WEBVTT 1 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:30.839 Good late evening, everybody for a Thursday night fire up. I hope everybody's 2 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:37.719 fired up for this show. I have an awesome panel tonight. To the 3 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:44.079 side of me, mister Ralph Williams. Welcome back, Ralph, Oh, 4 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.640 thank you. It's great to be here as always amongst everyone here, and 5 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.719 it's great everyone out there watching us here tonight. So it's a rainy night 6 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:58.880 in Pittsburgh. I believe the Pirate game was postponed or not. They're in 7 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.520 Philadelphia. Maybe might have been canceled there too. It's raining like crazy year, 8 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:08.359 so you know. And underneath mister Ralph is none other than the author, 9 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:17.920 mister George I core Hye. Welcome aboard everyone for another great evening of 10 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:30.120 sports. And then my host mister Smoking Jeremy b Hey, Orlando Cabano Junior. 11 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:34.719 Yes, welcome in. And it's not stalking when we're going live because 12 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:40.040 you get the notification, so you're good. But yes, it's great to 13 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.040 be here. It's great to talk some sports. We're gonna get to talk 14 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:53.400 about sports around the world in then about our town exactly exactly. So I 15 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:59.680 have to ask you, guys, do you think because there's a report out 16 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:06.560 did someone talked to the goat Tom Brady, he might be back. Do 17 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:15.080 we think do we think that he will be back? We'll start with my 18 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:23.680 co host, smoking Jeremy b I actually said when he became a part owner 19 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:29.159 of the Oakland Raiders, he might be the first owner player in football. 20 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:36.719 And do they really want to run out Aidan O'Connell. Yes, he has 21 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:42.199 the golf type of numbers in play action passing, but he's still a second 22 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:47.800 year guy who probably could benefit from developing a bit longer because he wasn't a 23 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:53.599 top notch quarterback coming out. He was a good, good, not great 24 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.879 quarterback in college, played for a good not great team. We don't know 25 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:07.240 what he's gotten the and that would avoid a sophomore slump for them. Mister 26 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:13.159 George, I don't know what Thomas thinking. I really don't. He's got 27 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:20.159 a multi million dollar contract and job waiting for him with the network doing football. 28 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.319 He's already lost his beautiful, lovely wife, and I don't want to 29 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:29.199 get into any kind of details because it could have been more whatever between the 30 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:34.360 two of them, but that's gone and now he's being tempted by once again 31 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:39.719 coming back. So I I just don't want him to do it. I 32 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:45.960 don't personally speaking, but he makes up his own mind. Like Jeremy said, 33 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.199 he's part owner of that team, and if the Raiders need him, 34 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:53.360 I don't know anything's possible. I mean, the guy said before many times 35 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:57.639 he was retiring and he came back. So but I'm not for it. 36 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.639 But hey, what do I got to say about it? The fact that 37 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:06.520 I'm an observer of the situation, Ralph, I got two words. I 38 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:12.599 got two words for your ego and greed. His ego and his greed will 39 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.800 make him come back. That's That's as simple as that with Tom Brady, 40 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:21.240 all right, And and to have to try to get another Super Bowl with 41 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:26.680 a third team, we'll also bring and bring this into into fruition here, 42 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.600 And I think it's sad. I agree with George. She said, stay, 43 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:34.560 you know, take his football announcing job and run with it. But 44 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:39.399 he's not going to do that because he's Tom Brady, and it's greed, 45 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:46.199 it's ego, and I won another Super Bowl with a thirteam. Well, 46 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.240 it might not be a third team. What if he goes back to the 47 00:04:49.319 --> 00:05:00.959 New England Patriots without Bill Belichick. It's possible it's possible. Let's face it. 48 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.639 I understand he's not as young as he used to be, but his 49 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:12.279 knowledge of the game is far out weighs most of these rookies coming in. 50 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:16.839 He's kept himself in really good shape from what I've been told and what I 51 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:23.360 read. You know, hey, if he was the best person for the 52 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:29.279 job, let him do it. As long as he still has that desire 53 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:33.199 and wants to play and wants to why should he have any less of a 54 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:38.000 chance making a team as anybody else. Now, I will say, you 55 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:42.680 have to give everybody their fair shit shot. So let him try out. 56 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:46.560 If he wants to try it, why stop him. He could be way 57 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:50.040 better than some of these other ones. I mean, let's face it, 58 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:57.160 New England kind of needs somebody. The Raiders could. Minnesota needs somebody. 59 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:00.399 I don't think you'd go to the Minnesota, but there are two teams that 60 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:06.399 need a good quarterback. But yeah, I don't know about that one. 61 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:14.480 There's a good wines of the chat. Oh people, here, let's see 62 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.959 Jimmy Raiders if he comes back. DeVante Adams stalking Tom right now, if 63 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:26.040 I were him with a laughy emoji, come back and prove it wasn't Bill 64 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:31.480 the whole time rocket scientists? Ola? Why not? Just my friend? 65 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:40.120 Ralph looks like he could be Will Vogel's father. And what do you think, 66 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.279 Jeremy? I already said it. I said when he became a part 67 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.399 owner of the Raiders that he did that to be the first owner player in 68 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.120 NFL history. I said that last year. As soon as I found out 69 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:54.000 he became part of it, everybody doubted me. But the fact he's talking 70 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:58.399 about coming back and he's on the panel to get him a contract that he'd 71 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:04.000 want, I think that makes the most sense out of all of them, 72 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.680 because, as I said, those late round picks usually have a sophomore slump. 