Tony Pike's Cincy 360 Hour 2 -- 10/21/25

Tony and Austin talk with Joe Danneman, take your TalkBacks, and more on ESPN 1530!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Tony Pike Sincy three sixty about Cincinnati from Cincinnati,

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sponsored in part by Cincy Shirts. Cincy Shirts all sincey
all day. This is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Back out an hour two Tuesday afternoon, Cincy three to
sixty thanks to Cincy Shirts. Austen, did you make it
to Loveland or Fort Mitchell yet to get the Hall
of Fame shirt?

Speaker 3 (00:27):
No?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
I haven't, all right, you just playing on doing that
leading up to the week Sure, it's still early in
the week.

Speaker 4 (00:31):
It's only Tuesday, leading up to the weekend, leading up
to the weekend, already to Okay, the weekend.

Speaker 5 (00:36):
Leading up to the weekend, gotcha.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
I know our next guest, not to mere remissed, I
know our next guest has already probably visited and gotten
a couple not just for himself, but probably for the
rest of the crew at Fox nineteen and his family
as well. Our good friend from Fox nineteen, Joe Daniman
hijel Tony.

Speaker 6 (00:52):
P in Austin. Okay, So it is Thursday night football
and for the first time, my two oldest sons are
going to a Bengals game. How cool is that? So
it's about an hour before the game, and I leave
the press box to go down and visit them and
see how they're doing, take a picture. And as I'm

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walking back from the concourse to the press box, I hear, hey, Danoman,
that's now three consecutive games where I've been heeded at
a Bengals game. One on a Sunday, one in Green Bay,

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one on a Thursday night. We've got to keep it going.
This weekend. I'll be on the field Bengals and Jets
on Sunday, Cincinnati. You know the assignment.

Speaker 5 (01:44):
I love it. I love it. I love it.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
I was thinking about buying a ticket now I might
do it, just to do that, just to eat.

Speaker 5 (01:49):
Yeah, their first time getting down to a game.

Speaker 6 (01:53):
First time. Actually, my oldest went to the Eagles game
last year, which he wanted to delete from his men,
but his middle brother went with him for the first time,
literally the first game he's ever gone to. He's the
biggest Bengals fan in our household, so for them to
go to that game and enjoy it. I told this
to Jeremy Row after the game, that they went to

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their first game, and Jeremy said, the Bengals just got
two lifelong fans. Yeah, after that.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Game, it's tough to beat that though, So that's tough
to beat for the next time.

Speaker 7 (02:25):
It is.

Speaker 6 (02:26):
It is, especially considering you got to see Aaron Rodgers
and Joe Flacco compete at over forty years old and
now they think their dad can do anything for.

Speaker 5 (02:37):
How much?

Speaker 2 (02:38):
How much does Thursday Night just change the feel and
the vibe around the team itself?

Speaker 6 (02:44):
Very much so and expectedly so. And we weren't wrong
for we being everybody who watches this team saying that
it felt like that was a crossroads of the season.
It felt like that outside of the building, and I
think it kind of felt that way inside the building
as well. It was funny yesterday and everybody always gets

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their chance to play on the touch screen whatever playlist
they want. But whether the older players had cleared out,
only a couple of rookies were still left inside. It
was Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight, and those guys surprised
everyone and put on a country playlist and Demetrius Knight
put on Travis Tritt. It's a great day to be alive.

Speaker 5 (03:26):
Wow.

Speaker 6 (03:26):
And it just feels like there's this sunshine shining through
pay course stadium right now is the Bengals have gotten
themselves to three and four, and we all know what's
coming up. There are winnable games for the Bengals here
before the bye week, and I would pause on the
Bears being lumped in with the Jets, and a lot

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of people seem to be doing that, even though the
Bears have been playing good football and I think their
record would surprise people. But certainly there's a golden opportunity
for this team to get to four and four playing
against the Jets on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
If it's a team that can get to four and
four and maybe even possibly five and four, and we
continue to hear positive reports on the possibility of Joe
Burrow joining this team at the end of the year,
does it push this team the way they're constructed to
maybe be an aggressive team at the deadline coming up?

Speaker 6 (04:20):
Ooh? I would say sure, yeah. I mean, look, if
you're going to invest in a trade to get Joe
Flacco here and try to keep this thing afloat, and
he's done that not only in the win loss column,
but also just the way it looks and the optics
of what he's done so far. He's been here why

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would you not look at adding to your team and
improving your team in other ways? And certainly the Bengalis
have positions and position groups where they could do that. Certainly,
safety is one that jumps to mind. Defensive line jumps
to mind. They need to put more production out of
the offensive line. Offensive line is an area they could address.

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So while I look at the Bengals right now as
possibly winning their way back into playoff contention that this
roster in this era is supposed to be about winning
playoff games and competing for super Bowls, and the way
they're constructed right now with this roster, it probably isn't
good enough. And you could argue with me, it isn't

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good enough even if Joe is healthy to win a
super Bowl. And it kind of feels like there's no
real super dominant team, even though it feels like Kansas
City might be trending towards that way the way they
played the last couple of weeks. But it feels like
even if Joe were healthy, they would still need some
more additions for this team to feel real comfortable about
making a Super Bowl run. So sure, what two weeks

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until the trade deadline, they have multiple position groups they
could upgrade in a lot of times, it isn't the
huge splash that can help you get over the hump.
I mean, look what the Reds did at the trade deadline,
and we can we can laugh and say, well, though,
the Reds didn't win the World Series, but they made
the playoffs and they got there with the help of
some of the acquisitions they had at their trade deadline.

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So certainly, yeah, I think the Bengals should be looking
to be aggressive to upgrade the roster. They've done it
once already at quarterback, and that was to keep a
season afloat, and now that the season is afloat, why
not look to improve at positions they need improvement.

