Speaker 1: Lunchtimers.
Speaker 2: This is the Matt Thomas Show.
Speaker 3: Twelve o one in Age Town. What's happening? One lunchtimer
is good afternoon to you, and welcome to a Tuesday
edisue of The mac Thomas Show with Ross on Sports
Talk seven or eight. Land Stan got out on time
today because Lord knows the city of Houston can't get
enough Kenyon Green versus Kendrick Green talk on the show.
Good God, who I think a lamp post might be
better than Kenyon Green? Yeah? Ma, oh my god? Yeah, yeah, yes.
Did you hear that press conference week through week through
for two eighty five? What y'all worried about? They gonna
get him killed?
Speaker 4: They're gonna do.
Speaker 3: Ross couldn't see yes and me in a while. Matthew,
I wasn't sure you were gonna be here today. Yeah,
I can't. I come in. I'm happy you are. Yeah,
I'll be here today. I'll be here tomorrow, Thursday'll be
in Dallas. Take it on those pest games. You want
a three second delay so we can what you're used to.
It wasn't as bad as use we fixed up the
or second we did it was first. I was a
little sketch I get it. Technology is a bitch sometimes
it is what it is. It's fine. I'm happy you're here. Yeah,
I'm happy i'm here as well. I hate my drive again.
If anybody would like to become my personal driver, oh
my god, here's what I can offer. Go ahead. I'll
give you your straight cash. Just start with that. Some cash.
I'll give you some a stand Northfleet's Rockets tickets, oh wow,
the Northfleet Mini plan. Yeah, I'll give you some. We'll
get some food, okay, Like we'll go to Starbucks every day. Wow,
on the way there and then the way back to
a good coffee place. I don't care. Yeah. By Jordan
Schultz still blocks me on Twitter, dude, I never tweeted
at him once. Oh I'm so. He must have been
listening to the show or somebody tagged him or something.
Oh he blocked you too, Yeah, never tweeted at you.
Caught astray from me, and I apologize for that. Ross.
That's okay. I had him muted anyways, because he's a
fraudster and he tweets out a bunch of stupid stuff
that's incorrect. People continue to give him legitimately, which is
just awful. Whatever, But it's I mean, the coffee is
still good. I know you and I disagree on this.
It's fine. I'm gonna get one in about three hours.
I can tell you that for sure. Okay. So here's
what you get. You drive me to and from work. Okay,
we have to get you coffee cash. I have to
call you sir. No, I have to wear a suit
and a cap. Gotta put on music between seventy three
and eighty three, break all over the place. Okay, I
got you. It's nice to have you with this. We
got gut feelings today. At one o'clock this afternoon, wonderful.
At one thirty, we have Ross's NFL rewind can't wait.
And by the way, the Dicks family having a tough weekend.
So what's the fans brother's name? Trayvon? Yeah, Trayvon and
Stefan getting a little lippy with a member of the
Dallas media. Yes, and that didn't turn out well, especially
since the Cowboys lost the game. And I think he
dropped a d's nuts on that guy. Apparently, yes he did.
Can we actually, no, we don't have to talk about
that plates twelve o four. We can talk about Houston stuff. Yeah, yeah,
we'll get but during the rewind, we'll definitely to talk about. Okay,
we we have you know we didn't talk about yesterday too.
Was that corner or the or the extra whatever secondary
guy for the command for the Chicago Bears that was
just out there taunting the commanders before that final play
in which a former Texan great, Noah Brown, great legend,
legendary Texan. If I and I and I don't mean
to get into a deep dive on that, but and
I don't know how much you guys get into the
minutia of play by a play calls. We don't, okay,
so just let me have sixty seconds. Then Jim Nance
called it perfectly. Uh huh, you understood everything that was said. Okay,
there was I didn't hear the Chicago radio call. I
heard the national radio call, and I heard the Washington
radio call. It was so much yelling and screaming. Obviously
you knew something good had happened. You obviously knew the
play beforehand was a hail Mary. But then there was
like thirty seconds of inaudible crap after that. Now again,
everybody gets excited. I got excited. I got excited last
night and the Fred VanVleet top of the key three
pointer two that sealed the Rocket victory last night. Did
buy Jalen Green, who faced a double team last night,
on that. But it was just it was crazy and
so you have to you know, and thankfully for me,
I was by myself in San Antonio, So, I mean,
I don't know if I'd had one of the wex
Or client they've been yelling or two and won a
yell like moment, but it was a clutch three. Yeah,
it's fine to get a little oh or something right,
but it was just it was I was listening to
the highlights and coming back from Houston, yet on Sunday
back to San Antonio, I was like, if you you
had no way to decipher what was excited, except obviously
somebody caught the football in the end zone. You didn't
figure out who it was, you know what the final
score was, you know how the play took place. It
was actually a perfect hail Mary the one tip, yes,
Noah Brown in the back of the end zone by
himself caught game over. It was it was almost like
I had rehearsed it after the guy taunting. It was great. Yeah,
all right, so we'll get that during the rewind. Coming
up today? Uh seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
nine zero. If you want to follow us on Twitter,
it's at Sports Empty, at Sports RV, and at Connor Damagon.
We got Connor d back with us today. Yeah, he
decided to show up today. He's so proud of it.
He needed the day off after his Missouri Tigers got
their ass who by Alabama on Saturday. Did y'all score
in that game? Hey? Come on, I think they're on
like their third string quarterback. We were, Yeah, and we
did not score. Man, Okay, but thanks for bringing it.
But a good time was had by all right. No, no, okay,
nobody had a good time. If you could stare Daggers
through a digital camera, he's not that's what he's doing.
He's not pleased, which is fine. That's your Cougars though. Yay,
we got a big one against Utah.
Speaker 4: Baby.
Speaker 3: Yeah, what's the record now? I believe it's six and
oh range actual record. I don't know if you know
how records work. Wins are in the first you don't.
In my mind, I watched I know you don't know
how it works. That's right. Wins going the first column,
loss is going the second call. Well, in my emotionally
they're they're an undefeated team in my book. Okay, And
we'll talk to Willie Fritz tomorrow on the show and
we'll get a little thought about the game coming up
this weekend is three and five. Yeah, the Bowl eligible.
I mean Kansas State's coming in tomorrow, so that two
touchdown dogs. Let me ask you this. And I don't
know anything about Kansas State. I mean I know about
Bill Snyder, was there forever two different long term runs there. Yes,
how do how does Kansas State do it now? Under
Bill Snyder? They were big Now this is before the
transfer port and all that. They were big at poaching
JUCO transfers. Yeah, I don't know how they do it now. Well,
I mean, let's be brutally honest. Everybody uses the portal now,
I mean there's I can't imagine any school in the
countryes ah more good right now. It used to be
you'd have to approach from the junior colleges. Now you
can go from any college. But I mean, I can't
imagine Kansas State having a huge collective that's meaning cash.
Who are the Kansas State wildcat billionaire donors, like who
is the most famous Kansas State person not named it athletes?
I have no idea. I'm amy would take a Wikipedia searcher,
you'd probably find somebody. But I mean, that's all there.
It's Manhattan, Kansas. It's literally in the middle of nowhere.
It's like plun It's like plunking Brian College station in
the heartland of America. But they win every year. They
wake up every year when they wins, seems like it
and all theady do is go to Big Twelve championship games. Yeah,
I'm trying to find a list of notable alumni. No,
there's they have no notable alumni whatsoever. Actually, the it
says under construction here. Oh okay, well you know, so
if you're a Kansas State olum, shout out to you,
because yours football team just and their basketball team is
usually pretty good, not spectacular, but I mean it's not
like Kansas good. But Pat Roberts, pat roberts not not
Pat Robertson, but Pat Roberts, former governor of Kansas. That's
where're going at this point. That's all I got out
right now, Okay, that's fine. That'll conclude our conversation about
notable Kansas State alums here on the radio. Christy Alley,
she's dead now. Craig Bowler Jack. Oh, Craig Bullerjack, voice
of the used in the Utah Jazz. Yeah, nice guy.
Comedian Eddie Griffin. Hmm wow, Eddie Griffin. I don't know
an Andy Griffin comedian.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: He was the pimp induced bigelo he was. He had
a lot of He had a notable stand up courier,
and then he was in a bunch of movies. What
else was it? Oh? Under he starred, of course an
Undercover Brother two thousand and two. No, did you catch
that one? Did not know?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 3: Malcolm and Eddi? Yeah, he was in Malcolm and Eddi. Okay,
so that's the most famous alum ever to go to.
If Candasate was to go to game day and have
it there, they'd bring that dude out to make the picks.
Or the corpse of Christy Ally yes, oh god, ross,
what what if she got cremated? Do you wean the
urn out there? That's true. We put some Google eyes
on it, all right, And they sam to me one
of the duo here not being mean, yeah, I'm trying
to I'm trying. If a member of the Alley family's
listening right now, they're offended by I'm trying to come
up with solutions. You said, who are they gonna put
out there? Okay, well, I'm gonna put you on the
test for the next six minutes. Got to find some
fine like three famous alums from Kansas State. I mean,
come on, or was this our believe it or not? No,
I'm just saying there's got to be somebody more famous
than whoever you just brought up here. Eddie Griffiths, mildly famous,
as you mentioned, it's Kansas State. It's in the middle
of nowhere, but they win. Shout out to them. Mitch Holthus,
that's the announcer for the Chiefs. Yes and yeah, that's
about it. Lucinda Dickey was an actress in Breaking and
Breaking to Electric Bugloo. That's good, all right? Where are
we on Staph Diggs? By the way, we've been updated
yet he's not got to be out for this season? Right, Yeah,
he's I mean, when are they gonna say something when
I gave you yesterday on to tell the truth that
he's done As a textan did you believe me? Do
you believe I guess it's more importantly, do you believe me?
I would say so. I think you're probably right all right?
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven
one three two one two five seven nine zero. We
are with you today until three o'clock. Gut Feelings at
one one thirty at NFL RE one Believe it or
not two fifty and maybe some news on step before
the end of the show, although maybe the Texans could
be rather tight lipped about the whole situation. Rockets last night,
Rossie get a win in San Antonio's put the series there.
If you want to give them a little rocket chatter,
we can do that. Seven one three two one two
five seven ninety with a word here, what are you sure?
What's the matter with Okay? Something happened in the office?
Berkeley Eye Center Black Friday savings all month long, starting
now until the end of Black Friday, which of course
is right after Thanksgiving. How about sixteen hundred dollars in savings?
You can get that today with Berkeley Eye Center at
seven one three five two six I seven one three
five two six e y E s. The incredible surgeons
at Berkeley Center are going to take you, give you
a full evaluation to make sure you are a candidate
for LASIK. The procedure itself takes a handful of minutes.
Results are fantastic. Recovery time just about twenty four hours
and right now sixty hundred dollars off world class Lasik,
and they're also throwing another forty percent off designer sunglasses.
Lasic is cheaper than glasses and context and you'll be
seeing way better for all of the tails on Black Friday,
Lasik call seven one three five two six eyes seven
one three five two six eyes are going to be
esylask dot com for Berkeley I Center.
Speaker 1: Lunchtimers, lunch timers. This is the Matt Thomas Show.
Speaker 3: Thirty seconds remaining Green Rice sid against.
Speaker 6: So hand.
Speaker 3: Tail, the shot clock tailor the double team trade on Friends.
Speaker 1: Six fires and it's.
Speaker 3: A three fred babley was wide opened from twenty five
and he nails it to force of San Antonio turnouts.
It was to get a little nerve wracking ross late
that fourth quarter. San Antonio got to within two and
that was the closest they got. It was a close one.
A squeaker in San Antonio Malachi Brenham with a couple
of big threes. Okay, how often do you say Wemby
and how often do you say Wembin Yama on the car?
I go Vic, I'll mix him up Victor Wemby and
Wimben Yama. Okay, by the way, we need to have
this conversation. And by the way, Roger Hankta will get
you in just a second. What conversation you and I
talked about how we think that Wemby's going to be
a special ballplayer and he's going to be a thorn
on the rocket side maybe for the next decade as
long as stay in San Antonio and when if he
stays in the Western Conference, it's going to.
Speaker 4: Be a problem.
Speaker 3: Yes. Is he a finished product this point of course, No,
he's twenty years old. Is health going to be an
issue for guys that are seven to three? Yeah, it
typically is, yes, typically yes. But he played on the
worldwide stage and was the Olympics. It was dominant and
crushed everything. He was the Rookie of the year, like
unanimously right finished for like second of defensive player of
the year. He's developing an outside shot. It's not great
right now, but he launches some deep threes and makes them,
so you know that's in his repertoire. It looks pretty smooth.
And the fact that he shoots eighty seven percent from
the free throw line this year, he can show and
he'll be at the line probably ten times per game
once he develops even a more of a back to
the basket kind of game point being is this, I
love the Houston Rockets. They're my favorite team. Hand but
I'm also I can also observe that other people in
the league are very good as well. Okay, so Adam
is it's group text with us last night, Clinton, what
is he saying? Is not a big Wemby guy and
like group text? No, it was Craig. It was Craig,
me and him. Okay, He's just he's like blank talking Wimby.
And I'm like, I think you're gonna be careful on
this because I don't want to blank talking guy that
could be a serious thrown on the rocket side for
supremacy in the Western Conference when they get to be
a better even a better basketball team than they are
now hopefully. And so it made me he's like Wemby
anger do blank in the NBA and I'm like, I
disagree with you. What is ain't gonna do? Blank mean,
I need to get the definition from him, like how
many all stars are he going to make? Is he
not going to make the Hall of Fame? Connor? Let's
call Clinton right now and see if he's around, because
what you do, We'll let him answer the question. He's
not doing much, all right, He's probably napping and playing
on Grand Theft Auto teaming up with comic So I
put a question on Twitter, and now again, I was
gonna I assume the results were going to be heavily
skewed towards Rocket fans. Yes, but the question was, I
think when people will be an excellent NBA player Adam
Clinton does not? What do you think? And forty two
percent of you say good but never great, forty one
percent say excellent, seventeen percent say just a guy. Now again,
if you took that with a general NBA fan base,
that probably would skew a little higher excellent. But again
I got mostly Rocket fans that our Listen, I have
some news for you. If you said just a guy,
you are stupid. In his rookie year, he was already
better than just a guy. There were like five players
that were twenty one and ten in last year. He
was one of them. He was a nineteen year old
rookie and he finished second and defensive Player of the Year.
That's not just a guy, that's that's asinine. Yeah, so
I just completely discount that. Oh, now we have, we
got it. Let's put him on there. So let's not
put any words in his mouth, of course not. Let's
hear from Adam Klant Adam Clinton. First of all, good afternoon,
thanks for listening. And number two, describe in your mind
what you think Victor Webinyamma will be as an NBA player.