73 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:14.240 Oh what what do I think about Ralph being as Will's father? I 74 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:27.759 think that's the funniest comment of the night. You know what I've been I've 75 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.879 been said other things, so you know, But yeah, t J watch 76 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:35.519 will be looking his chops if Brady comes back. As you guys play the 77 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:42.079 AfD West this season, right, I believe we do. I believe we 78 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.079 do. So I have a question for the panel, who do we think 79 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.120 is going to be the next Vikings quarterback? Are they drafting somebody and if 80 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:56.079 they do, we are they drafting up to get somebody? And I will 81 00:07:56.120 --> 00:08:01.120 start with my co host again, I think they're gonna draft somebody, but 82 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.959 they're gonna let them sit. I think the starter is going to be Sam 83 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:15.199 Donald this season. In other words, Vikings fans embrace the Sun Ralph you 84 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.480 Well, I will think they right because they need some quarterback depth. I 85 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.600 mean, if Sam Donald's they're starting quarterback, they need to get somebody in 86 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.240 here. I mean, you know, uh, well with uh, you 87 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:33.639 know, with others moving on and things like that. And Minnesota's laid an 88 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.799 egg with with what they've had, uh and backups and stuff. So let's 89 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.799 see what happens, you know with Minnesota, I think they're going to take 90 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:52.440 a quarterback. George Well, I still believe that they're really interested in Michigan's 91 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.440 JJ McCarthy. And the problem is is that how much do they want to 92 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:00.399 give up to move up in the draft to make sure they can him? 93 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:07.200 And that's always the difficult situation for a team. I don't personally think that 94 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.399 JJ is going to be ready for the NFL. I think I I, 95 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:15.759 of course, you know, being a Michigan kind of slacky, you know, 96 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:18.080 a way was hoping he'd come back for one last senior year, but 97 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.799 that didn't happen, and I just don't feel he's ready for the NFL. 98 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.799 He's got to add some more beef. He's got to he's got to get 99 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:31.159 a little bulk here, I think in the weight room. But they seem 100 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.879 to be liking him a lot of Viking. So whether it's him or somebody 101 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.639 else, I don't know. But to move up to be safe that they 102 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:46.360 can get him, that's the big question. Okay, So I will be 103 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:52.480 making an announcement here there will be three of us on this panel that are 104 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:58.159 actually going to be covering the NFL Draft in Detroit. Mister Smoking Jeremy B, 105 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:05.279 George Corn and myself and Scott Morgan all will be at the draft covering 106 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.840 it for you guys. Well, I will be at the draft party here 107 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:13.879 in Pittsburgh at Stay j And it's and uh, it's sponsored by the Aaron 108 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:20.200 Donald Foundation, So you'll be seeing me putting up pixel with me and Aaron 109 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:26.000 Donald. So great, that's great. That's great. So my question to 110 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:30.559 Smoking Jeremy B, because I know you've kind of studied a lot of the 111 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:35.080 draft and a lot of things. What what team is going to surprise us 112 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:41.559 by taking going out of their norm and doing something different and maybe trading up 113 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:46.600 to get somebody that we weren't projecting them to do. I'm honestly thinking it's 114 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:52.559 gonna be Minnesota moving up to either five or six to get either JJ McCarthy 115 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.960 or Drake May which everyone follows there, because there will be four quarterbacks off 116 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.679 the board in the first six. Okay, you say Chargers, but I 117 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.799 would rather them trade up with the Giants. I would love Dan Lennard, 118 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.919 my co host, to be very happy to get the eleventh and the twenty 119 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.799 three because that means that his DM was blowing smoke when he said he wanted 120 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:24.559 JJ McCartney any anybody else? Ra Elf, do you have any predictions of 121 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:31.679 something surprise with the draft? Well, Candy, anything can happen. I 122 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:35.759 mean, there's a lot of teams out here. Uh And I was talking 123 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:41.399 about this on my radio show on Tuesday, where you have teams that you 124 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:45.559 think might be taking a quarterback end up taking some kind of defensive tackle. 125 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.879 I mean, or you got a team that you thought that was going to 126 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.679 take a defensive tackle might have taken a quarterback. Uh. That's the way 127 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.919 I look at the draft. I mean, it's always unpredictable. You never 128 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:01.679 know what anyone's gonna do, and it's never an exact simeians. So I 129 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.799 think there's gonna be a few surprises. There's a few teams out here probably 130 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:11.120 looking for something specific. I know the Steelers are looking for an offensive lineman, 131 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.480 a center. You know, they're looking for a defensive tackle, a 132 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:18.159 corner, and they need wide receiver help now, So I mean, you 133 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.399 know they're going to be active. I think I've already been told from some 134 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.600 colleagues of mine to cover the Steelers that there's a trade in the works. 135 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:31.080 When and how, I don't know. I don't have any further details on 136 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.759 that, but I can say last year they traded up to get Roderick Jones, 137 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.559 So who knows. I mean, with Omar Kahn, you never know 138 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.399 anymore. That's what they call him, the Kahn Man. So we're going 139 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:48.559 to see where this draft goes. I mean, anybody could pick anything. 140 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:54.200 Tampa Bay they want Powers Johnson. I'm here, and they want to trade 141 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:58.759 up to get him that they really want him, They need him. So, 142 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:01.600 I mean, you know, because Bake Mayfield. Don't have anybody snapping 143 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:03.759 the football, so I mean, you know so, and they just paid 144 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.720 a lot of money for Baker. They don't want him getting hurt, so 145 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:13.879 you know, we'll see what happens. They're all pro retired, right, 146 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:18.120 And then they had a rear ending injury at the end of the season with 147 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.519 the rookie that they cracks right, right, that's why they need a center, 148 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:28.279 And they made sense except for one thing. His medicals came back really 149 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.559 bad, and he's starting to drop in the rankings a little bit, so 150 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:37.200 he could actually be there and they may not have to trade up because somebody 151 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:45.519 might go to the next center on the board just to avoid that possible injury. 