Anything Goes Friday! Rockets Lose In OT vs Pelicans… Astros Add a New Arm?

Anything Goes Friday! Rockets Lose In OT vs Pelicans… Astros Add a New Arm?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
In a town.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
Good morning, and welcome to a Friday edition of The
Matt Thomas Show with Ross featuring Gordy Today from Denver.
This his Sports Talk seven ninety. Literally two wires holding
out of the cat right now here he.

Speaker 4 (00:33):
Comes, literally mcdad like Spider Man.

Speaker 5 (00:40):
That is literally by dork.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
There's a lot of talent on the floor here. You
need the ball. You can't up really yeah, Lonas gets
over the net. You can ump it up, Booty bump it.

Speaker 6 (01:05):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Why not this bread suck the play by of Houston, Texas.
You suck my but of fee Damn you knew that
you sat out of the energy. Oh don't, don't just

(01:28):
that he's gonna They did give them motivate. They were
throwing a hundred dollars bills on their bed. See see,
never said you ever laid enough? You ever laid one
hundreds of dollars of bills before in your life? Whiz

(01:50):
my wife has it was a good trip.

Speaker 7 (01:59):
I have a good Yuke.

Speaker 8 (02:00):
That's yesterday.

Speaker 9 (02:01):
Joe and I made a special connection and I will
wash your windows anytime.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Jose. Listen to maybe a jimpany that was seth Rollins
washing my windows outside my hotel. My windows are clean
here in Denver. I was just here a couple of
days ago, or was that New Orleans. I lose track
when my windows were being washed.

Speaker 8 (02:28):
Bad, bad, bad.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
So if you win a game, you don't care how
long the trip is. You don't care how many hours
it takes to get from one city the next. You
don't care that the equipment truck was late, that you
had to stay out and for the front of the
hotel for nextra forty five minutes waiting for the bags
to get there last night or this morning. You don't
just don't care. You tend to care when you give

(02:54):
up a twenty five point lead. And that's what the
Rockets did last night in Noleans. Gordy, how the hell
are you? That was ugly.

Speaker 10 (03:00):
I did not appreciate all the texts I got from
my buddies in New Orleans that we're talking smack.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
You know what I want to talk to you about
your buddies in New Orleans. They're a very opinionated bunch.
Is what do they need to do? Why do they
need to talk to you about every single thing? Let
you rest, Let you enjoy your life is a star
in the Houston sports medium personality market, as a programmer,
as a leader of young men here at the radio station.
You tell your New Orleans folks will leave you alone.

(03:25):
Matter of fact, I would ask you to leave that
group chat. Well, it was uh, it was not pretty.

Speaker 10 (03:31):
I mean, look, if the Rockets take care of their
business last night, I'm.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
Not getting ugly.

Speaker 10 (03:36):
Ugly text here was one of them, said in overtime,
just put on the game. Rockets playing with two hands
around their neck.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
No, no, no, not nice.

Speaker 10 (03:49):
Another one said Reed Shepherd, he looks good. Another one said,
Katie Trade demand incoming.

Speaker 3 (03:56):
Did you show your wife that text about Reed Shepherd?
She was very upset, as was the voice of the Rockets.

Speaker 10 (04:06):
He had two looks, two open looks. Come on, bro,
Yeah that's what are you supposed to do? Well, But
you shouldn't even come to that, Matt. This game shouldn't
have been in overtime.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
I know. Well, can I feel I'm gonna peel a
curtain back like I do on almost a daily basis,
So I have. Of the twenty nine other NBA broadcasters
I'm friendly with, about twenty seven of them, two were
complete a holes and that's fine, but most of them
I'm friendly with and then some I'm closer with. Others.
Uh Todd Graph and he needs a Voice of the Pelicans.

(04:38):
He's a great here. He and I are very close
and he listens to me a lot of times and
he makes fun of my It's another Rockets win. So
every time I see him in person, face to face,
which at least four times a year, sometimes more, he
walks it to me and I can always hear him
in the background going. And so what I did is,

(05:00):
I'm like, you know what, I will record my Rockets
win when I call it and send it to you
so you can always have a lot available to you
on your phone. And at halftime he's like, are you ready?
Have you sent your text yet? I said no, no, no,
But y'all are terrible. Zion Williamson was horrendous yesterday in
the first half. I think it was the whole game.
Didn't even play much in the second half. They've got

(05:22):
a guy on the team named Herb Jones who could
have had the worst twenty four minutes of his life
in the first half, but had a really good second
twenty four. So we were he was cocky. I was cocky,
and then at the end he comes over and goes,
it's up, pup, pup, pup up up, Pelicans win. That's
my life, Ladies and gentlemen grassing. Yeah, I've known him

(05:46):
a long time. Yeah again, I'm calling the game. The
numbers got up to twenty five, then it got down
to twenty one, and then it got to eighteen sixty,
and I'm like, I'm getting a little nervous, but I'm like, man,
I got Kevin Durant on my side, I got outbring
Shangun on my side. I got a Men Thompson. I

(06:07):
ain't scared. And then it got the single digits and
emy just kept calling timeout after timeout after timeout, and
nothing was working. We were losing challenges. We were watching
people named Sadik Bay hitting big shots. Yeah, we were
watching this rookie Derek Queen Blank talking the hell out
of im A Doka on the sidelines in the middle

(06:27):
of the game. Herb Jones, who was terrible in the
first half, knocking down big shots, Trey Murphy knocking down
big shots, and then the all time one of the
all time irritants for the Rockets, Jose Alvarado, takes over
as the point guard plays thirty freaking minutes and he's
running the thing like it's a it's a finely tuned

(06:49):
machine of the New Orleans offense. He replaces a rookie
first round, picking Jeremiah Fears, and he's playing well. Oh, Gordy, Gordy, Gordy. Oh,
that was bad, just bad.

Speaker 10 (07:01):
And it just it stings because it's on the heels
of another overtime loss up in Denver. Again, that's not
a bad loss, but you know, three games ago you
lose in Dallas and sudden the Easterligans team lost three
out of the last four. What are they three and
four in their last seven.

Speaker 3 (07:17):
It's they've lost four consecutive road games. Not going well.
So now you're back in Denver. Yes, and another thing,
it was alarming. We're about and you know, we're at
fifty two eighty here at a mile literally mile high,
so at about on our screens on our plane, it

(07:41):
tells you what our altitude is. We're at twenty two
thousand feet, which is about you know, that's about a
half an hour before you land. Right, the flight attendant
comes on on the speaker again, this is about two
o'clock in the morning, two thirty in the morning. We're
all dead ass tire. We don't even recognize where we are,
who we are, he goes, excuse me last, and gentlemen,

(08:03):
we've got some severe turbulence coming in. You need to
buckle up and pull up your seats and all that
and get ready for some you know, moderate to severe turbulence.
Are like, oh my god. Thankfully, the pilots were amazing.
We didn't feel a thing. But that's just not what
you want to hear in the middle of the night
landing after a twenty five point loss traveling from one

(08:25):
end of the country to the other, that you're gonna
have severe turbulence for about twenty to twenty five minutes.

Speaker 10 (08:30):
So what time did y'all land?

Speaker 3 (08:34):
I don't know, but I did timestamp my tweet for
this morning show, and I did that at a rival
time at the hotel. And for those who had been
to Denver before, the hotel, the downtown hotels, and the
downtown in general is about a forty minute drive from
the airport. So the tweet I sent out for today's
show was three forty three Central time. Wow. But you

(08:59):
know what them breaks? I would have taken to day off.
But our friend ross Ville Reale, who basically what is it,
Gordy takes the entire month of December off. Uh needed
a day off, so we came in and did his thing.

Speaker 10 (09:10):
Ross is the guy that if you he lent you
money for lunch and the total was thirty dollars and
fifty five cents and you paid him back thirty dollars,
he would nitpick you about paying you back that fifty
five cents still that you owe him.

Speaker 3 (09:23):
That is absolutely one percent acurate. He is not round
down guy or round up guy. Matter of fact, he
didn't say, you know what, why don't just give me
thirty one? What is called? Even that way, he is
using every one of those vacation days. Every one of
those vacation days. Well, you know what, as we've said
in the business, before I get vacation days, I take
vacation days. Once at a sports host in this community

(09:46):
will build a board. Yeah we got he put it refrigerator.
There's sour cream, and there's milk, and there's really nothing else. Thankfully,
Gordy is gonna hang out with me for a couple
of hours. Now, I'm trying to mull over whether I
should order a pot of coffee to the room order.
You can order a pot. I can order a small

(10:08):
pot or a full pot. The small pot's nine dollars,
the full pot's twelve. But they get you with the
service charge and delivery fee.

Speaker 10 (10:17):
You don't have like a cirig or something in.

Speaker 3 (10:19):
The No, we have. We have a cappuccino machine which
I don't know how to operate. Google it. No, it's
too much work. I mean, plus, I gotta do the
show here. I mean I can just call her during
a break and have or him or him bring up
it Somethingking, Do I need two cups of coffee for
twenty dollars? Or do I just suck it up and
drink water between now and two o'clock? Give These are

(10:40):
the things you argue about with yourself after about four
hours or so.

Speaker 10 (10:43):
You need to do a series called The Sweet Life
of Matt Thomas and have videos like that.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yeah, I'll just you know what I do. I'll take
us I will take a picture of it during the break,
and I'll say, do any of you know how to
use these? To use this? Seven one three two point
two five seven ninety that's Gordy gonna hang out with
this until noon. We have the Surfer Wake Up at
noon today. We have at one o'clock this afternoon our
second to last edition of Doctor Roto. As we were
in playoff mod Gordy, how's your team coming up playoff

(11:10):
wise in a fantasy?

Speaker 10 (11:12):
Yes, I made it one of my five leagues. I
made it, and I was sweating out as Jackson Smith
and Jigba had zero points at halftime last night.

Speaker 3 (11:23):
I saw that. Yeah, and he had a great second
f Yeah. That was a great football game. By the way.
I don't know if people watch it here in town,
but that was a huge comeback for the Seahawks. They
were down with sixteen points something like that, and they
came back, not only to send the game to overtime.
The Rams scored the first touchdown and overtime kicked the
extra point. The Seahawks came back and scored another touchdown.

(11:46):
They were down one, could have kicked the extra point
with about four minutes left in overtime. They went for
two and got it, and the Seahawks beat the Los
Angeles Rams in Seattle last night. Apparently they were wearing Gordy.
The Oregon uniforms for the game. I did not Yeah,
the helmets were cool.

Speaker 10 (12:01):
I did not realize the Seahawks were having that that
good of a season, that for ten dollars? Can you
name the Seahawks head football coach? I had to google it.
I did, hold on, hold on, I was not familiar.
Hold on, is somebody I should know? No, Okay, tell

(12:22):
me what it is. It's Mike McDonald.

Speaker 3 (12:24):
No chance. I have never known that. No chance.

Speaker 10 (12:27):
Now there's a Koobiak calling the place, Clint right, I
think it's Clint. I don't know they all there are kubiaks?
Are there like six? There's two that are high level.
But but no, this is the one that was in
New Orleans last year when they got off to that
good start with Derek Carr and then it fell apart.
But he's he's a miracle work with Sam Donald. And
I mean they're twelve and three, the Seahawks.

Speaker 3 (12:50):
The Seahawks. By the way, I apologize Houston for not
knowing who Mike McDonald was. You could have said Ralph
Jones and I'd been oh, man, I should have gotten that.
And he looks eric like if you just look at him,
he just looks like a generic guy. Does he Does
he look like Mike McDaniel the Miami Dolphins. No, No,
he is a very unique look. All right, here's the question. Well,
if would wex have known it was Mike McDonald, absolutely Clainton,

(13:14):
no Clinton, no shot, no shot uh, Dan Matthews, I
would say at fifty to fifty, And I would say
that Cole was more seventy five to twenty five. He
would have known. Yeah, Cole probably would have known. And
you didn't know, and I didn't know.

Speaker 10 (13:27):
So I mean I remember him when he was the
DC in Baltimore. You remember that because the Texans played
that playoff game there and they were like McDonald's defense
is shutting dowal' dj Stroud.

Speaker 3 (13:37):
The only coronator I ever knew in Baltimore was Wink Martindale.
But I didn't think about him as a coach. I
thought of him as the host of Tic Tac Dough.
If it's not Wake Martindale, it was Wig Martindale. But
Wing Martindale used to be the defensive coordinator of the
Baltimore Ravens. Well, his name is Don Martindale. His nickname
was Wink. Well, I know it was Wink and that's all.
It's important, all right. Ten to fifteen isn't Anything Goes Friday.

(14:02):
If you've not figured that already. In the first segment
of the show, it is literally an anything Goes Friday.
I am sleep deprived, but sometimes the crazy shows we
have are when your old buddy Matt Thomas has a
little lack of sleep. Seven one three two one two
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five
seven ninetys and anything Goes Friday. Join us here on
Sports Talk seven ninety bat here in Denver, Gordy in

(14:28):
our Houston studios. Ten twenty two is our time. So
I took a picture, Gordy, of the expresso machine in
my room, and I didn't even describe what it was
to see what people. People thought it would fick once
a person thought it was a machine gun or or
massage gun. So I'm not going to try to use it.

(14:49):
So then I said, okay, I can't use this Coffee Makers.
I don't know how to use it. So I'm going
to go to uh the UH room service menu and
the small lot of coffee's nine dollars. The big pot
is twelve and right, okay, so that's you know, look,
it is what it is. Then it said there is
a twenty percent service charge, and I was like, okay,

(15:10):
I can live with that because I would tip twenty
percent anyway. So that's about now, about eleven dollars for
the two cups of coffee, which is not terrible, or
you know, fifteen whatever for the big pot. Then the
very last sentence says, we charge a nine dollars delivery charge.

Speaker 10 (15:28):
That's uh, that's a bit much. That's the show killer.
That's that's uh. It might be cheaper to uber eats
a caraffe of coffee to your room.

Speaker 3 (15:39):
I know there's a Starbucks like two blocks away, which
I'm gonna go to at two o'clock today. There we
talk about time. Oh, Gordy, the game last night. I
want I look, I don't know how many people watched
it or listen to it, hopefully did for a year
on Sports Talk seven Hoey. I don't want to bemoan
it too much, but oh god, that was bad. I mean,
I hate to say that, but we were thinking about

(15:59):
this afflcing that that may be the worst loss that
he may has had as a Houston Rockets coach.

Speaker 10 (16:03):
It's all righty five of the Pelicans. Yes, you're you're
entitled one or two throughout the years.

Speaker 3 (16:08):
You are you are uh. And the crazy part was
that Durant was perfect in the first half. I think
he went seven for seven, missed his first two shots
I think of the third quarter, and then came back
with a couple of buckets. Aman Thompson was perfect for
ninety percent of the time too. Alprin Shingun was scoring
at will for most of the game. It was to me,

(16:29):
and I think he may said this in the post
game get together. He's like, our defense sucked. We were
a terrible defensive team. We held him to what forty
five points in the in the first half, and then
they come back and they hit everything on the broad
side of the all over the court for two hours
after an hour after that. Yeah, the score at halftime

(16:49):
was seventy seven forty five. That's not right, sixty seven
forty five. So the Rockets held the Peals to forty
five first half points, they score thirty eight alone in
the third quarter. Then in the fourth they outscore the
Rockets thirty six to twenty.

Speaker 10 (17:09):
Yeah, that's you can't have twenty point quarters in this league.

Speaker 3 (17:13):
No, And then they were hitting everything. The Rockets I
think went two for sixteen from three in the second half,
including your wife's best friend Reid with two looks in
overtime to potentially time the game again. Uh, you know

(17:33):
what we're gonna We're gonna Taylor swip this thing, or
we're gonna shake it off. We're gonna beat the Nuggets
tomorrow here in Denver in the afternoon and go to
Sacramento and beat them in a back to back on
Sunday and feel much better about one hundred hours from now.

Speaker 10 (17:44):
That's a tough ask. That's that's a really good team.
Is Can Yo Kisch get food poisoning?

Speaker 11 (17:52):
You know what?

Speaker 3 (17:53):
I have been slowly and respectfully asking for severe injuries
for the Oklahoma City Thunder. I could include the den
Nuggets is part of that too, right, Not not a.

Speaker 10 (18:02):
Severe injury, just an illness that keeps him out of day.

Speaker 3 (18:05):
Well, you're talking about like food poisoning where you can't
leave his apartment for like several hours.

Speaker 10 (18:11):
I got a film, though, Yoki, you could play through
just about anything. Well, here's what we'll do.

Speaker 3 (18:16):
Let's get him some very slight food poisoning. Send some
pedia light to his apartment, plenty of water, and say
rest up, big fella. You've got another game coming up
just a couple days from now.

Speaker 10 (18:28):
God, what a long stretch thing. You guys are in Sacramento,
LA for two games?

Speaker 3 (18:33):
Yep, good God home for two games and then we
leave Christmas Eve to go to New York to play
the Nets and then play the Dallas Mavericks after that.

Speaker 10 (18:43):
What are you gonna do in LA for Christmas?

Speaker 3 (18:46):
H sit in my room and cry. Okay, you would
have taken an answer, weren't you. You should go to
what's Harden doing? You should go hang out with him?

Speaker 1 (18:57):
You know what?

Speaker 3 (18:57):
I wonder if if if it? But do you want
to go to James's house? This year? They're so miserable? Yeah?