Speaker 1: He's just a guy.
Speaker 3: How many All Star teams?
Speaker 4: Zero?
Speaker 3: Just a guy would make zero All Star teams.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's just a guy.
Speaker 7: I think it'd be good, but I'm not I don't
think he's gonna like, you know, I don't think they're
gonna be changing the dimensions of the lane and talking
about what just an amazing aura he had as a
big man.
Speaker 1: Years from now.
Speaker 7: I don't think we're headed there.
Speaker 3: How many All Star teams? I mean, is he gonna
make the Hall of Fame?
Speaker 6: Uh?
Speaker 8: Well?
Speaker 7: I was actually closure, Yeah, full disclosure. I don't think
we're also mine this. We were texting about this last
night and I said, you know he is. He's a
discount Ralph Sampson, very very good, very very skilled, and
it's going to be very sad for San Antonio fans
when his knees get out of get out on him
and he's gone to about five All Star teams but
never really wins anything for them. That's what I think
he's gonna do it now.
Speaker 3: I did bring that up. I said, look, seven three
guys can face challenges like that, especially those that are
a slight build, but that you can said that about
a lot of mbia. I mean, look at Joel Embiid
is a big, physical, legitimate center and he can't stay healthy.
Same thing for Anthony Davis. I mean, health is always
a prerequisite for any in star player. You would even
admit that.
Speaker 7: So but again, yeah, and a look at look at
what happened with Yao Ming.
Speaker 3: But you know he came into the league.
Speaker 7: You know, the pressure was on him to build up
his bodies that he wouldn't get bodied around, wouldn't get
pushed around. And I think you know, if you look
at Wimby last night, he looks like he's put on
some muscle mass, but Steven Adams is throwing him around
like a rag doll, and I just don't think that
he's going to be as effective. Now. Look, if his
game is to sit out on the perimeter and chuck
threes from forty five feet like he did last night,
then maybe he can have some some Maybe maybe he
can linked in his career. But he's never going to bang,
you know, with the big guy, and maybe that's not
today's NBA anyways, maybe he doesn't have to, so you know,
from that standpoint, maybe his career is extended. But I
just think physically, I don't know. He has all the
attributes to the guy who's gonna just Oh his legs
snapped in hats and we didn't see that coming. But
like that's that's just kind of how the feeling I
get from him. And again, if he's so great, if
he's so amazing, he never even remotely took that game
over last night. It was Chris Paul, eighty year old
Chris Paul that was taking over that game late.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just he got twenty rebounds in four blocks. Also,
by the way, I'm just saying I lost Yeah, but
that's this is one regular I mean, I'm I just
disagree with you that I think that we're gonna be
talking about Victor women yammer for a very long period
of time. Hell, the Rockets, if they would have got
the number one pick, we would have already raised a
banner in the Tota Center for the guy because we
think he's gonna it was gonna be special. He was
a consensus number one pick, he did not let anybody
down last year. And are there parts of his game
that absolutely have to improve, no question about it. But
for right now, the progress says this guy was everything
is advertised when he was going to be the number
one pick in the draft, and I guarante nobody in
San Antonio is disappointed not to have him, and I
guarantee that every on the thirty teams in the NBA
would build a franchise around the guy.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I agree with all of what you just said.
Here's the thing, and you'll remember this because you were
there for it. Obviously. I had this conversation with Craig
Ackerman very very early on in Yannis's career, and he
was kind of ahead of the curve as he was
kind of becoming that that monster player, and he's like, man,
Giannis is really really good. So I started watching him
more closely, and I see the promise. And I'm not
saying you can't see that with Victor woman Yama, I
just don't. I don't think he's going to just change
the game and dominate. The only reason he would dominate
if he did is because of his height.
Speaker 4: But he doesn't do that.
Speaker 7: He's just I don't know what it is about him.
I can't even like put a finger on it.
Speaker 4: I just.
Speaker 3: I'm helping you out because it says is there a
homersm to this? Absolutely, this is who I am.
Speaker 7: But if you're asking me, like purely from a basketball standpoint,
I'm telling you it was easier for me to see
what people were saying about Giannis than it is with
this guy. I just think he's, Oh, he's got stiff
written all over him, just stiff.
Speaker 3: He's a bomb weekdays three to a second. Lord mmm,
I don't even know if that weren't a response we're
gonna have. We're gonna have this for you and I
to have a good, good old fashioned argument about for
the next ten years. Are you ready for it?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 7: But Matt, can you promise me something for Saturday night
when the Warriors are in town?
Speaker 3: Oh? No, what do you You going to do the
lineups like they like I did for Golden State?
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, you always do that, you.
Speaker 3: Know when you're not the PA.
Speaker 7: But no, no, no, it's just something completely different and unrelated.
Speaker 4: What is it?
Speaker 7: Can we take another pregame pick because I really like
the one that we took.
Speaker 3: Can we stare into the sky?
Speaker 4: Yeah, you have to look off.
Speaker 7: Into the distance and contemplate your future as a broadcaster.
Speaker 3: I will do that. Adam Clayton three to six's part
of the team C later. All right, that's Adam. Don't
miss it. I wouldn't miss it. A lot of more
great takes just like that one. Okay, three we disagree,
I mean it, first of all, nobody has the right
answer at this point. I just I'm just telling you.
I know when I like, when I like. My proudest
NBA analysis is this is goofy Okay. But I knew
Ben Simmons was going to be a stiff, and I
know there were some very high marks and what he
did early in his career, but I still from watching
enough of him in college the one season was at
LSU and watching his NBA days that there was a
serious problem with him. And I know Ben's back in
the NBA now and trying to play, but I was
that to me was the overrated. This guy's changing the world.
Because if you do everything at a brilliant level except
a ability to shoot Rossie and be want to shoot
like more like importantly want. You don't want to shoot.
If you don't want to shoot, you're never.
Speaker 4: Gonna be it.
Speaker 3: You're never gonna be that that franchise as type player. Yeah,
he might not want to be out there, all right, Victoriama.
As long as he's healthy, he is at his very
very worst going to be an extremely impact player on
even on the defensive. I mean, I can tell you
right now first hand, apprinshing Gun is not looking forward
to four matchups per year. I know somebody Appy's had
some good success against it, but it has been Maine easy.
He had the forty five point game against Victor Wimbinyama,
which was the best game of his career, but in
these two games, he scored six points and twelve points,
and he was not on the court for the comeback
in the game on Saturday yep seven one three two
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one
two five seven nine zero seven one three two one
two five seven ninety Let's talk to a Jason and
to Roger when we come back. Our time is twelve
twenty eight. It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross
with a word for Big City Wings. Big on Wings,
big on sandwiches, big on desserts, big on appetisers, and
big on drink specials and big today on buy one,
get one free in a Tuesday thirteen locations all around
the city Houston Kingston Boulevard. You've got a brand new
location and for yourself at Big City Wings. Buy one,
get one free, whether the bone in er bone list,
They'll take care of you at Big City Wings. Ranch
dressing and blue cheese is absolutely amazing. You'll enjoy every
bit of the experience. It is the Big City Wing treatment.
By one, get one free wings today, get it for
two for Tuesday at Big City Wings. And to find
that location here you you go to Big City Wings
dot com. Fat Tomas Show with Ross Sports Talk seven
ninety seven one three two one two five seven ninety
Let's go to Jason and Kingwood on seven hointy.
Speaker 6: Hi, Jason, Hey man, So I'm calling about the conversation
you just had with Adam Clinton. And let me preface
with preface it with this. So and I'm a Rockets fan,
threw them through. I've been a Rockets fan my entire life.
And he called Victor woman Yama just a guy. You
tell me someone who is more than just a guy
than Adam Clinton.
Speaker 3: He's the guys, Hey, God, come on, be nice. He
was just well okay, So.
Speaker 6: So way back when you guys had a show that
was on with Indy Calou and uh, there was a
guy that was on that show with him that I
cannot I can't remember his name.
Speaker 3: I'm sure you guys do, but that's who Clanton comes
off to me as well. He's not just a guy,
he's my brother and crime. Now we may disagree on text. No, no, no,
we may we may disagree. Thank you for the Jason,
for the phone call. Come on, be nice. We that
doesn't even we can't buss each other's you know what. Hell,
I listened as ten and twelve and bus stand all
the time during his show. I just can't call in
on it, but I text him a lot. Man, I
guess I could.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know.
Speaker 3: Focus on the road. That's probably the smart thing. Although
me and the Apple car play is a game changer.
I love the Oh my god, I am texting like
a mother in the Apple car. My gosh, please focus
on the road.
Speaker 1: You're right.
Speaker 3: Two one two five seven ninety seven one three two
one two five seven ninety We've got some breaking news
to the radio program. We do how many? How many sounders?
Hit it again?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 1: I haven't looked?
Speaker 3: Can I guess hit it again?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 3: Now, I really think I know it is? Does it
wrung with main me mel.
Speaker 8: L A E L?
Speaker 3: It? Does rhyme with acl?
Speaker 1: Geez?
Speaker 9: No?
Speaker 3: Come on, man, go ahead. Can we had some music
for this?
Speaker 8: Uh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, like some sad music. Sad music, Okay, now, don't
go to the normal stuff. That's like the the like
the tension filled sad. Just you know, you put that
one song over and over again. What song you know? Uh,
we haven't played in a while, but there was one
song you were going to quite often, just find stuff
that don't care because I want to just read this
he's that's oh yeah, this is perfect. This is not perfect.
Speaker 4: It is what it is.
Speaker 3: Jesus Jamaico Ryans moments ago says that Stefan Diggs torres
a c l It is out for.
Speaker 4: The year.
Speaker 3: So if you love you some tank dew, you're gonna
get more of it. Save us, Nico Collins your only hope.
If you love Xavier Hutcheson, you're gonna get more of that.
If you think in Mechi, we trust Dalton Schultz. It's
Schultz season. Let's go West'm not forgetting anybody else. Can
we go grab Noel Brown back from the commanders?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 3: I don't think so. This is horrible and I'm gonna
put my name on something right effected, Go ahead, go ahead,
Texans hater Matt Texans relis on his grave, Texans realist.
That was the last time you saw Stefon Diggs in
a Texan junial. So what they swung for the fences
and didn't work out? He'd been great all year. They
swung for the fences and it was a John Singleton
m chopper a second on one, easy hot, But at
least it wasn't an Aaron Judge strikeout. I think they
let's at least a single Matt, come on, it's at
least a bloop single. He got you like five hundred
yard Texas zero. All right, okay, we're talking about the
entire season? Yeah, how many? How many yards and touchdowns
did he end up with? At least he's not finding
members of the media, although you see he's going to
be a locker room cancer and submarine the team. Okay,
four hundred ninety six yards and three touchdowns not bad? Hmm,
all right, let's keep the music out. Seven three to
five seven, Hony, we have we need someone right now.
We have some other NFL breaking news real quick. If
you want is it worthy of I think it's at
least one maybe two? Okay, hit it, go too? You
want another one? On? Yes, go ahead, hit it again?
Another one. Anthony Richardson to the bench for Joe Flaco.
That's not good news for US Adam Schefter Indianapolis is
benching the former first round pick Anthony and Richardson and
turning to veteran Joe Flacco sources, Tail Feller, ESPN, and meat.
I got news for you, Anthony richard sucks and never
should tell the truth. Remember lying is your best friend.
I'm getting bench for Joe Flacco. Forty year old Joe Flacco.
How does that feel? But Joe was okay last year
for the Browns. I mean he wasn't great in the
playoff games. Coach has met this morning and made the
seismic organizational decision to change a QB. Yes, and next
time when someone asks you why you tapped out, you
say because you had a hamstring issue or your thigh
was hurting. Stephan Dicks, are you gonna go ahead and
do it? What was your favorite? Stephan Diggs is a
Texan moment? Okay, I'm just gonna put it on Twitter.
John and Needville on seven ninety. Hello John, somebody else
does because I know it's your bet, but that is
my big if. People steal it all the time. Hi John,
You did it?
Speaker 6: Matt Ross, remember back when the season training camp was starting.
Speaker 3: Yes, and Matt went off and ran his mouth.
Speaker 1: Yes.
Speaker 3: Oh they're gonna have a major injury over there on Kirby.
Uh huh, Matt did it, So now I'm gonna do
it to Matt.
Speaker 6: Y'all gonna have a major injury with those demons on
that basketball court.
Speaker 3: Oh they think anyway? John, John, you can't carry my
water pail. You ain't got nothing on this If I'm
gonna do something, I'm gonna do it way more impactful
the you're sorry ass later man, all right, I'm gonna
let the audience decide what Why are they gonna decide?
I'm gonna do it for your Twitter. I'm gonna give
you twenty minutes to decide whether I should put it
out there or not.
Speaker 4: Just do it.
Speaker 3: Just zero days, zero to it. You get twenty minutes,
Just do it. The answer is should I And the
question is yes, it's a bit no too soon. Here
we go, get it over with, and I will only
I will only decide on whether or not I do
it based off of I mean, yeah, he's he's likely
gone unless he somehow decides to come back on some
kind of team friendly deal, which is I just don't
see that happening. But team what is team friendly to you?
One year tare minimum? No for guys off a fresh
ACL injury. No, you're not paying the l injuries, not
a death now thirty plus year old guys, It is no,
it's not okay, he's never gonna play again. No, but
ten ten million dollars or not if you wants to
come back for five okay? Hashtag great value. Okay, Neigel,
Vancouver is that British Columbia or Washington on Sports Talk
seven on a Hello Needel.
Speaker 8: Beautiful British Columbia and it's Nigel and that's very you know,
you say this all the time regarding Stefan Diggs. This
is a good thing, not obviously for Stefan Diggs, because
did you notice what happened when Stefan Diggs went out?
Tank Dell started performing. He has also catches, of course
one of these, but one of those was for a touchdown.
I do I think that we need to see some
more John Metchi as a Canadian, I would like to
see that happen.
Speaker 3: You know what Canadian football acumen is terrible. Well he
should be on the Blue Bombers.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Probably.
Speaker 8: Well let's hope that he's better than that.
Speaker 3: But let's go Who's who's the Is the BC Lions
a four point favorite against the Argonautzer are the underdog?
Le's the over under in this week's game?
Speaker 8: I have no clue I'm going to I am going
to the Great Cup because it is in Vancouver this year. Well, regardless,
I honestly think as a holistic thing, Stefan Diggs not
being on the team is a good thing. It's going
to open up uh more days for our young receivers.
Dalton Scholz needs to get going.
