August 28, 2025 • 51 mins
DP relives the 5-year anniversary of Fritzy's infamous onion bagel meltdown. DP and the Danettes also discuss Tom Brady now being allowed to attend broadcast production meetings. CFB host Chris Fowler reflects on the early days of College Gameday and weighs in on today's CFB free agency feel with transfers.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Come on in, stay a while, gangs all here. Fritzie, Oh,
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of sorts for Fritzie. So Fritzie's here, Seaton, Marv, Paulie,
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got a poll question Play of the day, stat of
the day phone number eight seven seven to three DP
show operator Tyler sitting by to take your phone calls.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
The NFL is a week away.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I think the next forty eight hours are really important
for Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys. For some reason,
I have no intel on this. I just get the
sense the next forty eight hours, maybe twenty four hours
are going to be really important on what's going to
happen for the Dallas Cowboys. Certainly that opening night a
week from tonight against the Philadelphia Eagles. So nice slate
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of college football action coming up tonight for entertainment purposes only.
According to DraftKings, Boise State South Florida is spicy.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I like that. Let me see what else what I want?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Nebraska at Cincinnatira Esca getting six and a half, Boise
State getting five and a half at South Florida, Ohio
versus Rutgers because you do want to take advantage of
the New York market. Everybody, everybody wants to schedule Rutgers
so they can take advantage. I laughed at that when
when Rutgers joined the Big Ten and I read reports
(02:21):
where the Big Ten wanted to have the New York market,
and I said, there is no New York market for
college football. There's not, and it wouldn't be Rutgers if
it was. But they wanted to get the New York
We want to get in the New York market. We
want Rutgers because that great history of football with Rutgers football.
(02:42):
East Carolina in C State, that's a good rivalry. East
Carolina getting fourteen against inn C State. I'll take the
Pirates there. Elon getting thirty three and a half at Duke. See,
I'm okay with that matchup with a first week because
you're not going across the country. Akron's playing Wyoming, Stonybrook
(03:05):
is playing San Diego State.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
That's ridiculous, Thank you, Todd.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Buffalo at Minnesota, Miami of Ohio getting seventeen and a
half at Wisconsin. Hey, it's football. We'll watch. And then
you have the games coming up this weekend.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
You have.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
You have the big one coming up with Ohio State.
Ohio State favored by one and a half and that
might be a pickhim at game time. You see Alabama
favored by fourteen at Florida State. Let me see LSU
plus three and a half at Clemson. But that's a
hammer to come out of the box. Who Notre Dame
(03:47):
minus two and a half at Miami. So a lot
of interesting matchups here. And you don't say must win
situation because it feels like now with twelve teams in
the play like you can afford two losses and still
make the playoffs here.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
And if you're looking at strength to schedule, if.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
You do lose a game, did you lose a game
on the road and how much did you lose by?
But nice slate, nice slate of college football games coming out.
Let's see Seeton got a poll question for the first
hour of the program.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Heck, yeah we do. I'm just putting this one up
there right now. The first day of fall is dot
dot dot September first, the first day of college football,
or with an eye roll, September twenty second, September twenty.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yet, well, Todd, being the guy who graduated second in
his class in high school, he would probably say it
be September twenty first or twenty second time.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Yeah, you got to go based on the moon and
the stars and the galaxy is the way it all
lines up to the thing.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, from a non sports standpoint, I think it's the
beginning of September. I think that's a that's fair to
say September on first, that's when fall starts, yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (05:02):
Yeah, Dan, that's a correct answer because you understand fall
and football. Back when the uh the equinox was built
or the lunar calendar, they didn't have foliage, they didn't
have college football. They didn't know. I don't blame them.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
So are we saying the start of the fall is
today or the first well, it's floaty these are there
two different options in the poll question? Yeah, but the
first day of college football or September first?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Okay, I think you have to base it on temperature
in the Midwest East coast and you woke up today
and was about fifty three degrees. That's football, right, that's
football with it. But I would say September first, because
we had football last week and we didn't say it
was fall. I think, let's, you know, make it clean.
(05:47):
It's September first, it's fall.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
I hit fifty five last week while you were in Maine.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Mm hm, as did I. That's why I'm saying September first.
But I do think we're getting to football weather. It's crisp. Crisp.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Yes, Tom.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
What about the.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Thought of a labor day or the end of the
Labor day weekend that's the official end of summer slash
stought of fall. A lot of people kind of recognize
at school, Well.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
You already committed to September twenty second?
Speaker 7 (06:16):
Did I commit to it?
Speaker 5 (06:16):
I was just giving the argument towards those who think
that it would be September twenty We're not.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
We're not going to wrestle.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
I've always looked at it as once the Labor Day
weekend is a wrap that was your last shot at
doing something by the beach or whatever, and now it's
fall and deal with.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
It, which kind of, you know, leads into September first.
Speaker 7 (06:34):
Because always fall out of September first.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Though, that's almost And if I just heard Todd say
the word equinox.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Switch, I'd never said, Paul, he said equal that's a tell.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
Yeah, I said the stars and the moon and the gally.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
You said, clearly the word autunnel equinus, Okay, okay, any
other any other we can ask Chris Fowler when he
joins it.
Speaker 7 (06:53):
Yes, I have another.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Question, how much do you dive into all these games
tonight and today Thursday. Being that, do you need to
pace yourself with the amount of college football NFL we're
going to consume. Do you dive right into it today
or do you take a little peek at a couple
of games?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 7 (07:08):
I'm going to take a peek at a few different games.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
I'm not going to be like all wall to wall
seven o'clock till midnight watching is five hours of college
foot Well, that's being honest, and I'm a big sports fan.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
What else will you be doing?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
I will probably watch Will Fortune and Jeopardy. I will
see if you know any one of those network.
Speaker 7 (07:25):
Shows that catches my eye.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
You know, Dateline, a Rear, date Line, forensic vials, I'm
big on on ce itn.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Yeah, Paul, you could do that in late July, that's true,
you can do that in early August.
Speaker 7 (07:37):
I don't want to get burnt out. I gotta pace
myself now.
Speaker 6 (07:40):
Watching football all night is exactly what you should be doing,
mostly because we work here, but also because it's awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Yeah, I mean, this is college football and there's a
lot to sample. I think there's a game that starts
at five thirty Eastern.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I'm like, okay, sure, early bird special. I'm fine with that,
all right, eight seven to seven to three DP show
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Chris Fowler ABC, ESPN College Football and tennis announcer will
join us coming up. Inter Out will play Interer Out,
(08:15):
and the Chiefs are getting Richie Rice back. You might
forget how dangerous and good he was. He got a
six game suspension, and I think they said he accepted
a six game suspension. They I think he realized it
could be a whole lot worse with the six game suspension.
(08:37):
Terry McLaurin back at the Commander's practice as well, and
Shohyutani pitched five innings. He had nine strikeounts, he got
the win. But the pitcher that I have been watching
his name is Nolan McClain. He allowed four hits over
eight shutout innings and the Mets had to win against
(08:59):
the Phillies. This guy has got like breaking ball stuff
that is wicked, as the kids like to say, filthy.
He has twenty one strikeounts and I'm curious how many
are by swinging because it feels like when he throws
it and these guys they got no chance. His first
(09:21):
three starts, his era is one point nine. Oh actually
it's zero point eight nine after last night, zero point
eight nine. It breaks Tom Severs franchise record set in
nineteen sixty seven. Stat of the Day brought to you
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by Panini America. You watch this kid with his breaking ball.
It's wicked, it is, and it's always in the dirt.
You know. That's one of those that's coming right here,
and then zoom goes down in a way, and I'm
trying to think who has a breaking ball? A right
handed pitcher, who has something that's that sharp. John Smoltz
(10:10):
had the best stuff on the Brave staff. It wasn't
the best picture, but he had the best stuff. But
I'm talking about one of those breaking balls that is
just a sharp dive. It's one of those where you know,
sometimes you get on the highway and somebody will be
in the right lane and all of a sudden they
want to go over three lanes to get into the
hov lane.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
That's what it feels like.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
It's just that kind of zip, breaking ball and nasty
and it's down and those are hard to lay off
of because they're meant to look enticing. They're meant to
look like, man, that's coming right down Main Street. I
am gonna hop on. Well, wait where to go? And
it's in the dirt.
Speaker 6 (10:47):
Yeah, Paul, we got to check this kid out for
the Mets. He's twenty, just turned twenty four. He was
draft out of Oklahoma State University. He's got twenty one strikeouts,
four walks.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Man, we need to find out how many are swing
and miss strikeouts Jacky, because I'm going to guest three
fourths of his strikeouts are probably swinging miss.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
Yes, Ton, Can you call him the ball break or
is that safe? Is that not family friendly? For you know,
we always like the little nicknames.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
For our players and we can work shop that. I
think it's terrible, but thanks Don Brian and Milwaukee. Hi Brian,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 8 (11:20):
Good morning guys, just hearing your talk about fall. Meteorologists
here in the Milwaukee area, and as much as I
like to back Fritzy a lot of times, astronomically fall
begins the twenty first.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
September.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
First, it's we're closing the books June, July and August here,
so their summer September, October, November.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Thank you, thank you Bright.
Speaker 7 (11:50):
I think his signal is falling.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Did you agree with us at the beginning of September.
I think that it wasn't the the umn equinunx Hunt.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
Yeah, it sounds like he's saying June, July, August, those
are your summer months. In the beginning of September or
September till November, that's your your fall, so it should
be the beginning of September.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, I'm fine with that.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Yeah, football season feels different at the school and all
that stuff.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
It's all happening right now.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I know I never had a book bag when I
was in grade school high school.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
You just made all the nerds carry your books for you. No,
I never brought any books home.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
You know. My mom would say, why don't you bring
books home? Danny, I go, I did you know all
the I'd study study hall and I didn't study and
study hall. But I don't know when book bags became
important there, like you had to have an even a
lunch box. Like I had a paper bag and uh,
and then I had to bring it home because my
(12:47):
mom would say, hey, don't throw it away, you're gonna
use it again tomorrow. I go, okay, you know it
had like food stains in it didn't matter. My mom
would just say bring it home, Danny. I'm like, okay,
all right. But I never had a book bag or
a lunchbox. Yes, Ton, not to brag.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
But my lunchbox had all the AFC helmets on one side,
all the NFC on the other. This was before the
Seahawks and Buccaneers joined the league, like in seventy five
seventy six an NFL thermos. I thought I was pretty
important there in the lunch room.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Yeah, but you grew up with a you know, a
silver spoon in your mouth.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
I didn't just have the slice of thin slice of
balloon and I had.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
I had the devil Dogs and the ring Dings and
the Yodles, the Tweaky's, and the pie sandwich with at
least three pieces of meat on my wonder brain.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
And what's interesting is you have the same diet.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I absolutely do.
Speaker 7 (13:31):
I can't argue about it at all.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Marvin, did you have a backpack when you were in
high school?
Speaker 9 (13:38):
In high school, yeah, just a regular black jaz sport.
But an elementary school had the ultimate warrior book bag
man yo.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
Okay, Seaton, what about you? Did I have a backpack?
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Or did you have a lunchbox? Uh?
