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Speaker 1: Is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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Speaker 2: Ten one h Town. Good morning, and welcome to a

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Monday edition of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross here

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on Sports Talk seven ninety. We have got a lot

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to get to for a Monday that does not feature

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a game to talk about from yesterday, It does not

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feature a game involving a Houston sports team at least tonight. Well,

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one team will be playing, the others will be watching

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two other teams play for the American League Supremacy's. It

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was just a very interesting sports weekend with a lot

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of coaching changes in sports, amazing NFL games. Yesterday we

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had a climactic Game six of the American League Championship Series,

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which now sends us to a Game seven. And finally, finally,

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and I don't know why we're doing so much bitching

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about it, but I am the leader of it, and

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for that I apologize. The Texans are playing tonight at

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nine o'clock. Everybody gets a bye week. Excuse me, everybody

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gets an off week. So it's not out. We've done

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this before. We've gone a Sunday without the Texans playing.

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The weird part of it is, it just feels extraordinary

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longer because a there was a second consecutive Sunday where

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the Texans did not play. They can play on a

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Monday night, but they're playing at nine o'clock local time.

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So it feels like it has been forever and ever

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and ever. And perhaps the biggest indication of that is

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the fact that if you look at the AFC standings,

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if you look at the AFC South Sand standings, the

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Indianapolis Colts are six and one after disposing of the

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LA Chargers, and they're horrific, horrific uniforms. Jonathan Allen is

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the producer of this radio program. I know you're guy

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asking this. Did you see the yellow on yellow gear

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that the Chargers wore yesterday? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: It action looks really horrible. I'm not gonna sit here

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and try to defend it looks so bad.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna be honest with you, and I love you

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like a brother, younger son. You're supposed to get your

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asking when you were in yellow on yellow. You just

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are go ass Baylor. They know these things.

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Speaker 3: I'm there for a little bit, but yeah, it was

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I had to turn it off aut the that time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So, not only did the Colts play yesterday, and

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beat the Chargers rather convincingly in Los Angeles. If my

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math is right, they have a three and a half

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game lead over the Texans in the AFC South. And

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I'm right because Indianapolis is six and one, Houston is

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two and three. If the Texans lose this game, they'll

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be three and a half back. Let me make sure

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this is right. Two and four, three, five, Yeah, three

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and a half back. So right now they are. The

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Colts have played seven, the Texans had played five, so

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that are four right now. This is nuts. Point being

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is this It'll be finally nice to have football back

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with a team that we actually care about watching. Now,

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I will say this, and I don't know how many

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of you within the sound of my voice. Now, yesterday

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the over the air games on the CBS game was

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Las Vegas Kansas City. That was a dud. The Fox

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game was Philadelphia Minnesota, and then Washington against Dallas. Now,

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Philadelphia Minnesota was really good. Dallas Washington was good for

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a while, but then Dallas pulled away. For the second

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consecutive week, I was able to watch Red Zone Force

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seven consecutive hours. Now, truth be totally told, because I

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am a man of honesty on this show. I did

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take I think at least one lengthsy nap during the

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seven hours, and I think I snuck a mini nap

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in as well. Point being, it's not bad to not

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have a dog in a fight and just watch other

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teams do their thing. And I will say this, I

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don't know how many of you were happened to be

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doing this exact same thing that I was doing. I

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don't know how many of you are Giants fans or

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Brocco fans, or just watching the red zone on how

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that thing turned out, or happen to see what was

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happening on your phone as you were watching your fantasy

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football yesterday. But did you see what happened? And have

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you heard since then what went on in Denver yesterday?

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Now you know me if you've listened to the show

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for any length of time. I am an obsessed standings watcher.

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It's probably to a fault of mind, and for that

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I apologize, But I am obsessed with standings, magic numbers,

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division leads, seating. I'd started really last year when the

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Rockets were winning games, trying to figure out who they

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could potentially play and if they were going to have

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a home court, and I've not stopped. I will be

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one of the only sportscasters in Houston on April the

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nineteenth of next year when the Astros start their season,

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telling you how far they're in front or behind in

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the American League West. I have a problem, folks that

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I'm sorry, but I'm standings obsessed. So I'm looking around going,

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you know what, who is in front of the Texans

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if the Texans are going to try to make a

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playoff spot, If indeed Indianapolis is gonna run away with

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this AFC South, which clearly they are at six and one.

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New England leads the AFC East, Denver leads the West,

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Pittsburgh leads the North. Now, obviously each division has to

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have a division winner, so there's guaranteed spots there. But

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you kind of look the same. See how the wild

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Cards are doing. Jacksonville got its ass kicked yesterday. By

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the way, I tried to get up at eight thirty

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to watch that for a little while. Those poor people

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of London they have to watch Jacksonville once per year.

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Do you think London nights are like, Oh, the Jaguars

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are on our schedule to have an international game? Will

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pass how in the world, ladies and gentlemen are the

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Jacksonville Jaguars four and three. They're putrid. Trevor Lawrence sucks.

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I'm sure he's a wonderful human being, but as a

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football player, he's not very good. And you're saying, well,

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you don't you know, you can't do it. Of course

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I can't, But I mean, we're okay. Maybe I shouldn't

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say sucks. He's just not very good. And if I

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want the Trevor Lawrence right now and said, describe your play,

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you'd say I'm not very good.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: It could be the weather yesterday it was raining in London.

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It could be the offensive line. It could be the

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fact that his team can't stop anybody. And last night

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Matt Stafford yesterday morning threw a boatload of touchdown passes.

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But Terror Lawrence has been a seismic disappointment as a

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one dash one. I think nobody could potentially argue that.

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So I was looking at Jacksonville, like, all right, Jacksonville

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lost yesterday, that's good for the Texans. Chargers lost yesterday

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to the Indianapolis Colts. That's a good thing. Kansas City

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is winning, and they're just really good I mean they're

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you know how bad I think Jacksonville is at four

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and three. I think the opposite of what Kansas City is.

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They're really good four and three. And then you got

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Cincinnati who got a big victory late Thursday night against Pittsburgh.

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They're in front of the Texans to just buy a

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number of games played. They're three and four while the

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Texans are two and three. So I am standings watching

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and I'm thinking to myself, all right, something's got to

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go right. Denver may lose, which will help, because you

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don't want a team in front of you to be

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taking a spot of years and then they score thirty

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three points. Let me tell you something, Houston, Texas, we

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have had a terrific amount of despair in our life.

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It has been hard to be a Rockets on Astros

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in some respects, not all respects, but in some respects,

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hard to be a Rockets fan, hard to be an

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Astros fan, hard to be an Oilers fan, and in

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many respects hard to be a Texans fan. All these

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years and the furthest have ever gone is the AFC

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Divisional round on the playoff. That's hard. It's hard being

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a Cougar fan to final four appearances, going down Championship

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game appearances, going down to the final seconds. That's difficult.

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And everything is relative, because if you're a fan of

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a sports team, things are going to be hard. You're

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going to have much more despair than you are going

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to be joy. You're not talking about a world if

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you're a Yankees fan winning nine World Series in thirteen years,

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you're not talking about the Lakers and Celtics basically rotate

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NBA championships for twenty years. It's hard to be a

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fan of ninety eight percent of sports teams. It just is.

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But I want you to imagine what your life would

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be like today being a New York Giants fan. You

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are on the road, you have a rookie quarterback, you

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have a rookie running back who are taking over the Giants.

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You are thinking, this is on our way to respectability.

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You've got a lead for much of the game, I

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mean up until the fourth quarter. You don't allow a

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single point to the Denver Broncos. You have a what

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I see, eighteen point lead with six minutes left to

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go on the game, and the Broncos score thirty three

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freaking points in the fourth quarter. And win the game,

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in large part because the Giants had a backup kicker

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who missed two extra points. Extra points matter. That happened

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in college football all the time. We don't typically see

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it in the NFL. We saw it yesterday. So for

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me that didn't have anybody to watch because of a

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local angle, putting on that red zone and watching the

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fourth quarter of that Giants Denver game, that was brutal

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for New York, pure ecstasy for Denver Bronco fan, and

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in my opinion, totally relatable to us as a Houston fan.

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So when we feel sorry for ourselves about a lot

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of things, just remember how New York's feeling today. Not

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that we feel overly bad for the Giants or for

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any New York fan, but you get my drift. The

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New York Giants were disposing of the Denver Broncos, and

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the Giants defense allows thirty three points in the fourth quarter.

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of the third Denver fans like I want to go

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get some weed and get out of this stadium. Instead,

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the Broncos score twenty more points than the Giants in

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the fourth and win thirty three thirty two that my friends,

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feels very Houston esque, does it not? Seven? One, three, two,

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one two, five, seven nine. If you want to jump

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into on a variety of topics, let me give you,

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in no particular order, very quickly. I mentioned the NFL

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weekend crazy. We finally have a Texans NFL game to

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discuss the Seahawks. Tonight, we have a Game seven in

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the American League Championship Series, Seattle playing Toronto. Now listen

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to me Uri carefully as we go to break here

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just a second. You know our buddy Softy, who does

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the very successful afternoon drive show at KJR and Seattle.

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We have him on three four times a year. We

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bust each other's balls. It's good natured fun. I'm gonna

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have to walk delicately with him today because uz he's

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a Seattle like. He has grew up and has been

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Seattle sports forever. He's like you and me, I mean

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those that have lived here most of our lives. And

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I've lived here. I'm like, I'm fifty three. I've lived

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here forty years of my life, forty one years. Whatever

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the case may be. I gotta tread lightly because I

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don't want his Mariners to win. But I'm not gonna

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tell him that this is rude. So we're gonna focus

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on the Texan Seahawks game a little bit, but I'm

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gonna have to gingerly bring in the what's the tenor

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of the city today? Because the Seattle Mariners were up

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to nothing winning two games in Toronto. The series is

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back in Toronto. The Blue Jays won yesterday and now

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they're facing Game seven. So we'll talk to Softia at

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eleven o'clock. Also to Tell the Truth's coming up today

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at eleven thirty. You're gonna have a chance to win

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some fabulous prizes. Since Ross is off for a couple

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of days, We're gonna give you a chance to play

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to Tell the Truth where I'm going to tell you

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a bunch of statements and the key today is are

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you ready for this? You are going to have to

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understand which one I'm telling a lie in which through

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three are the truths. I'll be telling three truths and

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one lie today here on Sports Talk seven, and if

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you get it right, you have a chance to win

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either tickets to see Alice Cooper and Judas Priest or

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the preview college basketball exhibition between the Cougars and Mississippi

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State and A and M against Arizona's. We got some

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nice prizes for that. Also, speaking the Cougars, we're going

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bowling baby. And if you don't appreciate good time management,

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you better you better start because Willie Fritz put on

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a clinic in terms of milking the clock in the

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fourth quarter of that game against Arizona. Cougar's win their

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six game and celebration should be abound throughout the Houston area.

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Plus Aggie's with a nice win against Arkansas, and what

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in the hell are the Longhorned doing playing a three

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point overtime game with Kentucky plus a coaching change in

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the SEC school A lot to get to today seven

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the show. Uh. Kevin Durant gets his extension yesterday, which

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the NBA than Kevin Durant. And he's like, I want

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to go to on forty one, forty two years old. Good.

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I hope he's healthy and ready to go. But it's

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everybody's going to grab every bit of dollar they can said,

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you know what, I'll help the Rockets if I got

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money for other players, let's get it to them, And

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getting a deal there today. So yes, everybody, you've got

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a situation where Kevin Durant will be a Rocket for

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the next three seasons. It's hard for me to really

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and get. But I can't imagine anybody's going, oh no,

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the Rockets, it's terrible. No, it's a good thing. It's

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a good thing that Kevin Durant has committed to the

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city Houston and it will hopefully be the place where

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he never has to put on another uniform again. So yeah,

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good news for the Rockets getting the extension done before

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tomorrow night. That'll be a six thirty star time right

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here on Sports Talk seven in Alabama. I'll be on

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the call from that from okase, We've got lots to

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get to, including coming up at the bottom of the hour. Uh,

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we have some really mean Seattle fans out there that

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gonna not gonna read you some of those tweets I

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got from Mariner fan just to point that out. Let's

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go to Ray in Miami at ten twenty three. We're

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always going to South Beach for our first call to

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day Ray. Good morning to you, nice and hot here,

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Speaker 5: I just wanted to talk about one issue.

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Speaker 4: Show.

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Speaker 6: Hey, o Tani is the perfect example of how you

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play baseball as a child and as an adult. He's

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a good character guy, and the performance he put on,

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he's the MVP of the whole weekend. To strike out

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three in the top of the first, then the bottom

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of the first, hit the bomb, strike out seven more,

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then hit two more bombs and the second bomb out

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of the stadium. That guy's an amazing baseball player. And

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I know that you know the Astros like to go Spanish,

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but they wouldn't. Got y'all mean in Houston. Why can't

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the Astros start looking like the Dodgers and go to Japan?

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Those guys can see the ball amazingly. It's amazing how

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this guy hit three home runs as the starting pitcher

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of that game and struck out ten people. That's simply amazing.

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Speaker 2: I don't doubt I totally agree with you on the

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amazing part of it. I mean, that's you talk about

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a single greatest, maybe individual game for any human being

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alive in baseball. Yes, but two things with the same arm.

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Speaker 6: It's not like he was switching arms to arms.

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Speaker 2: But Ray Ming the Rockets Rockets won the draft. Yao

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Ming didn't choose the Rockets. The Rockets chose Yao Ming.

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I mean because even number one picking the draft, So

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that was just luck of the draw. And as far

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as why Japanese and Chinese players tend to go uh

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a larger segment of their culture in their population is

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in those cities, which is the truth. Those cities also

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tend to have a lot of extra money to spend,

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like the Dodgers are spending thrifty or are very loose

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with their cash, and the Giants have certainly spent money

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in the past. But again, the Asian players the have

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this have just naturally gravitated more towards like Seattle in

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Speaker 6: Oh, this one more thing, Matt, and I'll hang up. Sure,

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I know it's Monday, but I know it's Monday, mad

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but ta shut your bumb ass up. You called out

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the team after you threw three picks until you threw

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three more picks. You do in eight quarters where they

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had to pull you, they have to take you out

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for the rookie from Texas tour. So seven quarters, six picks,

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shut your bumb ass up to it and get out

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of here, all right?

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Speaker 2: Well, look at that. We got our first Miami Dolphins

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call the show today. So so far on the Ledger,

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I have one Dolphins call and zero Texans calls. Are

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we your unofficial home of Miami Dolphins football? Man? I

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don't think we are, but I guess we could be,

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all right. So Texans fans, you're down one nothing when

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it comes to calling in about what's going on with

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the with your favorite football team. Time to even it up.

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Seven one, three, two, one two five seven ninety seven

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want to talk about durance extension, you want to tell

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me how tonight's Texans Seahawks game is going to go,

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I'll be willing to listen to that. If anything from

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college football this weekend tickles your fancy, come on in

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and do that. As we got the Cougars winning A

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and M winning and Texas winning, that's all a good sign. Uh,

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the NFL was crazy yesterday, and uh, what is going

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through your mind today as you watch our friends from

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the Pacific Northwest Seattle potentially waking out and losing the

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American League Championship Series after being up to nothing in

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the series. We'll get to more of that as the

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afternoon progresses. Seven to one three two one two, five

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seven ninety So far Dolphins calls one Dolphin, Texans call

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zero seven one three two one two five seven NINTI

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with Hideous The Event Thomas Show with Ross Ross Couple

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lays off back with his on Wins Day. I will

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be with you from Oklahoma City tomorrow for Rockets and

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the Sunder Our buddy Softy from KJR is going to

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join us in about a half an hour from now.

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Speaker 7: And so.

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Speaker 2: I was waking up on Saturday morning and just kind

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of pruising the for you tab. And John Schneider, the

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manager of the ball of the Toronto Blue Jays, was

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not happy with the way that the Seattle fan was

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booing George Springer after he got hit in the kneecap

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and didn't appreciate the way that his player was treated

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after an injury. So I'm watching this video of the

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manager speaking to this, and so I go on Twitter

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on Saturday morning. Matter of fact, I did it at

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seven fifteen. What was it doing episode early on? No,

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I have the Cougar's played at eleven. I had to

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get up early anyway. And I said on Twitter, very

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very assumingly, not trying to troll, just pointing opinion, because

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you know Twitter can gave you opinions on things. I said,

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try to appreciating what long time ends fan has gone

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through all these years. But yikes, it wasn't a classy

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look at all. Now, I didn't see it firsthand because

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I was watching my daughter play volleyball, so I had

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to go back and look. But there was a fair

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amount of people, you know, booing that George Springer was

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hurt and was suffering and delaying the game, and it

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wasn't a classy look at all, fry Seattle. So I

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got a fair number of likes. I got one hundred

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and seventy one. I got seven bookmarks. I don't know

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who did that, but shout out to you that I

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got forty comments and three retweets. Well, as you guys know,

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when you put the word Mariners into your tweet line,

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it does tend to fire some people up. Just like

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if other cities were to put the word astros into

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your for you you looked at, you'd be quite upset

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as well. To say, Seattle fan is or some of

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them are not very happy with me. And I'll give

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you a few of examples. At otter, Adrian says, try again.

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I mean, that's okay, that's fine. We can agree to disagree.

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Let's see Ray says, sounds like he heard what he

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wanted to hear, not reality. If it was true, there

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would be a video proof. Thousands of Blue Jay fans

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in the audience would have posted it. Okay, trying to

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defend the side it is what it is. Next here's one.

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This is from rooftop Sports with a Seattle Sonics logo

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in his avatar. I really hope I can convince you

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to still see how much we are starving for a

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world series, because I can tell you that I was

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embarrassed when they were doing that. The other reason why

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I was against doing what the Mariners fans did is

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because it may open Pandora's box for the Blue Jays

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be motivated to beat up the Mariners in Game six,

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which they did last night, and possibly Game seven. I

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hope you see me as a fan that does deserve

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to see the Mariners winning a World series. Rooftop Sports,

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I respect the hell out of you. You're gonna get

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alike from that nice job. Next, let's see Jonathan Dial says,

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don't fall for this. I was there. This didn't happen,

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all right, Chris said, This is Chris Dijagesto says, spare

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me the patronizing astro fan. Would you consider me, Houston

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to be a patronizing astro fan if you do seven

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one three, two one two five seven ninety where a

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Houston listener responded back to Chris and said, you look

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like you've been kicked out of a strip club for

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being too handsy. Jonathan, That's one of the funniest boots

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I've ever seen in my entire lif life. Husband of

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Triple A, which I'm assuming triplets, shout out to you,

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my friend. That tweet was awesome. Something called Devin Schofield. Bruh.