152 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:52.799 It's it's the injury, Jeremy. It's the type of medical that makes 153 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:56.000 you prone to an injury that could happen, is what I'm here. And 154 00:13:56.080 --> 00:14:00.799 I don't know what exact details is. I haven't seen it, but I've 155 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.039 been paying close attention to a lot of stuff in the draft. I bought 156 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:09.639 my Draft Bible, and I sit and read prospect notes every night. And 157 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:16.480 you know, there's some really nice late round players that have a chance to 158 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.799 be starters in this NFL, especially if you pay attention to the guy that's 159 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.759 called math Bomb, which is Kent Lee Platt. He's the one that developed 160 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:33.279 the relative athletics tore and they score that against every single Combine attendant since nineteen 161 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:39.480 eighty seven. And there's a tackle out of Wyoming, and I don't want 162 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:45.399 to say his name, but he actually scored as the twenty sixth best offensive 163 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:52.440 tackle and he's slated to be either a seventh rounder or a Udfay you know, 164 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:58.759 yeah, especially if team the lineman Jeremy he's you know, he's gonna 165 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:03.320 be all hot pickup if teams out there the need lineman. And I honestly 166 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:07.960 hope that a team that wants a good backup tackle to take over for an 167 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:13.600 aging, possible retiring or not being resigned tackle would grab him, possibly in 168 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.639 the sixth round, with one of their two picks. But I won't vote 169 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:22.600 tell you, I don't want to go any further than that. George any 170 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:30.759 surprises you for see, No, I mean, uh, Joe alp Is 171 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:37.159 is a great, great athlete, Notre Dame offensive tackle. And the latest 172 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:43.279 charts I've seen about the first third of the first round, let's say twelve 173 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:48.159 thirteen somewhere in there. But this kid's got, uh, he's got a 174 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.799 lot going for himself, and he is he's graded out really really well. 175 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:56.879 He could be the first offensive tackle taken. Other than that, I mean, 176 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.159 I gotta agree with Jeremy, of course, I'm and you got Caleb 177 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:06.200 Williams and Jaden Daniels and Drake May and JJ McCarthy, I mean, and 178 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:10.440 of course Marvin Hudson Jr. I think it's going to be a very offensive 179 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:15.000 first first round, especially the higher the early picks, I mean in that 180 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:21.240 round. So it's going to be interesting to see and anything's possible. I 181 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:23.200 agree with you guys. I mean, you know, you know, Brad 182 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.600 Holmes of the Lions has done great the last few years. They're not going 183 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:32.559 to be drafted until way down in the first round, of course, being 184 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:37.480 a you know, second runner up to San Francisco at the NFC Championship. 185 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.919 So Detroit is kind of a little, you know, up in the air 186 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.559 as far as what they're going to go for. Do they go for the 187 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.519 best talent available, do they go for a certain position. But from a 188 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:55.720 standpoint of you know, the Midwest here, Oh and then Cooper dejene. 189 00:16:55.720 --> 00:17:00.840 I'm keeping my eye on him the safety out of Otawa. He's very well 190 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.599 rated the UH and I mentioned Marvin Harrison Junior. There's some key people from 191 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.000 the Big Ten that I'm thinking about, of course, along with JJ McCarthy 192 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:12.279 and Joe Wald even though Notre Dame's not in the Big ten. But he's 193 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:18.599 going to go high too. Yeah. My radio Coast smoking Jim Fraser wants 194 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.359 Cooper Degen to be picked up by the Steelers there. Well, yeah, 195 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:30.799 he likes Scooper Degene. Yeah, yeah, Cooper design himself, Jeon dejeene 196 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:37.160 whatever. Look at his actual statistics as a corner slash safety last year because 197 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.880 he did play outside corner at CB one and then when the strong safety got 198 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:45.160 hurt, he switched to safety. He had three hundred and eighty eight covers 199 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:49.599 now, zero touchdowns, allowed, two interceptions of four pass breakups, and 200 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:57.079 QB's against had a thirty seven point eight passer rating. Wow, that's second 201 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:03.960 best overall stat of any corner slash safety coming out this draft. Do you 202 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:12.880 know who he's second to join tune this draft? Now? Who? Kool 203 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:17.839 Aid McKinstry. I like, I like kool Aid. Yeah, I like 204 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:22.799 kool Aid. The only thing that's gonna make him drop to lower than the 205 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.480 top three guys, and the top three guys right now is what I'm hearing 206 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:30.839 is Nate Wiggins, even though he got hurt at the combine when he ran 207 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:37.160 that elite elite fastest time in the NFL ever ran at the combine. That 208 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:44.960 four to one is uh, carry on Arnold. Actually kool Aid's teammate and 209 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:52.160 Quinnyon Mitchell are the top three. Okay, so I've actually been paying attention 210 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:56.400 to it. So there's a chance one of our teams could grab that guy. 211 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:02.000 The interior O line thing. There's a good center that's gonna be at 212 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.400 the top of the second round, and we all know the top of the 213 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:10.440 second round isn't much different from West Virginia. Yeah, the one from West 214 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:15.599 Virginia. I actually see that as a guy that the Steelers could go for 215 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.359 instead of Taper to say if they don't like the medicals. He's on our 216 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:22.799 he's on our radar, Thank you, Jerry, He's on our radar. 217 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:26.720 Yeah, he's gonna go. He's gonna go on the first round. I 218 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:32.440 think you're right, and I think JPJ may fall to somebody, and you 219 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:37.680 know what, you can say what you want. He's that shorter low center 220 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:45.359 of gravity center center that you want JPJ and he's after they're after twenty you 221 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:49.000 know who could use them. They're all pro low center of gravity center just 222 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:59.559 retired the Eagles. Oh yeah, that's true because without Jason Kelsey, I 223 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:03.000 don't think there's a push push that kid from Duke two, Jeremy he's he's 224 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.119 going up on the board. And that one from Yeah, yeah, he's 225 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:11.759 going who plays all three interior lineman positions. And the other one that's moving 226 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.240 up the draft boards is Cooper Bebe. He fell for some reason. He'd 227 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:18.880 have been the best guard if he came out his junior year, went back 228 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:25.039 to school, had a great year and actually pushed Byron Murphy in that game 229 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:29.480 versus Kansas State back into the end zone to let the running back run through. 