Speaker 4 (13:52):
I had a Duke's of Hazard lunchbox. At some point
I had a Gi Joe lunchbox as well. I think,
let's see but that I had a trapper keeper one
year and then I really settled into backpack culture for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
I had a backpack.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Guy. I think I just started using a backpack the
last year. Finally got around to it, and I'm like, damn,
where's just spend all my life?
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Matter of fact, I'm still a backpack.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Yeah. When we go on the road, now, you know,
I take the backpack. Yeah, it's the best. Yeah, it's
pretty good.
Speaker 6 (14:26):
PAULI as a kid, evil Knievel, lunchbox, trapper keeper like Seaton.
In high school, we didn't have the backpacks yet. I
was like you, I just didn't bring books home. I
hate to admit it, but I just didn't.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Well it wasn't for books.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Yeah, I carried one every day with books.
Speaker 6 (14:44):
I used to bring donuts to school and leave them
in my locker and people used to come over and
have munchkins. That's all I brought to school. No books,
just munchkins.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
You guys grew up with a silver spoon. Man, God,
I got nothing such luxuries. Yes, hey, that was status
back then because I'd walk into the lunch room and
no one wanted to exchange anything in my lunch bag.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
No one. It was an apple.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Maybe maybe you'd get one of those little pudding things,
and then you would get a piece of white bread
and you would get boloney, and then a slice of
American cheese. That was it, and then you would get
white or chocolate milk. That was every day.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
Yes, Todd.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
Did anyone ever make fun of you or points like, haha,
I got this. Did they tease you or they pretended.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Just you right now? Yes, thank you.
Speaker 7 (15:37):
I don't know if they just kind of don't look
over there and make him feel there he's got that
piece of blowney again with the apple.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Don't look if you, but I would, and I stopped
doing this because I was envious, like there was lunch
envy on my part, and I would just watch people.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
I go they got hostess, ho, hos.
Speaker 6 (15:56):
Man, that looks good.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
What kind of sandwich you out there?
Speaker 6 (16:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
I think it's roast beef, I think, And uh, what
kind of kind of dessert you got there.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I don't know it's I think it's a pumpkin pie
or something. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Yeah, yeah, the uh.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
I remember in like the lunch room, Carata Scanna used
to bring in a bagel with cream cheese, and it
was like she brought a caviaar the way that me
and like these two other dudes fought over it like
every day because she never ate it, and we'd be like,
oh my gosh, dude, a bagel and cream cheese the
best of the world.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
I was embarrassed at lunch, I really was.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
And then my mom one day says, well, why don't
you buy your lunch? And then I go, oh my god,
this is awesome. You get tater tots and a dry
piece of pizza, and man, this is awesome. Like I
was proud to sit down because I got look at this.
I had tater tots, yes.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
The square piece of pizza. Yes, Shepherd's pile.
Speaker 7 (16:58):
On Wednesdays.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Yeah, even the lunch ladies were surprised. We're like, oh,
you're getting a hot lunch today. I go, yeah, my
mom gave me two fifty or whatever. It was happy birthday. Yeah,
all right, let me take a break. It is an
anniversary for Todd. We'll have that for you. Coming up.
We'll get phone calls Chris Faller in an hour from now,
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(17:22):
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Faller coach Corso, Kirk kurb Street, and they didn't know
if anybody would show up on campus. Now now it's
(17:44):
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All right, so, poll question, let's clean up the first
hour seat and what are we going to go with
an hour or two?
Speaker 4 (19:40):
It's a controversial poll question right here. We've got up
there right now. The first day of fall is September first,
the first day of college football, or September twenty second.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Obviously it's September first. It'll need an autumn autumnal soul
stiss or anything.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
I don't know what this says about our audience. Yeah,
but right now, with thirty nine percent of the vote,
September twenty second is winning.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Then there's a two way split right down the middle
tie between September first and the first day of college football.
I'm just saying, if I'm choosing my group of friends
from these results, yeah, there's thirty nine percent that I'm
leaving out. Those are the books, smart people. Okay, I
know exactly by the rule.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
We got it, we got it, Yes, Tod. Is it
the BookSmart people?
Speaker 5 (20:35):
Or is there a portion of the audience that just
doesn't want to let go of somewhere and you want
those extra few weeks and they can't accept that all
of a sudden September first, we're calling it the end
of summer break and sun and beaches and vacations, all
that stuff.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Well, it's fifty two degrees this morning, I know, just psychologically,
but sometimes you know, after Labor Day, they come all
of a sudden, you get one of those hot days
in earlier.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
Mid September, you know, before it actually stays cool for
the rest of the next several months. I'm just wondering
if that's a psychological thing. I need to hold onto
summer at the last possible day, don't rush it.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I like to get into fall sooner. Yeah, more fall
the better, Yeah for me, Yeah, Paul, I'd.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
Be in favor of canceling the last five days of
August to get us to September faster, though I don't
know how you do that. Yeah, but people who love summer.
If you bump fall up to September first, and we
bump summer up to June. First, they get three more
weeks of summer. Problem solved.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
What if we just made September have thirty five days?
Now we're talking, we just say September actually goes to
the thirty fifth.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
And then we're taking five off of August.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
And yeah, August only goes to Yeah, what the twenty
fifth thing? Okay, whatever, twenty sixth? Maybe who do we
propose this to? I got a guy I know, maybe
President Trump. Everybody's calling for it, everybody says they want it.
Speaker 6 (21:51):
It's funny. This could get tracks the next thing, you know.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
This is exactly the kind of thing they get done
like that. The Brady Rules are basically done. The NFL
will allow Tom Brady, the Fox Sports analyst and Las
Vegas Raiders minority owner, to take part in production meetings
with coaches and teams this season. This is according to
(22:14):
The Athletic. Brady's first year as a broadcaster, he was
banned from the information gathering sessions for just about the
whole season, and the rules were put in place due
to his ownership stake. The NFL relented for the Super Bowl.
Brady's play by play partner Kevin Burkhardt and other crew
(22:34):
members would inform Brady of what was said in these meetings.
The sessions with coaches and players can reveal nuggets that
can be used during the broadcast. Sometimes they take place
over zoom, sometimes in person. Brady is still not allowed
to go to team practices. Fox and the NFL declined comment.
(22:58):
He shouldn't be in theseuction meetings. You're a minority owner
of the Raiders.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Now, whether he was he was still involved with a
team that was involved in the two biggest cheating scandals
of all time. Correct, it was involved in Well, his
team was involved in Spygate, there was deflate Gate. He
shouldn't be in these meetings. It's just pick one or
(23:26):
other the other. The NFL wants Tom to be there
doing the games. I get that, but you know, now
you're kind of changing the rules just so Tom can
go into these meetings, and he does need to be
in these meetings. If you want to be a broadcaster,
be a broadcaster, go into those meetings, be professional, and
they're going to treat you as such a professional. But
(23:46):
I mean, if I'm a coach and I play the
Raiders at some point this season, and I don't know
how many times this would happen, do it? I mean,
how forthcoming? Do you want to be here? Tom can
ask anything you want.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Now you don't.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
I don't have to answer that, But I don't know
somebody's this guy's got a banged up ankle, probably be
that way all season long, or this guy you know,
can't count on him. It feels like you know he's
or man, he's not very good at the end of season.
Who knows what information comes out. I just think you
(24:20):
got to be fair to being either a minority owner
who is very active from what I'm told, or you're
going to be a broadcaster, and keep this in mind,
how competitive Tom is. I don't think this is like
a summer or you know, vacation for Tom where I'm
I'm going to be a broadcaster for a little while.
(24:43):
He's going to want to be great, and you're going
to want to get information. He wants to get somebody
who's going to tell him something. Then he's going to
be Oh, do you hear what Tom said? Or do
you hear what Tom found out? And he doesn't need
these nuggets. I mean Tom is learning TV, he knows football.
There's a big difference. They're guys who aren't great football
(25:06):
players who were really good analysts because they understand TV
as well. And Tom is understanding that. And I think
if you want to be successful, be in the meetings,
go to a practice. I mean, this is why collins
Worth is the best in the business. He's there, he's
going to the practices. He knows who these players are.
(25:26):
Now there are some analysts. The further you get away,
the less you know when you were playing in your
couple of years removed, you know who these players are.
You get five, seven, ten years away and you're like
fifty seven thirty two. It's not what you should be doing.
But if Tom's going to do it, I think you
got to say to Tom, decide what you want to do.
(25:48):
But the NFL is going to bend the rules here
because they want Tom to be part of the Fox broadcast.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
I understand that. I don't think it's I don't think it's.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Right because he's he's sort of going to the meetings
or he's sort of involved in the game, but he
can't go to the practices. But then everybody who's there
is going to tell him everything that went on, So
really he's kind of there by proxy.
Speaker 6 (26:12):
Yeah, point and is it fair to Fox as an
organization if Tom walks in to talk to a franchise
and they're less than forthcoming because they're concerned about this.
Now Fox suffers by not getting information to use on
game day. Imagine Brady was still playing with the Patriots
and he was doing a sit down production meeting with
blank announcer who had a piece of the New York Jets.
(26:33):
You think he's going to hold back a little extra.
Of course he is because his competitor and he wouldn't
trust that medium. Yes, this is the roles are reversed.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
Yes, I agree. It's a great point.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
If Peyton Manning was part owner of the Broncos or
the Colts and he's going in there, is Tom going
to share information with him? Maybe not?
Speaker 12 (26:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Point.
Speaker 6 (26:56):
And this goes back though, to the NFL being at
fault for allowing this to happen. You know, you don't
even need a rule in place that says you can't
be an announcer and an owner. There probably is one,
but it's so obvious that you shouldn't have allowed it
to be done. But they wanted Brady involved in everything,
his brand with their brands.
Speaker 7 (27:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Well, okayfel who knew about the commissioner's exemplate, Like, you
never know, they could be like, you know what, we
were going to change the rule here.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Okay, yeah, see.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
Like That's what drives me crazy though, is that there's
there are rules in place for a reason.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Until they don't need to be in place.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Well, no, they do still need to be in place,
we just don't want them in place anymore.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Yes, well for Tom correct, Yeah, we don't want that
pesky thing in place. But if and you're not gonna
have somebody else do this, I don't want Jerry Jones
doing Eagles games.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
I actually do. I think I think I would tune
into that.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Third and seven, which is why take this again?
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Well, what if Fox hired Jerry Jones and said, we
want you to be an analyst for a couple of games,
but we need you to go to the production meetings,
and with the NFL allowed Jerry Jones to go in
there to the Eagles production meetings.
Speaker 6 (28:17):
They've set precedent with Brady.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
So Jerry would be allowed to do that.
Speaker 6 (28:20):
Right, Jerry may take that Joe.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
More airtime, Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (28:26):
I'm looking at the Raiders' schedule what's going to happen
if Tom Brady has this game it's the Raiders at
the Commanders on Fox.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Well, he has the Commanders and the Giants game first week,
I believe correct, let me check. I think that might
be his first game, and then you're going to have
the Commanders against the Raiders later in the season. It's
just you're kind of screaming out, you know, conflict of
interest here. But they've allowed him to do it, so great, congratulations.
(29:01):
Now go learn some things there, give us some nuggets there.
