WEBVTT 1 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:26.480 Goodn't even think everybody, I'll welcome to Fire Up. Yes, I am 2 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:29.960 the MotorCity Van. Mouth back on fire Up. Have a good crew and 3 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.600 get used to seeing this crew every week. Okay, go off to my 4 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:39.479 left, Candy A Lane. Hello, everybody, welcome to fire Up. 5 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:42.439 Now. The way things are gonna be over the next few weeks is we're 6 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:47.399 gonna be do three regular fire up shows along with a Fire Up Wisconsin sprinled 7 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:51.200 in there as well, so you'll be able to watch everything else and you 8 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:54.280 never know, well, and who knows, maybe I'll even throw a fire 9 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.719 Up Michigan in there every now and then. 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We broadcast live on Facebook, LinkedIn, 28 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:08.120 Twitter, and YouTube website www. South Florida Tribute dot com, Twitter 29 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:13.800 at Tribute South. Candyambling is normally behind the scenes, but now she's front 30 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:15.759 right in front of it, So there you go. And also, I'll 31 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.159 be releasing a new book in the next two and a half weeks or so. 32 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.879 It's a media related book that really everybody can relate to. It's a 33 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:28.800 lessons from the microphone tuning into the enduring wisdom of visionary leaders. So you 34 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.840 know, the one thing I'll mention about the book is whether you met individuals 35 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.919 in person or not, it doesn't matter. You can learn from everybody. 36 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.719 And that's the one message I want to make sure I get to my readers 37 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:44.520 that it's not just a media book. It's something that everybody can benefit with. 38 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:46.520 God said, So all right, three topics tonight, but they are 39 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:52.800 loaded. All right. The NFL is encouraging player participation in flag football at 40 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:58.000 the twenty twenty eight LA Olympics. I got a little footnote there. I 41 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.159 remember in nineteen eighty four I was at the LA Olympics, and there are 42 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:06.639 no shortage of facilities for these particular events. All right, I'll start on 43 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:08.879 my left, Keny have Blake, What are your thoughts about flag football? 44 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:19.680 According to the International Federation of American Football, an estimated twenty million people in 45 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:27.199 more than one hundred countries currently play flag football. Part of the problem with 46 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:34.520 the NFL and I'm trying to get regular football into the Olympics is that, 47 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:39.639 according to the International Olympics Committee, there's around ten thousan five hundred athletes from 48 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:46.199 two hundred and six national Olympic committees that compete in the Paris twenty twenty four 49 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:52.719 games. The problem is with flag football, you only have five people on 50 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:58.759 the field at a time. To when you're playing NFL you have eleven people 51 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:03.319 on the field, do you have a much more bigger team, and therefore 52 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:08.639 you would have too many participants. So they have to limit the number of 53 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:15.680 participants per sport. And that's why you don't see a regular football on in 54 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:19.319 the Olympics because right now they just don't have the capacity for that many athletes. 55 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:26.639 I read around four hundred and seventy four thousand girls under the age of 56 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:33.360 seventeen play flag football last year, sixty three percent more than in twenty nineteen. 57 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:41.839 So that tells you that this sport is expanding exponentially. The NFL actually 58 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.680 changed its Pro Bowl format to the flag football, so it's gaining traction, 59 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.240 it's gaining speed. I really like it. I mean, I'm glad that 60 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:57.879 the Olympics are expanding and doing some other sports that weren't your typical sports that 61 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.920 we always watch, because I think they're trying to go for a bigger, 62 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:08.240 wider fan base, and I think I like it I'm excited to see it. 63 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:13.720 I can't wait. That's my two cents on it, all, right, 64 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:18.279 Jeremy, flag football. You know, it was fun and that's how 65 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.959 we got kids to be introduced to the game to begin with. It started 66 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:25.920 with the kids that were too young to be tackling and stuff like that. 67 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:30.360 And now it's branched out to where you've got girls and boys playing together more 68 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:35.439 and it's introducing everybody to football. And I think it's a great idea. 69 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:41.040 I just don't know how it's gonna work out with the scheduling, with how 70 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:46.399 full the Olympics is already, it's basically a twenty four hour sport almost the 71 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.800 way it goes through with everything they do. Where is it going to fit 72 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.759 and what are they going to replace it with. That's the only thing I'm 73 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:59.160 where they replacing it from. Yeah, okay, George smoking me? Then 74 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:03.759 well, I'm sure they thought about that, Jeremy and Candy and Scott. 