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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tonighttime Grant Smith filling in for Benjamin Albrightess. He was
on KOA Sports earlier today five six six nine. Oh
the common Spirit health text line. If you want to
get involved in the show in here with my man
Nick Ferguson, Nick, how are you well?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Grant?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's always a pleasure and it is Thursday. So he's
sporting your fancy bullettie.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Yeah, not quite as fancy as my one I had
on a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Me.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Right, Oh no it's not. But I do have to
give it to you.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
There are not too many people I know in life,
or more or less around this building here that focuses
on fashion or coordination.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Coordination, so I got to give it to you.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Every time you wear a bullowtie is coordinating with something.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, and this one was a gift as well from
my good friends for my birthday last year, Emmy and Jordan.
And yeah, it seems like all of them are gifts nowadays.
I don't have to buy it any anymore because people
know I'm the bullowtie guy. So if they just have
one or see one, they're like, oh, we better get
that for Grant.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
So that being said, how many Bolo ties, whether purchase
by yourself or someone gifted to you that you actually have.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I'm in the twenties now, you're in the twenties.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, and I've only purchased I think four or five myself,
and the rest of them have either been handing me
downs or gifts from people, whether it's one that they
actually bought for me specifically or like some of my
favorite ones are ones that have a story behind it,
you know, like my brother got one. And for those
who have listened to my podcast Taking It for Granted
the podcast, new episode now with Susie Warton, great conversation
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with her. But for people that have listened to my podcast,
they know my brother is a recovering addict and he's
now eight years sober. But my most meaningful Bolo tie
is the one that he got from a guy that
he went through rehab with and they both got out
and got cleaned together, and his friend made him a
Bolo tie and he said, I don't know what I'm
gonna do with this, I'm never gonna wear it, so
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he gave it to me, and then that always makes
me think about how proud I am of my brother,
or I've got one. Mandy Connall's husband, Chuck, he gave
me one. He's like, this belonged to my dad and
it's an awesome family memento.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But I'm never gonna wear it. Yeah, so I wear
it all the time though. Wow. Yeah, so cool stories gone.
It's like, that's how I feel about tattoos as well.
It's like, if there's a story behind it, I can
get on board.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
If you're just getting tattoos to get tattoos, yeah we're
doing here.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I mean, when I was in college, it took me
a long time before I actually got a tattoo. I
was totally against it, and there are guys who were
just kind of getting tattooed just for the sake of, hey,
let's get a tattoo. And I never remember being in
the tattoo Pauler and one of my college teammates, he
was getting like Winny to pool and I was like, yeah,
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that's not on the age.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well no, it's not.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Like I mean, I say, can you imagine being sixty
years old and trying to explain, hey.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
I got a Winny to pool? Oh man, my tattoo.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
My brother has this one. And when he was laughing
about it, still to this day. It says he was
born in nineteen eighty seven.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
So he.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Around his collar bone, that says keeping it real, nineteen
eighty seven.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
The whole scene, it's like, yeah, it's like a chain,
a permanent chain, keeping it real since nineteen eighty seven.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, even he makes fun of himself about it. Now,
he's like what and the hell was I thinking? Well,
he was keeping it real. He was keeping it real.
That's real to him. But yeah, whatever floats your bone,
I guess. But I still like to give him a
hard time about that.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You know, we have The Love Doctor your studio and
tomorrow's Valentine's Day. How does the Love Doctor feel about
Valentine's Day?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I don't like Valentine's Day. I don't either. Oh, I
didn't expect that.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
That was.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
The reason I don't like it.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Let me back in for a second, because I said
this years ago, especially when I was dating, and immediately
I received from the women I was dating at the time.
They said that I was just being cheap.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Right, didn't want to take her out for a nice
meal on Valentine Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But but they I tried to explain it to him.
Some received it and others still had were protest because
I said, okay, well here's my logic for everyone listening
to Zack Singers.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
This is for you two. I know you have a
girlfriend fiance.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
My thing is I don't like it because it's been
so commercialized and I am not one that is used
to being told on.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
This particular day you have to do it, you have
to do it. I'm like, nah, that's why. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
And my thing was, if someone you're feeling in that
particular way, you should show your love and affection for
him every.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Single day, all year round.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
And most of the time you're thinking, here's a traditional thing.
It is a card, chocolate, candy, red roses, champagne or whatever,
and that too. In my opinion, it's just me, do
you it is what? Because it's just like no, And
I had to learn this. It's when you're dating someone
that you're married. It is the small things. It is
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the very small things that show that you are actually
paying attention to what she's talking about.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Because if you have the means, you can go buy anything, right,
and you go buy candy whatever, But did that really
show that you care?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Because going out to dinner that sounds great, right, that
sounds great but you know what is even better, you cooking.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
The meal yourself.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah, telling her, you know what, you chill, you sit down,
I got the kids.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Right Or on a random Tuesday, you know, when you
get home from work and she's had a really tough
day and you can tell.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
That's when you make the dinner.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
That's when you take her out for a nice meal,
not on some corporate holiday that's you know, made by
Hallmark to sell cards. But I have another reason I
don't like it because me and my wife, our anniversary
are dating anniversary is January fourteenth.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Her birthday is.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
On Christmas, so we've got Christmas, her birthday, and our
anniversary all within like a three week span.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Oh, I got your beat. I don't have any more
money left over for Valentine's Day. See, I got you
beat because you got Christmas.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I was married on New Year's on New Year's Day,
and then you got Valentine's Day on the fourteenth, and
then my wife's birthday is seven days later.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Oh yeah, one more than me.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And that yes, and my wife already told me, she said,
don't try to combine that, sucker, don't try to go Hey,
this one night or whatever it is, no, not doing that.
But for me, I had to learn that because as
a young man, I mean growing up, I didn't really
have anyone to really show me how to do that,
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how to be a man.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
In that way. I love the right way, yes.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Because you know, my father was in my life, but
he was in my life in that particular way. So
everything else else I learned was kind of like trial
and error. Why, just trying to learn how to be a.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Man and navigate and then to make matters worse.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
I'm a young professional athlete trying to figure out that
part too.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Yeah, were you one of those people who wouldn't tell
like a girl you were trying to date, you wouldn't
tell her your real profession because you didn't want any
gold diggers. Like would you be like, hey, I'm a
I'm a teacher, I'm a janitor. Not that there's anything
wrong with those professions, right, but they obviously don't make
as much money as a professional athlete.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, Grant, I started this so this is not the way.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
That I like to start up relationships by lying, right,
because you're trying to build trust. But I would start
on every relationship by lying, and in my mind it
was a good lie, right, it was a.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Good white lie. Yeah, it was a good life. It
was just like, well, you know what, I'm not even
gonna call it a lie. I call it a half truth, right,
have truth and omission.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yes, that's exactly what I would never tell them what
I did. One girl I was dating, she had never
been to my apartment, and then like right before she
went in, I was like.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I got to tell you something. And I saw the
look on her face and it seemed as though she
had to look like I'm about to open the door
and tell her I'm married. My wife's in there.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
But no, until I say, listen, I wasn't really honest
with you before. So now she owe her. I can
see her mind just moving now. And I was like,
I a play in the NFL, and she was just like,
wait a minute. She gave me that look like you
know when dogs kind of go roote and turn their hand,
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and I was like, yeah, I played it. I've been
in the NFL for like three years, and you know,
my bad not telling you. But you got to understand
the reason I didn't tell you is a good reason, right,
because I had to find out.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I needed to make sure do you like me for
me or do you like me for my status? Yes?