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There were also ten thousand J's fans there, and you

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can't blame an entire fan base for what could have

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been ten percent of the people there doing something you

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don't like. Just like any fan base, we have bad apples,

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but most of us don't want to see people hurt,

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even the ones we hate. You know what, Devin, I'm

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gonna give that a like, because you know what, that

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seems reasonable, So I'm gonna give him a like. Let's

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see here, I'm gonna run three here. Here is at

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CMB one six eight nine. You want us to feel

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bad for a cheater? Astro fans are such hypocrites, Give

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a break. Here's one from at GG string two. Change

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your tampon, U f ing CP. I can't say the

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other words. Instruct your goon squad to beat us back

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and see what happens. You all need to stfu and

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stop whining at Webee Bryce Yike's what dude does a

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bruise knee? He's not fighting for his life in the hospital.

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My god. Next at Miss Realist two eight four eight

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seven eight. That's quite an average, that's quite an address there.

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Nobody cares what some clown who shows for a cheating

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organization thinks. Of all people, we don't need or want

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your appreciation. Hope this helps. Oh, they came shay for

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you that time. Okay, well, people, it's easy to come out.

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It's easy to come right at the king.

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Speaker 3: Right, this is crazy. I'm like, this is so bad.

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Speaker 2: So let's take it. Let's take a look at the

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old retweets. Let's see if there's anything on this an

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he quotes, no, no, just three rope reposts. Okay, so

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that was just a sample. So I just want to

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tell all you Seattle fans who may be listening to

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us on the iHeartRadio app Jonathan, I have feelings I'm

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hurt by this that I was just going off of

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what the manager of the Blue Jays said. Aha, he

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was unhappy that thousands of people were booing George Springer.

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Maybe not thousands, whatever the number, Maybe it doesn't really matter.

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If it's I mean it was ten or fifteen you

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you wouldn't hear it. But it was obviously enough people

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to make it in a note.

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Speaker 3: Well yeah, for the Coats to come on and say that, right, the.

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00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 2: Manager to say something, it must have been something. So

474
00:27:42,799 --> 00:27:46,480
Seattle fan, please be nice to me, just like my

475
00:27:46,519 --> 00:27:49,519
friends at kook fans are nice to me. Be nice.

476
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,119
Let's not. Let's let's start loving each other more, right, Jonathan,

477
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,400
Let's end this hurt in the world that we have

478
00:27:57,839 --> 00:27:59,160
on the social media streets.

479
00:28:01,319 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 3: Do a love empty segment, the love empty segment.

480
00:28:04,319 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 2: That's exactly what this was. So as I saw these

481
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,000
tweets coming in, I was thinking to myself, Man, he

482
00:28:13,079 --> 00:28:15,359
would be awful, wouldn't it be, Jonathan? If the lost

483
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,240
Game six last night and they did Okay.

484
00:28:19,559 --> 00:28:21,839
Speaker 3: Oh no, I think karma's not getting them. Oh that's

485
00:28:22,039 --> 00:28:22,880
that's really best.

486
00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:26,400
Speaker 2: Just saying karma works in strange ways, ladies and gentlemen.

487
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:33,119
It just does. So that's why when we have Softy

488
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,359
on the show and coming up in twenty minutes from now,

489
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,799
I'm gonna have to walk the tightrope on this, because

490
00:28:40,839 --> 00:28:42,720
he did. He could have said, look, man, I'm too

491
00:28:42,759 --> 00:28:44,720
emotional for this. I don't want to. I don't want

492
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,759
to go on a show in Houston. But he's our friend.

493
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,440
We have the Seahawks Texans game tonight. We can get into.

494
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,759
We have that that you want against. That's the most

495
00:28:55,759 --> 00:28:58,079
important thing down here. Look, our life is not going

496
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,480
to change one way the other whether the Seattle Mariners

497
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,440
win or the Blue Jays win tonight. We're just innocent.

498
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,880
We're just we're just observers. And it kind of sucks. Honestly,

499
00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:10,880
I feel in my bones it'sn't been as much fun

500
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,680
doing the show this month as compared to like the

501
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,279
last seven or eight or nine October's. I get that.

502
00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:23,200
So I'm gonna be respectful. Unlike some people in Seattle.

503
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,119
We're not respectful of me. It's time to It's time

504
00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:30,759
to end the Twitter hate ladies and gentlemen. It's and

505
00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:32,559
by the way, I don't use tampons, but thank you

506
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:37,319
very much whatever that well, I mean, I you never know,

507
00:29:38,039 --> 00:29:43,079
you never know these things. But man, that dude went

508
00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:45,960
to Twitter and told me to change my tampon. He

509
00:29:46,079 --> 00:29:51,000
called me every possible heat or you could possibly put

510
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,599
in one hundred and forty characters.

511
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 3: He was, Man, I'm reading it right now, like, huh,

512
00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,480
just miserable, just miserable.

513
00:30:00,359 --> 00:30:02,559
Speaker 2: I wonder if if we could figure out who that

514
00:30:02,599 --> 00:30:06,039
person was, if we were to, like, if we could

515
00:30:06,119 --> 00:30:09,880
geo spot where he lives, fly up to Seattle or

516
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,839
wherever he lives, knock on his door and say, hey,

517
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:14,440
I'm mad. Remember that tweet you sent me a few

518
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:19,599
days ago. Do you think he would back down and say, yeah,

519
00:30:19,599 --> 00:30:21,160
I said what I said? Or do you think he

520
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,440
would shrivel up and get in the fetal position.

521
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 3: It's probably some nerve behind his computer just going out

522
00:30:28,039 --> 00:30:29,279
to anybody with the mere understanding.

523
00:30:29,279 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 2: The poor warrior bit is strong as as strong in

524
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:38,000
twenty twenty five as it's been ever been before. It's interesting.

525
00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:41,680
But yeah, again I didn't. I didn't say Seattle fan,

526
00:30:41,759 --> 00:30:44,400
y'all trash. I mean, look, Jonathan, if we want to

527
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,079
ask talk other fan bases, we can do it pretty easy, right,

528
00:30:48,319 --> 00:30:51,079
everybody can. Everybody can ask talk everybody else's fan base

529
00:30:51,119 --> 00:30:51,599
for something.

530
00:30:51,799 --> 00:30:53,279
Speaker 3: But I feel like you said it was pretty you know,

531
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,279
respectable and just you know, kind of disappointed.

532
00:30:55,319 --> 00:30:58,839
Speaker 2: That's all it was. It was. I was like, yeah,

533
00:30:59,319 --> 00:31:01,839
so I will lightly say at ten forty two on

534
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:08,759
this glorious Monday, Go Blue Jays. But man, I have

535
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,799
a This is why I'm torn because I've known Softy

536
00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:18,359
for a long time, and I've been Softy, I've I've been.

537
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,160
There are generations of Seattle Mariner fan that doesn't know

538
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,240
what it's like to get to the Fall classet. They

539
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,480
have never been to the World Series, never ever, ever.

540
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,119
So if there's any fan base in America that could

541
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,720
probably at least empathize with them, it might be a

542
00:31:37,759 --> 00:31:41,559
city that has had its share of despair. It'd be

543
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,559
like if Softie was calling me, if I called, if

544
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,119
I went on his show before the National Championship game,

545
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,559
and he's like, yeah, you of aged got a great

546
00:31:51,599 --> 00:31:53,799
chance of beating Florida the night in San Antonio. Yeah,

547
00:31:53,799 --> 00:31:55,240
I feel pretty good about it. And at the very

548
00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:57,079
end he goes, hey, man, thanks for coming on the

549
00:31:57,119 --> 00:32:00,400
show and and with all due respect, go Gators. I wouldn't.

550
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,880
I wouldn't like that, So I'm not gonna say go anything.

551
00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:09,119
I promise you I will handle it with the classic

552
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,000
dignity that my Seattle brethren on Twitter did not do.

553
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,279
And what I try to do is I try to

554
00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:15,880
have him follow me on sports MPT and I got

555
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,839
no I got no followers from Seattle for some reason.

556
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,599
I don't know why. You think you don't know why.

557
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:27,519
Really I know why. I'm just trying to be affable. Now,

558
00:32:27,559 --> 00:32:28,920
let me ask you this, John, let me ask you

559
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:34,960
this question. If the Mariners lose tonight, every I have

560
00:32:35,039 --> 00:32:36,559
receipts on every one of those people that send those

561
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:39,640
tweets to me, right, especially the ugly ones. Do I

562
00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:44,599
send a sorry for your lost tweet? All day? All

563
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,240
day everything I thought?

564
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,039
Speaker 3: I feel like you missed opportunit. If you don't, you

565
00:32:49,119 --> 00:32:50,200
gotta do it, you gotta do it.

566
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 2: I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna put a pole question

567
00:32:51,799 --> 00:32:55,359
and see how we do this. But we're not gonna

568
00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:57,440
wait till we're wait till tonight because if they wind

569
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,160
up winning in the law, I look bad. So yeah,

570
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,240
you know what I'm saying. Save that for a little bit.

571
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,680
Ten forty four The Matt Thomas showd Ross seven one

572
00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:07,640
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three

573
00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:11,039
two one two five seven nine. I was talking about

574
00:33:11,119 --> 00:33:18,759
University of Houston. We're going bowling Gang Texas from Seahawks tonight.

575
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:25,440
How are y'all handling this nine o'clock bit like y'all

576
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,759
gonna nap? What's up? What's the game plan? Then? What

577
00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:30,920
you're gonna do, because if you're gonna watch this all

578
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,079
the way through, it's not gonna start right at nine o'clock,

579
00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:37,640
I would assume. And if that first game goes runs late,

580
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,599
do they push that game back? I don't know. In

581
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,559
college they do that all the time, but in the NFL,

582
00:33:41,599 --> 00:33:44,240
I don't know what they do. So we're looking at

583
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:49,720
about a midnight twelve fifteen, twelve thirty maybe ending. I'll

584
00:33:49,759 --> 00:33:51,240
put that on Twitter. See what y'all are saying, How

585
00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:53,720
y'all gonna handle this nine pm? Kick seven one three

586
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:57,079
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

587
00:33:57,079 --> 00:34:00,640
one two five seven ninety soubs? Is what other's at

588
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,720
ten fifty one on seven ninety soups? What's a good

589
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,839
word today?

590
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 4: Hey?

591
00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:08,159
Speaker 8: So I just kind of let you know the Twitter

592
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:10,159
crowds you're dealing with it. So remember I told you

593
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:13,760
I was stationed out there from two to two thousand

594
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,639
and nine, And you know, I'm not trying to tie

595
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:20,880
politics into this, but when I got back from Afghanistan,

596
00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:22,840
I went to launch with a couple of guys from

597
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:27,119
my unit. And this is in Tacoma, outside of Seattle.

598
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,320
And I kid you, not guys yelling, spitting at me,

599
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:34,719
talking crap and Sultan Bush, you know, because he was

600
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,280
present at the time, and I took three guys to

601
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:38,960
hold me back because I want to show your guys

602
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,480
nose in the concrete. But my starting is like, no,

603
00:34:41,559 --> 00:34:43,480
we're gonna talk when we're going to be civilized, because

604
00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:46,480
that's his right, right. And so anyway, long story short

605
00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:48,559
for that part, we talked to him. We hashed it out,

606
00:34:49,039 --> 00:34:52,280
and he apologized and whatnot. But what can I say,

607
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,320
A lot of these Seattle fans are like when they

608
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,800
were losing, you couldn't fit. When it was called Safeco,

609
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,000
you didn't fit like three thousand people on Earth. Fact,

610
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,920
I remember the Astros came there. I think it's like

611
00:35:02,119 --> 00:35:05,480
six oh seven with the Red Jerseys are probably later

612
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,880
after that, and like there's more Astros fans than Mariner fans.

613
00:35:09,159 --> 00:35:10,920
And so now that they have something to root for,

614
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,280
because you know, the Stomics are gone to somicsern Okay, see,

615
00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:16,519
I'm sure they're bitter about them winning again, and the

616
00:35:16,559 --> 00:35:19,679
Seahawks haven't really been relevant for a while that now

617
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,760
that you know they sell the ash Shros, and years

618
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,480
and years looking from the ground looking for them, A

619
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,199
bought them up, and now that they're kind of in

620
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,199
this position of okay, well we're the big dogs in

621
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,199
the division report this year. Only you know, any anything

622
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,800
that comes up Astros related, you know they're gonna there's

623
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,679
just natural hate. And you know it's not all of them,

624
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,199
because I'm in contact with a lot with probably like

625
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,119
maybe fifteen or sixteen that I've known from out there.

626
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,480
You know, the fifteen sixteen there's just one idiot that

627
00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:46,800
no matter what, you can't tell them that, you can't

628
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,800
convince them that Toothy wasn't wearing a buzzer. So I'm

629
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,599
not gonna apologize for them, just letting you know, like

630
00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:55,000
the mindset that you know, the one to fifteen or

631
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,639
twists and then they get on Twitter. I guarantee you

632
00:35:56,639 --> 00:35:58,559
there's about thirty or forty that's listening to your show

633
00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:00,960
right now. And I wouldn't be surprise of children calls

634
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,519
into there tomorrow for whatever the I think the area

635
00:36:04,519 --> 00:36:06,719
coach like for I can't remember area code, but anyways,

636
00:36:07,199 --> 00:36:10,000
and then about the texting game tonight, I'm gonna see

637
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,480
I can't watch because I'm not gonna lie to the stadium.

638
00:36:13,559 --> 00:36:15,239
The way they have a set up for both stadiums,

639
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,639
you get to see Mountain Neer beautiful site outside of that.

640
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,599
And the fans are idiots. I'm just gonna go ahead

641
00:36:20,599 --> 00:36:24,840
and say it. They get into the we're high and mighty,

642
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,760
but they get humble when when they're at the bottom,

643
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,280
you know, when they're looking up whatnot, and that's when

644
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,440
they're easy to talk to. And now that the mayors

645
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,079
are to see Alexander marriage kind of like only up

646
00:36:35,159 --> 00:36:37,840
the up, you're gonna have these entitled fans on Twitter

647
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,440
thinking that you know, we're supposed to kids are your

648
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,360
fleet and whatnot, and we're we're adopted that especially you

649
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,119
know down here in this region that that that's not

650
00:36:46,159 --> 00:36:49,000
gonna happen. Like do we appreciate good winning teams, Yeah,

651
00:36:49,039 --> 00:36:52,280
but when the fan base is a bunch of privileged jerks,

652
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,800
we're not going to tolerate that. So astro Twitter marriage

653
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,239
twenty for a couple of years gon' be fun. But anyways,

654
00:36:57,519 --> 00:36:59,760
in regards to Texans, I think it's gonna be close

655
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,960
on it. I'm scared of is this has been McDonald's defense.

656
00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:05,800
Remember he was a coordinator with the Ravens Strouts first year.

657
00:37:06,079 --> 00:37:08,719
Of course Esken excuse me, of course that other networks

658
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,440
had brought that up there, oh c j oh and two,

659
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,440
I'm like, okay, Well, the first was his Rickie game

660
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,559
and the other like nobody wins in Baltimore in the playoffs.

661
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,079
So I'm hoping that the I'm hoping that Mark's has

662
00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:22,360
a decent game tonight, like seventy yards and Chubs getting

663
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,159
one TV like fifty yards, and then we just don't

664
00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:27,719
need turnovers and we got to find a way to

665
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,360
slow some Donald downs. Donald has been on a tear

666
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,800
and even when he was at Minnesota last year, he

667
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,280
got a good of us. And so I'm expecting another

668
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,599
low score kind of like that Rams game. Yeah, probably

669
00:37:38,599 --> 00:37:41,760
about a nineteen sixteen, and I'm hoping it's us. But

670
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,800
I got to be an honest man on National TV

671
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,920
NFC and Seattle's like twenty one and old in the

672
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,960
last like I think like ten years of National TV

673
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,639
games at home, so we got to fight that too.

674
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,159
All right, man, good luck what you call it with

675
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,599
Softie and tell him that you know Houston, Well, well

676
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,440
we'll watch him, but we're not gonna say anything.

677
00:38:00,079 --> 00:38:02,079
Speaker 2: Right, We're gonna stay very quiet. Thanks to some funk.

678
00:38:02,159 --> 00:38:05,800
I appreciate it, and you know, this always is worth.

679
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:11,320
He's saying, we shouldn't let a handful of fans in

680
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,159
any market to dictate how we feel about them in general,

681
00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:18,039
but we just do. It's just honest. I mean, there

682
00:38:18,039 --> 00:38:22,440
were forty something thousand people in uh T Mobile Park

683
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,119
in Seattle on whatever that was Friday night, and most

684
00:38:26,159 --> 00:38:28,440
of them, mean, I would say probably what eighty percent

685
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,519
of them didn't say a word when George Bringer got hurt.

686
00:38:32,119 --> 00:38:35,280
So we're gonna let the twenty percent be the ones

687
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,079
that we characterize. Yeah, we kind of do by default,

688
00:38:38,119 --> 00:38:43,239
don't we. Because what happens is if you go to

689
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,039
your social platform and say, man, I can't believe what

690
00:38:46,079 --> 00:38:48,960
that particular fan base did, well, that fan base is

691
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,199
gonna it's gonna find you on what you said, whether

692
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,119
they follow you or not, and they're gonna, you know,

693
00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:56,199
and they're gonna they're gonna come after you. So basically,

694
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:01,360
what it is is that we respond to a small minority,

695
00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:04,480
no matter what it is, whether it's longhorned fans, Cougar fans,

696
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:10,840
Aggie's Arkansas fans, Milwaukee Buck fans. Whatever we take with base,

697
00:39:11,079 --> 00:39:15,159
and we take us very small sample size and we

698
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,199
basically explain that's who we think all their fans are.

699
00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:24,360
It's not right, but that's what we do. People have

700
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,920
done it to us for years and years and years,

701
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,400
and we're doing it to other people. It's really no surprise.

702
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:35,320
It's it's not gonna change back. For instance, we talked

703
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,559
about how Laissez Fair Ranger fans are. They won the

704
00:39:39,559 --> 00:39:42,079
World Series. They had a parade in at Arlington around

705
00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:45,000
the Walmart. I mean, we have a parade. We have

706
00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:47,960
a million people downtown Houston. They have a parade. It's

707
00:39:48,199 --> 00:39:53,480
in between the Wendy's and the Golden Corral. I'm sure

708
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,519
people in Dallas wanted to celebrate and do all other things,

709
00:39:55,519 --> 00:39:57,119
but it wasn't their decision. They put the thing in

710
00:39:57,199 --> 00:40:02,960
Arlington around a bunch of pawn shops. So yeah, we

711
00:40:02,639 --> 00:40:04,800
we we're guilty of it. All of us are guilty

712
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,119
of taking a very small group of whatever that fan

713
00:40:07,199 --> 00:40:09,639
base is and embellishing it to make it sound like

714
00:40:09,639 --> 00:40:13,599
the entire group. And then those people come after you

715
00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:18,199
come after me asking me to change my tampon. That's

716
00:40:18,199 --> 00:40:21,199
just not nice. Before the top of the hour, Willie

717
00:40:21,199 --> 00:40:22,760
whether he sounds seven on? Hey hello, will he.