Speaker 10 (19:05):
What was that report yesterday that they said? It said
the Clippers are determined not to blow this thing up?

Speaker 3 (19:10):
That they correct.

Speaker 10 (19:11):
They think they're gonna get better. Okay, they have a
player named Derek Jones is hurt.

Speaker 3 (19:16):
They believe it. Once Derek Jones comes back, everything's going
to be better.

Speaker 10 (19:19):
He's the missing piece.

Speaker 3 (19:21):
Gordy. In my thoughts about NBA basketball, I've never said
to myself, man, if Derek Jones ever comes back to
this team, or it comes back from this injury, everything's
gonna be better.

Speaker 10 (19:29):
That was like those Rockets teams a few years ago.
I remember somebody going if they could just get Austin
Rivers back healthy. I'm like, yeah, Austin Rivers is the
missing piece.

Speaker 3 (19:37):
That's funny. All right, we got Keso and Mike with
us on the line. We'll get to you guys. Anything
goes Friday, Gordy, I want to get your thoughts about
the week. CFP. We got a game tonight Oklahoma versus Alabama.
We do.

Speaker 10 (19:49):
We also have a new hire in Austin.

Speaker 6 (19:52):
We do.

Speaker 3 (19:54):
So are you were you surprised by that? We'll get
your thoughts on that. Get the calls in first. Remember
it's anything goes Farty giving you the long leish in
Houston Sports Radio seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
howety it's ten twenty. It's a Matt Thomas Show and
Ross Gordy hanging out with us till noon here on
seven ninety It isn't and it goes Friday. But Matt
Thomas Show with Ross seven one three two one two

(20:17):
five seven Hointy Rosses off today, Gordy in. We've gotten
some phone calls to get to it. Got an email
coming in. That is a interesting question. I know the answer,
but it's definitely worth at least a conversation at seven
one three two one. Excuse me, seven one three two
one two five seven ninety. Let's start with the KESO
on seventy case I, what's your chilicken question today?

Speaker 6 (20:39):
Hey, Matt, more of kind of just like of me
trying to vent about last night that that might have
been the worst loss in the Udoka era, that was
so bad. I had turned the game off, I think
beginning of the third quarter and they're up twenty twenty

(21:01):
five whatever it was to watch the Rams Seahawks game
about almost in the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game,
maybe before I look at my phone and the leads
cut down to eleven, and I'm like, all right, let
me open up my Space City Home Network app and
let's watch this because they're gonna win. They altold me
didn't win, and I want to see who this blame

(21:23):
pie falls on. Regardless if it's accurate or not, the
majority of it has to fall into to the players.
You cannot be a team. You cannot be a serious
contending team who has Kevin Durant on your team and
blows a twenty five point lead to a team that
has won five games five games all year. Terrible roster construction.

(21:46):
The Pelicans are just a terrible team. Not only a team,
They're just a terrible organization from top to bottom.

Speaker 3 (21:52):
And you guys lost. We lost to them last night.

Speaker 6 (21:55):
Some of the blame pie falls on udo Eme for.

Speaker 3 (21:59):
Some of the line she was running.

Speaker 6 (22:00):
I'm not going to put it all on em because
he's not He's ultimately not out there. But you cannot
have a men, a cold reed Shepherd, a cold Jabbari,
and a Kobe out there all at the same time
and not have any spacing. The spacing has become such
a big issue that's almost as big as an issue

(22:21):
is not having a point guard out there now. Before
the Rocket season started, I think em or Fatita someone
said that this is not putting all of your chips
in championship or bus season, especially after the Van Vliet injury.
But it has been prominent that this team needs a

(22:42):
point guard. They're up against the first a friend are
hardcap whatever. They can't make any moves unless they trade
a Dorian Finney Smith or a Tari sim Unfortunately, because
they have been the little to no value of the
season for a team that averages the number one offense

(23:03):
and number one in offensive like they're a good team
despite their flaws.

Speaker 3 (23:10):
It's just so frustrating to sit.

Speaker 6 (23:13):
There and think about how we have one of the
greatest scorers of all time fitting there and not getting
the ball. And I understand there are double teams that
come and lately, I mean, he's just been fumbling the
ball every time we've had any type of double team
touched or in At the same time, that falls back

(23:33):
on not having a point guard to set set the scheme,
set set the offense and get him open. It's just
it's just baffling, and that that loss really pissed me off.
It's just you can't be doing that because we play
the Nuggets on Saturday, who have our number, and then
you have to go back to back to Sacramento, who's
not a good team. But this is the NBA. You

(23:54):
can't take nights off. They rocketype want to back to back,
yet they played the fewest amount.

Speaker 3 (23:59):
Of games in this season. It's just a terrible loss.
And I don't.

Speaker 6 (24:03):
I mean, I know you're sitting there calling the game.
Who what did you see last night that you just
just it just made you so mad towards the end
of the game that the Rockets failed to secure that win.
And then I'll hang up and listen, man.

Speaker 3 (24:17):
Thank you, okay, so appreciate it. So what made me?
First of all, it made everybody, man, not just me.
Turnovers are really bothering me. The double teams to Durant
bother me. I don't. I'm not a bas basketball technic technician.
I don't. I don't know how to draw up a

(24:39):
play to alleviate the devil teams. But Katie is getting them.
When you say, what Gordy eighty ninety percent of the
time now these days, I mean, he's it is. It's intense,
and the scouting report about that is out there. I'm
I'm irritated by I'm always irritated by miss free throws.
And the Pelicans made their free throws late in the

(24:59):
contest and the Rockets did not.

Speaker 5 (25:02):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (25:04):
There is some stagnation at times that I think bothers
E may but then ultimately it comes down to this
basketball team that has put a lot of money into
a lot of different players and put a lot of
faith into others. You got execute you you need to.
It comes down to shot making, and uh, I'm not
going to point out Reid by himself because look, Jabari

(25:26):
was not good for the floor yesterday, but you had
two clean looks in overtime that would have sent the
game of the second overtime and you were unable to
knock those down. Sometimes it comes down to that. Now,
the bigger picture is you don't want it to come
down to that. When you're sitting there up by twenty five.
You have to play professional defense. And ime Adoka, well
you know it was burning timeouts and calling guys out

(25:48):
and do whatever he can, but you have to sometimes
scream and yell and change things to get the point across.
But the Rocket's best players and there we were out
there on the floor. There were defense for offensive possessions
put out there for that purpose. That's the reason why
maybe you would have seen some things on the offensive
side that didn't make a whole lot of sense, probably
more so on the defensive side than offense. But it

(26:08):
comes down to the Rockets and the coaches will be
in a room today. I guarantee you continuing to figure
out how to alleviate the double teams that Kevin Durant
Gordy is facing every single night.

Speaker 10 (26:21):
Well, and you're still you look at the numbers. I'm
actually shocked. They're still third in the league in scoring
and third in the league in defense. So your top
three in both categories. But to me, you know, look,
the offense lets you down in the fourth quarter, but
ultimately you shouldn't be given up one thirty three to
a Pelican's team. That's a team that is inept offensively.

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You know, Derek Queen's been there one like bright spot
in their one guiding light. By the way, the dumb
assery in that front office gave up this year's or
next year's first to go get him. And while he's
a great player, they are a terrible team that's not
going to be rewarded for a bad season, like it's
you're really screwing yourself over there. But regardless that, that

(27:05):
to me, has been the you know what was their
hallmark since Eban's gotten here, it's been the defense. It's
been getting stops and there's been too many games this
year where and I get it. The numbers say overall,
they've they've been strong on the season, but I just
feel like it's these games lately where you go one
thirty three in Utah one twenty two to Dallas one
twenty eighth to Denver one thirty three in New Orleans.

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Those are just those numbers are too big.

Speaker 3 (27:29):
Mike in Jersey Villa John seven hundred, Mike, good morning
to you.

Speaker 12 (27:33):
Hey, Matt, ditto on what Kaeso had to say and
Gordy had to say. You know that that was a
ridiculous loss last night. I'm sure you did not enjoy it.
But Matt, I'm really worried about you. And and you're financial,
you know, really being stretch. I is Tillman, not you
don't have a per diem. I mean Tillman. You have

(27:53):
to pay all these bills yourself because.

Speaker 2 (27:56):
Wickets start to go fund me and and maybe.

Speaker 3 (28:00):
Ya needs to play.

Speaker 12 (28:01):
That means you know the lady that really this month
this bad music. When they're showing starving dogs and you
hear it in the background, that's what they need to pullay.
Every time you talk about how much you're struggling on
the road, Matt, I worry much.

Speaker 3 (28:14):
I know, Mike, I'm a fraud. I'm one percent fraud.
I honestly could pay for the coffee. But I mean, Mike,
I don't know what you do for let me. I
don't know what your final situation is, but my guess
is you could probably afford a thirty dollars pot of coffee.
But you just there's just a fundamentalism to it that
just says, I don't want I don't want the enemy

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to win.

Speaker 2 (28:35):
Right.

Speaker 6 (28:36):
I don't blame you.

Speaker 3 (28:37):
Listen.

Speaker 12 (28:37):
I only drink coffee home because most coffee you pie,
whether it's three dollars or thirty dollars, taste like acid.

Speaker 13 (28:43):
So enjoy yourself up there.

Speaker 12 (28:45):
It's a shame you're you're away for the holidays, so
I'll be worried about you on Christmas Day.

Speaker 3 (28:50):
Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you about it.
Nice to hear from you. My family is just fine, Gordy.
When I said, hey, Gang, I'm going through Christmas, They're like,
did you buy our gifts already? Yes? Did Mom buy
our gifts already? Yes?

Speaker 1 (29:03):
Dad.

Speaker 3 (29:04):
We'll talk to you on Christmas on Zoom. Yeah, we'll
send you. We'll send you a video of us opening
the gifts. Yeah. Now the question, here's here's the ruling
we need for me really quick. Should somebody in my
family open up my gifts or should they wait till
I get home the next day? I think they got
to wait for you or you. They don't open your gifts,

(29:24):
you open them when you get back. Okay, So like
like like a second Christmas ceremony. Basic, Yeah, okay, I said,
you know what, I I thank you for that good
save you advice there, and then they'll go, what did
you bring us back from La?

Speaker 14 (29:38):
Do you know?

Speaker 3 (29:38):
I never bring anything back from anybody? What you don't
get like a key chang or something?

Speaker 14 (29:42):
Uh uh a key change?

Speaker 3 (29:44):
How many bound change do three young adults need?

Speaker 2 (29:48):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (29:49):
You know? Keep saying Dad. Let me ask you this.
Do you I've never brought you back anything, either one
of you. Do you wanted something back from La?

Speaker 14 (29:55):
Gord?

Speaker 3 (29:56):
Was you want?

Speaker 1 (29:56):
We?

Speaker 3 (29:57):
Is legal there?

Speaker 7 (29:57):
Right?

Speaker 3 (29:59):
What's legal? Face everywhere? You just have to be you
have to know the right people. But I'm in Denver
right now. I can easily get you some weed here
if you want. Yeah, I don't think some gummies. I
don't think you can put it in your suitcase. But
if what have you put in a pillbile? They're not
gonna search it, are they? They got dogs? But do
gummies have a sent to them? I think any THHC stuff?

Speaker 7 (30:22):
Right?

Speaker 3 (30:22):
Okay, well, I will buy each of you gummies, but
I can't transport them and I can't send them to you.
So what are we gonna do here? I'm good.

Speaker 14 (30:33):
Yes, the dogs can smell the gummies by the way, they.

Speaker 15 (30:36):
Can or cannot They can't can't, they can't can't see
can see an Okay, huh, wouldn't that be something.

Speaker 10 (30:46):
You're coming back home to celebrate Christmas with your family?
Rockets play by play broadcast are arrested in Denver airport
trying to transport drugs.

Speaker 14 (30:54):
What do we talk about on the show that we
just like you don't even.

Speaker 3 (30:58):
Bring it up. It never happened. What are you talking about?
That's on vacation.

Speaker 10 (31:03):
We're gonna send Ross with the access unit over to
the jail. Do the show with you there to.

Speaker 3 (31:08):
A remote from the from Harrison County or from the
air from the airport jail. What does airport jail look likebody? Now,
it's probably nice, man. I guarantee this airport jail. I've
seen people get arrested on flights all the time we've
landed when people have been drunk and belligerent and rude
to flood attendants. That I see guys, people getting rested
all the time. Hmm yeah, I'm you know what, guys,

(31:30):
I'm gonna buy. How about I send you all a
postcard greetings from La. It's the thought that counts. Bring
back some snow from Denver. Yeah, it's not. It's knowing
it's gonna be fifty six degrees here today. I think
we're dodging bullets. I will get more on the rockets
coming up in a few minutes. We have I'm sorry
he's at eleven thirty and Gordy, but your pony apologize

(31:51):
to half the SEC schools because even though you're locked
in SEC, you disparage half of them, especially Alabama. So
we'll look forward to that coming up at eleven thirty today, Well,
the news at New make the strippers up, and then
at one o'clock we got Doctor Roudo plus non Floida
stories and believe it or not today which is hell
or not will be all things about Will Muschamp, the
new defensive coordinator at the University of Texas. When you

(32:13):
saw that, were you surprised?

Speaker 10 (32:15):
I was pretty shocked, Yeah, because the thing with Texas
has been Gouess getting a Longhorn fan. They're like, the
defense is fine, offense is the problem this year?

Speaker 3 (32:27):
So where was he last year? And where is the
old guy going? And I guess are people shocked or
it's like you got a chance to go get a
guy that was recognizably known as a good football coach.
Maybe not a great head football coach, but it is
certainly a good coordinator.

Speaker 10 (32:40):
Yeah, Pete Kwaiakowski was. I mean, like he's been there
five years. And the only thing I've seen from Longhorn
fans that are supporting the move are saying he originally
was hired when they were in the Big twelve and
defending air raid offenses, and he was good at that.
He's good at front seven, but the DBS weren't very

(33:02):
good down the field in one on one coverage, and
that they think must Champ is gonna be better with that.
But must Champ is more about bringing blitzes and pressure
and all that. So maybe they want their sack totals
up or something like that. But apparently I found out
years ago when Sark got hired, he tried to bring
must Champ over and that was when Muschamp was like, Eh,

(33:24):
my kids are in school. I kind of like it
over here in Georgia.

Speaker 3 (33:27):
I'm not leaving.

Speaker 10 (33:28):
But now that his kids are older, apparently must Champ
is well to come back to the forty Acres.

Speaker 3 (33:33):
Where was he last year? He's been with Georgia the.

Speaker 10 (33:35):
Last few years as a he was a special teams coach,
then a co DC. Last year he was kind of
like I think they called him a defensive assistant or
an analyst, like he was kind of a he was
a voice in the room, but not really like the
authoritative voice.

Speaker 3 (33:50):
Well he'll have us certainly a voice, and you know
the coordinators, especially with SEC schools that have lots of money,
are gonna be paying him well. So he's gonna do
it quite well for himself. In Austin, an email in
from Javier says, why would the NFL schedule games tomorrow
to conflict with the college football playoffs? I appreciate NFL
on Saturdays, but of all saturdays, you're doing it tomorrow.

(34:11):
Make it make sense. Longtime listener, PS, Happy birthday, Ross
Ross's birthday today. By the way, oh a lease forty
five anything else says go kooks, which is nice, Thank
you very much, Hobvier. The answer is this, the NFL
ratings are going to annihilate the college football playoff rankings
or playoff ratings.

Speaker 10 (34:28):
Well, I think tonight is Tonight has potential to be
huge with Alabama Oklahoma because it's two big brands, and
even if you're not an SEC fan, I think you're
you're going to be attracted to see what this game does.
I think Miami A and m Tomorrow Morning I think
is going to do really well. That's you know, both
those are ABC slash ESPN, Like that's national audience with

(34:51):
four monster brands. Now afternoon too, Lane against Old Miss,
I think there's some attraction there from oh, they don't
have Lane Kiffin rally around Ole Miss. Let's see what
they do. But frankly, if that thing is twenty to
nothing at halftime, I think nobody's watching and then Eagles
Commanders kicks off.

Speaker 3 (35:08):
Yeah, people are going to Fox.

Speaker 10 (35:09):
But by the way, that afternoon game is TNT and
then the night game is TNT, so it's you know,
it's not exactly like those are nationally televised games. Like
I said that, the two big ones are ABC and
then the afternoon game in the night game tomorrow are PNT,
and it's James Madison Oregon tomorrow night going head to

(35:30):
head with Packers Bears.

Speaker 3 (35:32):
Well that's the one reason for me is the NFL
or college football new that no matter what games they
put on, they were going to lose. The NFL. I mean,
if you put the Aggies Hurricanes on Tomorrow night, it's
losing to the Green baych Cut.

Speaker 10 (35:45):
But I think it's I think it's much closer. Like
I think you're pulling a big draw if you have
that game at night on ABC versus the NFL on Fox.

Speaker 3 (35:54):
The only game this weekend that would have a huge
national draw go, you know, not necessarily Model Mono with
Green Bay Chicaga would have been tonight's game. Oklahoma and Alabama,
those two carry a much bigger brand nationally than A
and M in Miami. Does they just do.

Speaker 9 (36:12):
Yeah?

Speaker 10 (36:12):
I just think those are those are still two big brands, Miami,
A and M. And if it's.