Speaker 3: I'm about the offensive line, but well, of course we're
all that's the number one concern. Look, if they get
pack Nico Collins and as he stays healthy and Tank
del stays safety, they're going to be still in a
good spot.
Speaker 8: What about trading for Mike Williams. If we're trying to
shoot the moon this year, let's do something so good.
Speaker 3: That the Jets traded for DeVante Adams, who's washed. Yeah, thanks, Nigel.
Mike Williams's point, though, you're not trading for I mean
all the Marquee guys are gone. You're gonna get a
seventh rounder. Yeah, I mean who are the marque guys
that have been moving? Old Davante Adams, old DeAndre Hopkins,
else Cleveland receiver that went to the Mark Cooper I think.
So let me tell you how many catches did he
have this weekend for the Bills. I would have taken
all three of those guys. Absolutely would have taken all. Right,
Cooper's like in his thirties, two, isn't he? Yeah? But
I mean, that's what I'm saying. The anything that was
left was traded for. By the way, the pole question
has seventeen minutes left? Fifty yes, forty eight percent? No,
you all right over there? I almost dropp coffee on
this whole hot coffee or cole almost pulled to Matt Thomas.
That's not nice. I'm actually in the room here, all right.
So Stefan Diggs is out great for the year and
perhaps for his legacy as a Houston Texan whose jersey
should be retired first Ed Reid's or Stefan Diggs let
to go? Eric Molds Was he a tex Was he
a Textan too?
Speaker 4: I see?
Speaker 3: Who was? Damn dude? Who else will says short term Texan?
I mean like super short term? Oh, am On Green,
Matt Saw Matt Lionert, how about Aman Green? Texans legends?
Who are the faded? He just goes on the list
faded stars who came here in Houston and didn't do
squat okay seven, he tour his acl Arman Green was terrible.
Ed Reid was washed, yep, Eric Bolds was done. Dan
Rolovsky Okay, Dan Rolowski was never a star. We're talking
about like, oh, they're talking about. Okay, I got faded
stars seven one three two one two five seven ninety
you know what? You know what we need now? No,
I don't know we need something uplifting. I'm got to
hear for you. What does that mean? University of Houston
football big win against Utah Saturday. They're gonna take on
Kansas Date this Saturday at TDCU Stadium in a two
thirty tilt. You can get ready for thrilling plays, hard
hitting action. That defense was really good and unforgettable moments.
And now they've got a blackout special. They're gonna be
wearing all black this week. You get a ticket, you
get a T shirt for thirty bucks. That is what
I call value. A ticket and a T shirt for
thirty dollars. Uachecougars dot Com Slash black, Ugecougars dot Com
slash black but light backyard tailgate area has food, beverages
and tailgate. Come early, be loud, wear black this week.
Cougars Waldcats, Uagecougars dot Com Slash Black, ticket t shirt
thirty bucks for Houston Kansas State six two point thirty
TDCU Stadium this Saturday.
Speaker 4: Be there.
Speaker 3: The morning Sports show for those who partied in Midtown
way too hard. Last night the Matt Thomas Show on
Sports Talk seven ninety. All right, you guys have got
great memories. A bunch of names are coming in on
Stefan Diggs type plas. Come on, man, this you brought
this up just is gonna be depressing.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: Here are the candidates, Jeff Garcia, Jake Delome, Uh, Tony
besselling on the list. Uh, let's see sumes have sent
that out there? What else? Ron didn't even play it down?
Ron Dayne. Ron Daye is a pretty good one. But
I didn't have much of an NFL career either. But
great college back though. Wouldn't Dane a decent giant for
a while? He was okay passed up Ricky Williams. So
I'm still bitter about that. It's not good at all.
Seven one three two one two five seven nine. If
you want to jump at seven one three two one
two five seven nine zero, let's go to will in
the Woodlands on seven Ony. Hello, Will Hello, I've got
two guys I want to throw in the mix.
Speaker 4: I got Brandon Cooks and Vince will Fork.
Speaker 3: Oh, Wilford was good. Was good for a couple of years. Yeah,
he was just clearing in the back end. But Vince
played and helped. Yeah, he made barbecue in his overalls.
I mean he was great. He was more of a character.
Speaker 4: He was hungry.
Speaker 3: He was hungry. Had two seasons. I thought he was
Brandon Cooks, Brandon cook for the Cowboys. Yeah, and then
he got salty with a team here like trade. I
don't care, right, Yeah, yeah, those are good ones speaking
of a thousand yards, but I would say Brandon Cooks's
career is more two of them. He had two thousand
yards seasons here. Yeah, he remember, he remember he wanted
a week off or something. That wasn't there something going
on with some kind of thing. He needed some time away.
He was tired, and say he didn't pull in Anthony Richardson. Yeah,
got benched now. Yeah, No, I would put Stefan Diggs
short tenures of Textan. That's gotta be Ron Dane, right, No,
because Diggs was Diggs was great in his prime. Okay, well,
then who's good until he got hurt? But Sally was
never good as a Texan. No, I mean Jeff kind
of Jeff Garcia do as a Texan, he was great.
I don't believe that he made me started like one
or two games. Yeah, but see nobody brought in Jeffe
Carcia because oh this is gonna be difference because you
brought him in for as insurance. This was supposed to
be a well when you originally traded for him, he
was having multi year deal. Ed Reid wasn't hurt though,
but ed didn't dis was decent. Didn't we know that
Edard was gonna be over ready to going in. We
had read on a mobile call. Remember, yeah, Ede, we
hed to reading the moment we miss him. Let's talk
to uh Frank on the north side on seven nine
and twelve fifty two. Thank you Frank for calling. What's
going on?
Speaker 10: Hey?
Speaker 3: I was calling about the comments you made about uh
wemby Yami.
Speaker 1: I'm pronouncing the name wrong, I know. Yeah, Adam clann
is a hater. You know if you not a rocket,
he don't like nobody unless you're a rocket or case soon.
Oh he just plain hater and and for you to
be on his bandwagon.
Speaker 3: No no, no, no no no no no no no
no no, you're not you're not hearing. I said we
are friends and I love him like a brother. But
doesn't mean, I have to agree with every one of
his sports takes. You have friends that have bad sports takes, right, Frank, I.
Speaker 1: Was just shouldn't say. What's going on with you and him?
Is he shining old cue ball up for you on
the weekend?
Speaker 4: It?
Speaker 3: What kind of fool are you? Frank? What's the matter
with you? Frank? Frank, Frank? The whole point of the
conversation was, I was disagreeing with Adam Klanton. What what
did you not understand? Is your hands not going the
whole way through?
Speaker 1: Hey, look at you. Ain't nobody got time for that?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, get his Uh.
Speaker 1: I ain't gonna say to be where we get his
big self homewaiting with that Haterhisma. Man, there's twenty years
old and this is that you in the league and
he already putting a jacket on. He just average.
Speaker 3: Come on, man, I don't disagree with you. I see, Frank,
you need to listen. Cleaning that wax out of your ears.
I like Victor woman ya. I don't want him to
be as good, but I'm afraid he's gonna be good.
Speaker 1: I didn't say you, man, I'm going about to come
in that Adam klex it me, you know not? Now?
You twisting in it all the way around?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 1: Well, like, don't you turn into a hat it Matt.
Speaker 3: Come on, Frank, I hate you.
Speaker 4: Is what I do.
Speaker 3: That's what I'm telling you. I just hate you.
Speaker 4: I just.
Speaker 5: Nah.
Speaker 1: No, he's shining old que ball.
Speaker 3: Get out of here, Frank, crazy ass, shine a cue ball.
I'll give you something to shine. Frank. That's mad with you, Frank,
that's crazy. Thank you Frank forgetting did there's nothing? Frank's
making a lot of good points now. I don't think
Frank me in any good points. Crazy. Oh man, that's funny.
Seven three too. I do get my head shaved. I
don't get my head shine though. Nope, you can't do it.
Go ahead, No you can't. No you can try. It
ain't working. Noop noopop noopop.
Speaker 4: All right?
Speaker 3: Oh man, So what's happening with your Twitter poll? Oh?
Oh oh oh, let's check it. I'm my moores got
left here four minutes left. Oh it's it's happening. Sixty
four percent said yes, Oh you didn't even you just
said should I yeah, I didn't want to put it
out there. But if you listen, if people figured out whatever.
People aren't listening to the show, Matt. Sometimes people are
busy seventy four people listening right now that they just
saw it on Twitter. They're probably just clicking buttons. Well,
it could be should I should I hit somebody? Should
I hit Frank? Yeah, we don't know all the comments.
You got one comment and no likes. Yeah, that's fine.
Three comments. But Wemby is overrated. Oh unless a bunch
of people come in with those in the next four minutes,
it's over Wemby is overrated. I mean it, guess it
depends on how you want to look at it. He
is not an all world top ten player in the
NBA right now, but he has that potential. Professor b
Neils's digs equals Eric Molds. See I wasn't in town
Eric Molds sign here, so it was Molds was just bad?
Was Was he just a step super super slow at that?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I mean the Buffalo Bill's legend Eric Molds something. You
see what he did as a Texan up sixteen games?
Oh I'm sorry, yeah, sixteen games, five hundred and fifty
seven yards. That's just a guy that was out there
and didn't play well.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So fan Davis was playing good until they got hurt.
That's over. Yes, I will. It's not that bad of
a comparison. One touchdown five hundred and fifty seven yards
for Eric Molds in sixteen games, sixteen games seven one
three two one two five seven NINETI we know we
need some gut feelings. Okay, somebody want to go opposite
my gut that says that he ain't coming back. The
Texas will can bring him back on a on a
reduced deal. No. Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seventy.
If you have any sports predictions you want to make,
let them be heard right now here on a Tuesday
edition to the Matt Thomas Show with Ross right now
a word here for Uptown Appliance Repair. The folks at
Uptown would like to let you know that if you
have a refrigerator that doesn't work, an ice maker, a
wine cellar, a place where are just chilling your wine,
whether you've got outdoor grills, laundry equipment that are on
the fritz, don't go out and buy something new right away.
Get with Uptown Appliance Repair. One hundred percent customer satisfaction.
That is at minimum. The folks are gonna do the work,
will be done right the very first time. Great reputation
with thousands of satisfied customers in the Houston area. If
any of your household appliances are not working to where
they need to be, get with Uptown Appliance Repair phone
numbers two eight, one, seven, five, eight nine nine seven
eight two eight one seven, five eight nine, nine, seven eight.
Check out the website Uptown Appliants Repair dot com. That's
Uptown a Plants Repair dot com. Lunchtimers, this is the
Matt Thomas Show. Seven one three two one two five
seven nine East wasn't Tumman, Yo, They got a gut dealing.
This is their gut feeling on the Matt Thomas Show.
Sorry about that and I mean to talk over the
big voice guy all right. Time now for some serious
predictions sports RV. When it comes to what is going
on the sports world. How did we do last week?
Bo If you have any gut feelings, get in here
right now at seven one three two one two five
Sevannini seven one three two one two five Seminati. Okay, Matthew,
we will go to the archives last week. You said
Texas and Georgia will play again at some point. M hmm.
That remains to be seen. Thankfully, the Longhorns escaped with
a win in Nashville, so their playoff hopes are alive.
You have the Rockets winning forty eight games, yep, so far,
they're on pace for forty one. Yeah, so they gotta
pick it up a little bit. They gotta pick up
the pace, and that starts with a really easy game
in Dallas. Easy is it? Do you say it was easy?
All right? I like that the spending Western Conference champion
trade at the deadline made by the Houston Texans.
Speaker 4: Did it really well?
Speaker 3: Say, okay, this has significant trade at the deadline. I
think that means Texans. No, no, no, no, no, no,
oh no, you're right, you know what, it's Rockets.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I was gonna say I don't no, no, no, because
I I think you're going to tell the truth that
he won't. But now I guess the question could be,
can you mind it? Do you think the Texans will
pull off some sort of deal that would be pretty
darn quick. The deadline is November fifth, that's next Tuesday.
I think that's also the only thing happening that day.
That's it. There's nothing else going on. Actually, Carly is
a playoff volleyball game. Good, So there you go. Playoffs, playoffs. Yeah,
let's go Kingwood Stangs. Are they the late Mustang?
Speaker 4: Thanks?
Speaker 3: Okay? Yeah. You have the Alabama covering the thirteen and
a half against the Miszoo. Sorry, I think they did.
Sorry about that. You had, Oh, we don't have to
go to Connors, we can skip that.
Speaker 4: We had.
Speaker 3: You had the Texans covering the six versus the Colts
they did not, did not. And you had Carly Thomas
getting her a thousandth assist by Friday, and then she
did she got a lot one week ago yesterday. Shout
out to Carl Thomas. Good for her, all right? For me,
I had the Rockets winning forty five plus. I said
there will be a playing team, but not top six.
And I said, oh, this is off to a good start.
Jalen Green best offense and I put my name on this.
Speaker 4: You did, I did.
Speaker 3: I was happy for you that do that. Jalen Green
best offensive season of his career so far, so good
with that. And I had the Texans cover the six whoops.
And I had Carly not getting her thousand assists. That's
an l Oh, yeah, Uncle Ross has already been Carly
was not if Uncle Ross had no faith in her.
So I was just making a joke actually about her personally.
She's putting voodoo hex on. What is she gonna do?
She a witch?
Speaker 1: Huh?
Speaker 3: You know how the curse sometimes hits in strange places.
Connemer govern said, missoo iss gonn upset though, did you
really say that? You didn't? You said they were gonna cover.
You didn't say they were gonna beat Alabama? Didn't get me?
Come on, I sure did. If we would have had
a quarterback, yeah, excuses different. So would y'all use y'all
want with ten players and go with the quarterback? You
literally would know no one took snaps under center. Our
backup was bad. Drew Pine, he's bad. Brady Cook really good.
Would you tell Drew Pine to his face how bad
he was? Yes, because he probably knows it. Oh. Connor
McGovern's very upset with Drew Pine, Tiger and Tiger Savage.
I love it all right, I will go first. Okay,
you can bet on over unders and you don't. Again,
you can't bet online here in Texas on games. Okay,
and if I wish I had time to go to
Lake Charles, I bet I would bet a not a
literal house, but a figuratively house on the under in
the Texans Jets game this week. What's the line? I
believe it's forty two. It's pretty low. I think it's
going to be sloppy. I think it's going to be
a challenge for both teams offensively. I mean, you got
no Collins, no digs, and you're going up against sauce
God no mmmm Dulton Schultz season ESPN has it at
fifty one point one percent favored by the Texans to
forty eight point five percent of the Jets. Jets up
to minus two. That line is moving and shaken towards
the Jets side. I was, I don't have an over
or on this. ESPN's app is not good at forty
two and a half, Okay, Yeah, I'll take I will
bet the figurative house on under the under forty two
and a half, and I gotta lay a little extra
juice on the final. I get it all right, at
least on ESPN. And I'm not ready to predict the
game because frankly, the Jets super suck, but you're only
only sending about eighty percent of the healthy Texans to
up to New York this week. Offensive line is still
a mess. You've lost a key player for sure offensively.
