WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:12.160 Welcomeboard, Welcome to another Space City Saturday on Sports Talk 2 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:16.600 seven ninety Dad Matthews Live and local h town breakdown 3 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.239 of the world that matters to you, the Houston sports world. 4 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.000 All these great Houston fans here. 5 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.039 We love you all, So finish up on that to 6 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:27.640 do list. 7 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:31.559 Flute up the cooler, because you can't drink in talk 8 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.920 sports all day if you don't start. Now bear me 9 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.960 in the eight This is Space City Saturday's insane. 10 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.960 Here's seven nineties Dad Matthews, and. 11 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:47.479 Away we go here on Space City Saturday. Dan Matthews 12 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:51.280 here with you. A shorter show today to that here 13 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.520 in just a second. But great to be joining all 14 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.000 of you here on this Saturday morning. 15 00:00:57.840 --> 00:00:59.280 A beautiful Saturday morning. 16 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.200 I mean, I know, I tell you all the time 17 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:05.799 that the production usually hits and sometimes it doesn't because 18 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.200 I mean, well, you know, we get a hint of 19 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.760 winter around here at times, and sometimes with that winter 20 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:16.120 time likes to have that wet stuff falling from the sky. No, 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:18.799 not the frozen stuff like I'm talking about where it's 22 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.159 in like the forties or fifties and it's just rainy 23 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:22.959 and it's just it's gross. 24 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.439 But this is not one of those days. 25 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:27.519 I mean, you know, as you just heard me and 26 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:29.400 Doug Pike talking about a second ago. 27 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:30.719 Up there, it is. 28 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.200 I see the sun poking through the sky right there. 29 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:35.519 I see the ground has got the sunshine on it. 30 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.000 So it's a beautiful day out there. 31 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.319 And I know a lot of you probably moving around 32 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:45.000 heading to the grocery store, heading to the butcher shop, 33 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:46.200 whatever it might be. 34 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.359 You're getting set up for tomorrow. 35 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.439 So you know, God bless you for doing that, and 36 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:55.400 hopefully we all get to enjoy a great game tomorrow. 37 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:58.040 But I mean, you know this is also too, as 38 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.560 the voice guy tells you, you can't drink all day 39 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.760 if you don't start right now. So this is prime, 40 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.120 prime at day drinking weather. I mean, I told you 41 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.960 last week when me and Melvin Brown, Chris Gordy connored 42 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:14.199 Dey McGovern everybody else that was out there also shout 43 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:17.120 out Rob Logan from sales. We were out at Cedar 44 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:20.120 Creek for the sixth annual Gumbo Cookoff. Shout out to 45 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.639 Relicious Foods for taking home People's choice. So that was 46 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.159 a lot of fun out there at Cedar Creek Cafe, 47 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:30.759 and we really had an awesome time. I mean, you 48 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.840 had the New Orleans Hustlers brass band come through, Pack 49 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.520 of Strays up on the stage. I mean, you want 50 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:40.000 to talk about the versatility of the Pack of Strays. 51 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:44.520 They were playing everything from Randy Rogers in Ryan Bingham 52 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:48.439 in all the Texas Country slash Americana to even bringing 53 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:51.680 down the house by playing some classic rock like Tom 54 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.280 Petty throwing that out there, a little bit of collective soul. 55 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:56.879 Yeah, I know for some of you when I. 56 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.560 Just put collective soul in the classic rock, but trust 57 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.280 me learn A few years ago when I was writing 58 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:06.800 in an uber in Biloxi, Mississippi, and the driver picked 59 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:10.000 me up and had it on whatever the Biloxi classic 60 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.199 rock station was, and you know, heard the sweeper come across, 61 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.240 you know, classic rock, whatever number it was, And the 62 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.719 first song they played was Kryptonite by Three Doors Down. 63 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.560 And I'm thinking to myself, this song was a banger 64 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.800 when I was in high school. Well, I just had 65 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:28.800 my twentieth high school reunion, so yeah, unfortunately that's the truth. 66 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.919 But anyway, hey, look, you are what you are, right. 