Speaker 6 (29:05):
Yes, Pauline, he's on the Commission's not exempt, not exactly,
He's not exempt from anything.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
A couple of phone calls in here. We'll talk to
Chris Fowler in about ten minutes from now. This is
the fifth anniversary of the Fritzy meltdown in the drive
through of a bagel chain store. They did not have
onion bagels, and they did not have tuna fish as well,
And it was fifteen minutes before closing time, and Todd
had a meltdown, and we had a listener who just
(29:34):
sent in onion bagels and Todd is wasn't sure because
he didn't know if these were tainted bagels. But I said,
go ahead, Todd, I said, Todd, I'll eat half a bagel.
Has that a period of time has.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Passed since a number of us, including myself, I've partaken
and I think we're.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Okay, okay. Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Speaker 5 (29:54):
Just thanks to Jeff. That was a very thoughtful thing,
especially on the anniversary. This guy gets it and that
was kind.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Michael in South bend him.
Speaker 13 (30:01):
Michael, Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. Yeah, I
just want to comment about the bagel situation. I have
a wife who's about thirty two weeks pregnant. That reminds
me of when I get to McDonald's at ten oh
one am and they stop serving breakfast and I have
to hear about it the.
Speaker 12 (30:18):
Rest of the day.
Speaker 13 (30:20):
But also wanted to comment about you guys coming in
for the usc game with South. Then wanted to see
you guys were doing a live audience if you had
a place to do the show. A recommendation of mine
would be Auroric's Irish Pub right across.
Speaker 12 (30:34):
From the stadium.
Speaker 13 (30:36):
My wife will be one week out from her due dates,
so her last request would be to come and see
you guys live.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
I could always visit her in the delivery room.
Speaker 13 (30:45):
Oh, Dan, we'd welcome that, we would. I'd let you
up before my parents.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
I don't know where we're going to be. We're going
to be outside the stadium. We're still working on this
and we'll let you know if we can have an audience.
We have to get security. Like, there's a lot more
that goes into it. It's not just we show up
and come out and you can rage. We want to
make sure that it's a little bit organized here. But
(31:10):
thank you, Michael, and whatever your wife needs, supply it.
Keith and Charlotte, Hi, Keith, what's on your mind?
Speaker 5 (31:21):
Hey?
Speaker 14 (31:21):
Dan, thanks for calling me back. Yep. Hey, so I
know that we are talking a little bit about stars
aligning and Equinoxa's and I heard this little tidbit about
a week ago. And I have some hope for the
Panthers now this season. I'm hoping that this will come through.
So in two thousand and two, Panthers have a losing record,
(31:42):
Ohio State wins the National Championship. Jennifer Lopez filescore divorce.
Two thousand and three, Panthers.
Speaker 13 (31:48):
Go to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 14 (31:50):
Twenty fourteen, Panthers have a losing record Ohio State Winstinnattie,
Jennifer Lopez file for divorce twenty fifteen.
Speaker 13 (31:57):
Can't just go to the super Bowl.
Speaker 14 (32:01):
Hey, theer's have a losing record Ohio State, Lincinnati and
Jennifer Lilpez files for divorce.
Speaker 12 (32:08):
The answers go to.
Speaker 3 (32:09):
The super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
I say, put your money down now, Dan, I love that, Keith,
I'm going to bring that up on the Gambling podcast.
I'm sure Shyan Irving he'll put some money down on that.
I don't know if it's that big a deal that
j Lo files for divorce, because that seems to be
a comedy occur.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Something less common. Yes, Yes, that's happened quite a few times,
a little more teeth to it.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Yeah, she's She's piled through a few husbands there.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Yes, Tom, I.
Speaker 5 (32:38):
Thought Numeral was interesting. He took me back to a
completely other level.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
I love that. That's awesome. Andrew and Pittsburgh, Hi Andrew,
what's on your mind?
Speaker 14 (32:47):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Dan?
Speaker 15 (32:47):
Just calling in the wake of the gold digging patent
filed by Bill and his girlfriend. The entire thing will
likely end poorly for Bill, but I can't help but
feel the Sarty for thirty is going to be absolute fire.
So I got a pitch for you. Okay, what if
I told you you could strike gold on a seven
forty seven, that even goats could become domesticated and the
(33:10):
Panthers weren't the only kitty that Bill was pounding Espny.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Well no, no, no, no, Andrew, no no no, Well loose, yeah,
can't can't get loose and turns that's over the line. Yes,
it is over the line.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Yes, yeah, family, Yeah, Bill being the goat can be domesticated.
That's that's what he meant the other line. I don't
need to explain that I did watch the thirty for
thirty on SMU Football again last night. They're just they
were so breezen. They and and the fact that Eric
Dickerson gets that gold trans am from Texas A and
(33:48):
M and then doesn't have to give it back. He
just kept it and went to SMU because Texas A
and M can't report that, Hey, we gave him that
trans am. Just what went on in that conference, Oh
my goodness, and Ron Meyer that you know, that's one
(34:10):
of those Hey, I gotta get I got to get
out of town here. I'm going to go to the Patriots. Hey,
that's how hot it is right now. I got to
get out of here and all of a sudden, and look,
they were a really good team, really good team. But yeah,
Eric Dickerson, Craig James, the quarterback, Lance mcilhoney.
Speaker 6 (34:32):
I think, yep.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
He was a artist, a magician and a small guy.
But you're just watching this and they talked about the
oil boom and so much money and boosters and I mean,
what has really changed? You know, boosters they want their
team to be good. What's it going to take? And
(34:53):
the main booster at SMU, I don't even think they
got him on camera to talk. He was like, I
had nothing to say about it. He didn't want to
be involved. I guess in the thirty for thirty. But
you're watching and Eric Dickerson in that running style. One
of his teammates said you could put like a drink
on his helmet and he wouldn't spill a drop because
(35:14):
he ran so upright.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
And Craig James.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
I remember Craig James telling me a story that his
brother would bet people when Craig was going to run
the hundred yard dash in high school because he was
usually the only white guy and he would be betting
people that Craig was going to win, and then Craig
would win because he, you know, was a track star.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
You know, I had track speed there. But smu Man, Yeah, Paully.
Speaker 6 (35:42):
One of the best parts about the documentary is one
of the ways they got caught. They were paying players
with cash and the envelopes had SMU Athletic Department letterhead.
Not hard to trace it back.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
But everything is on the up and up now in
college football, Yes, Marvin right, absolutely, Yes.
Speaker 7 (36:01):
Come on, no conference realignment, Yes and io.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
Yes's take a break here. Chris Fawler will join us
on loan for the Mothership. More of your phone calls
as well. We're back after this Dan Patrick show.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
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Speaker 2 (36:26):
Chris Fowler busy man ESPN college football tennis host commentator.
He'll be on the call Saturday night. It'll be LSU
at number four Clemson, Herbie you'll be there, Holly Row,
Molly McGrath. And then week two you got Michigan at
number eighteen, Oklahoma also part of the US Open broadcast.
(36:47):
ESPN airs all fifteen days of the US Open on
all of its networks. You got the women's singles final
Saturday and the men's singles finals Sunday. That'll be the
seventh on ABC and ESPN.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
This good to see it. Chris, how are you, bud?
Speaker 16 (37:03):
Thanks for the extended promo. Hope that wasn't part of
the deal getting me on.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
It was.
Speaker 12 (37:07):
You're very generous.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
It was the pr machine at ESPN said we got
two plugs for Chris.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
I go, okay, So I meant.
Speaker 16 (37:16):
To text you palitic congratulations your team's triumph and celebrity
family feud. I guess you watched it last month, but
it was it was a stirring performance. You guys showed
your very in tune with the people, very in tune
with the people, Dan.
Speaker 12 (37:29):
So it's good.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
We had fun, but it's one of those that you say, yeah,
let's do it. And then I got on stage and
all of a sudden, Steve Harvey comes out. I got
my Dan name tag and I go, oh, bleep, what
am I doing here?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
I just kept thinking something's going.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Viral, and when it goes viral, it's usually bad, and
thankfully it did not, but there was some trepidation for
the wrong time to have trepidation when you're on stage
with Steve Harvey Freeze out there.
Speaker 16 (37:59):
I think I'd show if you're got to hit the
buzzer and come up with something, that crazy person.
Speaker 12 (38:03):
You did well.
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Well.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
We went through rehearsal. I got yelled at because I
screwed up. You're not allowed to have your hand up
and you have to have your hand down, and I
got it.
Speaker 3 (38:13):
It was a false start.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
And then they go hey no, and I go all right,
And then you weren't allowed to talk to each other.
Somebody's in the audience and they're saying, hey, no talking,
you can't talk. We were I thought we were going
to get you know, we were.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
We were.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
Take me back to game day now, I'm going to
go off memory here. When I was at the Mothership.
I remember the thought of you guys going out to
a football game was met with some great hesitation, like
is anybody going to show up? Like why would we
do that? You know, it's fine here in studio, they
don't need to be out there. Who's going to show up?
(38:55):
And I just remember that there were a couple of
members of management saying that, and I thought, if you
have a camera, people will show up. If there's a camera,
people want to be on TV. That It was the
only thing I said to John Walsh, our boss. I said,
if you got cameras, kids will show up.
Speaker 16 (39:14):
What kind of had three of them? I think we
actually had three of them that day. You know, well,
they had to spend some money. I think it was
the grand total of something like fifty grand to take
the show on the road, which is like that's about
a segment's worth of today's costs. No, we had to
convince folks we've done it at bowl games, but never
on a campus. Finally had four to say Notre Dame
one versus two in November in nineteen ninety three, and
it was a game worthy.
Speaker 12 (39:34):
They thought of getting us out on the road, and
you know, we didn't know what we were doing. We
didn't how to make it.
Speaker 16 (39:40):
You know, we were pretty clueless where it was indoors
at the Hall of Fame and people were kind of
wandering by, let me check out the Heisman's Wait a minute,
what's going on over there?
Speaker 12 (39:49):
And they didn't know exactly what we were doing.
Speaker 16 (39:51):
But it was evident, like from that very first show,
Dan that hey, you're right, there's cameras, there's people, we're
on a campus and we're onto something.
Speaker 12 (40:00):
And next year we went on the road more and more,
and after that every week.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
When did you know that, all of a sudden, this
is clicking with America Game.
Speaker 12 (40:09):
Day on the road shows.
Speaker 16 (40:11):
Yeah, I mean there were signs the first time. I
mean Lee Courser came out of the pep rally and
Notre Dame on Friday night and he had picked Florida
to say it all week, you know, the alma mater,
and they were the favorite, and he said, guy, changed
my pick. We had just seen stir out Regis or
somebody was in there doing their thing. And Lee saw
so much spirit had Notre Dame that immediately wanted to
change his pick. And that which is funny. You know
(40:34):
it was Craig James was there, you know, the pony
was doing his thing and and Lou Holtz. They won
the game, and he made a b line for our set,
which was just down the hall from his office, and
just jumped up on the set of Courso jumped up
try to give him his microphone.
Speaker 12 (40:48):
Like I said, it was pretty raw back then, but
we knew we had something.
Speaker 16 (40:52):
And then you know, a year after year, you know,
they began to draw bigger crowds and campuses wanted to
outdo the other one and break the record, and it
was wild. It was fun from the morning. The postgame
shows were a blast. We'd just be sitting outside the
stadium and the students would spill out and run to
the set.