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Yeah, So at the beginning, everything was cool, but eventually
things change and I'm like, man, I should have kept
up with the See.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
I've never had to worry about that problem.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I've never had any status in my life, so I'm
just like, I'm always trying to make myself sound better.
You're you're doing the opposite. You're like, I'm gonna play
this down a little bit. See if the woman likes
me for me, and then she had to have like
that to be the best surprise ever, Like she thought
you were gonna air some dirty laundry, cleaning out your closet,
and you're just like, hey, just so you know, just
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so you say.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Before you walk in, I just need to make you
aware of certain things.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So it's it's one of those things. It's wild and
it's crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I know the relationships are crazy, but I still feel
as though one should always express the love and affection
for the significant other. And once again, I had to
learn over the years to kind of pay attention.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah right, It's the hard.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Part to pay attention because I was one of those
individuals that I mean, I just talked a lot I
love talking, but what happens sometimes you talk so much
that you don't do a lot of listening.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
See, that's well, that's my big problem is that I
work in this industry where I've got, you know, three
different pieces of audio behind the board all day, then
also trying to stay you know, locked in on the
show so I can come back with whatever funny comment
that Dave Logan or you or Ryan makes on KWA Sports.
And by the time I get home, I don't want
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to hear anything, nothing, nothing, like I like some silence.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Well how does that work?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Considering the fact that, like, do you and your wife
watch shows together?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Okay, so how does that work when you leave here
and she wants to watch a show and I mean, you.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Don't want to do any day.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Sometimes I'll just say, hey, I love you, but I
need fifteen twenty minutes to just decompress and let all
this crap that's been going on in my head, all
this noise all day, to just let it calm down
and then I can give you my attention. But also
I've come to realize that, you know, with our schedules,
they're so different. She's got a normal nine to five
and I'm here till ten o'clock every night, so she's
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usually going to bed about an hour after I get home.
So I've changed my tune a little bit, and I
just say, hey, I've got to focus for this one
hour when I get home and really listen to her
and give her my full attention. And then after that,
I've got my eleven to one am time to do
whatever i want, sit in silence, if i want watch
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Sports Center for the third time that day, whatever it is.
But I just got to give her my undivided attention
for that thirty five forty five minutes to an hour
when I get home, and that has helped our relationships.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
See that, right there is what happens in a relationship,
growing in a relationship, learning, and that within itself is
better than any Roses candy card you could ever give her.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
You know what I've found as the best gift. What's that?
A thoughtful handwritten note? Handwritten?
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Because man, do women love when you express their love
for them in the written word? And if you like,
no matter what I get her, jewelry, a card from Hallmark,
whatever it is, she doesn't appreciate anything as much as
a handwritten note, of how I truly feel about her,
because that.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Was that was that was awful. Like one time, I
thought this was cheesy, but I did it anyway. I
took some soap and wrote on the mirror, you know something,
my thoughts about my wife.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
At the time, I just wrote it on the mirror.
It's some soap, so to me, I've actually loved it,
Yes you did.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
It was something that was unexpected because people who know me,
and you know my friends who know me and my
kids will tell you that, you know, it's rare to
them that I laugh at certain things or I show
certain emotions, and they're absolutely right, because when you are
father and you're responsible for someone else's life, I mean
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you're taking on life's challenges and sometimes that vibrant smile
you may not show all the time. But I just
kind of made it my business to make sure I
validate my kids, because when you're a parent and you
can ask your parents about this, I mean, you're going
out there, you're challenging the world. You have to go
out there and you got you got to make it
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happen right. And the philosophy for me growing up was
you eat what you kill, so if you don't go
make some things happen.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Things are not going to happen. And as parents.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Because of that hustle, that grime, you may come home,
like you said, you want that moment to debrief right,
and sometimes with their.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Kids, they can't hit that choice. You don't get that.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
And as parents, and my parents did it to me,
it was like you're always told what you're not doing correct.
And that even happens in your work environment. People always
tell you what you are doing wrong. They never really
validate you. And I'll say this, and for me, this
is not that I'm trying to gain favor, but I've
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worked at several places here in Denver, outside of Denver
as far as radio is concerned. I got to give
you a big shout out to David Tevor because he's
one of those guys who he gives you positive validation
and constructive criticism because it's not supposed to be destructive.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
It's called constructive.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
And you do trust me, I've worked for some people
in this business that are only destructive in their criticism
and it is such a change of pace to have someone, hey,
you can do this better, and here's why. But here's
also some things that you're doing really well. That goes
that makes you hear it so much more too, you know,
it really makes it sink in when you say, oh,
he'd like see things I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Why wouldn't I try to do this better in his
eyes as well?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Yeah, and for me, that validation goes a long way.
That's why when I see people and they're doing great things,
I validate them. Yeah, you know, just because you validating
something that is good, worthwhile and positive. And my wife
would always say, well, what do you put out? You
always get back and return. So that's now my mentality.
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Like when my kids, you know, clean up your room,
do this, pick up this. Every pairent goes to that,
but now it's about me validating my kids for the
things that they.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Do, like, great job here.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
And my wife and I a little different because she
she waxed enthusiastic, enthusiastic all the time, all the time.
So and so when I first met her, I was like,
some I'm wrong with her.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
It's real positive because.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
When my mom first met my wife, when we were dating,
we were just engaged. My mom pulled me to the
side and she was like, oh, nigga, I don't mean
that I don't mean disrespect, but.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
She on drugs. Where can I get them? I'm like, no,
she's not.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
And I say, well, that's the same way I saw
her because we're not used to people.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Being really happy. Like the other day, I came.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
In here and I was on a sports zoo. I
love your comments. The other day Ryan was like thank you.
Ryan was like, why are you so happy?
Speaker 2 (16:12):
What's a good new well? Why are you in a
good mood?
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Nick Ferguson, Yes, And I was like, man, I woke
up this morning. I mean, that's the best gift I
can ever be given. And that's why I tried to
look at that and attack life in that particular way,
because I was just telling someone this today. I've been
telling my dad this that when we look at our lives,
we can look if he wants to, if he sat
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down and find everything about our life that's not happening
the way that we want to, and just pick through it.
My life is not like this. I thought it was
going to be this, and it was like no. And
as a kid who I was always sold an idle
mind as a devil's playground, and you sit there, you
think about everything that's not going on right in your life,
but you never really think about the things that are
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happening well for you. And that's for me, That's the
gift I try to give myself every day. And with
Valentine's Day being tomorrow, my main emphasis on how can
I be a better other, husband, friend, even co host.
That's what I'm thinking about. The gift that I can
give back to other people in that way that is
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more meaningful.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
Right.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Yeah, And for two guys that love love as much
as we do, it's funny that we both don't like
Valentine's Day.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
So I'd love to know.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
But what the listeners think about Valentine's Day? Shoot us
a text on the Common Spirit Health text line five
six six nine O. Let us know your thoughts on
Valentine's Day. But you know you mentioned you got to
celebrate when things are going good in your life. You
know who things are going good for right now?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Who's that?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
The Denver Nuggets eight game winning street going into All
Star break? And how about Jamal Murray last night man
dropping fifty five points. Here's a couple of the highlights
courtesy of Altitude TV, and then coach Michael Malone's comments
on it.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Afterwards for good very look crazy?