67 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:35.159 You can't fight it. You try your best, but just 68 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.360 accept it. When it's all said and done, we all 69 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.479 get older. As a good buddy of mine, you tell 70 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:43.759 me father time is undefeated. But anyway, we don't have 71 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.919 to focus on that today because we do have a 72 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.960 big game tomorrow, literally the big game, super Bowl fifty 73 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:55.159 nine in New Orleans, the Chiefs and the Eagles. It 74 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.879 is finally, finally here. I can't wait. I mean, it 75 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.159 is going to be a fun game. And that's something 76 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.159 we're going to talk about too here in the next segment. 77 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.360 As a matter of fact, is you know, we like to. 78 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.919 Throw the word narrative around, and I know last week 79 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:11.080 to close out the show, I talked about how it 80 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:14.280 seems like we throw the words goat. Well, actually it's 81 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.079 not a word, it's an acronym, but we throw out 82 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.800 the acronym goat and elite a ton. Another one we 83 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.319 seem to throw out all the time is narrative and 84 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:26.319 this one, I feel like has a couple of narratives 85 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.920 around it. And I'm sure most of you probably know 86 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.839 where I'm going with this, but at least one way 87 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:35.120 I'm looking at tomorrow is this is greatness against redemption. 88 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:38.480 And I mean, you know, we always look for storylines 89 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.360 and games and you always want to have at least 90 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:45.800 the TV side, the interviews and pieces to kind of, 91 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.279 you know, build up the momentum and build up the 92 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.439 hype for the game. I mean, you know, it's funny 93 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:56.959 how people look at things like UFC and boxing and say, oh, 94 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.959 it's all promotion, It's all of that. Sports is no different, 95 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.959 especially too, when you have a build up to a 96 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:05.480 game like we have for the Super Bowl, to some extent, 97 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:07.600 like we have with the College Football Playoff. I mean 98 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:11.120 even too a little bit with you know, the World 99 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.560 Series and games like that. I mean, you know, you 100 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.519 just get a little bit of absence makes the heart 101 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:18.759 grow fonder to lead you up to the game. And 102 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.680 not only that, it's also for a lot of people 103 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:25.560 where Super Bowl Sunday it's fun, but then reality sets in. 104 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.800 I was thinking of this example this morning that it's 105 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:32.519 almost like when you're a kid Christmas Day and the anticipation. 106 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:35.439 I mean, you get to Thanksgiving and you're kind of 107 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.079 just like, all right, let's get through Thanksgiving, and then 108 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.720 you know, the real fun starts because the Christmas gifts 109 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.360 start being bought, the decorations are going up, the Christmas 110 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.360 music is playing. I mean, you're really hoping that you 111 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.399 get that Gi Joe or a teenage mutant Ninja Turtles toy, 112 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.759 and you know you're just hoping that it's gonna be 113 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.040 the best Christmas ever. But then as soon as the 114 00:05:56.040 --> 00:06:00.680 presents are open, you have everybody going to bed, and 115 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:02.920 you see the Christmas lights are on the tree, but 116 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.720 there's no more presence underneath it. So as a kid, 117 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.720 you're just kind of like, oh, it's over, isn't it. Like, 118 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:11.199 you know, the twenty six, the twenty seven to twenty eighth, 119 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.000 they're all just kind of days at that point. I 120 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:15.560 mean for football fans, I think it's kind of the 121 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:19.120 same thing that once the Super Bowl comes and goes, 122 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:22.439 you're kind of like, oh, yeah, we don't have this 123 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:23.720 for another seven months. 124 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:25.199 Yeah bummer. 125 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:29.279 But anyway, that is what we have to look forward 126 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.680 to tomorrow. But you know it's also too, I mean, 127 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.040 you know, we're gonna talk about a little bit too, 128 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:37.160 even though I'm gonna make most of the show today 129 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.360 about tomorrow's game, just because I mean it's one last 130 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:43.519 time to be able to talk actual, real, earnest football 131 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.240 for the next few months. I mean, the next time 132 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.399 that we're doing that is Draft Day, weekend, and then 133 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.160 after that we're talking OTA's and mini camps, and it's 134 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:55.600 a little bit of you've got that, you know, that 135 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:57.560 itch on your left arm, and you're kind of trying 136 00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:58.720 to scratch it a little. 