Speaker 12 (41:11):
Kind of though. Those were the days when it was
it was simpler, shorter, smaller, but also very raw.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
Your first memory or first thing it comes to mind
with Lee Corso back in the embryonic stages of college
game day.
Speaker 12 (41:26):
I was thinking the other day I was doing a
show with Lee.
Speaker 16 (41:29):
Wisconsin had blown a game, something had happened late in
the game, coach's decision, and I'm the only one on
the desk with Lee at that year, and he says,
Barry Alvarez, the coach at the time, should walk into
the locker room, stand in front of his team and
resign immediately.
Speaker 12 (41:46):
He should quit. I mean, it looks a curse to me.
I'm the only one here like this.
Speaker 16 (41:51):
I have to say something about that. There's no Craig
James wasn't on the show that Bino wasn't there. No
one was there but me. You have to say some
thing like Lee, you're not serious. Nothing I say as serious.
But so he was kidding. But I had to be
the only one there to check him.
Speaker 1 (42:10):
Then.
Speaker 16 (42:11):
Now there's about seven guys on Game Day to check him.
But he in the early days, he would say stuff.
Well before he became like the lovable grandpa figure that
everybody smiles when they see, he would say stuff to
would piss off players, coaches, fans that you know. He
was a polarizing guy and and that helped spark things,
(42:33):
helped get eyeballs and interest on the show. And he
and Craig would go at it, and then later Kirk
came on and they would go at it.
Speaker 12 (42:39):
And that was the early years of Game Day. It
was come out.
Speaker 16 (42:42):
He was like a hot take guy before that existed, right,
but he did it, you.
Speaker 12 (42:46):
Know, with taste.
Speaker 3 (42:48):
And then the headgear, yes, and well.
Speaker 12 (42:51):
Women, that's instant.
Speaker 16 (42:52):
I mean when the minute he puts on, you know,
brutus buckeye head is sort of this it's a nut.
And I think back in the day it was I
don't know if it was in mint condition when he
got it, it.
Speaker 12 (43:02):
Was kind of beat up, but he put this thing on.
Speaker 16 (43:04):
It was a tense negotiation with Ohio State to get
them to give up Brutus's head. The story is part
of Game Day mythology. But kirkirb Street's wife, Allison, had
been a cheerleader of Ohio State. They said no, sorry,
but no. Later in the week, are you sure be pushed?
And they said, okay, fine, we'll do it and we'll
see how this goes.
Speaker 12 (43:23):
And the minute he puts it on.
Speaker 16 (43:25):
I mean, it's silly looking, but you knew, oh wow,
suit tied brutus head.
Speaker 12 (43:30):
And we're onto something.
Speaker 16 (43:31):
And then every other school saw the magic of that,
and then they were most of we're willing to cooperate.
Speaker 12 (43:38):
Now they all cooperate, of course, but yeah, that was
it was instant. We knew we were onto something.
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Best celebrity picker that you had, ooh, that's.
Speaker 16 (43:47):
Tough, because these celebrities, especially the comedians, wanted to come
play with leek orso. I mean that was the reason
I think why they came on the show. The pick
segment at the end, you know, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell,
Vince Vaughn, some of the.
Speaker 12 (43:57):
Funniest people on the planet wanted to come sit and play.
Speaker 16 (44:01):
Off of him and have him say not so fast.
My friend Bill Murray was was you know, well, he
was unhinged. He was a Clemson fan. They were playing
Florida State. Lee put on the seminole stuff. We had
a little mound of dirt in front of the set
so he could throw a spear in the ground like
chief Officiola. Bill Murray basically undid that whole plant like.
(44:23):
He knocked him to the ground in an atomic knee
drop on him. Lee wasn't young then, okay, he's ninety.
Now he wasn't young. Men and Bill would grab the
spear and he threw it. This is a real This
had a real like spear tip. This wasn't a prop
He threw the thing over the heads of these people
who were gathered by the home Depot guests, I guess.
Speaker 12 (44:45):
And it landed on this demo field of it harmlessly.
Thank God. I mean, somebody could have been in pain.
But I just think about that Alice Cooper.
Speaker 16 (44:55):
All these characters that you would think would have nothing
to do with the sport and wouldn't be in the
same frame as Lee Corso, but he said, with these guys,
I just have beautiful memories of that.
Speaker 3 (45:06):
What about the musket at West Virginia?
Speaker 12 (45:09):
What about all the firearms?
Speaker 16 (45:11):
I mean in the Big twelve, every school has a
firearm involved in it.
Speaker 12 (45:16):
And people think, you know, oh, you guys were soft.
Speaker 16 (45:19):
Oh you're reacting like it's a you know, it's a
cannon in your head well as you know, there's a
lot of microphones around the set, all these effects microphones
that go into your headset. The headsets are cranked up
really loud, so you can block out the noise and
you can hear yourself. Back in those days, I think
we had we had headsets before we got earpieces. But
(45:39):
the earpieces are air tight too, so you can't hear
anything else. When he shot the damn guns, I mean,
it was beyond definitely, like you just couldn't sit there
and not flinch your duck or something.
Speaker 12 (45:51):
You know.
Speaker 2 (45:52):
Oh, Chris Fowler joining us, and he's got Saturday night,
it'll be number nine LSU at number four Clemson and
also the US Open State of Tennis.
Speaker 3 (46:04):
Right now.
Speaker 12 (46:06):
At the top of the men's game. It's compelling as ever.
Speaker 16 (46:08):
I mean, you've got two guys that jumped into the
immediate aftermath of Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and the
colors south for Asimonic Center, and they've got this rivalry already.
They're pushing each other. We're seeing tennis we've maybe never
seen played before. And that's saying something. Given the fact
that those three giants elevated the game so much, so
I think the men's game at the top is compelling.
(46:29):
Got to have some guys join them, got to have
some guys show they can compete with these two. So
it's not predictable every fin I mean, most people would
expect those guys who are going to play again in
New York as they did at Wimblin and Paris, But
you want other guys to compete and join the party.
Women's tennis is wide open. It's the opposite. There is
no dominant player at the top. It's a free for all.
A different player wins every major. It seems all eyes
(46:53):
on Coco goff here in New York. But if you
like unpredictability, and I think some of these major finals
have been the least predictable events in sports. Picking one
hundred to one shots, eighty to one shots, winning Wimbledon
on the women's side every year.
Speaker 12 (47:09):
It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (47:10):
If I said you could change one thing in college football,
what would it be.
Speaker 16 (47:15):
I wouldn't turn back the clock. I know we talked
about nil and portal. I'm not one of those guys
that sits around winding about the modern realities. I'm uncomfortable
with certain parts of it. You know, players or they
finish the season, or they don't even finished the season.
There are teams in a bowl game, they're looking for
the next spot, they go play spring ball somewhere.
Speaker 12 (47:32):
They don't like that.
Speaker 16 (47:33):
They transfer again in the summer and they're at another campus,
probably taking another bag of money from another school in
the fall that.
Speaker 12 (47:41):
I don't like.
Speaker 16 (47:41):
I mean, you can't have the chaos of unrestricted free
agency with multiple windows during the year when you can
do it, there needs to be some order. I'd like
to see that cleaned up. But this isn't going away.
And I think it's kind of fun that you get
into a new season. Some of these teams. Belichick's got
what like seventy new guys. In North Carolina, they having
a completely new team. I mean, that's kind of interesting
(48:04):
to see how they're gonna gel so I try not
to whine about the unintended consequences of reform, which is
what we're dealing with. I think there's gonna be some
order restored. I like the new playoff format, and I
want to see it expands. I'm kind of goods where
we are right now.
Speaker 2 (48:19):
You got North Carolina with a standalone game on Monday
night with Belichick. But I think we could tune in
and watch Dion at your alma mater because he had
his son there, and he had Travis Hunter, and Dion's
good TV.
Speaker 3 (48:33):
Bill Belichick's not good TV.
Speaker 12 (48:37):
No most conferences for good TV.
Speaker 2 (48:39):
But I like it's weird. I would tune into Colorado
and I knew I would see his son, and I
would see Travis, and I'd see Dion and the atmosphere,
and you know, it just felt like Dion was an entertainer.
Bill's not an entertainer. Now it comes down to is
his team any good? You're not like I'll tune in
to go Okay? Does he have a cutoff Carolina Blue hoodie?
Speaker 9 (48:59):
On?
Speaker 3 (49:00):
Okay? He does? All right?
Speaker 2 (49:02):
Now, let me see if you know he can coach
college football.
Speaker 12 (49:05):
But don't you think when he said the Patriots.
Speaker 16 (49:07):
I mean people would watch them because they wanted to
see them lose.
Speaker 12 (49:09):
It didn't happen that often.
Speaker 16 (49:11):
But I think people will want to see how his
team looks, and I think some people want him to
succeed and some people want him to fail, And so
there's a there's a compelling tune in reason, at least
early in the season, they're expecting big ratings for that
Labor Day night games. You see you in Carolina, there
are a lot of curiosity watchers. I think that look,
(49:31):
no one knows how that team's gonna gel.
Speaker 3 (49:33):
I think they.
Speaker 16 (49:33):
Should be well coached, but in the ACC it's pretty balanced.
Games come down to the finish. Can Belichick make a
difference on Saturdays? Can he make a difference with adjustments?
Can they win close games? If they can, they can
be in the mix and the conference. They're not going
to be the most talented team. That's Clemson and then Miami,
But you know, I'm interested to see how they do overall,
(49:55):
not just Monday night.
Speaker 2 (49:56):
But you think people tune in to see him fail.
Where they tuning in to see Dion in a similar
situation of failing or succeeding.
Speaker 16 (50:06):
Still were I mean I think he captured imagination of
a lot of people weren't necessarily huge college football fans,
and that happened right the minute he got to Colorado.
Speaker 12 (50:14):
I mean, I was at the spring games for a year.
Speaker 16 (50:16):
Fifty thousand people in a snowstorm were watching a spring scrimmage.
Speaker 12 (50:20):
They came into town to watch it.
Speaker 16 (50:21):
These were not all locals, and I think you saw
massive TV ratings. Even when Colorado began to lose and
the story began to change and shift from hey, Deon's
doing some magic to hey, it's a reality check, they
still watched, I mean, and they still do watch. So yeah,
I'm going to be interested to see how they do
Friday night. I'll beating Columbus tomorrow night. There's a big
(50:42):
Corso luncheon there, which will be a cool event. And
then I'll go watch the Buffs that night and see
how they look against Georgia Tech. They're underdogs in the
first game. Nobody's expecting them to do anything this year,
but I think that they got a ship on their shoulder.
Speaker 2 (50:54):
But I wonder about that though, not will the novelty
wear off?
Speaker 3 (50:58):
There? Of with Dion and there.
Speaker 16 (51:00):
It has worn off? I think, I mean you've no
more to Travis Hunter. Shador's gone. I think you've got
You've got a team of talented players. I mean they're
they're better than people think. They're not going to be
tenth in the Big twelve in my opinion, but I'm
always going to be watching.
Speaker 12 (51:13):
And he's just a compelling figure.
Speaker 2 (51:15):
Dan.
Speaker 16 (51:15):
The way he dealt with cancer this summer and was
so open and transparent and vulnerable. I'm not a lot
of coaches sit there and talk about, you know, having
a having a caf there, having a portage on the
sidelines because they need. I mean, it's it's refreshing. His
messaging his team, if you're around him, is really old
school and valuable stuff.