Speaker 4 (18:04):
Is it all where he's got that? He wants it over?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Hurry, way.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Hurry, he boy, miss kit Maria.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Five in the first quarter, you could see it. I
mean he was, he was scoring at a high clip
and I got him out late in the first knowing
I was going to start him in the second and
he was just in.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
A great rhythm.
Speaker 5 (18:33):
Shout looked good and we always talk about it.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Man, he he was just ultra aggressive tonight and I
was glad he was because it was It was one
of those games where you just as a coach obviously
watching one of your players have that type of a game,
you're just so proud of him and happy for him.
And you know he's been playing at a high level
for us since Tonight was you know, his best game
ever from a number standpoint.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Gotta love from coach Malone And man, what a game
from Jamal.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Murray last night. What were your thoughts on his career
high at fifty five points?
Speaker 3 (19:07):
For me, it was like, that's the Jamal Murray that
you want to see every single night. I know it's
very difficult because the NBA season is so long, and guys,
look at it and say, look the game, the season
is so long, we'll hit our stride.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
At this point.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
We just need to make sure we are right here
by All Star break to catch up, to come even
and then now we could turn it on after that.
But I just thought it was great because moving forward,
the Nuggets team need multiple guys to show up, and
guys who names are not NIKOLEA.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Jokis.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
So to see Jamal have a night like that, it
only builds his confidence.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, man, what a great game by him.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
And by the way, Nikola Jokis now has twenty five
triple doubles and three different seasons, one of only three
players in NBA history to ever do so.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Do you know who the other two are? I have no, Oscar.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Robertson and a fellow nugget right now.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
A fellow nugget right now? Yeah really, Russell Westbrook. Yeah,
he's like mister like triple double.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Before before the Joker, he was mister triple double double. Yeah. Well, ye, man,
what a great season.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
And if we can get Jamal playing like that the
rest of this year, we're gonna be in line for
another Nuggets chamionship run. We're gonna talk a little football
when we come back. Got the one and only Rick
Lewis joining us for What the Funk coming up in
just a couple of minutes on KOA A fifty a
ninety four to one FM News Talk Sports, the What
(20:42):
the Funk intro for your Broncos Color Analyst Rick Lewis,
Welcome back to Broncos Country tonight. I'm Grant Smith, filling
him for Benjamin Albright, sitting in here with my guy
Nick Ferguson a couple of texts from the Common Spirit
Health text line. You can text us at five six,
six nine zero from the seven too Ohero.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Valentine's Day is for kids.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
If you're an adult still playing that game, you got problems.
Another one from the four oh six. Wife and I
stop giving cards years ago.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Now we can. Now we each buy a good bottle
of red and sign it. I like that idea.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Drink some wine together on Valentine's Day. Last one three
oh three. Marriage is like football. You have to tackle
it together. That's a good analogy.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Tackling that marriage. It sounds really aggressive.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Well, someone who's also an expert on love and music
and football are Broncos Color analyst Rick Lewis. Rick first question,
do you and your amazing wife celebrate Valentine's Day each year?
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Uh? The answer is n O. I really don't. You
know what. I'm not a fan of fabricated holidays and
she's not either. I don't think we'll even give each
other a card, to be honest with you. But one
thing we do is, and I heard Nick talking about
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this earlier, is you know, we love each other year round.
Like I'll buy my wife a gift for no reason
that just surprised her. And honestly, my wife will buy
whatever she wants. Anyway, He's a little hard to shop
for because he's already shopped for it, you know. So
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the answer is no. But one thing we do is
we take care of mom. So we'll always send my
mom and her mom, who are widows, flowers on Mother's Day.
In fact, they both got him today, or not only
Mother's Day, but Valentine's Day. They both got him a
day early today and I got a call from my mom.
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So I think that's important to do well, Rick.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
You know what, there's a lot of questions this off
season about the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
That have to do with the team. I'm going to
ask the question about one that's kind.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Of down the line, But the team needs to make
a decision more sooner than later, and that has to
do with should they keep the stadium where it is
or should they look to renovate it and move it
somewhere else. So, as a guy that's been there for
a while calling games, how do you.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Look at that situation? What would you like to see
the team do?
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Well? I know most people probably wouldn't agree with this,
but I'd like to see them build the stadium with
a retractable roof number one, so you could use it
year round for a lot of different events. You could
have a Super Bowl here if the Broncos did that.
And I would imagine if they build a stadium, it's
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going to have a roof or retractable roof on it.
And as far as moving it out of downtown Denver,
you know what, I can see that as well. You know,
there's talks about Loan Tree. I think that would be
a good location. It's pretty close to their facility, and
there's a lot of room to grow out there where
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they're at right now. They just don't have a whole
lot of room, you know, if you want to not
only build a stadium, but you want to build a
lot of stuff around that stadium, like hotels and restaurants
and you know, make it a full on entertainment center.
I don't see where you can do that in the
current location or anywhere near the current location. So I'm
(24:26):
all for a new stadium. I want it to be
retractable roof. And if they moved to Loan Tree, that's
fine with me. Now, if I lived in Loan Tree
and they built the stadium right into my house, I
don't think I'd be too happy about that.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Hey, if you could walk to the games.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
That's true, just walk to the games, that would be
a bonus. But you know, all the traffic and everything
that goes with a football game, I'm not sure it'd
be great to live next to.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Yeah, well, I think with the retractable roof. Also, you
know you mentioned getting a Super Bowl, you could also
get things like the Final Four conso it's year round,
you get place at things like WWE and UFC. You
could hold eighty thousand people at an event like that.
So I like the retractable roof idea. And Nick Ferguson's
been on that for about a week now. Arguing with
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anybody who will listen. But speaking of room to grow
this team, the Broncos look like they're ready to take
the next leap, but they need a couple pieces at it.
And I've gone back and forth these past couple of
days with people around the building about adding someone like
Deebo Samuel or Cooper Cup.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
And I'm of the mindset that with.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Bon Knicks on a rookie contract, he proved he's our
guy last year, I'm going to go all in whatever
pieces it takes.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
However much it costs.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
You use this rookie window as your championship window with
bon Nicks.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
How do you feel about that mindset?
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Yeah? Absolutely. I was on ka Wa Sports yesterday with
the guys and I said this that I think this year,
if the Broncos had an elite either or an elite
task catching tight end or an elite running back, they
probably win two more games than they did. So now
you have twelve games, you know you might get a
(26:06):
first round by or something like that, or maybe you
could you know, I certainly play a home playoff game,
So I think that's really important for them in this offseason.
Get one or both if you can, then you've really
got something because now you've got your quarterback in place.
There's a few other pieces missing too, inside linebacker would
(26:27):
be won, maybe a safety. I know Nick's probably talked
about that, but to me, those are the two most
important pieces moving forward. You need to give Bo Nicks
some more weapons. I've been so impressed with him and
his growth and the things he was able to do
with really no running game to speak of and no
(26:48):
pass catching tight end to speak up. Pretty amazing. They
won ten games and even made it to the postseason
with that roster on the offensive side of the ball.
So give me a tight end or running back.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Well, usually we give grades at the beginning of the season.
