the Bullets. I hope
they go back to the Bullets. So that's my three answers,
gentlemen u in sports, John Moran side dish is Austin Reeves,
very controversial. And then the team that makes me sleep
the fastest right now is the Washington Wizards.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
What's in the turkey?
Speaker 5 (05:11):
I'm gonna give you the floor, do Gottlieb. Who's your
biggest turkey in sports right now?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Ryan Clark? Ryan Clark?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
I mean, I mean he's apologized three times so far
this year, maybe four. Ryan Clark's talented analyst, but you know,
in his in his effort to right wrongs from I
guess from his life. For his career, he's just said
and done a lot of things which have irritated a
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lot of people. But in sports, Ryan Clark is Ryan
Clark's my guy, and I do have a a co
favorite for that would be Stephen A. Smith again with
the you know, first he wanted to be a journalist.
Now he doesn't, you know, uh, But Ryan Clark to
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me is the biggest turkey in sports. The best side
dish in sports is booka coua. Oh, I'm gonna go
pook in a coula, And my logic behind it is
Matt Stafford is the main course, Matt Stafford has thirty
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touchdowns two interceptions, is on his way to winning the
NFL's MVP at thirty seven years old, and DeVante Adams
rightfully so because of the touchdown receptions, gets a ton
of the attentions. So I don't even think he is
what's the biggest side dish. I don't even know if
he's like stuffing booka. A coua is almost like cranberry
(06:44):
sauce or sweet potatoes or sweet potato cast role, because
it's like you don't you think of Thanksgiving, You think
of the turkey. Maybe you think of the mashed potatoes.
But poog and a coua is amazing eighty catches through
ten games with eleven point eight yards reception, and like
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you think, obviously, Devanta Adams you think of as a
hall of famer, Matt Safford's gonna be a Hall of
famer and MVP.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
But putin Akua is.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Here's here's what I love is star wide receiver who
still goes over the middle. He'll get the five yard catch,
take a couple of hits, and then get out and
go do it again. He's not simply trying to get touchdowns.
He's moving the sticks as well. Putin a cou is
my uh?
Speaker 3 (07:25):
And then great choice, great choice? What was the last one?
Speaker 5 (07:30):
What sports team right now makes sure sleep the fastest?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (07:38):
Oh, there's a bunch of bobby what makes people sleepy?
Speaker 7 (07:43):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
The Las Vegas Raiders out, well, they just no offense.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
But they've got no offense.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
And you know, it's one of those things where we
fall in love with the story but we don't actually see, Like, look,
it was a great story that Geno Smith grew up.
Genis Smith was immature, Geni Smith is the second round pick.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Did make it with the Jets.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Gino Smith became a guy who everybody likes respects. But
he topped out a couple of years ago during that
kind of comeback year with the Seattle Seahawks. Right, he
had thirty touchdowns, eleven interceptions, then twenty and nine. Then
last year he went very good, and this year he's
met at best. I mean, honestly, he's not even mediocre.
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Thirteen touchdowns, thirteen interceptions. It's not that their team is great,
but they drafted first round draft pick running back and
they have the rookie of the Year last year and
brought powers and they're just eh, but the Raiders are.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
It's a tough watch that. There's my answer.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
Two choices. Two of your answers are right. And Ryan
Smith's face as he's running the board today, he loves
Ryan Clark and he loves the Raiders, So you guys
are officially rivals in this midway. I just want to
remind listeners, I'm hoping when we are the only show
in the country right now doing a would he take
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incorporating a holiday into sports content. That's what we do here,
Isaac Glow and Crown, You're up next. Who is the
biggest turkey in sports right now?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Very annoyed by Guntley.
Speaker 8 (09:24):
No, No, I'm just kidding, it's not you, Doug all right.
I would actually like to preemptively invite feedback and or
pushback from the contingent here as I reeled these off.
Controversially my biggest turkey in sports Lane Kiffin. Now here's what.