137 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.279 Bit to make it go away or at least subside 138 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:03.000 just a little bit. 139 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:06.720 But you don't really have it until once we hit August. 140 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.959 I mean, once you hit August, then okay, you know, 141 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.240 you build up and you're able to know that football 142 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.000 is right around the corner. Then once we hit September, 143 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.680 there we go. We're hitting it all over again. But 144 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.600 there's still the game tomorrow, so we've got that to 145 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:22.279 look forward to. 146 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:24.120 And I talked about it too. 147 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.680 It's greatness against redemption and also to the star power 148 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:28.439 in this game. 149 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.639 And I know, at least one. 150 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.720 Side of the star power, we're tired of hearing about 151 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.720 Mahomes and Kelsey, at least some people are. And I 152 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:38.240 would say the second name I mentioned is more because 153 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.040 of who he's connected to, and I get that too. 154 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:44.079 And you know, it's funny seeing some of the footage 155 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:47.560 of from last night, I guess Travis and Tata stepped 156 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.120 out in Uptown, New Orleans for a nice meal, and 157 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.360 one of the news stations there had them going into 158 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.199 the restaurant, and then when they came out, word got 159 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:58.319 out to all the Swifties out there, so all of 160 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:02.000 the Swifties were there on the sidewalk looking to get 161 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:05.879 a glimpse of Taylor and Travis coming out of the restaurant. 162 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.920 Which you know, I know that some people fit on 163 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.759 certain categories. I mean, you know one of them is 164 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:14.600 Taylor's people probably told them they were gonna be there 165 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.199 just so they could have the photo op. And then 166 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.680 there's the other people. Can they just enjoy a meal 167 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:20.639 in piece? I mean, come on, people, do we have 168 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.920 to do this? But that's what the Super Bowl is. 169 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:24.920 It's funny. I was talking with a friend of mine 170 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:26.879 this morning, and you know, we've had the Super Bowl 171 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.560 here twice in Houston. Of course, when it was the 172 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.799 Patriots and the Panthers the very first time at then 173 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.000 Reliant Stadium now in RG Stadium, and then just a 174 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.559 few years ago the Falcons and the Patriots for an 175 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:43.440 all timer in that one, at least for one side, 176 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.919 one that the other side would definitely like to forget. 177 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.440 But we've had it in our town before. You know 178 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.879 how it is. I mean it's larger than life. I mean, 179 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:53.960 it takes over your city. It's a really cool thing 180 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.480 where everywhere you go there's some sort of reminder. Yeah, 181 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:00.399 you have that game that you've been watching on TV 182 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.600 all these years, it's in person. It's right here, It's 183 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:05.600 right in front of you, like like you have the 184 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.120 entire world watching your city the entire week. And it's 185 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:13.120 pretty cool from that perspective. But then it's also I 186 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.159 mean getting to experience things that you don't normally get 187 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:18.320 to experience here in Houston. I mean, we've got a 188 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:21.720 lot of really cool things about this city. But I 189 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:24.799 mean let's just say you're going out to eat and 190 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.639 you can look to your right, Oh hey that's so 191 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:28.840 and so. Look to your left, Oh wow, hey that's 192 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:32.200 so and so too. I mean, certain you know celebrity 193 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.320 and you know football players, or you know, any type 194 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.120 of encounter that you can have out there. I mean, 195 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.440 that's in your city. And I was talking with a 196 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:42.120 friend of mine because I saw on Instagram. Uh, they 197 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.840 went out to a club there in New Orleans last night, 198 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:48.440 and Diplow is spinning like one of the greatest DJs 199 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.039 of all time, is there in their town, spinning and 200 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.519 doing a set there at that club. So that's what 201 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.440 this week is. It's the parties, it's everything. The funny 202 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.200 thing is is, I know a lot of people people 203 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.440 don't get to experience some of the things that I've 204 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:04.039 got no experience in this business. 