75 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:10.360 You know. The thing is is that they also brought back baseball and softball, 76 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.240 which I'm tickled pink about, I know, and they're bringing that back. 77 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.120 I know that's for another day, another show. But flag football is 78 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.199 a little bit of a stretch for me, only because you never hear of 79 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:25.480 like a competitive league. Okay, most of these sports, Okay, there's 80 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:30.319 an international aspect to it. Old U United States has got its men's basketball 81 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.839 team and they're playing for the World championships fill in the blank. We send 82 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:39.600 our gymnasts to the World Championships of gymnastics. Okay, I'm sorry, but 83 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:44.639 I don't know about the organization behind flag football, and we have until twenty 84 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.759 twenty eight. Obviously, we got a few years before we host the Olympics 85 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:53.079 here in LA and I hope that all that gets ironed out. So if 86 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.800 there is an organizational structure to flag football, I'm just going to have to 87 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.000 research that a little bit more. That would be one of my main concerns. 88 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:06.360 And of course they are on a schedule that dictates national television, so 89 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:12.160 it'll be interesting to see how much of that gets on the prime time NBC 90 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.720 broadcasts, meaning flag football, because as we all know, America loves football, 91 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:23.040 and then hopefully the flight football will be part of a showcase, if 92 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.399 you will, by NBC as well. I'm looking forward to it. It's 93 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:31.519 just that I don't understand all the worldwide competition although can't you thank you for 94 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.759 sharing all those statistics with how many are playing. So I guess I'm going 95 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:40.399 to give it a be Let's try it and say, yeah. The only 96 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.240 thing I'll say about it, I remember playing it in elementary school, so 97 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.839 I didn't really have to go out there and be very very fast. Okay, 98 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:50.279 and I can move around back then, just you know, not quite 99 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.959 that way, no more. I was intrigued by it. Again, if 100 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.879 they were using it at the Pro Bowl, you know, they obviously saw 101 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:03.600 some sort of intrinsic value there. The NFL is encouraging participation from its players. 102 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.839 We'll see which ones that ultimately participate to begin with. But let's say 103 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.399 it's reality. Okay, they're having a lot of international games. What you 104 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:15.839 have anytime you have a lot of international games and you're selling your sports to 105 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.079 the world, but in a different way. I remember back in the days 106 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:24.040 when he had the World League of American Football, how many great coaches that 107 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:26.759 were out of there and taught the game and people in Europe. And of 108 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:33.279 course now you see several games international game being played. So yeah, I 109 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.039 like it lighthearted. We'll see how it goes, but you're gonna have five 110 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:39.200 years to figure it out, right, And what can I tell you, 111 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.159 there's a lot of research in a lot of time. I actually, you 112 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:48.480 know, and I remember back in the nineteen eighty four a winter summer Olympics, 113 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.639 that baseball was a demonstration sport. I don't know why they were took 114 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:56.279 it out in the first place. I actually went to Dodger Stadium myself and 115 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.519 thought it was great. So hopefully baseball was there to stay. But as 116 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:03.960 far as flag football, sure, why not? All right? Next topic 117 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:11.519 of the night. WNBA finds liberty players for declining interviews after finals loss. 118 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.919 All right, go to a different order this time, Jeremy, what's your 119 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.399 take on that. Well, if they were able to find Marshaw Lynch for 120 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.440 not doing his interview at the Super Bowl, they should be able to find 121 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.120 women players too. They want equal rights, everybody gets the same treatment. 