(09:45):
Here's a guy who I thought had been completely humbled
by what happened with him with the Raiders in USC
and even to an extent Alabama, begins to rebuild his
head coaching career at F Gloria Atlantic humbles himself, goes there,
then goes to ole Miss. Great, and because of that,
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I would think he would be happy and satisfied where
he is, particularly with what they're doing now. But either way, however,
this weekends, I think he's a turkey because if he goes,
I think he's a turkey because oh the grass is
always greener on the other side of the pasture. He
leaves ole Miss in the lurch. And if he stays,
which on one hand, I would respect. Why would you
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put ole Miss through all this uncertainty? You know, we've
seen We saw it with Chip Kelly, we saw it
with Brian Kelly. We see all these hot shots and
boosters are falling all over themselves with gazillions of dollars
to lure these people, and wow, it just doesn't work out.
So I felt for a guy who was humbled and
it has already been through the worst of coaching. He's
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just doing the same stuff that he was doing twenty
years ago.
Speaker 5 (10:56):
So I don't know if you about that. Yeah, take
on that one. That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
On Brian Kelly.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
No, No, for all the reasons Isaac just pointed out.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So I ilo, why do you think that why does
he have to decide right.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Now because his team's in national championship contender. And I
just don't understand.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Because you want him to.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
I'm sorry, because you want him to. No, I don't
have a dog in the fight here. But it just
seems to me that in college football, the grass is
always always greener on the other side of the pasture.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I mean, link the other side. Let me give you
the other side.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Yeah, second you have a bad second, you have a
bad year, they fire you, and they want to buy
you out for fifty million dollars.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Fair point, fair point.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
It's like why these guys have these huge buyos whatever,
because the second they lose a couple of games, you say, hey,
we're Oh, you're you're I'm all about you. I do
think if he was staying, he would have said him staying.
On the other hand, on the other hand, there is
the power of negotiation, which just like, hey, because look,
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you only stay if they're going to put you at
the top level of the SEC can find out, I
want everything they got in nil money. And I'm sure
he's also waiting on the NFL.
Speaker 8 (12:19):
Oh, I hadn't even thought about that.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
You mean, like the New York Giants, even Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
What Giants and Tennessee Giants have his quarterback. Tennessee's right
down the road. So he's a man with options. He
doesn't have to decide now. The only ones that are
pushing the narrative of deciding now are the schools that
jobs are open. That's the reality of it. It's the
absolute reality of it. And that's those jobs problem. You know,
(12:45):
had they not fired their coaches already, we wouldn't have sped.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Up this process. You don't have to decide now.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Wait till if they play Mississippi State, you know, they
get in the College Wall playoff. Like, I don't think
he has to decide now, even though I think he's
probably decided at some point long ago.
Speaker 8 (13:04):
All right, best sidekick slash side dish. Yes, I'm gonna
go from the Dallas Cowboys, Brandon Aubrey.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
In the whole.
Speaker 8 (13:15):
You know, kickers come from the side, you know. All Right,
So this season alone, this cat he hits a sixty
four yard field goal to force an overtime against the
Giants and hits the game winning field goal in overtime.
He hits another sixty plus or later in the year
(13:36):
game winning field goal against the Eagles. I mean, this
guy is you know, you mentioned the stock rising for
the Cowboys.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
You know, he's.
Speaker 8 (13:45):
Another reason why. I mean, you know, you just kind
of have to get it over midfield with this cat,
and you're already you know, especially indoors in field goal range.
And finally, I.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Think it's interesting, by the way, that Isaac is somehow
channeled like the beat beat Nick generation of the sixties.
He called Aubrey a cat twice. I don't think anyone
calls men cats anymore. So well done, go ahead, Yeah,
I need the team that makes you fall asleep the fastest.
Speaker 8 (14:15):
By the way, just just just refer to me as
the uh Jack Kerouac of the new millennium, if you will.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
On the road.
Speaker 8 (14:23):
Very good, He refers to Marty Glickman in there by
the way, all right, now onto references that the rest
of our audience will understand.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
All right.