205 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.200 But it's also to kind of. 206 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.720 Take you behind that curtain, you know, to to kind 207 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.080 of you know, see behind. 208 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:13.919 The Wizard of Oz if you will. 209 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.799 Is once you get to Saturday in a weird way, 210 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:20.799 and this is you know, trying to add a little 211 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.320 bit of perspective because don't get it twisted, like we're 212 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.639 incredibly lucky to do what we do for a living. Like, 213 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:30.240 never gonna hear me complain about anything in this business. 214 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:33.879 Some of the experiences I've gotten to have are just amazing. 215 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.080 So this is kind of again the ultimate of first 216 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.120 world problems. When you cover a Super Bowl, is you 217 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.919 get to Saturday, you're kind of like, oh, yeah, they're 218 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:47.000 going to play the game, because I mean, I get it. 219 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.639 Woe is me get the smallest violin out. But it's 220 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:53.000 all the parties. It's everything, you know that goes into 221 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:56.360 the work that Chris Gordy did on Media Row this week, 222 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.799 Like if you're there on media row in person, it's 223 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.720 chasing guests, it's it's doing all of those things. I mean, 224 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:04.120 you know, it's work in every sense of the word. 225 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.399 Trust me, it is. And a lot of people in 226 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.000 the business usually once you get to Friday, some people 227 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:13.519 to who do you know, morning and midday shows. That's 228 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:17.320 usually when they take the opportunity to head to the 229 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:20.080 airport and head back to whatever it's city that they 230 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.159 are originally from and be able to take in the 231 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:26.159 game that way. But I remembered the last time when 232 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.759 I was working in Atlanta. Good buddy of mine, shout 233 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:32.600 out Jason Minnox from the Sports Star there in San Antonio. 234 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:35.200 He gave me his passes to go to Lee Steinberg's 235 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.360 party and went there. 236 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.000 It was cool, And I. 237 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.120 Remember my buddy another shout out, my buddy Blake, who 238 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.559 might be listening right now. He went to the party 239 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.279 with me, and I can't remember the Hall of Famer, 240 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:48.639 but you had a Hall of Famer sitting there with 241 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:51.840 their Canton gold jacket, and he goes, I've never seen 242 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:53.000 one in person, and I was. 243 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.679 Like, yeah, dude, like that's what this week is. It's 244 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.240 pretty cool. 245 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:59.519 So anyway, that's the part of it that you get 246 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.399 to experience and stuff from this week and the game 247 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.919 and everything of the sort. So really looking forward to it. 248 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:09.000 It's gonna be a ton of fun Rockets basketball coming 249 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:12.320 up later today, yours truly doing a Rockets launch pad 250 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:14.600 come your way at one o'clock leading up to a 251 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:17.480 two o'clock tip from there at the America Airlines Center 252 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:20.840 in Dallas. Gonna be the debut of Anthony Davis for 253 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.960 the MAVs, as he's probable expected to make his debut, 254 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.000 so that's gonna be pretty interesting. I was thinking of 255 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.320 shooting a text to Matt Thomas and seeing if their 256 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.879 engineer has the in house feed on their mixing board 257 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:38.720 to be able to fire up for the pregame introductions, 258 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:41.120 because I'm going to be interested to hear what Mavericks 259 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:44.919 fans feel about Anthony Davis. I mean, I kind of 260 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.840 almost get a vibe a little bit, and you know, look, 261 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:49.799 you can weigh in if you want, if you're a 262 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:51.720 MAVs fan out there. I mean, even though you know 263 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.320 we're here in Houston, I understand when want the Rockets 264 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.799 side of it, But if a MAVs fan wants to 265 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:58.720 weigh in at seven one three two one two five 266 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.440 seven ninety. 267 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:02.039 I almost kind of get the feeling. 