Uh and saust Garner is a really good defensive player.
I mean who is I mean, who's going to be
able to go after that? Secondary? The problem is the
Jets don't score. I'm saying this is gonna be. This
could a fluky uneven. I think America Ross will will
largely tune off, tune out of the Jets Texans game.
I think honestly, Al Michaels will be bored off his
ass and Kirk Kurbshrud will spend more time looking at
his dog and looking at the game.
Speaker 11: Hm.
Speaker 3: I'm really trying to convince myself that whole time you
were talking, I'm like, how can I how can I
find an angle where the Texans win? How can I
find an angle where cause they're they're fundamentally they're better.
But no, dig, this is a long trip, short week.
Battled and bruised. Your offensive line is a hot mess.
Quinnon Williams is lining up against Kenyon Green because Jared Patterson.
I imagine isn't gonna clear cut protocol by Thursdon. There's
no way. Yeah, that's correct. You're looking at two to
three weeks on concussion stuff. If it's the first time. Yeah,
either way, it's probably gonna be a week plus. You
don't know about Henry Totoe, you know about Alsie saw here,
Damian Pierce, you don't have your backup running back. Maybe
Texans lose. Yeah, Texans lose.
Speaker 1: Not, I mean they're not.
Speaker 3: Doesn't mean that the Textans aren't significantly better. It's just
you're gonna run into some bad name defensive score or
Damian Pears is gonna have to break a runback or
something if he plays. I mean, can you hand the
ball at Joe makes him thirty times and say, Brad
take one for the team here. Texans lose nineteen to
sixteen twenty one nineteen, No, they wouldn't. It wouldn't be nineteen.
Texan would have nineteen. They would have I'm saying that
nineteen for the Jets. I got twenty one seven. Greg
Zerlin has been terrible?
Speaker 4: Are they?
Speaker 3: Are they changing kickers yet? Twenty one seventeen Jetropolitans in
a game that does not it's not indicate where the
Texans are. Like if Ross the Texans lose on Friday,
which I'm not with you to Friday, I don't think
it should be a pity party. It should be just
a bad short week, bad injury timing. Nick Casiro will
do something before the deadline. Rockets next three games are
against Dallas, Golden State, and the Knicks. Three playoff teams
go ahead one in two, one and two are winning
two one and two. I refrain come in from that. Okay,
all right, Conn three and four A three and yeah,
three and four when we come back next Connor, what
do you got this week?
Speaker 9: I know I was wrong about my Miszoo prediction, but
I think I was right about my Rockets beating the
Grizzlies and then splitting the Spurs.
Speaker 3: Okay, we'll give you credit for that.
Speaker 4: Did you get you?
Speaker 1: Give credit? Down?
Speaker 3: But that's not very nice, sound familiar. Sure, but we'll
go to the Texans.
Speaker 9: I'll say Tank Dell touchdown, Joe Mixon touchdown, Dalton Schultz
fifty yards.
Speaker 3: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa hold on, Joe Mixon touchdown. This
sounds like a lot of points. Tank dal touchdown Schultz
fifty yards, the fifty yard.
Speaker 9: Games, and the Texans Texans Jets final will be what
twenty three seventeen Texans win.
Speaker 3: I love that. I really want you to be right.
I just don't know that you will be We know
what the Let me look at the weather forecast. That's
a that's a. That's another kicker too. Can we keep CJ.
Stroud off this horrible turf?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 3: I forgot about how bad this turf was. Oh my god,
this is as Ross. This is a recipe for disaster.
You know you're saying Tank Dell's gonna rip his a
cl No, probably something else. Oh come on, man, Oh
this is just a one break. How about some breaking news?
More breaking new? How much breaking news can one show
handle on one day? Trade deadline week? What do you got?
Carolina is sending wide receiver Deontay Johnson to the Baltimore Ravens.
So wait, so everybody's making moves for wide receiver except
the tax wanted Deontay Johnson. Here, Ross, this is a problem, Nicki,
Nicky c dang stop Ravens stopped getting measured for custom
sweater vest Jay Flowers, Deontay Johnson or shot Babyan's okay,
eighty degrees. By the way, in New York on Smarts
Andrews Isaiah Likelely and Derreck, Henry and Lamar Jackson. Who
who that's problematic? Oh? That is problematic in the AFC
more breaking news. Okay, this is a one star hit it.
Go ahead and hit it. Actress Terry Garr has passed away.
Who the hell is that? Her most famous role would
have to be the role of the mom in the
very successful early eighties movie Mister Mom. Yeah, she died.
She died at the age of seventy, right on the nose.
May she rest Terry Our interesting story about Terry Garr
when I went on David Letterman in nineteen ninety four,
when I was miked up at the summit. Yes, the
guest that night on the David Letterman Show was Terry Garr.
Really yes? Wow? Another interesting fact? She has webbed feet. Well,
I don't. I don't know she has web feet. I
feel Terry Gar believe it or not. It's Terry guard
believe it or not?
Speaker 4: Today?
Speaker 3: Sure?
Speaker 1: Why not?
Speaker 3: Seven? All right here? She was also in Tutsy and
Young Frankenstein. She was in Toutsy Young Yeah, she very good.
She died at seventy nine. That's sixty nine, so I
was off by day. That's okay, you're close enough. Long
battle with multiple spros Kansas State alum as well. No way,
Oh my god, you seriously got me on that. That's terrible.
Speaker 8: Damn you lie it.
Speaker 4: I bought into it.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry. You know what I'm gonna write that. I'm
gonna write it, believe it or not. Terry Garr is
in the Alumni Hall of Fame. Sure that'll be a
not for believe it or not today and all thanks
Terry garr All. Right, time for you guys to make
your predictions. What do you got? Seven one? Damn you
seven one three two one two five believe you should
feel you just have your soul?
Speaker 1: Is really?
Speaker 4: Are?
Speaker 3: I should have red hair? Seven one three two one
two five seven? Do you know what I'm not gonna do.
I'm not gonna bite you to spend some time with
me and the bros over a two creeks crossing resort
to somebody's gonna build a fire. No, you don't know
how to Okay, you know what ross you are coming?
After all? You want to enjoy the piece and the
quiet of being in the wilderness, but enjoying the modern
amenities like a fitness center, boat ramps, uh live music,
pick a ball, fishing, workout facilities, laundry room, shower facilities,
a beautiful community fire pit, boat ramp, grilling facilities, and more.
Then you got to go to Two Creeks Crossingresort dot
com where you can get right now through the end
of the month. We're talking about three days twenty percent
off of an October sale going on at Two Creekscrossingresort
dot com. It is a resort, not an RV park. Now,
if you have an RV, they can certainly drop it
off there with the concrete rvpads for you. But if
you don't have one, and you're looking for a yurt,
a glamping tent, or one of the beautiful tree house
cabins or the cabins that are right on the water,
this is the place where you want to go. I
was up there a few weeks ago. I had such
a good time, And you've got all different sorts of
cabin rentals which are now twenty percent off. Located in
the tranquil East Texas pine forests, minutes away from restaurants
and local activities two Creekscrossingresort dot com where it doesn't
compromise on amenities or service twenty percent off two Creaks
Crossingresort dot com.
Speaker 2: Matt Thomas continues on Sports Talk seven ninety.
Speaker 3: One eighteen on Sports Talk seven ninety all right, if
you have any got feelings, there's your last chance to
get in here, because we're moving on. If you don't
want to get in with one seven one three two
one two five seven any sports predictions, I forgot to
write yours down. You have the Texans losing? Yes, under
anything else? Can I say? Let's see what else we
haven't mentioned? The World Series? Oh, I'm holding onto my
Dodgers in five, feeling very strong about it should be
feeling strong. No team is ever even forced a game
six getting down three in the World Series. Let me
ask you this, what is how bad of a legacy hit?
Is Aaron Judge taking on this bad boy? Because it
feels like to me any and I'm not watching much
of the World Series. I've been busy with rockets and
college football, but it feels like to me he is
getting worn out on the social media streets. Yes he is,
but that's also I mean, that's what we do. We're
a nation of haters. You have to hate on people,
and I am loving hating on Aaron Judge just because
I'm rooting against the Yankees, and of course Aaron Judge
who in twenty twenty one ish when he covered up
his Jersey Mountain mocking jose L Twovea in twenty nineteen
walk off home run. You get no sympathy for me,
sucond Judge, especially with strikeout some more. And then Brian
Cash been going off on the well you know, the
cheap bit again a few weeks ago with the mad
Dog Russol exactly. So I'm rooting against him. I mean,
he's he's still fantastic, He's still an all time great hitter.
He is, He's an all time great hitter. Our basketball
OPSO leader for the Rockets is a diehard Yankees fan.
And matter of fact, one of his kids name is
Jeter Geez. Yeah, that's taking it too far, well, I
mean we named kids after stuff all the time. I'm
I'm guilty of myself. I know, say hi to Peyton
for me, And don't forget Cameron, don't forget that it's
two or of three on that one, but he is distraught.
He's he's given up. Get yeah, they're down three.
Speaker 4: I'd give up.
Speaker 3: But I mean, is there anything more crazier than the
elation of winning in a pennant in baseball and then
immediately sweat wept. I mean it'd be I mean, I would,
I would. An example I would go with is you
win the AFC R NFC and then you go to
the Super Bowl. I'll lose thirty five to three and
buffalo face. We know about that.
Speaker 8: Hm.
Speaker 3: Have we had a blot in the Super Bowl in
a long time? It's been feel like it's been a minute.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 3: The Broncos got destroyed by the Seahawks. That was almost
ten years ago at this point. The did the did
the Eagles beat I'm gonna go look a Patriots a
couple of by a couple of scores. But I mean
there was a time ross when I was in high
school that every Super Bowl was over by half. The
Buccaneers killed the Chiefs here I pulled it up to
in twenty twenty oh, the twenty twenty season. But February
of twenty one, that's when they get people forget about
that and they're like, look at this Pat Mahomes box score.
He was terrible. Both of his tackles got hurt. Yeah,
but he had no starting tackles against that ferocious Tampa
Bay Buccaneers front. Like, hey, last year was three points,
the year before that was three, the year before that
it was three. I mean, this isn't bad Tampa Bay.
And now Tampa Bay was by twenty two. Casey by eleven.
New England and the Rams played a Super Bowl together.
That's not true, is it? Thirteen to three was a
final score in that one. Yeah, the last straight up
beat down was Yeah, the Chiefs and the Buccaneers and
then before that the Seahawks and the destroying the Broncos,
the Legion of Boom Super Bowl. So let me give
you a score of games than when I was growing up. Okay,
all right, you had the Super Bowl. Then Raiders beat
the Redskins at the time in eighty four, this when
I was in junior high thirty eight to nine beat down.
The year for that, San Francisco beat Miami thirty eight
to sixteen. That was Dean Marino's oldest every year. Then
the year after that it was Chicago forty six to
ten over the Patriots. That was the eighty five Bears.
The year after that it was the Giants over Denver
thirty nine to twenty. And then the year after that
it was Washington beating Denver forty two to ten. So
it was basically five straight beatdowns. And then after the
year you had one close game. After this, you went
Samtrusco beating Cincinnati when John Taylor cut the touchdown pass late.
Then the year for that, the Niners went back to
Super Bowl and beat Denver fifty five to ten. I mean, Rossie,
there was a stretch of like six or seven of
those years where you were watching anything else on television
but the Super Bowl. Well, now the league's got more parody.
It's closer games, Yeah, thirty two teams, closer games, better competition,
hlatiously high ratings, AD sales are crazy, hard capped league, Yeah,
which helps, Yeah, don't. I mean, what is the NFL? Honestly,
what does the NFL do wrong? Because let me referee
such well, referee sucking all sports. They could be better,
They could invest in the better. Okay, time out because
I want you to walk me through this, because I don't.
I've had that argument myself, and I'm giving up on
that argument. Oh yeah, they just need to like a
startup referee academy and invest in their own referees. But
they won't do that because they don't care. But you
got to realize, if you're an NFL referee, wait a minute,
NFL referees had been doing this for a long period
of time. If you're an NF one, if you're an
NFL referee, you have worked college, you have worked high school,
you have worked pee wee. You just don't get to
go onto an online academy and get an NFL assignment.
You have to You've got every one of those, even
the lowest of the lowest officials have probably at least
fifteen years of experience. It's doing significantly games. It's like
being Yeah, but the pool of referees is small, I'm
saying wide in the pool. It's like being the hottest
girl at a at A one A school. You go
to five A, six A, it's gonna be a little different. Hmmm.
So you think the one A girl isn hot? I
didn't say that, you did. God, there's a great line
I want to say, but I want to protect the license.
Good job, thank you? All right, So all you're telling me,
is opening up academy and paying a lot of money. Yes,
they're not ever gonna do that. I think you'd be
a disappointed. I think you'd be disappointed. I think the
referee would would improve, Like you think if they got
more referees and invested in them, they wouldn't get better?
Uh No, because I still think the moment sometimes is
too big for the average human being. I know that's
it's a terrible statement to me.
Speaker 4: It is.
Speaker 3: Well, I think if they widen the pool of referees
and put them in through some sort of academy, and
then why why were they there? They've got so much money.
Why wouldn't they do that? Because revenue and ratings keep
going up and nobody cares at the end of the day.
We complained about it on Sunday and then what happens.
We're back there watching next week. But couldn't you say
that with everything in life, if everything had an open
pool of things to get better. Yeah, Like, are we
lucky to have our jobs? Absolutely? If they were a
better pool of people the academy of a broadcasting we'd
be out of work. Absolutely. Well, I don't know if
I well, well, i'd be safe i'd be safe, I'd
be externinarily safe.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: I I have come to the grips to the fact
that if you get a really well officiated game, you're
just damn lucky. That's in all sports. Rossie. They have
academies for baseball umpires. There are thousands of people umpiring
at minor league levels all across this country. There is
a chart to success a double A triple A major leagues.
It's still a mess, and we have data. Though calling
balls and strikes has gotten significantly better in the last
twenty years, that's not good enough an closer. We're closer
to one hundred percent than we've ever been. But these
umpires that are coming up are better, but nobody's satisfied
with it. We bitch himybody, pitch him on it every
single night because these idiots have technology to get every
single call right, and they're like, hmmm, no, we like
the human element, which means we like wrong calls. I
don't know. I think if you double the pay, if
you gave him a four year college degree, I think
we're gonna say this mistake is gonna work. It's it
has to start grassroots, it has to start at the
bottom all right seven one three, two, one two five
seven ninety speak of the bottom, Ross's NFL, Rewind's coming up.