718
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 9: Good morning. We were at the game Saturday and disappointed

719
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,519
in the attendance. It was pretty it looked pretty low.

720
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:35,440
But what an ending that was.

721
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 10: I had to cover my.

722
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 9: Eyes when Sanchez attempted that field goal and made it.

723
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,480
I do have one question. Is he back for another

724
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:48,280
year or is this his last year? Because I think

725
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,440
definitely he's going to go pro. He has quite a leg.

726
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 2: Well that first still goalie had for short that willn't

727
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,000
he missed? So you're talking about Ethan Sanchez.

728
00:40:58,599 --> 00:41:00,760
Speaker 10: Right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

729
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 2: Let me look and see what he is with his classification.

730
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,480
Is he is a senior? This is last year he

731
00:41:06,519 --> 00:41:08,000
played previously at Old Dominion.

732
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:09,679
Speaker 4: Yeah.

733
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 9: I was looking at the CBS Sports rankings. Also, I

734
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,800
know that Arizona State is ranked in the top twenty five.

735
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,599
Now yeah, and I watched them on TV. They're not

736
00:41:21,639 --> 00:41:24,280
going to be easy, but I see that the line

737
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,599
on the game, we have it by seven. The CBS

738
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:31,719
rankings have US twenty eight and have them twenty seven.

739
00:41:32,119 --> 00:41:35,760
So God with a whim we might push ourselves up

740
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,119
in the top twenty five.

741
00:41:37,159 --> 00:41:38,159
Speaker 10: What do you think, yep?

742
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 2: I think absolutely. Will You're right. If the Cougars can

743
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,280
beat Arizona State and Sam Levitt in tempting next Saturday,

744
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,639
they will be a top twenty five team. Pretty far

745
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,800
cry from where this team was just a year ago

746
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,719
or two years ago. Willie Fritz should get some national

747
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,079
Coach of the Year recognition.

748
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:56,119
Speaker 5: Is The Matt.

749
00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:01,679
Speaker 1: Thomas Show with Ross.

750
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,280
Speaker 2: Eleven O three Sports Talk seven ninety Matt Thomas with

751
00:42:04,519 --> 00:42:06,840
Ross Ross back in a couple of days. It's you

752
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,639
and me and we'll visit with Softy from kJ OUR

753
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,679
Radio in Seattle coming up in just a few minutes.

754
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,199
He is on a call right now and we'll be

755
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,079
joining us here in a matter of moments. We've got

756
00:42:16,119 --> 00:42:19,840
a Game seven of the American League Championship Series tonight

757
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,719
and that will be at I think the game is

758
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:24,679
at seven o'clock. It's gonna be on the main Fox

759
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,719
channel tonight is there is nothing else going on on

760
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,000
that network, so yeah, it's a seven to ten first

761
00:42:29,039 --> 00:42:33,079
pitch on Fox. Texans will play the Seahawks at nine o'clock.

762
00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:36,000
We got to tell the truth coming up at the

763
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,920
bottom of the hour, will be playing for some nice prizes.

764
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:39,840
I hope that you'll be playing for the hanging out

765
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,239
with us for that in about twenty minutes from now.

766
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,239
So the question I put up on Twitter about ten

767
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,920
minutes ago was how are you scheduling the rest of

768
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:48,880
your day if you are staying up for all of

769
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:53,440
Texan Seahawks. Our friend Gray says she's napping from five

770
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:57,000
o'clock until eight. Greg Towey, who's the producer of the

771
00:42:57,079 --> 00:42:59,320
Colin Coward Show, great friend of the program, lives in

772
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,719
Los Angeles. This is why we live on the West Coast.

773
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,639
I love the West Coast. The just do time zone thing,

774
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,480
big deal. Darren says, uh, I will take you four

775
00:43:09,519 --> 00:43:11,440
hour nap before the game. I will work from home,

776
00:43:11,519 --> 00:43:13,159
so I'll be okay. So if you want to tell

777
00:43:13,159 --> 00:43:16,360
me how you're handling your day seven one three two

778
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,800
one two five seven ninety seven to one three two,

779
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,280
one two five seven ninet eight, I gotta ask you

780
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,519
one question, and maybe there's somebody in the audience that

781
00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:27,400
will do this. Are any of you just going to

782
00:43:27,519 --> 00:43:31,599
watch for as long as you can hit the record

783
00:43:31,639 --> 00:43:36,280
button on your DVR and then just go to bed

784
00:43:37,159 --> 00:43:41,559
now the et No, I could see doing that if

785
00:43:41,559 --> 00:43:47,239
you're disciplined enough not to check your phone the next day. See.

786
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,679
I think you have to be very methodical about this

787
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:56,519
because when I want to watch something result, you can't

788
00:43:56,519 --> 00:44:00,639
go to your phone. You can't ask anybody about it.

789
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,920
You can't, I mean, and you also have to make

790
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,480
sure your TV is set properly because what you don't

791
00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:10,000
want to do. This is how this is how I live.

792
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:13,800
This is how quirky my life is. If the game

793
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,960
is on ESPN tonight and you turn your TV on

794
00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:22,039
the morning, if you don't stay up for it, you

795
00:44:22,199 --> 00:44:25,400
do not want to hit power on it flips onto

796
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:30,519
ESPN and then they're talking about the game. Now. I

797
00:44:30,519 --> 00:44:35,360
don't know where the Texan Seahawks game will be. By

798
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,639
the way, Jonathan soft decis, you can call him right now. Uh.

799
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,840
I don't know if it's topic A, but if it's

800
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,639
an incredible game, it'll be topic A. Right. But my

801
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:52,039
guess is topic A will be Buccaneers Lions. Maybe if

802
00:44:52,039 --> 00:44:54,360
Mike McDaniel gets fired today in Miami, that will be

803
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,920
a topic Uh. Maybe there's something dramatic in the Seattle

804
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,840
Toronto game. Seven tonight. That'll be true dramatic as well.

805
00:45:01,039 --> 00:45:03,079
I just don't know. I don't know how the planners schedule.

806
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:05,360
Plus you don't know when you're gonna wake up, So

807
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,320
how do you avoid turning on the TV to your eyes?

808
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,440
Then then you got to massage your way through this.

809
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,880
This is, this is These are the conundrums that a

810
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,960
bizarre man like myself has to live through. Now I'm

811
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,840
gonna be in Oklahoma City tonight calling Rockets thunder tomorrow,

812
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:21,840
so I will have to watch the game live and

813
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,119
I'll be up and we'll be well to talk about

814
00:45:23,159 --> 00:45:26,960
it tomorrow. But this nine o'clock bit is crazy. So

815
00:45:27,079 --> 00:45:28,760
if you are in that mode where you've got to

816
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,159
go to bed early tonight for some reason, gonna get

817
00:45:31,199 --> 00:45:33,880
up work, how are you handling this? Because we don't

818
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:37,679
have these nine o'clock NFL games very often. Our next

819
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,360
guest is a great friend of the show. He is

820
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,559
one of the most influential sports personalities, not only in

821
00:45:42,559 --> 00:45:45,239
Seattle but across the entire country. He's been on KJR

822
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:49,079
Radio the Sports Leader forever. He is a die hard

823
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:54,119
Washington fan, a die hard All Seattle fan, and softy

824
00:45:54,119 --> 00:45:58,760
I'm gonna walk very very softly on this because we

825
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,159
in Houston had been through your situation. First of all,

826
00:46:01,199 --> 00:46:02,440
what is your current mental.

827
00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 4: State tetrified about? Tonight? Seahawk game is not even a

828
00:46:10,519 --> 00:46:13,639
fart on my radar, to be fully honest with you,

829
00:46:13,639 --> 00:46:17,320
you know, I mean, this is game seven of the Alcs.

830
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:21,000
First time in their nearly fifty year history, the Mariners

831
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,360
have played a Game seven, and it happens to be

832
00:46:24,639 --> 00:46:27,960
up against the Seahawk Texan game tonight. You mentioned nine

833
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,280
pm Central, seven o'clock Pacific, And on top of that,

834
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,519
we have a cracking broadcast that is going to interrupt

835
00:46:34,519 --> 00:46:36,159
our show that we will be off the air for

836
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:39,800
at four o'clock this afternoon, So we will be off

837
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,400
the air and not even discussing this thing, you know,

838
00:46:42,519 --> 00:46:45,480
within the first hours or the final hours of the game.

839
00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:49,239
So it's an unusual situation to be in matt and

840
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:51,880
Seattle because a lot of us have kind of wondered

841
00:46:52,519 --> 00:46:55,440
what whatever happen if the Mariners had a game like

842
00:46:55,559 --> 00:46:58,840
this up against the Seahawk game, and we're kind of

843
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,920
finding out, and I think it's appropriate, it's appropriate for

844
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,519
people to be gravitating towards the Mariners tonight. You know,

845
00:47:05,599 --> 00:47:10,039
this is again something that's never been done in Mariner history.

846
00:47:10,159 --> 00:47:12,679
You know, you think about, you know, when this current

847
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:16,159
regime in Houston made that first run to the World

848
00:47:16,199 --> 00:47:18,800
Series and how much it captivated your town. You know,

849
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:22,000
I'm serious where Texan fans were at with that. You know,

850
00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:24,760
how many people were even paying attention to what was

851
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,800
happening with Texan football with the Astros made that first run,

852
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:30,280
you know, a decade ago, you know, whatever it was now.

853
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:34,360
So that's the situation that we are in today, and honestly,

854
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,000
ticket prices are kind of reflecting it. Like you look

855
00:47:37,079 --> 00:47:39,679
up at like a ticket resaler and we like to

856
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,360
use you know a place, it's Benue Kings dot com.

857
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:43,199
Speaker 5: Chritslick for them.

858
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 4: By the way, thank you seventy bucks, Matt, seventy bucks

859
00:47:47,039 --> 00:47:49,440
to get in the door for Tonight's Seahawks game. I mean,

860
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:53,559
those are those are preseason prices for tonight's Monday night game.

861
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,280
If this game is close in the bottom of the seven,

862
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,559
bottom of the eighth, and the Seahawks are kicking off

863
00:47:58,559 --> 00:48:01,159
at five, there's going to be a lot of people

864
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,800
that will either be on the concourse watching the baseball game,

865
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:08,519
or will stay at whatever sports bar they're at, you know,

866
00:48:08,599 --> 00:48:10,880
before kickoff and not going to the stadium. And we

867
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:14,519
had that issue, you know, nine days ago when the

868
00:48:14,519 --> 00:48:16,840
Mariners were in Game five against the Tigers, that we

869
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,159
were at Husky Stadium doing a freaking Rutgers broadcast. We

870
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,280
literally go on the air for a postgame show and

871
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,920
seconds later, Jore Polanco delivers the game winning RBI single

872
00:48:27,159 --> 00:48:29,800
and the Mariners win. This is about forty five minutes

873
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:33,079
technically after the Washington Rutgers game had ended, but a

874
00:48:33,199 --> 00:48:36,599
thousand people stayed in the stadium to watch the baseball

875
00:48:36,639 --> 00:48:39,000
game didn't want to get in the car, and the Huskies,

876
00:48:39,039 --> 00:48:42,679
you know, their their security staff and their ushers had

877
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,840
no choice but to stay at the stadium and work

878
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:48,360
overtime so people can stay there and watch the baseball game.

879
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,480
So this thing has really captivated the entire town. But

880
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,079
after the way they played last night and the way

881
00:48:54,119 --> 00:48:57,559
they just didn't even show up, the lapses offensively, the

882
00:48:57,639 --> 00:49:01,119
lapses defensively, the lapses on the bay has I think

883
00:49:01,119 --> 00:49:03,119
a lot of people are just petrified that this is

884
00:49:03,159 --> 00:49:06,800
the last thing anybody wanted anything to do with, which

885
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,320
is a game seven in Toronto.

886
00:49:08,639 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, every time I would watch the game and I

887
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,800
had some family things because I was watching football day long.

888
00:49:14,199 --> 00:49:16,519
The number of double plays last night had to be

889
00:49:16,679 --> 00:49:17,840
just crushing for you.

890
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 4: Brutal three in a row, actually, and two of them

891
00:49:21,519 --> 00:49:25,039
swinging at the first pitch. Kyle Rowley basses juice one out,

892
00:49:25,119 --> 00:49:28,679
first pitch splitter from you, savage. Ground ball double play,

893
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:33,559
Julio Rodriguez, same thing, ground ball double play. JP Crawford

894
00:49:33,599 --> 00:49:36,440
at minimum saw at least he saw three pitches and

895
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:38,920
then he grounds into a double play and the eating's over.

896
00:49:39,039 --> 00:49:41,239
I mean, it's like those opportunities where you've got a

897
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:43,960
rookie on the ropes. You've got to be able to

898
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,760
get some runs on the board right then and there,

899
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,480
and then they just the defensive lapses, you know, third inning,

900
00:49:49,519 --> 00:49:51,840
second inning, now, whatever it is last night, it's all

901
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:55,679
running together. Now, Julio Rodriguez can corral a base hint

902
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:58,239
in center field, goes off as glove and leads to

903
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,840
a Doublehano. That's a hard time. You're picking up a

904
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:05,360
ball and can't make a play at third base. Cal

905
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,079
Rawley with an error going down the line and Black

906
00:50:08,159 --> 00:50:10,440
Guerrero scores from third base and the player that should

907
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:13,719
have stopped right there. Matta was the first freaking time

908
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,880
all year long that they had three errors in one game,

909
00:50:17,159 --> 00:50:20,639
and it happened last night in game six of the ALCS,

910
00:50:20,679 --> 00:50:22,079
So it was absolutely maddening.

911
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:23,760
Speaker 2: All Right, I want you to clear something up with

912
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:27,519
me because it has obviously been a big bonu contention

913
00:50:27,599 --> 00:50:30,599
with people in your great part of the world. Will

914
00:50:30,639 --> 00:50:33,159
you in the stands when George Perry got hit?

915
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:38,639
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I was sitting fifteen roads right behind home play?

916
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,599
Speaker 2: All right? Would you describe the fan base as booing

917
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,000
or was it something else?

918
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,559
Speaker 4: Okay, So let me just explain something to you guys,

919
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:50,079
and I am I cannot believe that this is not

920
00:50:50,159 --> 00:50:53,760
being talked about. What do people talk about when they

921
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:57,800
talk about how well Blue Jay fans travel, especially to Seattle?

922
00:50:58,079 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 2: Why Seattle all places that's far?

923
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 4: Because because Vancouver is two hours away from Seattle, Okay,

924
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:06,840
And there's a boatload of Blue Jay fans that live

925
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,000
in Vancouver, Canada, so they come down for the game

926
00:51:09,079 --> 00:51:11,920
because Toronto is the only team Canada has, as you know,

927
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:14,119
and a lot of them are in Vancouver and they

928
00:51:14,119 --> 00:51:18,000
gravitate the Seattle. There must they're probably were in that

929
00:51:18,119 --> 00:51:22,840
game that you're talking about, Matt, maybe seventy five hundred

930
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,920
Blue Jay fans in the stands, and I'm telling you

931
00:51:26,639 --> 00:51:30,199
they're not. This isn't just Mariner fans booing George Springer.

932
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:34,400
This is Blue Jay fans hammering Brian Wu for hitting

933
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:38,280
George Springer. So when John Schneider goes to the podium

934
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:41,400
after the game, the Blue Jay manager and starts ripping

935
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:44,480
on Mariner fans for booing George Springer, I'm like, how

936
00:51:44,519 --> 00:51:46,880
the hell do you know that you got? You got

937
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:51,239
five thousand blue Jay fans liter minimum right there in

938
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:54,239
front of your face between first and third that are

939
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:58,119
hammering Brian Wu for hitting George Springer. He goes down

940
00:51:58,159 --> 00:52:00,400
to first base, he can't even walk, He's put all

941
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,559
over the place. So if you tell me that there

942
00:52:02,559 --> 00:52:05,039
were Mariner fans that were booing George Springer, I could

943
00:52:05,039 --> 00:52:07,119
buy that. If you're also telling me that there were

944
00:52:07,159 --> 00:52:09,719
Blue Jay fans that were booing Brian Wu, I could

945
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:12,119
freaking buy that too. But you know what, the George

946
00:52:12,119 --> 00:52:14,519
Springer thing obviously goes back to the Astro days. You

947
00:52:14,599 --> 00:52:17,639
know that, you know that nonsense that happened between Seattle

948
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:20,400
thank Houston. So a lot of that wasn't even George

949
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:22,719
Springer getting booed because he got hurt. It was George

950
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:25,400
Springer getting booed because he was an astro. Because George

951
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,719
Springer has been booed every at back to this series,

952
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:29,440
even before he got hurt.

953
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,159
Speaker 2: All Right, I got you for two more minutes here,

954
00:52:31,239 --> 00:52:35,280
let me get some football in Jaguars. Huge win for

955
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,599
the Seahawks going across country winning last Sunday. I watched

956
00:52:38,599 --> 00:52:44,119
that game before that, a knockdown, dragout offensive, firepower game

957
00:52:44,199 --> 00:52:47,679
between the Hawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. First of all,

958
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,000
a thought or two about Sam Darnold wearing the gear.

959
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:52,360
I don't think you missed Gino Smith frankly after what

960
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:56,639
he did yesterday. Generally speaking, how confident are you about

961
00:52:56,639 --> 00:52:59,320
tonight's Seattle performance against the Texans.

962
00:53:00,079 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 4: I mean, here's the problem with Mike McDonald. Matt Pete

963
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:06,360
Carroll is known for winning games in prime time, especially

964
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:09,840
at home. Mike McDonald's four and eight at lumen Field,

965
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:11,800
and he's ten and one on the road since he

966
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:14,840
took over as the Seahawks head coach. So Mike McDonald

967
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,400
really has to kind of figure it out at home

968
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,360
because it's been kind of a disaster in these home

969
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:23,599
games for him. So that's number one, and then number two.