122 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:33.559 I like that. I really do like that. Okay, fair enough, 123 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:41.000 George, Yeah, I mean this is consistent with what the NBA has done 124 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:45.480 before. Obviously, when players or coaches pull this kind of stunt, I'm 125 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.480 sorry, there's no excuse for that. Even though you lost three games to 126 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.279 one, you didn't win the championship. I'm sorry. You still have to 127 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.200 meet the press. You have to talk to the media, win, lose, 128 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:01.639 or draw. It's that simple, especially for a championship series. Come 129 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:07.399 on, you know you had reporters there that wanted to know what was going 130 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.840 through your mind or diagnosed this plane playing for me, or rehash this. 131 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:16.159 I think it's just childish for somebody to say, oh, well, we're 132 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.240 not doing any interviews. I'm sorry, And obviously, I'm sure the WNBA 133 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:24.840 commissioner and Commissioner Silver obviously we're not happy about it either. So I'm glad 134 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:30.360 they did step in and tell them that this is not acceptable at all. 135 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.879 Okay, Candy, this goes back all the way to well, I'm sure 136 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.960 it goes back even further, but I can all go back all the way 137 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:45.360 to two thousand and four. Gary Payton was fine because he didn't talk to 138 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:50.000 the media. Marshawn Lynch didn't talk to the media. We have let's see, 139 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:54.960 we have a couple of grizzlies. Dylan Brooks was fine for not talking 140 00:10:54.960 --> 00:11:00.879 to the media. Obviously, Jeremy already brought Marshawn Lynch up. Kyrie hasn't 141 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.879 talked to the media. They're all get fined for it. I sat in 142 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:13.840 the press conference after the Miami Hurricanes debacle of a game where they lost because 143 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:20.879 they didn't take a knee. I sat there, I listened to the quarterback. 144 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.039 He's only in college, and he came out and he talked to the 145 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:31.799 media. The respect uh. He came in and talked to the media. 146 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:37.919 There was five or six players plus the coach, all came in after a 147 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:43.120 devastating loss that they should have won a game. Is it fun? No? 148 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:50.519 Do they like to do that. No, But they have a responsibility 149 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:54.960 to come in and talk to the media and let the media ask questions. 150 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:01.639 Now, if we ask a question that they can't handle, say no comment 151 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:05.679 or say I respectfully choose not to answer that question, ask something else. 152 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:13.000 Obviously, we all know that you are not happy that you lost that game, 153 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.919 you lost the series, you lost the championship. Nobody would be happy. 154 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:24.000 But part of your job. You are hired to play basketball and then 155 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:28.080 to talk to the media afterwards. That is part of the job that goes 156 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:33.360 with hand in hand. You do both. When you win your your you 157 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.639 go and you talk to people. So you have to expect that even when 158 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:43.600 you lose, you have to talk to the media. Well, I have 159 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:48.840 to agree with you all Miami Hurricanes. You know, Mario crystoal was a 160 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:50.639 tough week for him. He had to talk to everybody and owner's mistake in 161 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.600 public. And you know, that's one of the few times I really didn't 162 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.879 ask a whole lot of questions. There I sidle on my colleagues talk about 163 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.320 it to gain reactions. There comes a time this position you have to assembly 164 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:03.840 be a sponge, and that was one of those moments when I decided to 165 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.960 do that, like I was going to do anything to pile on. He's 166 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:13.720 getting well, that's you. Well, I'm sure you probably would. But 167 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:16.159 remember one thing, though, I have to work with these people. You 168 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.279 don't no. But I'm just saying if I was in the press, I'd 169 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:26.639 want the one question asked that's the hardest, because that's what the fans really 170 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:31.159 want. We always talk about that when we watch these pressers with the coaches 171 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:33.399 of the teams we love while they're winning, and they say, well, 172 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.759 why aren't they answering that hard question that we want to ask. Because I 173 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.759 get questions from fans, I'll come, this isn't ask I said, I'll 174 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:43.960 tell you what I ever get my press pass and gets to get to go 175 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.679 and be in that conference. I'll ask that question because you know what, 176 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.080 it's what people want to hear. Let me finish my thought, Jeremy. 