Speaker 3 (36:19):
But of the four matchups, that's the one that would
have been able to But again, I don't think college
football worried about it. College football, frankly isn't concerned about
its ratings because college football has the all the inherited money.
You know, now, if nobody's watching, then they may have
to pay back. These TV networks may have to pay
back advertisers for extra commercial time and whatnot. But you

(36:42):
were when you have James Madison and Tulane in this thing,
regardless of whether or not you how you feel about
whether or not group of five schools should be in there,
you know that you're going to have games that are
going to be less sexier than others. And when you
had not only one group of five team in, but two,
it just didn't turn out well.

Speaker 10 (37:01):
What a smart move to by ESPN to sell these
first half these first round games off to TNT because
TNT paid a premium for him, and ESPN is like
washing their hands on of it. Going you get too late,
old missing James Battison orget good luck.

Speaker 3 (37:17):
And they're also going to sell them a semifinal game
next year, I think is what I saw.

Speaker 10 (37:21):
Ow they'll give them the crappiest one.

Speaker 3 (37:23):
I'm telling you, all these networks are selling things off
like next year, the Big Ten Championship game is supposed
to be an NBC. I think they're selling it off
to either Amazon or Netflix. So these TV networks are
spending this crazy amount of money to buy these games,
and then they're like, like, it'd be like you and

(37:44):
I getting an expensive apartment and subleasing it to somebody else.
If that's what they're doing, they're selling, they're selling off
their properties.

Speaker 10 (37:49):
Oh did you see the news on the oscars this week?

Speaker 3 (37:52):
Yeah, they're going to YouTube. Yep, I got news for you, Oscars.
I wasn't watching you on ABC. I'm damn well not
watching on YouTube.

Speaker 10 (38:00):
But it just shows you the evolution I mean, sports
and everything. I think within the next five years, you're
gonna have to have every damn account, from Amazon Prime
to Peacock to all of it, because that's where everything's moving.

Speaker 3 (38:12):
It's not gonna be all network TV anymore. Well, guess what, Gordy,
I have every one of them because of my kids
and my wife. So you can always come over to
the house and watch any sporting event because I got
every channel. Oh, we got them all.

Speaker 10 (38:22):
Too, because I gotta we gotta have housewives, and then
I gotta watch every sporting event.

Speaker 3 (38:27):
Yeah, I have I seriously, I have Hulu, I have
Paramount Plus.

Speaker 1 (38:31):
I have.

Speaker 3 (38:33):
Peacock, Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO Max No I Hbo. Oh yeah,
I've got I've got HBO Max I. I said, you
just something else? I have Max. Yeah, I have all that.
I don't know if I have Paramount Plus. I got
to rethink that because I have Network. But that's because
Kim likes to watch the new show that's so hot

(38:55):
on that channel. What's the new show that's out that's
got name more oron and Billy Bob Thornton. Oh yeah, yeah,
is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross eleven O three

(39:15):
Sports Talk seven ninety hour number two is underway, and
I'm not counting down the time until I take a
nap at a one pm Mountain time. I'm not doing that,
Gordy hanging out with us for another hour. We want
you to hang out with us all the way until
two o'clock this afternoon at seven one three two one
two five seven ninety seven to one three two one
two five SEVENINTI Rockets last night fall to the New

(39:37):
Orleans Pelicans, second straight overtime game on the trip, second
straight loss uh in overtime and a game where the
Rockets at a twenty five point lead and lost the
game one thirty three to one. Twenty eight. Rockets get
thirty two from Durant, twenty eight from Shingoon, twenty three

(39:58):
from Thompson, eleven from Shepherd off the bench, ten for
Joshua Koge, and twelve from Jabari. But the Rockets allowed
the Pelicans to shoot Gonzo crazy fifty one percent for
the game, and it's probably about seventy five percent in
the second half, and I'm not kidding on that. They
also made forty one percent of the three point shots.
Rockets were over fifty percent from three in the first

(40:20):
half and end the game on threes, making ten of
thirty two. I think they were like two for sixteen
in the second half of last night's game. So that
plus a long trip, so it's been not the best
morning for Rocket fans today and I certainly get that.
And again, the Denver Nuggets on the agenda tomorrow for
a three o'clock I believe it's four o'clock start time

(40:40):
back in the Houston, three o'clock here in Denver, and
we'll have all the action for you here on Sports
Talk seven ninety they're speaking of basketball. Gordy. Rumors are
out this morning the WNBA maybe coming to Houston in
a couple of years.

Speaker 10 (40:53):
I saw that we also have an Astro's nugget we
can get to here as well. But yeah, I mean
it's no secret Tolman and his group have been trying
to bring the WNA back to Houston for some time,
and Ramona Shelburn, of all people breaking it this morning,
the Rockets ownership is quote in substantive talks with the

(41:15):
Connecticuts on over a purchase and relocation.

Speaker 3 (41:20):
Well, look, I don't think the Rockets have hidden the
fact they want to bring WNBA basketball to here. I'm
just surprised a Connecticut. And again, I don't know the
finances of the situation there, but Connecticut's always been one
of the better teams, and that's a part of the
country that loves college women's basketball. I know they've played
at the Mohegan Sun Casino for a long time. I
don't know if they if nobody cares, or it just
hasn't drawn, or they wanted to get big to a

(41:42):
bigger marketplace because it's not in Boston. But yeah, Connecticut's
been up for sale for quite some time. I know
there was wanted to keep it in that part of
the country, but the Rockets could get it. It sounds
like to me it'd be ready in time for twenty
twenty seven. It wouldn't be for twenty twenty six. By
the way, the WNBA may have a workstoppage this year
coming up. So I heard about that. They No.

Speaker 10 (42:01):
I talked to somebody who's covers Yukon up there, who
I said, Oh, that feels like an easy, you know thing,
because they have a bunch of Yukon players that they've drafted,
obviously intentionally. But he said, no, it's one of those
things like and when the team is really good, yes,
they come out and support, but when they're kind of average,
you're not great, No, there's no support there. So would

(42:24):
make sense why that would be a team that would relocate,
all right, So the Astros NuGet I just saw it
from Chandler Rome. Wanted to tell the audience what it is.
From Chaanler Rome, the Astros, Pirates and Rays are in
serious discussions about a trade that would send h infielder
Brandon Lowe to Pittsburgh and right handed pitcher Mike Burrows

(42:45):
to Houston. Not to be confused with Joe Burrow. This
is Mike Burrows, who is a twenty six year old
right hander who has four years of team control remaining
and had a two and four record last year three
nine ninety seven strikeouts, So he's got some swing and
miss stuff. And if you're a call Matt, he pitched

(43:06):
against the Astros back in early June last year, five
and a third shutout innings, six strikeouts against the Astros.
I remembered his name because the Astros beat Skeens, because
Skeens was the big one, and then it was like,
who the hell is Mike Burrows. He's the one who
shut down the Astros. So an interesting name there.

Speaker 3 (43:26):
Yeah, twenty three games before the Pirates last year, nineteen starts.
I honestly, again, you know more about him than I do.
I guess the question was, you know, it's funny that
in this trade has not mentioned anybody on the Astro
side going somewhere or what teams, and it also intimates
that there'd be some other teams could be involved in this.

Speaker 10 (43:47):
Yeah, well, you got to think the Jake Myers thing
is very likely to happen. I've seen it's so funny
just searched Jake Myers' name on Twitter. Everybody wants some
Dodger fans won him. I mean, it's you would think
that this guy's like an All Star. I mean, obviously
his defense has been great, but you know, it feels
like he's gonna be moved. But the the Mike Burrows, Like,

(44:07):
this is a name that I kept telling Astros fans
forget the high profile, top five names out there. They're
not gonna they they don't have the money to spend
like that, or they're not willing to do that. But
is there a guy that they could trade for that
that would have team control for several years?

Speaker 16 (44:24):
Right?

Speaker 10 (44:24):
And this is kind of a sneaky one, like again
that I think they like his stuff. He's young for
four years of team control. He's not gonna be a
front end rotation guy, but he could be a three
or four or five.

Speaker 3 (44:38):
Well, the reality is this, and we've been talking about
this early since and the last season. I don't think
any Astro fan had any thoughts of it. If he did,
we're here to fix them for you. That this was
gonna be a wow, what an incredible off season. It's
gonna be filler, not necessarily like just guys, but it
will be a less than sexy less You're gonna have
to do a little bit of research, and that includes

(44:59):
you and me. We'll have to look at what Mike
Burrow has done, and we're to look at any players
that the Astros have to give back, and you know,
the most recognizable name that may pop up during this
entire offseason, maybe a one year signed deal for Justin Verlander.
I mean, that'll be the name recognition, but it's not
necessarily can be a headliner. So yeah, you are filling
out a rotation that at this point for sure has

(45:23):
Hunter Brown. You would presume that Javier will be ready,
You presume that arrag Getty would be ready, and then
everybody else. Am I missing anybody else? It would be
an absolute knockdown, one hundred percent. I should be thinking
about him in the guaranteed rotation for the Astro So far,
I don't think so well.

Speaker 10 (45:38):
I mean, you're paying McCullers seventeen million. You'd like him
to be part of the five man rotation.

Speaker 3 (45:45):
Did you just use a from a show you did
a year ago or two years ago?

Speaker 10 (45:50):
I mean, this is the last year he will make
that kind of money. So it's it's not like it's
you know, for years it was like, well, you're paying
this guy a ton. I mean, but look, you're paying
him seventeen million. That the dude, we're paying you. We
want you to contribute. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure he
wants a contribute as well. But it could not I mean,
even last year could not have gone any worse. I

(46:11):
mean from a guy that spots started occasionally did not
do very well. They went to the bullpen because he
was you know, remember he gets cranking with you about
asking about bullpen and he didn't get He went in
there and didn't really necessarily enjoy that experience either. I mean,
he's I don't want to say he's a lost soul
because he's collecting seventeen million dollars a year, so I'm
sure his soul is just fine. But from a definition

(46:31):
of a baseball player, you know, I don't know what
he could do short of starting twenty times for the
Astros issue that's going to make him a guy that
people would consider grabbing it for the foreseeable future. Yeah,
I think you know, they they'll have some options here. Again,
if this trade does indeed go through and the astros Land,
Mike Burrows from the from the Pittsburgh Pirates. You basically have,

(46:57):
like you said, Hunter Brown, as you're one, I think
in all likelihood, Christian Hobvier's you're two. You probably feel
good about Spaghetti as you're three. And then yeah, does
Burrow slot in as the four? And then you've got
your aj blue Balls Burn and er if he comes,
Jason Alexander, you know, all those guys. And then at

(47:21):
some point what by the mid season, you're hoping you
get back run out Blanco and Hayden was an esky.
Uh yeah, those two names. Nobody else everybody. I mean
Ryan Weiss I forgot. They signed him with the hope
that they want to entertain him being a Ryan Weiss
and Nate was in Nate Pearson. Which one did they

(47:42):
say they envision as a starter. I thought it wis whatever,
it's they're gonna They're just open this thing up in
spring training. Hey, whoever wants to claim a job, it's
up for the grabs.

Speaker 3 (47:52):
Yeah, you know something, Ryan Weiss walks into the barn
and he says, hey, Ryan Weiss is here. They go, hey, Ryan,
how are you? And because I'm great, how y'alling? You
just go what do you do for them? And Ryan?
I mean I mean, I mean, I hope Ryan Weiss
becomes the name that we know in Houston. But right now, collectively,
no one knows who Ryan Weiss is.

Speaker 10 (48:08):
I'll say this, I mean, Dana's hit on some Like
how many guys the last two years have they just
like signed off the scrap heap? And some have been duds,
but that's fine, you know, like you're taking a shot,
but some have been hits. The Jason Alexander, he turned
up at one point last year. He was your most
steady starter.

Speaker 3 (48:26):
So there's been Last night wasn't so sweet, but I mean,
by and large, the body work was pretty good.

Speaker 10 (48:31):
Yeah, Dyla Santos, I thought, you know, pitching some big
spots for you down the stretch. I mean, he wasn't great,
but he's got the job done in a couple spots.
So like there's been little fines here and there, and
so you hope that maybe there's a fine here in
either Nate Pearson or Weiss.

Speaker 3 (48:45):
All right on the phones, next try and Roger, we'll
get to you one two if you want to follo
those gentlemen up. You may do so at seven one
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(49:07):
on floor of Stories at one thirty, and believe it
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as part of hell Yer Now eleven nineteen. It is
a Matt Thomas show at Ross Ross is celebrating his
birthday today. Need a ruling from you, Gordy before we
go back to phones? How do you feel about the

(49:29):
following text? Okay number one, happy birthday. Okay, just that's it,
just happen. Do you respond thanks? Do you use a
exclamation point or a heart or a thumbs up when

(49:50):
you get a just a random happy birthday text? What
is your typical response?

Speaker 1 (49:55):
Now?

Speaker 10 (49:55):
If you just said happy birthday with no exclamation point
on the end, no celebration emoji, nothing like that, I'm
sending you back at THHX.

Speaker 3 (50:07):
How about if the if they put your name in there,
happy our HB Chris, how about that one?

Speaker 10 (50:13):
Then I'll then I will spell out thanks, okay.

Speaker 3 (50:17):
So it comes down to how many letters you at
putting the word thanks, yeah, okay or thank you.

Speaker 10 (50:23):
I might even go with but if you just say
happy birthday, no, no punctuation, you're getting at THHX.

Speaker 3 (50:30):
So you need punctuation in order to get the full word. Okay.
Number two before the phones, Merry Christmas.

Speaker 10 (50:41):
You can respond with I'm Jewish.

Speaker 3 (50:44):
No, but that's not you. You can't do that, right.

Speaker 10 (50:47):
I'm just saying, I mean, it's you have to be
sensitive these days. Happy holidays is what you're saying, Okay
on December the twenty fifth, and you are Protestant or
Catholic and you are no.

Speaker 3 (50:58):
The other person on the other end is this you
say happy birthday or excuse me, merry Christmas. I'm thinking
to myself, you know, if you really, really really wanted
to wish me a happy birthday or Merry Christmas, you
gotta send me a card. That would have taken effort.
It takes no effort to go to your phone and
put in fifty names and put into the on the

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text Merry Christmas.

Speaker 10 (51:23):
I would if you send me Merry Christmas, that's it.
I would respond with same to you.

Speaker 3 (51:30):
You know I'm gonna do this year, Gordy. I am
going to when somebody sends me a Merry Christmas text,
which always happens, I'm going to do the opposite. I'm
going to send them a text that's at least four
hundred and five hundred words. That's a good lunch. No,
listen to me, Hey, Gordy, thanks very much. It's been

(51:52):
a crazy year. Yeah, we got the busy at the
radio station. We're busy with the Rockets games. You know,
Carly's going to complay Rohde Island next year in volleyball.
Camera got a new job. Peyton's graduating from AM and
my folks are doing this and we're thinking about doing
this for next year or what our plans are. Man.
We had a great Christmas dinner. We had some prime
rib and we had some mashed potatoes and we had

(52:14):
some great I think you do the opposite. I think
you make the other person feel like ass for taking
such little time to send you a text that says
Merry Christmas.

Speaker 10 (52:24):
I think you can do this on Ai. You could
have you could you know, you like get awkward with it.
Respond with, well, Tom, let us remember the reason for
the season, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, you know,
and then like give the whole AI story of the
Nativity scene.

Speaker 3 (52:46):
Yeah, you could also give another one. Merry Christmas. Yeah,
it's been a great Christmas. I lost my job, my
wife left me, my kids won't return my text, and
I got my doctor says I need double hard bypass surgery. See.

Speaker 10 (53:05):
I am full. I love awkward. I would go full
on into awkward mode. If you send me Merry Christmas,
I'm gonna send back. Yeah, not much to look forward
to in twenty twenty six with Trump still leading us.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
You would make it political.

Speaker 10 (53:22):
They go, okay, man, see you later. That conversation will end.

Speaker 3 (53:26):
All right. So I swear to God, I'm going to
this year for Mary. I'm gonna, I'm actually I'm gonna.
I'm gonna create a post on my notes on my
phone and I'm gonna paste it every time. Just somebody
on Christmas Day sends me Merry Christmas, I'm gonna send
them a five hundred word explanation.

Speaker 10 (53:43):
You will never hear back from him. I mean, that's
that's how that works.

Speaker 3 (53:46):
And maybe I get off the Merry Christmas list because
if you gave it damn about me, you could send
me a card or worst case, you could send me
some money or a gift card of something.

Speaker 10 (53:55):
Hey, we do have more details on that potential Astros
trade run through quick. This is from Ken Rosenthal. If
this trade is completed, the Astros would send, says Anderson Britto. Brito,
right hander would head from the Astros to the Rays,
as well as Astro's number two prospect, Matt outfielder Jacob Melton.

Speaker 3 (54:20):
Whoa, whoa, whoa Wait just a minute, I thought Jacob
Meltain was supposed to be a part of this outfield at.

Speaker 10 (54:27):
Twenty twenty six. Maybe they don't trade Jake Myers. That's
their number Melton's their number two, and Brito is their
number seven prospect currently.

Speaker 8 (54:42):
Hm.

Speaker 3 (54:44):
Hm On the phones, we go. Let's talk to Trey
on seven nine eleven, twenty five.