970
00:53:23,639 --> 00:53:25,559
I mean, look, I think the Seahawks are a way

971
00:53:25,559 --> 00:53:28,119
better football team with Sam Darnold than they would have

972
00:53:28,119 --> 00:53:30,760
been with Geno Smith. I mean, like you said, the

973
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:33,639
numbers obviously bear that out, you know, and you give

974
00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:35,519
John Schneider, who happens to be the name of the

975
00:53:35,519 --> 00:53:38,159
Seahawks GM and not just the Blue Jays manager. You

976
00:53:38,199 --> 00:53:41,400
give John Schnider credit because this is the second consecutive

977
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:44,920
time where he has jumped off the quarterback wagon at

978
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:48,639
the exact right time, gets rid of Russell Wilson at

979
00:53:48,639 --> 00:53:51,719
the exact right time, signs that massive deal with Denver,

980
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,039
and then he falls apart. Now he jumps off the

981
00:53:54,119 --> 00:53:57,079
Geno wagon, he signs a big deal with the Raiders,

982
00:53:57,119 --> 00:54:00,880
and he's falling apart, right. So they've really played this perfectly.

983
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,119
I think the last couple of go rounds with this

984
00:54:03,199 --> 00:54:06,199
quarterback situation, Sam Darnold, I'm telling you, man, if not

985
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:09,440
for Baker Mayfield would probably be in the MVP conversation.

986
00:54:09,559 --> 00:54:11,280
He's not gonna win it. But as he topped five.

987
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,480
Is he tops seven? I think he is. His numbers

988
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:16,480
are marvelous. He's ridiculous right now. He's not making mistakes,

989
00:54:16,599 --> 00:54:18,719
and you can argue that they're actually a fumble away

990
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:21,519
from being maybe five and one after that Niner loss

991
00:54:21,519 --> 00:54:25,039
at home about a month ago. So look, man, they're

992
00:54:25,039 --> 00:54:27,039
in a good spot. They got some guys coming back

993
00:54:27,039 --> 00:54:30,800
tonight off the injury update. Tarik wool In their corner

994
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:35,400
should play. Devin Witherspoon should play as well. Their best

995
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,440
backup offensive lineman Josh Jones, and their safety Julian Love

996
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:41,000
should also play in this game tonight. But I think

997
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,840
this is a football game. The Steahawks hit their health,

998
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:43,360
he should win.

999
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:45,679
Speaker 2: Jackson Smith and Jake might have a chance be the

1000
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:49,639
second greatest wide receiver ever in Seahawk history. Yes or no,

1001
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:51,840
Yes he does.

1002
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:53,760
Speaker 4: He does. He's got a chance to be maybe the

1003
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:57,079
greatest single season Seahawk wide receiver year ever in history.

1004
00:54:57,119 --> 00:55:00,199
I mean there's nobody else getting the ball, right, I mean,

1005
00:55:00,199 --> 00:55:02,800
nobody else is getting the ball besides Jackson Smith and Jigma.

1006
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:05,440
You know, Cooper Cupp is an old man, not as

1007
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:07,079
old as us, but he's an old man and he's

1008
00:55:07,119 --> 00:55:09,599
doing what he can, but there's really no other option.

1009
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:11,519
And even if they do have Cooper Cup, it's the

1010
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:14,559
rookie Tory Horton from Nevada who's their third option. So

1011
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,480
Jackson Smith and Jigma is averaging about seventeen yards of

1012
00:55:17,559 --> 00:55:20,880
catch right now, and he has really been the absolute

1013
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:24,800
security blanket for Sam Darnold. And it's amazing to see

1014
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:28,519
because every single week teams try and take him away

1015
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,239
and they can't do it. For whatever reason, they can't

1016
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:33,039
do it. And we're not just talking about, you know,

1017
00:55:33,079 --> 00:55:35,360
a slot receiver. We're talking about a guy who lines

1018
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:37,719
up on the outside as an next receiver. It'll go downtown,

1019
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:40,679
he'll be to the post. They'll run drag rounds, they'll drun,

1020
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:44,360
he'll run slants. He's all over the field, this guy.

1021
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:48,400
So it's amazing to me how little they have behind

1022
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:51,000
him at wide receiver. This guy is able to put

1023
00:55:51,039 --> 00:55:52,119
up the numbers he's putting up.

1024
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:54,800
Speaker 2: All right, how are you taking the edge off between

1025
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:56,320
now and the first pitch? What are you doing?

1026
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:00,679
Speaker 4: A bottle of Pendleton whiskey has already half way gone

1027
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,480
and that started at five am this morning.

1028
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels fair. We'll talk down the road.

1029
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:10,039
Speaker 4: You're telling me, what do you do? Never been in

1030
00:56:10,039 --> 00:56:10,599
this position?

1031
00:56:10,639 --> 00:56:12,880
Speaker 2: Okay, let me let me tell you what's going to happen. Okay,

1032
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,760
and you don't want to hear this. The Seahawks are

1033
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,519
going to beat the Texans. I don't even know who

1034
00:56:19,599 --> 00:56:21,039
the crack in our planks, I can't get to that.

1035
00:56:21,559 --> 00:56:24,159
I think Toronto's winning tonight. I think. I think when

1036
00:56:24,199 --> 00:56:26,679
you could not finish it off in Seattle, that was

1037
00:56:26,679 --> 00:56:28,920
the fate of complete But I could be wrong. You

1038
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,000
want two games there before.

1039
00:56:30,199 --> 00:56:32,760
Speaker 4: Actually, I actually would feel worse if you told me

1040
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:34,159
the Mariners are going to win the game that I

1041
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:35,079
so thank you for that.

1042
00:56:35,559 --> 00:56:37,239
Speaker 2: And they can do for your friend, talk to you soon.

1043
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:38,440
Speaker 4: Thank you.

1044
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,199
Speaker 2: Go one and only Softy k j R. Seattle, our hero,

1045
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:47,239
our friend, you Drick. If the Astros are playing a

1046
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,400
game seven on the row American League Championship, are you

1047
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:51,920
have are you a half bottle into whiskey? Just throwing

1048
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:55,559
it out there? Seven one three, two one two five

1049
00:56:55,639 --> 00:56:59,639
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven

1050
00:57:00,119 --> 00:57:02,400
nine zero. We're gonna play to tell the truth for

1051
00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:05,800
some fantastic prizes coming up at the bottom of the hour.

1052
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:08,719
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1053
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:12,079
Speaker 2: I don't like the Texans come out. I just don't.

1054
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:14,079
Speaker 4: I mean, even if.

1055
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:16,880
Speaker 2: The building is like eighty percent interested in the Seahawk building,

1056
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:18,800
it's still allowed place to go. Not the Texans have

1057
00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:23,559
not won road games of four. But Donald's playing well,

1058
00:57:23,599 --> 00:57:25,599
the defense is playing well. As Sophtie brought up a

1059
00:57:25,639 --> 00:57:29,440
minute ago, they're they're getting guys back. Jackson Smith and

1060
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:32,280
Jigba has been I mean one of the best receivers

1061
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:35,719
in the game. As he said, if not for a

1062
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,480
couple other quarterbacks, you know, like Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold

1063
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:42,719
would be going for MVP. I mean, yeesh. By the way,

1064
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,280
we got to tell the Truth. Coming up at the

1065
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:45,760
bottom of the hour. This is where you get a

1066
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,039
chance to win tickets to see Alas Cooper and Judas

1067
00:57:48,039 --> 00:57:52,000
Priest or some college basketball doubleheader tickets with the Cougars

1068
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,400
against Mississippi State and m against Arizona. So we'll be

1069
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:57,119
giving those away today. On to Tell the Truth at

1070
00:57:57,119 --> 00:58:01,440
eleven thirty, I will give you four sports takes, and uh,

1071
00:58:01,519 --> 00:58:04,079
there will be three truths in one lie. You got

1072
00:58:04,159 --> 00:58:06,320
to figure out which of the four I'm lying about.

1073
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:10,320
So three truths, one lie. On today's edition, up to

1074
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:12,599
tell the truth. And we'll do that at the bottom

1075
00:58:12,639 --> 00:58:17,440
of the hour. Umm. So, Kenny, who doesn't follow me

1076
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:18,920
on Twitter, and I've asked him ten times because I

1077
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,519
always read his tweets, Come on, Kenny, let's step your

1078
00:58:21,519 --> 00:58:24,199
game up. The guy you just interviewed, that's our buddy.

1079
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:26,719
Softy almost makes me want to root for the Mariners,

1080
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:32,599
I said, almost, go Texans. Go George Springer's Jonathan. Yeah.

1081
00:58:32,679 --> 00:58:35,679
I thought Softy was thoughtful? Was he not? You know what?

1082
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:37,840
Speaker 3: I thought this was gonna be a lot more talking

1083
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:40,000
mess like it was last time. But he was rarely like,

1084
00:58:40,079 --> 00:58:42,119
you know, very respectful and was just telling us what

1085
00:58:42,159 --> 00:58:42,599
was going on.

1086
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, And he made me and he made me think

1087
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:48,639
that there were some people that were anti uh you know,

1088
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:51,159
there were some that were barking at George Bringer and

1089
00:58:51,199 --> 00:58:54,440
some that were not the problem is is that there

1090
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:56,559
have been so many people that have booed George Springer,

1091
00:58:56,599 --> 00:58:59,000
no matter what uniform he's been in, that it's hard

1092
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:02,679
to give any fan a benefit of the doubt on that, right.

1093
00:59:03,599 --> 00:59:07,639
But yes, I mean, here's the thing. From just dumbing

1094
00:59:07,679 --> 00:59:10,760
it down to a human aspect of this, we've been

1095
00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:13,199
in soft these shoes before, right, we know what it's

1096
00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:14,559
like to be on the edge of our seat for

1097
00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:15,960
a game seven of something.

1098
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:17,920
Speaker 3: I don't blame on being down to half a bottle.

1099
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:21,519
Speaker 2: I don't. Yeah, but it's only nine to twenty five.

1100
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,239
I don't at all. I don't know if I could

1101
00:59:26,239 --> 00:59:28,679
get up and knock back some whiskey or bourbon or

1102
00:59:28,719 --> 00:59:30,760
something that early in the morning. I mean, you gotta

1103
00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:32,880
just kind of work your way. I mean, I've never

1104
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:35,760
had I'll be honest with you, I've never had a

1105
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:36,760
shower beer in my life.

1106
00:59:37,639 --> 00:59:40,119
Speaker 3: Really, you know, Damn put me on. I tried it.

1107
00:59:40,119 --> 00:59:41,599
It's actually very refreshing.

1108
00:59:41,639 --> 00:59:43,239
Speaker 2: I'm not saying see, you know what, I think, I'm

1109
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,360
i gotta break that streak this this year because everybody

1110
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:48,800
else seems to say with refreshing. I've never also had

1111
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:52,679
morning beer either. I've done mo beer, like getting up

1112
00:59:52,679 --> 00:59:55,920
in the morning, turning on you know, Sports Center or

1113
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:57,559
Today Show and going you know what, I'd go for

1114
00:59:57,880 --> 01:00:04,079
a cold you know whatever generic beer are we are

1115
01:00:04,079 --> 01:00:06,559
we I would think if you're a morning beer guy,

1116
01:00:06,599 --> 01:00:09,960
that means you probably have a problem. Right, shower beer

1117
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:11,480
I kind of get because you're gonna go out with

1118
01:00:11,519 --> 01:00:14,559
your buddies. Maybe you're in a hotel, maybe you're in

1119
01:00:14,639 --> 01:00:19,480
Vegas something. I get the shower beer thing, but getting

1120
01:00:19,559 --> 01:00:21,159
up and going, hey, I gotta get to work in

1121
01:00:21,159 --> 01:00:22,639
the morning. I ain't gonna work out. I'm gonna have

1122
01:00:22,719 --> 01:00:25,039
me to cole one before I don't. That comes across

1123
01:00:25,079 --> 01:00:26,840
to me. It's perhaps borderline alcoholism.

1124
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:30,000
Speaker 3: You're telling me if you vanted Koog's football right now, Yes,

1125
01:00:30,039 --> 01:00:32,800
sir was undefeated. Yeah, Let's say they're a rank seven

1126
01:00:33,599 --> 01:00:36,000
and they have what maybe let's say two more games

1127
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,719
they need to win, and they're going against Georgia. Let's

1128
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:41,440
say let's put out there all right, you're not gonna

1129
01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:43,239
be out your mind like Softy West.

1130
01:00:44,599 --> 01:00:46,079
Speaker 2: Oh, I'd be out of my mind. I've been out

1131
01:00:46,079 --> 01:00:50,920
of my mind before. Do you understand my Cougar fandom?

1132
01:00:51,039 --> 01:00:54,599
I flew from San Francisco to San Antonio on a

1133
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:59,599
red eye and did a four hour show that day

1134
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:01,519
just to make sure I was there in person to

1135
01:01:01,559 --> 01:01:03,639
see the game. Do you understand these things?

1136
01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:05,760
Speaker 3: And y'all y'all weren't here to hear how sick he

1137
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:06,400
was doing this.

1138
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:10,960
Speaker 2: HT Then I go back to La get COVID and

1139
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,760
missed two games. That's my fandom, so I know what

1140
01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:20,599
south he's going through. But if you watched any of

1141
01:01:20,639 --> 01:01:23,039
that game yesterday between the Mariners and the Blue Jays,

1142
01:01:23,159 --> 01:01:28,960
that one, they didn't look competitive. It did not look competitive.

1143
01:01:29,599 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 3: If you asked me, right, I'm kind of being underwhelming

1144
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:34,039
to me and this this postseason.

1145
01:01:35,119 --> 01:01:36,599
Speaker 2: Who has right?

1146
01:01:36,679 --> 01:01:38,920
Speaker 3: Uh? The dumper? I haven't you know he's got that

1147
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,519
one home run of yeah to cut the lead, to

1148
01:01:41,519 --> 01:01:43,679
tell the four. But he's been very underwhelming to me

1149
01:01:43,719 --> 01:01:44,639
every time I see my beat.

1150
01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:49,280
Speaker 2: By the way, everybody's said to be tweets about our

1151
01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:53,679
our podcast are in our commercials on the iHeart app

1152
01:01:53,719 --> 01:01:58,960
doing a Dodger Blue Dream podcast. Yeah, I'm gonna have

1153
01:01:59,039 --> 01:02:04,159
to I'm gonna have to probably get that removed. Yikes,

1154
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,559
what are we doing? Thank you for listening on iHeartRadio

1155
01:02:07,559 --> 01:02:10,440
at By the way, two different people sent me that's

1156
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:15,360
too funny. Uh, let's see. Uh, Dann Matthews just textan

1157
01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:19,480
two places where morning beer is perfectly acceptable. The airport

1158
01:02:19,519 --> 01:02:23,239
because you might have some flat anxiety. Okay, yeah, yeah,

1159
01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:26,280
I could see that football game day, but I would

1160
01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:27,840
say it has to be your team or you're at

1161
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:30,079
a tailgate. So if it's an Olympic game. Yeah, you

1162
01:02:30,119 --> 01:02:31,880
know what, that makes sense. Yeah, you can do a

1163
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:33,320
nine am beer on that, right.

1164
01:02:33,519 --> 01:02:35,559
Speaker 3: Yeah, you guys start to tell Tucker Early got to

1165
01:02:35,559 --> 01:02:36,559
be in the building a little buzz.

1166
01:02:36,679 --> 01:02:38,719
Speaker 2: I know, I'll get that. I get that, Okay, So

1167
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:41,800
there is there is a spot for it. Uh seven

1168
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:44,760
one three two one two five seven ninety seven one

1169
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:47,320
three two one two five seventy. We need to play

1170
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:49,880
to tell the truth. We're playing for tickets to see

1171
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:53,679
Alice Cooper and Judas Priest Live October twenty sixth at

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01:02:53,679 --> 01:02:56,639
the Woodlands Pavilion. Tickets are on sale ticketmaster dot com,

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or you can win a pair of tickets to see

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the preview college basketball exhibition between the Cougars and Mississippi

1175
01:03:03,559 --> 01:03:06,199
State and A and M against Arizona that Sunday, October

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01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:10,119
the twenty sixth, as well. For information and tickets available

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at fb epicenter dot comic.

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Speaker 7: I never know why I'm.

1179
01:03:33,119 --> 01:03:35,800
Speaker 2: Gonna tell you the truth about one thing. Uh, we

1180
01:03:35,960 --> 01:03:39,360
have to run these these national sports promos on the

1181
01:03:39,519 --> 01:03:42,360
podcast on the iHeart app, so we have no control

1182
01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:48,280
over that. So, I mean, if you want a Dodgers podcast,

1183
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:55,000
enjoy it. I guess we didnnounce over here. But what's

1184
01:03:55,039 --> 01:03:57,199
not it's out of our control. We have from I

1185
01:03:57,239 --> 01:03:58,760
don't know if you'll notice this, but we're run by

1186
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:00,719
a big media conglomerate that doesn't let us do a

1187
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:03,239
lot of things we want to do. So just throw

1188
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:11,679
it out there, right, Jonathan. Anyways? Anyways, never a banner?

1189
01:04:11,719 --> 01:04:14,360
What are you currently? All right? We're we're playing for

1190
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,800
either Alice Cooper and Judas Priest tickets or you can

1191
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:19,360
see the tickets to see the college basketball exhibition between

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01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:23,159
US Mississippi State and A and M VERSUS Arizona. Uh,

1193
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:25,960
gentlemen and lady, let me we have four guys on

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01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:28,159
the line. If you want to get in to play,

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01:04:28,199 --> 01:04:30,280
we've got two more spots at seven one three two

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one two five seven ninety seven one three, two, one

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01:04:32,599 --> 01:04:34,920
two five seven ninety. If you're new to the show,

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01:04:35,159 --> 01:04:37,880
this is called to tell the Truth. I have four

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01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:41,800
sports takes, Jonathan correct four four. Yeah, I tell the

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01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:46,719
truth on three of them. I'm lying about one thing.

1201
01:04:48,159 --> 01:04:51,159
You have to tell me which of the four I'm

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01:04:51,239 --> 01:04:58,039
lying about. Here we go take number one. There are

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01:04:58,119 --> 01:05:02,519
too many good jobs out there for Nick Saban to

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01:05:02,559 --> 01:05:07,519
stay on television. Florida just fired their coach. My guess

1205
01:05:07,639 --> 01:05:12,920
is Florida State's gonna be looking for a coach. Maybe Auburn, definitely, Ucla,

1206
01:05:13,719 --> 01:05:20,000
definitely Florida. While he's good on television, he's better as

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01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:23,719
a coach, Nick Saban, you need to get back into

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01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:29,519
coaching for one more run to prove that, without a doubt,

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01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:33,760
you're the greatest college football coach of them all. That

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01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:39,880
is my take number one. Number two Monday night NFL

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01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:44,280
doubleheaders and staggered games. Not tonight. It's not staggered, it's

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01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:48,920
a six and a nine. These things are dumb. I

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01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:52,440
want my Monday night football to be one game and

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01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:58,280
one game only. Okay, that's take number two, completely dumb.