Speaker 12 (51:34):
I think he's making differences in their lives. So I'm
a fan for sure.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
Great to talk to you, save travels, have fun Saturday
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Speaker 3 (01:18):
The NFL is a week away.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I think the next forty eight hours are really important
for Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys. For some reason,
I have no intel on this. I just get the
sense the next forty eight hours, maybe twenty four hours
are going to be really important on what's going to
happen for the Dallas Cowboys. Certainly that opening night a
week from tonight against the Philadelphia Eagles. So nice slate
(01:44):
of college football action coming up tonight for entertainment purposes only.
According to DraftKings, Boise State South Florida is spicy.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I like that. Let me see what else what I want?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Nebraska at Cincinnatira Esca getting six and a half, Boise
State getting five and a half at South Florida, Ohio
versus Rutgers because you do want to take advantage of
the New York market. Everybody, everybody wants to schedule Rutgers
so they can take advantage. I laughed at that when
when Rutgers joined the Big Ten and I read reports
(02:21):
where the Big Ten wanted to have the New York market,
and I said, there is no New York market for
college football. There's not, and it wouldn't be Rutgers if
it was. But they wanted to get the New York
We want to get in the New York market. We
want Rutgers because that great history of football with Rutgers football.
(02:42):
East Carolina in C State, that's a good rivalry. East
Carolina getting fourteen against inn C State. I'll take the
Pirates there. Elon getting thirty three and a half at Duke. See,
I'm okay with that matchup with a first week because
you're not going across the country. Akron's playing Wyoming, Stonybrook
(03:05):
is playing San Diego State.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
That's ridiculous, Thank you, Todd.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Buffalo at Minnesota, Miami of Ohio getting seventeen and a
half at Wisconsin. Hey, it's football. We'll watch. And then
you have the games coming up this weekend.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
You have.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
You have the big one coming up with Ohio State.
Ohio State favored by one and a half and that
might be a pickhim at game time. You see Alabama
favored by fourteen at Florida State. Let me see LSU
plus three and a half at Clemson. But that's a
hammer to come out of the box. Who Notre Dame
(03:47):
minus two and a half at Miami. So a lot
of interesting matchups here. And you don't say must win
situation because it feels like now with twelve teams in
the play like you can afford two losses and still
make the playoffs here.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
And if you're looking at strength to schedule, if.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
You do lose a game, did you lose a game
on the road and how much did you lose by?
But nice slate, nice slate of college football games coming out.
Let's see Seeton got a poll question for the first
hour of the program.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Heck, yeah we do. I'm just putting this one up
there right now. The first day of fall is dot
dot dot September first, the first day of college football,
or with an eye roll, September twenty second, September twenty.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yet, well, Todd, being the guy who graduated second in
his class in high school, he would probably say it
be September twenty first or twenty second time.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Yeah, you got to go based on the moon and
the stars and the galaxy is the way it all
lines up to the thing.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, from a non sports standpoint, I think it's the
beginning of September. I think that's a that's fair to
say September on first, that's when fall starts, yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (05:02):
Yeah, Dan, that's a correct answer because you understand fall
and football. Back when the uh the equinox was built
or the lunar calendar, they didn't have foliage, they didn't
have college football. They didn't know. I don't blame them.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
So are we saying the start of the fall is
today or the first well, it's floaty these are there
two different options in the poll question? Yeah, but the
first day of college football or September first?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Okay, I think you have to base it on temperature
in the Midwest East coast and you woke up today
and was about fifty three degrees. That's football, right, that's
football with it. But I would say September first, because
we had football last week and we didn't say it
was fall. I think, let's, you know, make it clean.
(05:47):
It's September first, it's fall.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
I hit fifty five last week while you were in Maine.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Mm hm, as did I. That's why I'm saying September first.
But I do think we're getting to football weather. It's crisp. Crisp.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Yes, Tom.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
What about the.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Thought of a labor day or the end of the
Labor day weekend that's the official end of summer slash
stought of fall. A lot of people kind of recognize
at school, Well.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
You already committed to September twenty second?
Speaker 7 (06:16):
Did I commit to it?
Speaker 5 (06:16):
I was just giving the argument towards those who think
that it would be September twenty We're not.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
We're not going to wrestle.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
I've always looked at it as once the Labor Day
weekend is a wrap that was your last shot at
doing something by the beach or whatever, and now it's
fall and deal with.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
It, which kind of, you know, leads into September first.
Speaker 7 (06:34):
Because always fall out of September first.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Though, that's almost And if I just heard Todd say
the word equinox.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Switch, I'd never said, Paul, he said equal that's a tell.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
Yeah, I said the stars and the moon and the gally.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
You said, clearly the word autunnel equinus, Okay, okay, any
other any other we can ask Chris Fowler when he
joins it.
Speaker 7 (06:53):
Yes, I have another.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Question, how much do you dive into all these games
tonight and today Thursday. Being that, do you need to
pace yourself with the amount of college football NFL we're
going to consume. Do you dive right into it today
or do you take a little peek at a couple
of games?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 7 (07:08):
I'm going to take a peek at a few different games.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
I'm not going to be like all wall to wall
seven o'clock till midnight watching is five hours of college
foot Well, that's being honest, and I'm a big sports fan.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
What else will you be doing?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
I will probably watch Will Fortune and Jeopardy. I will
see if you know any one of those network.
Speaker 7 (07:25):
Shows that catches my eye.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
You know, Dateline, a Rear, date Line, forensic vials, I'm
big on on ce itn.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Yeah, Paul, you could do that in late July, that's true,
you can do that in early August.
Speaker 7 (07:37):
I don't want to get burnt out. I gotta pace
myself now.
Speaker 6 (07:40):
Watching football all night is exactly what you should be doing,
mostly because we work here, but also because it's awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Yeah, I mean, this is college football and there's a
lot to sample. I think there's a game that starts
at five thirty Eastern.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I'm like, okay, sure, early bird special. I'm fine with that,
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(08:15):
and the Chiefs are getting Richie Rice back. You might
forget how dangerous and good he was. He got a
six game suspension, and I think they said he accepted
a six game suspension. They I think he realized it
could be a whole lot worse with the six game suspension.
(08:37):
Terry McLaurin back at the Commander's practice as well, and
Shohyutani pitched five innings. He had nine strikeounts, he got
the win. But the pitcher that I have been watching
his name is Nolan McClain. He allowed four hits over
eight shutout innings and the Mets had to win against
(08:59):
the Phillies. This guy has got like breaking ball stuff
that is wicked, as the kids like to say, filthy.
He has twenty one strikeounts and I'm curious how many
are by swinging because it feels like when he throws
it and these guys they got no chance. His first
(09:21):
three starts, his era is one point nine. Oh actually
it's zero point eight nine after last night, zero point
eight nine. It breaks Tom Severs franchise record set in
nineteen sixty seven. Stat of the Day brought to you
(09:49):
by Panini America. You watch this kid with his breaking ball.
It's wicked, it is, and it's always in the dirt.
You know. That's one of those that's coming right here,
and then zoom goes down in a way, and I'm
trying to think who has a breaking ball? A right
handed pitcher, who has something that's that sharp. John Smoltz
(10:10):
had the best stuff on the Brave staff. It wasn't
the best picture, but he had the best stuff. But
I'm talking about one of those breaking balls that is
just a sharp dive. It's one of those where you know,
sometimes you get on the highway and somebody will be
in the right lane and all of a sudden they
want to go over three lanes to get into the
hov lane.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
That's what it feels like.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
It's just that kind of zip, breaking ball and nasty
and it's down and those are hard to lay off
of because they're meant to look enticing. They're meant to
look like, man, that's coming right down Main Street. I
am gonna hop on. Well, wait where to go? And
it's in the dirt.
Speaker 6 (10:47):
Yeah, Paul, we got to check this kid out for
the Mets. He's twenty, just turned twenty four. He was
draft out of Oklahoma State University. He's got twenty one strikeouts,
four walks.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Man, we need to find out how many are swing
and miss strikeouts Jacky, because I'm going to guest three
fourths of his strikeouts are probably swinging miss.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
Yes, Ton, Can you call him the ball break or
is that safe? Is that not family friendly? For you know,
we always like the little nicknames.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
For our players and we can work shop that. I
think it's terrible, but thanks Don Brian and Milwaukee. Hi Brian,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 8 (11:20):
Good morning guys, just hearing your talk about fall. Meteorologists
here in the Milwaukee area, and as much as I
like to back Fritzy a lot of times, astronomically fall
begins the twenty first.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
September.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
First, it's we're closing the books June, July and August here,
so their summer September, October, November.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Thank you, thank you Bright.
Speaker 7 (11:50):
I think his signal is falling.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Did you agree with us at the beginning of September.
I think that it wasn't the the umn equinunx Hunt.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
Yeah, it sounds like he's saying June, July, August, those
are your summer months. In the beginning of September or
September till November, that's your your fall, so it should
be the beginning of September.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, I'm fine with that.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Yeah, football season feels different at the school and all
that stuff.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
It's all happening right now.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I know I never had a book bag when I
was in grade school high school.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
You just made all the nerds carry your books for you. No,
I never brought any books home.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
You know. My mom would say, why don't you bring
books home? Danny, I go, I did you know all
the I'd study study hall and I didn't study and
study hall. But I don't know when book bags became
important there, like you had to have an even a
lunch box. Like I had a paper bag and uh,
and then I had to bring it home because my
(12:47):
mom would say, hey, don't throw it away, you're gonna
use it again tomorrow. I go, okay, you know it
had like food stains in it didn't matter. My mom
would just say bring it home, Danny. I'm like, okay,
all right. But I never had a book bag or
a lunchbox. Yes, Ton, not to brag.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
But my lunchbox had all the AFC helmets on one side,
all the NFC on the other. This was before the
Seahawks and Buccaneers joined the league, like in seventy five
seventy six an NFL thermos. I thought I was pretty
important there in the lunch room.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Yeah, but you grew up with a you know, a
silver spoon in your mouth.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
I didn't just have the slice of thin slice of
balloon and I had.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
I had the devil Dogs and the ring Dings and
the Yodles, the Tweaky's, and the pie sandwich with at
least three pieces of meat on my wonder brain.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
And what's interesting is you have the same diet.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I absolutely do.
Speaker 7 (13:31):
I can't argue about it at all.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Marvin, did you have a backpack when you were in
high school?
Speaker 9 (13:38):
In high school, yeah, just a regular black jaz sport.
But an elementary school had the ultimate warrior book bag
man yo.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
Okay, Seaton, what about you? Did I have a backpack?
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Or did you have a lunchbox? Uh?
Speaker 4 (13:52):
I had a Duke's of Hazard lunchbox. At some point
I had a Gi Joe lunchbox as well. I think,
let's see but that I had a trapper keeper one
year and then I really settled into backpack culture for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
I had a backpack.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Guy. I think I just started using a backpack the
last year. Finally got around to it, and I'm like, damn,
where's just spend all my life?
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Matter of fact, I'm still a backpack.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Yeah. When we go on the road, now, you know,
I take the backpack. Yeah, it's the best. Yeah, it's
pretty good.
Speaker 6 (14:26):
PAULI as a kid, evil Knievel, lunchbox, trapper keeper like Seaton.