What does that mean? I mean it's not a great segment.
I mean it's it's got a little bit of this segment.
You can eat what you can leave the room. I'll
do it with Connor.
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 3: I want to sit bang and listen to it, and
maybe I'll be wrong. Maybe i'll reevaluate the segment. Maybe
I think it's a lot better than I should be.
I believe it was a seven to nothing vote on
the rusher or flush it. That was one week. People
felt bad for you, felt bad for me.
Speaker 8: Why?
Speaker 3: Because they're worried about you? What are they worried about?
We're a long We're a much your long term success.
I've been here for sixteen years.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: If I get fired tomorrow, it's a pretty good run.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: What do you do next? I'll probably play poker. You'll
probably going on to YouTube. I'll probably drive uber play poker.
Would you do a little YouTube? You do a YouTube page?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I mean I subscribe to it. I appreciate that. Just
hit the subscribe button, like and subscribe. Thank you. You're
welcome seven one three two, one two five seven ninety
seven one three two one two five seven eight. I
can have you make some money. How can you do that? Well,
because you do know your sports, I mean a little
bit at least. How about taking your knowledge and turning
into cash with Underdog Fantasy. With their pickup game, you
can win up to one thousand times your money by
choosing things like high or lower on player stats and
a variety of sports, whether it be the World Series tonight,
whether it be college and pro football during the course
of the week, or NBA Basketball tonight. And Underdog is
gonna let you keep riding with your entry at the
with the win now button to cash out whenever you want.
They're not going to suck you in for long term.
They want to keep you as a happy player. And
that's why you choose Underdog Fantasy more than anybody else
out there. Now this season, Underdog's gonna be running a
special promo or a bonus almost every single day, like
profit boost, discounts, and free picks. So what I want
you to do is I want you to download the
app and sign up with the promo code sports MT
and deposit now to get up to one thousand dollars
in bonus cash instantly, but you got to use that
promo code sports MT. One example, the free picks basically
a sure thing. A player just has to get higher
than point five for that pick to win, and all
new users get that free pick. Remember download the app
or going to Underdog Fantasy dot com with the promo
code sports empt thinking that thousand dollars in bonus cash
instantly up to that is and a chance to win
that bonus pick must be eighteen plus and president state
where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply concern with your play
called one hundred gambler or visit www dot NCP gambling
dot org. Remember, for the best of your knowledge in
sports and money, work today, work with Underdog Fantasy promo
Code sports MT. We can do a goofy ass segment
called let's.
Speaker 1: Go around league.
Speaker 3: Oh we're not gonna do that. Wait a minute, we'll
do that on the nightcap. That's not a great segment.
That's why people's exactly around the league. But it's just
a different name. We do it once a week, we
don't do it once a day. Okay, we don't do
what we just bring up Bernie let's take a look
at what's happening with the Niners secondary this week. Boring
ass somebody cares Ross gets a fifth of Beethoven in him? Okay,
what yeah? Or fit the Scotch. I don't know what
it was. And you're gonna give us some things that
every other boring ass host wouldn't take time for. You're
gonna find it here. Thank you, Matt, go with the NFL. Rewind, Well,
what's instead of going to all the way back to Sunday,
Let's go all the way back to last night with
the Pittsburgh Steelers victory over the New York Giants. Giants
bringing pressure, Wilson lofting, Wilson has a man out there.
Wilson has a touchdown. It's a second touchdown for Calvin
Austin two hundred and seventy eight yards and a touchdown
for Russell Wilson threw a couple of dimes to George
Pickens as well. So far two games as a starter,
three touchdowns, no picks. Matt, I have to ask with
that defense and Russell Wilson playing the way he is,
Pittsburgh Steelers contender or pro tender pretender, They're a protender
pre tender. They don't scare MEO plause this way. Let
me give you my AFC power rankings. Okay, Casey one, yes,
Baltimore two. Baltimore just lost to Cleveland. We're gonna get
to that in a second matter. Texans three, Buffalo, Buffalo
or Pittsburgh five.
Speaker 4: Here you go.
Speaker 3: Okay, Denver's up there by the way, five to three.
They're five and three on the year. But let's focus
on that team you just mentioned, the Baltimore Ravens losing
to Cedric Tillman and Jameis Winston one.
Speaker 10: Oh four to go second and fifteen hup stays in
the backfield, Chambis to throw Tamis's time, Davis coby Tea,
that's Tilbn Denzil Tudstock.
Speaker 3: All right, man, feels like we want to call this
a fluke. We could call the loss of the Raiders
a fluke. Raven's also losing to the Chiefs in week one.
They have some impressive blowout wins, but also some ugly losses,
including losing it. Look, Jameis Winston's decent Browns are decent,
but I mean, come on, losing to that team, I
mean number one in the Rotten five. If we were
doing Raven Radio today, we would be flipping out. Still
we lost to the Browns and Jamis Winston. No, they're
wigging out because they're thinking, here we go again, just
like a lot of folks here in Houston think I
want to drop and I just don't get it. Now
they just traded for Deontay Johnson. So I mean, if
I say Deontay Johnson, Zay Flowers or Shad Babman, Mark Andrews,
Isaiah Likely Derek Henry Justice Hill is a good running
back and oh, by the way, Lamar Jackson is a
guy we've been talking about. Is back to back MVP.
How is anyone going to stop that offense? And by
the way, Johnson Alexander for The Chronicle says that the
Panthers did not get a phone call about Johnson at
all from the Texans. Well, I wonder what the draft
compensation is gonna is? Does it matter? I mean, I
know that he's stock pollin picks off the right, but
don't aren't you winning for the now? Don't you need
going in for Yeah, trading for digs in the first
place shows that you were going to try and win now. Yeah, absolutely,
but unfortunately Deontay Johnson is a Baltimore Raven and is
crossing the line to the AFC, So that is not
good for Youston Texans. All one more quick question on that,
Matt Lamar Jackson still your favorite for MVP. Yes, okay, yep.
Let's keep it moving along to what happened over the
weekend to the Texans opponent on a Thursday, the New
York Jets rogers undercatcher throwing to the right eludes the.
Speaker 1: Initial rush, STAPs up.
Speaker 5: Throws to the left side of the passes caught by
Devonte Adams, but he's good immediately by Jonathan Jones with
the forty six. When the pack is cutting down to
three out of two, New York's not gonna have enough
time to snap it against. So far, the Patriots winning
more than they gave us split against the Jets, and
they show their toughness mentally and in the end physically.
Speaker 3: In this game, rallying for the victory twenty five to
twenty two. Patriots get the victory. Matt. This is the
first time in NFL history a team has scored over
twenty points. They have not turned the ball over. H
and I believe I don't want to. I'm trying to
pull up the other third one two hundred and fifty
yards under for the opposing team, seven hundred and fifty
times that had happened before in the NFL, and that
team was seven hundred and fifty and Oh, Jets, the
first team to ever lose scoring twenty plus points and
not turning the ball over and holding their opponent to
under two undred and fifty yards. You know what, How's
that possible? You spent hours looking at that, and for
that I appreciate it.
Speaker 7: No I did.
Speaker 3: Somebody tweeted it, Oh, that's fine, but still seven hundred
and fifty and one, the one loss of the Jets
this past weekend. What tack's wrong with the Jets? There
are and I should have a better grasp with this.
They're just super underwhelming. Aaron Rodgers should not be as
bad as he is.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 3: You've got a terrific core receiving group. You've got Bryce Hall,
you've got a great defense. You've got the shutdown corner
the Texans should have had in Sauce Gardner. Maybe they
got terrible mojo. Man, they've already fired the coach. It
hasn't made any difference. It's just it's a mess there,
and hopefully the textans take advantage of it. Although I
think again, full week, with one or two more healthier bodies,
you feel a little bit better in this particular case,
I don't. I just think this is a right for
a little bit of an upset. Sadly, all right, man,
I do want to talk bears and commanders, but before
we do, we have to do a critique of the
call with Matt Thomas on this hill. Mary, go ahead,
So here he's gotten hit throughout the rest of the game,
and it's hurting hard.
Speaker 11: Now it comes down to one last play, and it's
gonna be getting longer by the second.
Speaker 3: You're all to be back at the thirty yard line.
Now you can step into it. Here comes to hail Mary.
Speaker 4: But the game on the line, and the.
Speaker 3: Balls don't there's a call that's.
Speaker 11: Prownd O, my jos, this town is going crazy, mad.
Speaker 1: Said right from the.
Speaker 3: Ten, ten out of ten, ten out of ten, Jim
nance still got it, Still got it? Now do we
have the radio calls? No, we don't. There's a folder
I pulled radio calls from and and this game is
not in there. For some reason they didn't load it
because shout out real quick. I mean we've got a
short time love. See if you can find on YouTube
a radio call of that catch. Yeah, shout out to
Fox Sports for not loading this that that call for
whatever reason. I just I can't find it in the
folder I normally pull all these calls from. But anyways, man,
now that we got the call out of the way,
quick question, I'm not going to hold you to this. Please.
This is a week to week and this is just
between you and me. Nobody has to know. No one's
buy stock in one Caleb Williams or Jayden Daniels right
this moment, say one more time and I'm gona give
you a fan answer. You can only buy stock in once.
One Caleb Williams, Jadan Daniels. Go, Jane Daniels. I think
you're right. I'll those are the two guys. Now, granted
this is don't think we're both gonna hit. They were
both to me to hit. The other three guys were
gonna be missus and will Levis miss as well. This
is somewhat bullish on him. He's been hurting. He sucks.
Mason Rudolph was decent. This weekend, although it was all
in a lot they got completely destroyed. I mean, his
numbers were decent, but not the result for the Lions
versus the Tennessee Titans. Let's do another one here as
we continue to go around the league. What about a
guy Bonick back without a huddle.
Speaker 11: Bow Knicks rolls to his right, throws it in the
flat side arm Jalil has it.
Speaker 3: Jialiel to the goal line.
Speaker 4: Did he get in?
Speaker 3: Yes? Touchdown Denver.
Speaker 11: When you see this throw by bow Knicks, he was
looking in the end zone, the north end zone. Jaliel
was too the in the flat on the right, and
he's side on that thing. I don't think he even
looked at Jaliel.
Speaker 3: Bow Knicks now two hundred and eighty four yards, three touchdowns,
no picks, however, but it was against the Carolina Panthers
who were giving up like thirty eight points a game.
It was basically like our buddy Nigel's BC Lions up there.
That's how bad it was. On the flip side. Bryce
Young two hundred and twenty four yards, a couple of touchdowns,
but a couple of picks. Nope, He's done right right
bon Nix, though we buy a little buk I had
I had no opinion on what's oever Bonix Okay, yeah,
I had him more in the bust category than it hit.
It's early, but you know what it also was the
Panthers and oh, by the way, Sean Paynon's a good
football coach. Say what you wilt about how much money
it would cost them in draft picks and that kind
of thing. Shaun can coach. It's just the truth. By
the way, Broncos five and three looking a little sneaky.
They are in the playoff picture in the AFC. They're
going to make the playoffs. Put your name on it. No,
but how about this, the AFC West could potentially have
three playoff teams potentially. Yeah, Chefs are in for sure,
Broncos are looking good and the Chargers are kind of
being sneaky at this Chargers are four and three. That
defense is good, justin Herbert's not asked to throw it
a ton. They got a good running game with JK.
Speaker 1: Dobbins.
Speaker 3: But the Bengals are lingering at three and five. No,
they need to win this week then to put them
in you know, three and five and four fours in
that big of a difference. I don't want a doubt,
Joe Burrow, I really don't. You're gonna You're gonna be
running into a massive tie. So I guess the loss
to Philadelphia isn't terrible to them because it's not a
divisional matchup at a conference, so that won't hurt him
tiebreaker wise. There give me one of these four to
two win teams and their best chance to who's the
best to make the playoff best chance to make the
playoffs out of these two win AFC teams Dolphins, No, Browns, Jaguars, Jets, Jets.
I think I'm with you the Dolphins at two of
back this weekend to the Cardinals one. Here's your Nflrwe
all right, did we? We're able to find the call.
Here's the call of the same play in that Chicago
Washington game. Is this I'm assuming this is Commander's radio
or Bears radio command. Commander's radio. Here we go, David's
backing up. He's just been the one flag, goes to
the right song, steps away from the defenders, gives himself
of time. Now steps up, fires heads towards the end zone.
Speaker 9: It is.
Speaker 3: Now ross earlier and made me rate the call time
to play ross plays rate the call.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 3: He does say touchdown multiple times, It's just the color
man won't shut up. That's the usually the case. See
minus won the ten four four Okay, uh best new
new Uh? Okay NFL real quick, we have a new
poll question up on the Twitter account. You're so ridiculous.
Best Richardson options are Bucky, Anthony, Pooh, and Vanessa and
right now early Vanessa with a significant lead eighty two percent.
Speaker 8: Hmm.
Speaker 3: So let your vote be heard on that as well.
If you had not heard, Anthony Richardson has been benched
in Indianapolis for one Joseph Fly, I can go with
Jason j yso n oh, Jason Richardson. Help me out?
Speaker 4: What was he?
Speaker 3: Who is that I don't know be the name of
a part nam Jason Richardson. I'm sure there was there was,
I just don'tn't name Pooh. He's the one that he
plays on the those Suns teams. Back of the day, Okay,
Sports Talk seven one if you guys want to jump
in seven one three two one two five seven ninety
seven one three two one two five seven ninety were
now for quality home products of Texas. They would love
for you to kind of work for them. If you
are an electrician, if you're a plumber and you are
in need of a career change, a job change where
you can get great benefits. You can get four oh
one K. You can also give an opportunity for a
career advancement and you'll get complete medical, dental, and vision
coverage helping install generat standby generators. If you don't know
what you're doing on that, they're gonna train you, they're
gonna give you a good compensation, and they're gonna make
your life for the better with a career in installing
those GENERAC stand by generators with quality home products of Texas.
If you want to apply online, it's very simple. Qualitytx
dot com. That's QUALITYTX dot com for quality home products
of Texas. Good news. It's the Matt Thomas Show for lunch.
Speaker 2: Let that boring brown bag lunch run in the employee refrigerator.
The Matt Thomas Show on Sports Talk seven ninety all right.