Speaker 17 (54:51):
Hi, Tray, Hey guys, Happy Friday. I Uh, finally some
news on the Astros. I guess Tandler was talking about
how what he was lately. Maybe maybe he'll have an
exciting Friday also, but Pirates were one of the teams
among many interested in Jake Myers. I it'll be curious

(55:12):
to see who they've included. I got a question though,
he and I believe it was Chandler that wrote a
piece on Sanchez after they tendered him, UH, speculating that
perhaps the reason they did that was to include him
in a trade package. It and it got me to
wondering why they wouldn't try to sign Fromber in the

(55:36):
offseason and then turn around and trade him. And I
don't recall ever seeing signing trade deals in MLB. Is
that something that happens there has happened that you guys
can recall.

Speaker 3 (55:49):
No, I don't believe that could be the King. I
don't think Major League Baseball rules allow that because there's
no advantage of doing it. I mean, you're you're not
trying to you're not trying to match our for salary
you've got. You know, you've got salary cabs in the NBA,
and in the NBA, you can sign a player for
more money if you retain bird rights with that player

(56:09):
because of veteran status. That that guy loses his bird
rights if he gets traded without signing first with the
team he's currently on. So there's there's no there's no
really advantage to it. I don't think.

Speaker 14 (56:22):
Appreciate the show guy.

Speaker 3 (56:24):
Yeah, thank you, Trey, Yeah, I don't. I don't know
why you would want to. Why would you go through
all the and look in the NBA does happen because
but they're not doing it because they're trying to tease
the player. Oh will you just signed you a nice
big contract. Now we're trading. I mean, that's not how
it works. They do the sign and trades because it
financially helps the player for the new destination he's going to.

Speaker 10 (56:45):
Yeah, and the money that Fromber is is asking. It's
just there's no asters were out. I mean that if
they wanted to keep Romber, that deal would have been
done last summer. When I went into the final year
of his deal, it was understand this will be frombers
last year in Houston.

Speaker 3 (57:00):
That's right, all right, let's go take a short time out.
We will talk Roger and Keith and easy want to
talk about the Rockets, the Rockets and the Astros, and
then well after that we'll go to I'm sorries because
I know you gotta apologize for things clearly Jonathan does
for his Fa Lumberjacks getting beaten like a pulp by
Montana State. So sorry, you're not be You didn't even say.

(57:23):
You didn't even stay and watch the game because your
girl want to watch something on Lifetime. I mean, you're
You're just a fraud. You just are seven one three
happy Mary christ Is by the way, Gordy with us
for a few more minutes. Ago to the phones quickly
and get these in before we get to our apologies
for the week. Roger on seven hoy, Hello Roger.

Speaker 11 (57:43):
Hey, what's going on? Guys? I just got to commend
you that for your professionalism, for your patience, thank you
for your endurance. Thank you because had it been me,
I would have lost my dream job. I would have
probably see the Rockets for providing a hostile work environment.
And I probably would have spent the night in the twink.

(58:06):
All those three probably would have happened. I just don't
know how you do it, and I commend.

Speaker 3 (58:10):
You well, thank you.

Speaker 11 (58:13):
Yeah that being said, man, and this is what I
talked about last week, and people, you know, looked at
me kind of crazy. I'm like, hey, man, I love
my rockets, bore on my rockets. I see what I see.
I see a void that that needs to be done.
Hopefully this lost maybe might provide a glimpse at the
elephant in the room. We need a guy that can
prove an ince out inside of the our defense. You're

(58:35):
throwing too much on reach Uper's plate. He's kind of like,
you know, let him be a three a three Petsky
defender and a three point specialist, not so much a
walking up court a prober. Or you're asking us too much.
He's let him be what he's gonna be, if he's
gonna be anything at all, you just asking too much.
In the kid, somebody's got to sit down with the

(58:56):
Jabari Smith and and and and tell him, Hey, man,
you could be turnaround jumper guy. You could be rebounder guys.
You can be three D guys. Just don't be put
the ball on the floor guy. You're not there yet.
I know you've worked out on the summer develop you,
but you're just not there. You need a couple more summers.
Maybe I don't know, but you're just not there yet.
Uh mister, mister all World Turkey International ay man, you're

(59:21):
not going to get the fifty to fifty whistles in
this league until you've done something. First, stop you know,
past pesting the rest all the way up down the
court every time you can get a foul. You just
got to play ball, game, playball. Cader, just take care
of themselves. I just I just defense. And Durant one
of our better defenders. So I don't want to hear
about the Durant doesn't play the guys. That guy's a
great defender. You need, we need somebody else. You need

(59:44):
to know that now, when is a broken glass getting fixed?
When are our two guys coming back, the guys that
that are supposed to be a better defenders and high
energy guys. When is a broken glass getting fixed? And
that's it. I have a great weekend.

Speaker 3 (59:58):
That' you said? You said a lot there. Again, I
understand the frustration. I have to always think that the
fact it was just one game. So I try to
continue to think about it was just one game. That
tomorrow when the Rockets play the Nuggets, they can come
back and bounce back from this. And the terrible taste
in your mouth that the New Orleans game has gone.

(01:00:18):
Now you don't want this thing to linger, because clearly
this team has got a lot on its plate in
terms of what it wants to do. But you know,
a Denver Sacramento back to back win situation could make
this feel a lot better than what you went through
last night. And as far as during Phinney Smith is concerned,
I think sometime in January for him. And as far
as Tarry Easton is concerned, he's been working out with

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the team. He's trying, but the soreness is soreness, and
if you can't go, when you can't run up and
down the floor to the level of NBA standards, you
know you're all you do is hurting your team. But
at least I wouldn't be surprised if he played at
some point during this Still, we got four games off
on this road trip, so I think there's a get

(01:01:00):
shot that Tory plays at least one of those games
before we get back. Wasn't he He was shooting around
before the game, right and during Finney Smith was too.
So I mean, they're they're moving around a little bit,
but moving around and competing at the highest level of
professional basketball is two different things. M Well, I do.

Speaker 10 (01:01:17):
I do agree with them on Alpi and the refs
like he's got a back off a little bit. Man,
play your game.

Speaker 3 (01:01:22):
I know that's euroball, though, dude, he is. I mean,
name of even Jokic. I was watching him the other
night and we were here in Denver the first time.
He's still they're bitching and mona all the time. I mean,
name a euro that doesn't bitch and moan about officiating.

Speaker 10 (01:01:35):
Yeah, manage Genoblieves, who I immediately think of.

Speaker 3 (01:01:40):
It's, you know, Gordi's just in their DNA. It just is.

Speaker 10 (01:01:44):
They must get every call in Europe then.

Speaker 3 (01:01:47):
Or they must be able to bitch and moan about
it and then they get they get the call back
on the on the next trip down the floor. No,
we need NBA phiciating to be better anyway. I think
we need officiating period to be better in sports. Keith
is with us at eleven thirty nine. Keith, good morning, Heay,
good morning. How y'all good?

Speaker 7 (01:02:08):
So I watched the game last night. I've seen this
happen repeatedly over and over again. We missed the layups.
He got seven foot duos. It can't make the layup,
or like Jamari Smith's he gets right three feet from
the basket. He can't make a shot. Or he'll pass
it out to somebody. He's almost seven foot go. He
can't just beach up and shoot. It happens a lot

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man way up after layup. Think they have five or
six shots, they can't make none of them.

Speaker 3 (01:02:38):
Well, obviously you didn't see Zion Williamson last night because
he was missing everything. They were Keith, they were. The
Pelicans were nine for twenty nine in the paint in
the first half of the game last night. So it
ain't just the Rockets, it's it's a lot of teams
been out to the to the Pelicans credit and to
the Rockets demise. The Pelicans shot way better in the

(01:03:00):
second half inside the paint.

Speaker 7 (01:03:03):
Well, I was going to ask a question for you
and one from Gordy. I just heard you say something
about Dorry and Pinney Smith and a Tarry. Our defense
works a lot better when Tarry Easton and uh a
Man are out there at the same time.

Speaker 11 (01:03:20):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (01:03:21):
Do you have a prognostication about I mean, we got
a whole bunch of games to play. You think that
Dorry and Penney Smith is gonna be ready by Christmas
Day when they play?

Speaker 1 (01:03:31):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (01:03:32):
Did you not just hear what I said? Two minutes ago, Keith,
I said he'd be be in January.

Speaker 7 (01:03:35):
I guess I always said January. I didn't hear that.

Speaker 3 (01:03:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, January. And I think that is going
to play sometime on this trip, hopefully because he's closet.

Speaker 7 (01:03:46):
Yeah, okay, I just want to ask Glory one question.
What's the score on the what's this final score on
Houston versus l s U?

Speaker 10 (01:03:58):
Oh gosh, Kinders Texas Bowl dot com for tickets, pimp,
I mean it's go. I think I think this game
is gonna mean a whole lot more to U of
H and honestly it should. If Willy Fritz can go
out with another win, a win against an SEC program,
LSU's gonna be shorthanded. They just are. They got half

(01:04:20):
their players are either opted out or declined for the draft.
It's non excuse. I'm just letting you know the reality.
And I think UH is gonna come out and be
the hungrier team.

Speaker 3 (01:04:29):
The real The reality of this is, Keith, is that
the LSU players are leaving early because they're afraid to
play the Cougars and so, and that happens a lot
when the Cougar is playing a bowl game. Florida State
in the Peach Bowl many years ago. Was afraid to
play the Cougars and they got their ass kicks. So
it's gonna happen again. LSU's gonna take the l go
back to Baton Rouge, go to Chimes, go to Canes

(01:04:51):
and have some chicken fingers and go. Man, we got
our ass kicked by the Houston Cougars. He's speechless, he's beacheles.
Thank you for the phone call. Let's go to easy
on seven. Honey easy, what do you got hey?

Speaker 2 (01:05:06):
First of all, when when they send you the Merry
Christmas thing, do you remember you used to do the
uh the way Mary Field? Uh, he was born in
Bethlehem and you got to just record something like that
and just in that to the the whatever that was.

Speaker 11 (01:05:21):
You know what?

Speaker 3 (01:05:22):
Easy I could record a voice message. I could see
somebody a minute message. That's much more personable than just
somebody sending me a rando of Merry Christmas. That's a
great point. Thank you for helping me out with that.

Speaker 2 (01:05:38):
Number two. Uh, the question was, uh, do I love
Jeff Luno?

Speaker 8 (01:05:46):
Before that?

Speaker 2 (01:05:47):
Does Dana Brown think he's too smart for the way
that they're doing things? And keeping everything to the best.
I understand it's a business Fati. The way I see,
it's like you're charging us for the ticket. The ticket
prices don't go down. You're not charged.

Speaker 7 (01:06:06):
I mean you're not.

Speaker 2 (01:06:07):
You're not bettering the team with making it's not about
you know, making splash moves. But how can that change
to where, Hey man, we were expecting a certain product
because we're paying. How can we change that? And then
the next question is for Gordon answered that with pizza.

Speaker 3 (01:06:29):
How can we change what you mean Dana being aggressive
or data making any moves. I mean, Dana's going to
make some moves. He has to. The roster's not filled out,
he's I don't think they're hiding it. They're just doing
on a timetable that astro fans are happy about. But frankly,
if you think about this easy, how much real movement
has there been that you know, the Mets have made,
you know, the Padres, the Dodgers made a move pin

(01:06:50):
a Lonzo goes from the Mets to the Orioles. But
other than that, there there's been nothing significantly And Edwin
Diaz leaving the Mets, but Bragman's still out there. Tucker
is still out there from Berval does doesn't have a
deal yet. This quote unquote Jake Myers trade does not happened.
I mean, there's a lot of deals that haven't happened,
and I think it may not be until maybe even
after the Thesmas break before we start to see some

(01:07:11):
real movement in baseball.

Speaker 2 (01:07:14):
Is the Winner the Winner meetings overWe yes? They oh
cool and Gordy, How is LSU going to be better
with fifteen million now at coach versus what it was before?

Speaker 10 (01:07:32):
Because this guy won it. He won ten eleven games
a year at ole Miss and now he's gonna have
even better resources at LSU with more money to spend.
He they called him the portal King the last few years,
and now he's gonna have even more money to spend.
And he's a good ex as an OST coach. That's
why they will be better.

Speaker 2 (01:07:49):
Is he better than anybody other? Is he worth at
seventeen or whatever million he got?

Speaker 10 (01:07:54):
He's worth whatever.

Speaker 3 (01:07:55):
I mean.

Speaker 10 (01:07:55):
The money is the money, that's that's what it costs
to get him. The question is will he win games?
I think most people believe what if you just look
at it from an ex as and O's perspective, is
Lane k having a good coach? Yes, he won a
lot of games at Old Miss with one hand tied
behind his back. Now he's got all the resources in
the world at LSU.

Speaker 2 (01:08:15):
I understand go Koog's see as easy?

Speaker 3 (01:08:18):
Uh really quick? Gordion, I had the Cougars winning thirty
to sixteen over LSU. How you feel you think we're
gonna score sixteen? I don't know.

Speaker 10 (01:08:26):
If you've seen Michael Van Buren in at quarterback, they
are not very good.

Speaker 3 (01:08:30):
I'm trying to be polite. I'd be lucky if you
scored sick.

Speaker 10 (01:08:32):
They scored thirteen on against Western Kentucky. Jonathan, don't they're
a good follow program.

Speaker 3 (01:08:43):
Don't don't bring in him, don't don't let the don't
let our man. Jonathan catchesestrays on this. It's fat he's up.
Is that a good program? All right?

Speaker 10 (01:08:51):
Aj Halsey. Look who he stole from U of H,
who was really good? He just as he just thinks
he's going to the Senior Bowl, So I don't know
if he's gonna play.

Speaker 3 (01:08:59):
That's because he won. He wanted looser academic restrictions. That's
the reason why he left it's really good. All right,
I'm making the decision. We're gonna move I'm sorries to
twelve thirty because look, this is our favorite half hour. Now, Gordyon,
you're gonna be going on doing god knows what, buying
a bunch of Texas bul gear, so we won't see
you anymore. But Jonathan, you and I need to do

(01:09:19):
some apologizing for some things. We're gonna bump at the
twelve thirty give it its first, give its full half hour,
so we got more phone calls to get to. We
gotta wake the strippers up. We'll have the news, and
then at twelve thirty we're gonna do I'm Sorry's eleven
forty six Sports Talk seven ninety. All right, this is
our last opportunity to make a bet about the game,
as the Cougars will destroy LSU in the Texas Bowl,

(01:09:41):
which would be weak from tomorrow. Do you want to
go food? Do you want to go fight song? How
do you want to handle all this? Gordy? This is
your decision?

Speaker 10 (01:09:50):
Yeah, I think we do a lunch bit. I'm I'm
fine buying you lunch.

Speaker 3 (01:09:53):
When is my show on? Gordy? I don't know if
you know the show time.

Speaker 10 (01:09:56):
Yeah, like I we'll order something in Okay, I'll pick
you up a McRib or something.

Speaker 3 (01:10:05):
Well, the problem is mcgribs are gonna go away pretty soon.
How do you feel about the mcgrib by the way, Uh,
it's fun. So if I bought mcribs, you would eat one? Sure?
Thank you? Yeah? Okay? All right, okay, so what else? Okay,
so we got to want to you will make it.

(01:10:25):
Let's make it a uh we're gonna make it a
Cajun lunch beds that feel seem fair?

Speaker 10 (01:10:30):
Okay, we can do that.

Speaker 3 (01:10:31):
And you want like Bbi's or something, Well, we're gonna
we'll find something to advertise. Whether's it help us out?
Maybe I'll maybe I'll have Big City wings, make some
Cajun wings of some sort. Okay, all right? Other games?
Alabama Oklahoma? Who do you like?

Speaker 10 (01:10:45):
I look at it this way? These two teams played
a couple of weeks ago. Alabama moved the ball pretty well,
but they turned it over several times. It was not
them making mistakes, it was Oklahoma taking the ball away.
Am I to believe? Now they're gonna go in to
a hostile environment and a cold Friday night in Norman,
rockin' atmosphere, packed stadium and play flawless football. I don't

(01:11:08):
believe that. I think Oklahoma wins.

Speaker 3 (01:11:11):
All right, let's go to the games Saturday. A and
M Miami twelfth man is the twelfth man for a reason.
Miami's a good team.

Speaker 10 (01:11:19):
But I just feel like A and M has been
sitting around for three weeks to digest that loss against Texas,
and they want to get back to showing what they
can do. Le'vian Moss could return to the backfield. I
think Aggie's offense rolls, and I think it's I think
they went by double digits over Miami.

Speaker 3 (01:11:37):
Wow, you're not even get to Miami a chance? Huh.

Speaker 10 (01:11:39):
No, Miami's overrated. But what's the last big game Mario Cristobal.

Speaker 3 (01:11:43):
Won could be at tomorrow about two thirty.

Speaker 10 (01:11:47):
I mean, if they win it, great, but I just
I don't believe in them. And Carson Beck, he had
a six game stretch last year where he threw twelve interceptions.
That guy's still in there somewhere.

Speaker 14 (01:11:58):
You know.

Speaker 3 (01:11:58):
He tie I think he tied in the ACC for
most interceptions thrown. I think is what I saw on
the stat line.

Speaker 10 (01:12:04):
Now, We'll say A and M only has three interceptions
on the year. It's not something they do. But Carson
Beck loves to put the ball to the hands of
the defender, so wouldn't shock me at all. How about this.
How's this for a stat What if A and M
ties their season total in interceptions tomorrow with three?