230 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.119 Yeah, somebody there set up on neighbors. I like that neighbors kid, 231 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:41.039 I want Yeah, I like him. Okay, guys, we've been 232 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:45.240 talking a lot about the NFL, but there's some other sports being played right 233 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:52.319 now. I want to talk a little bit about Major League Baseball. Corbyn 234 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:57.640 Burns came out today, I believe it was today, and he said, 235 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:04.759 part of the reason why we are having so many Tommy John surgeries is because 236 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:11.960 of the pitch clock and the fact that they are rushing everything and they feel 237 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.720 that they're constantly going and going and going, that they really needed that little 238 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.319 bit of rest, even though it's a little bit of time, that little 239 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:23.799 bit of extra time. Your thoughts on the injuries this year, with all 240 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:29.079 of the Tommy John surgeries that have gone around, do you think the pitch 241 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:37.559 clock has anything to do with all the injuries? To pictures? And I'll 242 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:44.920 start with mister George Well, I don't profess to be an expert on this, 243 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:49.440 but I have to think that it probably did have a little bit to 244 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:53.480 do with that. You know, these guys are used to pitching at a 245 00:21:53.559 --> 00:22:00.599 certain pace. I mean they were trained, they were nurture, they were 246 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:06.319 brought along by their training staff, and they're pitching coaches and their bullpen coaches, 247 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:10.200 and you know they're in a they're a rare breed, all right. 248 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:15.920 The pitchers have a certain pattern. And when I say pattern, I don't 249 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:19.119 just mean their repertoire. I mean they're pitching pattern as far as the length 250 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:23.519 and the time, like you were saying, and Candy, there's I think 251 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:27.720 there could be something to that, because you're asking me as a pitcher to 252 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:37.359 cut out three seconds or fifteen seconds or whatever it is and adjust to that. 253 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:42.559 That being said, there are more injuries. There are way more, 254 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:48.720 especially Tommy John surgeries than I had ever thought there would be, and it's 255 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:56.559 just gotten to the point of of concern. Obviously, can they well, 256 00:22:56.680 --> 00:23:00.319 maybe they could point out other things going on. I don't know. I 257 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:04.160 mean, the pictures are obviously not in the game as long as they used 258 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:08.680 to be. We all know that the starter is especially we've gone so specialization 259 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:17.640 on pitching with starters, middle closer, set up everything. But the only 260 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:22.799 thing that has changed is this pitch count and the time that the pitcher has 261 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.319 to throw that ball. I think he's something to it. I don't know 262 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.759 how how does everybody else feel. I think there is something to it. 263 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:34.599 Ralph, what is your opinion? I think I agree with you one on 264 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:40.279 that, Candy and George. I think that the pitch clock is causing this 265 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:45.119 problem. And you know, as George mentioned the pictures and Jeremy mentioned, 266 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:48.880 does the pitchers have a certain rhythm as to how they do their thing. 267 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:52.519 And I agree with that that perspective. And you know something, this this 268 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:56.039 Commissioner of Baseball, this Rob Marrivitch, he's got so much egg on his 269 00:23:56.160 --> 00:24:02.039 face that's unbelievable. And this is just another sample of the egg he has 270 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.839 on his face. Because I'm going to tell you what. There was no 271 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:08.680 need for this pitch clock thing at all, all right, And you know 272 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.400 you want to speed the game up or you want to stop cheating or whatever. 273 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:18.000 You know, you know, it's happened to Houston Astro the signals stealing 274 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:22.680 thing. You know, it led to them doing some electronic signals now and 275 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:26.759 all that other stuff. So it's it's a big mess that he created. 276 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:32.920 And now he's created another mess and pictures are going to get more surgeries. 277 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:40.799 And here we are smoking. Jeremy B. Well, there is a solution 278 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.920 without eliminating the pitch clock. Here. It is if the same picture is 279 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.680 in and they go past three innings. This is when we used to see 280 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:55.480 it. They would take an extra five to ten seconds per pitch after three 281 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:59.799 innings. Before the pitch clock. They used to pitch at the pace that 282 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:03.000 they That's why they set it at what they said. The pace through three 283 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:08.680 innings used to be exactly what they said it at pitchers were going fast. 284 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:14.039 And the reason why it's the third time through the lineup nine times out of 285 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:18.759 ten. If you've got a good hitting team, you're in the third time 286 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:25.759 through the lineup by the fourth inning. So you get to that point where 287 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:29.119 they're starting to take a little extra time because they're trying to throw the timing 288 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:36.400 off, because batting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. So if you'd 289 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:40.000 went after three innings, if it's the same pitcher in and then increased it 290 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:45.960 by ten seconds for the fourth through six innings, and then after two times 291 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:48.279 through the lineup, you increase it again. If it's the same picture is 292 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:52.039 in, especially if they have a chance to do a no hitter or a 293 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:59.359 perfect game. But if you put the reliever in there, you go right 294 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:03.359 back to the original pitch plock because at the fresh arm, well you know 295 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:08.839 something to got everyone here. Another thing too, You got pictures now pitching 296 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:11.880 one hundred miles in there, and that can hurt their That hurts their arms 297 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:15.440 too, And if they have to speed that kind of a pitch up just 298 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.640 to get it, you know what I mean. You know that's another reason 299 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.279 why a lot he's Tommy John Surgery's too. But I think it's the pitch 300 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:26.720 clock, plus the fact that a lot of these pitchers now pitching over one 301 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.279 hundred mile and hour fastballs, including the Pirates number one pick Paul Skins. 