Speaker 3: I don't usually like to give Ross any run on
his tweets because normally they are a genormous waste of
time at breaking down soccer and Texas football. It's not
at all accurate. This is the last time I tweeted
about soccer. Well, you're just going to eventually, and it's
gonna borrow us a tears. I've got thirty five thousand tweets,
probably five of them are about soccer. How many? How
many do I have? How can you figure how many
you have? I'll go, look, you have forty five thousand,
seven hundred. You got to you got ten thousand more
tweets than I do. So I've been I've been on
Twitter since two thousand and ten. That's a terrible amount.
You're just polluting the timeline at this point. No, some
people have like two hundred thousand. Yeah. Yeah, I feel
like I think you and I are the reason I
think I have. Bomani Jones tweet I muted because he
was tweeting so much. Let me see, he's got like
a b hug your children, your family, Bomani four hundred
and seven thousand, point eight hundred, four hundred seve thousand,
eight hundred. Go look at Adam Weisers. Well you gotta
do one hundred and twenty thousand. That's a lot.
Speaker 4: Oo.
Speaker 3: I just got to get to know people. Everybody uses
Twitter for a different reason. Yeah, I need to you
know what, Quite frankly, I need to use it more.
I've only gotten thirty five thousand tweets. I need to
use it. Yeah, So I want to see five the
show up. Somebody's got somebody's got to do it. I mean,
lord knows, show's been stabning for last for one of us.
All right, So your tweet going back to the general
the conversation, pick, I love this show.
Speaker 4: I just did.
Speaker 3: Adam Shefter says the Panthers are getting a fifth round
pick for Deontay Johnson and a sixth. It's a pickflop.
So they swapped a fifth for a sixth and that's
all it took the down for Deontay Johnson to go
to Baltimore. Baltimore, the Panthers are playing paying most of
the salary. They're only having to pay him six hundred
and twenty five thousand dollars. Deontay Johnson, now he's had
some issues as far as uh, you know, in Pittsburgh.
Maybe he was a locker room issue and stuff like that.
But he's got great hands, he's always open. He's a
number one ride receiver, wide receiver. He should be here.
Speaker 8: M Mmmm.
Speaker 3: What has happened. Why is the Caceario making that? Why
is the casarro making that happen? Nikki c come on,
ye stop going on rat Rackafee's podcast or whatever the
hell that show is. Stop listening to dudes on dudes
and go make a trade. Oh man, that's seeing that compensation.
But I mean he had had some bad drops. I
guess this year is what the streets are saying. Well,
the streets are also saying that you're gonna see a
lot of Xavier Hutchinson and John Mechi and Robert Woods.
You're Hutchinson or Deontae Johnson. I mean, come on, easy.
I like Xavier Hutchinson. He's a good blocker. Come on now, Nick,
you know what with fire up? Nick right now? Wake
him up. You know Nick listens to show every day
he does all those Texas people think so well, there
are some rabbit ears over there on We know that
for a factor. We're just gussing the words on the street.
They like us or not like us. I don't think
they like us, That's okay, they like one of them.
They like Adam Wexler. Well that Adam gets more treats
from than anybody else. Adam's treats. Although I did get
a JJ Watt autograph Jersey. Yeah, that's good when he retired. Yeah,
I didn't get when he was playing obviously. No, that's cool.
Where do you have that? You to my office? You
flipped it on eBay already. No, it says thanks Matt
for your coverage. I'm like, you don't even know who
I am. It was nice. I mean the thought was
the thought was most important. That's great. I also have
a football from the Texans of a few years ago. Yeah,
I mean they're taking care of me. Okay, what do
you want it? Like Wex gets pizza and cookies and
flowers and shoes and stuff. I don't crush and hate
on them every day. You know what they you know
what they do? The Texans like me because I'm real.
Speaker 7: I'm not.
Speaker 3: I'm not, you know, vomiting over every single thing they do.
They're like, you know what, Matt's real. Matt is a
real ring. Yeah, Matt is real. I like his radio show.
Is that what they're saying over there? No, that Forrest
Gump is not talking Texans with him? No, I would
like a rack of ribs because guess what when the
Texans play well. Guess who talks about him like they're
a really good facts on football team. Me. No, they're
six and two right now, and you're hating on him.
I'm not hating on him. You're talking about how bad
that is the I know that's again, that's your worst team,
Matt Thomas and I quote, Okay, maybe I don't quote. Yeah,
that's right, you know, like you know, like Matt handles
himself very well with a guy who lies more than
he does. That's not true. Nobody lie. Yeah, everybody's saying
I tell the truth. Texans are good and they haven't
played their best football. Diggs is bad.
Speaker 4: I say that.
Speaker 3: You think I'm a hater. As long as Nico Collins
is healthy, these are the guys we need to stay healthy.
Go ahead. This is the only thing that will shake
my confidence in this team is if Nico Collins Laramie Tunsel,
c J. Stroud or Joe Mixon Laramie Tunsel. I don't
care if he's healthy or not. He's just a guy.
He's the victor women. Ya'm of the Texans. He is
not just a guy. Unfortunately, now I know you hate him.
I do hate him. I don't have the Texas. I don't.
Speaker 4: I do not like.
Speaker 3: I think Laramie tu compelfish. It's all about Laramie Tunzel
and doesn't care about this offensive line is in huge trouble.
I've got one for you. One player goes healthy the
rest of the way, but only one.
Speaker 4: C J.
Speaker 3: Stroud, Joe Mixon. Do you say non quarterback? You say
non quarterback?
Speaker 4: CJ.
Speaker 3: Strap, I mean Joe Nixon, Mixon, let's go. That's right, yeah,
because here's what I'm da no run game. Here's I'm
a little afraid of. Okay, can you do you? I
have the belief of once a hammy, always a hammy.
They are, yeah, reinjurable. I think the good thing is
they I rd him. They said, you know what, we're
not gonna mess with it. We're gonna ir you. You're
gonna be out for four weeks and then we're gonna
reevaluate you. Right. So I love that the Texans actually
approached it that way. But at the time, of course,
it was easier to do so because you had Stephan Dick.
Now he's down with his a cl injury, but yeah,
I think you've had When you rush guys back, they
re injure it and hopefully that doesn't happen for Nico,
and he's good to go, all right. Seven one three
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two
one two five seven ninety final hour of the Matt
Thomas Show. Uh, little Rocket Shatter, we will take right.
Rocket's a nice win yesterday over the San Antonio Spurs.
Will take that. Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
ninety Texans with the Big News. Connor, you are to
find a song, if you if you're okay with this,
find us a song with some Steph Day highlights. And
you're saying, Matt mon Man, you should have told me
this ten minutes ago. I didn't think about these things
ten minutes ago. Let me take Connor, You're gonna get
a great Christmas gift from me.
Speaker 1: You just are.
Speaker 3: I don't know what it's gonna be yet. Maybe be
tickets to a ball game of your choice, not name
the National Championship.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: We certainly went involved in Missouri at that point, but
that's another mon Man. But you're gonna get a good
gift because I'm giving him about three minutes to come
up with a song with some stepf dig highlights. Okay,
do you go? I will remember you just throwing that out.
That's the first thing that came to my mind. That's
what I was thinking too. What's something about like a
short and sweet love song? Google it short and Sweet.
I'm putting that in there right now. Seven one three, two,
one two five seven a day with the award here
for the Shell Federal Credit Union. Now you're looking for
an auto loan. If you are, then I want to
tell you about the Shell Federal Credit Union. Right now
you can get two skip of pays, nine of days
of deferred payments and an option for the best service
possible and a good interest rate interest rate all through
the Shell Federal Credit Union. Nine to eighty deferred payments,
two skip of pays, two fifty cash back on a
new vehicle, a used vehicle that you're looking to purchase,
or you want to refinance vehicle that you're currently in.
There are twelve locations the Shell Federal Credit Union all
around the city of Houston. Find the one near you
by going to Shell FCU dot org and getting that
great interest on a new vehicle are used or pre
owned from the great folks at the Shell Federal Credit Union.
Two fifty cash back deferrals and skip a pays all
from the Shell Federal Credit Union. More details and to
start the process online at shell upsu dot org. Yeah,
launch timers.
Speaker 1: This is the Matt Thomas Show.
Speaker 3: Hand off the digs he threw one last week.
Speaker 11: How he's gonna run into the five Diggs touchdown Stefan.
Speaker 3: Diggs, strouded the slane, He's got dicks.
Speaker 1: Who's got a touchdown?
Speaker 5: Stefan Diggs his first touchdown as a member of the
Houston Texas.
Speaker 3: And if they don't make it here, they gotta go
ninety eight.
Speaker 4: Yards to get in the ripenside.
Speaker 3: Fourth and goals. Stroud throws caught touchdown step on Diggs
his second of the game.
Speaker 11: And Ryans jewels the dice senate pay second done in
goal stover in motion to the end zone clock touchdown,
just the fun tigs down the middle touchdown pass first
djsdron today.
Speaker 3: Now this song is first of all, really really good.
Now when I died, you want this at my funeral?
Or do you want to put something else a little
more uplifting? Because you're gonna be there. You're gonna speak
at my funer. I thought were gonna put on walking
on Sunshine like a train in the waves. That that
feels like you're tapping on my grave or dancing at it. No,
it's one of your favorite songs, manage. It's a summer champ,
you know, on sunshine. That's not Man's dead. I'm walking
you hear that, folks, I'm walking on sunshine. Maddie is dead.
That's just fantastic. You know what You're off the dais.
I cracked myself up. Yeah, No, you're the only one
when I die. It's not a roast. Oh yeah, it's not.
It's a tribute.
Speaker 11: Now.
Speaker 3: If you want to roast me later, you can do
you can. If you want to set up a roast,
you can roast me. That's fine. It's too easy. But
remember I get a chance to it at the end. Yes,
and I and I would be I'll be writing that
script for months. Good you need it. Yeah, just be nice.
The next time you'll be nice to me is at
my funeral, and then other than that, you can be
as rude as you want to, like you are daily
twelve to three. You want to only say nice things
for the rest of the day. No, I'm only gonna
say nice things. Matt. You do a great job on
the rockets. You can't go fifty five minutes off taking
some slam at me. Matter fac I'm gonna try to
beat you. Yeah, is that me with the with with
the electrical shocks. If I say something mean about Matt
the next hour, there's no problem, all right. So in
all honesty, Stefan Diggs, it's not losing Nico, but with
Nico being gone, it's remember how this is was supposed
to be a triple headed monster, then the most unstable monster. Yeah, well,
let's be burly honest. Schultz has been Okay, matter of fact,
Schultz's been disappointment this year. His targets and catches have
been ticking up with Nico Collins out, and I expected
to tick up more so this week. You've got the receiver.
Care will be Hutchinson, Woods, Dell Mechi Mechie, that's for
my forget anybody and Schultz. Cad Stover's got a couple
of catches. Stover, So you have those guys, you have
Joe Mixon, and you have a very porous offensive line. Yeah,
I'd be if I was underdog fantasying on the fantasying
these guys. I'd be hitting the unders on these bad
boys to be burly honest.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3: Yeah, But it's gonna be a team effort. So I'll
put how about this way, how about this grandiose statement. Okay,
if the Texans win this game, no matter what the
score is, no matter how it's played out, Texans win
this game, it is their most impressive win of the season.
Fight me on it. Short week, yes, long travel, short handed, shorthanded,
terrible turf surface. I would still say bills of the
Vegas biggest feather in the cap at this moment. But
I mean I'm okay with that statement. Be big, it'd
be absolutely huge. Everything is. That's the reason why, I mean,
let's be be honest. Vegas doesn't feel it. Because you
win as a two win team, a favorite against any
six win team. It never happened. It's start probably fairly rare.
It's also two points. You are on the road, it
is a short week, you are shorthanded, as we all
we mentioned on all those fronts, and with Digs out,
it's gonna be it's gonna take everybody. It's not gonna
be Xavier Hudgson you're Stefan Diggs now and you're gonna
fill in. He's gonna get seven catches for eighty yards
like Diggs has been doing. It's not gonna happen that way.
It's gonna have to be everybody. It's gonna be a
little Dalton Showtz, a little Tank Dell, little Xavier Hutchinson,
met you, whoever else, and you're gonna need that line
to hold up. It's gonna start with the run game.
And again, we just saw the trade with the Carolina
and Baltimore where we thought the price of doing businesses
lately before the deadline would be high. But it's not.
Maybe cause Cerio's like, you know, we got Nico coming
back in two weeks. We'll be fine. Maybe we'll get
Stover and Schultz more involved in the offense, because honestly,
how much, how many? How often is CJ gonna have
a chance to throw five and seven steps drops with
all the pressure coming out him. He's gonna throw underneath
and underneath. Guys typical their tight ends, aren't they. Yeah,
I mean or throwing the running backs, I mean Mixing
is a pretty good receiver of the backfield. Yes, I
mean Tanks here's reality tanks. It's a lot of pressure
for a five eight, one to sixty five guy to
be wide receiver one. It just is gonna have to
do more there. It's gonna be economical, it's gonna be
ball control. It's gonna be one of those situations. It's funny.
I was we had Willie Fritz on a few weeks ago.
He was talking about UH playing Kansas, and he said, look,
it's gonna be a ball control game where there may
be eight total possessions between the two teams. Maybe we're
looking at similar situation where you look where you're needing nine,
ten eleven play drives, take five off the clock, ball
control run. You're gonna if Piers can't go, you're gonna
use a goom w walle or somebody because you can't.
I mean, you'd like to throw Joe Mixon a hand
the ball to him thirty five times on a short week.
That's just not possible. That's also what the defense is
the yeah, yeah, so yeah, the vibing right, it's not good.
Team doesn't play well on the road. So, I mean,
this is the first week I think this year I've
picked them to lose. I think wait a minute, your
email address is not at Houston Texans dot com.
Speaker 4: No, it is not.
Speaker 3: It's done. Well, I've been right every week except two. Okay,
well I've been righting every week except maybe two or three.
You're doing a great job. Ooh see, I was waiting.
You wanted to see something rude about me. Your predictions
are so accurate. Yeah, every week, yep, including uh I
told you the Cougar's gonna beat Utah last week. You
did well. You also picked them every week I do, yeah,
I think so. Okay, Well, you know what, I feel
very encouraged about Saturday's game against Kansas State. You should
Willie Fritz is a good ball coach. Yep, teams been
playing better. Yeap, all right? Seven one three two one
two five seven ninety seven one three two one two
five seven, and we should peel the curtain back here.
There's not a lot on daytime television. There's no soccer
going on, so roths can't watch some game in featuring
two hundreds and one gives two craps about uh? So
we're watching the replay of the ut Vanderbilt game. Well,
we got Wolfburg, Wolfsburg and Brucia. Dortmann comes on it,
but two forty five minutes. Okay, So let me ask
you this. If you're ESPNU, you're throwing this game on
which was a and I didn't see it was. It
was a good game out of great game. It wasn't
one for the ages. Was one for the ages, but
Vanderbilt fought back. So let me ask you this, how
many people are legitimately sitting at home watching this game?