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01:05:59,079 --> 01:06:03,079
Take number three congratulations to our friend, my new bestie,

1216
01:06:03,159 --> 01:06:06,800
Kevin Durant for becoming the all time NBA salary leader.

1217
01:06:08,079 --> 01:06:12,360
My take is he will not have it for very long.

1218
01:06:13,519 --> 01:06:20,000
Lebron James wants to leave a period a long string

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01:06:20,159 --> 01:06:25,119
of legacies, all time winning scorer, maybe top to an assist,

1220
01:06:25,679 --> 01:06:29,760
maybe most championships. He also, I think, wants to be

1221
01:06:29,840 --> 01:06:34,679
the all time money salar leader. He will not retire

1222
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:40,199
until he has that throne. Lebron James won't retire until

1223
01:06:40,280 --> 01:06:43,079
Kevin Durant is long gone, so he could become the

1224
01:06:43,239 --> 01:06:47,519
all time a salary leader. That's my take on that. Okay,

1225
01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:54,079
all right? And number four, the Texans, I still think,

1226
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:57,800
need to trade for a running back before the deadline.

1227
01:06:58,559 --> 01:07:00,440
I know what he marks is getting some more work.

1228
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:03,199
I know Nick Chubb is a responsible guy that probably

1229
01:07:03,199 --> 01:07:07,079
had an opportunity to feel better about his performance against Baltimore,

1230
01:07:07,159 --> 01:07:10,519
but it was Baltimore's defense. Let's not get ourselves. The

1231
01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:15,960
Texans need to get a running back before the trade deadline?

1232
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:17,880
Well they I don't know, but I think they do

1233
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,679
need one. Which one of the four am I lying about?

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01:07:23,159 --> 01:07:26,960
Retruths one line? Really quick? John? Then here we go,

1235
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:30,039
Nick Day, Nick Daban needs to get back into coaching. Okay,

1236
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:34,360
Monday night doubleheaders and stagger games are dumb. Lebron's not

1237
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,119
retiring until he becomes the all time NBA salary leader

1238
01:07:37,159 --> 01:07:39,719
in my mind, and the Texans, in my mind, need

1239
01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:41,880
to get another running back before the trade deadline. Which

1240
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:42,800
one of the four am I lying?

1241
01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:43,960
Speaker 3: And you're lying about one of them?

1242
01:07:44,199 --> 01:07:45,840
Speaker 2: Lying about one of them? Which one do you think?

1243
01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:50,519
All right? I think I'm pretty good at the very

1244
01:07:50,559 --> 01:07:51,280
impressed with this.

1245
01:07:52,920 --> 01:07:57,639
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm just gonna have to trust my gut. I

1246
01:07:57,679 --> 01:08:00,760
know you like fast game days. You know you don't

1247
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:01,400
like that stuff.

1248
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:01,760
Speaker 11: You don't.

1249
01:08:02,239 --> 01:08:04,159
Speaker 3: I think you can think they're dumb for double it's

1250
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:08,000
one game for Monday night football. But saying Nick Saban

1251
01:08:08,039 --> 01:08:12,760
needs to go back to coaching, I'm I'm that's my

1252
01:08:12,840 --> 01:08:15,079
I'm trusting that. That's that's your lie. There's no way

1253
01:08:15,119 --> 01:08:16,680
you think that he needs to go back to prove himself.

1254
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:17,479
I don't believe that.

1255
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:19,960
Speaker 2: Okay. So you think I'm lying about Nick Saban going

1256
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:22,119
back into coaching, I'm going one. Yeah, all right, let's

1257
01:08:22,119 --> 01:08:23,880
we got six people on the line. We've got lots

1258
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:25,880
of prizes. We'll see what we do here in figuring

1259
01:08:25,880 --> 01:08:29,039
out which one of the four am I lying about?

1260
01:08:29,119 --> 01:08:31,399
So make sure Jonathan you write down which one's the lie?

1261
01:08:31,399 --> 01:08:34,960
Who whateverybody says here? All right? Ruben online too, Ruben,

1262
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:36,760
which one am I lying about?

1263
01:08:38,279 --> 01:08:41,279
Speaker 5: I'm gonna say Nick Saban only because he's gonna make

1264
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:42,560
more money on TV.

1265
01:08:44,199 --> 01:08:45,680
Speaker 2: Well, I don't think I've been making more money on TV.

1266
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:47,600
They're not gonna pay him like nine million dollars a year.

1267
01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:49,720
So do you mean does that change your opinion or

1268
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:51,000
do you still want to stay stick with that?

1269
01:08:54,239 --> 01:08:56,079
Speaker 5: Well, I'll go ahead and stick with it since I

1270
01:08:56,079 --> 01:08:56,920
already picked it.

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01:08:57,039 --> 01:08:59,600
Speaker 2: All right, very good, thanks Rubin for calling in. Let's

1272
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:02,399
go to Ken Ken Which one of those four am

1273
01:09:02,399 --> 01:09:03,079
I lying about?

1274
01:09:04,279 --> 01:09:05,279
Speaker 8: I'm gonna go with number one?

1275
01:09:05,279 --> 01:09:05,800
Speaker 12: Off though?

1276
01:09:07,159 --> 01:09:09,239
Speaker 2: All right? You don't think Nick Savan wants to come

1277
01:09:09,279 --> 01:09:13,560
back one more time? Okay? Now why did you hang up?

1278
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:18,640
You get a chance to win? Hung up? Yeah, Felipe,

1279
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:22,119
which one am I lying about? Of course?

1280
01:09:22,199 --> 01:09:22,640
Speaker 4: Is number one?

1281
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:25,079
Speaker 8: Nick Saban doesn't have to come back to soiliify.

1282
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:27,680
Speaker 5: His legacy, in my opinion, the greatest college football coach

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01:09:28,119 --> 01:09:28,640
of all time.

1284
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:33,039
Speaker 2: Okay, thanks very much for that. Let's go to Scott

1285
01:09:33,039 --> 01:09:36,000
in Jersey Village, Scott, Which one am I lying about?

1286
01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:38,199
Speaker 4: Are you lying about? K? D and Lebron?

1287
01:09:39,239 --> 01:09:41,520
Speaker 2: All right? Do you think you think I'm lying about that?

1288
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,319
You think that Lebron's gonna retire before that? Okay? Thank

1289
01:09:44,359 --> 01:09:48,119
you very much for that. A couple more here, Colby, Colby,

1290
01:09:48,159 --> 01:09:50,039
which one am I lying about? Which one of those four?

1291
01:09:52,479 --> 01:09:54,399
Speaker 5: I think it has to be number one? I don't

1292
01:09:54,439 --> 01:09:58,000
think there's no way Nick Saban has anything. Let's let's

1293
01:09:58,039 --> 01:09:59,840
approve of coaching any war.

1294
01:10:00,319 --> 01:10:02,479
Speaker 2: Okay, Now this is the question, is you know even

1295
01:10:02,479 --> 01:10:05,439
though another to prove, just to add one more little

1296
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:09,239
resume builder? There anybody else? Am I going to line three? Jonathan?

1297
01:10:09,319 --> 01:10:11,000
Is that what I'm going with there? Yes? And that's

1298
01:10:11,039 --> 01:10:13,640
the last one I think, Keith, which one of those

1299
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:18,039
fom I'm lying about Nick Saban? Number one? All right?

1300
01:10:18,079 --> 01:10:22,359
Thank you very much. So of the six people, Jonathan,

1301
01:10:22,399 --> 01:10:25,359
we have five people to believe I'm lying about Nick Saban.

1302
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:30,760
Speaker 3: Now everybody is what he believes. Wife, Oh no, here

1303
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:32,720
we go. I haven't say thoughts. Now everybody's on the

1304
01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:33,319
same side.

1305
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:36,000
Speaker 2: Including you too. I thought I forgot about usually and

1306
01:10:36,039 --> 01:10:43,000
you're terrible this all right? Number one. I do believe

1307
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:44,720
the Texans seem to trade for a running back before

1308
01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:48,199
the trade deadline. I think I've been pretty adamant about that.

1309
01:10:48,279 --> 01:10:50,960
I think they've got to get some additional umph there. Okay.

1310
01:10:52,119 --> 01:10:54,680
Number two, I do believe that Lebron is gonna think

1311
01:10:54,760 --> 01:10:57,119
is thinking about pocket watching everybody. I do believe that

1312
01:10:57,199 --> 01:11:01,079
Lebron James will not retire until he becomes the all

1313
01:11:01,159 --> 01:11:03,880
time salary leader. Now will he do it? I don't know,

1314
01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:06,159
because if if Durant plays for four or five more

1315
01:11:06,239 --> 01:11:08,960
years beyond this contract he's playing to like forty two,

1316
01:11:09,039 --> 01:11:11,279
forty three, forty four, then he'll be out of it.

1317
01:11:11,319 --> 01:11:13,199
But I think Lebron is thinking about that all the time.

1318
01:11:13,199 --> 01:11:16,079
So do believe that. Okay, okay? Then it comes down

1319
01:11:16,079 --> 01:11:23,840
to the little final two. Nick Saban could go coach

1320
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:28,960
tomorrow and win some serious football games. He's a program builder.

1321
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:33,279
He still is very relatable to the kids. He's relatable

1322
01:11:33,279 --> 01:11:38,880
to the boosters. He could turn around a program overnight.

1323
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:42,319
But why do you want to do that. You're seventy

1324
01:11:42,319 --> 01:11:45,319
something years old. You're making a great salary with ESPN.

1325
01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:51,840
The nil transfer pooral world is for youngins. Nick Saban,

1326
01:11:52,159 --> 01:11:54,720
I was lying, he does not need to get back

1327
01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:57,159
into coaching. He needs to stay right where he is

1328
01:11:57,399 --> 01:12:04,039
at ESPN. Good for you, Jonathan. That makes you feel

1329
01:12:04,079 --> 01:12:05,560
like I didn't do a good job of trying to

1330
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:05,920
lie to you.

1331
01:12:06,119 --> 01:12:07,640
Speaker 3: No, you did a good I think you did a job.

1332
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:09,479
I think you probably have made a number one though.

1333
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:11,560
Speaker 2: Well, I'm just trying to mix it up. Now, let

1334
01:12:11,640 --> 01:12:13,239
me tell you the reason why. First of all. I

1335
01:12:13,239 --> 01:12:15,920
don't like stagger doubleheaders, and I certainly don't like tonight.

1336
01:12:16,319 --> 01:12:18,960
Why would you put an NFL game on? I don't

1337
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:23,159
care who's playing, but Jonathan, this Texans Seattle game, which

1338
01:12:23,199 --> 01:12:26,600
is an NFL game involving two teams, right, any two games,

1339
01:12:27,119 --> 01:12:29,239
you're not putting that game on. It will not start

1340
01:12:29,279 --> 01:12:31,720
before like ten to fifteen Eastern time in the Eastern

1341
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:35,119
time zone. That's ridiculous. You are literally wasting an NFL

1342
01:12:35,159 --> 01:12:37,840
game that time by they're doing this, I know, I

1343
01:12:37,880 --> 01:12:39,720
want to they do that. That's good, that's so good.

1344
01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:41,079
I don't get it. That's because they get in a

1345
01:12:41,119 --> 01:12:42,600
certain number of games, so they like to do these

1346
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:44,760
little stagger double headers. This is not a stagger. This

1347
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:47,600
is a full a game that's played and finished then

1348
01:12:47,640 --> 01:12:50,359
you play the B game. Yes, stupid, it's one hundred

1349
01:12:50,359 --> 01:12:54,039
percent stupid, and I hope the NFL stops doing And

1350
01:12:54,159 --> 01:12:59,399
that is to tell the truth. So five winners, Congratulations,

1351
01:12:59,399 --> 01:13:01,560
you got either two. It's coming your way to see

1352
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:06,640
Alice Cooper and Judas priest Or the college basketball exhibition doubleheader.

1353
01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:10,640
Good for y'all. Now, I don't worry. Beau Ross may

1354
01:13:10,640 --> 01:13:12,439
get it really good. So I don't know if Ross

1355
01:13:12,479 --> 01:13:14,199
is listening or he's napping or whatever the case. When

1356
01:13:14,239 --> 01:13:15,600
he's back on Wednesday, we may have to stink that

1357
01:13:15,640 --> 01:13:18,600
in there. On that all right? Uh? Seven one three

1358
01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:21,680
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

1359
01:13:21,760 --> 01:13:24,600
one two five seven nine. We got the news at

1360
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:27,520
noon coming up, and a lot of other things to

1361
01:13:27,560 --> 01:13:30,000
get to between now and one o'clock. My buddy Cole

1362
01:13:30,039 --> 01:13:31,760
Thompson's gonna fill in for the final hour as I

1363
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:40,039
make my way to Oklahoma City. Time is eleven forty four. Yeah,

1364
01:13:40,079 --> 01:13:42,239
I'm questioning myself whether I guess they're right to tell

1365
01:13:42,239 --> 01:13:42,840
the truth or not.

1366
01:13:44,239 --> 01:13:45,880
Speaker 3: Why are you getting black on Twitter or what?

1367
01:13:46,079 --> 01:13:48,159
Speaker 2: No, I'm just like we have usually I do. I

1368
01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:50,159
like to get like one or two winners. But man,

1369
01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:51,439
y'all figured me out quick.

1370
01:13:52,840 --> 01:13:55,560
Speaker 3: Uh. By the way, Keith, callback may I apologize your

1371
01:13:55,600 --> 01:13:55,920
last call.

1372
01:13:55,960 --> 01:13:56,680
Speaker 2: I got to submit him.

1373
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:58,239
Speaker 3: Man, just keep call back and I'll get you.

1374
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:00,720
Speaker 2: So what are people taking judas priest of basketball team?

1375
01:14:00,720 --> 01:14:02,600
Speaker 3: I got one, yeah, juste, But I got one person

1376
01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:03,359
that's at the exhibition.

1377
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:05,720
Speaker 2: All right, very good? All right, by the way, shout

1378
01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:07,560
out to speak of an exhibition. Thanks to the Cougars

1379
01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:10,920
for securing a bowl game when on Arizona on Saturday.

1380
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:14,079
That was cool. So we'll be bowling somewhere fun. Hopefully

1381
01:14:14,119 --> 01:14:16,000
it's a really good bowl game, but you never know

1382
01:14:16,119 --> 01:14:19,520
these things. Texas with a win over Kentucky in overtime,

1383
01:14:22,119 --> 01:14:25,439
I mean, Texas is back. I get, I don't. I

1384
01:14:25,439 --> 01:14:26,600
don't want to do that. I don't want to poke

1385
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:29,159
the bear like that because I guarantee you Texas fans

1386
01:14:29,279 --> 01:14:31,600
not thrilled about beating Kentucky. And A and M winning

1387
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:34,239
the game in Arkansas was impressive as well. So a

1388
01:14:34,239 --> 01:14:37,039
lot of good things on the college front also, and

1389
01:14:37,039 --> 01:14:39,079
we'll get to this at the News at noon. Kevin

1390
01:14:39,159 --> 01:14:42,199
Durantz got himself a brain new extension beyond this year.

1391
01:14:42,239 --> 01:14:45,359
Remember when he was traded from Phoenix here, this was

1392
01:14:45,399 --> 01:14:47,159
the last year of his deal, so he's got a

1393
01:14:47,159 --> 01:14:49,760
two year deal extension on that. You know, I always

1394
01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:54,399
think about how important contract talkie is for sports radio,

1395
01:14:54,840 --> 01:14:59,880
and I only think it's important honestly when your when

1396
01:15:00,119 --> 01:15:03,960
you grab a player like you get a free agent

1397
01:15:03,960 --> 01:15:06,279
from somewhere else. Now, we've spent a lot of time

1398
01:15:06,279 --> 01:15:08,279
talking about where Alex Pregnant is going to go we

1399
01:15:08,319 --> 01:15:10,359
spend a lot of time Tom talking about whether Kyle

1400
01:15:10,399 --> 01:15:13,199
Tucker was gonna stay. We've actually been teasing with Ross

1401
01:15:13,199 --> 01:15:14,880
about how many years Kyle Tucker is going to get

1402
01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:18,039
somewhere else. That kind of contract talk is interesting to me.

1403
01:15:18,119 --> 01:15:20,680
But when someone gets an extension that's already with you,

1404
01:15:20,760 --> 01:15:22,680
that you really weren't worried about whether he was going

1405
01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:26,000
or not, it doesn't necessarily move the needle as far

1406
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:29,119
as I'm concerned. So I don't know if Rocket fans

1407
01:15:29,159 --> 01:15:33,520
are going shoo, thank goodness or like, oh, that's kind

1408
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:35,359
of cool. Because as soon as I woke up Sunday

1409
01:15:35,399 --> 01:15:38,399
morning and found out that he was getting a new deal,

1410
01:15:38,439 --> 01:15:40,720
I thought to myself, oh this is cool. I like it.

1411
01:15:41,359 --> 01:15:44,239
But then my day moved along because I didn't. I

1412
01:15:44,279 --> 01:15:46,000
never thought that Kevin Durant was ever gonna be a

1413
01:15:46,039 --> 01:15:48,439
guy that was not going to finish or at least

1414
01:15:48,560 --> 01:15:50,760
have more than just one season as a Houston Rocket.

1415
01:15:51,159 --> 01:15:52,920
And I'm just telling you, being on the inside a

1416
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:58,960
little bit, the vibe is really, really, really good. He

1417
01:15:59,199 --> 01:16:03,479
is very chill. Now he's not very chilling and on

1418
01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:06,159
the social media streets, but that's you know, everybody chooses

1419
01:16:06,199 --> 01:16:11,560
their own avenues. But he just plays ball. He practices,

1420
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:15,279
he works hard, he leads by example. He's not a

1421
01:16:15,319 --> 01:16:17,800
guy that's a rebel rouser. He's not a guy that's

1422
01:16:17,800 --> 01:16:20,439
going to try to get in your face if you're

1423
01:16:20,439 --> 01:16:23,199
not playing the way that he thinks she'll play. He's

1424
01:16:23,199 --> 01:16:25,319
not going to make sure and let the whole world see.

1425
01:16:25,319 --> 01:16:27,960
And he's gonna probably probably probably privately tell you that.