Speaker 3 (01:12:22):
Oh, then they're gonna win by three touchdowns? Yeah? All right?
Uh do you give jam you a chance at Oregon?

Speaker 8 (01:12:29):
No?

Speaker 3 (01:12:31):
Is that the worst game of the weekend? Yeah?

Speaker 10 (01:12:32):
Absolutely? And Dan Lanning, by the way, he's another one
who hasn't won big games. Like every year they every
year Oregon seems to get the postseason and they're one
and done. It just quick, quick exit. So this is
their chance to at least win a playoff game under him.

Speaker 3 (01:12:48):
If they lose tomorrow, do they fire him? No?

Speaker 10 (01:12:51):
No, they're two invested. I mean he he had opportunities.
Lsu was interested, auburt I mean, there was a lot
of schools interested. He turned them all down. He's very
happy in Oregon. They felt my money's very good.

Speaker 3 (01:13:01):
All right. And I was just in New Orleans yesterday.
Do you give the greenway of a shot at ole Miss?

Speaker 10 (01:13:06):
I think they can keep it close closer than people think.
Everybody's just assuming. Oh, we saw this game earlier this season.
That was Week three, that was the third week of September.
Since that point, Tulane has played much better. They've gone
eight and one down the stretch. Jake Retzlaf's played much better.
Their defense is played well. I'll give you this for
a stat. Ole Miss has the number three offense in

(01:13:29):
the country. Do you know who's number one.

Speaker 3 (01:13:30):
Met number one offense in the entire country.

Speaker 10 (01:13:34):
It's North Texas. That's the team two Lane just beat
in the AAC title game. Forced one, like three or
four turnovers on them. Yeah, I think if two Lane
like two lay is gonna have to do that, they're
gonna have to force turnovers. But I think we're not
giving enough credence to like we're just assuming all Ole
Miss just the five, same five team, big Golden Lank
given doesn't matter their coaches. I think we're gonna see

(01:13:56):
some rust in the armor there with Nolank Kiffin. I
think that's we're not making a big enough deal out
of them losing their head coach.

Speaker 3 (01:14:06):
And last question thirty seconds goes Greg Craig Ikam We
went to Starbucks. Got me some coffee, Gordy, so I
gotta drink of all it's hot. Will we hear a
hot top recognizable name at the Florida at the Michigan
job or is it gonna be somebody I've never heard
of before. I'll tell you this.

Speaker 10 (01:14:20):
If Alabama loses tonight, I think Kitalin de Boor was
still very much in play for Michigan. But I think
the safe Hires, if they can't get the Boar out
of Alabama, they're probably gonna go with Jetfish.

Speaker 3 (01:14:33):
Okay, there you go, Gordi, thanks for hanging out with
me for a couple hours, like a week. Time for
us to wake the strippers up. We'll do that in
just a couple of moments. Eleven fifty seven. It is
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross Gordy. Thanks for me
with me. We have you and me until two o'clock,
one half hour. I'm sorry. It's time for you to
apologize for the mean things you've said and done this
past week. Also, doctor wrote at one o'clock, Non Florida

(01:14:55):
Stories at one thirty and all things one must champ on.
Hell yeah not at one fift fifty seven here on
seven ninety is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross twelve
one in h Town.

Speaker 5 (01:15:16):
Good Morningsterper.

Speaker 3 (01:15:30):
This is the third hour of the Matt Thomas Show
with Ross right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Yeah,
the window watchers not near me today. I feel good
about that. Twelve three on Sports Talk seven eighty. Now
normally Johnthan I try to go fifteen seconds with my
waking of the strippers up. I'm in a hotel. You

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don't know what people have been knocking on the door
and stuff.

Speaker 14 (01:15:54):
I think the tired you can traveling.

Speaker 3 (01:15:55):
I get I get you, I get you. I went
ten seconds today, which is at the first one. We
were going ten seconds before in my life. But that's
a different issue for a different time. Time twelve of four.
Time now for the news at noon. All right, so

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there is some hot stove League news. Speaking of hot stove,
thank you to Craig Akam in the television voice of
the Rockets for bringing me a coffee this morning. I'm
in a sip right now, Li, I'm on the radio,
hang on, simply refreshing. All right. So the trade framework,
according to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic and Channel Roma,
is also on and as well. The Pittsburgh Pirates would

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get Brandon Lowe, Mason Montgomery, and Jak Magnum. The Tampa
Bay Rays would get a pair of Astro prospects, Jacob Melton,
who had a cup of coffee the Astros last year,
and Anderson Britto or Brito, depending on how you pronounce it.
He is a guy that is a young man twenty
years of age that played in High A ball last year.

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And you're saying, well, what would the Astros get in return?
They would get in return Mike Burrows, who did pitch
last year for the Pittsburgh Pirates and is considered probably
a number three or number four in a rotation. As
GUARDI brought up earlier this year, Mike Burrows had one
of his best starts against the Astros. The Astros were

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able to beat the ace of the Pittsburgh Pirates schemes,
but Mike Burrows held him in check. Mike Burrows last
year for the Pirates two wins, four losses, ERA of
three point nine four. It had a whip of one
point two to four and had ninety seven strikeouts. And
I'm going to look at his stats. He did the

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ninety seven strikeouts in ninety six innings. So there you
have it. That is the main go to thing again.
Mike Burrows, my guess, is not going to be a
number one topic tonight when you're hanging out with your
buddies at a bar, or at a sporting event or
a nightclub. But Mike burreles very well could be headed
to the Astros. He has four years of arbitration salary

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under control for the Astros, which would be a good thing.
He is six foot one, he is two hundred pounds,
he's twenty six years of age, and he has a
nice frothy beerd Mike Burrows could very well become a
Houston Astro, and Jacob Melton would be the name going
back as part of the trade, which I'm guessing would
maybe slow down that Jake Myers leaving Houston train. You

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hear that, Houston maybe your hero, your favorite center fielder
who covers more territory than anybody else I've ever seen
play in center field. No disrespect obviously to Sazar Sedenio,
but Jake Myers may be salvaged as part of this.
If indeed Jacob Myer or Melton winds up going as
part of this three team grade. It's Kenna just proposed.
It's not a done deal, but it is something that

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is being talked about on the hot stove of baseball.
Rockets last night they lost out a twenty five point lead,
lost on overtime. As a matter of fact, Jonathan, I
did not ask this of you. You should go to
Rockets audio right now in our system, okay, and go

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see if there's any highlights of New Orleans scoring baskets
late in the game, and see how I how exasperated
I sounded. Well, I'm going to guess there's gotta be
a couple of things in there, all right, go check it. Yeah.
The Rockets were up twenty five last night and lost
to the sucky Pelicans in overtime. The Rockets did a

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great job, allowing just forty five first half points. Then
they got outscored in the second half seventy four to
fifty two, and lost the game in overtime fourteen to
nine to fall one thirty three to one twenty eight.
Among the good stuff, all five rock starters in double figures.
Kevin Durant was twelve to fifteen for thirty two points
seven rebounds. He did have four block shots, but he

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also turned the ball for six times. He is becoming
a five turnover per game machine, unfortunately, and a lot
of that is because he's trying to get out of
double teams and that's not been great. The Rockets got
to figure out a way to get him out of
those a lot faster. Shenghun last night twenty eight points,
eleven rebounds, that eight assist twenty three points, six rebounds
for a men. Thompson he's seen eleven of fourteen from

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the floor NFL from last night. If he did not
catch it. It was a hillatiously entertaining game. In fact,
I watched a lot of it on my phone as
soon as I got on the bus to head to
the airport. Last night, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Los
Angeles Rams, and they did it in overtime, and the
final score in that game was thirty eight to thirty seven.
A huge game for Jackson Smith and Jigma. Also a

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huge game for Puka Nakua, who has had clearly a
lot of things on his mind, and a lot of
things that the NFL was not appreciative of incutting that
little live stream he was on. He also bassed the referees,
but the Seahawks overcame a sixteen point deficit to send
the game to overtime thirty to thirty. Nikua finds the
end zone to give the Rams a thirty seven to
thirty lead. The Seahawks come back and get to within

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thirty seven thirty six, They go for two, They get
the two point conversion and win the game in overtime
five score of thirty eight to thirty seven, which means
right now in the NFL, the NFC Western standings has
Seattle at twelve and three over the Rams eleven and four,
because if the Rams and Seahawks would have tied the game,

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the Rams, because they beat the Seahawks earlier this year,
would have had the tie breaker. As far as the
Texans are concerned, final preparations are underway to take on
the hated Las Vegas Raiders, and I say that loosely
because the Raiders are terrible. Right now, the Texans find
themselves still fourteen point favorites for the three to twenty
five kickoff at NRG Stadium. And that is the news

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at noon. All right, did you find anything from last night? Yeah?
I got, I got the funnel call here get it,
nothing else, no other, no others. I got another baskets
by New Orleans. Let's see only in the New Orleans
will have just only Rocket highlights. I don't got the Finnel.
Call my man, Josh, you got remember the two wide open,
two wide open threes? Yeah, go ahead and play it.

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Twelve point five seconds remaining here in overtime, Pelican's up
by three. Shane good to the inbound looks looks lobs
and duran at fin court out right side. Shepherd takes
a step.

Speaker 1 (01:22:37):
Back right side.

Speaker 3 (01:22:38):
Three short rebound of Sha dune back to Shepherd. Six
seconds baseline three front iron miss rebounds the Nick bay
with two point one seconds left that he's found and
he made the free throws and the Rockets lost. Help
me get past this, Houston. I don't like calling losses.

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It makes me cranky. Sleep deprivation makes me cranky. Paying
twenty two dollars for a small pot of coffee makes
me cranky because I didn't do Thank you, Craig Akim,
buy him and get my coffee this morning. But how
do you give up a twenty five point lead to
the sucky Pelicans? Imodoka says, you don't play any defense.

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He was really upset with the lack of defense. He
had to be upset with the lack of miss with
a number of miss free throws in the game and
the turnover count twenty more turnovers yesterday. Now, when you
have a men Shngoon Durant into a lesser extent to
Barrie Smith bringing the ball up a lot, you're gonna

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probably run into some more turnovers than you would on
an average nine if you had a traditional ball handled
like Fred van Vliet. These these turnovers are coming at
an absolutely terrible, terrible time. And then what they're doing
is they're changing the vibe in the tone of basketball games.
Teams are thriving off of the rockets lack of possessions
and turning those turnovers into points. And we saw that

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last night that plus again the defense was just not
very good. Uh twelve eleven on Sports Talk seven hoety.
If you want to chime in, here's how the plan
is going to work for the rest of the day.
First of all, I need you like this flower needs
the rain. You know, I need you. That's a song
I think, Jathro you know what, no no no, no, no,

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no no no. I I think the song is called
I Need You because look, I'm I got the coffee,
so I got a little extra wind, but I'm still
working off of four hours of sleep. So if there's
anything you want to get to, if you thought this
is a great opportunity to take a pot shot at
me or criticize me for something I've done, some stretching
my legs out seven one three two one two five

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seven Nintie coming up in about fifteen minutes. We're going
to say I'm sorry to some people. This is the
weekly opportunity for you to apologize for nasty things you've
said and done. I'm going to apologize to Jonathan for
my shots at SFA. They're unwarranted, but I'll do that officially.
Coming up at twelve thirty. Doctor Wortle's with us at
one o'clock, Non Florida Stories at one thirty, and a
hell yeah, not all things about will must champion one fifty.

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So that's the agenda. Come on in and be a
part of it. Anything goes Friday, which means you can
call in about literally anything you want to and I
can promise you your leash is long seven one three
two one two five seven ninety seven one, three, two, one, two,
five seven ninety with a that was that was the

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crazing I was going with in the last segment. Now
America has some bangers. This this is like one of
their early hits. They're really known for. Uh Ventura Highway.
Uh No, it's a vin terminal one. No, it's one

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of those highways.

Speaker 7 (01:25:54):
Vincent.

Speaker 3 (01:25:54):
I would say a Horse of No Name is their
most famous song. It's an America's song.

Speaker 1 (01:26:00):
You would know.

Speaker 3 (01:26:01):
Just hey, let me ask you this. You're with your
girl and you're watching SFA football lose to Montana State,
and she says, I'm leaving you because I want to
watch something else. You put this song on. Does it
make her change her mind? Low key?

Speaker 14 (01:26:24):
You know what, Matt, I had this realization in a
different life, you were a hippie. And I mean that
in the most complemented way, like he was half out
in this fields man like this, this is this is
I like this song though, Actually.

Speaker 3 (01:26:42):
Yeah, I like this song one.

Speaker 6 (01:26:43):
I like it.

Speaker 3 (01:26:43):
Sister Golden Hair is an American song. Horse America's got
some hits. As ROSSI would say, got some hits. Maddie
Daisy Jane's a good song. I'd go see America. My
buddy David's sending me a note from Vegas as he
went and saw him a uh recently. And it's not
the original band, so it's only like one lead singer

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and a bunch of backups.

Speaker 14 (01:27:05):
But this is my first time hearing of this band.

Speaker 3 (01:27:09):
I know that's that comes to zero surprise, and I'm glad.
I'm glad. It's taking your your entire adult life to
not realize who they are. But let me ask you
this serious question. And look, it's anything goes Friday. So
I don't care. I mean, nobody cares about the Texans
and Raiders game because the texts are gonna kill him.
We've already talked about the Aggies at nauseum, about the Hurricanes.
We got the Astros on the precipice of a trader.
When it happens, we'll go bonkers on that. Rockets lost

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by twenty lots of game and by five, So I
don't want to get into a deep dive on that.
So I'm not get a deep dive on this. Who
do you go to Jonathan for the romantic songs today?
Who's your go to romantic artist today? Today? I'm talking
twenty twenty six, twenty five, twenty six.

Speaker 14 (01:27:49):
That's a good question. Wow, okay, because.

Speaker 3 (01:27:52):
I could go to a bunch of different people. I'd
go to Billy Joel for she's always a woman to me.
I could go to Elton John for a variety at
I could go to America. I could go to the Eagles.
I got so many options. Little Matt Thomas could grant.
These are also probably past my age group, but that's
a different issue for a different time. I'm telling you

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who is who is Jonathan young adult with this girl?
Things are down, and you know who's your go to artists?

Speaker 14 (01:28:23):
I guess I guess you would say the only one
that's like really romantic is John Legend, like you would
you would, Okay, throw some John Legend. I mean that
was like, no Brune Omars right, all Bamar's you can
you can definitely some actually mas Ben Mars is a
good pick.

Speaker 3 (01:28:40):
I like that too, But I know you go to
who's the guy? He's the foreign guy that's like the
big crooner, like a redhead with a beard. And Sharon
ed Sharon, Yeah, you can. You can definitely do some
Edgteran for some romantic You got a few Sharon, you
could do that. I don't know the names of his songs,
but I've heard the guy. He's he's crooning, he's trying

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to he's trying to mend fences, he's trying to build relationships.

Speaker 14 (01:29:04):
If you're going to the countryside, Luke Holmb's got some
good Morgan and Luke Coms got some good romantic vibes
to it, you know, if you feel in that type
of vibe. But no one's like, you know how the
old school people had, like you know, straight love romance
or even like America. There's nothing going on like that
right now.

Speaker 3 (01:29:19):
You don't why. You don't why because people people make
fun of people to sing like this.

Speaker 11 (01:29:23):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:29:24):
Like in the eighties and nineties, there was a there
was a guy named Michael Bolton that had a lot
of hits, but they were all the same thing. It was,
you know, yeah, but John, I think John Legends You're
hit is your winner there on that You know what
you you goof up with your girl and the drinks
and the dinner and the flowers aren't working and you
need to really tug at her heartstrings. You put a
John Legends song and you're gonna be fine, right, Yeah, because.

Speaker 14 (01:29:44):
I've never met anybody that like hates John Legend. If
John Lennonzon is, they're gonna play it through song, you
know what I mean, Like no one they're.

Speaker 3 (01:29:51):
Playing the Grammys every year when somebody dies. I mean
that that built in.

Speaker 14 (01:29:57):
Yeah, that's that. That was a good question. I'm looking
through I play this and everything like that's the only
thing I can tell you.

Speaker 3 (01:30:04):
So basically, now in twenty twenty five, soon to be
twenty twenty six, if we goof up, we can't use
music to orchestrate on how we feel towards our lady.
When we make a mistake, we go up with the boys,
don't come home in time, We forget about an anniversary
or a birthday or the day we met, you know
that kind of stuff. You better have that memorize, Johnathan,
because you don't be able to use the song, you
won't have a music backup to help you out.

Speaker 5 (01:30:26):
It's okay.

Speaker 14 (01:30:27):
I know some I know some old old songs, some.

Speaker 3 (01:30:29):
Older I'm gonna get you back. I'm gonna I'm gonna
get you between nineteen seventy two and eighty two, and
you'll be just fine. Put some Marvin gay On for you.

Speaker 14 (01:30:37):
I'm just thinking Marvin gay and hell, I know some
Marvin gay songs.

Speaker 3 (01:30:40):
Yeah, Marvin Gaye will help you out. Marvin Gabe will
set you free. All right. The show's been disoriented today
because I've been disoriented, but I appreciate all y'all with us.
Was traffic bag going to work today. Jonathan was pretty us.