268 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:05.480 That this is shades of Mario Williams with the Texans, 269 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.720 Like people were excited about Mario Williams. Like I remember 270 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.639 about a month or two after he got drafted that year, 271 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.480 I just happened to be in an Astros game and 272 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:16.720 they put him up on the train there at Minute 273 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:20.000 Made Park and of course, you know, Bob Ford, you know, 274 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.799 let's please welcome, you know, the Texans first round pick 275 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.159 Mario Williams. And it was kind of a little bit 276 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.919 of a smattering of like, you know, yeah, hey, that's cool, 277 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.960 because remember, I mean, we wanted Vince Young. He was 278 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.080 just coming off of the historic win at the Rose 279 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.279 Bowl over USC to win the national title. Like Texans 280 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.679 fans wanted Vince Young. Texans fans wanted Reggie Bush. They 281 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.960 didn't want Mario Williams. And that kind of carried all 282 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:46.879 the way through. And I'll be honest with you, Mario 283 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:48.879 Williams kind of remembered that, and when he had his 284 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:50.720 first chance to be able to bolt and leave town, 285 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:55.080 he said, yeah, Deuce is everyone you never really loved me, so, yeah, 286 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.799 I'm gonna go somewhere where hopefully they do. And I 287 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:00.879 guess he found that in Buffalo. But you know, it's 288 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:04.440 nothing against Anthony Davis. It's just Mavericks fans. And you know, 289 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:06.799 I was talking about my fiance about this. I remember 290 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:12.559 being at the at the Astros Rangers. It was game 291 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.799 four of the ALCS when the A team went up there, 292 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.200 and I was with the guys there in Arlington for 293 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:22.440 that game, and I remembered they showed Luka Doncic on 294 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:27.360 the video board there at Globalie Field and the crowd 295 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:30.480 went nuts, like, you know, that's how much they loved 296 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:34.159 the guy there in the DFW Metroplex. And you get 297 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.879 the news last week that he's been traded. I mean, 298 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:40.559 full disclosure. We went out for Megan's birthday last week 299 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:43.840 in downtown Houston and my phone had died and I 300 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.720 was so tired when we got back to the room 301 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.200 that I forgot to charge it. So the next morning 302 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.080 I charge it up and it's the old that your 303 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.320 phone is blowing up at that point, and I'm kind 304 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.279 of like, this has to be a joke. There's no 305 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.799 way that this is true. And I start looking and 306 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.240 I'm like, oh my god, they really traded him. 307 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:03.120 So I get it. 308 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.399 The Rockets are on a five game losing streak, but 309 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.759 things could always be worse. I think we all know 310 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:12.320 that in sports, and the worst of it is on 311 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.559 the other end of today's matchups. So the Rocket's trying 312 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:18.279 to break that five game loser. We might get into that, 313 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:21.000 but like I said, the majority of the show today 314 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:25.039 going to be on tomorrow's game, and not only that. 315 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:27.080 It is Bregman Watch Day. 316 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.720 I don't even know at this point, but we do 317 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.000 have the report that Ari Alexander KPRC two threw out 318 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:37.480 there that the Astros have improved their offer to Bregman, 319 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.039 but the caveat to that still not expected to get 320 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:43.960 the job done. So we'll see where things stand. I mean, 321 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:46.799 we're less than a week from pitchers and catchers reporting, 322 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.480 and that's usually when position players like to make their 323 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:52.279 way to either Florida or Arizona. So I think of 324 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.519 your Bregman timing is of the essence here, and I 325 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.720 almost kind of think that if you're him, you kind 326 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.639 of got to get to a point of all right, 327 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:01.679 is this as good as it's gonna get. Let's do 328 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.639 it and just get some finality to this, cause that's 329 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:06.639 really what we all are with this, right. I mean, 330 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:09.000 like I just I feel like, you know, yes, we 331 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.200 would like to have Alex Bregman back. We'd love to 332 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:14.080 have Alex Bregman back. But I think most Astros fans 333 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:17.240 at this point are just like, dude, just make a decision, like, 334 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.960 just get it done. Like it's just this this constant 335 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:24.320 storyline and just this constant you know. Oh, you know, 336 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:27.200 as soon as you see a notification from Chandler Rome 337 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:30.879 out there of you know him, or Brian mctagger, then 338 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.840 Matt Kawaharow, you're kind of like, Okay, hey, something's finally happened. Right, No, 339 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.919 nothing's happened. So anyway, that's where things stand. But you're 340 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:40.960 welcome to join up today if you want to do 341 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:43.960 so again Sebon one three two one two five seven ninety. 