I guess so many people do. I don't because there's
so many things that are left out. We don't know
what teams have done as far as free agency and
a draft. But I'll ask you now that you have
seen bow in his first year. The team has made
it back to the playoffs, albeit that they were eliminated
(27:21):
by Buffalo, what kind of postseason grade would you give
this team as we look forward to free agency period
that's coming up shortly.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
I think they exceeded all expectations, winning ten games going
to the playoffs, I would give them a B for
the season. I think that's fair assessment when you consider
what Vegas had them at five and a half wins
on the over under. Yeah, and they doubled that. I
(27:53):
mean maybe a B is maybe a little too conservative,
maybe even a B plus somewhere in that range. I
think season surprised a lot of people, and it's got
a lot of us really excited about where this can
all go next season and the next couple of seasons after.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Yeah, I like that a BEE. I'd go B plus.
I think just just to be a little more positive.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
Well, you're mister positive, you and your Bolo tie. You
think about you grant, you set your own trend. You know,
you wear Bolo ties when nobody's wearing Bolo ties. You
grow a mustache when mustaches are not trending. And Nick,
on the other hand, he's the most fashionable guy in
(28:40):
Denver radio by far, maybe even Denver media.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
I think you're right. I think you're right. Nick always
brings a style.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
One other football question, not Broncos related, Travis Hunter announced
that he is going to the NFL Combine as a cornerback,
not a wide receiver.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
What do you think of that decision?
Speaker 4 (28:58):
I like it. I think that's he's better suited for that.
You can make more money as a wide receiver than
a cornerback typically, but I think that's the best position
for him. And I do think he'll be a bit
of a hybrid. I think that they'll probably you know,
I have a few packages for him on offense. You know,
(29:21):
we see that happen a few times over the last
couple of decades. Thinking about Champ Bailey and people like
that that have done it. He certainly can do that quarterback.
I think is the is the right way to go
for him. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
I think you're right too, And like you said, you
can still get used on offense and a couple of
packages and still be a lockdown quarner. And hey, he's
going to get paid. Look at PS two this past year.
You know he got his money as well. Rick, Right
before we let you go, you have another show coming
up soon with the Rick Lewis Project, Right.
Speaker 4 (29:51):
Yeah, I'm looking forward to this one quite a bit.
It's March first, Saturday night at Parker at a place
called the Wild Goose. Never been there, heard great things
about it, and we're going to be playing kind of
a co host event with Freddie Jones Band, which is
a band out of Chicago. Really good band. They had
(30:12):
a couple of hits in the nineties, you can google them.
And so we're going to open with a seventy five
minute set and then they'll play a ninety minute set.
Tickets are twenty five bucks for general admission, which is
a good deal. You can get tables too if you
want to go that route, but go to Wildgoose Saloon
dot com for ticket information. And thanks for mentioning that
(30:33):
great appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Hey, no problem.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
I've seen you guys play before in Freddy Jones Band. Man,
they're good too. So it's twenty five bucks for three
hours worth of two great bands. I think that's hard
to beat.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
Can't beat it, mis economy.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Well, Rick, thanks all, thanks as always for joining us,
and have a great day tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Not celebrating Valentine's Day.
Speaker 4 (30:55):
I'll do that. Thanks for having me out, guys, Love
you guys, love you too, man.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Thanks thanks as always to Rick Lewis.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
He's always so much fun and whatever we're talking about,
he's always down to get in on the conversation.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
That's one thing I love about Rick Lewis is his
enthusiasm and he's always.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
I mean, hell, he's as happy as I am. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Well, he's one of the people that I learned, you know,
I started in this business working on a show with
him and Dave Logan and Kathy Lee and him and
Kathy Lee man just just positive all the time, and
that's infectious, and I think that's that's something that's underrated.
That's why I love working with you so much, is
because you know we're gonna get some positive vibes whenever
we're together.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Positive.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
That's filling in for Benjamin Albright as he was on
KOA Sports earlier thanks to Rick Lewis for joining us
in that last segment and had to play some Kendrick
Lamar coming out because I know we were both huge
fans of the halftime Super Bowl show. I know it
wasn't for everyone, but what we enjoyed about it was
all the Eastern end that were in it. Yes, but
there was one that I didn't notice that you noticed,
(32:04):
involving our very own coach Prime.
Speaker 4 (32:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:07):
Okay, so I've always said that, you know, this coach
prime effect is it's a real thing, and it rubs
certain people the wrong way, but it is real.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
And the one.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
Easter egg that most people missed out on, if you
go back and watch it. Kendrick Lamar had on a
pair of Deon Senders inspired sneakers. They're the Nike DT
Max ninety six, right, And when the shoe first came out,
it was going for like, you know, one seventy seven.
Now after a while, obviously it goes down in price
(32:39):
or whatever. But Kendrick wore the shoe, and if you
a sneakerhead and you go to stock X, the price
has jumped up astronomically because his shoe, Coach Prime shoe
was worn and.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
Seen during the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Yeah, and when you think about a coach or a
player whatever kind of impacting culture in that particular way,
that's that's wild.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
That's wild.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
And I'm sure what with Coach Prime and Nike are
both happy.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
That's free advertising. That's free advertising.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
And you know it's it's funny because at the Coach
Prime effect.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
We've seen that since he's come to Colorado.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
You know, you saw like Bryce Harper and the Major
League Playoffs wearing a Coach Prime.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Sure, you see people all around the NFL. You see
the people that show up on the sidelines of games.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
I mean, all of that publicity is just great for SeeU.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
It is.
Speaker 3 (33:32):
And you know the fact that they just added you know,
Marshall fall to the MiGs, your guy, it only made
it interesting and had his hands to uh talk to
Marshall during.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
The Super Bowl. You sent me the picture. Yes, yes,
we were down there afought it was your brother you did.
You were just like, man, you know, you guys have
the same exact smile.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
You guys like the same exact look on your face.
And maybe you guys were just so happy to be reunited.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Well you know what's you know, they say all black
people look like but I'm saying that.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
I'm saying that, but yeah, I mean he's a static about, uh,
the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
But this only adds to the.
Speaker 3 (34:13):
Coach Prime effect because what I said to him, when
you think about, like you said, the number of people
who now go to Boulder to watch games and they're
on the sideline before the games, they have never.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Done that before.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
And it looks like kind of like what the Lakers
look like before.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
You know, you have all the star studied people are.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
On the sideline so now you have coach Prime, you
have Warren Sapp, you have you now have Marshall and
Terrell Owens is always there and I'm like, dude, you're
here so much, you might as well work for the team.
And He's like, nah, I'm good in my position. So
seeing t O and all these Hall of famers come,
(34:53):
it is going to change how I guess we look
at CEU. But more importantly, the players who either transfer
in from other schools or young kids who decide to sign.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
We got about thirty seconds left in this segment.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Would that have impacted you when you were being recruited
out of college? If you were a high level prospect
with that impact you knowing that, hey, we've got guys
on this coaching staff that have been there and done
it at the highest level and can help me get
to where I want to go as a player.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Hell yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
Because at Georgia Tech when I was there, you know,
there were a lot of guys who were in the
league who, for some reason, I don't know how it happened,
would always come back to Georgia Tech and kind of
work out for free. So we would see them all
the time. So it exposed us to a lot of
those guys because a lot of us aspire to be
where they are, so we can see them, talk to them,
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get a little early insight.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
But yeah, that's big.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Yeah, I think all that is just good news for
CU Boulder and coach Prime and hopefully they can get
back on track next year after losing some pretty prominent
names in the process of this past year. But when
we come back, we're talking with a big name ourself.