Speaker 14 (01:30:52):
It was real smooth today. And no one went to work.

Speaker 3 (01:30:54):
Nobody's at worker, everybody's off. I told you to scam
my daughter put off she You know, she gets exact
two exams and today she chose these two.

Speaker 14 (01:31:02):
Not a scam. That's they give you the option. I
think it's a scam. You gotta think about it too.
I mean, imagine it's not your best subject and you
might bomb the file.

Speaker 3 (01:31:12):
You know what I mean? Right, I know, I know. Look,
let me tell you something I got. My daughter got
officially accepted into Rhode Island and she's getting an additional
scholarship for her great academic So I got that text yesterday.
And so if she wants to take the two exams
off today, good for her. She's put in the hard work.

Speaker 14 (01:31:30):
Saved you some money too.

Speaker 3 (01:31:31):
Well, it's funny because I don't I don't want a
humble brag, but I'm going to it's for an additional
sixty eight thousand dollars And you're thinking, well, that's a
lot of money. Well, out of state tuition, you know,
for those that need it is about fifty six to
fifty seven thousand. Yeah, and it's spread over four years.
So my guess is it's going to help her with
additional books. Maybe it'll help her with her Masters if
she gets one up there or whatever. But yeah, so

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Volleyball's picking up a lot of the tab, Rhode Island's
picking up some of the tab. So ain't picking up
some of the tab? Me make sure she's John. I'm
gonna pick up a twenty one dollars Carerafic coffee right
now to celebrate. Don't do that. Don't.

Speaker 14 (01:32:10):
You're gonna regret it.

Speaker 3 (01:32:11):
You're gonna be right, you're gonna regret it, all right.
If you would like to apologize to someone, I mean,
I can't put it any more simply. If you need
to apologize for something you've done and said this week,
your actions, this is the only radio show in the
marketplace that gives you that shot to do it if
you want to apologize and say sorry for anything you've

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done or said. Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
ninety seven one three two one two five seven nine zero.
All right, come on to Houston, y'all are Dashara people.
The least you can do is call seven one three

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two one two five seven ninety and whisper this very
short appropriate phrase.

Speaker 16 (01:33:00):
I'm sorry, so sorry, said Jock.

Speaker 18 (01:33:12):
I didn't know.

Speaker 3 (01:33:16):
All right, here we go seven one three two one
two five seven ninety seven one three two one two
five seven nine zero eleven thirty six in the Mountain
time zone twelve thirty six back where you guys are
in Houston. This is how it works. You simply call
seven one three two one two five seven uneven apologize
for what you said and done. Jonathan, I apologize to you.

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I get cranky when Jonathan Ross rips my Houston cougars.
I'm doing the same to you. To SFA Jonathan, even
though your entrance requirements are minimal, even both it's in
the middle of nowhere, even though your athletic programs largely suck.
I want to say I'm sorry for the bad things
I've said about the Lumberjacks the last couple of weeks.

Speaker 11 (01:33:59):
Sure you know it.

Speaker 3 (01:34:01):
I accept that. Found Yeah, thank you, Matt, thank you
very much. You know I actually I really do tease
because I have. First of all, I know it's a
great school. Second, I know that athletic program volleyball, basketball,
and now football in the playoffs. It's getting better. And
I know that a lot of my friends are SFA
grads and if they found out I was taking shots
at the SFA, they would probably to siwn me. So
I don't want I don't even need that in my life.

(01:34:22):
I don't I don't want to be mad at me.

Speaker 14 (01:34:23):
So you shaid this on you don't don't forget that
we helped you and get to the Texas ball Okay,
just remember that.

Speaker 3 (01:34:29):
Oh that's right by you not scoring a single point
helped us at the text score. It was all right,
we got to the dub I got you. Thank your friend,
all right. So I'm saying I'm sorry. I want to
apologize to the housekeeping service at the hotel in New Orleans. Jonathan.
I put some cold coffee into the uh tea pot heater.

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Oh is that what was on you? Twitter at teapot heater?
Is that what it was?

Speaker 12 (01:34:57):
No?

Speaker 3 (01:34:58):
No, that's an express on maker. This is from this
is New Orleans yesterday. So I took some cold coffee
that I had and I put it in the teapot
thing to heat it up to get it some hot
coffee going again, and the coffee exploded in the teapot.
No way created a large mess. I cleaned it, but
I'll be brutally honest on a one to ten clean.

(01:35:20):
I gave myself a five. Oh yeah, you'd stay like
three paper towels and you called it a day.

Speaker 11 (01:35:25):
Huh.

Speaker 3 (01:35:26):
It was more like the towels that you'd used in
the bathroom, so they're they were completely brown, which made
them think that maybe something else had happened that I
don't want to talk about. You used the face towels
and stuff. I used the face. So so for the
house keeping staff at that certain hotel in the New
Orleans I did give you a five dollar tip. I

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say I'm sorry, and.

Speaker 14 (01:35:49):
Then stage five dollars on them.

Speaker 3 (01:35:51):
Sorry, how much should I've given?

Speaker 14 (01:35:54):
Okay, you tell me how bad the mess was. Was
it worth a five dollar mess or was it more
of a fifteen range?

Speaker 3 (01:36:00):
It would probably at least a ten.

Speaker 2 (01:36:02):
I didn't mean that, but I didn't have that.

Speaker 3 (01:36:06):
I didn't have the I only had one hundreds and fives,
and I thought, well, oh, big bother. It's okay. I
didn't mean to drop the bill on you there, but
so I'm sorry. See how much better I feel now?
I mean, I do. I do because I could have
kept that to myself. Nobody would have known except me

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by myself. But I told you, and I told the
tens that are listening to the show right now. So
that's why this weekly segment is so cathartic for all
of us, because we can really say things. And I'm
going to assume that many of you are driving around
right now judging me. I don't care. At least I
said it publicly, and for that I feel better. Seven
one three, two one two five seven one Jonathan, what

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are you gonna be sorry for?

Speaker 1 (01:36:52):
So?

Speaker 14 (01:36:52):
You know around the the uptown uh Post Ok area
is there's some some homeless people around, you know, like
regularly just sit there. And there's one guy that I
used to stop, all right, I used to see him
and he comes and he has his hands out, you know,
just asking for money. He doesn't have a sign or anything.
And this time I saw hilmost like, you know what,

(01:37:13):
I know, I have a five dollar bill. I'm gonna
do it. But I said that, and I got to
the light and I was thinking about should I do it,
should be a good person. And by the time I
was done contemplating if I was gonna do it or not,
I reached back and he's coming to my car, like, no,
I'm getting giving him the money. I waited too long
and the light turned green, and I kind of felt

(01:37:35):
I didn't want to hold up traffic and I didn't
want to get hit, and I felt real bad.

Speaker 3 (01:37:39):
I should just gave it to him.

Speaker 14 (01:37:40):
I shouldn't have to think twice about giving some money
to somebody who needs it, right, And I just it's
been eating me up and I really felt bad. I
wanted to tell probably knew that, Yeah, I just got
I just gave him some some some gas exhaust, and
just you know, kept it pushing. I was, I was,

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I was going to the back seat to get the
you know what I mean, I was there, I was
gonna do it, and it just it was just time
wasn't there on my side. I just I just it's
been eating me up. I was like, I know I
could have done it, you know.

Speaker 3 (01:38:13):
All right, Okay, now we got some astro news. It
looks like it's getting closer being to a being official.
So we've talked about a little bit already. We will
try to see if it's been official. I'll check it
in just a couple of minutes. But right now, let's
say I'm sorry to some people here. Let's go to
Chris on seven one. Chris, what are you sorry for?

Speaker 1 (01:38:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 19 (01:38:34):
So, before I left for Christification, I borrowed a coworker's
battery from his mouth and mine died, and before I
left I forgot to replace his. When he comes back,
you can have a dead mouse. So it's a preemptive sorry.

Speaker 3 (01:38:51):
You know, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's rough, he said,
dead man, I mean a lasy apologized as half the battle.
Let's go to Mark on seven NINTI, Mark, what's going on?

Speaker 20 (01:39:15):
Well, I'm not sorry. I actually called to ask you
about Will Muschamp, but I am sorry that Ross is
not there and Jonathan had to put up with you
all week.

Speaker 3 (01:39:24):
Let thank you Mark, anything else?

Speaker 20 (01:39:36):
I just I wanted to know your thoughts on the
Longhorns hiring Musship and the only other question will he
coaching the bowl game? I mean, how's that work? I
mean he fired those other two guys?

Speaker 3 (01:39:49):
Yeah, I don't know. I think it's Mark. I will
not be offended by your insult of me, but I
do believe Muschamp is an excellent acquisition. I don't think
you'll book coach in the bowl game. I mean the
bowl game is coming up in what less than ten days.
I can't imagine doing that. I think, for instance, old
like Lane Kevin is not coaching L s U in
the Texas Bowl, So that is.

Speaker 20 (01:40:11):
Very Guys, the guys they fired, are they still going
to coach the bowl game?

Speaker 3 (01:40:15):
I mean no, I would think that they're probab They're
probably going to use position coaches for the on the
interim basis, just for that for this one game.

Speaker 2 (01:40:24):
All right?

Speaker 20 (01:40:24):
Man, Well, I'm sorry to you offended me a couple
of weeks again, so I had to get you back.

Speaker 3 (01:40:29):
How I offend Mark? I'm the sweetest guy.

Speaker 12 (01:40:32):
You know.

Speaker 3 (01:40:32):
How did I offend?

Speaker 1 (01:40:33):
You?

Speaker 3 (01:40:33):
Tell me what I did wrong, and I'll say I'm sorry.

Speaker 20 (01:40:36):
You called me old?

Speaker 3 (01:40:38):
Oh you had the shoe fish? Yeah? All right, Happy holidays, Mark,
appreciate it. Thank you, buddy. You need to publist. Sorry
to Mark Mark, Yeah, it was good. He I mean,
he got me. It's fair, all right? Is the Astros

(01:40:59):
deal a fairly done? We'll get to that next twelve
forty four on Sports Talk seven eighty. All right, thank you,
scream and a it all that is needed. Our eyes
dotted and t's crossed. The Astors are going to acquire
Pirates pitcher Mike Burrows in a three team trade with
Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh. What are the Astros giving up

(01:41:21):
as part of this three team trade? Anderson Britto, who
is a minor leaguer pitcher twenty years old, single A.
I want to say maybe in Hi last year a
little bit, but I know, single A. And Jacob Melton,
who was the number two prospect in the Astros organization

(01:41:41):
again literally a cup of coffee with the team last
year before he got hurt. Didn't play a whole lot,
very highly well regarded, and the reality is he was
one of the pencil players we fought in the Astros lineup. HM.
Does that mean that Jake Myers is safe? It would

(01:42:06):
seem on the surface to say yes, but I'm not
gonna guarantee that. I'm going to tell you that there's
just been too much smoke about trading Jake Myers and
that maybe you would get an outfielder in return as

(01:42:28):
part of another deal if you were to move Jake.
But the reality is the Astros finally have done something
that at least moves the needle a little bit. Starter
Mike Burrows from Pittsburgh coming to Houston via Tampa Bay
into three team trade. Jacob Melton Anderson Britto, both one
a minor league prospect at the low level, one Jacob

(01:42:50):
Melton at the higher levels going to Tampa Bay. Also,
by the way, Tampa Bay just traded Shane Bads as well,
so they're being very busy. The Baltimore Orioles picked up
As from the Rays for a bunch of game minor
leaguers you've never heard of before. Huh. All right, so
some baseball hot top hot stove the league finally coming

(01:43:10):
into play here on Sports Talk seven ninety, let's go
to Hans in Denver at eleven. Well, let' see it's
twelve fifty two on Sports Talk seveny, Hans, what do
you got today? What are you apologizing for well, I
have a.

Speaker 8 (01:43:23):
Story similar to Jonathan's with the homeless here in Denver
on Wednesday, I was sitting in a light much like
Jhonathan was, and right when he came to my car,
your ain't nobody got time for that. Shut your bumb
mass Liner came on the radio and the look that
he gave me in my window was like, oh my god,
I could the dream that is not turning fast enough.

(01:43:45):
But to that guy, I really apologize And thanks for
other fun show Matt and uh mis Ross, but we'll
see you guys next week, go lockets.

Speaker 3 (01:43:53):
So thank you very much. Sorry, Yeah, thank you very much.
By the way, Ross me back on Monday. I'm taking
Monday off not because I don't miss y'all, but because
we have a hillatious. I mean, today's travel was bad,
Mondays is gonna be worse because we're gonna play the
Clippers are the Kings on Sunday night at would be
nine o'clock, then flying to La rod after so that

(01:44:16):
he needs to sleep. All right, there you go. So
we've got doctor Roto here coming up in just a
few minutes, and that's important because we've got fantasy football
to get to here and playoff weekend, so we're gonna
talk to him about that. The Astros again getting Mike Burrows,
and we're gonna add Mike Burrows to today's edition of
Helly Air Outs, a little bit of Mike will must Champ,

(01:44:37):
a little bit of Mike Burrows, and I may even
throw a little Jacob Melton in as well. As We've
got a lot of different things going on in the
hell art are not universe, So the Astros have made
a train. We'll have a little bit on that. I'm
sure during the eighteen today, two o'clock until six. Let
me again give you the numbers. I'm doing this literally
on the fly here. Mike Burrows, the Pitsburg Pirates. He's

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twenty six years of age. He made his major league
debut in twenty twenty four, and his numbers last year
were two wins, four losses within a three point nine
to four ERA, ninety seven strikeouts over ninety six innings.
And I'm trying to look to see if there's anything
that we would be like injuries or anything like that.

(01:45:22):
It's hard to do an intelligence report and you're literally
doing it on the fly here, So let me give
you anything else that would be of relevance. He started
nineteen games last year, twenty three starts two and four,
So twenty three that's a full season gang because I
think there's only twenty six weeks in baseball, So if

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he's pitching once a week or thereabouts, that's pretty good.
His era was three point nine four. He pitched, give up,
had ninety seven strikeouts in ninety six innings. He gave
up eighty eight hits, forty two earned runs, and again,
just a limited time out of the bullpen, doesn't mention
anything about home runs a lot. But like I said,

(01:46:04):
if I had some more time, I could look it up.
But the Astros have added a no doubt about part
of their twenty twenty five rotations. So let's put this
in perspective here. This could very well be the case,
and again there could be some more working along. You
have Hunter Brown one, Christian Javier two, Mike Burrows three,

(01:46:29):
Spencer Arraghetti four. Does Verlander come to make it five
or does this Burrow's trade then forget about that. Does
Lance mcculories get back in the mix to be the
fifth starter or do you bring in six guys fight
for five spots or do you have bring in seven guys.
You got Jason Alexander in the mix. You know you

(01:46:50):
got the guys coming back learn in a year after Parker,
it's got his injury to coming back mid season again.
It's the Atlanta Braves of the nineteen nineties. And there's
still a lot of bit of concern about Christian Javier
about you know, coming back from his injury, such status
and the way he performed the back month of the season.

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But unless you know, again there Mike Burrows missed any
length of time, but again he started. He played twenty
four games, had nineteen starts, so that feels like to
me a pretty healthy season for him. The Astros finally
have now added a not I would say, a one
hundred percent a ninety percent member of their starting rotation.

(01:47:34):
For twenty twenty six final hour of The Matt Thomas Show.
We got Doctor Roto up next. We need him if
you are in the playoffs, Doctor Roto is here for you.
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven
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Speaker 1 (01:47:52):
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Claims have to be made.

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And I've got trade proposals to ly in my way.

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My first round pick.

Speaker 3 (01:48:25):
Turned out to be a big fly.

Speaker 5 (01:48:28):
I don't know which wide receiver I need to.

Speaker 4 (01:48:33):
Drive, Doctor Roto give me the news. I really don't
know what I should do. My quarterback keeps getting sacked.
I've got a bad cass unfed deceive blue.

Speaker 3 (01:48:52):
Will the second most important thirty minutes between now and
the holidays? It may be it's not buying your gifts.
It's not organizing your Christmas Eve dinner or meal, your
church service. It's spending thirty minutes of the main Who's
going to make you win your Fantasy league? The good Doctor?
How the hell are your mister Roto mt did you?

(01:49:14):
Are you still playing? Were you in the sime still playing?
I am in the semifinals. I had a certain kicker
for the Los Angeles Rams last night who got me
off to a fantastic start.

Speaker 9 (01:49:26):
Just Pokakula, who put you out? Put you in a
generational start?

Speaker 3 (01:49:31):
No, well I didn't have that. I'm telling you, Rono,
if there's anything I can give to you besides the
gift of warm beings for you and your family is
let's keep kickers alive in fantasy football to I'm saying,
I said, no one except you, But look, I'm happy
for you. What a game last night?

Speaker 9 (01:49:47):
I mean, think of this way at halftime, JSN has
nothing finished as a game with like twenty four points
fantasy points. Pooka was fine in the first half and
then goes ballistics. So you know, it's just that's one
of those things where you know it's.

Speaker 3 (01:50:02):
The games ever over until it's over. It really isn't
you know in today's NFL with the scores the way
they are, you.

Speaker 9 (01:50:07):
Know, and but don't think you're out of it. I
had a friend who was playing against Kyle Pitts last week.
Keep one shockingly, if you're going up against Pooka or
you're going up against JSN, don't get discouraged.