302 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:36.039 And that's why they're careful with Skins, because you know that's they he pitches 303 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:40.039 them kind of fastballs or them kind of pitches, and you know they're only 304 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:45.839 having them pitch two innings at the time. The math is simple. MLB 305 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:52.319 batters hit two seventy five against fastballs thrown between ninety and ninety three miles per 306 00:26:52.359 --> 00:27:00.440 hour last season against fastballs in ninety six miles an hour and up, batting 307 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:04.400 average drops to two thirty four. So, yes, you're right, they're 308 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:10.160 trying to throw harder and right. And what they're saying now is a pitcher 309 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:18.079 needs a mid nineties fastball to be drafted early. So you have young guys 310 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:25.119 with young arms that are trying to throw with such high velocity. One of 311 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:30.359 the other things I remember we did a show with a coach or a pitching 312 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:36.480 coach, and I remember him telling us that the problem is too, is 313 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:41.759 that kids these days, and part of it is the parent's influence, they're 314 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:48.079 only playing one sport, and they're specializing in that sport, so they play 315 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:52.799 that sport all the time, starting from a very young age. And the 316 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.759 problem with that is then they're constantly throwing and using those same motions and doing 317 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:03.480 the same things. Whereas if you are a more well rounded sports person, 318 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:11.279 you're gonna play baseball fort of the you're gonna play a different a different part 319 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:17.119 of the season, which uses different muscles, so you're not straining the same 320 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:22.440 muscles all of the time. And I think that's true because I think we've 321 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:27.000 gotten to the point where parents are pushing their kids to specialize in one sport, 322 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:33.880 whether it be baseball or basketball or football, and they're not playing all 323 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:38.680 the different sports like they used to. I agree, that's a very good 324 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:45.680 observation, Candy, And there are still some kids that are multiport sports stars, 325 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:52.240 but I think it has gone down. You're in Michigan especially, uh, 326 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.839 you know, people are being more selective, you know, and hockey 327 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.000 is a great example. Most of these kids that play hockey, they could 328 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:02.799 care lots about soccer or baseball, football, anything else. And I know 329 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:06.440 hockey is one of the more expensive sports to play, is of all the 330 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:11.319 equipment that you've got to have. But still, I mean when you're in 331 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:15.039 some of these cold weather states, Ralph, you guy, I mean Pittsburgh 332 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:18.279 and Philadelphia, they love their hockey. I mean a lot of people. 333 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.880 You know, your state is another one that. Yeah, I'm sure a 334 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:26.119 lot. Oh yeah, we love hockey up here. I mean it's it's 335 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.400 it's a you know, it starts outing. We have colleges now that are 336 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:33.839 doing hockey that are smaller colleges that have never done hockey. Look how much 337 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.519 Robert Morris has put into their hockey program. In fact, it was ready 338 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:41.440 to go down to drain because of lack of funding, and a whole bunch 339 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.319 of people got together and put money together and saved it. We got women's 340 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.240 hockey now here. So I mean, you know, stuff going on, 341 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:51.640 you know, So you're right, and you know, like you said, 342 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.960 kids are playing one sport. When I was in high school, I knew 343 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:59.960 a guy who play or a kid who played every sport. He played golf, 344 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.400 if he played baseball, he played basketball, he played football, he 345 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:07.680 played it all. And you know there are but that was then and this 346 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:12.200 is now. You know, it's a whole new mentality of a child. 347 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:19.319 It is. It is any other topics any of you before we get to 348 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:25.559 my town that anybody wants to bring up, we could talk. The Masters 349 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:29.720 just started today. They had a what a big delay. They had one 350 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:33.039 hundred and fifty minute weather delay and only fifty nine of the eighty nine players 351 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:40.640 were able to finish their realms before darkness halted play two and a half howards 352 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:44.759 delay. Yeah, but you know it was a thing of beauty. I 353 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:49.240 saw the video of Gary Player, Jack Nicholas, and Tom Watson as the 354 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:53.960 honorary starters, and to me, that's what the Masters is all about. 355 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.960 I mean, you know, Arnold Plummer, God rest of Solo is gone. 356 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:02.279 There have been other other you know, greats that have had that honor, 357 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:06.519 but now they're honoring and you know, Jack has slowed down a lot, 358 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:10.519 and Garrett Player looks the best. Tom Watson looked really good too, 359 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:14.599 but I know Jack has slowed down. He had his wife as his caddy. 360 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.319 It was so cool. If you haven't seen it, you gotta go 361 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:22.680 into YouTube and find that it's only about five ten minutes long. But it's 362 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:26.440 it's well worth it to see those three guys, those three great golfers do 363 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.720 the honorary stuff, you know, after they wait through the ring delay. 364 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:38.079 Orlando must not play league controlled golf because there actually is a timer on the 365 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:41.759 t stand. You only have so many seconds before you can hit the ball 366 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:49.240 once you place the te Yeah, you can do all and stuff that you 367 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:52.759 want beforehand, but once you place that tea, you do have a time 368 00:31:52.799 --> 00:32:00.680 club. Oh my wow, Okay, any other topics. I mean, 369 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:05.279 obviously, March Madness is done. We have to give kudos to the women's 370 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.799 and all the viewership they had. South Carolina had such a run undefeated, 371 00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:19.480 Don Staley giving credit to Caitlin Clark for helping elevate the game of women's basketball, 372 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:23.039 and then of course the Yukon men taking it. You know, the 373 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:29.240 better game was I in all honesty, the South Carolina versus Iowa. I 374 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:34.599 watched both games. Perdue put up a good fight for part of it, 375 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:39.000 but Yukon was just hands down the better team that that game. That game. 376 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:50.480 So that's funny, Orlando Esco Junior. You are being quite a little 377 00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:58.200 funny man that I well, it's a cinerella story about to become the Master's 378 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:04.359 Champion. I think since we did get a late start, I think we're 379 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:12.640 gonna We're gonna do my town. So let's start with Ralph. Well, 380 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:16.039 you know, the Pirates are the Pirates and where they are. But you 381 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:21.319 know they lost to Night five to one to the Phillies and they're going to 382 00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:23.880 They're nine and four, and we'll see where they go from here. I'm 383 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:29.559 predicting five hundred. The Penguins, on the other hand, are slowly creeping 384 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:31.480 up to get into a wild card here. Some teams have to lose, 385 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.599 and the Penguins have to win some of these games. They've already won a 386 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.680 few, so we'll see where they go from here. And the Steelers, 387 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:43.480 well, we don't know what omar CON's up to. As I mentioned earlier, 388 00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:46.000 they call him the con Man, so we're gonna find out what he 389 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:51.400 