Speaker 2 (06:26):
So we discussed them bringing in Joe Flacco, you discussed
the possibility to trade deadline. I look back at what
they chose to do or not to do on Sunday
or on Thursday. They made Cam Taylor britt a healthy scratch.
They started Jalen Rivers and Dalton Reisner. It feels to
me we've seen Logan Wilson at times in his snap counts,

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but it seems to me, Joe that we're seeing a
team that's coaching with urgency, not a team that's waiting
to see, Okay, let's see if this player can figure
it out or not. But we need guys on the field.
They're going to help us right now. Do you get
a sense of that that the way they are constructing
these rosters on any game day is literally the urgency
way of can this player help us today or not?

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Because we don't have time to wait around and see
if they're going to get better.

Speaker 6 (07:12):
That's really a great point. And yeah, I think so.
I mean, listen, you go back and you listen to
what Zach Taylor has said over the years about coaches
and winning. And I always think of that Miami game
that the Bengals almost one that would have cost them
Joe Burrow. And you know, to paraphrase what Zach Taylor
said in there is coaches are coaching for their jobs

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at all times. Players are competing for their jobs at
all times. And I think the urgency and the conversations
that were being had about Dak Taylor, what about this
coaching staff ahead of Thursday night football, There had to
be real urgency for this team to find a way
to get a win, to cool the seat, so to speak.

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And if that's playing younger players, If that's committing to
trying different things, I think you have to commend them
for that, turning over every rock they can to try
to find the right combination. Now, you would argue also
at the same time, then why is Geno Stone still playing?
If they're going to do the youth movement at linebacker,

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if they're going to do the youth thing at offensive line,
they have younger players at safety, and younger doesn't always
mean better, younger and different doesn't always mean it's going
to be different. But I think certainly we've seen what
Geno Stone is and what he isn't And at this point,
I think a lot of people listening to this would
like to see somebody else get a shot back there,

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who can take better angles, who can be a more
consistent player, and give this team a better chance of winning,
Because if they're going to make that kind of commitment
at corner, at linebacker, at offensive line, why not make
that same kind of commitment at safety.

Speaker 4 (09:00):
For many reasons, I haven't been sleeping well the last
couple of weeks, and the biggest reason maybe is that
the Bengals can't tackle. Are they going to do anything
or can they do anything this week to really focus
and hone in on that and practice or otherwise to
improve the tackling moving forward.

Speaker 6 (09:19):
By the way, you mentioned not being able to sleep
the last couple of weeks, I'm sure that's an allude
to what would happened with Tony and Tony I want
two minutes here, okay at the end of this segment.
Save two minutes because I'm in the questions asking business.
Oh boy, and I've got some questions to ask of you,
and you don't have to answer them, right. That happens

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to me all the time. I ask questions all the
time and I don't get answered. But save me two
minutes to the end of the segment. Miss the missing
tackles question. I don't know, Austin. We asked this question
to to coaches, but both Zach Taylor and defensive coaches
all the time, and we get the same kind of
echo chamber and are where there just isn't a lot

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of that they can do during season and it kind
of is what it is and they are who they are.
How how that can improve? I don't know. In season
when these guys just don't get a lot of time
actually full go live tackling in practice at all. They
can drill it individually, they can keep doing that, but

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at some point professionals need to get guys on the ground,
and if that's what they're paid to do, they need
to do it at a higher clip. It's certainly something
that the Bengals coaches are very aware of that they
stress during training, can that they stress even during the
season as far as any kind of a drill they
can do. But at some point the fingers got to

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be pointed right at the players and say they just
have to be better, and they haven't been good enough.

Speaker 2 (10:50):
Did this team unlock something that is repeatable in the
running game on Thursday Night?

Speaker 8 (10:56):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (10:56):
I hope so. I think so, And I think I
think it's important to understand as well that the Bengals
were going against a lot of really good fronts early
in the season. That's not an excuse why Chase Brown
and some I JP Ryan weren't finding the kind of
success that we would even consider just good enough for
the run game. But I think once you got into

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playing the Steelers and playing with the lead, what was
a big deal for this team to kind of stretch
the run game a little bit? And now we got
to stretch against defenses where I think you can get
the run game going against the Jets, against the Bears, twice,
against Baltimore, once against Buffalo. These are teams that you
can't you can run on, and will need to run

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on if you're gonna win those games, especially against those
good offenses in Baltimore and Buffalo. I really liked what
I saw. Everybody left the Green Bay game with a
great feeling about Joe Flacco and Jamar Chasen t Higgins,
but I like the way the run games started to
look at moments in that game. Chase Brown I think
had a run or two over over ten yards against

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the Green Bay Packers when they pitched to him the
outside and they let him use his speed and playmaking
in some space, and then it carried over and Zach
Taylor talked about this on Monday. The idea that they
played with a lean allowed them to lean on it
just a little bit more, and you could feel it

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from Chase Brown after the game. You could feel it
from Chase Brown when they signed and traded for Joe Flacco,
just a kind of a burden that lifted off his
shoulders a little bit. And certainly having his first one
hundred yard game of the season, you could tell his
spirits were lifted a little bit. Now there's a little
more confidence in the run game. I expect. I expect

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the next couple of weeks the Bengals run game will
continue to look good and continue to grow. They're going
to need it in the second half of the season.

Speaker 5 (12:52):
Am I overreacting to the fact.

Speaker 2 (12:54):
Of how important it was to have Joe Burrow on
the sidelines, not just to help Joe Flacco, but to
talk to receiver, to talk to offensive lineman. There was
a story from Albert Breer about Joe sending in on
a meeting with Joe with Flacco and Ted Terrris. How
important is it? I know he's he's not able to
do everything, but how important is it to have Joe
Burrow around and willing to help Joe Flacco through this?