We've got our very own Ryan Michael to go inside
inside the Numbers on KOA A fifty a M ninety
four to one FM News Talks Sports,
Tonighttime Grant Smith filling in for Benjamin Albrightess. He was
on KOA Sports earlier today five six six nine. Oh
the common Spirit health text line. If you want to
get involved in the show in here with my man
Nick Ferguson, Nick, how are you well?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Grant?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's always a pleasure and it is Thursday. So he's
sporting your fancy bullettie.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Yeah, not quite as fancy as my one I had
on a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Me.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Right, Oh no it's not. But I do have to
give it to you.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
There are not too many people I know in life,
or more or less around this building here that focuses
on fashion or coordination.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Coordination, so I got to give it to you.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Every time you wear a bullowtie is coordinating with something.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, and this one was a gift as well from
my good friends for my birthday last year, Emmy and Jordan.
And yeah, it seems like all of them are gifts nowadays.
I don't have to buy it any anymore because people
know I'm the bullowtie guy. So if they just have
one or see one, they're like, oh, we better get
that for Grant.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
So that being said, how many Bolo ties, whether purchase
by yourself or someone gifted to you that you actually have.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I'm in the twenties now, you're in the twenties.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, and I've only purchased I think four or five myself,
and the rest of them have either been handing me
downs or gifts from people, whether it's one that they
actually bought for me specifically or like some of my
favorite ones are ones that have a story behind it,
you know, like my brother got one. And for those
who have listened to my podcast Taking It for Granted
the podcast, new episode now with Susie Warton, great conversation
(01:32):
with her. But for people that have listened to my podcast,
they know my brother is a recovering addict and he's
now eight years sober. But my most meaningful Bolo tie
is the one that he got from a guy that
he went through rehab with and they both got out
and got cleaned together, and his friend made him a
Bolo tie and he said, I don't know what I'm
gonna do with this, I'm never gonna wear it, so
(01:53):
he gave it to me, and then that always makes
me think about how proud I am of my brother,
or I've got one. Mandy Connall's husband, Chuck, he gave
me one. He's like, this belonged to my dad and
it's an awesome family memento.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But I'm never gonna wear it. Yeah, so I wear
it all the time though. Wow. Yeah, so cool stories gone.
It's like, that's how I feel about tattoos as well.
It's like, if there's a story behind it, I can
get on board.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
If you're just getting tattoos to get tattoos, yeah we're
doing here.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I mean, when I was in college, it took me
a long time before I actually got a tattoo. I
was totally against it, and there are guys who were
just kind of getting tattooed just for the sake of, hey,
let's get a tattoo. And I never remember being in
the tattoo Pauler and one of my college teammates, he
was getting like Winny to pool and I was like, yeah,
(02:40):
that's not on the age.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well no, it's not.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Like I mean, I say, can you imagine being sixty
years old and trying to explain, hey.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
I got a Winny to pool? Oh man, my tattoo.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
My brother has this one. And when he was laughing
about it, still to this day. It says he was
born in nineteen eighty seven.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
So he.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Around his collar bone, that says keeping it real, nineteen
eighty seven.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
The whole scene, it's like, yeah, it's like a chain,
a permanent chain, keeping it real since nineteen eighty seven.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, even he makes fun of himself about it. Now,
he's like what and the hell was I thinking? Well,
he was keeping it real. He was keeping it real.
That's real to him. But yeah, whatever floats your bone,
I guess. But I still like to give him a
hard time about that.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You know, we have The Love Doctor your studio and
tomorrow's Valentine's Day. How does the Love Doctor feel about
Valentine's Day?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I don't like Valentine's Day. I don't either. Oh, I
didn't expect that.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
That was.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
The reason I don't like it.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Let me back in for a second, because I said
this years ago, especially when I was dating, and immediately
I received from the women I was dating at the time.
They said that I was just being cheap.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Right, didn't want to take her out for a nice
meal on Valentine Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But but they I tried to explain it to him.
Some received it and others still had were protest because
I said, okay, well here's my logic for everyone listening
to Zack Singers.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
This is for you two. I know you have a
girlfriend fiance.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
My thing is I don't like it because it's been
so commercialized and I am not one that is used
to being told on.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
This particular day you have to do it, you have
to do it. I'm like, nah, that's why. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
And my thing was, if someone you're feeling in that
particular way, you should show your love and affection for
him every.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Single day, all year round.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
And most of the time you're thinking, here's a traditional thing.
It is a card, chocolate, candy, red roses, champagne or whatever,
and that too. In my opinion, it's just me, do
you it is what? Because it's just like no, And
I had to learn this. It's when you're dating someone
that you're married. It is the small things. It is
(05:10):
the very small things that show that you are actually
paying attention to what she's talking about.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Because if you have the means, you can go buy anything, right,
and you go buy candy whatever, But did that really
show that you care?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Because going out to dinner that sounds great, right, that
sounds great but you know what is even better, you cooking.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
The meal yourself.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah, telling her, you know what, you chill, you sit down,
I got the kids.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Right Or on a random Tuesday, you know, when you
get home from work and she's had a really tough
day and you can tell.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
That's when you make the dinner.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
That's when you take her out for a nice meal,
not on some corporate holiday that's you know, made by
Hallmark to sell cards. But I have another reason I
don't like it because me and my wife, our anniversary
are dating anniversary is January fourteenth.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Her birthday is.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
On Christmas, so we've got Christmas, her birthday, and our
anniversary all within like a three week span.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Oh, I got your beat. I don't have any more
money left over for Valentine's Day. See, I got you
beat because you got Christmas.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I was married on New Year's on New Year's Day,
and then you got Valentine's Day on the fourteenth, and
then my wife's birthday is seven days later.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Oh yeah, one more than me.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And that yes, and my wife already told me, she said,
don't try to combine that, sucker, don't try to go Hey,
this one night or whatever it is, no, not doing that.
But for me, I had to learn that because as
a young man, I mean growing up, I didn't really
have anyone to really show me how to do that,
(06:51):
how to be a man.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
In that way. I love the right way, yes.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Because you know, my father was in my life, but
he was in my life in that particular way. So
everything else else I learned was kind of like trial
and error. Why, just trying to learn how to be a.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Man and navigate and then to make matters worse.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
I'm a young professional athlete trying to figure out that
part too.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Yeah, were you one of those people who wouldn't tell
like a girl you were trying to date, you wouldn't
tell her your real profession because you didn't want any
gold diggers. Like would you be like, hey, I'm a
I'm a teacher, I'm a janitor. Not that there's anything
wrong with those professions, right, but they obviously don't make
as much money as a professional athlete.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, Grant, I started this so this is not the way.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
That I like to start up relationships by lying, right,
because you're trying to build trust. But I would start
on every relationship by lying, and in my mind it
was a good lie, right, it was a.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Good white lie. Yeah, it was a good life. It
was just like, well, you know what, I'm not even
gonna call it a lie. I call it a half truth, right,
have truth and omission.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yes, that's exactly what I would never tell them what
I did. One girl I was dating, she had never
been to my apartment, and then like right before she
went in, I was like.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I got to tell you something. And I saw the
look on her face and it seemed as though she
had to look like I'm about to open the door
and tell her I'm married. My wife's in there.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
But no, until I say, listen, I wasn't really honest
with you before. So now she owe her. I can
see her mind just moving now. And I was like,
I a play in the NFL, and she was just like,
wait a minute. She gave me that look like you
know when dogs kind of go roote and turn their hand,
(08:41):
and I was like, yeah, I played it. I've been
in the NFL for like three years, and you know,
my bad not telling you. But you got to understand
the reason I didn't tell you is a good reason, right,
because I had to find out.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I needed to make sure do you like me for
me or do you like me for my status? Yes?