Speaker 3 (01:50:19):
Just keep putting the best guys out there. You never
know what the other team's going to do. All right.
I brought this up to you last week, but my, oh,
how do I put this? My I'm triple scared than
I was last week. I asked you, I said, are
we gonna worry about teams that are out of the playoffs.
I've got Devon Ah Chang going for the Miami that's

(01:50:42):
since anti Miami. You got Jets playing New Orleans. You've
got a boat, You've got Kansas City, Tennessee. We have
a plethorat rodo of teams playing other teams that aren't
going to make the playoffs. I'm scared of the death
that devon a. Chan is going to take some time off,
not give one hundred percent. I need him for two
more weeks. Can you guarantee me success, doctor Brono.

Speaker 9 (01:51:05):
I think this week we can, and so immediately, what
I always like to do is I look to see
what Vegas is thinking. Vegas has a Chan at like
nineteen point five points predicted it's pretty good, so they
don't think he's being shut down yet now Week eighteen.
This is why you never want your fantasy league to
end in week eighteen. For sure, this guy's gonna get
shut down Week seventeen. I think we're hanging on by

(01:51:28):
a thread. But you should get through this week. I
would think most guys get through this week. I think
it starts turning a little ugly next week, and then
for sure in week eighteen. So eight Chan, I'm fine
with Travis Kelsey, I'm fine with this week. So I
mean there's certain guys like that that I think are
still going to give it a go. Look, they're players,
they want stats. Stats equals money, right, bigger contracts, So

(01:51:51):
you're not gonna see these guys lay up now. I'm
more concerned about a guy who's on a rookie contract
where a team basically says you don't need this guy
to get killed.

Speaker 3 (01:52:01):
That's different.

Speaker 9 (01:52:02):
Or like Tua who's, you know, one concussion away from
a retirement home in Boca. No reason to throw him
out there, quinn viewers, I want to see what he
can do. Right, Let's see what quinn Ewers can do.

Speaker 3 (01:52:13):
All right, Rono, we got the Steelers and Lions. Both
are eight and six. One is feeling pretty good about
themselves with the lossy offense. One has an amazing offense
and is not in the playoffs. How's this going to
shake out for us fantasy players with the Steelers and
Lions on it?

Speaker 9 (01:52:27):
Yeah, you want your Lions this week. You want Jamiir Gibbs,
you want Amal Ross, Saint Brown, I mean you want them.
The Steelers don't let up big plays, so I don't
know whether this is a Jamison Williams week.

Speaker 3 (01:52:39):
They tend to let up.

Speaker 9 (01:52:40):
They give up plays, but not the big ones, the
explosive ones. So I'm worried about him.

Speaker 3 (01:52:45):
David Montgomery.

Speaker 9 (01:52:46):
I mean, when Dan Campbell's giving you the old David
is a pro speech, you know that's not a good sign.
They got to get your Jamior Gibbs more involved. So
I love Golf, I love Gibbs, I love Saint Brown.
On the other side, here's a shocker. And as I
was doing my research this week, you know, the Lions
play a lot of man coverage, but dk Metcheff has
not been great against man coverage. Been kind of surprising
to me. So I still think he could have an

(01:53:09):
okay week, and I still think Aaron Rodgers is in play.

Speaker 3 (01:53:12):
But the Lions are winning this game.

Speaker 9 (01:53:14):
I think the Steelers are played very well last week,
But have they played a team like the Lions who
are just gonna light on them.

Speaker 3 (01:53:20):
I don't think so. I think Detroit really wins by
a lot. A lot of intriguing teams meeting that have
playoffs on the line. Jacksonville Denver super sexy game. Bronco's
great defense weren't a knockdown, dragout offensive. Back and forth
with Green Bay Sunday Jaguars, who we like to always
make fun of, beat up badly the Jets. Now that's

(01:53:43):
the difference in challenge obviously this week. But the Jaguars
are playing some of their best football in the last
couple of years. How do you see this matchup showing up?
They are.

Speaker 9 (01:53:51):
They're very well coached. Liam Cullen, I mean, he probably
won't win Coach of the Year, but he's certainly a
Candidate's done a fantastic job. And Trevor Lawrence has looked
a lot better. Remember those first few weeks of the
season where every ball is sailing like Cam Newton's. Now
he's actually throwing in completing passes. Jacoby Myers has been great.
Be careful with Jacoby Myers this week. Be careful with
Brian Thomas Junior. I think Brian Thomas Junior sees certan.

(01:54:14):
I think Brenton's Strange is sneaky. Travis Etn is a
great start. Baseiel Tooton is out. He won't be back
for the regular season, so this is going to be
as many carries as ETN can handle. So I think,
in particular, I like Strange and I like Etn on
the other side, R J. Harvey has been tremendous. I
think bo Nix is in play. I like Courtland Sutton
a lot this week. I know you have the Evan

(01:54:36):
Ingram revenge game. I'm not buying into it. I don't
really love Troy Franklin, but I think if you keep
it to the running backs, and you keep it to
Courtland Sutton and the quarterbacks, I think you'll be all right.

Speaker 3 (01:54:47):
I don't care who wins between the Buccaneers and the Panthers.
It's the weakest division in the NFC in the South.
But for us fantasy folks would mind thirty eight to
thirty five game in Carolina one way or the other right, And.

Speaker 9 (01:55:00):
Tampa wouldn't mind that either. But I think Dave Knalis
would mind it right. So he's going to try to
control that game by running the football. But if they
go down, this game could shoot out because what happens
is is that these two teams play a kind of
game that they both want to play.

Speaker 3 (01:55:14):
So what does that mean.

Speaker 9 (01:55:16):
It means that Carolina run the defense that Abuka and
Mike Evans thrive with thrive. Baker did not play well
last week. I expect him to play much better. I
expect Bucky Irving to give me a great game as well.
So right there, I think you're looking at Evans and
Bucky as sensational starts, and Baker and abuk a decent starts.
On the other side, Tatroy McMillan is dealing with some injuries,

(01:55:38):
but I like him. I like Jalen Kocher. He surprised
people last week and had a very good game called
a big touchdown. I think that could happen again this week.
Bryce Young looks he does nothing and then out of
nowhere he puts up a really great fantasy game. How
do you beat Tampa by throwing the football? Wouldn't shock
me to see Young surprise this week.

Speaker 3 (01:55:58):
Anything the you deciphered out of the Colts offense with
Philly Rivers playing last week, and what do you think
about this week's game with their hosting Monday night against
the Niners.

Speaker 9 (01:56:08):
Look, the Colts almost won that game. I mean they
just scored too early. They left enough time on the clock, right,
So that's what happened. But I mean, good on Philip Rivers.
I can't I couldn't believe it myself, but I think
he's going to keep them in this game. This game
is really about Jonathan Taylor. We have not seen Jonathan Taylor.

Speaker 3 (01:56:25):
Do the Jonathan Taylor things where we were getting like
six touchdowns over a two week period. The Colts need that,
they need it right now. But what Rivers was able
to do, he got Pittman involved, he got downs involved.
He'll get Tyler Wong involved.

Speaker 9 (01:56:39):
The key is the Colts defense because San Francisco is
really playing at a high level on offense right now.
Brock Purdy came back, George Kittle. Indianapolis has not stopped
the tight end all season, so Kittle should have a
good week. Christian McCaffrey hasn't had a bad week all season.
Ricky Pearsall came back and now gives you that deep threat.
So Vegas has forty nine ers, scoring about twenty six

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and a half points.

Speaker 3 (01:57:00):
I think we're gonna see four touchdowns.

Speaker 9 (01:57:02):
If the Colts want to win, they're gonna have to
control that clock with their running game.

Speaker 3 (01:57:09):
All right, Texans, second consecutive horrific opponent. This time around,
it's going to be the Las Vegas Raiders. Hey, the
Texans put up forty which is way out of the
ordinary for them. Do you envision them putting up forty
this week, which means it could be another big week
for CJ. Stroud and his receivers. Yeah, we talked about
that last week. I think that it was a really
great matchup for Stroud. This week, same thing. Raiders play

(01:57:32):
a lot of covered three not gonna be good. Good
for Nico, good for Jaden Higgins, good for CJ. Stroud.

Speaker 9 (01:57:37):
Do you know that Vegas has a Raiders scoring twelve
points this week? That's crazy. That's a really low number.
You don't Fourteen is a shockingly low number. Twelve even worse.
I mean, you start brock Bowers because you probably don't
have a guy better than him. You start ashing genty
because you know if he can get he can find
the end zone once. But I mean, this is a

(01:57:58):
game that the Texans should win, tech some should dominate.
They're playing really good football right now. I think the
biggest question is this, how healthy is Woody Marx and
how long will they keep him out there? They're winning
this game by fifteen, fourteen seventeen? Do you pull him
out and let Jordan play?

Speaker 3 (01:58:12):
I might? All right, ladies and gentlemen, we give you
a weekly opportunity to talk to Rodo get his questions in.
I'm going to take the last two questions for my
team Rodo, because I'm in the playoffs. I want to
win the championship. So this is purely self serving, and
I apologize, folks, but I really don't apologize. Here we go.
I've got an option here. Let me pull up my
roster matchup stats. I don't want that. I want the

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roster of the matchup.

Speaker 1 (01:58:36):
Here we go.

Speaker 3 (01:58:38):
Rico Doddle. I've got to use him, or I can
use r J Harvey. What do you think? Who's your
other running back choice? Here are my running backs, Jamiir
Gibbs and Devon Agents. I'm not moving those guys off. Yeah,
look at that.

Speaker 9 (01:58:53):
Same So it's Dowbdle or it's RJ. You know what,
gimme RJ only for this reason. I think Dawdell's good,
but he's gonna he may split time with some Chuba Hubbard,
especially if they're behind. Ubbard's out there more.

Speaker 3 (01:59:09):
But r J. Harvey has been really good recently, so
I like him a lot. My wide receivers are mid
Zach Za, Flowers, Keenan Allen, but I got t Higgins
questionable for the game on Sunday, So I don't feel
great about that. Who's your other option? That's it, That's
all I got. Oh oh okay, so look, don't laugh.

(01:59:29):
Keen Allans is a good start. Dallas plays a lot
of zone and Keenan Allen should have a good week.
I'm fine with him. Uh T Higgins, Look, we want
to play T Higgins.

Speaker 9 (01:59:39):
It's hard to say. Yeah, but I'm not gonna tell
you to bench a Flowers. A Flowers gonna put up
you know, twelve to sixteen points. I think I'm gonna
go Zay and and oh man, am I benching T Higgins?

Speaker 3 (01:59:52):
I'm not. I'm gonna go Zay and tft's starting. I'll playing, okay,
So I gotta watch that literally up until noontime and
then don't. So you're telling me r J. Harvey over
our ric O'donnald. Okay, that's fair. If I changed my mind,
you know, I'll find you, you know, and then I'm
gonna go Dallas Goddard over Travis Kelcey because got it
was fantastic last week. I have no problem with that.

(02:00:14):
I mean, the Eagle is gonna pour on the points.
That's for sure. Do I think Kelsey will have a
good week? I do? Do I trust Gardner? Minshew? No,
so I'm fine with Goddard. All Right, ladies and gentlemen,
Doctor Roto is here to help you in your league.
We'll take your calls. Next seven one three two one
two five seven NATI seven one three two one two
five seven ninety Fantasy Doctor Rodo is with us. We

(02:00:47):
cannot mess around. We love Earth, Wind and Fire, but
we need Doctor Roe's advice to win a championship. Seven
one three two one two five seven NINTI John First
Arrodo on seven Onny go ahead, John, Hey, Doctor Roto, Hey, Matt.

Speaker 13 (02:01:02):
So I'm in a standard league.

Speaker 2 (02:01:04):
I currently had t Higgins in Matt black Spot.

Speaker 8 (02:01:06):
But if he's a no, go, sover plays someone with
George Pickens, Jayden.

Speaker 3 (02:01:10):
Reid or Kyle Pitts. Thank you all right, John? All right,
so listen. I don't like Pitts as much this week
as I did last week. I'd like Pickens's spot. The
problem is Pickens. Is he into it?

Speaker 9 (02:01:22):
Does he want to play? The coverages couldn't be any
better for Pickens. The question is will Doc throw to him?
And will Pickens be there. I would take the shot.

Speaker 3 (02:01:31):
He wants that big contract, he's gonna need a big
week to get it. I'd play Pickens. All right, Let's
go on to say hi to Matt for Doctor Rono
one seven on.

Speaker 13 (02:01:41):
You go ahead, Matt Hey, doc question over multiple leagues,
could you rank these quarterbacks in order for this week
Rock Party, Joe Burrow and Drake May And then second
question is I need one running back? Ashton Genty, Michael
Carter or Breise Hole.

Speaker 3 (02:01:58):
All right, so the problem is your running backs. It's rough.
It is. It's rough. I think you're gonna me laugh
at me. I kind of like, I don't try. I
don't like Genty at all. I mean that that could
be a real mess there.

Speaker 9 (02:02:09):
You could be looking in like fifteen carriers thirty five yards.
You're gonna need that touchdown. The Falcons Cardinal game could
shoot out right, and if it shoots out, so there's
no Bam Night, there's no Tray Benson. It's De Mercado
and Michael Carter. So Michael Carter could be that sneaky
start that you never knew you needed. Uh, Brice Hall,

(02:02:29):
I don't trust at all. It's not that I don't
like him. The Jets are not very good.

Speaker 3 (02:02:32):
I think they're gonna start phasing him down a little bit,
playing a little Isaiah Davis a little bit more. They
were doing that last week. Don't laugh. I might actually
click the button on Carter.

Speaker 6 (02:02:41):
I know.

Speaker 3 (02:02:41):
I don't want to tell you not to play Genty.
The matchup is bad.

Speaker 12 (02:02:44):
You know that.

Speaker 3 (02:02:45):
I tell the audience all season long, wrote all about Genty,
so they should be. They should have taken my advice
many many moons ago. MT you put.

Speaker 9 (02:02:54):
Genty on a good a team with a good offensive line,
the guy would be uh are He's doing really well
now considering is with honestly the worst team in football.

Speaker 3 (02:03:04):
Okay, next year, that's all I want to say. All Right,
he's just I think he's gonna be just a guy.
But I can do really Greg for doctor Rono, Hi, Greg,
hold on, hold up Burrow Purty than May go ahead?
There he goes, Okay, oh May you're going last on May.
I like man, but I mean borrow pretty good spots.

(02:03:25):
I Hi Greg?

Speaker 21 (02:03:28):
Hello, Uh there's two questions, real quick Vidal or Swift
or d J. Moore or pickings And that's all I
got you got it.

Speaker 9 (02:03:38):
I'm going to actually go with Swift and DJ Moore.
The big thing is you have no Romazens, you have
no Luser burden. So DJ Moore is the number one guy,
and so I've got to think that he's going to
see the football. But Ben Johnson wants to run that football,
and I think Swift is a guy that he's going
to do it with him and anong guy. The problem
with the doll is, O'maron Hampton. Since he's been back,

(02:03:59):
he's seeing his map count and his touches go up
and up each each week. Against Dallas, I think it's
gonna go up even more. So I'm gonna go with
the Bears there.

Speaker 3 (02:04:08):
All right, let's go to Brian for doctor rotal Hi Brian.

Speaker 11 (02:04:13):
Yeoh, and te what's going on?

Speaker 22 (02:04:15):
So Lamar Jackson has not been the fantasy machine he's
been in years past, in previous seasons, this would be
a ridiculous question. But Lamar Jackson or Bryce Young against
the Tampa defense, Yeah, you know what, It's not.

Speaker 9 (02:04:30):
A ridiculous question at all. Honestly, the Ravens are favored.
The Ravens are supposed to put up twenty six points.

Speaker 3 (02:04:36):
I get that.

Speaker 9 (02:04:37):
But if you're asking me which game could shoot out
the Panthers Buccaneers could shoot out, they really could. I
think I'm gonna go with Lamar because here's the reason why.
When Bryce Young is good, he's putting up twenty three
to twenty four points, but when he's bad, it's like eight.
Not winning anything with eight with Lamar. Even a bad
week for Lamar is still him throwing for like one

(02:04:58):
hundred and eighty yards a touchdown, be running for thirty
or forty. So he's going to find his way to
fifteen or sixteen. And look, it's your fantasy semi finals.
I can have you get an eight.

Speaker 3 (02:05:08):
Front of the show me Drake May or Bryce Young?
Drake may Sir, Same, same, same thing. I just said.
It's not that Bryce Young. Isn't it a good spot.
It's a good spot. But when he's bad, it's one
hundred and forty five yards and no touchdowns. That's why
I had to ask, because the antenna went up in
my head. Let's go to one on seven ninety for

(02:05:29):
doctor rode O hi wan Hey, so I could quick
or Bonix this week? Who was the first one first
one empty rock Purty Bonis or rock Perdy brock Perty Yeah,
I really good. Yeah, they're both pretty good starts.

Speaker 9 (02:05:46):
Honestly, bo Nicks has that rushing ability that we love
right because he can get that rushing touchdown. Broncos supposed
to score a bunch of points. I'll go bon Nicks,
but you really you can't go wrong with the similar players,
similar guys, similar teams, similar spots. So both both teams
should put up three touchdowns. I just like the running
equity for Nick more.