Speaker 6 (13:18):
Well? I think if there's anybody qualified really to answer
that question about what a backup court in the NFL
can do to help a starting quarterback at Austin Elmore, No, Tody,
I mean, you know right, I look at it like this,
It's two points I want to make. Okay, So the

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first point is I made the mistake on Thursday night
of sending out a tweet that I thought Zach Taylor
was cooking. I thought Zach Taylor had one of his
best games in recent memory as a play caller, and
Austin and I were texting about this. You were so
far out of mind because I thought you were unemployed.
I didn't even think that bes to you. Tony and

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I those mentions the next day, and every Bengals fan
with a keyboard was telling me, didn't you see Joe
Burrow had ahead, like, come on, people, we're smarter than that.
The idea that Joe is in meetings, that to me
is where he can be a difference maker for Joe Flacco.

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I have to imagine that an NFL game in between plays,
in between series is just chaos of information coming from
so many different places. It's hard to calm your brain
down enough to hear one voice and have that voice
be the kind of difference maker that we think Joe

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Burrow could be. Does it help, certainly? Absolutely. Not Only
does it help mechanically with Joe talking to quarterbacks and
talking to wide receivers, I think it helps emotionally that
that one or two percent of whatever it is of
having him on the sidelines and little bit of juice
to the Bengalis, There's no doubt about it. But having

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Joe inside of a meeting room and helping Joe Flacco
understand concepts, understand tendencies, understand what he and Jamar and
andre Yoshibas like, where they like the football, what they
tend to do on certain coverages. That to me is
where Joe Burrows should be a difference maker for this team.

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We see him every Monday. He's in every team meeting.
When they break the meeting, he's with the whole group
of players coming back into the room. I'm most certain
he's there during the week in practice and in meetings
helping Joe Flacco when he can, so that I think
that's where the difference comes, and not necessarily the huge
difference that he makes just in between series during games.

Speaker 4 (15:48):
I do think with his absence on the field, we've
seen Jamar Chase grow as a leader, and obviously he's
getting better and better it seems like on the field.
Two parts question, how have you seen Jamar grow his
role as a leader on and off the field, And secondly,
is he's the best Bengals wide receiver of all time

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already he is.

Speaker 6 (16:13):
Yeah, he's the best Bengals wide receiver of all times.
And that's understanding his stats aren't yet there with Aj
Green and Ed Johnson. But if Jamar Chase were to
retire tomorrow and somebody asked me in forty years, who
was the best you ever saw do it in Cincinnati?
Is Jamar Chase.

Speaker 9 (16:29):
It's just.

Speaker 6 (16:31):
It's pretty obvious at this point just watching him perform.
I think he's the story of the Bengals season. I agree,
I truly do, because we can talk about what happened
with Joe Burrow and understand the quarterback position is the
most important position in football, It's the most important position
in sports. And the Bengals going forward and making the
trade for Joe Flacco, this doesn't work unless you have

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one of the most unique players in football history. And
what Jamar Chase brings to this team not only from
what he does physically with his assignment, and that's playing
wide receiver and getting open, it's also Jamar Chase going
out and running a route and then that plague being

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a run play and Chase Brown breaks free and Jamar
Chase sees it out of the corner of his eyes
and sprints downfield to make a block to get Chase
Brown an extra ten yards. These are the kinds of
things that a guy with a sea on his chest does,
and I think Jamar Chase felt empowered by being named
a captain, has reminded himself publicly multiple times that he

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is a captain when answering questions at the podium. I
challenge people who don't follow the Bengles, and I know
people who listen to the show do, but I challenge
people who don't follow the Bengals to watch his weekly
press conferences and see the ease of which he's able
to answer questions. Be a leader, be entertained, but also

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at the same time, be the kind of guy that
guys look up to and say that that's the kind
of person we need in this room leading this team.
He e to me, the difference teammates, not only physically
but emotionally for this team has become the story of
the Bengals season. And if this team is able to
in the second half get back in the playoffs contention,

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it's going to obviously be what Joe Flacco does. It's
going to be can the defense tackle better? But most
importantly is it Ken Jamar Chase carry this team physically
and emotionally in the second half, Because it feels like
to me right now, he's the number one story in
Cincinnati and that story should be one of the top
stories in the NFL. What he's doing this year should

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be celebrated, and I think is being celebrated here, but
I think it should be talked about more nationally.

Speaker 2 (18:51):
Speak of another Cincinnati sports story, Joe, how much do
you buying into what's happening in.

Speaker 5 (18:55):
Clifton right now?

Speaker 6 (18:57):
Exciting?

Speaker 10 (18:57):
Man?

Speaker 6 (18:58):
The relevant and that's what we talked about, I think
the last time, and it's interesting, Tony. The last time
I think you and I talked about the Bearcats on
this show was Week one Nebraska, and the whole idea
was can you stay relevant in the Cincinnati sports landscape
as things start to pick up, as the Bengals start,
as the Reds are in a playoff change and that
ce Cincinnati is now in the playoff chase. Yeah, they're relevant,

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and I think it's a great thing, not only for
the Bearcats and they're fans, but for Scott Sadderfield. I mean, look,
there's a guy who needed this and he got it.
And this looks like the Scott sadderfield plan is working.
Now the schedule gets harder, and that's cool, that's great.
That's what Bearcats fans want, that's what U see. Wanted
to be playing relevant games in October and November with

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a chance to go do some things that at the
beginning of the year they said they could and a
lot of people said you couldn't. There's no way you
could play in the Big Twelve championship. This team doesn't
have that. Here they are, they're in that conversation. And
when you have the kind of momentum day and then
you have the quarterback play that they've got, you're in
a great position. It's exciting. The relevant they they've got

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a shot here and they've got a shot against the
teams they need to be to earn their way to Dallas.
And I think that's a cool thing too. If they're
going to get there, they're going to earn it here
the next month and a half.