In high school, we didn't have the backpacks yet. I
was like you, I just didn't bring books home. I
hate to admit it, but I just didn't.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Well it wasn't for books.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Yeah, I carried one every day with books.
Speaker 6 (14:44):
I used to bring donuts to school and leave them
in my locker and people used to come over and
have munchkins. That's all I brought to school. No books,
just munchkins.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
You guys grew up with a silver spoon. Man, God,
I got nothing such luxuries. Yes, hey, that was status
back then because I'd walk into the lunch room and
no one wanted to exchange anything in my lunch bag.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
No one. It was an apple.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Maybe maybe you'd get one of those little pudding things,
and then you would get a piece of white bread
and you would get boloney, and then a slice of
American cheese. That was it, and then you would get
white or chocolate milk. That was every day.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
Yes, Todd.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
Did anyone ever make fun of you or points like, haha,
I got this. Did they tease you or they pretended.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Just you right now? Yes, thank you.
Speaker 7 (15:37):
I don't know if they just kind of don't look
over there and make him feel there he's got that
piece of blowney again with the apple.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Don't look if you, but I would, and I stopped
doing this because I was envious, like there was lunch
envy on my part, and I would just watch people.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
I go they got hostess, ho, hos.
Speaker 6 (15:56):
Man, that looks good.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
What kind of sandwich you out there?
Speaker 6 (16:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
I think it's roast beef, I think, And uh, what
kind of kind of dessert you got there.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I don't know it's I think it's a pumpkin pie
or something. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Yeah, yeah, the uh.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
I remember in like the lunch room, Carata Scanna used
to bring in a bagel with cream cheese, and it
was like she brought a caviaar the way that me
and like these two other dudes fought over it like
every day because she never ate it, and we'd be like,
oh my gosh, dude, a bagel and cream cheese the
best of the world.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
I was embarrassed at lunch, I really was.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
And then my mom one day says, well, why don't
you buy your lunch? And then I go, oh my god,
this is awesome. You get tater tots and a dry
piece of pizza, and man, this is awesome. Like I
was proud to sit down because I got look at this.
I had tater tots, yes.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
The square piece of pizza. Yes, Shepherd's pile.
Speaker 7 (16:58):
On Wednesdays.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Yeah, even the lunch ladies were surprised. We're like, oh,
you're getting a hot lunch today. I go, yeah, my
mom gave me two fifty or whatever. It was happy birthday. Yeah,
all right, let me take a break. It is an
anniversary for Todd. We'll have that for you. Coming up.
We'll get phone calls Chris Faller in an hour from now,
the final appearance on Leek Corso on college game Day.
(17:22):
We'll talk to Chris about that. When game day started,
there wasn't a lot of fanfare at the mother Ship.
In fact, they were really cautious about would anybody show
up when they went on campus because you had Chris
Faller coach Corso, Kirk kurb Street, and they didn't know
if anybody would show up on campus. Now now it's
(17:44):
a foregone conclusion. Thousands and thousands will show up. But
we'll talk to Chris coming up.
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All right, so, poll question, let's clean up the first
hour seat and what are we going to go with
an hour or two?
Speaker 4 (19:40):
It's a controversial poll question right here. We've got up
there right now. The first day of fall is September first,
the first day of college football, or September twenty second.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Obviously it's September first. It'll need an autumn autumnal soul
stiss or anything.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
I don't know what this says about our audience. Yeah,
but right now, with thirty nine percent of the vote,
September twenty second is winning.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Then there's a two way split right down the middle
tie between September first and the first day of college football.
I'm just saying, if I'm choosing my group of friends
from these results, yeah, there's thirty nine percent that I'm
leaving out. Those are the books, smart people. Okay, I
know exactly by the rule.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
We got it, we got it, Yes, Tod. Is it
the BookSmart people?
Speaker 5 (20:35):
Or is there a portion of the audience that just
doesn't want to let go of somewhere and you want
those extra few weeks and they can't accept that all
of a sudden September first, we're calling it the end
of summer break and sun and beaches and vacations, all
that stuff.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Well, it's fifty two degrees this morning, I know, just psychologically,
but sometimes you know, after Labor Day, they come all
of a sudden, you get one of those hot days
in earlier.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
Mid September, you know, before it actually stays cool for
the rest of the next several months. I'm just wondering
if that's a psychological thing. I need to hold onto
summer at the last possible day, don't rush it.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I like to get into fall sooner. Yeah, more fall
the better, Yeah for me, Yeah, Paul, I'd.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
Be in favor of canceling the last five days of
August to get us to September faster, though I don't
know how you do that. Yeah, but people who love summer.
If you bump fall up to September first, and we
bump summer up to June. First, they get three more
weeks of summer. Problem solved.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
What if we just made September have thirty five days?
Now we're talking, we just say September actually goes to
the thirty fifth.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
And then we're taking five off of August.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
And yeah, August only goes to Yeah, what the twenty
fifth thing? Okay, whatever, twenty sixth? Maybe who do we
propose this to? I got a guy I know, maybe
President Trump. Everybody's calling for it, everybody says they want it.
Speaker 6 (21:51):
It's funny. This could get tracks the next thing, you know.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
This is exactly the kind of thing they get done
like that. The Brady Rules are basically done. The NFL
will allow Tom Brady, the Fox Sports analyst and Las
Vegas Raiders minority owner, to take part in production meetings
with coaches and teams this season. This is according to
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The Athletic. Brady's first year as a broadcaster, he was
banned from the information gathering sessions for just about the
whole season, and the rules were put in place due
to his ownership stake. The NFL relented for the Super Bowl.
Brady's play by play partner Kevin Burkhardt and other crew
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members would inform Brady of what was said in these meetings.
The sessions with coaches and players can reveal nuggets that
can be used during the broadcast. Sometimes they take place
over zoom, sometimes in person. Brady is still not allowed
to go to team practices. Fox and the NFL declined comment.
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He shouldn't be in theseuction meetings. You're a minority owner
of the Raiders.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Now, whether he was he was still involved with a
team that was involved in the two biggest cheating scandals
of all time. Correct, it was involved in Well, his
team was involved in Spygate, there was deflate Gate. He
shouldn't be in these meetings. It's just pick one or
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other the other. The NFL wants Tom to be there
doing the games. I get that, but you know, now
you're kind of changing the rules just so Tom can
go into these meetings, and he does need to be
in these meetings. If you want to be a broadcaster,
be a broadcaster, go into those meetings, be professional, and
they're going to treat you as such a professional. But
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I mean, if I'm a coach and I play the
Raiders at some point this season, and I don't know
how many times this would happen, do it? I mean,
how forthcoming? Do you want to be here? Tom can
ask anything you want.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Now you don't.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
I don't have to answer that, But I don't know
somebody's this guy's got a banged up ankle, probably be
that way all season long, or this guy you know,
can't count on him. It feels like you know he's
or man, he's not very good at the end of season.
Who knows what information comes out. I just think you
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got to be fair to being either a minority owner
who is very active from what I'm told, or you're
going to be a broadcaster, and keep this in mind,
how competitive Tom is. I don't think this is like
a summer or you know, vacation for Tom where I'm
I'm going to be a broadcaster for a little while.
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He's going to want to be great, and you're going
to want to get information. He wants to get somebody
who's going to tell him something. Then he's going to
be Oh, do you hear what Tom said? Or do
you hear what Tom found out? And he doesn't need
these nuggets. I mean Tom is learning TV, he knows football.
There's a big difference. They're guys who aren't great football
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players who were really good analysts because they understand TV
as well. And Tom is understanding that. And I think
if you want to be successful, be in the meetings,
go to a practice. I mean, this is why collins
Worth is the best in the business. He's there, he's
going to the practices. He knows who these players are.
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Now there are some analysts. The further you get away,
the less you know when you were playing in your
couple of years removed, you know who these players are.
You get five, seven, ten years away and you're like
fifty seven thirty two. It's not what you should be doing.
But if Tom's going to do it, I think you
got to say to Tom, decide what you want to do.
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But the NFL is going to bend the rules here
because they want Tom to be part of the Fox broadcast.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
I understand that. I don't think it's I don't think it's.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Right because he's he's sort of going to the meetings
or he's sort of involved in the game, but he
can't go to the practices. But then everybody who's there
is going to tell him everything that went on, So
really he's kind of there by proxy.
Speaker 6 (26:12):
Yeah, point and is it fair to Fox as an
organization if Tom walks in to talk to a franchise
and they're less than forthcoming because they're concerned about this.
Now Fox suffers by not getting information to use on
game day. Imagine Brady was still playing with the Patriots
and he was doing a sit down production meeting with
blank announcer who had a piece of the New York Jets.
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You think he's going to hold back a little extra.
Of course he is because his competitor and he wouldn't
trust that medium. Yes, this is the roles are reversed.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
Yes, I agree. It's a great point.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
If Peyton Manning was part owner of the Broncos or
the Colts and he's going in there, is Tom going
to share information with him? Maybe not?
Speaker 12 (26:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Point.
Speaker 6 (26:56):
And this goes back though, to the NFL being at
fault for allowing this to happen. You know, you don't
even need a rule in place that says you can't
be an announcer and an owner. There probably is one,
but it's so obvious that you shouldn't have allowed it
to be done. But they wanted Brady involved in everything,
his brand with their brands.
Speaker 7 (27:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Well, okayfel who knew about the commissioner's exemplate, Like, you
never know, they could be like, you know what, we
were going to change the rule here.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Okay, yeah, see.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
Like That's what drives me crazy though, is that there's
there are rules in place for a reason.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Until they don't need to be in place.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Well, no, they do still need to be in place,
we just don't want them in place anymore.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Yes, well for Tom correct, Yeah, we don't want that
pesky thing in place. But if and you're not gonna
have somebody else do this, I don't want Jerry Jones
doing Eagles games.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
I actually do. I think I think I would tune
into that.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Third and seven, which is why take this again?
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Well, what if Fox hired Jerry Jones and said, we
want you to be an analyst for a couple of games,
but we need you to go to the production meetings,
and with the NFL allowed Jerry Jones to go in
there to the Eagles production meetings.
Speaker 6 (28:17):
They've set precedent with Brady.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
So Jerry would be allowed to do that.
Speaker 6 (28:20):
Right, Jerry may take that Joe.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
More airtime, Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (28:26):
I'm looking at the Raiders' schedule what's going to happen
if Tom Brady has this game it's the Raiders at
the Commanders on Fox.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Well, he has the Commanders and the Giants game first week,
I believe correct, let me check. I think that might
be his first game, and then you're going to have
the Commanders against the Raiders later in the season. It's
just you're kind of screaming out, you know, conflict of
interest here. But they've allowed him to do it, so great, congratulations.
(29:01):
Now go learn some things there, give us some nuggets there.
Speaker 6 (29:05):
Yes, Pauline, he's on the Commission's not exempt, not exactly,
He's not exempt from anything.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
A couple of phone calls in here. We'll talk to
Chris Fowler in about ten minutes from now. This is
the fifth anniversary of the Fritzy meltdown in the drive
through of a bagel chain store. They did not have
onion bagels, and they did not have tuna fish as well,
And it was fifteen minutes before closing time, and Todd
had a meltdown, and we had a listener who just
(29:34):
sent in onion bagels and Todd is wasn't sure because
he didn't know if these were tainted bagels. But I said,
go ahead, Todd, I said, Todd, I'll eat half a bagel.