177 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.159 Okay, all right, everybody gets an opportunity to finish, and I'm going 178 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:00.200 to do that. Okay, right, So what that said Mario? First, 179 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:01.240 Well, you remember the way things work out, you know. I 180 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.320 mean, they're very very protective of their coaches and a lot of times if 181 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:09.840 you've been in any kind of environment like that where there's a press or all 182 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:13.200 your pr guys are going to be very protective of the head coach. That's 183 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.679 just how it works in the business. Again, you know, the Hurricanes 184 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.159 have treated us great. I have nothing against them, but don't you but 185 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:24.679 remember you're talking about George Eykhorn and I or in a stadium where a man 186 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:30.240 died. I know about that. We were so to me, it's just 187 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:33.799 a football game. Don't tell me that every big name coach hasn't made a 188 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:39.559 mistake or two that he has an insight. Let me finish. Okay. 189 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:48.600 Every coach can be second guests until their heart's intent. Okay, you know, 190 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.840 but George and I went to a game where somebody died. It doesn't 191 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.759 get me worse than that. These guys just lost a game, man, 192 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:01.039 that's it. They lost the following one as well. Writing a story on 193 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:05.159 the combination of games of my Hurricanes take on the Clemson Tigers this week. 194 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.600 We'll see that they can rebound from those two tough losses. But the Canes 195 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:13.759 in that particular situation lost millions of dollars because of that play. But getting 196 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:18.879 back to the WNBA, I'm not going to dissect the Hurricanes game anymore. 197 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:26.639 It's two weeks old. WNBA. First of all, you're an Ion television. 198 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:30.600 Nothing against Ion Television, okay, but they're not considered a big player 199 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:35.480 right compared to some of the other networks. WNBA should be thankful that they're 200 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:39.080 even in existence. And I'm going to tell you, when you don't cooperate 201 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:46.080 with the media, you are bad for the brand period. Now, I 202 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.799 will admit, and I'm not a WNBA van and really wasn't even paying attention 203 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:56.960 to it until many years ago when the Detroit Shock were playing ball. But 204 00:15:56.120 --> 00:16:00.360 for me, the New York Liberty that you're right now, like you guys 205 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:04.879 have alluded to that they're being lectured from every end. You cannot do this. 206 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.679 I don't care what kind of a fine you think you're going to hit 207 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:12.399 these people with. It doesn't matter the fine. To me. The crime 208 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:18.080 was you didn't make yourself accessible at the biggest possible time. Now I have 209 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:22.159 to confess to you. Okay, I was rooting for the Las Vegas Aces 210 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.000 and I'm having Becky Hamm in one her second rings. I don't care about 211 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:32.720 the New York Liberty anyways. But and I really like Becky Ammon anyhow. 212 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:36.600 But George, and I'll tell you, and Andy of course has been with 213 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:40.639 us too. You know, if you want to promote your sport or free 214 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:45.919 advertising, Okay, absolutely, and the ugly and I hope that this is 215 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:52.440 a lesson that the WNBA learns all the way around that our margin of error 216 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:56.840 for going out there to promote our sport. This is a bad publicity hit. 217 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:03.240 We cannot have this period a man. Yeah, all right, now 218 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.960 we go on to the National Football League. So I'm going to go to 219 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.279 each and everyone. Yeah, the game that you're looking forward to seeing this 220 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:15.519 weekend, candy is what you will. But go ahead and start, well, 221 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.559 most of you know or maybe all of you know that I'm a green 222 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:23.759 Bay Packer fan and surprise, surprise, surprise, why would I be looking 223 