Speaker 8 (14:31):
I'm also going to go to the NBA, which is
kind of an indictment on Adam Silver that it's not
the first team but the Atlanta Hawks. I mean, I'm
not saying this to be a sarcastic jerk, even though
I am one, But can you guys tell me since
the days of Dominique Wilkins when the Atlanta Hawks have
ever been a nationally relevant team, Not necessarily in terms
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of success, because they've had successful teams, but have they
ever been captivating enough to talk about? Like I literally
had to look up what their record is this year,
and they're actually having a decent season. They're eleven and eight.
They're in sixth place in the Eastern Conference right now.
But I cannot remember literally when.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
They went to the Eastern Conference finals. But still, but no,
I got it. Yeah, here's right, No, no, I got it.
I agree with you.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
I do have a take that maybe today's not the
day for but it's you know, the the Mavericks fired
their gentle manager for trading away a beloved superstar, right,
and the Hawks fired Landry Fields because he did in
(15:45):
many ways, because he didn't trade away their beloved superstar
in Trey Young. Like Trey Young's crazy popular in Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
But you can't win it.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
You can't win big with Trey Young as your best player,
and thus they could enter they didn't trade him, everybody
lost their jobs.
Speaker 8 (16:04):
Right and and and even before that, I mean, I
literally I'm like I said, I'm not trying to be sarcastic,
but I don't remember since the days of Dominique Wilkins
when they have been a captivating national teams or story. Yeah,
you're absolutely right, and they're and they're not a minor
market team.
Speaker 5 (16:22):
We've been waiting a good ten minutes for Ryan Smith
to come up with his response. Yeah, Doug picking Ryan
Clark and the Raiders in his choice. So so Ryan Smith.
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Got my popcorn matty.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
That's great. The biggest turkey in sports right now, Well,
this is only for selfish reasons. My biggest turkey.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Is Chase good choice because he's on my fantasy team
and I needed him, yep, to keep going in our
pool in our league, and he couldn't play it because
he likes the spit in people's faces. Thanks Jamar, thank
you so much. Good choice, the best dish side dish.
(17:02):
I would go with Higgins because he's also on my
fantasy team. But guess what, uh I started him and
then he got a concussion and he got knocked out
of the game, So that's great.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
Yeah, and Bengals centric. Is he gonna go three for three?
Speaker 9 (17:16):
No?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
I not, but the team that puts me to sleep.
Speaker 6 (17:19):
Yeah, what's in the turkey? Bobby? What makes people sleepy?
Speaker 7 (17:23):
H The Saints? They are so boring to watch. Say
what you want about the Raiders, but it's like a
train wreck. At least it's entertaining for me because like, Wow,
they're so bad, but they're bad in a entertaining way.
The Saints are just boring. Like that Saints Falcons game.
My god, I went to sleep boom?
Speaker 5 (17:45):
How about that? How about the met Midway? Guys, we
incorporated a holiday into sports content. I don't think it's
doing that.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
I think it's really unique. It's really unique.
Speaker 8 (17:53):
You know what you wanted to do, Jason, one time
in the future, you ought to pick out a subject
and how the top four and call it the Mount Rushmore.
I don't think that's ever been done before.
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There is the Lane Kiffen conundrum, right, It's like, whoo,
(18:43):
a lot of different jobs. My thought is this u
as I said with with Isaac or this about ten
minutes ago. I do think that if he was staying,
he would have said he's staying.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
The only thing I could otherwise is are you are
you leveraging these jobs to get more nil money more
than more money for yourself. Again, not that lank Kiffen
doesn't want more money for himself and can't get more
an annuity or whatever, but the reality is that if
you're gonna do this, he with the most money rules.
(19:21):
I don't know if if Ole Miss has the resources.
I know that though Florida most people think Florida does.
They got to redo their stadium. There's some added expenses there.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
There's there is a certain kind of coolness to the
old miss thing. Right, if you've ever been to Oxford,
you know that once they got rid of the rebel
flags and now look the downside to Ole Misses, there
are going to be black players that won't play there.