Speaker 5 (20:19):
You said you had a question as well at the
end of this what do you got Oh boy.

Speaker 6 (20:23):
Well, I've got questions, okay, And understand you don't have
to answer these questions. But I've had a lot of
conversations with people and they want these questions answered or
at least asked. Sukay, So when did you find out
you were coming back?

Speaker 3 (20:41):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (20:41):
The end of last week.

Speaker 6 (20:45):
Was that a complete surprise to you or did you
have an inkling.

Speaker 5 (20:48):
That I was coming back? Correct surprise?

Speaker 6 (20:53):
Okay. Can you explain how you got from laid off
that then being back on the raid?

Speaker 11 (21:00):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (21:01):
The best way that I can explain it is a
lot of support from either listeners or maybe people that
spend money on this program or at this station. I
would I would imagine that that was kind of what
initially got the ball rolling to revisit these conversations.

Speaker 6 (21:20):
Good answer. Two More, is this permanent? Are you back
for good?

Speaker 5 (21:24):
Yes? Well, I hope nothing in life is permanent, Joe.
I mean if you asked me a couple of weeks ago,
I thought I was permanent as well.

Speaker 6 (21:33):
Yeah, last question, will you join me Friday night Live
on Fox nineteen at the UC Holiday.

Speaker 5 (21:41):
Absolutely? I can't wait. Really buttered them up to get
to that question. You'd never ask about that.

Speaker 2 (21:46):
Well, you wanted to get the tough questions out of
the way early so we could focus on the actual
event at hand on Friday.

Speaker 6 (21:52):
I can't wait for that, Tony. I'm so excited for you.
I'm so excited for everybody going into the UC Hall
of Fame. I'm going to be there Friday night, six
o'clock Live on Fox nineteen. I'm bringing a little step
stool so I don't look so short next to you.

Speaker 12 (22:06):
Will you?

Speaker 5 (22:06):
Will you be covering the homecoming parade the next day?

Speaker 6 (22:11):
I have Saturday off, sir.

Speaker 5 (22:14):
Oh my gosh, man, yes, darn it all right.

Speaker 6 (22:17):
See you answered me. Honestly, I have to answer you.

Speaker 5 (22:20):
Since you're off, are you coming to the parade?

Speaker 6 (22:23):
Well, let me say this, No, I'm not. You know
why I have to?

Speaker 11 (22:27):
Uh.

Speaker 6 (22:28):
I am helping MC the Ring of Honor event Saturday
night at PEN so I have later focused on Dave
Lapham and Lamar Parrish.

Speaker 4 (22:39):
See, I was trying to figure out which event I
wanted to go to Saturday that might put it over
the top for me.

Speaker 5 (22:44):
I think you're going to go on, Joe Dan, I man,
you're the best. I look forward to seeing you on Friday.

Speaker 6 (22:55):
Hey, by the way, tomorrow night, Logan Wilson, Evan mc
speerson Yeat big time.

Speaker 5 (23:04):
Let's go, dan Imn. You're the best man.

Speaker 6 (23:06):
Thank you, Thanks Joe, welcome back, Tony.

Speaker 2 (23:09):
Thank you, Yeat Yeat, he's the best. We do have
talkbacks up and running today. I appreciate him asking the
hart he did. Probably'd let go now even if here
we go, just go leave it there?

Speaker 9 (23:25):
What do we know?

Speaker 13 (23:26):
Now?

Speaker 2 (23:27):
Talkback's working. Talkbacks are working next Cincinnati Sports station.

Speaker 5 (23:33):
Now your chance to stationing.

Speaker 14 (23:35):
Is that time for talkbacks? Press the microphone and record
your message for Ustan and tone.

Speaker 5 (23:42):
Please keep it clean and don't be mean and a
sprinkle sprinkled, drip drip. It's that time for talkbacks. It's
our favorite part.

Speaker 4 (23:52):
Of Sancy three sixties. Austin Buddy played that talkback on
your screen, and please tried not too sab.

Speaker 5 (24:01):
All right, here we go, Here we go. Sorry, all right,
I'm just kidding.

Speaker 2 (24:04):
Yeah, he got emotional first talk backs back and you
couldn't do it yesterday.

Speaker 5 (24:08):
Yeah that's actually true. So just a little emotional, Yeah,
just trying to hold it all together here, all right,
here we go.

Speaker 15 (24:14):
Hey, guys, it's the it's the Zebra here, Elliott, it's
your good friend. He's done a great job in Tony's absence,
and I've been going back to last week.

Speaker 5 (24:22):
I'm sorry I missed the show yesterday.

Speaker 15 (24:23):
But the most frustrating part about this whole Tony situation
is how permanent it is. You know, nothing's ever gonna
change it. No act of God can ever bring Tony
back on this show. I'll never hear his voice on
this show again. It's so frustrating to hear all those
millions of children. We'll never be able to hear him again,
but so frustrating. Love you, Austin, You're doing a great job.

Speaker 4 (24:42):
Man, do zeb so good. Guess he didn't hear the
show yesterday. I miss the ze mans I missed. He
wrote a very nice tweet about you when you you
got canned?

Speaker 5 (24:54):
Did you see that? I didn't.

Speaker 15 (24:57):
Sorry to keep bringing the mood down, but again, I
just can't get over how it's just it's so sad
that Tony's never gonna ever, ever ever be back on
this show. I mean, there's just nothing all those all
those things that were said on Twitter. You know, everybody
who is so sad right now is trying to get
over Tony and not being on this show. She's never

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gonna come back on it.