1426
01:16:29,039 --> 01:16:31,840
And uh again, the little dealings I've had with him,

1427
01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:33,560
and hopefully well a few more over the course of

1428
01:16:33,560 --> 01:16:36,279
the year, it's been nothing but very professional. Now we've

1429
01:16:36,359 --> 01:16:37,920
not broken bread yet. I don't even know if I

1430
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:39,640
have dinner together. I don't even know if he'll ever

1431
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:41,880
know my name. I don't worry about these things. Just

1432
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:46,279
score points and get the Rockets to a place that

1433
01:16:46,359 --> 01:16:48,159
haven't been in a long time, and that's going for

1434
01:16:48,199 --> 01:16:54,760
an NBA championship. You know, it is interesting that you

1435
01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:57,199
know in this job, I always starting my tenth season

1436
01:16:57,239 --> 01:17:00,399
calling Rockets Radio five full time. In five I'm doing

1437
01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:05,039
half PA and half radio. I've been very blessed to

1438
01:17:05,279 --> 01:17:09,279
have a lot of guys wearing the Houston gear that

1439
01:17:09,359 --> 01:17:12,960
you have this perception of them as one thing when

1440
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:15,399
they're not in your gear, and then another perception of

1441
01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:18,840
them when you're in your gear, like James Harden. Look,

1442
01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:22,319
James was a spectacular player for the Rockets, but James

1443
01:17:22,439 --> 01:17:25,520
was aloof kept to himself, kept it with very small

1444
01:17:25,560 --> 01:17:28,800
core people, and what you saw out on the court

1445
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:32,119
is what you saw behind the scenes. Nothing really surprising there.

1446
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:36,119
Chris Paul, I mean, irritant for the Rockets for the

1447
01:17:36,159 --> 01:17:43,479
longest time. Couldn't have been a better guy with the team,

1448
01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:48,640
just worked on his craft, did all the things he

1449
01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:51,079
had to do to be the best team made possible.

1450
01:17:51,079 --> 01:17:53,560
And obviously things with him and James weren't as great

1451
01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:55,119
as I thought they were going to be, especially in

1452
01:17:55,119 --> 01:17:58,600
the second year of their relationship. But obviously they've mended

1453
01:17:58,640 --> 01:18:01,640
fences because the two of them are now teammates in

1454
01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:06,279
Los Angeles with the Clippers. Russell Westbrook that's another one.

1455
01:18:07,039 --> 01:18:10,039
I had very little dealings with him, But to me,

1456
01:18:10,159 --> 01:18:12,840
Russ was for the one season he was here, he

1457
01:18:12,960 --> 01:18:17,239
was confined just fine by me. I'll tell you one

1458
01:18:17,279 --> 01:18:20,560
that really struck me funny is I was a big

1459
01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:26,920
Dylan Brooks guy. And if Dylan Brooks is wearing the

1460
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:29,560
team's uniform, and the team that you're playing or the

1461
01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:33,800
team you don't like, you hate him, you despise him.

1462
01:18:33,840 --> 01:18:36,840
You can't believe that guy gets away with all that mess.

1463
01:18:38,159 --> 01:18:41,960
But boy did he fit in perfectly here. He took

1464
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:46,319
on the characteristics of his coach, the vibe, the leadership,

1465
01:18:46,359 --> 01:18:48,600
and all by the way he played. You know, some

1466
01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:51,239
guys are all noise and all they do is just

1467
01:18:51,319 --> 01:18:53,920
bark and yell and try to instigate fights and can't

1468
01:18:53,960 --> 01:18:57,119
do anything offensively or defensively to help your team. That's

1469
01:18:57,159 --> 01:18:59,600
not the case with Dylan Brooks. He was Remember think

1470
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,359
about this, Dylan Brooks was the best three point shooter

1471
01:19:02,439 --> 01:19:04,079
on this team a year ago. Now that that may

1472
01:19:04,119 --> 01:19:05,760
not be great, and he was a very He was

1473
01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:08,399
about an average above averageree point shooter. You don't want

1474
01:19:08,439 --> 01:19:11,000
him to be your best, but he was by far

1475
01:19:11,079 --> 01:19:14,479
not the worst. And I respected the hell out of him.

1476
01:19:14,760 --> 01:19:18,159
I liked him again, didn't break bread with him, had

1477
01:19:18,199 --> 01:19:20,680
no idea what my name is was is, don't care.

1478
01:19:21,279 --> 01:19:23,479
But he was very professional. Everywhere we went, said hello

1479
01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:26,800
on occasion. And I like the guy, and I think

1480
01:19:26,800 --> 01:19:29,199
he'll be missed, and I think it's gonna be part

1481
01:19:29,239 --> 01:19:31,920
of the characteristic of this year's team is where does

1482
01:19:31,960 --> 01:19:35,079
that come from? Whether that's Amn Thompson taking it up

1483
01:19:35,079 --> 01:19:38,439
a notch. No, I'm not saying trying to instigate fights,

1484
01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:43,479
but just that kind of moxy that I think Imoka

1485
01:19:43,560 --> 01:19:46,680
carries hard. No's tough, not gonna put up with anything,

1486
01:19:47,159 --> 01:19:48,439
and the men's got a lot of that already in

1487
01:19:48,439 --> 01:19:52,039
his syst him. Now, what I don't want the Rockets

1488
01:19:52,039 --> 01:19:53,560
to do is I don't want this to have become

1489
01:19:53,640 --> 01:19:55,680
such a problem that they get a lot of cheap

1490
01:19:55,680 --> 01:19:58,239
technical fouls called against some flagrant fowls don't get the

1491
01:19:58,279 --> 01:20:02,039
benef of the doubt and and gather that kind of reputation.

1492
01:20:03,159 --> 01:20:04,640
And that's why the on the court play will be

1493
01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:07,800
the most important thing. But it has been a kind

1494
01:20:07,800 --> 01:20:10,720
of fun for me to travel these NBA streets and

1495
01:20:11,199 --> 01:20:14,520
to have some of the greatest players ever in uniform

1496
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:17,880
were called, you know, me calling the games for the

1497
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:20,159
positive side of things, because lord knows, Kevin Durant has

1498
01:20:20,199 --> 01:20:22,600
been a disaster for us many times against the Rockets.

1499
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:25,319
It's kind of nice now that he's rooting for playing

1500
01:20:25,359 --> 01:20:28,680
for the Rockets and you can actually root for his success. Yeah,

1501
01:20:28,720 --> 01:20:32,079
Kevin Durant two year extension, and I believe after that

1502
01:20:32,119 --> 01:20:33,720
it's a player option for the year after that. So

1503
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:35,960
this could be. It could be at Bear, it could be.

1504
01:20:36,239 --> 01:20:38,680
Right now as it stands, he's got one year left

1505
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,600
the two years, and then the extension of the option

1506
01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:43,720
for that could be four years at minimum, and we'll

1507
01:20:43,720 --> 01:20:46,199
see where he is physically and where he wants to

1508
01:20:46,199 --> 01:20:48,760
be in terms of how much NBA basketball he wants

1509
01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:51,960
to play. But if Kevin Durant can get this team

1510
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:53,840
over the hump and get him to the championship level

1511
01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:55,960
and where we were back in the mid nineties, those

1512
01:20:55,960 --> 01:21:00,000
of you that don't know the mid nineties were awesome

1513
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:04,279
being a basketball town for as long as we were

1514
01:21:04,279 --> 01:21:06,640
in the mid nineties with a team and Clyde and

1515
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:11,520
Sam and Robert Oriy and Bull and Carl Herrera, Otis Thorpe,

1516
01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:16,439
Brownham Maxwell. Such fun times and hope we get some

1517
01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:19,920
more of that. By the way, John Hollinger, this dude

1518
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:23,079
from the Athletic says it's going to be three Texas

1519
01:21:23,079 --> 01:21:26,760
teams in the playing round. He is such a Rockets hater.

1520
01:21:27,239 --> 01:21:28,520
I mean, I get it bringing.

1521
01:21:28,279 --> 01:21:30,239
Speaker 3: Him up, because that actually makes me mad back here.

1522
01:21:30,319 --> 01:21:32,199
Speaker 2: That's I don't mean to do that to you, but

1523
01:21:32,279 --> 01:21:34,800
it just pissed me off. Like I got the the

1524
01:21:34,880 --> 01:21:36,800
article today for the Athletic Things where we should be

1525
01:21:37,439 --> 01:21:39,560
some of his bold predictions for the NBA season, and

1526
01:21:39,600 --> 01:21:42,680
he has all three teams playing in the playing round.

1527
01:21:44,640 --> 01:21:47,720
I mean, I cannot wait for the for that matter,

1528
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:49,199
I can't wait for the Mavericks not to be in

1529
01:21:49,199 --> 01:21:51,000
the playoff run. So we could tell John Hollander to

1530
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:53,880
shut his bull mass up, but that the Rockets in there.

1531
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:55,920
I mean, I know Fred Van Vliet's a loss, but

1532
01:21:55,960 --> 01:21:58,520
my god, it wasn't like Kevin Durant unless he's predicting

1533
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:02,560
Kevin Durant's gonna be hurt or many multiple players. And

1534
01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:05,600
you can say that for anybody. I got news for you.

1535
01:22:05,640 --> 01:22:08,199
Luca goes down for the Lakers. They're going and Lebron

1536
01:22:08,239 --> 01:22:10,000
doesn't play, but more than twenty five games they're going

1537
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:12,640
to they're gonna be in the plane of the lottery. Nothing,

1538
01:22:13,079 --> 01:22:18,239
nothing really analytical about that. So I had hit the

1539
01:22:18,239 --> 01:22:20,359
trash on that really quick. I just I want to

1540
01:22:20,359 --> 01:22:22,800
know part of that. Love it fifty nine, We've got

1541
01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:24,800
the News at noon coming up. We have another hour

1542
01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:26,880
of the show and then my buddy cole Townson's gonna

1543
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:28,760
fill in for the final hour as I make my

1544
01:22:28,800 --> 01:22:31,239
way to Oklahoma City to call that Rockets game with

1545
01:22:31,359 --> 01:22:34,239
Oklahoma City coming up tomorrow night. It'll be a six

1546
01:22:34,359 --> 01:22:36,640
thirty start time. It'll be the very first game as

1547
01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:40,399
part of the new NBC eleven year broadcast deal.

1548
01:22:41,319 --> 01:22:48,760
Speaker 1: Is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross twelve or six.

1549
01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:51,039
Speaker 2: It's a Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Ross back with

1550
01:22:51,199 --> 01:22:54,039
us on Wednesday, you and me at seven one three two,

1551
01:22:54,159 --> 01:22:56,840
one two five seven ninety seven one three two, one

1552
01:22:56,920 --> 01:23:01,199
two five seven nine zero. I'm with you till one o'clock.

1553
01:23:01,239 --> 01:23:04,479
My buddy is going to step in cold Tops between

1554
01:23:04,479 --> 01:23:06,960
one o'clock until two. Will be heading up to Oklahoma

1555
01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:10,520
City later this afternoon to call tomorrow night's game between

1556
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:12,279
the Rockets and the Thunder. Will have it here at

1557
01:23:12,279 --> 01:23:14,479
six thirty right now. It is time now for the

1558
01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:19,920
news and dude and quite a double header for the

1559
01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:22,720
people in the Pacific. Northwest. Texans will take on the

1560
01:23:24,079 --> 01:23:26,880
hated Seattle Seahawks. Is it really hated? I don't think

1561
01:23:26,920 --> 01:23:29,079
so right now. Seattle's a three and a half point

1562
01:23:29,159 --> 01:23:31,279
favorite if you're so interested. The over Unders forty one

1563
01:23:31,319 --> 01:23:34,159
and a half. It's a nine o'clock start time. Texans

1564
01:23:34,319 --> 01:23:40,239
at two and three, find themselves three and a half

1565
01:23:40,319 --> 01:23:42,880
or four games out of first place because the Colts

1566
01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:45,439
yesterday knocked off the Chargers, and then they've played two

1567
01:23:45,439 --> 01:23:48,000
more games than the Texans have because the Texans at

1568
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:51,600
a bye weekend still didn't play until tonight. So it's

1569
01:23:51,840 --> 01:23:55,239
a scuge schedule. But the Colts are six and one

1570
01:23:55,479 --> 01:23:58,399
on the season. Texans are two and three as again.

1571
01:23:58,439 --> 01:24:01,880
Indianapolis beat the Chargers yes day. Seahawks last week won

1572
01:24:02,079 --> 01:24:06,319
at Jacksonville. They are four and two. The Seahawks again

1573
01:24:06,399 --> 01:24:08,560
right now, ari three and a half point favorite. Staying

1574
01:24:08,600 --> 01:24:11,239
with Seattle, there is probably way. The early Monday night

1575
01:24:11,239 --> 01:24:13,920
game is the Buccaneers and the Lions, and that starts

1576
01:24:14,079 --> 01:24:17,640
at six o'clock. As far as Major League Baseball is concerned,

1577
01:24:17,720 --> 01:24:21,159
is Game seven of the American League Championship Series. George

1578
01:24:21,239 --> 01:24:24,119
Kirby will throw for the Seattle Mariners. Shane Bieber will

1579
01:24:24,119 --> 01:24:26,079
throw for the Blue Jays. First pitch for that is

1580
01:24:26,119 --> 01:24:29,840
at seven to ten. If Seattle wins, the Dodgers and

1581
01:24:29,880 --> 01:24:32,840
Mariners will start the World Series Friday in Los Angeles.

1582
01:24:32,880 --> 01:24:35,920
If the Blue Jays win. Game one between the Dodgers

1583
01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:39,279
and the Blue Jays will be Friday in Toronto. Right now,

1584
01:24:39,359 --> 01:24:45,920
the matchup predictor on ESPN, just one little goofy, there's

1585
01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:49,560
a stempt At stats off of a algorithm has the Blue

1586
01:24:49,600 --> 01:24:52,640
Jays as a sixty five percent chance of winning compared

1587
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:56,119
to thirty five for Seattle. Mentioning Kevin Durant earlier today,

1588
01:24:56,199 --> 01:24:58,720
Kevin Durant has got himself a brand new contract for

1589
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:03,760
the Rockets. Your extension worth ninety million dollars. It does

1590
01:25:03,880 --> 01:25:06,760
give a little bit of flexibility of the Rockets that

1591
01:25:06,760 --> 01:25:10,039
they want to add extension to tari Easan. Durant was

1592
01:25:10,079 --> 01:25:12,359
eligible to make as much as one hundred and twenty

1593
01:25:12,399 --> 01:25:16,039
million over two years, but because he got to choose

1594
01:25:16,039 --> 01:25:18,840
basically where he wanted to play, he's taking less money.

1595
01:25:19,119 --> 01:25:22,439
Thirty seven year old Durant has now made will have

1596
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:24,680
made when this contract is done. Are you ready for this?

1597
01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:26,520
Hold on to your hats or hold onto your wheel

1598
01:25:26,520 --> 01:25:31,520
if you're driving right now. His career earnings at the

1599
01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:35,319
end of this contract five hundred and ninety eight point

1600
01:25:35,399 --> 01:25:41,000
two million dollars. That is fifteen million dollars more than

1601
01:25:41,119 --> 01:25:44,840
Lebron James at five hundred and eighty three point nine

1602
01:25:44,840 --> 01:25:49,319
million dollars. So again, the Rockets have until five o'clock

1603
01:25:49,359 --> 01:25:52,000
today to extend tarre East if they wanted to, or

1604
01:25:52,039 --> 01:25:55,199
he will become a restricted for agent at the end

1605
01:25:55,359 --> 01:25:59,000
of the year. And what else is going on in sports? Oh,

1606
01:25:59,039 --> 01:26:02,359
if you didn't catch it over the weekend, Billy Napier

1607
01:26:02,479 --> 01:26:06,199
was fired as coach of the Florida Gators. Florida State

1608
01:26:06,199 --> 01:26:08,159
at this point with Mike Norvell as our head coach,

1609
01:26:08,239 --> 01:26:11,880
says they will reevaluate the situation and decide at the

1610
01:26:11,960 --> 01:26:13,800
end of the year whether or not Norvelle comes back

1611
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:16,239
at Florida State. I would not be surprised if he

1612
01:26:16,479 --> 01:26:19,880
is let go. And that, my friends, is and will

1613
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:23,479
be the news at noon twelve nine on Sports Talk

1614
01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:25,520
seven ninety So the question I brought up today, and

1615
01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:27,039
we're gonna get to some calls here in just seconds.

1616
01:26:27,039 --> 01:26:29,640
To those of you online stand by, how are you

1617
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:35,039
staying awake for tonight's nine o'clock kickoff? I've gotten responses

1618
01:26:35,079 --> 01:26:38,720
from napping from five o'clock until eight. This is why

1619
01:26:38,720 --> 01:26:41,279
we live on the West coast. That's Greg Twoey, not you.

1620
01:26:41,359 --> 01:26:44,319
And me. I will take a four hour nap. Ebo

1621
01:26:44,479 --> 01:26:51,279
says midday evening nap Jared, and Houston says working. Ken says,

1622
01:26:51,399 --> 01:26:53,640
luckily I was off today, so my day just started

1623
01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:56,560
eight hours left. We can do this. That's funny, that's interesting.

1624
01:26:57,239 --> 01:27:00,479
And then I got this one too. Not a techin fan,

1625
01:27:00,560 --> 01:27:04,159
but I am a football degenerate. Bonnie Joe, Well, watch

1626
01:27:04,199 --> 01:27:06,000
as long as I'm able to stay awake, but won't

1627
01:27:06,039 --> 01:27:08,039
alter my day no matter who will be playing. I

1628
01:27:08,039 --> 01:27:10,239
do not like these nine o'clock starts for college or

1629
01:27:10,319 --> 01:27:15,279
NFL prediction Seahawks twenty seven, Texans twenty one. That's how

1630
01:27:15,319 --> 01:27:18,760
I kind of feel too. I think, Look, if you

1631
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:21,800
don't know who Jackson Smith and Jigba is, you're gonna

1632
01:27:21,800 --> 01:27:25,239
probably find out tonight. He's really special. He is a

1633
01:27:25,319 --> 01:27:28,119
guy that has been as a soft dimensioned last hour

1634
01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:32,640
Cooper Cup has done nothing for Seattle and it hasn't mattered.

1635
01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:35,760
And Jigba has been absolutely phenomenal this year as a

1636
01:27:35,800 --> 01:27:39,479
primary go to threat for Sam Donald Sam Darnald, we

1637
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:44,239
can't sleep on him. He was good at Minnesota, surprisingly good,

1638
01:27:44,479 --> 01:27:46,319
getting good enough that he got a huge deal to

1639
01:27:46,359 --> 01:27:48,159
go to Seattle. And they moved Gino Smith from Seattle

1640
01:27:48,199 --> 01:27:51,640
to Las Vegas and he's been excellent since joining of

1641
01:27:51,640 --> 01:27:54,720
the Seahawks. Seahawks are four and two on the year.