342 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:47.039 Once again, that's Sebone three two one two five seven ninety. 343 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.000 Just a housekeeping note here, a reminder. We are gonna 344 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.559 be done at eleven thirty today because that's when Craig 345 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.200 Way and the crew are going to take over for 346 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:00.240 Texas men's basketball against Vanderbilt. It's gonna be coming away 347 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.200 starting at eleven thirty this morning, So cutting me thirty 348 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.519 minutes short today, don't tell Matt Thomas. 349 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:08.680 Trust me, you know, if your show is preempted. 350 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.599 In any way, Matt Thomas will let you know that 351 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.920 your show is being preempted. 352 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:13.400 So can you all get me that. 353 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:16.359 Let's please not let Sports MPT know that I'm working 354 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.440 thirty minutes less today. All right, I appreciate you making 355 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.599 that deal with me. But anyway, coming up next, there 356 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:25.359 is a narrative this week about the game that I 357 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:26.599 just can't shake from my head. 358 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:28.640 We'll talk about that right here. 359 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:30.599 It is Face City Saturday, on your home of the 360 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.119 Astros and the Rockets, Sports Talk seven ninety. 361 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:41.319 We now returned to Face City Saturday, Sports Talk seven ninety. 362 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:42.799 Space City Saturday. 363 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:47.720 Dan Matthews here with you getting us fired up. I mean, 364 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:49.720 you know, we can always count on Melvin Brown to 365 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.640 be able to set the mood right, and he absolutely 366 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.559 hits every single time. And you know that's one of 367 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:59.119 those things again, you know, taking back behind the curtain here, 368 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:02.240 I always tell you we're the show of honesty around 369 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:05.000 here on Space City Saturday. Not to say that everybody 370 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:08.799 else isn't but we always just want to be able 371 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:12.119 to be completely transparent and honest with you. And one 372 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:15.279 of the things that Melvin will ask before the show is, 373 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.599 you know, what are we feeling today music wise? Like 374 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.559 last week we were out the gumbo cook off there 375 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.599 at Cedar Creek Cafe, which again, can't stress it enough, 376 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.680 it was an amazing time. 377 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:27.720 I said, let's let's go a little bit of z Idaco. 378 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:29.599 Let's let's set the mood, right. 379 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.680 I mean, we're gonna be eating gumbo, We're gonna be 380 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.400 day drinking, we're gonna be having a good time, all 381 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.759 of those different types of things. 382 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:37.640 And that's that's what we went with. 383 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:39.799 And then today I said, hey, you know, let's go 384 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.160 like maybe a little bit of like NFL films music 385 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:45.799 something like that, and that's what we decide to do. 386 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.440 So we're gonna be coming with all of the good 387 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:52.680 football music out there today. Before I get into my 388 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:55.799 narrative topic, here do you want to throw out if 389 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:59.960 you follow us on Twitter at Sports Talk seven ninety 390 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.039 you saw what we have for you here on the 391 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:06.039 show today. Less than ten minutes away from my good 392 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:09.960 buddy John Kincaid from the Morning Show on ninety seven 393 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:13.039 to five. The fanatic up there in Philadelphia. Johnny a 394 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:18.920 lifetime Philly guy. I mean he loves, loves loves his Eagles, 395 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.359 or as he says in his Philly accent, the Eagles. 396 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.680 So we will have John coming up here in about 397 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.480 ten minutes. He's a great guy and you probably know 398 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:32.559 that name pretty well too from his work on the 399 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:37.240 Four Letter Networks radio side as well as CBS Sports Radio. 400 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:39.640 So he's done a lot of national work. So John 401 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:43.279