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:30.680 forward to Green Bay Packers playing the Denver Broncos. And let's face it, 224 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:36.440 they're not having the year that they wanted to have at all either. Neither 225 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:42.839 is green Bay but the Denver Broncos. My boss is a Denver Broncos fan, 226 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:48.400 so there's a little bit of what should I say at stake, you 227 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:53.359 know, for this game. Plus, honestly, I after coming after a 228 00:17:53.440 --> 00:18:00.359 bye week and we're told Aaron Jones will be back, I really want to 229 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:04.599 see him, and I really want to see Jordan Love go against a defense 230 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:08.839 that's not quite as strong as some of the other defenses that we've gone against, 231 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:15.920 although they're pretty good. They're pretty good, but I need yeah against 232 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.759 the Detroit Lions. I know your defense really chewed us up to us out 233 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:26.960 pretty much. I really want to see Jordan Love succeed. Like even Aaron 234 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:30.480 Rodgers has come out and said Jordan is better than what he's been showing. 235 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.680 So I'm really curious to see him. I need him to have a breakout 236 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.400 game, to be honest with you, and I'm hoping it would be against 237 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:48.880 the Denver because Denver isn't you know, doing as well this year. But 238 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.160 I also need our defense to go against. And I've always been a Russell 239 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:57.319 Wilson fan ever since he brought last year to Wisconsin, and he did so 240 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:03.720 well at Wisconsin. He just a good person. So do I want him 241 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:08.359 to do well? No, because my love of the Packers is more than 242 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.720 my love of Russell Wilson. So I'd really like to see this game. 243 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:17.839 And it probably is nobody else's game of the week, and I'm okay with 244 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:22.200 that, But I stand by behind my team and I really would like to 245 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.759 see them do well because I think they really need to. And if they 246 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:30.079 don't do well coming off this buy, then I think there needs to be 247 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:37.759 some answers, and it could be some people's jobs if they don't all right, 248 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.799 well much less the fact that your boss is a Brontos person. So 249 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:45.799 we'll just see whether or not the Packers can put up half of the Dolphins 250 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:49.799 put up a thirty five spot instead. So what I'm gonna do is go 251 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:52.839 to the bobble ahead of the show ballreck, Okay, because you like that 252 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:56.680 with your head, Well, we're gonna do. Actually, we're gonna go 253 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:02.359 out there and rename Ballreck mister bobble Okay, I'm packt us tonight, Okay, 254 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.799 because he's all over the planet, all right, so you know, 255 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:08.599 and next time you get will even add your bio. Okay, mister bobblehead. 256 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.720 We had an abister opinion that we'll have Candy will arrange that and put 257 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:18.039 it in your bio, all right, mister bobble fantastic. Well, you 258 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:22.440 know what I'm going with. I'm going with what possibly could be the game 259 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:25.359 of the week. In the middle of the day, at one o'clock, 260 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:29.640 the Detroit Lions travel to Baltimore to face off against the Ravens. We're talking 261 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:33.480 about the number seven defense versus the number one defense, the number one run 262 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:38.960 defense versus the number ten defense of the Ravens, the number two passing defense 263 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:45.680 versus the seventeenth defense of the Lions. That being said, we're also talking 264 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:49.440 about the number one ranked quarterback in the league right now according to PFF, 265 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:53.200 which is Jared Goff, and the number two, which is Lamar Jackson. 266 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:57.240 Because the new OC has him throwing more out of the pocket, seventy percent 267 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:00.559 of his passes are being made from out of the pocket, which is totally 268 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:04.480 different than what we've seen in Lamar Jackson's career, and he's been doing it 269 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:11.480 well. He's about two percent less than what Jared Goff has for completion percentage 270 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:15.559 right now, which is the highest that Lamar Jackson has had in his career 271 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:18.920 through six games. So I'm really interested to see how this plays out and 272 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.519 what I really want to happen, and much to the triggern of every Ravens 273 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.160 fan, is that Riley Patterson gets to kick the game winning field goal from 