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Yeah, So at the beginning, everything was cool, but eventually
things change and I'm like, man, I should have kept
up with the See.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
I've never had to worry about that problem.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I've never had any status in my life, so I'm
just like, I'm always trying to make myself sound better.
You're you're doing the opposite. You're like, I'm gonna play
this down a little bit. See if the woman likes
me for me, and then she had to have like
that to be the best surprise ever, Like she thought
you were gonna air some dirty laundry, cleaning out your closet,
and you're just like, hey, just so you know, just
(09:27):
so you say.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Before you walk in, I just need to make you
aware of certain things.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So it's it's one of those things. It's wild and
it's crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I know the relationships are crazy, but I still feel
as though one should always express the love and affection
for the significant other. And once again, I had to
learn over the years to kind of pay attention.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah right, It's the hard.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Part to pay attention because I was one of those
individuals that I mean, I just talked a lot I
love talking, but what happens sometimes you talk so much
that you don't do a lot of listening.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
See, that's well, that's my big problem is that I
work in this industry where I've got, you know, three
different pieces of audio behind the board all day, then
also trying to stay you know, locked in on the
show so I can come back with whatever funny comment
that Dave Logan or you or Ryan makes on KWA Sports.
And by the time I get home, I don't want
(10:27):
to hear anything, nothing, nothing, like I like some silence.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Well how does that work?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Considering the fact that, like, do you and your wife
watch shows together?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Okay, so how does that work when you leave here
and she wants to watch a show and I mean, you.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Don't want to do any day.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Sometimes I'll just say, hey, I love you, but I
need fifteen twenty minutes to just decompress and let all
this crap that's been going on in my head, all
this noise all day, to just let it calm down
and then I can give you my attention. But also
I've come to realize that, you know, with our schedules,
they're so different. She's got a normal nine to five
and I'm here till ten o'clock every night, so she's
(11:08):
usually going to bed about an hour after I get home.
So I've changed my tune a little bit, and I
just say, hey, I've got to focus for this one
hour when I get home and really listen to her
and give her my full attention. And then after that,
I've got my eleven to one am time to do
whatever i want, sit in silence, if i want watch
(11:28):
Sports Center for the third time that day, whatever it is.
But I just got to give her my undivided attention
for that thirty five forty five minutes to an hour
when I get home, and that has helped our relationships.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
See that, right there is what happens in a relationship,
growing in a relationship, learning, and that within itself is
better than any Roses candy card you could ever give her.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
You know what I've found as the best gift. What's that?
A thoughtful handwritten note? Handwritten?
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Because man, do women love when you express their love
for them in the written word? And if you like,
no matter what I get her, jewelry, a card from Hallmark,
whatever it is, she doesn't appreciate anything as much as
a handwritten note, of how I truly feel about her,
because that.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Was that was that was awful. Like one time, I
thought this was cheesy, but I did it anyway. I
took some soap and wrote on the mirror, you know something,
my thoughts about my wife.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
At the time, I just wrote it on the mirror.
It's some soap, so to me, I've actually loved it,
Yes you did.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
It was something that was unexpected because people who know me,
and you know my friends who know me and my
kids will tell you that, you know, it's rare to
them that I laugh at certain things or I show
certain emotions, and they're absolutely right, because when you are
father and you're responsible for someone else's life, I mean
(12:57):
you're taking on life's challenges and sometimes that vibrant smile
you may not show all the time. But I just
kind of made it my business to make sure I
validate my kids, because when you're a parent and you
can ask your parents about this, I mean, you're going
out there, you're challenging the world. You have to go
out there and you got you got to make it
(13:18):
happen right. And the philosophy for me growing up was
you eat what you kill, so if you don't go
make some things happen.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Things are not going to happen. And as parents.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Because of that hustle, that grime, you may come home,
like you said, you want that moment to debrief right,
and sometimes with their.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Kids, they can't hit that choice. You don't get that.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
And as parents, and my parents did it to me,
it was like you're always told what you're not doing correct.
And that even happens in your work environment. People always
tell you what you are doing wrong. They never really
validate you. And I'll say this, and for me, this
is not that I'm trying to gain favor, but I've
(14:02):
worked at several places here in Denver, outside of Denver
as far as radio is concerned. I got to give
you a big shout out to David Tevor because he's
one of those guys who he gives you positive validation
and constructive criticism because it's not supposed to be destructive.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
It's called constructive.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
And you do trust me, I've worked for some people
in this business that are only destructive in their criticism
and it is such a change of pace to have someone, hey,
you can do this better, and here's why. But here's
also some things that you're doing really well. That goes
that makes you hear it so much more too, you know,
it really makes it sink in when you say, oh,
he'd like see things I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Why wouldn't I try to do this better in his
eyes as well?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Yeah, and for me, that validation goes a long way.
That's why when I see people and they're doing great things,
I validate them. Yeah, you know, just because you validating
something that is good, worthwhile and positive. And my wife
would always say, well, what do you put out? You
always get back and return. So that's now my mentality.
(15:08):
Like when my kids, you know, clean up your room,
do this, pick up this. Every pairent goes to that,
but now it's about me validating my kids for the
things that they.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Do, like, great job here.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
And my wife and I a little different because she
she waxed enthusiastic, enthusiastic all the time, all the time.
So and so when I first met her, I was like,
some I'm wrong with her.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
It's real positive because.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
When my mom first met my wife, when we were dating,
we were just engaged. My mom pulled me to the
side and she was like, oh, nigga, I don't mean
that I don't mean disrespect, but.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
She on drugs. Where can I get them? I'm like, no,
she's not.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
And I say, well, that's the same way I saw
her because we're not used to people.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Being really happy. Like the other day, I came.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
In here and I was on a sports zoo. I
love your comments. The other day Ryan was like thank you.
Ryan was like, why are you so happy?
Speaker 2 (16:12):
What's a good new well? Why are you in a
good mood?
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Nick Ferguson, Yes, And I was like, man, I woke
up this morning. I mean, that's the best gift I
can ever be given. And that's why I tried to
look at that and attack life in that particular way,
because I was just telling someone this today. I've been
telling my dad this that when we look at our lives,
we can look if he wants to, if he sat
(16:36):
down and find everything about our life that's not happening
the way that we want to, and just pick through it.
My life is not like this. I thought it was
going to be this, and it was like no. And
as a kid who I was always sold an idle
mind as a devil's playground, and you sit there, you
think about everything that's not going on right in your life,
but you never really think about the things that are
(16:58):
happening well for you. And that's for me, That's the
gift I try to give myself every day. And with
Valentine's Day being tomorrow, my main emphasis on how can
I be a better other, husband, friend, even co host.
That's what I'm thinking about. The gift that I can
give back to other people in that way that is
(17:19):
more meaningful.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
Right.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Yeah, And for two guys that love love as much
as we do, it's funny that we both don't like
Valentine's Day.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
So I'd love to know.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
But what the listeners think about Valentine's Day? Shoot us
a text on the Common Spirit Health text line five
six six nine O. Let us know your thoughts on
Valentine's Day. But you know you mentioned you got to
celebrate when things are going good in your life. You
know who things are going good for right now?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Who's that?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
The Denver Nuggets eight game winning street going into All
Star break? And how about Jamal Murray last night man
dropping fifty five points. Here's a couple of the highlights
courtesy of Altitude TV, and then coach Michael Malone's comments
on it.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Afterwards for good very look crazy?