does. And I will be at the pitt spring game on Saturday to see 390 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:54.960 what the Panthers look like in football this year. And we have a nice 391 00:33:54.960 --> 00:34:01.319 freshman quarterback named Eli Hornstein that transferred from Alabama. I'm interested to see what 392 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:07.599 he looks like. And our so called starting quarterback who has decided to transition 393 00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:13.960 to tight end Filterkovid is entering the NFL Draft, so we're going to find 394 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:17.920 out where he goes or what happens with him in the draft. So other 395 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:27.000 than that, I have nothing else, George. What's happening in your town? 396 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:32.480 Well, Mike town being Detroit, And right now we are on the 397 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:36.639 verge of seeing if the Red Wings are for real or not. So if 398 00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:39.039 you had not heard the news, they did tie it up, went in 399 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:45.840 overtime, but Pittsburgh defeated them today. So you got Pittsburgh in the second 400 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:52.880 wild card spot at the Eastern Conference with eighty six points and then one point 401 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:58.719 behind the Detroit Red Wings, the Washington Capitals, and the Philadelphia Flyers with 402 00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:05.000 eighty five points. Now, Philadelphia's played one more game than those teams that 403 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:08.559 I just mentioned. But the Red Wings only have to blame themselves if they 404 00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:13.800 don't make the playoffs. As Jeremy knows, they were in the driver's seat. 405 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:17.400 They had a good thing going. Then they got all out of whack. 406 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:23.760 Their captain was injured and like everything falls apart, losing six seven games 407 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:29.880 or whatever it was. So their record in the last ten games, the 408 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:34.920 Red Wings only three four and three, so that's been kind of their downfall. 409 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:39.320 But they did pick up one point and that is valuaball. But Pittsburgh 410 00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:44.599 is now one point ahead, like I said, of Detroit and Washington and 411 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:49.920 Philly. So it's an exciting down to the last weekend and last week of 412 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:57.440 hockey finish. Everybody here is pulling for Detroit because obviously, number one, 413 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:00.800 there's never been a a Stanley Cup playoff game in their new arena, and 414 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:07.239 number two, it's been seven long years since Hockey Town was able to make 415 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:14.280 the Stanley Cup playoffs. That's that's all I got for you, smoking, 416 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:20.039 Jeremy b what's happening in your town? Well, the Tigers look better than 417 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:23.159 most people anticipated, starting out with the five and one start. Then they 418 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:30.199 ran into that buzzsaw that was electric of the Pittsburgh Pirates. But yet at 419 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:35.440 the same time, the Pirates did pirates things towards the end of that series 420 00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:38.760 by having a five to one lead and give it losing six to five. 421 00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:45.519 So you know, that is something that Ralph Williams is used to seeing hot 422 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:51.119 start, a mid little fizzle a couple of weeks in, then go back 423 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:57.239 on another hot streak. Then fizzle for another streak. The Tigers do the 424 00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:02.320 same thing, especially early in the season if they're able to keep up. 425 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:07.760 The problem is our mid our mid starters are not as good as the guys 426 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:09.719 that the two guys at the top and the one guy at the back end 427 00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:16.159 of the rotation Miat Maeta, right, yeah, and then the other kid 428 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:19.639 I can't think of his name right now. But those guys look awful. 429 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:23.480 Uh at Flarerty they picked up remember, yeah, yeah, both of those 430 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:28.880 guys were pick ups this year and both of them look awful. Mys looks 431 00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:32.400 electric. He added two miles per hour to almost every pitch except for his 432 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:37.199 curve ball, which he's trying to improve. He wants to get that go 433 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:40.719 around eighty six eighty seven when it's the most effective, because that's when you 434 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:45.440 get that uh what is it called that twelve six drop that they want. 435 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:51.519 So that's what he's working on right now. But he did pick up the 436 00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:54.239 two miles of an hour on his fastball. He's hitting like ninety six to 437 00:37:54.440 --> 00:38:00.039 ninety eight miles an hour religiously with it. His slider is electric, hitting 438 00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:05.679 eighty eight to ninety miles an hour. It's his curveball and his change up 439 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:08.320 that he's working on because that change of pace and the speed that they hit 440 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:15.719 those a that's what makes a picture elite. That's why he's second and screwble 441 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:22.079 whole. Tarik looks fantastic. Yes, yes, but the bats have to 442 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:27.440 come around when those the three and four pitchers are on the mound or we're 443 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:31.960 going to be in a lot of trouble. Yeah, okay, so we're 444 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:36.719 gonna talk about my town. I'm going to talk about football. Believe it 445 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:40.559 or not. Can you believe that? But surprise, surprise, you're right. 446 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:45.960 But I'm going to first start out with down here in South Florida because, 447 00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:52.880 like Ralph on Saturday is the spring game. We are headed down to 448 00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:59.079 Coral Gables because Miami for the first time is actually going to have their spring 449 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:06.559 game in at home Coral Gables at Cobbs Stadium. They normally have played up 450 00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:13.039 here at Fort Lauderdale where now is called Chase Stadium, where uh inner, 451 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:17.519 Miami plays the last couple of games times for spring game. There's all kinds 452 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:21.920 of questions on how this team is going to do because they have had all 453 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:27.000 kinds of transfers in and out. With the transfer portal and recruiting. The 454 00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:34.840 biggest question we'll start out with is quarterback, because cam Ward transferred six foot 455 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:38.920 two, two twenty three pound quarterback They who had a career year at Washington 456 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:45.039 State last season through three three and seventy five yards and thirty three touchdowns, 457 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:50.440 now comes to Miami and he takes the place for Tyler Van Dyke, who 458 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:55.840 used the transfer portal to transfer out. So I'm excited and interested because one, 459 00:39:55.840 --> 00:40:01.639 I've never been on Miami's campus. Two I've never seeing this stadium, 460 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:07.920 and I always like seeing new stadiums. But to see how the Hurricanes have 461 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:13.480 changed and how their offense changes under this new quarterback will be very interesting. 462 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:21.320 As a for other my town. This is gonna be a rant because I'm 463 00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:29.039 really upset with the NFL. You decide you want to become an international giant. 