Are they literally throwing it up there because it's already on,
It's already the commercials already playing. They didn't cost doesn't
cost anything. There's no talent involved. Yeah, you don't have
to pay anybody. You throw it for free and then
maybe you get you throw a little advertising dollars or
it's some bonus, some bonus spots, play a package deal. Yeah,
like you know they said Bungleberry and then they throw
in a little seven ninety. That's what happens. They say
sell a ESPN and they throwing all the sprinkling a Basically,
we're the ESPN U of this radio cluster. Exactly. We'll
put something on see if it. If it hits, we'll
get you on Dana Tyson, and then we'll throw you
a little bone. We'll throw some on seven ninety four. Yeah,
you want Michael Berry unavailable? You want Ramon unavailable? How
about Matt and Ross? They're plenty available. But we're not bitter.
I don't even want to hear from you. You're doing great.
I have to up bills to pay. I just they
just have to not talk. May Yeah, I know, I know,
I'm catching I'm trying to catch you. Seven one it
We're making it seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
nine zero. If you want to follow us on Twitter,
you may do that at Sports empty and at Sports evy.
Can we get some rocket shadder going? Next segment, I
thought last night was fun. There's a new brooding rivalry
within the San Antonio Houston matchup, and it's a Dennis
Robbin look alike. Yes, things they have a little chippy
in both games, a little bit. How about the fact
that Dylan Brooks and Victor get after it on Saturday night,
Dylan the villain doing his thing, and so to Fred
van Vliet and Tari and uh Jabari. Smith starts with
coaching Doka. He this he likes when they scratched, you know,
I'm kind of taking on the person on that team too.
I'm ready to throw hands too.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Really, people in the hallways and I was ready to
fight some Spurs fans. I went to the bathroom in halftime.
You were why because they were getting my way and
you go to the bathroom. I only got twelve minutes
to go to the bathroom. Gotta go. There's not like
a media.
Speaker 4: No, we're in the.
Speaker 3: Concourse with the people. We're way away from the action. Frankly, Oh,
don't bring that up at the Frost Bank Center now
it's at the Nosty Brank. Is this the first year
of it being called that second year?
Speaker 4: Oh? Whoops?
Speaker 3: Mm hm seven one three two one two five seven nine.
If you saw the Rockets game or listen to the
Rockets game last night, would like to chime in on
your squad and went even against the league last night
with a win over the Spurs. I want to tell
you about something that my family is very excited about,
and that is professional volleyball coming to Houston this January.
It's called Love Volleyball. It's spelled lo OVB because VB
is volleyball. But you know what love is, Love volleyball.
Is a new professional league. It's going to feature some
of the best volleyball players in the world, from Olympic
medalists to Instabla champions and international superstars. The season kicks
off January the ninth at the fourth Bend County Epicenter.
If you would like to go, if you've got a
daughter who loves to play volleyball and watch volleyball, why
don't you see the very best playing professional volleyball. It's
called Love Volleyball. And for more details and to get
a schedule and to find out what's going to happen
for the next major league going on in sports, it's
l ovb dot com. For tickets, more information on Love
Houston matches l ovb dot com. Because if you love volleyball,
I do too, and you'll enjoy it as well. January ninth,
forth benk County Epicenter starts at all lovelovb dot com.
Speaker 2: The Matt Thomas Show continues on Sports Talk seven ninety.
Speaker 3: So are we seeing the real Jaalen Green Sports RV?
You know my rocket red glasses. Hopefully that says yes.
For the next seventy eight, seventy seven, seventy eight games,
there is one reason, uh oh, here we go, that
I'm a little skeptical. Ooh, the skeptical this is the
real Jalen Green. I want it to be the jail
real Jalen Green. Okay, and we will see if this
is the real Jalen Green. But career thirty three percent
three point shooter so far this season in four game,
shooting forty one percent. I expect he had six threes
in the first half last I expect that number to
come down. Regress them to the norm. Regress He's taking
eleven threes a game this year, which is to me,
is far too many for him. I prefer him to
get to the basket a little bit more. Yeah, but
if he's gonna knock him, if this is the real
Jailer Green, if he's gonna shoot forty percent from three
all year, but I just don't think he is. M
I kind of like that. Alpi has been a hero
a couple of nights, and Jalen has been a hero
a couple of nights.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Well, Jay Jalen has led the team in scoring all
four games. Mm hmm, but it hasn't been super efficient
until last night. Yeah, he was held in check in
the third. I think he had ten fourth quarter points
and then the big assist the double team came out
to him. Fam Lee was wide open for twenty five
feet and is a really good announcer. Said he knocked
it down for a game winner. I actually want to
get it was the It was the faded complete for
the Santurine come back. By the way, there is a
new Biach in the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs. Okay,
Jeremy Sohan Uh what makes him a bach? We only
got into scripes in each of the two games. Yes,
and Ord travels around the San Antonio Spurs sirs San
Antonio Spurs circles. I don't think the Spurs are a
huge fan of his. Oh really, bit of a matt relaxed. Listen,
they call you Maddie the Insider, So I'm saying, I
don't know that's to be completely true. All we heard
it second and third hand. Are you trying to take
up for Woch now that he's retired? I like this
and they call me shams Thomas. Is that what they
call you? You better drink that water. Felipe On seven
ninety at two twenty one, Good afternoon, Felipe.
Speaker 4: How's it going, realist, Matt, battle Red Ross.
Speaker 3: What's up? It's hater? It's hater, man, you said something
mad about me? Oh damn, Well no that's just a
factory hit. Does it hit the bad out?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: How think accounts nobody? Yeah, you can't say nice things
about it when you call someone a hater. Well, it's
not mad. Get the shot. I think it's fine. D Well,
it's just being just being a realist Matt, about your
being a hater, Go ahead, different, I think.
Speaker 4: I think, I think, man, I just honestly, it couldn't
this like nothing wrong about that. You know, I hate
it if you're speaking real truth.
Speaker 3: So thank you, thank you. Felipe.
Speaker 4: Uh hey, so I'll just turn in because you know
you're talking about fighting over there in Santonio. You know
about these fands. You know you should get me a
call next time. Uh, but you did last week. I
know on the home opener for the Rockets you did
some like underdog, you know, fantasy picks. Yeah, I think
you should really do a bit like that, like every
day the Rockets played like, hey, underdog fantasy picks. That
would be a great you know what I'll do.
Speaker 3: I'll start doing that. I'll start every time the Rockets
play anything Houston related, like a Texans game or an
Astros or a nbgam Yeah, because we'll localize a little bit.
That's a great idea. Because when I gave you, I
gave you three picks for you on underdog, and I
was right on all three of them.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we're not just capitalize on it. But when I realized,
I was like, hold on this not just said everything.
Everything he said to it was just it just hit. Yes,
I should have want some good money on it, but
you know I didn't. I didn't. I didn't think about it.
I was like, there'd be a great little bit. Just yeah,
just one day, you know, I'm.
Speaker 3: An certain doing it. Shut out there, I'm gonna start
doing it. James and Klin took me up on the
bets and he won some serious cash. That let's do that.
Let's keep track, all right, we don't have to keep track.
We only talk about the good stuff. What I said, Yeah,
let's do it. Let's keep tracks. Keep track. Hey, if
Vegas gets if you win, if you go to the
to the book and you win fifty five percent of
the time, you are considered a now standing handicapper. Now
I'm not picking games, and I'll giving you some player stats.
I'm gonna start doing that. I think that's a great idea.
And let's keep track. We can keep tracking if you
want to keep track. All that money, I'm gonta send
your way. That's what I'm talking about. Of course, Matt
he's an underdog Fantasy promo code sports emptyket that dollar
dollar match. I'll scout all right. Oh, by the way,
Steven Adams loved seeing him for the first time. We're
not we have not built in our relationship just yet.
But it's about playing. So that's good. Yeah, set's good screens,
He's opening up things for Jalen Green, opening things for
other people, rebounding, pushing around. He points last night too,
got a couple of garbage baskets. Yeah, get some putbacks,
make some hook shots. Set the tone be physical. Let's
go Steve out. Javari played better last night with some
early first quarter scoring. What else men, Thompson's not going
to three down once in a while. Corner Yeah, they
clearly are comfortable with him taking corner thre Those are
the easiest per se of the four point shots around
the league. So, and he's been doing okay, let me
tell you he had a terrible season last year. From three.
If he gets to average, that's a win win. I'm
not gonna predict that yet. Oh so far shooting thirty
three percent. I don't want to get too much on
the weeds, but real quick, Stefan Castle is the guy
that's the Spurs. Yes, number five. He was the fourth
pick in the draft. Reed Shepherd was the third pick.
Did you any thought about Castle which you saw so
not really just a guy right now? I think, yeah,
and read Shepherd is kind of it feels like he's
finding as well. He's yeah, this is he's willing this
going from high end college to the NBA's grown ass
man basketball almost like his head spinning a little bit.
That's okay, I mean, and that's okay. He doesn't need
to be anything more than just learning on the fly
and kind of picking his spots. I think he's doing
a little more watching than participating. But I think he'll
get better. So let me give you an example of
how things have turned and changed in basketball. When Elijah
want was picked first at eighty four and Samson was
picked first, Oh, Elijah was eighty five. I think it
was eighty three. Let me changing Elijah won eighty four,
Samson eighty three because forty years ago today or yesterday
was Elijah Want's first game in an NBA uniform, so
it had to be four. Yeah, it was forty years
eighty four. Draft CBS put his first game on as
our national game of the week. When Ralph Samson was
the first pick in eighty three, they put him on
as the very first game on CBS that year. When
you used to be the first pick in the NBA draft,
it absolutely meant something, because the draft absolutely meant something.
My case in point is that read is right now,
deer in headlights. He'd be probably the first admit that
Stefan Castle, who was the pick right after that by
the Spurs at four, was is right now? Just a guy.
How's Zachlary Orisa Cher doing. I have no idea, but
point being is those are the three, the third and
the fourth pick on the floor and last night in
an NBA game, and they were for the most part
innocent bystanders. Is that an indictment against college basketball? Is
that the improved overall play of the NBA, or is
a little bit of both to say that even though
you were a top five pick, no minutes for you
and the NBA are ever guaranteed. I would say, I
mean Ralph Sampson was three time National Player of the Year. Correct,
Like Victor came in right away and took over Polo
ben Caro number one picked by the Ornin know Magic
scored fifty. They came right in and stepped in. But
I want that power. That happened a lot. Well, yeah,
I know that's a shame, but uh it was I
mean Chemolago and it had been to multi pole final fours.
It was also the fact that he was staying and
you know, you had to stay in college, right and
you built a name for yourself. Maybe it's a bigger deal.
It's it's older guys getting more season at the college
level that's making those guys coming out of the NBA
out of college in the NBA a much smaller transition period. Okay,
maybe that's the answer, because I mean I get this
list of these players we see and they're all one
and time. I mean, Stefan Castle of the Spurs was
the rookie of was the freshman of the year in
the Big East Conference. Huge deal. Then a national championship team.
He was there one year, reed Shepherd, what's second team
All American? One year? Done? Let's go get out of there.
Speaker 4: Yep.
Speaker 3: And it's I mean, it makes the drafters jobs harder.
You don't grow up, you don't have to see that.
You don't get to see a couple of years of
bodies feeling out, skills, honing and all that type of stuff.
It's way more inexact science than it used to be.
And also the the injection of the international game nineteen
eighty four. How many foreign players are in the NBA? Well,
Kim elicha one couple. Yeah, not many, But how about that?
It's what like twenty five thirty percent of the league
or something. And I got two seconds here? Can nil
keep some kids in college one more year? Maybe it's
happening in the NFL, I think, especially with running backs. Well,
especially because you have to be in the NFL three years,
all right, you have to be out of high school
three yeas true, So there's there's a lot more O
a time around as apples. Yeahs throw it out there. Well,
we'll see how much are the Jazz owners going to
play for that? That one kid? The number one overall
kid they want to go to BYU millions. So a
pro team is paying for a college player to play college. Oh,
the whole thing's dirty. Seven one three two one two
five ninety seven one three two one two five seven
ninety Stefan Diggs is done for the year. ROSSI was
I a little presumptuous in saying that he'll never put
a uniform on for the Textans ever. Again. We'll discuss
that next after I tell you about Game Day Men's Health.
Game Day Men's Health believes that you should have good
distasteron levels so you can have good energy, you can
feel more confident your day to day life. You can
have good strength and muscle mass when you're working out.
They want to make sure your libidos good, you're in
a good mood, and you have good sleep. If these
are issues that are all troubling you right now, at
least some of them are, it's maybe because you need
to testoster own replacement, discover your T levels with a
free T test that any of their clinics around town,
create a game playing with your license provider, and then
begin treatment. That's the steps that you'll go through to
join the game Daymn'shealth dot Com Family the final location
near you and get that free test t test see
if everything's okay. It's game Daymenshealth dot Com slash Houston.
Cass all across the country. They're successful. Now they've come
to Houston. Game Day, Men's Health dot Com slash Houston.
Time is two thirty four. It is the Matt Thomas
Show with Ross all Right, So Stefan Diggs is traded
from Buffalo to Houston for a conditional what was what
was that term of theft draft second the second round pick?
Not conditional second round pick? I don't know, okay, so
may have been no conditions on it. And I was
well beyond thrilled. Then it was the next day that
we found out that Cassario nullified the remaining years in
the contract, making him a free agent at the end
of this season. And I'm restructured the deal and I said, Rossie,
that's too much to got a sixth and a fifth
in exchange for a second and digs Okay, And I said, Rossie,
that is I think second round picks are very, very
important and unless this thing becomes a major hit, he's
a major hit here. This is going to be a
deal that I think the Texans will regret. Now, you
can't predict injuries. You don't want to get injuries. But
everything that Stefan did as a Texan while on the field,
both on and off, was good. He was well liked
and named the team captain, did the right things, built
a relationship with C. J. Stroud. Injuries unfortunately happen, but
the end result will be a loss if Stefan Diggs
does not return to the Houston Texans. Now, you and
I cannot determine what a value is. We don't know
what his injury status is going to be, how long
he's going to be out. It was it was a
long shot bet from the get go to where the
only way this trade was going to be a big
win for the Texans was if they won the Super
Anything short of that, you probably wasted a second round pick.