Has that a period of time has.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Passed since a number of us, including myself, I've partaken
and I think we're.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Okay, okay. Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Speaker 5 (29:54):
Just thanks to Jeff. That was a very thoughtful thing,
especially on the anniversary. This guy gets it and that
was kind.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Michael in South bend him.
Speaker 13 (30:01):
Michael, Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. Yeah, I
just want to comment about the bagel situation. I have
a wife who's about thirty two weeks pregnant. That reminds
me of when I get to McDonald's at ten oh
one am and they stop serving breakfast and I have
to hear about it the.
Speaker 12 (30:18):
Rest of the day.
Speaker 13 (30:20):
But also wanted to comment about you guys coming in
for the usc game with South. Then wanted to see
you guys were doing a live audience if you had
a place to do the show. A recommendation of mine
would be Auroric's Irish Pub right across.
Speaker 12 (30:34):
From the stadium.
Speaker 13 (30:36):
My wife will be one week out from her due dates,
so her last request would be to come and see
you guys live.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
I could always visit her in the delivery room.
Speaker 13 (30:45):
Oh, Dan, we'd welcome that, we would. I'd let you
up before my parents.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
I don't know where we're going to be. We're going
to be outside the stadium. We're still working on this
and we'll let you know if we can have an audience.
We have to get security. Like, there's a lot more
that goes into it. It's not just we show up
and come out and you can rage. We want to
make sure that it's a little bit organized here. But
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thank you, Michael, and whatever your wife needs, supply it.
Keith and Charlotte, Hi, Keith, what's on your mind?
Speaker 5 (31:21):
Hey?
Speaker 14 (31:21):
Dan, thanks for calling me back. Yep. Hey, so I
know that we are talking a little bit about stars
aligning and Equinoxa's and I heard this little tidbit about
a week ago. And I have some hope for the
Panthers now this season. I'm hoping that this will come through.
So in two thousand and two, Panthers have a losing record,
(31:42):
Ohio State wins the National Championship. Jennifer Lopez filescore divorce.
Two thousand and three, Panthers.
Speaker 13 (31:48):
Go to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 14 (31:50):
Twenty fourteen, Panthers have a losing record Ohio State Winstinnattie,
Jennifer Lopez file for divorce twenty fifteen.
Speaker 13 (31:57):
Can't just go to the super Bowl.
Speaker 14 (32:01):
Hey, theer's have a losing record Ohio State, Lincinnati and
Jennifer Lilpez files for divorce.
Speaker 12 (32:08):
The answers go to.
Speaker 3 (32:09):
The super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
I say, put your money down now, Dan, I love that, Keith,
I'm going to bring that up on the Gambling podcast.
I'm sure Shyan Irving he'll put some money down on that.
I don't know if it's that big a deal that
j Lo files for divorce, because that seems to be
a comedy occur.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Something less common. Yes, Yes, that's happened quite a few times,
a little more teeth to it.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Yeah, she's She's piled through a few husbands there.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Yes, Tom, I.
Speaker 5 (32:38):
Thought Numeral was interesting. He took me back to a
completely other level.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
I love that. That's awesome. Andrew and Pittsburgh, Hi Andrew,
what's on your mind?
Speaker 14 (32:47):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Dan?
Speaker 15 (32:47):
Just calling in the wake of the gold digging patent
filed by Bill and his girlfriend. The entire thing will
likely end poorly for Bill, but I can't help but
feel the Sarty for thirty is going to be absolute fire.
So I got a pitch for you. Okay, what if
I told you you could strike gold on a seven
forty seven, that even goats could become domesticated and the
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Panthers weren't the only kitty that Bill was pounding Espny.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Well no, no, no, no, Andrew, no no no, Well loose, yeah,
can't can't get loose and turns that's over the line. Yes,
it is over the line.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Yes, yeah, family, Yeah, Bill being the goat can be domesticated.
That's that's what he meant the other line. I don't
need to explain that I did watch the thirty for
thirty on SMU Football again last night. They're just they
were so breezen. They and and the fact that Eric
Dickerson gets that gold trans am from Texas A and
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M and then doesn't have to give it back. He
just kept it and went to SMU because Texas A
and M can't report that, Hey, we gave him that
trans am. Just what went on in that conference, Oh
my goodness, and Ron Meyer that you know, that's one
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of those Hey, I gotta get I got to get
out of town here. I'm going to go to the Patriots. Hey,
that's how hot it is right now. I got to
get out of here and all of a sudden, and look,
they were a really good team, really good team. But yeah,
Eric Dickerson, Craig James, the quarterback, Lance mcilhoney.
Speaker 6 (34:32):
I think, yep.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
He was a artist, a magician and a small guy.
But you're just watching this and they talked about the
oil boom and so much money and boosters and I mean,
what has really changed? You know, boosters they want their
team to be good. What's it going to take? And
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the main booster at SMU, I don't even think they
got him on camera to talk. He was like, I
had nothing to say about it. He didn't want to
be involved. I guess in the thirty for thirty. But
you're watching and Eric Dickerson in that running style. One
of his teammates said you could put like a drink
on his helmet and he wouldn't spill a drop because
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he ran so upright.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
And Craig James.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
I remember Craig James telling me a story that his
brother would bet people when Craig was going to run
the hundred yard dash in high school because he was
usually the only white guy and he would be betting
people that Craig was going to win, and then Craig
would win because he, you know, was a track star.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
You know, I had track speed there. But smu Man, Yeah, Paully.
Speaker 6 (35:42):
One of the best parts about the documentary is one
of the ways they got caught. They were paying players
with cash and the envelopes had SMU Athletic Department letterhead.
Not hard to trace it back.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
But everything is on the up and up now in
college football, Yes, Marvin right, absolutely, Yes.
Speaker 7 (36:01):
Come on, no conference realignment, Yes and io.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
Yes's take a break here. Chris Fawler will join us
on loan for the Mothership. More of your phone calls
as well. We're back after this Dan Patrick show.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
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Speaker 2 (36:26):
Chris Fowler busy man ESPN college football tennis host commentator.
He'll be on the call Saturday night. It'll be LSU
at number four Clemson, Herbie you'll be there, Holly Row,
Molly McGrath. And then week two you got Michigan at
number eighteen, Oklahoma also part of the US Open broadcast.
(36:47):
ESPN airs all fifteen days of the US Open on
all of its networks. You got the women's singles final
Saturday and the men's singles finals Sunday. That'll be the
seventh on ABC and ESPN.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
This good to see it. Chris, how are you, bud?
Speaker 16 (37:03):
Thanks for the extended promo. Hope that wasn't part of
the deal getting me on.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
It was.
Speaker 12 (37:07):
You're very generous.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
It was the pr machine at ESPN said we got
two plugs for Chris.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
I go, okay, So I meant.
Speaker 16 (37:16):
To text you palitic congratulations your team's triumph and celebrity
family feud. I guess you watched it last month, but
it was it was a stirring performance. You guys showed
your very in tune with the people, very in tune
with the people, Dan.
Speaker 12 (37:29):
So it's good.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
We had fun, but it's one of those that you say, yeah,
let's do it. And then I got on stage and
all of a sudden, Steve Harvey comes out. I got
my Dan name tag and I go, oh, bleep, what
am I doing here?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
I just kept thinking something's going.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Viral, and when it goes viral, it's usually bad, and
thankfully it did not, but there was some trepidation for
the wrong time to have trepidation when you're on stage
with Steve Harvey Freeze out there.
Speaker 16 (37:59):
I think I'd show if you're got to hit the
buzzer and come up with something, that crazy person.
Speaker 12 (38:03):
You did well.
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Well.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
We went through rehearsal. I got yelled at because I
screwed up. You're not allowed to have your hand up
and you have to have your hand down, and I
got it.
Speaker 3 (38:13):
It was a false start.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
And then they go hey no, and I go all right,
And then you weren't allowed to talk to each other.
Somebody's in the audience and they're saying, hey, no talking,
you can't talk. We were I thought we were going
to get you know, we were.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
We were.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
Take me back to game day now, I'm going to
go off memory here. When I was at the Mothership.
I remember the thought of you guys going out to
a football game was met with some great hesitation, like
is anybody going to show up? Like why would we
do that? You know, it's fine here in studio, they
don't need to be out there. Who's going to show up?
(38:55):
And I just remember that there were a couple of
members of management saying that, and I thought, if you
have a camera, people will show up. If there's a camera,
people want to be on TV. That It was the
only thing I said to John Walsh, our boss. I said,
if you got cameras, kids will show up.
Speaker 16 (39:14):
What kind of had three of them? I think we
actually had three of them that day. You know, well,
they had to spend some money. I think it was
the grand total of something like fifty grand to take
the show on the road, which is like that's about
a segment's worth of today's costs. No, we had to
convince folks we've done it at bowl games, but never
on a campus. Finally had four to say Notre Dame
one versus two in November in nineteen ninety three, and
it was a game worthy.
Speaker 12 (39:34):
They thought of getting us out on the road, and
you know, we didn't know what we were doing. We
didn't how to make it.
Speaker 16 (39:40):
You know, we were pretty clueless where it was indoors
at the Hall of Fame and people were kind of
wandering by, let me check out the Heisman's Wait a minute,
what's going on over there?
Speaker 12 (39:49):
And they didn't know exactly what we were doing.
Speaker 16 (39:51):
But it was evident, like from that very first show,
Dan that hey, you're right, there's cameras, there's people, we're
on a campus and we're onto something.
Speaker 12 (40:00):
And next year we went on the road more and more,
and after that every week.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
When did you know that, all of a sudden, this
is clicking with America Game.
Speaker 12 (40:09):
Day on the road shows.
Speaker 16 (40:11):
Yeah, I mean there were signs the first time. I
mean Lee Courser came out of the pep rally and
Notre Dame on Friday night and he had picked Florida
to say it all week, you know, the alma mater,
and they were the favorite, and he said, guy, changed
my pick. We had just seen stir out Regis or
somebody was in there doing their thing. And Lee saw
so much spirit had Notre Dame that immediately wanted to
change his pick. And that which is funny. You know
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it was Craig James was there, you know, the pony
was doing his thing and and Lou Holtz. They won
the game, and he made a b line for our set,
which was just down the hall from his office, and
just jumped up on the set of Courso jumped up
try to give him his microphone.
Speaker 12 (40:48):
Like I said, it was pretty raw back then, but
we knew we had something.
Speaker 16 (40:52):
And then you know, a year after year, you know,
they began to draw bigger crowds and campuses wanted to
outdo the other one and break the record, and it
was wild. It was fun from the morning. The postgame
shows were a blast. We'd just be sitting outside the
stadium and the students would spill out and run to
the set.
Speaker 12 (41:11):
Kind of though. Those were the days when it was
it was simpler, shorter, smaller, but also very raw.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
Your first memory or first thing it comes to mind
with Lee Corso back in the embryonic stages of college
game day.
Speaker 12 (41:26):
I was thinking the other day I was doing a
show with Lee.
Speaker 16 (41:29):
Wisconsin had blown a game, something had happened late in
the game, coach's decision, and I'm the only one on
the desk with Lee at that year, and he says,
Barry Alvarez, the coach at the time, should walk into
the locker room, stand in front of his team and
resign immediately.