They won't, they just won't. And you're always going to
(19:59):
be limited by though you can maybe get the best
players in state. There's a fewer in state players and
there will be at Florida fewer than there will be
at LSU. Those jobs are And as much as we're like,
well it's about who has the most money, Yeah, but
if the money's the same, they're gonna want to stay
closer to home. LSU is the best job, Florida's the
second best job, will miss the third best job. But
(20:20):
ole Miss is probably the most rewarding job, but can
be limiting, and you are probably gonna have a year
where you come up short, and you'd think maybe they
don't freak out there the way they'd freak out an
LSU or at Florida.
Speaker 5 (20:31):
So if he's leaving, and that seems to be your opinion,
is it fair for the committee to factor that into
the seating for their playoff?
Speaker 2 (20:40):
No? Not if their play doesn't drop off. The great
thing about it is these stories have been out there.
Let's see how the play Againssissippi State see the other play.
But I don't think so. And here's why one to
this point hasn't hurt their play. And secondly, the assumption
(21:02):
is most of these players are leaving. It doesn't mean
it's a reality, but that's the assumption. So we don't
hold it against them. Why should we hold it against Lane.
I understand what you're saying, and I do think a
coach is far greater of importance and it changes things altogether.
But I do think that players are more apt to
(21:24):
continue playing for a guy even if he is out.
It's the Doug Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio,
and let's catch you ready for another great weekend of
college football with our guy Chris Folika.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
He's the Bear.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
That's why he's got the Bear Bets podcast. You see
him on Big Noon Kickoff on Fox on Fox, and
so he's kind of to spend some time with this
year on the Doug Gottlieb Show. Let's start with the
big Game. Well, how states douneb one in the country.
They're a ten point favorite at Michigan ten point favorite
and the totals forty three and a half. And I
(21:59):
can tell you being in Wisconsin right now, the same
snowstorm that's going through here is going to go through Michigan.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
It's supposed to snow there. Give me a read on
this game.
Speaker 9 (22:09):
It feels like it's an undertype game. To me, it
feels like one of those defensive slogs that we with
the snow. I guess the weather maybe a Saturday afternoon,
so it could be a little a little little messy
second half. I guess a lot of it comes down
to as well, how healthy Cornel Tate and Jeremiah smith Ard.
(22:30):
They're conflicting reports as to their availability with a calf
injury and a hamstring pull. I guess is what's rumored
to be the injury, so we'll see what happens ultimately.
I think this comes down to just between the ear holes.
For for Ohio State, they're better, but they were better
last year and Michigan couldn't complete a forward pass and
they still beat them. I think Ohio State wins Ohio
(22:56):
State should win there better, But you know, from playing
in these rivalry games and being around them long enough,
a lot of times psychology plays much more of a
role than physical talent. Michigan I guess should have bringing
back back this week, which will help. But I don't
(23:16):
know if I want to lay the points here where
the last get I feel a little bit better about
looking towards maybe a game under and a first step under.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Radio. That's the
Bear Bear Bets Podcast. You need to download it, put
it in your queue. Your boys, Miami take it on Pittsburgh. Okay,
so you got a warm weather team go into a
cold weather late in the season. Pit though a seven
point dog touchdown Dog at home totals forty nine and
a half.
Speaker 9 (23:45):
It's interesting because I like looking around and seeing various
people's picks and thoughts on certain games, and one thing
that I had seen and heard all everywhere out there
is pitt has all over the year marks of being
a very public underdog. This week, every pick I've seen
or heard on the game so far has been Pit
(24:08):
plus the points. Doesn't mean the Panthers can't cover or win,
but when you see things like that happen, you tend
to have a little bit of pause. I think Miami
will win. I think they're better up front on both
sides of the ball. In watching that Georgia Tech offensive line,
not only last week, the pit real offensive line rather
(24:29):
last week against Georgia Tech, and the pit offensive line
against Notre Dame, I think they're gonna have a hell
of a time trying to block Messador and Bane and
Scott and that Miami front a lot of people. I
think even the College Football Playoffs Electric Committee, I think
they really penalized Miami after that lost to SMU, just
kind of assuming that they'll lose again, though they always
(24:52):
seem to lose November and Fade and it hasn't happened.