1642
01:27:55,960 --> 01:27:59,039
So that's going on. And the reason why I'm kind

1643
01:27:59,039 --> 01:28:02,239
of lie during to tell the truth, not lie, I

1644
01:28:02,279 --> 01:28:04,520
told the truth about this is that you're the NFL.

1645
01:28:05,560 --> 01:28:08,439
If you're gonna put NFL games on, you put them

1646
01:28:08,479 --> 01:28:10,560
out where people can catch them. Now, eight thirty on

1647
01:28:10,600 --> 01:28:12,880
a Sunday morning for the London games kind of makes

1648
01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:16,039
sense because that's a six hour time difference at least here,

1649
01:28:16,840 --> 01:28:19,359
and people will get up on Sunday morning while they're tailgating,

1650
01:28:20,119 --> 01:28:23,039
they will watch their footballs, are getting ready to watch

1651
01:28:23,039 --> 01:28:25,800
their favorite teams play. It'll be on the background, or

1652
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:30,840
it'll be at your tailgate nine o'clock. I mean, come on,

1653
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:34,399
you're starting a game at ten o'clock Eastern time, where

1654
01:28:34,439 --> 01:28:36,119
at least fifty percent of the country lives in the

1655
01:28:36,159 --> 01:28:40,199
Eastern time zone at least, if not more. Now, the

1656
01:28:40,239 --> 01:28:42,720
West Coasters love this because they never get normal time

1657
01:28:42,760 --> 01:28:44,800
that they can go tailgate properly and have time. But

1658
01:28:45,840 --> 01:28:49,079
my thought is even for people on a Monday night

1659
01:28:49,840 --> 01:28:52,680
at seven o'clock in the Pacific time zone. That can't

1660
01:28:52,680 --> 01:28:54,039
be great for them because a lot of people that

1661
01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:56,239
work on the West Coast have to work on East

1662
01:28:56,279 --> 01:28:59,680
Coast time because of their jobs. Now, this is only

1663
01:28:59,720 --> 01:29:01,039
a w on off. They don't do this on a

1664
01:29:01,079 --> 01:29:03,399
regular but I think the NFL is making a big

1665
01:29:03,439 --> 01:29:05,600
mistake by putting this game on, and obviously I think

1666
01:29:05,640 --> 01:29:09,560
they'll change it for the future. But imagine if both

1667
01:29:09,600 --> 01:29:13,359
teams were undefeated. Imagine if both teams were legitimate Super

1668
01:29:13,399 --> 01:29:16,239
Bowl contenders. Now the Seahawks could very well win the NFC.

1669
01:29:16,279 --> 01:29:18,640
And look, the Texan season is not done, but they've

1670
01:29:18,720 --> 01:29:23,439
underperformed so far. A lot of things the NFL does right,

1671
01:29:23,800 --> 01:29:26,840
this one I think is a misstep. And to think

1672
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:29,119
this game was originally supposed to be an ESPN plus

1673
01:29:29,960 --> 01:29:31,960
that's why they probably said, you know what, we'll put

1674
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:35,760
it on the mainstream ESPN because we know that we're

1675
01:29:35,760 --> 01:29:38,560
going to get very few views people staring at their

1676
01:29:38,600 --> 01:29:41,560
phones or their computers or if they have a smart

1677
01:29:41,600 --> 01:29:45,600
TV at nine o'clock at night, because let's be honest,

1678
01:29:45,720 --> 01:29:47,399
probably seventy five percent of the country is not going

1679
01:29:47,439 --> 01:29:49,680
to see how this game ends. Now, I'll stay up late.

1680
01:29:49,760 --> 01:29:52,439
We'll talk about it tomorrow for sure, and we'll help

1681
01:29:52,439 --> 01:29:55,840
you out the best we can and recaping things. But yeah,

1682
01:29:55,960 --> 01:29:57,920
nine o'clock for anything, I don't even care if it

1683
01:29:57,960 --> 01:29:59,760
was west to West coast teams, if the Seahawks were

1684
01:29:59,760 --> 01:30:02,239
playing Niners, I wouldn't care if if it was the

1685
01:30:02,319 --> 01:30:04,920
Chargers against the Rams at nine o'clock. You should put

1686
01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:07,279
games on when people can Actually, most of America can

1687
01:30:07,319 --> 01:30:10,600
see him, and the reality is even the West Coast time,

1688
01:30:10,600 --> 01:30:13,079
it is good for them. Most of us are either

1689
01:30:13,079 --> 01:30:15,000
getting our kids to bed or we're going to better ourselves.

1690
01:30:15,039 --> 01:30:17,199
And I just think it's a lot of the situation.

1691
01:30:17,319 --> 01:30:20,359
But teach his own seven one three two one two

1692
01:30:20,439 --> 01:30:21,960
five seven niney if you want to jump into the

1693
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:25,359
conversation seven to one three two one two five seven ninety,

1694
01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:27,600
we'll start taking phone calls. Next it is the Matt

1695
01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:30,680
Thomas Show with Ross Ross back with us on Wednesday

1696
01:30:31,079 --> 01:30:34,319
seven one three two one two five seven ninety. And again,

1697
01:30:34,359 --> 01:30:36,119
if you want to follow us on Twitter, that'd be great.

1698
01:30:36,119 --> 01:30:39,800
We certainly would appreciate that. At Sports Empty and at

1699
01:30:39,880 --> 01:30:40,640
Sports RV.

1700
01:30:41,560 --> 01:30:45,039
Speaker 1: Go back to Matt Thomas and Ross via Real on

1701
01:30:45,720 --> 01:30:59,560
Sports Talk seven ninety.

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01:30:54,239 --> 01:30:58,119
Speaker 2: Twenty on the Matt Thomas showed Ross rossback with his

1703
01:30:58,239 --> 01:31:03,039
On Wednesday, Kevin Durant just called his Rockets contract extension

1704
01:31:03,119 --> 01:31:05,680
quota no brainer. Yeah, of course you're geting ninety million dollars.

1705
01:31:05,680 --> 01:31:11,359
I called a no brainer too, ninety million dollars two

1706
01:31:11,399 --> 01:31:14,920
for two additional years. Oh why wasn't I have basketball player?

1707
01:31:15,439 --> 01:31:20,079
Oh gosh, maybe because I was six feet and out

1708
01:31:20,079 --> 01:31:26,159
of shape and couldn't shoot. Shy that also, uh, Emy

1709
01:31:26,239 --> 01:31:29,960
Duck has said the starting five for tomorrow's game will

1710
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:37,159
be the Jumbo lineup, Aman Thompson point guard, forwards, Kevin Durant,

1711
01:31:37,319 --> 01:31:41,279
Jabbari Smith. They'll go with the double centers Alpera and

1712
01:31:41,359 --> 01:31:47,520
Shngoon and Steven Adams. Jumbo lineup Rockets and OKC Tomorrow night.

1713
01:31:49,239 --> 01:31:50,720
We'll have the game for it at six point thirty

1714
01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:53,800
right here on Sports Talk seven ninety seven one three

1715
01:31:53,840 --> 01:31:57,079
two one two five seven ninety. Let's go to our

1716
01:31:57,079 --> 01:31:59,439
buddy Biscuit on seven NINTI at twelve twenty one.

1717
01:31:59,479 --> 01:32:03,720
Speaker 5: Biscuit's good word Cougar mad cougar man hey man. A

1718
01:32:03,760 --> 01:32:04,439
couple of things.

1719
01:32:04,800 --> 01:32:05,079
Speaker 2: Uh.

1720
01:32:05,239 --> 01:32:08,840
Speaker 5: First of all, for me, nine o'clock start as perfect man,

1721
01:32:09,840 --> 01:32:11,560
I don't get off the eight anyway, so you're not

1722
01:32:11,680 --> 01:32:12,960
getting Wait, but.

1723
01:32:13,039 --> 01:32:15,000
Speaker 2: You're in the minority, biskey, you know better than that.

1724
01:32:15,079 --> 01:32:17,000
Speaker 5: I know I'm in the minority. I said, I'm in

1725
01:32:17,079 --> 01:32:17,560
the minority.

1726
01:32:18,039 --> 01:32:18,520
Speaker 4: Cool for me.

1727
01:32:19,319 --> 01:32:21,119
Speaker 5: Instead of checking out the second half, I get to

1728
01:32:21,159 --> 01:32:24,000
check out the whole game. I will say this, Matt,

1729
01:32:24,079 --> 01:32:27,720
being a RTV guy, I think the NFL they're doing

1730
01:32:27,760 --> 01:32:28,840
the way they want to do it, you know what

1731
01:32:28,880 --> 01:32:32,680
I mean, meaning they got the first game, that's their

1732
01:32:32,760 --> 01:32:37,399
real Monday night game, the Texans and Seahawks. That's just

1733
01:32:38,319 --> 01:32:40,159
maybe a network thing. They me and me had to

1734
01:32:40,199 --> 01:32:42,359
have so many prime time games you can just throw

1735
01:32:42,399 --> 01:32:42,920
one in, you.

1736
01:32:42,960 --> 01:32:44,319
Speaker 9: Know, you know.

1737
01:32:45,199 --> 01:32:47,760
Speaker 5: Unfortunately for Houston, and correct me if I'm wrong. I

1738
01:32:47,800 --> 01:32:50,119
think the first game they had two Monday night games too,

1739
01:32:50,199 --> 01:32:50,520
didn't it.

1740
01:32:51,000 --> 01:32:53,640
Speaker 2: They've done they've done a fair number of double double headers.

1741
01:32:53,680 --> 01:32:55,640
What they've done is they've staggered them biscuit where they'll

1742
01:32:55,640 --> 01:32:57,600
have one game at six a game at seven.

1743
01:32:57,880 --> 01:32:58,000
Speaker 4: Now.

1744
01:32:58,039 --> 01:33:00,439
Speaker 2: They have done some double headers in the past, but

1745
01:33:00,560 --> 01:33:04,159
the double headers usually involved obviously a West Coast team,

1746
01:33:04,199 --> 01:33:06,920
but they usually take on another West Coast team, so

1747
01:33:07,960 --> 01:33:09,920
they're not really bothered now I remember the few years

1748
01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:13,199
ago the Texans opened up a year at San Diego

1749
01:33:13,239 --> 01:33:15,119
when the Chargers were still there, and that was a

1750
01:33:15,199 --> 01:33:18,800
doubleheader night. So the Texans are not foreign to this.

1751
01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:22,600
It's just it's not great for us, right.

1752
01:33:22,840 --> 01:33:25,199
Speaker 5: But it just tells you how they feel about Texas.

1753
01:33:25,239 --> 01:33:29,119
Speaker 2: You know, Well that's fairy. Yep.

1754
01:33:29,880 --> 01:33:32,039
Speaker 5: Let me let me say this, Matt, for get to

1755
01:33:32,119 --> 01:33:35,279
my rocket state. I can't remember the last time, man,

1756
01:33:35,359 --> 01:33:39,039
that we've had two good coaches over there on color

1757
01:33:40,359 --> 01:33:42,920
meaning football and basketball coach both being good.

1758
01:33:43,840 --> 01:33:45,079
Speaker 8: And it's been a minute.

1759
01:33:45,159 --> 01:33:46,279
Speaker 5: I think he had to go all the way back

1760
01:33:46,319 --> 01:33:47,760
to guy Van and Yomen.

1761
01:33:47,920 --> 01:33:50,000
Speaker 2: Probably that's fair, that's fair.

1762
01:33:50,479 --> 01:33:53,439
Speaker 5: Yeah, two good coaches. I mean, that's Frits. You can

1763
01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:54,880
say if you want to say, Man, Fritz is a

1764
01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:55,319
good coach.

1765
01:33:55,399 --> 01:33:57,520
Speaker 2: Man. He's not like he's a good coach. He's a

1766
01:33:57,520 --> 01:33:59,359
great coach. First of all, he's an awesome human being.

1767
01:33:59,720 --> 01:34:02,399
And there's so many bad coaches that are bad human

1768
01:34:02,439 --> 01:34:05,600
beings that run their operation and Willie is just the

1769
01:34:05,600 --> 01:34:07,640
opposite that. I'm such a fan of his. And secondly,

1770
01:34:08,159 --> 01:34:09,760
damn good football coach. I don't know if you saw

1771
01:34:10,079 --> 01:34:13,399
the end of the game the internight, but yeah, outs

1772
01:34:13,399 --> 01:34:16,800
effectively calling plays. I mean it was. There are so

1773
01:34:16,920 --> 01:34:20,359
many coaches that butcher the two minute drill. That was

1774
01:34:20,399 --> 01:34:24,439
an active perfection. Internight and coach.

1775
01:34:24,319 --> 01:34:26,119
Speaker 5: Fritz, you know, usually will be at a game and

1776
01:34:26,640 --> 01:34:28,560
like what the world was the coach thinking, But I

1777
01:34:28,640 --> 01:34:31,359
can't you You can may be able to get them

1778
01:34:31,439 --> 01:34:33,840
far as talent wise or this and that, but it's

1779
01:34:33,880 --> 01:34:36,800
not gonna be some kind of something that the coach

1780
01:34:36,880 --> 01:34:38,720
did that was out of whack or you thought that

1781
01:34:38,880 --> 01:34:41,439
was crazy. I mean, excellent coach. Man. That was a

1782
01:34:41,479 --> 01:34:46,119
great high great high last name Matt, And I told

1783
01:34:46,159 --> 01:34:48,520
you man, you Doka was showing you man, he's not

1784
01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:51,800
going small. You're gonna play big or you're gonna maybe

1785
01:34:51,840 --> 01:34:52,239
a lot.

1786
01:34:52,119 --> 01:34:53,079
Speaker 4: Of zone or whatever.

1787
01:34:53,199 --> 01:34:55,800
Speaker 5: Backing up right this and that you got your you

1788
01:34:55,880 --> 01:34:57,720
got your bar and Durant who can kind of move

1789
01:34:57,800 --> 01:35:01,239
their feet for big guys, so you know, we can

1790
01:35:01,359 --> 01:35:03,039
get out on the wings and cover some of the

1791
01:35:03,119 --> 01:35:05,119
corner shots even though we end the kind of a

1792
01:35:05,199 --> 01:35:08,880
zone or whatever. And I see a six game in

1793
01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:10,920
pool and on how many games they win last.

1794
01:35:10,800 --> 01:35:14,319
Speaker 2: Year, Matt, fifty two, fifty two, I'll.

1795
01:35:14,159 --> 01:35:20,640
Speaker 5: See six sixth game in pongland man and finals the floor.

1796
01:35:21,560 --> 01:35:27,720
Speaker 2: Well, man, from your mouth the basketball guy's ears, I'm

1797
01:35:27,800 --> 01:35:30,680
telling you, Matt mark it down all right. Fifty eight

1798
01:35:30,720 --> 01:35:33,039
wins in the Western Conference Finals. I'll accept that. Thanks

1799
01:35:33,079 --> 01:35:35,720
Biscuit for the phone call. Appreciate it. Seven one three

1800
01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:38,560
two one two five seven hoey, Let's go to James

1801
01:35:38,600 --> 01:35:39,640
at twelve twenty five.

1802
01:35:39,760 --> 01:35:43,800
Speaker 10: Hi, James, Hey, how you doing. You know, if all

1803
01:35:43,840 --> 01:35:46,119
the Saturday in college games, which do you think was

1804
01:35:46,119 --> 01:35:49,279
the biggest episode? Do you think LSU over I mean

1805
01:35:49,359 --> 01:35:53,880
Vanderbilt over LSU or Arizona State over Texas Tech.

1806
01:35:55,159 --> 01:35:55,279
Speaker 7: Uh?

1807
01:35:55,479 --> 01:35:57,920
Speaker 2: No, Arizona State would not be an upset over Texas Tech.

1808
01:35:57,920 --> 01:36:00,239
I think Sam Lovett is a really good quarter back.

1809
01:36:00,319 --> 01:36:03,720
Arizona State was at home, Texas Tech was maybe right

1810
01:36:03,840 --> 01:36:07,800
for a loss. I don't know. I didn't see any

1811
01:36:07,800 --> 01:36:10,199
of the LSU Vanderbilt game. But isn't Vanderbilt a top

1812
01:36:10,279 --> 01:36:12,520
thirty team? Now? I don't, I don't, I don't know

1813
01:36:12,560 --> 01:36:14,760
if it's Yeah, I would characterize either one as a

1814
01:36:14,840 --> 01:36:16,520
massive upset. My guess would be if you had to

1815
01:36:16,640 --> 01:36:20,000
name one, LSU losing it to Vanderbilt would probably be

1816
01:36:20,039 --> 01:36:20,319
the one.

1817
01:36:22,239 --> 01:36:22,439
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1818
01:36:22,479 --> 01:36:24,960
Speaker 10: Well, I'm kind of about Arizona State meeting in Texas

1819
01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:28,079
techs give is Texas Tech played us, but it is

1820
01:36:28,159 --> 01:36:29,760
what it is. I guess we got to play them next,

1821
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:31,479
and I haven't them ready.

1822
01:36:32,039 --> 01:36:33,960
Speaker 2: I hope so. I'm looking fine. I'm going to Phoenix

1823
01:36:34,319 --> 01:36:37,239
for the game. I'm excited about it. But I hope that.

1824
01:36:37,680 --> 01:36:39,920
I hope Texas Tech tired amount. That's all I'm asking for.

1825
01:36:41,359 --> 01:36:43,159
Speaker 10: I hope so too, because the way you they just

1826
01:36:43,239 --> 01:36:45,199
going then get in the top twenty five. Maybe Texas

1827
01:36:45,399 --> 01:36:46,319
Arizona State.

1828
01:36:47,960 --> 01:36:50,079
Speaker 2: Oh for sure. Yeah, they got some U of it's

1829
01:36:50,119 --> 01:36:52,479
got some top twenty five votes. Thanks for the phone call, James.

1830
01:36:52,560 --> 01:36:54,600
But they're gonna have to be. They're gonna have to

1831
01:36:54,640 --> 01:36:57,000
be Arizona State to get the touch nof. Not that

1832
01:36:57,079 --> 01:36:59,319
it matters. We're going to a bowl game. We're probably

1833
01:36:59,439 --> 01:37:02,800
hopefully it'll eacent bowl game, I hope.

1834
01:37:03,439 --> 01:37:03,600
Speaker 1: Now.