Speaker 12 (41:46):
He should quit. I mean, it looks a curse to me.
I'm the only one here like this.
Speaker 16 (41:51):
I have to say something about that. There's no Craig
James wasn't on the show that Bino wasn't there. No
one was there but me. You have to say some
thing like Lee, you're not serious. Nothing I say as serious.
But so he was kidding. But I had to be
the only one there to check him.
Speaker 1 (42:10):
Then.
Speaker 16 (42:11):
Now there's about seven guys on Game Day to check him.
But he in the early days, he would say stuff.
Well before he became like the lovable grandpa figure that
everybody smiles when they see, he would say stuff to
would piss off players, coaches, fans that you know. He
was a polarizing guy and and that helped spark things,
(42:33):
helped get eyeballs and interest on the show. And he
and Craig would go at it, and then later Kirk
came on and they would go at it.
Speaker 12 (42:39):
And that was the early years of Game Day. It
was come out.
Speaker 16 (42:42):
He was like a hot take guy before that existed, right,
but he did it, you.
Speaker 12 (42:46):
Know, with taste.
Speaker 3 (42:48):
And then the headgear, yes, and well.
Speaker 12 (42:51):
Women, that's instant.
Speaker 16 (42:52):
I mean when the minute he puts on, you know,
brutus buckeye head is sort of this it's a nut.
And I think back in the day it was I
don't know if it was in mint condition when he
got it, it.
Speaker 12 (43:02):
Was kind of beat up, but he put this thing on.
Speaker 16 (43:04):
It was a tense negotiation with Ohio State to get
them to give up Brutus's head. The story is part
of Game Day mythology. But kirkirb Street's wife, Allison, had
been a cheerleader of Ohio State. They said no, sorry,
but no. Later in the week, are you sure be pushed?
And they said, okay, fine, we'll do it and we'll
see how this goes.
Speaker 12 (43:23):
And the minute he puts it on.
Speaker 16 (43:25):
I mean, it's silly looking, but you knew, oh wow,
suit tied brutus head.
Speaker 12 (43:30):
And we're onto something.
Speaker 16 (43:31):
And then every other school saw the magic of that,
and then they were most of we're willing to cooperate.
Speaker 12 (43:38):
Now they all cooperate, of course, but yeah, that was
it was instant. We knew we were onto something.
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Best celebrity picker that you had, ooh, that's.
Speaker 16 (43:47):
Tough, because these celebrities, especially the comedians, wanted to come
play with leek orso. I mean that was the reason
I think why they came on the show. The pick
segment at the end, you know, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell,
Vince Vaughn, some of the.
Speaker 12 (43:57):
Funniest people on the planet wanted to come sit and play.
Speaker 16 (44:01):
Off of him and have him say not so fast.
My friend Bill Murray was was you know, well, he
was unhinged. He was a Clemson fan. They were playing
Florida State. Lee put on the seminole stuff. We had
a little mound of dirt in front of the set
so he could throw a spear in the ground like
chief Officiola. Bill Murray basically undid that whole plant like.
(44:23):
He knocked him to the ground in an atomic knee
drop on him. Lee wasn't young then, okay, he's ninety.
Now he wasn't young. Men and Bill would grab the
spear and he threw it. This is a real This
had a real like spear tip. This wasn't a prop
He threw the thing over the heads of these people
who were gathered by the home Depot guests, I guess.
Speaker 12 (44:45):
And it landed on this demo field of it harmlessly.
Thank God. I mean, somebody could have been in pain.
But I just think about that Alice Cooper.
Speaker 16 (44:55):
All these characters that you would think would have nothing
to do with the sport and wouldn't be in the
same frame as Lee Corso, but he said, with these guys,
I just have beautiful memories of that.
Speaker 3 (45:06):
What about the musket at West Virginia?
Speaker 12 (45:09):
What about all the firearms?
Speaker 16 (45:11):
I mean in the Big twelve, every school has a
firearm involved in it.
Speaker 12 (45:16):
And people think, you know, oh, you guys were soft.
Speaker 16 (45:19):
Oh you're reacting like it's a you know, it's a
cannon in your head well as you know, there's a
lot of microphones around the set, all these effects microphones
that go into your headset. The headsets are cranked up
really loud, so you can block out the noise and
you can hear yourself. Back in those days, I think
we had we had headsets before we got earpieces. But
(45:39):
the earpieces are air tight too, so you can't hear
anything else. When he shot the damn guns, I mean,
it was beyond definitely, like you just couldn't sit there
and not flinch your duck or something.
Speaker 12 (45:51):
You know.
Speaker 2 (45:52):
Oh, Chris Fowler joining us, and he's got Saturday night,
it'll be number nine LSU at number four Clemson and
also the US Open State of Tennis.
Speaker 3 (46:04):
Right now.
Speaker 12 (46:06):
At the top of the men's game. It's compelling as ever.
Speaker 16 (46:08):
I mean, you've got two guys that jumped into the
immediate aftermath of Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and the
colors south for Asimonic Center, and they've got this rivalry already.
They're pushing each other. We're seeing tennis we've maybe never
seen played before. And that's saying something. Given the fact
that those three giants elevated the game so much, so
I think the men's game at the top is compelling.
(46:29):
Got to have some guys join them, got to have
some guys show they can compete with these two. So
it's not predictable every fin I mean, most people would
expect those guys who are going to play again in
New York as they did at Wimblin and Paris, But
you want other guys to compete and join the party.
Women's tennis is wide open. It's the opposite. There is
no dominant player at the top. It's a free for all.
A different player wins every major. It seems all eyes
(46:53):
on Coco goff here in New York. But if you
like unpredictability, and I think some of these major finals
have been the least predictable events in sports. Picking one
hundred to one shots, eighty to one shots, winning Wimbledon
on the women's side every year.
Speaker 12 (47:09):
It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (47:10):
If I said you could change one thing in college football,
what would it be.
Speaker 16 (47:15):
I wouldn't turn back the clock. I know we talked
about nil and portal. I'm not one of those guys
that sits around winding about the modern realities. I'm uncomfortable
with certain parts of it. You know, players or they
finish the season, or they don't even finished the season.
There are teams in a bowl game, they're looking for
the next spot, they go play spring ball somewhere.
Speaker 12 (47:32):
They don't like that.
Speaker 16 (47:33):
They transfer again in the summer and they're at another campus,
probably taking another bag of money from another school in
the fall that.
Speaker 12 (47:41):
I don't like.
Speaker 16 (47:41):
I mean, you can't have the chaos of unrestricted free
agency with multiple windows during the year when you can
do it, there needs to be some order. I'd like
to see that cleaned up. But this isn't going away.
And I think it's kind of fun that you get
into a new season. Some of these teams. Belichick's got
what like seventy new guys. In North Carolina, they having
a completely new team. I mean, that's kind of interesting
(48:04):
to see how they're gonna gel so I try not
to whine about the unintended consequences of reform, which is
what we're dealing with. I think there's gonna be some
order restored. I like the new playoff format, and I
want to see it expands. I'm kind of goods where
we are right now.
Speaker 2 (48:19):
You got North Carolina with a standalone game on Monday
night with Belichick. But I think we could tune in
and watch Dion at your alma mater because he had
his son there, and he had Travis Hunter, and Dion's
good TV.
Speaker 3 (48:33):
Bill Belichick's not good TV.
Speaker 12 (48:37):
No most conferences for good TV.
Speaker 2 (48:39):
But I like it's weird. I would tune into Colorado
and I knew I would see his son, and I
would see Travis, and I'd see Dion and the atmosphere,
and you know, it just felt like Dion was an entertainer.
Bill's not an entertainer. Now it comes down to is
his team any good? You're not like I'll tune in
to go Okay? Does he have a cutoff Carolina Blue hoodie?
Speaker 9 (48:59):
On?
Speaker 3 (49:00):
Okay? He does? All right?
Speaker 2 (49:02):
Now, let me see if you know he can coach
college football.
Speaker 12 (49:05):
But don't you think when he said the Patriots.
Speaker 16 (49:07):
I mean people would watch them because they wanted to
see them lose.
Speaker 12 (49:09):
It didn't happen that often.
Speaker 16 (49:11):
But I think people will want to see how his
team looks, and I think some people want him to
succeed and some people want him to fail, And so
there's a there's a compelling tune in reason, at least
early in the season, they're expecting big ratings for that
Labor Day night games. You see you in Carolina, there
are a lot of curiosity watchers. I think that look,
(49:31):
no one knows how that team's gonna gel.
Speaker 3 (49:33):
I think they.
Speaker 16 (49:33):
Should be well coached, but in the ACC it's pretty balanced.
Games come down to the finish. Can Belichick make a
difference on Saturdays? Can he make a difference with adjustments?
Can they win close games? If they can, they can
be in the mix and the conference. They're not going
to be the most talented team. That's Clemson and then Miami,
But you know, I'm interested to see how they do overall,
(49:55):
not just Monday night.
Speaker 2 (49:56):
But you think people tune in to see him fail.
Where they tuning in to see Dion in a similar
situation of failing or succeeding.
Speaker 16 (50:06):
Still were I mean I think he captured imagination of
a lot of people weren't necessarily huge college football fans,
and that happened right the minute he got to Colorado.
Speaker 12 (50:14):
I mean, I was at the spring games for a year.
Speaker 16 (50:16):
Fifty thousand people in a snowstorm were watching a spring scrimmage.
Speaker 12 (50:20):
They came into town to watch it.
Speaker 16 (50:21):
These were not all locals, and I think you saw
massive TV ratings. Even when Colorado began to lose and
the story began to change and shift from hey, Deon's
doing some magic to hey, it's a reality check, they
still watched, I mean, and they still do watch. So yeah,
I'm going to be interested to see how they do
Friday night. I'll beating Columbus tomorrow night. There's a big
(50:42):
Corso luncheon there, which will be a cool event. And
then I'll go watch the Buffs that night and see
how they look against Georgia Tech. They're underdogs in the
first game. Nobody's expecting them to do anything this year,
but I think that they got a ship on their shoulder.
Speaker 2 (50:54):
But I wonder about that though, not will the novelty
wear off?
Speaker 3 (50:58):
There? Of with Dion and there.
Speaker 16 (51:00):
It has worn off? I think, I mean you've no
more to Travis Hunter. Shador's gone. I think you've got
You've got a team of talented players. I mean they're
they're better than people think. They're not going to be
tenth in the Big twelve in my opinion, but I'm
always going to be watching.
Speaker 12 (51:13):
And he's just a compelling figure.
Speaker 2 (51:15):
Dan.
Speaker 16 (51:15):
The way he dealt with cancer this summer and was
so open and transparent and vulnerable. I'm not a lot
of coaches sit there and talk about, you know, having
a having a caf there, having a portage on the
sidelines because they need. I mean, it's it's refreshing. His
messaging his team, if you're around him, is really old
school and valuable stuff.
Speaker 12 (51:34):
I think he's making differences in their lives. So I'm
a fan for sure.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
Great to talk to you, save travels, have fun Saturday
night LSU and Clemson, and then part of the ESPN's
coverage of the US Open. My best of the family
is always Chris. Thank you, my pleasure, Dan, Chris Mallen
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