Speaker 5 (25:20):
Yep. And that's the hardest part for me. But that's
all I have to say. God bless the Z Man's
the best trip.

Speaker 16 (25:30):
Bu Buggety, Tony. I'm glad you're back with Austin Noon
to three.

Speaker 13 (25:37):
Love it.

Speaker 16 (25:38):
What about James Madison Bloomington, who's your's highest ranked ever
at number two. Glad you're back, Austin. You're great. Keep
up since the three sixty.

Speaker 5 (25:53):
Well, thank you.

Speaker 2 (25:56):
The same question I asked you, Austin about the NFL contenders?
Is Indiana a contender?

Speaker 12 (26:01):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (26:01):
You think so?

Speaker 2 (26:02):
You think I was a sizable gap between them and
Ohio State?

Speaker 4 (26:07):
No, I don't think so. I wasn't sure about Indiana.
Then I just googled Kurt Signette.

Speaker 6 (26:13):
They turned the.

Speaker 17 (26:14):
Long John, Silver's and Blue Ash into a pet creamatorium.

Speaker 5 (26:18):
They did, and they thought we wouldn't notice.

Speaker 6 (26:22):
Tony. I know you used to love that place. I
loved it too.

Speaker 9 (26:27):
Back again, Tony's back, Elmer descends.

Speaker 14 (26:33):
Hi, Tony's fighting black talking smack, eating snacks, my wife
snack Tremaine Mac.

Speaker 2 (26:40):
Guess who's back, sh Main Mac, and Elmer descends, Oh
my god, he's one hundred percent correct. There used to
be a long Johnson. Now it's like some pet cremation place. Unbelievable.

Speaker 7 (26:54):
It's the voice of the Blue Devils Johnny Moon. Top
five all time duos, number five, Buzz and Woody, number four,
Tom and Jerry, number three, Batman and Robin, and a
tie at the top, one Tone and Autie and one
a Gary and Ace welcome back Tone. Glad to have
the dynamic duo back together. Keep working hard and someday

(27:18):
maybe you two can take over the top from Gary
and As Bye bye.

Speaker 2 (27:23):
Who are Gary and Ace? I'm not even going into it, okay,
And you can look it up if you know. If
you were ever a Saturday Night Live listener, I thought,
or a watcher, you can, you can.

Speaker 5 (27:32):
I thought he would say.

Speaker 4 (27:36):
The guys from Augie's pen point Head, bud Man and Woody,
bud Man and Woody.

Speaker 2 (27:41):
But there isn't there a point head at point Head
down there as well. That's a trio, man. I'll bet
bud Man.

Speaker 5 (27:49):
And Friday from the next year.

Speaker 14 (27:51):
Tony, welcome back, brother, Thank you. I, like everyone else,
are happy that you are back and that you and
also our team again. And I want to say and
I hate saying anything negative about any of our talk
brother fellow talkbackers. But I always imagine God's sounding like.

Speaker 5 (28:10):
Morgan Freeman and not like pee wee Herbans. Oh sorry God,
I love you brother today. Oh pe wee Herban God.
How about that goodness? Yeah, Greg, Sharonville, Tony, so glad
you are back. This is like a miracle.

Speaker 18 (28:27):
Aside from my anger, I did pray for you and
your family.

Speaker 5 (28:31):
Thank you, love you guys and the show.

Speaker 6 (28:34):
Have a great day.

Speaker 5 (28:35):
Thank you, appreciate that great good people today.

Speaker 6 (28:38):
Guys, it's Jim from the home.

Speaker 19 (28:40):
Imagine my surprise yesterday when I tuned in and heard
the truly perfunctory top passer timely prognosticator seemed to be uc.

Speaker 5 (28:48):
Hall of Famer.

Speaker 19 (28:49):
What a camer Tony Pike not to be outdone, recently
titled by the Galactic Federation Swota set fast Warrior of
the Airwaves. Absolutely eloquent, audibly excellent, loustin elmore.

Speaker 5 (29:04):
That's all I got. I was shocked. I got streaky
underwear man, thank.

Speaker 20 (29:10):
You, turning and off to at her and that trailed
right at her, kind of like Kelly and James on
top of your French ripe.

Speaker 6 (29:19):
After locals going on.

Speaker 20 (29:22):
Everybody and Crafty I heard at crafty Amazon, at crafty Internet,
and apparently I was so excited when I called into
you guys, I couldn't even talk straight. So that said Bengals,
gold beat the Jets, take care of everybody, and always remember.

Speaker 6 (29:36):
Tee who knows sink I was back?

Speaker 9 (29:39):
Who Hooday, Tony, welcome back.

Speaker 6 (29:44):
Job market's pretty weird right now.

Speaker 17 (29:47):
Luckily for me as a Xavier fan, I could live
rent free in Chad Brindle's head.

Speaker 5 (29:55):
They also got to live rent free on campus for
three years, so people big that by.

Speaker 10 (30:01):
Tony and Austin. This'll probably be a two clicker talkback.
Yesterday I tried to call in, but you guys were
getting a lot of calls. So, uh, Tony, I'm really
glad you're back. I know Gene is thrilled. You're the
only podcast that she listens to, and she was heartbroken
and felt sorry for Audie. Audie, you sound a lot happier,

(30:21):
you see. And the Dodgers Okay, you see, he's doing great,
and the Dodgers need to win. I got a lot
of money bet on them.

Speaker 5 (30:29):
Okay. I see you work, I see you working.

Speaker 10 (30:32):
Okay, And continue on part two double dipping' Hey Bengals fans,
I am so excited for you, so excited for you.
Uh this Joe Flacco, Ah, it's crazy.