So of all the number of outcomes that could have happened,
which this tearing an ACL and weekend absolutely on the table,
absolutely one of them. Yep, you a thirty year old
receiver could be mired by other injuries, hamstring whatever, it
was going to be an l They shot for the moon,
They swung for the fences, whatever you want to say.
It was an all likelihood not going to work out,
and that's that's what happened here. Nick Cassario was pushing
his chips all in saying, I got a franchise quarterback
on a rookie deal. I'm getting them some more weapons.
I'm training for Joe Mixon. We're going Super Bowl in
twenty twenty five. So the reason why I asked this
is using betting, not betting, but poker. If you're chasing
after a bad bet, yes, on a flesh drawl, do
you continue to take the l by giving up more
commodities before this trade dead line in order to go
get a replacement for him, knowing that whatever you're going
to get, whatever player is out there still like Cooper
Cup may be available. Uh dude, Sean McVay put the
kaibosh on that this week after Thursday Night Football last week,
and they have also won two consecutive games, right, Kuka
Nakou is back? I mean that offense is I mean
they they destroyed the Vikings defense, which is the best
defense on the planet. Should have been anybody else that
may or may not be out there, does Cassarah in
the back of his mind and say, look, I've already
taken an l by giving up the second round for
a guy that's not going to help me win. Why
am I going after chasing another guy for a short
term fix? And I'm gonna have to give up more
draft comout because there's one thing that Nikosia likes, and
that's having draft picks. That's true, but two reasons. Number
one in that deal for Diggs, you got a fifth
and a sixth. It was a fifth and a six
swap is what the Baltimore Ravens. I don't know if
you would have to offer them more, but well, right
now the Texans draft pick would be higher than the Ravens.
But anyways, I don't know offer our fourth swap because
you can get Deontay Johnson here. I know he's has
a problem with drops and all that. He's a possession
receiver and uh probably average depth of target isn't great.
But this what Stefan Diggs was here. He gets open
a lot, and he's a veteran and he can help
your offense. Is he going to be better than Xavier Hutchinson?
That's all you're asking for the answer to that is yes.
And then you prevent him from going to one of
your top AFC rivals. We've been talking about all season
the teams that scare you most in the AFC Kansas
City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens got that much better,
and you are not able to You're not You're not,
I want to say worse. But you didn't make yourself
better and the Ravens got better. That's two losses.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: How tech man, I actually do know. I know how
Texans fans are going to react if if he doesn't
pull the trigger on something, either offensive line, another wide receiver,
hel Rossie, he could go get an extra corner. At
this point, Kamara Lasser's back. He's playing well, but did
miss some time. My point is this, if you are
as serious as you think you are in trying to
get in that Tier one group, which I believe still
to this day is kansaity in Baltimore, I think standing
pat at the deadline would not be the right thing
to do. It would be atypical for this team to
do it. But this is an atypical squad. You got
enough talent, don't you. Yeah, I mean it was a
typical for Nickossia to make a bunch of splashes in
the offseason, but he recognized the situation. It's not like
money mills and we're just turning over one year contracts
over and over. It's time to go all in. And
so yeah, that that dugs me some belief that something
could happen. But yeah, the fact that Nicosseio didn't even
make a call on Deonto Johnson I find interesting. All Right,
we say you're wide receivers right now for the Texans.
Ours follows Tank Dell, John Metchi, Xavier Hutchinson, Steven Simms,
Robert Woods, and Nico Collins. Back in a couple of weeks,
Nico comes back. You're good, Nico back. It's one hundred percent.
You ain't sweating it. But you are sweating this Thursday's
game against the Jets, for sure, Yes you are. And
then you have Detroit after that. You know what, Darling,
if you listen to me, Darling, this is me and
you talking, I know you're gonna have your bling on now,
You're gonna have your dumbass hat on, and you're gonna
be it's a chance to be on National TV and NBC.
I don't think you want to go to that game,
I would call I would call in sick says, something's
happened at the house. I'm gonna be at work early
in the morning if they don't. If I can he
go be back for that Detroit game, I don't think
you can. Right Maybe his fourth week isn't this this
fourth week on IR so he can come back, okay,
if he's available. If you don't have Nico Collins to
stretch out that secondary, how the hell are you gonna
win a forty three to thirty seven game with the
Detroit Lions. The Lions are looking pretty unstoppable for sure.
I'm gonna say right now, I think even Rossie with
Nico Collins, you need to go get somebody you can
score on them, unless you absolutely believe that Robert Woods
will step up and help that Xavier Hudgson can be
the legitimate w R three. I mean, they crushed the
Titans fifty two to fourteen. Yeah, but they turned the
ball over on their their own side of the field
like three or four times? I think did the did
the Titans? Before that? They were in a dogfight for
the Vikings. They did lose to the Buccaneers. They air.
They're not man. They're so good though, but they're gonna try.
They're gonna give up points. Do you have enough firepower
without Nico Collins going and even close, you can stop
them a couple of drives. And I guess the good
question is what wide receivers out there right now that
automatically you put on the other side of the field
opposite Nico Collins against try and go, all right, we
can win this game. You're just gonna have to keep
up with them. You're gonna have to keep up scoring
with them because they they have probably the best offensive
line in football, two dynamic running backs, and a bunch
of pass catchers. And I think is Jameson William Williams
is gonna be back by that. You got a two
game suspension. So let's look at the next two weeks.
Texans have a two game lead on Indianapolis relates to
three game lead because they've got the time breakers. The
South is over Colts at Vinkings. I don't care if
Joe Flacco or Peyton Manning comes out of retirement. They're
not winning in Minnesota. Minnesota's lost two straight games. They're
gonna beat up on that Colt football team. I would
agree with that. So let's say you lose the next
two that would then put you at six and four.
The Colts are then home for the Bill. It's over.
Even if you lose the next two games. It's they're
not going to win at home against the Buffalo Bills.
Probably not. And they're sure as hell I'm gonna win
in Minnesota. But again, here's the back to the central
point we talked about on the show yesterday. We're not
the Texans shouldn't be thinking. They're not thinking this, but
in the back of the mind it might be thinking this.
We got to climb the first hurdle, and that is
winning the division championship. The Division rap is wrapped up.
As matter of fact, with that Detroit game Ross, they
should drop the banner already. Really, it's over. Your Texans
are the AFC Soyle champions. It's a question out of seating,
and it's a question of can you go and win
a game at Baltimore and or at Kansas City with
the fire part you have as long as he goes
he goes back, Yes, and can. But how about going
to favor about getting a swing lineman two, doing something
to fill the gap linean it would be nice, very nice.
I wonder I'm trying to find the future lines if
we can find an early line on that Lion's Texans game.
I'm curious what the what the Lions would be favored
by five or six?
Speaker 4: Maybe?
Speaker 3: Uh uh, it seems a bit high. If Nik goes
back for that game, it's not six? Who is this real?
This can't be real. You're saying that Texans a favorite,
aren't they? By one? Yeah, Sunday Night game gives you
probably four points. I think the average NFL game gives
you two and a half to three. I think you
get optimistic. That's Nick, Nick Nick. You know what Nick
did considered it. You see one of the lines said,
looked Vegas likes us. I ain't changing a damn thing
by one point seven one three two one two five
seminnati seven one three two one two five sevenati. What
is today's edition to Believe or Not?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 3: Terry Garr she passed away. May she rest? And she
was a very famous actress, specially in the eighties. And
we have a special set of prizes today to give
away for Believing or Not? Okay, and they would include
what mister McGovern a.
Speaker 9: Pair of tickets to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra for
their Lost Christmas Eve tour this December.
Speaker 3: A great date night event. Oh wonderful. All right, So
you want to play seven one three, two, one two five,
seminety all things Terry garr on it, believe it or not.
After Ross gives you a message about feeling and looking
your best. Yes, you know what, Matt, you look great.
You've been energetic. I'm sure the libido is grand and
everything is amazing. But if you're somebody who has been
being low and it has been low energy, maybe the
libido isn't what it once was. If you feel like
you've been slowing down, and you know you have a
lot of options to get your testosterone levels checked, let
me tell you why you need to go to Synergenics.
First of all, Cynergenics has clinics all over town. You
can hear my voice there is it's a matter of convenience.
There is going to be one near you when you
check at Synergenics Health dot com. Second of all, and
this one's probably even more important, you're gonna get a
personalized TRT plan that is more advanced the basic standard
therapy you're gonna get with the other providers are not
gonna send you a bottle or whatever on your way.
And that's that. No types of testosterons, at types of levels.
They're gonna get the the treatment that fits you like
a glove. The professionals at Centergenetics are also X first
with g LP one weight loss. They can get evaluated.
They can get you evaluated for prescription weight loss medications.
Do it now, don't wait, book your appointment Centergenics Health
dot com. That's s y n e R gen Xhealth
dot com, Centergenics Health dot com for Centergenics Testosterone and
weight loss.
Speaker 2: Matt Thomas continues on Sports Talk seven ninety.
Speaker 3: Rossy tomorrow. I got a busy Wednesday edition of the show.
Speaker 1: We will have.
Speaker 3: Emai Doka for his first of his weekly appearances normally
Wednesdays will be at one o'clock. Will have him awesome, Uh,
they will be probably he'll probab you be in the
car head of the Dallas going to your car. Okay.
I will be flying a little bit later with the
team commercially on Dark Breast so Airlines. Okay, we probably
should if you think we've been thinks we know what
dark breast, dark breast is in airline then spending money
with us. It's a bad rhyme, old old producers. So
we'll have that. We have a shut your bum mass
up tomorrow on the program. We have an MMA fighter
joining us tomorrow at twelve fifties. Derek Lewis, a Houston guy,
Houston legend, Derek Lewis, and so we'll have him on
the show tomorrow. And the dumb button ready for Derek Lewis.
That actually make the interview a little bit better. Yeah,
now I'm gonna let you lead that really okay, I
mean I know who he is. That's youn fight a
couple of times. So we're good, yeap. Then what else
we got on the show tomorrow? I put together a
bunch of stuff. Here what else we got? Let's see here,
we got the MMA Derek Lewis, E may shut Joe.
Speaker 4: Oh.
Speaker 3: Willie Fritz will be on the show two o'clock tomorrow.
Oh my goodness, what a show. That is a radio program.
I love it. Five minutes left to go in the show,
what should we do?
Speaker 4: Wait?
Speaker 3: Should play? America's fastest growing sports radio game show. We
simply call it be leave it or not it hear
he's hot works, you'll call seven one three two one
two five seven ninety seven one three two one two
five seven ninety. Today's edition I Believe It or Not
brought to you by Big City Wings two for Tuesday
Wings Today at Big Citywings dot com. Category is all
things about the late actress Terry Garr. I read your
sayment about Terry statements completely utterly accurate. You'll say this,
believe it same in Tierronius, full of bunking made up
you will say this, nah to believe it or Not's
in a row on all things Terry Gar. When you're prize,
what are you playing for today? Connor?
Speaker 9: A pair of tickets to see the trance I being
an orchestra on the Lost Christmas Eve Tour December twenty
sixth at the Toyota Center.
Speaker 3: And so the seven ninety t shirts. All right, let's
go seven one three two one two five seven ninety.
There it is just popped up. Let's talk to Matt
on seven ninety. Matt, you're ready to play Believe it
or not?
Speaker 1: Believe it Matt.
Speaker 3: Terry Gar comes from a family of performers. Her father
was a vaudeville and Broadway actor. Her mother was a
model and dancer. Believe it or not, Believe it that's right.
Believe it statement number two for the way. Terry Garr
is in the Kansas State University Alumni Hall of Fame.
Believe it or not?
Speaker 1: I believe it not.
Speaker 3: Should have been listening to the show Anthony on seven Oni,
your favorite part of today's radio show, your Texans Positivity.
Thank you. Terry Garr was a dual American and an
Italian citizen throughout her through her husband, Italian actor Giancarlo Giani.
Believe it or not not, that's right Statement number two
for the win. In the late nineteen eighties, Terry Garr
had a stalker following her around, and an LA County
judge had to restrict the woman from contacting or being
near Gar. Believe it or not, I believe it.
Speaker 8: There you go.
Speaker 3: That's my boy right there. Nice job, Mark on Sevenaire,
You ready to play. Believe it or not? Believe it.
In nineteen eighty three, Terry Garr was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tutsie,
but she did not win. Believe It or not.
Speaker 4: Believe it?
Speaker 3: Did you see toutsy Ross Really funny movie? Statement number
two for the win. A young Geena Davis me how
Terry Garr was a board member for the Screen Actors
Guild and voted in favor of the nineteen eighty seven
television production strike. Believe it or Not Belive it? No,
she would for such a thing. Taylor on seven, Are
you ready to play Believe It or not?
Speaker 11: Believe It?
Speaker 3: In the nineteen nineties, Terry Garr wrote the Terry and
Missy series of children's books about she and her childhood
cat Believe it.
Speaker 1: Or not Believe it?
Speaker 3: No, her cat's name is Doris. Actually had a dog.
Let's go to John on seven ONINTI John, your favorite
part of today's radio show.
Speaker 1: The talk about Diggs and the Texans.
Speaker 3: Terry Garr was arrested for trespassing in Nevada back in
nineteen eighty eight as she was protesting nuclear weapons testing
Believe it or not not? No, of course she won.
I've said it was set a thousand times. You gotta
know who gets arrested for nuclear bomb testing and who
doesn't or let's looking for it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Well
gain what you want to one of today.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 3: That's it for believe or not, I want to tell
you this spooky season. Enjoy the freedom of a free
debit card with no monthly service charge and no minimum
balance required with the Shell Federal Credit Union. All you
gotta do is meet five easy qualifications and shell LIFSU
is going to magically reimburse you up to twenty dollars
in ATM fees.
Speaker 1: Plus.
Speaker 3: You can cast a spell and maximize your rate just
by using your debit card on the regular.
Speaker 7: You know.
Speaker 3: Shell LIFSU makes banking frighteningly easy with twelve convenient branch
locations in Harris County with access to over fifty five
thousand ATMs nationwide. Join the shell FSU family today with
just a five dollars initial deposit if you live, work, worship,
attent school, or conduct business in Harris County. For more
to tails, call seven one three eight four four eleven hundred.
Seven one three eight four four eleven hundred go to
shell FCU dot org. Do not us out on these
spectacular offers and join the shell FSU family at shell
fsu dot org or seven one three eight four four
eleven hundred. Up next the Biggest Victor Wembin Yama fan
I can find anywhere in the marketplace.
Speaker 1: I'm just a guy.
Speaker 3: He's Adam Klanton. Up next, they will mourn the loss
as well of one Stefon Diggs. He and Wax will
bring up Bayity. Talk to you tomorrow at noon right
here on Sports Talk seven ninety