Speaker 3 (02:06:08):
Geo on seven ninety for doctor Rodal Go ahead, Geo, I.

Speaker 20 (02:06:12):
Don't make your real quick roc rot for Tidy.

Speaker 7 (02:06:14):
And should I play Darren Waller, Gaston or Henry?

Speaker 2 (02:06:18):
And at QUB should I play Jackson Dart or bon Nicks?

Speaker 20 (02:06:22):
And how do you feel about how do you feel
about Woty worse?

Speaker 3 (02:06:26):
All right, I'm playing Nick's over Dart.

Speaker 9 (02:06:28):
I think the Vikings blitz a ton and you know
it's not a great matchup for for Dart, what he
Marx is a great spot.

Speaker 3 (02:06:35):
My only question is if they're winning by let's say it's.

Speaker 9 (02:06:38):
Twenty to ten going into the fourth quarter, are they
playing him as much or are we seeing Jordan?

Speaker 3 (02:06:43):
I don't know that answer Waller is in a prime spot.

Speaker 9 (02:06:47):
He really is, because you know, Cincinnati is the worst
team against opposing tight ends. So I like Waller one,
Gadsden two. But if Waller's out for any reason, Gadson's
a terrific start.

Speaker 3 (02:06:56):
All right, to Carlos for doctor roto on seven, hoey,
go ahead, Carlos.

Speaker 18 (02:07:00):
H doctor Road a quarterback question, uh, Prescott, Brissette or McCarthy.
And then on the defensive side, Bills against Cleveland or
Vikings versus the Giants.

Speaker 3 (02:07:13):
Yeah, look, I have no problem with the Bills except
Cleveland could run the ball a little bit, but Sudor
can make a mistake or two, and you know that
Buffalo wants to win.

Speaker 9 (02:07:20):
I have no problem going with the Bills, Dak and Brissett.
This one is really tight. The Cardinals like that game
could blow up. That could be the game that that's
kind of like the one we just saw last night
where Wow, Atlanta and Arizona brought it. So Brissette is
one of those guys who's firmly in play. They have
nobody running the ball. Dean Mercado Michael Carter are both suspect.

(02:07:45):
I think, Look, Dak is your consistent floor. Brissette is
your ceiling guy. So if you're losing, your opponent had JSN,
your opponent had Puka, then you played Brissette.

Speaker 3 (02:07:59):
David, thanks for doctor run our last call. Go ahead, David.

Speaker 11 (02:08:03):
I'm sorry.

Speaker 6 (02:08:03):
I sparready covered this, but anybody specially we should look
for on either side in Green Bay in Chicago.

Speaker 9 (02:08:10):
Yeah, I mean, I think, first of all, when you're
looking in Chicago, Closton, Loveland is certainly in play. I
think cole Comet is in play. I mean, because you
don't have burden and you don't have it, don't say so.
I like Ki, i'man on guy.

Speaker 3 (02:08:22):
Really.

Speaker 9 (02:08:23):
I mean, you have no Micah Parsons, so the pass
rush is not going to be there as much for
Green Bay. Maybe Caleb Williams has a little bit more
time on the other side of the football. Here's the
guy I really like. But it all depends on Christian Watson.
If Watson is out, don Tavion Wicks is really interesting.
Chicago plays a bunch of man coverage and they let

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up big plays deep and that's what Wick Wicks can do.
So if Watson is out, Wicks is sneaky all right?

Speaker 13 (02:08:51):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (02:08:51):
From listener Greg Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young give me
Bryce Young on that one, okay, and a couple of
quick emails to get to uh Stroud or Jackson this week? Stroud?
All right? In UH woody marks, Brian Thomas Junior or

(02:09:13):
Quinton Johnson? Which one of the three play woody marks?
I'm assuming?

Speaker 6 (02:09:17):
What is it?

Speaker 3 (02:09:18):
Goo Man? By the way, did you get screwed with
the woody marks?

Speaker 5 (02:09:23):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (02:09:23):
Fumble recovery and not rushing touchdown last week? Did you
catch any of that?

Speaker 9 (02:09:27):
I did not, But what would they? Did they change
a stat on it?

Speaker 3 (02:09:31):
Well, it's it was in the in the final book
as a fumble recovery, which again does not allow you
to get a rushing touchdown. You don't get fumble recovery touchdowns.
You get rushing touchdowns.

Speaker 9 (02:09:43):
Correct, right, It's it's like a team touchdown, which does yeah?

Speaker 3 (02:09:46):
Nobody yep PPR Breesthall, Henderson, Gavonte Williams.

Speaker 9 (02:09:53):
Give me Gavante one Henderson too. Last week against Buffalo.

Speaker 3 (02:10:00):
Hedes and gentlemen, we asked doctor roto to help out
me personally and then help out you with this week
lock of the week. You can't. You just can't.

Speaker 9 (02:10:11):
I know, I know I would we were pretty good
last week. It's Mike Evans tampon to win this game,
win and you're in losing Carolina's in.

Speaker 3 (02:10:20):
You think they want that to happen? Why do you
think they brought Mike Evans back for games like this?

Speaker 9 (02:10:25):
They need him.

Speaker 3 (02:10:26):
They're going to him six for one ten in the
touchdown lock. Mike Evans in.

Speaker 6 (02:10:32):
Is.

Speaker 3 (02:10:32):
That's Doctor Roto's lock of the week. Rodo, You're gonna
be busy this weekend. You cannot leave the er. You
must tell help people lot fantasy wise. Where can they
find you? That's what I do. MT.

Speaker 9 (02:10:45):
You could find me over at doctor Roto dot com.
You can find me on Serious XM Fantasy Sports Radio.
Feel free to call in from six to nine am
Central on Saturday morning, and of course over at x
A D R R O t O.

Speaker 3 (02:11:00):
Ladies and gentlemen, Doctor Ronald's gonna be with us next Wednesday.
It's Christmas Eve. He's gonna help us win a championship.
Doctor Ronald, thank you for the time. We'll talk to
you again on Wednesday. Good luck to my friend took
care all right? Thank you. Doctor Rotal with us here
on Sports Talk seven ninety if you've not heard the
details of the Astros trade, will give you that to you,
plus our non Florida story. It is up next one

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to thirty two on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 4 (02:11:25):
We find interesting stories that her outside.

Speaker 15 (02:11:30):
The state of Florida and share them with the people
of us. It's time for non Florida.

Speaker 3 (02:11:47):
I'll time for non Florida store on coast to coast
will bring strange and wild.

Speaker 9 (02:12:04):
No alligator exales, but.

Speaker 1 (02:12:07):
Something that will make you smile.

Speaker 5 (02:12:12):
It's time for last.

Speaker 3 (02:12:14):
From far and w.

Speaker 14 (02:12:19):
In this cracy world, there's no.

Speaker 3 (02:12:29):
All right, Jonathan and I are gonna give you just
one story, Eaches. I do want to give you a
couple of details. Again, if you've not heard, the Astros
have made a trade. It's not a earth shaking trade,
but it's definitely going to add a what I believe
to be a guaranteed spot in the Astro's rotation. I'll
give it to you in just a second. But first quickly,
this week's non Flora story for me, Jonathan and Houston.

(02:12:52):
I want to tell you about Martin Strobie. He's forty
two years old. He's from Heinsenborg, Sweden. He is earned
a Guinness World Record, what do you do? He stuffed
matches in his nostrils. The previous record was sixty eight

(02:13:14):
wooden matches. Strobi was able to shove eighty one into
his nose. Quote. I discovered I could both stretch my
nostrils a lot and ignore the pain from putting all
those matches in there, So I would say I'm a
natural as a father. I want my children to look

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up to me in the same way I look up
to my father. Eighty one nostril, eighty one matches in
his nostrils. The question I asked for all of you, Houston,
is how many nostrils? How many matches you put up
your nostral I'm gonna put about one each without me
screaming in complete terror and pain. This one I don't care.

Speaker 5 (02:13:56):
I don't want to know.

Speaker 3 (02:14:05):
Eight thinks about that eighty one matches in your nose?
Eighty one and that's my nine for the story.

Speaker 14 (02:14:18):
Okay, okay, well, Matt Mine comes from the Washington Post.

Speaker 3 (02:14:24):
Okay.

Speaker 14 (02:14:24):
Starts off with a drone that flew over the lead
correctional institution in Bishopville, South Carolina. The drone dropped ingredients
of a swishy holiday dinner steak crab legs, along with
a small container of old Bay season in, two bags
of marijuana, and a pack of Marlborough cigarettes. The contra

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band was picked up by law enforcement before reaching its
attended recipients. The South Carolina Department of Correction set spoke
person Christy Shane to the prison receives nightly attacks of
drones trying to drop drugs off into the prison yard,
but this was the most unusual things she has ever seen.

Speaker 3 (02:15:03):
So the drone is like a delivery service basically.

Speaker 14 (02:15:06):
Yeah, they get somebody with drones that delivered them some
uh some good stuff.

Speaker 3 (02:15:11):
Okay, so let's go. We've got steak, yeah, crab legs.

Speaker 14 (02:15:15):
Don't forget the old bases and he.

Speaker 3 (02:15:18):
And then the marijuana and the Marlboros with those the
red cartons over the ultra light one hundreds.

Speaker 14 (02:15:23):
It just says pack of Marlboroughs. I think that's original, right,
that's the red pack.

Speaker 3 (02:15:26):
Yeah, the original of the reds. Yeah, those are the
one with the heavy menthol.

Speaker 14 (02:15:31):
I mean, you in prison, you gotta need it.

Speaker 3 (02:15:35):
Okay, drones scare me? Do they not scare you a
little bit?

Speaker 14 (02:15:43):
I think how they're developing and like they Yeah, they're
they're getting they're getting a little scary.

Speaker 3 (02:15:49):
Oh, I'll admit that. All right. Thank you very much
for your non Florida story. And remember what I'd like
for all of you to do. Actually, I want none
of you to do any of it. I want none
of you. You to go get a box of matches
from your home that you would light candles or maybe
some of you smoke and try to shove them up
your nose.

Speaker 14 (02:16:08):
Oh, that could be a fantasy. That could be someone's
last place in the fantasy. That could be a punishment.

Speaker 3 (02:16:12):
Huh no, no, no, no, no, no, we don't want
nostril damage. Jonathan, don't give any bad ideas out there. Yeah, no, no,
I guess I mean you didn't hear from you, guys.
I'm just saying, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, not doing it.
All right, that is non Florida stories for today. Real
quick again, The Astros Pirates and Rays are in the

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final stages of a trade that would send Pirates pitcher
Mike Burrows to Houston. Mike Burrows has ninety around ninety
nine innings of major league experience, not considered a super
big time arm, but solid mid level starter, which what

(02:16:57):
we thought the Astros would go after. So, you know what,
finally got something going. And by the way, do you
how much do you know about the new Astros pitcher
that's gonna be half of today's edition of Hell Yeah
or Not? Adam Spolane, who used to be on the
radio here, says that he had a four month stretch

(02:17:19):
last year where he was really good, and one of
those starts was against the Astros. He's twenty six years old,
has ninety nine and a third innings of Major League Baseball,
slightly above average strikeout rate. He's a hard thrower, but
his best pitch in the big leagues is his change up.
There you go. So that's a little rundown of Mike Burrows,

(02:17:41):
a former Pittsburgh Pirates real starter and part time reliever
now coming to the Astros. I would think to be
competing for a third, fourth or fifth spot in the
Astros rotation. All right, time for us to play Hellyer
or Not. The Nate Bargazi tickets are gone, but we
still have the Monster Jam pit pa As tickets, and
we have tickets to see the todies. If you would

(02:18:03):
like to play hell Yeah or Not? It's half about
will must Chap and half about the newest astro pictures.
If you want to get in and play, you may
do so right now. It's seven one three two one
two five seven ninety seven to one three two one
two five seven ninety Hell yeah, not is next on
Sports Talk seven ninety. Hey, a big thank you to

(02:18:24):
everybody that helped fill in this week for uh Ross.
We'll be back on Monday. That includes Channel Rome for
a couple of hours each day on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thanks to Gordy. I think he popped in after his
big white Elephant Christmas lunch for like twenty minutes and
then it was with us for two hours today. It's
good stuff, so we appreciate Gordy stepping in. Thanks Jonathan
for his hard work as a producer, and more important,

(02:18:45):
thanks to all of you for making this week go
by pretty quick. Actually, hey, I sound pretty spride.

Speaker 19 (02:18:50):
Don't I?

Speaker 14 (02:18:50):
Jonathan right now for about one fifty Central time. That's
because you know you're gonna get some rest. He finally
made it through.

Speaker 3 (02:18:56):
I'm going to go get a sandwich at this place
called Ike Sandwich. Apparently it took one of the best
sub places in the country. All right, OK, so then
I'm gonna snore, go back the room, snore and sleep
till like six forty five dinner time.

Speaker 14 (02:19:10):
And let's get some highdressing in there. I don't want
you no sick No, we don't need.

Speaker 3 (02:19:14):
Time, no sickness. I'm taking my vitamin D because you
know the vitamin D is helpful.

Speaker 12 (02:19:20):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (02:19:20):
And then we need the Rocket to be the Nuggets
tomorrow night, right, I mean, come.

Speaker 14 (02:19:23):
On, that would be the only way to make up
for this.

Speaker 3 (02:19:26):
Oh yeah, I won't bring it home. We gotta make
it up. We gotta make it up. Five minutes left
the Gold the show. What should we do? We should
play Merrit Kiss fastest growing sports radio game show. We
simply called it Monday through Thursday, b leave it not.
But on Fridays we called hell Yeah or Not. And

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here's how it works. You'll call seven one three two
one two five seven seven one three two one two
five seven Ani. Half of today's edition of Helly Aaron
is about Will muss Champ, the Texans new defensive coordinator.
The other half is about the newest member of the
Astros pitching rotation, Mike Burrows. I'll read you just him
about one of those two gentlemen statement and etterly accurate.

(02:20:10):
You'll say this, he yeah, the statement's hierroni is full
of bunk madap. You will say this not too helly.
Arenouts in a row will win you these prizes either
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and fifteenth. The tickets we're giving four of the fifteenth,
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You're ready to play?

Speaker 10 (02:20:49):
Hell Yeah or not?

Speaker 20 (02:20:51):
Hell Yeah.

Speaker 3 (02:20:52):
Will must Champ has been a head coach at two
different schools, Florida and South Carolina. Hell Yeah or Not?

Speaker 8 (02:21:00):
Hell Yeah?

Speaker 3 (02:21:01):
Hell statement number two for the Way and Will mus
Champ attended the University of Georgia in Athens, where he
walked onto the Bulldogs and played safety from nineteen ninety
one to nineteen ninety four. Hell yeah or nuts not? Oh,
come on, he was excellent that one time he played
Let's go to Matt on seven ninety Matt, what was

(02:21:23):
your favorite part of today He's tend to two radio show?

Speaker 7 (02:21:27):
The whole show.

Speaker 3 (02:21:27):
Matt was all good all the way around. Thank you
Matt very much. Will muss Champ's only NFL experience was
as an assistant coach with Nick Saban in the Miami
Dolphins back in two thousand and five. Hell yeah or not?
Hell yeah, hell y, statement number two for the win.
According to George's website, Will Musschamp's main hobby is playing

(02:21:48):
pickleball and listening to country music. Hell yeah or not.

Speaker 6 (02:21:52):
Not?

Speaker 3 (02:21:53):
That's great. I made that up Saco to listen to
show for all four hours. You should deserve a prize.
Talked to David seven ninety David, you're ready to play?
Hell yeah or not?

Speaker 7 (02:22:05):
Hell yeah.

Speaker 3 (02:22:06):
Mike Burrow has only been a member of the Pittsburgh
Pirates organization, just the Pirates. Hell yeah or not?

Speaker 2 (02:22:13):
Hell yeah?

Speaker 3 (02:22:14):
He statement number two for the wind. Like a lot
of pictures, Mike Burrows has had Tommy John surgery. Hell
yeah or not? Did at twenty twenty three, so so sorry.
Let's talk to Brian on seven Ninty Brian, your favorite

(02:22:35):
part of today's ten to two radio show.

Speaker 2 (02:22:40):
Y'all recognizing Ross's birthday?

Speaker 3 (02:22:43):
Yeah, it's fine. While in high school in Waterford, Connecticut,
Mike Burrows threw back to back no hitters for his
high school team. Hell yeah or not? Hell yeah?

Speaker 12 (02:22:55):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (02:22:55):
I mean that serve as your right Ross birthday may
gonna do to him? Brian on seven on A Brian,
You're ready to play? Hell yeah or not?

Speaker 11 (02:23:07):
Hear yer?

Speaker 3 (02:23:08):
Mike Burrow's girlfriend is Yukon volleyball assistant coach Julia Durant.
Hell yeah or not?

Speaker 15 (02:23:17):
Not?

Speaker 3 (02:23:18):
That is correct. She is an assistant coach at Utah.
But did no relationship there?

Speaker 12 (02:23:22):
We do?

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Saturday here in Denver for the Rockets and the Nuggets
at four o'clock. And then on Sunday I'll join you
from Sacramento for the Rockets and Kings. Monday, I'm taking off.
Ross will be back. He and I will be with
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(02:25:08):
I get these days confused. I'm next. It's by talk
to you tomorrow here from Denver on seven ninety