Speaker 5 (30:46):
I agree. And uh when we win the Super Bowl? Whoa,
I'm going to write a book the Two Joes. What
do you think about that?

Speaker 10 (30:54):
Tony, congratulations on the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 3 (30:57):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (30:58):
Well, well deserved, Okay, well deserve. I would I would
buy the book. Pike is back, Elliott, that is pretty close.

Speaker 21 (31:14):
Hey, Tony, Jim and Milford. Man, I'll tell you, you know,
sometimes in life you just sit back and you just
shake your head and go, that just ain't right. That's
how I felt, like, you know, during those cuts or whatever.
But you know that day, I wasn't I wasn't mad.

(31:35):
I was more sad, like my best friend in high
school just moved to a different town or something.

Speaker 5 (31:41):
But man, welcome back, Thank you, you're welcome back.

Speaker 12 (31:51):
Just so.

Speaker 10 (31:54):
You know, now we back up.

Speaker 5 (31:58):
You have, Yeah, welcome back.

Speaker 9 (32:04):
Tony got fired before Zach d Dang. I'm so glad Joe,
because Tony would never make it.

Speaker 5 (32:14):
As us say, Zach did out last man. He's probably right,
Zach did out last man.

Speaker 9 (32:20):
I martus from the grove.

Speaker 17 (32:24):
Finally, Tony has come back.

Speaker 9 (32:29):
Home.

Speaker 5 (32:31):
So glad to have you back, Tony Austen.

Speaker 9 (32:35):
Even when he's out, you still do an amazing job.

Speaker 22 (32:38):
You guys are the Batman and Robin of Sports Talk Radio,
the best duo in sports talk.

Speaker 9 (32:45):
Keep up the good work. Love you guys, love the show.

Speaker 5 (32:48):
I like Batman and Robin. That one's fine. Whatever that stuff.
Johnny Moomus peeling, Hello, Well, this is what James Roberts
a third at BAM counting. Explain something to me. So
we fired Tony?

Speaker 22 (33:01):
Yes, we then give Austin a big break and give
him the show. Yes, we then rehire Tony. Yes, we
changed the name of the show from sincey three sixty
to three sincey three sixty with Tony Pike?

Speaker 5 (33:15):
Can we do that all within a week? Who in
the hell is in charge?

Speaker 22 (33:20):
What kind of chicken feet operation are you running?

Speaker 5 (33:24):
Those?

Speaker 4 (33:25):
Those are the questions I've been asked answer. Joe Daniman
has had a lot of questions. That's been my internal
dialogue for the last week. Yeah, TP fifteen b MW.

Speaker 6 (33:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (33:39):
I don't know how it happened. I don't know when
it happened. I don't know where it happened. I'm just
glad it happened, Tony. Welcome back. Thank you.

Speaker 23 (33:47):
Since the three sixty sports talk radio in this town
is just better with you two together.

Speaker 5 (33:53):
Thank you.

Speaker 12 (33:54):
I Art Radio.

Speaker 5 (33:55):
We deeply appreciate y'all doing the right thing. Bulcome back,
tone what mall? He's out right now? I want to
know what mall? This time of the year, he hits
up the walk. It's a good question.

Speaker 11 (34:08):
Hey Tony, Hey Austin, It's Tod Albert Tickle to dance
and you guys are back. I am just tickled to
dath and hey, hey, hey, Tony's back today.

Speaker 24 (34:25):
Wind Shulers Cheese Spreads presents the Austin Elmore full line
of but of my chopped liver products.

Speaker 5 (34:33):
There's Lucy Goosey Pette the Ghost and.

Speaker 4 (34:38):
Mister Chicken livers and jumping jiggling giblets.

Speaker 5 (34:44):
A win's a Win's a win, Shuler Cheese spread and
Buttomi chopped liver.

Speaker 25 (34:52):
Whoa, Hey Tony, Hey Austin, Tony, I'm so glad you're back.
I was thinking about getting a psychiatrist as well for therapy,
if you know what I'm saying. So I'm so glad
you're back. It was not the same without you. The
most show wasn't the same without you being there, and
you'd be at the Holy Grail wasn't the same without

(35:14):
you there. And Austin you're doing a great job as well.
I think the Bengals are on the right track. They
just got to put some wins together.

Speaker 5 (35:21):
So got it. God blessed, Thank you, Tony TJ east Side.
What's up, guys, Yes, they missed the show.

Speaker 26 (35:31):
Had a tidy two little two over on the back,
Tony Wow went on the other side. So glad to
hear your voice and see your back on the radio.
Had to google it to make sure you weren't just
filling in. Excited for both of you to hear the
team is back together. This World Series matchup is awesome,
so many good players on both sides. Oddly enough, I
met asen Barger's and cousins on the beach and Ani

(35:52):
Maria last week. Gladdy Springer sures a gonna be awesome.

Speaker 5 (35:55):
That would have been glice if they would have fired
you and then you were filling in a week later.

Speaker 2 (36:01):
Right, Hey, it's a Tony here for Mo. Mo's back
in tomorrow, said Brenda is unavailable.

Speaker 9 (36:07):
Good morning fellas Brian from LA. It's good to have
you back, Tony. I just want to say, still listening
to the show, but currently in the hospital right now
staring at our newborn baby girl, Kira Riley. Oh, man,
that is so beautiful. It's the newest Bengals fan that
we got here. We have a good day.

Speaker 5 (36:29):
Whoa, whoa You don't you don't You don't have to
raise her a Bengals. That is awesome Angeles.

Speaker 4 (36:35):
Maybe the rams uh Seattle over there on the West coast,
maybe the Chargers Raiders.