274 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.920 forty yards from the left ash where he hasn't missed yet. Okay, well, 275 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.160 you know who's man in the chat room. All right, George gets 276 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.720 your opinion on what can he go to the chat room? H I will 277 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:41.440 bolgo forward down the field. Oh boy, Well, I'm gonna go with 278 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.680 San Francisco at Minnesota. You know, the forty nine ers are coming off 279 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.160 a terrible loss to the Cleveland Browns. I don't think anybody expected that, 280 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:53.240 and Steve Perdy did not have a good game. And now you're going to 281 00:21:53.279 --> 00:22:00.000 Monday night football in Minnesota. And as we all know, mister Cousins, 282 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.480 the quarterback for the Vikings has a terrible record on playing on national television. 283 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.519 We don't have to go into that too deep because you guys all on this 284 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:11.559 show know that he is just terrible on national TV, Monday night games, 285 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:17.119 Thursday night games, take your pick. So to me, obviously, it's 286 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:21.480 a crucial game Minnesota. They got a little room for air or now, 287 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:23.960 as far as you know, the Lions being five and one already, so 288 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:30.240 the Vikings are really really under the gun right now after winning the division last 289 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:33.480 year. This is a crucial game for them, and it is not going 290 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:37.640 to be easy because we know San Francisco is a good team and one of 291 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.319 the best teams in the league. So that'll be an interesting Monday night affair. 292 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:45.079 I'm looking forward to it, and it's got a bunch of variables going 293 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:48.079 on, especially regarding Perty and Cousins, and I think it'll be a great 294 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:52.839 game and we'll see what happens. I mean, you know it's and then 295 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.680 a week after that, well we won't talk about that. Now there's another 296 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.119 team we know that's going to play on Monday Night Football for the weekend to 297 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:04.160 that. Yeah, yeah, right, it's a good thing. Jeremy isn't 298 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:08.559 on Monday nights anymore with us anyway, So on Thursday night, so I'm 299 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:12.319 sure he'll be able to go out there and we'll even give him a topic. 300 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:18.200 Okay, we know what he'll do, but we know the hat that 301 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.160 he'll wear will be on Thursday night anyways. But no, no kidding inside, 302 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:25.759 what's your game, Scott. I'm going to get to that now. 303 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:29.279 Yeah, I'll get to that right now. I'm actually going with the Miami 304 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:32.519 Dolphins at the Philadelphia Eagles, is what I'm going to do. And the 305 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:36.839 reason why, What's that I was gonna lay a bet that you were going 306 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:41.480 to take the Miami game. There's ways to collect on the bet, you 307 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:45.480 know, I'll give you if if you well, we can talk about that 308 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:51.480 and privately, okay, but anyways, but anyway, the real point is 309 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:55.720 is now Miami gets a real test, and they did to do it up 310 00:23:55.839 --> 00:24:00.559 by ninety five, like eighteen hours away. Seventeen eighteen hours away really took 311 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:04.400 to drive last year. Anyways, But you know Tyreek Hill to attack of 312 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:11.480 Aloa and you have Jalen Hurtz who's looking to rebound against the Jets. If 313 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:15.920 that isn't enough intrigue, then I really don't know what there will be. 314 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:18.440 And now this is going to be the time of the air where everybody talks 315 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:25.319 about the Miami Dolphins getting off to a really good start. But when you 316 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:29.759 start to get in the month of October November and all of a sudden the 317 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:34.720 weather becomes a factor, we'll see the tests of how good the Dolphins really 318 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:41.200 are. Well. I'm definitely looking forward to watching that game on Sunday night. 