Miami's played the best ball of the year the last
three games, so I think they're gonna go on the road.
I think they're gonn to win. If I had to
play aside in the game, I would lay the six
and a half or seven, just because I think ultimately
Miami defense is the best unit on the field, one
of the best units in the country. But think's gonna
(25:13):
make the job for the selection give any much more
difficult after a win out RA pick team who bout
always playing for broke THESCC Todle game, unlike Notre Dame
a couple of weeks back when paton Ardussi, of course said,
at this game doesn't mean anything. We can lose one
hundred to nothing or whatever it was, as long as
we win the next two games.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Okay, Vanderbilt Tennessee, the Battle of Tennessee. Who would have
thought that Tennessee only a three point favorite at home
and Vanny trying to get in the College Fall playoff.
This one huge number, sixty five and a half is
the total.
Speaker 9 (25:43):
Who do you like I'd be looking at the Tennessee
team total over here? I think the balls are going
to put up a bunch of points. You look at
the last few meetings, they have gone up and down
the field on Vandy one of those games, and the
Commodores have been a very trendy upset pick in those
games as well. I was impressed with what Tennessee what
did last week. I know it's not the Florida team
(26:04):
everybody thought we were going to get at the start
of the year. But to go to Gainsville and dominate
that team and just end the game early and win
for the first time to two thousand and three. I
knowing the past or Josh Heipel on how emotional, on
how personally he's he tends to take things, I think
there's a little bit of an edge, a little bit
of a chip on the shoulder, and they are not
(26:26):
going to watch to see Vanderbilt come in there and
win I like the balls here had laid the points.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Okay, a couple more here, Iron Bull Okay, BEMA needs
a win to get in that College Fall playoff. They
take on Auburn. The totals forty six and a half.
A tepid six point line is what I'm looking at
right like nothing. There's no reason this should be a
six point line based upon anything Auburn's done this year.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
But everybody's just cost us of one of.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Those rivalry Iron Bowl games where nothing makes sense, makes
sense of that six point line and.
Speaker 9 (27:02):
It's perfect college football twenty twenty five with Auburn. Auburn
has been in a bunch of games this year, they
just haven't been able to finish them off. And the
oddsmakers know the history of this rivalry, specifically at Jordin Hare.
The last four games that have been played there between
the two teams, you had a couple of games where
Alabama was two touchdown favorite and both more than a
(27:23):
two touchdown favorite actually, and they wound up winning by
two and three points late. The previous two before that
were games where Alabama was favored by six points or
fewer and wound up losing outright. So the oddsmakers know
that Jordan Hare is kind of a little bit of
a house of Horris for Baba. I am not super
high on Alabama. I have been a little bit lower
(27:44):
on them than most people. They kind of were begging
for a loss going into that Oklahoma game, and they
survived and then help game Oklahoma by two to one margin.
Just couldn't stop turning ball over and miss the field
goaling such and really handed OEU the game. Would not
surprise me at all to see Auburn ball up here
and win. I bet yeah it would. Would you mean? Here,
(28:08):
here's a question that I've been posted to people all week.
More pressure this week, Ryan Day and Ohio State to
beat Michigan or Kaitlin de Boor in Alabama and beat
Auburn because if Alabama loses here, they are out of
the college football playoff and you bookend your season with
an embarrassing loss in Florida State and then a loss
of the iron ball to knock getting out all the
(28:29):
SEC championship gave but the college football.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Playoffs such good stuff. Yeah, I would say de bor is,
there's more more more pressure on da Boor. You're you're right,
but but that's why you go to Alabama? As they say, right,
you don't go to Alabama if you don't want the
pressure pressure of Jack. Okay, any thoughts on any of
these other teams being in any sort of danger and
(28:51):
those others? I mean, Tech is on the road, big
number against West Virginia Oklahoma, ten points against LSU.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Uh. Those are two college twell.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Playoff teams BYU at a home against Central Florida, Oregon
against Washington only a six and a half point favorite.