Speaker 5 (36:42):
You don't have to make her a Bengal fan. Man,
what a day though, That's got.

Speaker 17 (36:47):
To be Welcome back to who do you guys got
in the World Series? Do you guys have the team
the best team that money can buy? And the Los
Angeles Dodgers who have bought their way to another World Series?

Speaker 6 (37:00):
Or America's team?

Speaker 5 (37:04):
I got the team with the best player in the world.

Speaker 2 (37:06):
Yeah, I would like Toronto to win, but if I'm betting,
I would say Los Angeles.

Speaker 5 (37:11):
Hey, y'all, it's George Michael again.

Speaker 27 (37:13):
I haven't called you on forever and stuff, but I
was real sad to hear about Tony losing his job.
But on the bright side, I thought, well, I'll never
have to hear him say jaguars again. I can imagine
my surprise when I turned in yesterday. Here was Tony
heard jaguars all over again. Don't seem to bother me
as much though as it used to. Oh well, anyway,

(37:35):
I'm glad you got your job back, Tony, Love you guys.

Speaker 5 (37:38):
Bye, George, Michael jag wires.

Speaker 28 (37:42):
Tony Housin George V. Town Hey, Tony Man, I turned
on the radio yesterday or I hired radio app and
I'm literally thinking I'll listen to a podcast like Man
Dah listened to him over the weekend. There's still on there.

Speaker 21 (37:54):
What's going on right now?

Speaker 28 (37:55):
What was I listened to? I mean, you made me
so excited yesterday. I was excited to turn it on
to get listen to it on time. As for the
one thing I would want, I would think it has
to be safety, defensive tackle. Get them both.

Speaker 5 (38:07):
We need them both.

Speaker 2 (38:08):
Let's go boys, Tony, listen, obviously you'd like to get both.
The question if you could only get one, if you
only had the chance to get one, which position are
you addressing Peppy.

Speaker 8 (38:20):
Patty here. Patty hey from Montgomery and I met in
real life yesterday, and moments later.

Speaker 5 (38:26):
The news broke that Tony was back.

Speaker 8 (38:29):
Coincidence starts a line not perhaps we have magic powers,
but really we're beyond happy for Tony and his family
and for AUDI and US listeners that the band's back together.
Thank you to iHeart for doing the right thing.

Speaker 2 (38:43):
Hooday, thank you for your many, many messages, Patty, I
appreciate that.

Speaker 5 (38:47):
All right, alright, all right, good thing they did at
one eighty. There is no three to sixty without TP.
Welcome back, GP, see what you did there.

Speaker 6 (38:59):
The good afternoon, Tony.

Speaker 5 (39:03):
Hi, Brian from Mount Washington Here. Brian, first time.

Speaker 29 (39:07):
Talkbacker, longtime listener, was thrilled to hear your voice back
on the radio today. So I wanted to reach out
and let you know that we're all guide.

Speaker 9 (39:16):
You're back.

Speaker 29 (39:17):
As far as the Bengals go, I think the only
thing they lead the NFL in is stadium lease negotiation
and having the lowest non player personnel payroll, and that
leads them to their biggest problems.

Speaker 18 (39:31):
Okay, hey guys, glad to see you're back together as
a team on the radio Joy listen to both of you.
Question for Tony was wondering if you might help explain
at some point maybe you can do a segment on
this or part of one the three defense, the three
man defensive front that the Bearcats use.

Speaker 5 (39:50):
I just don't get it.

Speaker 18 (39:51):
I think that if they were resorted to something different
that they wouldn't be run on the way they are.
Let me know your thoughts and ideas about why they
employed that.

Speaker 5 (40:00):
Appreciate it sounds like a football in the natty segment?
Do we want to do that next? Probably not have
time for it next. Okay, maybe maybe tomorrow. Yeah, I'd
be happy to I'd be happy to explain. The thron
write that down.

Speaker 30 (40:14):
Bear cast is short, like you're completely uncalled for an
absurd layoff. But if you parlayed Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Bearcats beangles,
FC Cincinnati all money line, you'll find.

Speaker 5 (40:29):
Plus three fifty two right now?

Speaker 30 (40:31):
Would sprinkle on it because I'm going to at least
a little bit now if you don't, who is the
one team that's most likely to screw that up? Guys?

Speaker 5 (40:42):
What it's Columbus? You throw you sell the records, so
the records out the window.

Speaker 2 (40:47):
I'm confident how the Bearcats are playing jet Stink, even
though the record doesn't show that I'm filming, and.

Speaker 3 (40:56):
Also Dynamic two back here back a serious inquiry. I
made a significant donation to a go fund me page
for Tony's financial woes during his time. How do I
get my refugged?

Speaker 5 (41:21):
That's a great question, that's a great idea.

Speaker 6 (41:24):
Talk backs are working today. What I wanted to say yesterday.
By the way, Abby, Tony, it's Ice. Welcome back, Tony Pike, Austin.

Speaker 26 (41:35):
You did a great job, but it's just not the
same without Tony.

Speaker 6 (41:39):
Sixty three sixty is Tony Pike and Austin Elmore.

Speaker 26 (41:43):
You guys are a staple in this industry and I'm
so so happy you're back.

Speaker 6 (41:49):
I hope you be here.

Speaker 5 (41:49):
Forever, right, Tony, I hope so.

Speaker 31 (41:53):
Thanks Ice Towny snackhead brush, you must be some kind
of big neal Towny.

Speaker 5 (42:00):
We're taking it back. When I heard you come on
in the area.

Speaker 31 (42:03):
Yesterday, I was shocked, and everybody else probably was too,
because I tried to leave a talkback and it wouldn't
take it. Hopefully today it does. I'm glad the team's
back together. Tony and Oddie are the best on the radio.
You guys, girth, I love you right, that is that's
an o g at talkbacks and.