319 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:45.480 I don't have a time to watch a lot of games anymore because I'm 320 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.000 so busy with other stuff, but there's no doubt I'll many time to watch 321 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:52.079 this one. You know, let's face it, the Dolphins we know at 322 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:56.119 have a lot of great wide receivers and to attack of Loa if he stays 323 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:03.160 upright. No, I just want to see if Tuga Tua can go out 324 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.480 there and finish seventeen games first, before I go out there and jump on 325 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:11.960 his bandwagon. I don't jump on anybody bandwagon these days because the way the 326 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:15.079 NFL is playing now versus the time when Georgia and I grew up watching it, 327 00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:18.599 even you know, with us being the oldest I know, Jeremy, 328 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:21.519 you've been around for a while, but the way we ended up where you 329 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:26.119 were more run dependent than you are passing. It's different. But with all 330 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.240 due respect, Tua, this will be. If you want to make a 331 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.880 believer out of me, you better have a big night against Philadelphia, because 332 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:38.039 I'm not still drinking the kool aid about that seventy point thrashing that you went 333 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:44.720 out there and laid on the Denver Broncos I'm really not, you know, 334 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:48.319 to you got to do way better than that. Love that being said, 335 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:53.160 the weather that night will be somewhere between fifty three and fifty one degrees at 336 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:56.799 game time Sunday in Philly, because they are a Sunday night game, right, 337 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:00.240 yeah, right, okay, well no thanks, between eight and nine. 338 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:03.839 It starts at at eight o'clock, it's supposed to be fifty three by 339 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:06.960 nine o'clock fifty one. By the time the game ends, it should be 340 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.000 around fifty to forty nine degrees. All right, Well that's fine. I 341 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:14.119 mean, the Dolphins have played in worse conditions in Buffalo, but all of 342 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:17.799 a sudden, the locals down here complain when they get to sixty degrees. 343 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:22.000 So right, I'm gonna say the average temperature in Florida down there is seventy 344 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.839 to eighty degrees at that time of night at eight o'clock. It doesn't get 345 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.400 to sixty till eleven. There's a big difference there, right. What I'm 346 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:33.759 saying is they're starting out ten degrees less than what they end the game at 347 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:36.960 in Miami. Yeah. No, that's a really, really super point. 348 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.920 I'm glad you brought up the weather. I really am that glad that brought 349 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:41.759 up Thank you very much. I looked it up just as you were discussing 350 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:45.400 it. Yeah. Well, no, I appreciate. No, I appreciate 351 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:48.119 those kind of updates as we do things here because you know, again, 352 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:52.000 we're here to educate, entertaining and inform, and you ended up using the 353 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:56.680 I word called inform information, and that's what you did. But we'll find 354 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.160 out what the Dolphins early made of. You're talking about the Philadelphia Eagle is 355 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.200 coming off a hard loss. Oh yeah, they are, they're not, 356 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:07.559 and the Dolphins are going to get tested this time. You know, I 357 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:10.880 mean people in these parts here, Hey, they like the early Wines, 358 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.279 but you know what, they got to get to the playoffs, and the 359 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:18.519 Dolphins in recent years haven't been doing it. So that's it. For me. 360 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:22.359 Anyways, So Candy, why don't you take us to the finish line. 361 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:30.799 Take us to the finish line. Let's see. Well yeah, well, 362 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.839 if you see that red subscribe button, it should be sitting over there 363 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:37.400 by Jeremy there. If you see that red subscribe button, hit hit it. 364 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:41.400 Subscribe to our channel. We are so close to one thousand. We're 365 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:48.000 trying to get there. Will you be the thousand subscriber? Like share us? 366 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:52.319 If you like this show, go check out our channel and see other 367 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:56.039 shows that you might like inside the Pigskin one hundred and eight, such as 368 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:03.039 Baseball Talk, No Limits, Pundits, Pundit Sports Exchange. 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Buy it, buy it for yourself, buy it 387 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.799 for a gift. Just go out there, enjoy, enjoy life, and 388 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:48.279 buy the book. George. How can people get a hold of you, 389 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.400 Well, they can subscribe to the South Florida Tribune and find me under the 390 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:57.279 MotorCity Tribune banner. And there's a link there that Candy created right at the 391 00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:00.680 end of my column. In case you interested, the book is still available 392 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:06.680 it's called Detroit Sports Broadcasters on the air, and Scott's in the book too, 393 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:11.799 and you got some great interviews with many people. Hey, I resemble 394 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.039 that statement, Jeremy, yeah, So