Speaker 4 (18:04):
Is it all where he's got that? He wants it over?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Hurry, way.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Hurry, he boy, miss kit Maria.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Five in the first quarter, you could see it. I
mean he was, he was scoring at a high clip
and I got him out late in the first knowing
I was going to start him in the second and
he was just in.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
A great rhythm.
Speaker 5 (18:33):
Shout looked good and we always talk about it.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Man, he he was just ultra aggressive tonight and I
was glad he was because it was It was one
of those games where you just as a coach obviously
watching one of your players have that type of a game,
you're just so proud of him and happy for him.
And you know he's been playing at a high level
for us since Tonight was you know, his best game
ever from a number standpoint.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Gotta love from coach Malone And man, what a game
from Jamal.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Murray last night. What were your thoughts on his career
high at fifty five points?
Speaker 3 (19:07):
For me, it was like, that's the Jamal Murray that
you want to see every single night. I know it's
very difficult because the NBA season is so long, and guys,
look at it and say, look the game, the season
is so long, we'll hit our stride.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
At this point.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
We just need to make sure we are right here
by All Star break to catch up, to come even
and then now we could turn it on after that.
But I just thought it was great because moving forward,
the Nuggets team need multiple guys to show up, and
guys who names are not NIKOLEA.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Jokis.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
So to see Jamal have a night like that, it
only builds his confidence.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, man, what a great game by him.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
And by the way, Nikola Jokis now has twenty five
triple doubles and three different seasons, one of only three
players in NBA history to ever do so.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Do you know who the other two are? I have no, Oscar.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Robertson and a fellow nugget right now.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
A fellow nugget right now? Yeah really, Russell Westbrook. Yeah,
he's like mister like triple double.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Before before the Joker, he was mister triple double double. Yeah. Well, ye, man,
what a great season.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
And if we can get Jamal playing like that the
rest of this year, we're gonna be in line for
another Nuggets chamionship run. We're gonna talk a little football
when we come back. Got the one and only Rick
Lewis joining us for What the Funk coming up in
just a couple of minutes on KOA A fifty a
ninety four to one FM News Talk Sports, the What
(20:42):
the Funk intro for your Broncos Color Analyst Rick Lewis,
Welcome back to Broncos Country tonight. I'm Grant Smith, filling
him for Benjamin Albright, sitting in here with my guy
Nick Ferguson a couple of texts from the Common Spirit
Health text line. You can text us at five six,
six nine zero from the seven too Ohero.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Valentine's Day is for kids.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
If you're an adult still playing that game, you got problems.
Another one from the four oh six. Wife and I
stop giving cards years ago.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Now we can. Now we each buy a good bottle
of red and sign it. I like that idea.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Drink some wine together on Valentine's Day. Last one three
oh three. Marriage is like football. You have to tackle
it together. That's a good analogy.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Tackling that marriage. It sounds really aggressive.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Well, someone who's also an expert on love and music
and football are Broncos Color analyst Rick Lewis. Rick first question,
do you and your amazing wife celebrate Valentine's Day each year?
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Uh? The answer is n O. I really don't. You
know what. I'm not a fan of fabricated holidays and
she's not either. I don't think we'll even give each
other a card, to be honest with you. But one
thing we do is, and I heard Nick talking about
(22:06):
this earlier, is you know, we love each other year round.
Like I'll buy my wife a gift for no reason
that just surprised her. And honestly, my wife will buy
whatever she wants. Anyway, He's a little hard to shop
for because he's already shopped for it, you know. So
(22:29):
the answer is no. But one thing we do is
we take care of mom. So we'll always send my
mom and her mom, who are widows, flowers on Mother's Day.
In fact, they both got him today, or not only
Mother's Day, but Valentine's Day. They both got him a
day early today and I got a call from my mom.
(22:50):
So I think that's important to do well, Rick.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
You know what, there's a lot of questions this off
season about the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
That have to do with the team. I'm going to
ask the question about one that's kind.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Of down the line, But the team needs to make
a decision more sooner than later, and that has to
do with should they keep the stadium where it is
or should they look to renovate it and move it
somewhere else. So, as a guy that's been there for
a while calling games, how do you.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Look at that situation? What would you like to see
the team do?
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Well? I know most people probably wouldn't agree with this,
but I'd like to see them build the stadium with
a retractable roof number one, so you could use it
year round for a lot of different events. You could
have a Super Bowl here if the Broncos did that.
And I would imagine if they build a stadium, it's
(23:43):
going to have a roof or retractable roof on it.
And as far as moving it out of downtown Denver,
you know what, I can see that as well. You know,
there's talks about Loan Tree. I think that would be
a good location. It's pretty close to their facility, and
there's a lot of room to grow out there where
(24:04):
they're at right now. They just don't have a whole
lot of room, you know, if you want to not
only build a stadium, but you want to build a
lot of stuff around that stadium, like hotels and restaurants
and you know, make it a full on entertainment center.
I don't see where you can do that in the
current location or anywhere near the current location. So I'm
(24:26):
all for a new stadium. I want it to be
retractable roof. And if they moved to Loan Tree, that's
fine with me. Now, if I lived in Loan Tree
and they built the stadium right into my house, I
don't think I'd be too happy about that.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Hey, if you could walk to the games.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
That's true, just walk to the games, that would be
a bonus. But you know, all the traffic and everything
that goes with a football game, I'm not sure it'd
be great to live next to.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Yeah, well, I think with the retractable roof. Also, you
know you mentioned getting a Super Bowl, you could also
get things like the Final Four conso it's year round,
you get place at things like WWE and UFC. You
could hold eighty thousand people at an event like that.
So I like the retractable roof idea. And Nick Ferguson's
been on that for about a week now. Arguing with
(25:12):
anybody who will listen. But speaking of room to grow
this team, the Broncos look like they're ready to take
the next leap, but they need a couple pieces at it.
And I've gone back and forth these past couple of
days with people around the building about adding someone like
Deebo Samuel or Cooper Cup.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
And I'm of the mindset that with.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Bon Knicks on a rookie contract, he proved he's our
guy last year, I'm going to go all in whatever
pieces it takes.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
However much it costs.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
You use this rookie window as your championship window with
bon Nicks.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
How do you feel about that mindset?
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Yeah? Absolutely. I was on ka Wa Sports yesterday with
the guys and I said this that I think this year,
if the Broncos had an elite either or an elite
task catching tight end or an elite running back, they
probably win two more games than they did. So now
you have twelve games, you know you might get a
(26:06):
first round by or something like that, or maybe you
could you know, I certainly play a home playoff game,
So I think that's really important for them in this offseason.
Get one or both if you can, then you've really
got something because now you've got your quarterback in place.
There's a few other pieces missing too, inside linebacker would
(26:27):
be won, maybe a safety. I know Nick's probably talked
about that, but to me, those are the two most
important pieces moving forward. You need to give Bo Nicks
some more weapons. I've been so impressed with him and
his growth and the things he was able to do
with really no running game to speak of and no
(26:48):
pass catching tight end to speak up. Pretty amazing. They
won ten games and even made it to the postseason
with that roster on the offensive side of the ball.
So give me a tight end or running back.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Well, usually we give grades at the beginning of the season.