Speaker 3 (42:25):
Aften Joe in Baltimore, j sound glad to hear Tony
back you two together the best on the radio.

Speaker 6 (42:32):
That's part of my workday. Makes my day go by quick.

Speaker 11 (42:35):
Really enjoy it all that being sad, go bear Cat
and Uh.

Speaker 3 (42:41):
I can't wait to beat the Jets on Sunday.

Speaker 5 (42:43):
Let's go, let's go, let's go. Wow, they're going way
back today. Go beart town man. All right, we're hearing
from all the old geez.

Speaker 13 (43:00):
Welcome back, welcome back, Welcome back t Pike.

Speaker 5 (43:06):
That you see Hall of Famer is back. Welcome back
Tony Hey. Quick question, how did the Bengals own line
get so good all of a sudden?

Speaker 4 (43:15):
Crazy?

Speaker 5 (43:16):
How they can keep that up? Kill them Jets?

Speaker 2 (43:19):
Jets need to see more of a more than a
one game sample size, but a step in the right
direction for the old line on Thursday.

Speaker 5 (43:24):
Yeah, Mike an independence here.

Speaker 32 (43:28):
I'd like to think that my email to the upper
brass of iHeart helps spur this decision, but I'm pretty
sure I was collective or most likely some advertising dollars
came into play to get them back on, So welcome back, Tony.
I do feel bad for James for peen uh not
the only to host the show with no yesterday. I

(43:51):
feel like he was Charlie Brown footballed away from him.

Speaker 5 (43:54):
Poor James.

Speaker 12 (43:55):
You don't know that feeling. John the first of Walt
Tony's Pike. I did pull some strength to get you
back on the air. What can I say except you're welcome. Secondly, Audie,
I am so sorry that you lost your first gig
hosting radio show.

Speaker 9 (44:14):
Oh my god, Tony, it's the lord standpoint and viewpoint.

Speaker 6 (44:19):
Also come back.

Speaker 5 (44:22):
To good point.

Speaker 19 (44:26):
Hey, I was wondering if we throw temper tantrums, can
we get Tracy Jones back?

Speaker 5 (44:32):
Oh boy, oh boy, happy to have you back bone. Well,
thank you. I miss Tracy too.

Speaker 4 (44:40):
Well, yeah, you wouldn't get my hopes up on that one.
That was our last one one segment, Nat would.

Speaker 5 (44:49):
We get back football in the Natti or standpoint and viewpoint?

Speaker 2 (44:52):
Coming back to We'll get the uh the viewpoint of
where Scott Sidderfield view Saturday's game and standpoint to start
our number three, you'll hear his audio from Today on
ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station, with.

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Speaker 9 (45:16):
Now Here's Dan and d Lap.

Speaker 2 (45:18):
You are known for your boisterous enthusiasm in the booth,
but there's no better x as and O's analyst in
the NFL, describe your approach as a broadcaster.

Speaker 5 (45:27):
It's probably a lot like yours.

Speaker 9 (45:29):
Dan.

Speaker 23 (45:29):
I mean, we both went to the new House School
of Communications at Syracuse University. The best there is preparing
people to enter the broadcast world knowing everything there is
to know about what you're doing, what you're broadcasting, I
don't care if it's tidliwinks or you know, the Super Bowl,
having an understanding of who the competitors are, what makes
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(45:51):
enthusiasm for the game. Just comes from love of the
game and do it in a way that you know
the audience appreciates that.

Speaker 5 (45:58):
Oh man, he really likes to get.

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Com real quick.

Speaker 2 (46:47):
We're going to get to us Scott Saderfield and his
press conference to open up our number three Austin. Before that,
Do we have an update from the New York Jets
on their quarterback position?

Speaker 4 (46:57):
Sure seems like we do. Jets owner Tony Johnson met
with reporters earlier today. He backed head coach Aaron Glenn,
but he said that the quarterback decision is completely up
to Aaron Glenn and Glenn hasn't announced who the quarterback
is going to be, but Rich.

Speaker 5 (47:16):
I don't know how to say his name.

Speaker 4 (47:18):
Samini Rich Samini who covers the Jets for ESPN and
I believe was on this show once before Friend of
the Show. He has said, according to his sources, Aaron
Glenn is moving towards naming Tyrod Taylor or Tarad if
you want to be politically correct, his starter. I asked
Mo this yesterday, looking like Tarad will start for Gang Green.

(47:41):
Tyrod Taylor started for Virginia Tech in the Onge Bowl
against you opposite of me in the oaito nine season.
Do you think Tyrod Taylor will throw over or under
his passing yards posted in the Orange Bowl on Sunday?

Speaker 5 (47:56):
How many did he have in the Orange Bowl? I
would say he would throw comfortably over. Okay, Now, did
you hear this quote from Woody Johnson about Justin Fields.
Listen to this.

Speaker 2 (48:08):
Woody Johnson on Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, with Justin
Fields at quarterback, said quote, if you look at any
head coach with a quarterback like that, you're going to
see similar results. Oh if we can't, he said, if
we can just complete a pass, it would look good.

(48:31):
That is incredible from the owner talking about your quarterback.

Speaker 5 (48:35):
I respect that.

Speaker 2 (48:38):
During the season. It's nice for our job. From the
top rope. Holy moly, I don't have to worry about
Scott Saderfield. He's talking to the media closing out Oklahoma State,
looking ahead to Baylor.

Speaker 5 (48:51):
Big match up.

Speaker 2 (48:53):
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of Cincinnati Bearcats. Next to kick off our number three.
We'll then get to some phone calls as well. We'll
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