thank you for purchasing. But the 395 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.839 book was a lot of fun. It's a great rate, and we had 396 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.720 such great announcers and Detroit, my god, the list is just a mile 397 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:26.000 long, led by our dear friend Ernie Harwell, of course, who wrote 398 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.960 my forward for my book. And you can see me on one hundred and 399 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:33.279 eight stitches. I love baseball, inside the Pigskin, the Sports Exchange, 400 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.799 punt, It's pundit, and this great fire up show. So I look 401 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.680 forward to seeing everybody. To reach me, just try Giicorn at Yahoo dot 402 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:45.599 com or else. You can find me on LinkedIn under my name or on 403 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:49.680 Twitter san Di g Sports ninety nine. So glad to be part of the 404 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:57.039 network and working with all of you. Jeremy well, as you know. 405 00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:02.319 I also can be found on South Florida Tribute dot com or the MotorCity Tribune 406 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:07.480 heading where I write about various different events throughout the NFL, but mostly game 407 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:10.720 reviews, game reviews, and any Lions news that I can find. I 408 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:15.720 try to put it into print because guess what, it is still better to 409 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:21.359 read than here half the time. Some of these people that are out here. 410 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:25.440 Wow, that's all I got to say. That being said, you 411 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:27.799 can also find me on this channel on Thursday nights where I'll be on the 412 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:32.839 fire Ups, three different fireps throughout the month, and the Fire Up Wisconsin 413 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:37.519 show. Then you can also find me on my channel, which is Kneecat 414 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:41.759 Biting with the MotorCity Lions, I go live for a postgame show usually on 415 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:47.960 Mondays. I do my Friday Lions fan Cave Chat with the normal pregame show, 416 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.960 and less we're playing Thursday night, than I have to do the pregame 417 00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:55.839 show on Wednesday after my NFL roundtable talks, and with us having a Monday 418 00:31:55.920 --> 00:32:00.559 night football game next week, I gotta do it Sunday. This is crazy. 419 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:05.480 That's sorry. It's better to be busy than not be busy. More 420 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.839 power to you. I know you've come a long way with your Kneecap Biting, 421 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:12.400 and I commend you for the effort and that you're putting in, and 422 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:16.119 I know that as time goes on it'll continue to grow. You've come a 423 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:20.160 long way Anyways, as a writer, I want to say thank you to 424 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:27.000 the three of you because allowing me to put that tag at the end of 425 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:30.160 my articles, allowing me to say what channel I'm on at the end of 426 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:35.480 every show, it means a lot. And thank you to everybody that's out 427 00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:38.839 there watching, because you know what, if they're not watching, we're doing 428 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:42.279 this for nothing. We do it because we love to do it in the 429 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:45.839 first place. It's not because we're trying to be paid, but it would 430 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:52.319 be nice. Well again, welcome back, Jeremy. Thursday night is your 431 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.799 night. You can find Jeremy Ballrick every Thursday night after nine o'clock following Fundage. 432 00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:59.000 Fun It fun, it's fun. It's a great show. I just 433 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:01.519 love producing that show and George and I do both of them on Thursday, 434 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:05.559 and it's good that you have your spot on Thursday night so you can focus 435 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:07.079 your other reference on what you're doing. You come a long way, but 436 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:10.319 I think you're so far ahead, you're so far behind what for what your 437 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:14.799 potential could be. But that's part of the growth process anyway, That's okay, 438 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:17.160 that's what we all shoot for. So meanwhile, great show tonight. 439 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:21.920 Ralph Williams is part of our rotation. He'll be on like three at least 440 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:24.319 three times a month, but he was off tonight doing a banquet. So 441 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:30.200 meanwhile, I'll behalf of Candy Empling, myself, Scott, the MotorCity Manmouth, 442 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:34.000 George Aycorn, and the Bobblehead because that's what I'm going to call you, 443 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:39.119 mister Bobblehead. Okay, Jeremy Ballrick, thanks for joining us. Fire 444 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:43.680 up, take it on, Candy, and we'll see you next Thursday night. 445 00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.759 I think you said it all. Good night, everybody, have a 446 00:33:45.799 --> 00:34:00.200 good one. Thanks for chiming in f