I guess so many people do. I don't because there's
so many things that are left out. We don't know
what teams have done as far as free agency and
a draft. But I'll ask you now that you have
seen bow in his first year. The team has made
it back to the playoffs, albeit that they were eliminated
(27:21):
by Buffalo, what kind of postseason grade would you give
this team as we look forward to free agency period
that's coming up shortly.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
I think they exceeded all expectations, winning ten games going
to the playoffs, I would give them a B for
the season. I think that's fair assessment when you consider
what Vegas had them at five and a half wins
on the over under. Yeah, and they doubled that. I
(27:53):
mean maybe a B is maybe a little too conservative,
maybe even a B plus somewhere in that range. I
think season surprised a lot of people, and it's got
a lot of us really excited about where this can
all go next season and the next couple of seasons after.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Yeah, I like that a BEE. I'd go B plus.
I think just just to be a little more positive.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
Well, you're mister positive, you and your Bolo tie. You
think about you grant, you set your own trend. You know,
you wear Bolo ties when nobody's wearing Bolo ties. You
grow a mustache when mustaches are not trending. And Nick,
on the other hand, he's the most fashionable guy in
(28:40):
Denver radio by far, maybe even Denver media.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
I think you're right. I think you're right. Nick always
brings a style.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
One other football question, not Broncos related, Travis Hunter announced
that he is going to the NFL Combine as a cornerback,
not a wide receiver.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
What do you think of that decision?
Speaker 4 (28:58):
I like it. I think that's he's better suited for that.
You can make more money as a wide receiver than
a cornerback typically, but I think that's the best position
for him. And I do think he'll be a bit
of a hybrid. I think that they'll probably you know,
I have a few packages for him on offense. You know,
(29:21):
we see that happen a few times over the last
couple of decades. Thinking about Champ Bailey and people like
that that have done it. He certainly can do that quarterback.
I think is the is the right way to go
for him. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
I think you're right too, And like you said, you
can still get used on offense and a couple of
packages and still be a lockdown quarner. And hey, he's
going to get paid. Look at PS two this past year.
You know he got his money as well. Rick, Right
before we let you go, you have another show coming
up soon with the Rick Lewis Project, Right.
Speaker 4 (29:51):
Yeah, I'm looking forward to this one quite a bit.
It's March first, Saturday night at Parker at a place
called the Wild Goose. Never been there, heard great things
about it, and we're going to be playing kind of
a co host event with Freddie Jones Band, which is
a band out of Chicago. Really good band. They had
(30:12):
a couple of hits in the nineties, you can google them.
And so we're going to open with a seventy five
minute set and then they'll play a ninety minute set.
Tickets are twenty five bucks for general admission, which is
a good deal. You can get tables too if you
want to go that route, but go to Wildgoose Saloon
dot com for ticket information. And thanks for mentioning that
(30:33):
great appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Hey, no problem.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
I've seen you guys play before in Freddy Jones Band. Man,
they're good too. So it's twenty five bucks for three
hours worth of two great bands. I think that's hard
to beat.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
Can't beat it, mis economy.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Well, Rick, thanks all, thanks as always for joining us,
and have a great day tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Not celebrating Valentine's Day.
Speaker 4 (30:55):
I'll do that. Thanks for having me out, guys, Love
you guys, love you too, man.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Thanks thanks as always to Rick Lewis.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
He's always so much fun and whatever we're talking about,
he's always down to get in on the conversation.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
That's one thing I love about Rick Lewis is his
enthusiasm and he's always.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
I mean, hell, he's as happy as I am. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Well, he's one of the people that I learned, you know,
I started in this business working on a show with
him and Dave Logan and Kathy Lee and him and
Kathy Lee man just just positive all the time, and
that's infectious, and I think that's that's something that's underrated.
That's why I love working with you so much, is
because you know we're gonna get some positive vibes whenever
we're together.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Positive.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
That's filling in for Benjamin Albright as he was on
KOA Sports earlier thanks to Rick Lewis for joining us
in that last segment and had to play some Kendrick
Lamar coming out because I know we were both huge
fans of the halftime Super Bowl show. I know it
wasn't for everyone, but what we enjoyed about it was
all the Eastern end that were in it. Yes, but
there was one that I didn't notice that you noticed,
(32:04):
involving our very own coach Prime.
Speaker 4 (32:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:07):
Okay, so I've always said that, you know, this coach
prime effect is it's a real thing, and it rubs
certain people the wrong way, but it is real.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
And the one.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
Easter egg that most people missed out on, if you
go back and watch it. Kendrick Lamar had on a
pair of Deon Senders inspired sneakers. They're the Nike DT
Max ninety six, right, And when the shoe first came out,
it was going for like, you know, one seventy seven.
Now after a while, obviously it goes down in price
(32:39):
or whatever. But Kendrick wore the shoe, and if you
a sneakerhead and you go to stock X, the price
has jumped up astronomically because his shoe, Coach Prime shoe
was worn and.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
Seen during the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Yeah, and when you think about a coach or a
player whatever kind of impacting culture in that particular way,
that's that's wild.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
That's wild.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
And I'm sure what with Coach Prime and Nike are
both happy.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
That's free advertising. That's free advertising.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
And you know it's it's funny because at the Coach
Prime effect.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
We've seen that since he's come to Colorado.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
You know, you saw like Bryce Harper and the Major
League Playoffs wearing a Coach Prime.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Sure, you see people all around the NFL. You see
the people that show up on the sidelines of games.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
I mean, all of that publicity is just great for SeeU.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
It is.
Speaker 3 (33:32):
And you know the fact that they just added you know,
Marshall fall to the MiGs, your guy, it only made
it interesting and had his hands to uh talk to
Marshall during.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
The Super Bowl. You sent me the picture. Yes, yes,
we were down there afought it was your brother you did.
You were just like, man, you know, you guys have
the same exact smile.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
You guys like the same exact look on your face.
And maybe you guys were just so happy to be reunited.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Well you know what's you know, they say all black
people look like but I'm saying that.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
I'm saying that, but yeah, I mean he's a static about, uh,
the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
But this only adds to the.
Speaker 3 (34:13):
Coach Prime effect because what I said to him, when
you think about, like you said, the number of people
who now go to Boulder to watch games and they're
on the sideline before the games, they have never.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Done that before.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
And it looks like kind of like what the Lakers
look like before.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
You know, you have all the star studied people are.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
On the sideline so now you have coach Prime, you
have Warren Sapp, you have you now have Marshall and
Terrell Owens is always there and I'm like, dude, you're
here so much, you might as well work for the team.
And He's like, nah, I'm good in my position. So
seeing t O and all these Hall of famers come,
(34:53):
it is going to change how I guess we look
at CEU. But more importantly, the players who either transfer
in from other schools or young kids who decide to sign.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
We got about thirty seconds left in this segment.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Would that have impacted you when you were being recruited
out of college? If you were a high level prospect
with that impact you knowing that, hey, we've got guys
on this coaching staff that have been there and done
it at the highest level and can help me get
to where I want to go as a player.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Hell yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
Because at Georgia Tech when I was there, you know,
there were a lot of guys who were in the
league who, for some reason, I don't know how it happened,
would always come back to Georgia Tech and kind of
work out for free. So we would see them all
the time. So it exposed us to a lot of
those guys because a lot of us aspire to be
where they are, so we can see them, talk to them,
(35:42):
get a little early insight.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
But yeah, that's big.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Yeah, I think all that is just good news for
CU Boulder and coach Prime and hopefully they can get
back on track next year after losing some pretty prominent
names in the process of this past year. But when
we come back, we're talking with a big name ourself.
We've got our very own Ryan Michael to go inside
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!