464 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:37.320 Get that, So what are you gonna do Opening Opening weekend? You 465 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:43.239 are taking my Green Bay packers and you're gonna ship them out to Brazil, 466 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:47.440 and then you're not gonna let any of us watch unless we stream on Peacock 467 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:53.679 because I don't live anymore in Philadelphia or in Green Bay. So the local 468 00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:59.280 TV will get their TV rights, but the rest of us now have to 469 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:06.599 and that upset that you want us to any growing your brand, which I 470 00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:10.760 understand, but you're growing to a place that I've never been. I would 471 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:14.760 love to be able to watch that and not have to pay a stream a 472 00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:19.400 separate streaming service. I mean, I've got Amazons already pay Amazon. I 473 00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:24.320 don't how many different streaming do I have to have so that, Yes, 474 00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:29.280 I know Orlando, there are some Detroit people that do not like my packers. 475 00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:34.199 But if you're an NFL fan, you should be kind of upset too, 476 00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:38.719 because if you've never been to Brazil and never seen their stadium and that 477 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:45.000 it shouldn't It should be on regular it should not be on a streaming service. 478 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:51.400 And that's where my beef with the NFL is. I understand you're trying 479 00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:55.440 to grow your brand. I understand that, but I would not put a 480 00:41:55.559 --> 00:42:00.920 game of that magnitude that's the first time you're playing in Brazil, and put 481 00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:07.920 it on a streaming service. I believe Amazon may have something to say about 482 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.719 it, because they paid for every Thursday night game, and that's supposed to 483 00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:15.840 be a Thursday night game. It's on Friday night game. This the first 484 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:20.320 time they're playing on Friday night. Yeah no, the Thursday game Jeremy Rumber 485 00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:25.079 is going to be Kansas City against another opponent. Oh okay, well yeah, 486 00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:30.679 this is a Friday see and I don't like it because I don't like 487 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:37.519 it to guys, because you know, for years, the NFL felt necessary, 488 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:42.000 rightfully so, to stay away from Friday nights. Okay, that's high 489 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:46.400 school for all night. Most of America and the colleges too have trampled on 490 00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:52.360 that and they put games on ESPN, put games on Tuesday night, wednesdaynight, 491 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.800 and some not as often on Friday. But here we have the most 492 00:42:54.880 --> 00:43:00.280 prestigious league saying shove it to all the high school fans and football fans. 493 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:05.440 Well, we got to show this game from Brazil. I just don't I 494 00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:07.639 don't like it. I don't like it, and I don't like it because 495 00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:09.199 of what you said. Candy too, the people that have to buy it. 496 00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:16.360 Yeah, today, I'm sorry, eight o'clock start right a PM. 497 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:23.239 I think I don't officially said. Yeah, they've officially said if they make 498 00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:28.920 it nine o'clock, I'll be more okay with it, because that's getting towards 499 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.000 the end of all the high school games. That's true, Jeremy, Yeah 500 00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:37.639 o'clock where you're going to be interfering with the especially at homecoming time at a 501 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:42.360 lot of these high schools, that'll interfere with the ends of those games because 502 00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:46.760 the homecoming halftime is usually an hour versus the fifteen to thirty minutes it normally 503 00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:51.920 is. So yeah, I see a lot of issues with the Friday night 504 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:57.760 games in general, and I see issues with having Saturday night games in general. 505 00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:06.360 And this year, Christmas is on a Wednesday. Yeah, so we're 506 00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:09.360 gonna have football on Monday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night, 507 00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:15.400 and Sunday. Yeah, I agree, George. Friday nights has always 508 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:20.800 been high school night, and the NFL needs to impose on that. Saturdays 509 00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:27.639 was always college Why we have to stray away from those and take away because 510 00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:30.440 yes, Jeremy, I agree, like the nine o'clock start, but if 511 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:32.880 you think about it, like the pat Green Bay is Central time zone, 512 00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:38.960 so that's eight o'clock, so high school is definitely still playing their football games 513 00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:45.719 during that timeframe. And I'm sorry, I'm just saying I was trying to 514 00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:52.239 trying to smooth it over a little bit. Yeah, what NFL. You're 515 00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:54.960 going to try to smooth it over a little bit, but you want to 516 00:44:55.000 --> 00:45:00.840 know what you do. Don't watch it, that's literal on medio, don't 517 00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:05.079 watch it on teav Well, well, you know the NFL. The NFL 518 00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:08.840 has egg on their face about Amazon because they're not getting the viewership that they 519 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:15.800 used to get when it was on NBC. So you know, the viewership 520 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:20.599 there. And then also, uh, here in Pittsburgh, we're lucky though, 521 00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:24.599 uh if the Steelers are on Amazon that we have a local two local 522 00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:30.400 stations here that are willing to put it on their station for everyone to watch, 523 00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:36.960 and including the Thursday night game with Amazon game or if they have a 524 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:39.599 Peacock game. You know, because there are people like you said, don't 525 00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:44.800 have Peaclock. I have it with my cable system, so I get it 526 00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:51.000 all free, you know. So yep. And then you've got other people 527 00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:55.400 that find these outside the line streaming services that were fantastic, and you just 528 00:45:55.440 --> 00:46:01.000 get every professional team. I get it, I get it. But for 529 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:07.679 the average fan, for these people aren't the huge sports fans, and especially 530 00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:10.760 when you're going to a market that's never been that you've never played in before, 531 00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:16.719 those games that's where the average fan wants to see with the fans over 532 00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:22.920 there in that in Brazil, how they embrace the sport. You know, 533 00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:25.360 what kind of fans do they have, what kind of are they buying, 534 00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:30.519 Whose gear are they buying? Do they back you know, because you hear 535 00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:35.760 them that they'll back certain teams and they have their favorite teams. It's just 536 00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:38.280 it's cool when they go to those places and they show the different sites. 537 00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:42.800 For those of us that have never been, it's just sad to me that 538 00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:46.159 it has to be on a different paid service. Some of us pay for 539 00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:50.119 cable, some of us pay for you know, Amazons, some of us 540 00:46:50.159 --> 00:47:04.519 pay for whatever, direct TV streaming Amazon. Yeah. Really, with all 541 00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:08.000 that being said, this has been an awesome addition of fire Up. We're 542 00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:13.000 gonna go around the Horn and everybody can tell everybody how they can watch you 543 00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:15.800 and get a hold of you. We're gonna start with mister George Aihorn. 