Which of those teams are you most interested in or
you think is most likely to be upset?
Speaker 9 (29:15):
I think it's Oregon at Washington. Well, I think Oregon
is good statistically and metrically where they are in terms
of offensive and defensive efficiency, but they aren't beat up
beyond belief. Their receiving corps is drastically hampered right now,
they've been offensive line injuries. It's a couple beat up
guys on the defensive side of the ball. And now
(29:37):
you're going to Washington, a place where Huskies traditionally have
a pretty big home field advantage and an edge there.
It kind of feels like a contract drive kind of
game for Demond Williams and someone who could ultimately wind
up in the portal next year if Jed Fish indeed
is no longer the head coach at UB last year.
(29:57):
We've seen even this year Washington play so much better
at Husky Stadium as opposed to playing on the road
where they've looked terrible and lofty Wisconsin and barely beating
Maryldon on the road. Getting points here against an Oregon
team coming off at SC win, that's beat up. I
think you deb has an excellent chance to kind of
(30:18):
shake the college football playoff standing up and up in
the air.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Awesome stuff. Chris Felika bar Betts is the podcast. Check
him out on Big Noon Kickoff. He joins us right
here on the Doug Gottlieb Show on a weekly basis. Chris,
Happy Thanksgiving to you. Enjoy the big game, and thanks
so much for being our guest.
Speaker 9 (30:35):
Thanks you much.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
I great week on everybody, you too.
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Speaker 4 (31:41):
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Speaker 8 (31:44):
All right, Doug, We'll start with some Major League baseball
for you. He has been reporting a short time ago
that Anthony Rendon and the Angels are in talks about
buying out the final year of his contract, with the
expectation that he will retire. Rendon is owed thirty eight
million dollars next season in the final season of a
seven year, two hundred and forty five million dollar contract,
(32:07):
in which, how can I put it lightly, the Angels
did not get that sort of return on their.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
Investments Classic Angels.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
But at some point you just got to cut bait, right,
At some point you just got to eat the money
and go, hey, this ain't working. It's an iesore tracks
down the whole organization.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Goodbye.
Speaker 8 (32:28):
Quick poll among the crew, closest answer wins. I want
the three of you guys to guess what percentage of
Angels games that Anthony Rendon actually played in during the
course of the previous six years of his contract.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
What percentage? I'm going to put it at one hundred and.
Speaker 8 (32:45):
Fifty percentage percentage percentage of games.
Speaker 6 (32:51):
I thought.
Speaker 3 (32:52):
I thought I'm the one who doesn't listen to the question.
I thought that was my rules.
Speaker 8 (32:56):
Well, my wife always says that about me. Seven percent, Doug.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Ryan twenty nine percent.
Speaker 8 (33:04):
Actually Ryan wins thirty one point seven percent.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
I had no idea.
Speaker 5 (33:08):
I thought you were going to ask of the four
of us, which of us grew up closest to Anaheim Stadium.
Speaker 8 (33:15):
Well, why can't we do that? Go ahead, Jason, I'm
gonna say me, Okay, where'd you grow up?
Speaker 5 (33:21):
Only hold? I was like, no, it's got to be Doug.
It's gotta be gotta be done. I was Avne.
Speaker 8 (33:24):
Doug was Tustin Ryan.
Speaker 5 (33:26):
Where were you?
Speaker 6 (33:26):
No?
Speaker 3 (33:27):
No, no, no, I grew up in Orange. Yes, I
grew up in Orange.
Speaker 5 (33:31):
I went to Tustin. He grew up in an Orange,
which is closer.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
To my brother and sister, el Medina Gratz. Jason Freddy
Freeman's high.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
School Brea is like a fifteen minute trip down the
fifty six.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
It's about a fifteen minute trip. I actually think we
should do You should do a little Google maps right now.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
Now, I'll do it.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
I'll shoot to my mom's address. Whoa same house? And
you tell me, Jason, what high school did you go to?