544 00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:23.960 Hi. You You could find me on the South Florida Tribune and the Motor 545 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:34.039 City Tribune along with great writers like Jeremy and Scott and Denzel or whoever that 546 00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:37.000 is contributing. Oh yeah, and at the end of my column, there's 547 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:40.559 a little tagline or two that's will connect you to Amazon if you want to 548 00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:45.360 get a copy of my book Detroit Sports Broadcasters on the Air. Scott's in 549 00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:49.719 the book, Yeah, very young looking Scott with a lot of hair too. 550 00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:59.079 And I also write for something called the Detroit Monitor. I'm looking forward 551 00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:04.000 to the draft with many of you obviously being there in Detroit. We love 552 00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:07.000 it and we're also looking forward to getting a hold of each other. So 553 00:48:07.239 --> 00:48:12.920 if you want to reach me, go to giicornatyahoo dot com, Georgeiicorn on 554 00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:17.199 LinkedIn, or you can get me on Twitter at sand G Sports ninety nine 555 00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:22.920 and find me on any number of these great shows. Fire Up Pundit's punned 556 00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:25.880 in to one hundred eight stitches sports Exchange. Just I love all these shows. 557 00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:30.639 It's wonderful, wonderful network, Ralph. How can people get a hold 558 00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:37.079 of you? Facebook? LinkedIn YouTube by a bone YouTube channel. I have 559 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:42.480 several podcasts on there as well. Just started a new one called Sports Capsule 560 00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:45.119 where I come on talk for about two to three minutes and then go off. 561 00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:51.280 I also have a radio show on Tuesday nights on Beaver Connie Radio four 562 00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:55.880 to six pm Drive time with Smoking Jim Fraser, my co host, and 563 00:48:55.880 --> 00:49:00.320 it's on Beaver Connie Radio, which you can reach on the on their website 564 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:05.840 or on the internet. Check out my YouTube channel, and I'm also on 565 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:12.719 Toombler as well. And now my shows are on Spotify and also on Apple 566 00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:22.000 and Amazon as well. Okay, my co host, Smoking Jeremy b How 567 00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:27.039 can people find you besides here on fire Up with Me? Well, you 568 00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:32.599 can find me on Inside the Pigskin or Pundit, Pundit or Professor and the 569 00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:37.519 Pupil anywhere Scott needs to be on the South Florida Tribune YouTube channel. I'll 570 00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:43.559 show up because that's what I do. But you can also find me Monday 571 00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:46.639 Fridays eleven am to twelve and also three nights a week at nine pm to 572 00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:53.159 ten ish on my channel, Niekat Biting with the MotorCity Lions. My Wednesday 573 00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:57.719 show is NFL based, so we do something more like this where we cover 574 00:49:57.920 --> 00:50:00.679 all the teams as much as we can. I go for the three to 575 00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:07.000 four biggest news releases of the week. Hey, I'm my writings with George 576 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:14.119 and Scott and Candy's great photos all on the South Florida Tribune Dot com under 577 00:50:14.159 --> 00:50:19.559 the MotorCity Tribune heading. Maybe we'll have to have a new picture for my 578 00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:24.119 headshot when we all need them. There we go, There we go. 579 00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:30.599 You bet. If you like to listen to the audio version of this show, 580 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:35.480 you can find it on iHeartRadio, Google, Apple, Deezer, Castbox, 581 00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:39.280 Spotify, Spreaker, wherever you get your podcast. If you want to 582 00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:44.920 advertiser sponsor, you're gonna call my husband Scott nine five four three oh four 583 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:49.719 four nine four one. If you want to give us any show ideas, 584 00:50:50.199 --> 00:50:53.239 you can email us self Floord Tribune at gmail dot com. But like Jeremy 585 00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:58.480 said, go to our website www dot self Florida Tribune dot com. But 586 00:50:58.559 --> 00:51:02.280 there's a red subscribe button by George. If you see that red subscribe button, 587 00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:06.800 that means you did not subscribe to our channel. I don't know why 588 00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:15.840 you haven't yet, and please share it with everybody you want to. Monday 589 00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:20.360 nights we do Baseball one hundred eight such as Baseball Talk. Tuesday nights we 590 00:51:20.400 --> 00:51:24.320 do Football Inside the Pigskin. Wednesday nights, Scott has a show called MotorCity 591 00:51:24.360 --> 00:51:28.519 MedMon Show, which is an interview show. He does one on one interview 592 00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:34.440 then they do. We do sports Exchange, which could be talking about NFL, 593 00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:39.920 NHL, NBA, college basketball, women's hoops, cornhole. Yes, 594 00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:45.280 I did say cornhole, because we talk about just about anything. Thursday Nights 595 00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:49.519 is Pundit's pundit and then fire up. You just never know what we're going 596 00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:53.519 to be talking about. But we always talk about my town because that's one 597 00:51:53.559 --> 00:52:00.119 of my segments. But there is one other thing that we have got to 598 00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:05.400 get up there. There's a book. It's called Lessons from the Microphone, 599 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:10.079 Tuning into the Enduring Wisdom of Visionary Leaders. Scott Morgan Roth wrote it. 600 00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:16.400 George wrote the forward on it. There's a picture of Scott with a young 601 00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:22.039 Muhammad Ali in there. You have to open it up, get the book, 602 00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:23.400 open it up, look at it, read it, find it, 603 00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:30.400 but enjoy the book. The book talks about Scott. He has a Scott's 604 00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:36.480 a storyteller. He tells all kinds of stories about all the different things he's 605 00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:39.800 done in the media and how media has changed over the forty plus years that 606 00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:44.039 he's been in the business. So it's a really good, easy read. 607 00:52:45.039 --> 00:52:49.440 Again. It's available Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, and Apple Books 608 00:52:50.320 --> 00:52:57.679 soon hopefully on the books as well. Oh Orlando, thank you for the 609 00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:00.599 love. Even if you don't support my team, Like I said, if 610 00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:07.400 you listen to the pundit's pundit. I respect everybody's opinion, and everybody has 611 00:53:07.400 --> 00:53:10.559 a right to their opinion. So whether you agree with me or disagree, 612 00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:15.280 I respect you. So thank you so much, and I'm glad you're a 613 00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:19.679 subscriber. Jeremy, you want to take us home and end us like you 614 00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:22.760 always do. Try every day to be a better person than you were the 615 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:25.159 day before, because that's the only way to make the world a better place. 616 00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:29.599 Much love to everybody in the chat. Have a great day. And 617 00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:35.280 Orlando Estrobano Junior is a new subscriber to the South Florida Tribune. He's writing 618 00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:38.960 on your channel, not mine. Awesome, much love, Thank you everybody, 619 00:53:39.039 --> 00:54:00.599 have a great week two