Speaker 8 (33:52):
Okay? The Wildcats?
Speaker 5 (33:54):
Right, So I am I am extremely qualified to say this. Okay.
I went to a ton of Angel games growing up.
I had a very intimate relationship with the Angels. Was
never a fan. I was always a Dodger fan, but
I just because of access, I went to a lot
of games and I love baseball, and I have a
bunch of buddies on my group texts that are angel fans,
(34:15):
so I could say this, I'm very qualified. The Angels
along with Anthony Rendon and Josh Hamilton and Albert Poolhols
and all these awful contracts.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
Vaughn.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
Forget about Movaon.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
That was a terrible one horrible. That wasn't early their fault.
Speaker 8 (34:28):
But okay, yeah, they should have moved the dugout on
an opening.
Speaker 5 (34:30):
Day in twenty five years. I forever want the Angels
to be known as the team that had Mike Trout
in his prime Sho Hao Tani and never went to
the playoffs. I just I want that to be I
guess on their tombstone if they're ever put outs to rest,
this was the team that never went to the playoffs
with Mike Trout and show Halo Tony.
Speaker 8 (34:52):
By the way, in relation to the Anthony Rendon story here,
but also dug one of your topics that headlined the
show kind of loaded me management, Doug. You remember former
Los Angeles Lakers longtime trainer Gary Vetti.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Yeah, I've heard the podcast stuff. It's been really good.
Speaker 8 (35:07):
Oh yeah, he's awesome, But he was he he said recently,
I'm paraphrasing. He said, Hey, you know what the Showtime
Lakers did for load management. We kicked bleep for the
first three quarters and then sat our starters in the
fourth quarter. That was our idea of load management. Great
line from Gary Vetty, one of our favorites. More NBA
(35:31):
items for you, Doug. Anthony Davis of the Mavericks return
to practice today. He could have returned to action on
Friday against the Lakers after missing fourteen games with a
strain left calf.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
You're never gonna know on this team until they get
Kyrie back. And it feels like they're going to trade
Anthony Dais for they get Kyrie back. But you know,
Anthony Davis is oft injured. But man, the kind of
year and a half two years before he was injured,
he's been an elite, elite NBA player.
Speaker 5 (35:57):
The results are in. The results are in. The empirical
evidence has been proven that Orange from Doug's mother's house,
it's eleven miles from door to door to Anaheim Stadium,
and from Brailwin Too High School it is twelve miles.
So Orange is the winner. Orange. Doug grew up closer
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to Angel State than I did.
Speaker 3 (36:21):
I'm just very much the fireworks distally from my roof.
Speaker 8 (36:25):
I'm just very impressed that Jason, you could do that
comprehensive of a project so quickly. Our final item here,
high school basketball game in Nebraska last night was put
in jeopardy because a pregame slammed dunk shattered the glass
on one of the backboards, so the two teams actually
(36:46):
played the entire game with just three quarters of the court,
so when the other team would get the ball, they
would have to advance it three quarters of the way
down the floor before doubling back to the one basket
that worked. I'm guessing that there weren't many fast break
points scored in the contest, and transition defense wasn't a problem.
(37:06):
But kudos to that high school for finding a way
to contest the game.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
They couldn't go sideways. They couldn't put the hoops down
and go sideways.
Speaker 8 (37:12):
I mean, where were they put the where they put
the fans? And I'm looking at the video right now.
Is one of these gyms that actually had only two baskets.
It had a stage and actually a really nice video screen.
So they had to get creative I suppose so.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
They spent money in the video screen, didn't get money
for the backup basketball.
Speaker 8 (37:28):
Oh geez, Gottlieb rips Nebraska Prep High School.
Speaker 5 (37:33):
No, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 6 (37:35):
You know.
Speaker 8 (37:35):
That's a good point.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
Well, I mean, this is one of those deals to
where now they allowed dunking in warmups. Some hoops are
not built for dunking and warm ups.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
Yeah, the press get out there and pressed.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
That was the press, all right, DELLOA the podcast, it's
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