1835
01:37:03,800 --> 01:37:07,399
Speaker 2: The biggest detriment, honestly and I is we're not going

1836
01:37:07,439 --> 01:37:08,800
to build to travel very well because we don't have

1837
01:37:08,840 --> 01:37:10,800
a history of traveling well. We travel well to the

1838
01:37:10,840 --> 01:37:13,359
Final Four. That was cool. We travel really well for

1839
01:37:13,439 --> 01:37:16,159
that one. But bull games unless they're like you know,

1840
01:37:16,439 --> 01:37:19,640
BCS bowls in the past. I mean, you travel really

1841
01:37:19,680 --> 01:37:22,760
well for the Florida State game in Atlanta, but we

1842
01:37:22,840 --> 01:37:25,319
haven't typically drawn very well. And look our home attendants

1843
01:37:25,359 --> 01:37:28,680
this year, except for tex Attach wasn't great. And so,

1844
01:37:29,079 --> 01:37:31,039
you know, bulls do look into that kind of stuff.

1845
01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:35,600
It's not the end all, but part of it also

1846
01:37:35,800 --> 01:37:38,720
is too If the Bowl game is in a place

1847
01:37:38,760 --> 01:37:40,199
that you just don't want to go, man, I want

1848
01:37:40,199 --> 01:37:43,039
to spend a lot of extra money. I see why

1849
01:37:43,079 --> 01:37:46,039
people kind of you know again under the categorization of

1850
01:37:46,079 --> 01:37:47,560
there are too many bulls, and I know there are

1851
01:37:48,399 --> 01:37:50,600
some of these bulls are in just mid cities. I mean,

1852
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:53,079
you know, look, I was in Birmingham last week. It's fine,

1853
01:37:53,119 --> 01:37:55,159
but I'm not going to go. I don't know if

1854
01:37:55,159 --> 01:37:57,960
I'd spend two or three thousand dollars or you know,

1855
01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:00,720
depending on how big my travel party was to go

1856
01:38:00,880 --> 01:38:03,159
watch you know, a seven and four versus a six

1857
01:38:03,239 --> 01:38:06,880
and six. Hopefully with us being in the Big twelve,

1858
01:38:06,920 --> 01:38:09,079
we get a better a better draw of games and

1859
01:38:09,119 --> 01:38:10,560
we don't have to play somebody that we would you know,

1860
01:38:10,720 --> 01:38:13,119
not want to play, and that both sides will have

1861
01:38:13,199 --> 01:38:16,119
full crowds and bill to sell their tickets. But the

1862
01:38:16,119 --> 01:38:18,319
biggest detriment right now about Houston is the fact that

1863
01:38:18,760 --> 01:38:25,000
we just don't uh don't do particularly well selling tickets

1864
01:38:25,319 --> 01:38:26,760
and our home stadium for that matter. I mean, the

1865
01:38:26,880 --> 01:38:32,159
unfortunately game against UH Arizona was not full, and it's

1866
01:38:32,199 --> 01:38:35,159
too bad because those kids, Willie Fritz and his staff

1867
01:38:35,239 --> 01:38:39,600
deserve it. Seven one three two one two five seven

1868
01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:43,000
ninety seven one three two one two five Seveninty, I'm here.

1869
01:38:43,039 --> 01:38:45,159
We've done another half an hour, so come on in

1870
01:38:45,279 --> 01:38:48,000
and join me before my buddy co Cole Thompson jumps

1871
01:38:48,039 --> 01:38:50,520
in and finishes off the show. Seven one three two

1872
01:38:50,600 --> 01:38:53,600
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one

1873
01:38:53,720 --> 01:38:59,039
two five seven ninety Jonathan, the Arizona State versus Houston

1874
01:38:59,119 --> 01:39:02,479
smack talkers are begun already. A friend of ours, the

1875
01:39:02,520 --> 01:39:05,399
show teacher on break one, Steven went to Arizona State.

1876
01:39:06,239 --> 01:39:08,800
He just sent me a tweet. He said, hey, sports

1877
01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:10,720
him t make sure you go visit the best journalism

1878
01:39:10,840 --> 01:39:13,279
school in the nation while you're in Phoenix. By the way,

1879
01:39:13,399 --> 01:39:16,199
Sun Devil's by two touchdowns as long as Levitt is

1880
01:39:16,279 --> 01:39:20,720
playing forks up. So you know what I'm gonna reply,

1881
01:39:22,199 --> 01:39:26,840
falls force empty. No, he follows me. Good good guess

1882
01:39:30,479 --> 01:39:34,720
I'm typing it right now. All right, here, he goes,

1883
01:39:35,199 --> 01:39:39,319
I'm saying back to him, isn't Arizona State and an

1884
01:39:39,359 --> 01:39:40,319
open enrollment school?

1885
01:39:41,359 --> 01:39:41,600
Speaker 12: Oh?

1886
01:39:43,439 --> 01:39:45,199
Speaker 2: Do you think I'll get some Arizona State fans hating

1887
01:39:45,239 --> 01:39:45,439
on me?

1888
01:39:46,520 --> 01:39:47,239
Speaker 3: You might get a little.

1889
01:39:48,239 --> 01:39:55,880
Speaker 2: So if he's saying hashtag forks up, what should I say? Now,

1890
01:39:55,880 --> 01:39:57,199
I'm gonna leave with just that. I'm not gonna do

1891
01:39:57,199 --> 01:39:58,439
any I'm not gonna do any more of that.

1892
01:39:59,319 --> 01:39:59,880
Speaker 5: All right, here we go.

1893
01:40:00,039 --> 01:40:02,000
Speaker 2: Let's take a look. Let's see how the responses go.

1894
01:40:03,399 --> 01:40:05,960
So I got Seattle man, I got Seattle fans mad

1895
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:07,880
at me for what I was for that, for the

1896
01:40:07,960 --> 01:40:10,920
comments that John Schroeder, the manager of the Blue Jays said,

1897
01:40:11,680 --> 01:40:14,439
I'm just passing that along. I got Kook fans for me,

1898
01:40:14,760 --> 01:40:16,439
mad at me for what happened last week. I thought

1899
01:40:16,520 --> 01:40:19,319
nothing to do with it. And Ross is apologetic and

1900
01:40:19,439 --> 01:40:23,399
not gonna have Arizona State fans coming after me. Me

1901
01:40:23,560 --> 01:40:27,279
cadded me first, right, talking about the best journalism school.

1902
01:40:27,319 --> 01:40:30,079
Best journalism school in the country's Kansas tell you the truth,

1903
01:40:30,640 --> 01:40:35,479
print journalism, broadcast journalism. It's probably Syracuse because all the

1904
01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:39,399
grads get network jobs. But you of h right there, me,

1905
01:40:39,840 --> 01:40:43,079
Jim nance Bill Orrell Boom seven one two one two

1906
01:40:43,239 --> 01:40:44,880
five seven. You see what I just did. I threw

1907
01:40:44,920 --> 01:40:49,680
myself and I grew I did I didn't do that.

1908
01:40:49,760 --> 01:40:53,880
I'm guilty. I'm guilty as charged. Let's talk to Ethan.

1909
01:40:53,960 --> 01:40:55,800
I'd like to on the Matt Thomas Show at twelve

1910
01:40:55,880 --> 01:40:58,119
thirty six with Ross Ethan. Good afternoon to you.

1911
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:01,079
Speaker 13: Hey, Matt, how you doing.

1912
01:41:03,359 --> 01:41:03,840
Speaker 2: I'm great?

1913
01:41:04,159 --> 01:41:04,399
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1914
01:41:04,560 --> 01:41:07,800
Speaker 13: So, I know you were talking about some fan base,

1915
01:41:08,359 --> 01:41:12,359
you know, ridiculousness earlier in the show. And I don't

1916
01:41:12,359 --> 01:41:15,479
know if you saw this, but Texas Tech fans last

1917
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:18,079
week where not all of them, and I know Twitter

1918
01:41:18,199 --> 01:41:22,560
isn't real life, quite a few Tech fans on Twitter

1919
01:41:22,640 --> 01:41:24,279
were saying that they were too good for the Big

1920
01:41:24,359 --> 01:41:27,840
Twelve and that, you know, the SEC would be a

1921
01:41:27,920 --> 01:41:31,399
better fit for them. And I was just really puzzled

1922
01:41:31,439 --> 01:41:34,640
by it because one, Texas Tech has been in the

1923
01:41:34,640 --> 01:41:38,640
Big twelve for thirty years and have has never won

1924
01:41:38,840 --> 01:41:41,159
a conference championship in football.

1925
01:41:41,880 --> 01:41:42,560
Speaker 12: And then two.

1926
01:41:44,159 --> 01:41:47,760
Speaker 13: You lost Saturday to a school who last year spent

1927
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:50,399
one year in the Big Twelve and won it in

1928
01:41:50,520 --> 01:41:53,760
the first year, and you lost to Jordan Tyson on

1929
01:41:53,840 --> 01:41:57,159
one leg and Sam Levitt on one foot. So that

1930
01:41:57,319 --> 01:42:00,600
just kind of puzzled me. And I don't know, Texas

1931
01:42:00,640 --> 01:42:03,920
Tech fans feel like they're bigger than the rest of

1932
01:42:03,960 --> 01:42:07,560
the conference when they haven't done anything in thirty Let's.

1933
01:42:07,399 --> 01:42:09,000
Speaker 2: Take a look at this for a second, Ethan. Okay,

1934
01:42:09,800 --> 01:42:15,239
let's go with a parallel. So I wouldn't say Texas

1935
01:42:15,279 --> 01:42:19,640
Tech has been poverty. Okay, that's too strong of a term. Okay,

1936
01:42:20,399 --> 01:42:22,920
but they haven't been royalty. Does that make sense to you?

1937
01:42:24,359 --> 01:42:29,159
Perfect sense? Seven and five, eight and four, six and six.

1938
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:34,800
Always known for great offenses, defenses very much optional. They've

1939
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:37,319
tried to bring great defensive coaches there, They've tried to

1940
01:42:37,319 --> 01:42:40,920
recruit the best defensive players. It just hasn't worked out.

1941
01:42:41,960 --> 01:42:45,279
So all of a sudden, Cody Campbell, the oil and

1942
01:42:45,399 --> 01:42:48,600
gas energy guy whatever he is, makes all this money

1943
01:42:48,720 --> 01:42:51,119
and says, I'm gonna put all this money into Texas Tech.

1944
01:42:51,159 --> 01:42:55,159
I'm gonna I'm gonna make sure that the salaries are funded.

1945
01:42:55,159 --> 01:42:57,920
I'm gonna make sure these kids get nil deals. We're

1946
01:42:57,960 --> 01:43:01,159
gonna cash infuse, We're gonna cash with everybody else so

1947
01:43:01,199 --> 01:43:03,880
people can come to Lubock, Texas and it's all done

1948
01:43:03,960 --> 01:43:06,880
above board. It's all done legally. So if you got

1949
01:43:06,920 --> 01:43:08,760
the cash, you got us and somebody wants to spend it,

1950
01:43:08,840 --> 01:43:12,199
good for them. But it's help me with a parallel

1951
01:43:12,239 --> 01:43:16,880
on this. Is it like? Is it like the ugly

1952
01:43:17,039 --> 01:43:19,680
guy in school getting the one good looking girl and

1953
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:22,159
now he thinks all you can date now is supermodels?

1954
01:43:22,279 --> 01:43:24,079
I mean, is that a terrible parallel? I mean, if

1955
01:43:24,119 --> 01:43:26,000
it is, you know, I'm terrible on analogy, So help

1956
01:43:26,079 --> 01:43:26,520
me out with this.

1957
01:43:28,640 --> 01:43:33,119
Speaker 13: I think that's that's probably pretty pretty accurate in my opinion.

1958
01:43:34,239 --> 01:43:36,079
I will say, because you just said you're going to

1959
01:43:36,399 --> 01:43:38,960
Phoenix or Tenpe for the game. Yes, I spent a

1960
01:43:39,000 --> 01:43:40,399
couple of semesters at ASU.

1961
01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:41,439
Speaker 5: Great town.

1962
01:43:42,720 --> 01:43:44,560
Speaker 13: You ever have the chance, I mean, it's kind of

1963
01:43:44,560 --> 01:43:46,720
a younger crowd, but Mill Avenue. If you want something

1964
01:43:46,720 --> 01:43:48,880
a little more proper, head up to Scottsdale. Man, there's

1965
01:43:48,880 --> 01:43:52,279
plenty to do out there, great weather. And honestly, the

1966
01:43:52,359 --> 01:43:54,479
fan base at ASU, you know you were kind of

1967
01:43:54,520 --> 01:43:57,520
concerned about them coming after you. They're used to it.

1968
01:43:57,640 --> 01:43:59,279
They only hate one school and that's.

1969
01:43:59,239 --> 01:44:02,680
Speaker 2: You, of a So yeah, that's right, that's right. Not yeah,

1970
01:44:02,880 --> 01:44:05,079
I'm just I'm just teasing my guy here because I

1971
01:44:05,239 --> 01:44:07,720
was just I'm not trying to Troy Arizona State fan.

1972
01:44:07,800 --> 01:44:10,359
I just, you know, like my philosophy is this and

1973
01:44:10,479 --> 01:44:12,279
thank you for the fall call Ethan. And I've said

1974
01:44:12,319 --> 01:44:14,039
this before to you guys, especially to those of being

1975
01:44:14,079 --> 01:44:17,840
new to the show. College smack talk to me is

1976
01:44:18,239 --> 01:44:24,000
more than acceptable as long as you don't insult someone's integrity,

1977
01:44:24,079 --> 01:44:26,199
or insult a member their family or what your kids

1978
01:44:26,239 --> 01:44:28,000
look like, or make fun of your dog. I mean,

1979
01:44:29,239 --> 01:44:31,359
you know, when tex Attack and Houston were smack talking

1980
01:44:31,399 --> 01:44:33,680
each other a few weeks ago, I wouldn't bothered by it.

1981
01:44:34,279 --> 01:44:36,560
In fact, there were people that were attacking me, you know,

1982
01:44:36,960 --> 01:44:39,439
yeah again because you don't you can't follow everybody in

1983
01:44:39,479 --> 01:44:41,439
the world. You don't know what everybody's all about. But

1984
01:44:41,680 --> 01:44:43,279
there were people in the Lubbock that were like, oh,

1985
01:44:43,439 --> 01:44:46,640
here's a Cougar fan going after us, and like, you

1986
01:44:46,800 --> 01:44:48,079
all don't know if you listen to the show for

1987
01:44:48,159 --> 01:44:51,279
any length of time. I do love Texas Tech. I

1988
01:44:51,439 --> 01:44:53,239
want Texas Tech to be the second best team in

1989
01:44:53,239 --> 01:44:56,680
the Big Twelve. Every single year my oldest son went there.

1990
01:44:56,720 --> 01:44:59,199
I've talked about that multiple times. I love it. I

1991
01:44:59,359 --> 01:45:02,279
I like love I think lebb it gets a terrible rap.

1992
01:45:03,720 --> 01:45:05,560
If I was a college kid and I didn't chose

1993
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:07,680
Houston because I was already working in the radio industry,

1994
01:45:07,680 --> 01:45:09,000
I would have gone. I would have loved to have

1995
01:45:09,039 --> 01:45:11,319
gone to Texas Tech. I don't know if they're broadcast

1996
01:45:11,319 --> 01:45:14,359
schools any good, but it doesn't really make a huge difference.

1997
01:45:14,439 --> 01:45:17,279
But it's a good college town. Now, I'll say this.

1998
01:45:17,479 --> 01:45:20,079
People about kids that go to Lubbock either love it

1999
01:45:20,159 --> 01:45:22,039
and can't never want to leave, or they get out

2000
01:45:22,039 --> 01:45:23,560
of there as fast as they can, just because again

2001
01:45:23,640 --> 01:45:25,960
homesickness and it's out in the middle of nowhere. But

2002
01:45:26,039 --> 01:45:31,840
I've always enjoyed the experience. But maybe maybe Texas Tech

2003
01:45:31,960 --> 01:45:33,680
is feeling a little bit of the bravado and maybe

2004
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:36,680
that Sam Lovett, as the caller said on one Foot,

2005
01:45:36,840 --> 01:45:39,359
was you know, won the game because he looked battered

2006
01:45:39,399 --> 01:45:42,239
and beaten and frankly, if you watch any of that

2007
01:45:42,319 --> 01:45:45,359
Texas Tech game against Arizona State on Saturday, and I

2008
01:45:45,479 --> 01:45:47,199
know the Fox broadcaster has been to know of this,

2009
01:45:47,319 --> 01:45:50,960
there were four or five different dropped interceptions, there were

2010
01:45:51,079 --> 01:45:54,039
fifteen yard penalties, there were some past interference calls. There

2011
01:45:54,079 --> 01:45:57,960
was a variety of things that really precluded text Tech

2012
01:45:58,000 --> 01:46:00,520
for winning that football game, and Sam it made a

2013
01:46:00,760 --> 01:46:05,640
huge fourth down conversion in the game. Arizona State's good.

2014
01:46:06,239 --> 01:46:08,039
I mean they were in they playing the Big Twelve Championship.

2015
01:46:08,039 --> 01:46:11,640
They went to the College Football Playoff last year. I mean,

2016
01:46:11,840 --> 01:46:16,119
that's that's not a bad football program. And the callers right.

2017
01:46:16,760 --> 01:46:19,880
I've been to Arizona State's campus. I did a week

2018
01:46:19,920 --> 01:46:23,760
of shows there when Utah played Pittsburgh in the Fiesta

2019
01:46:23,800 --> 01:46:26,760
Bowl way back when the BCS allot one non power

2020
01:46:26,840 --> 01:46:29,640
five to play. I had a great time. I love Phoenix.

2021
01:46:29,760 --> 01:46:31,239
I still love going to Phoenix. I go to Phoenix

2022
01:46:31,279 --> 01:46:33,279
twice a year at least for the Rockets. And I

2023
01:46:33,439 --> 01:46:36,640
loved experience Scottsdale Phoenix And if y'all just go. If

2024
01:46:36,720 --> 01:46:39,319
y'all are going to the game this weekend, orerever ever

2025
01:46:39,439 --> 01:46:41,680
need to go to Arizona State. Hanging out in Tempe

2026
01:46:41,800 --> 01:46:45,359
is spectacular. It's a great atmosphere. It's got a little

2027
01:46:45,359 --> 01:46:47,399
of a collegey feel in the middle of a big city.

2028
01:46:48,640 --> 01:46:51,279
And let's face it, a lot of big cities that

2029
01:46:51,439 --> 01:46:55,359
have schools in them don't necessarily draw very particularly well.

2030
01:46:55,399 --> 01:46:57,319
And Phoenix is the minority on this. I mean it

2031
01:46:57,359 --> 01:46:59,560
looks like to me a pretty full crowd at the

2032
01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:01,720
game line Saturday, And I wasn't staring at the stadium crowd,

2033
01:47:01,760 --> 01:47:03,359
but I mean every time I saw a crowdshet look

2034
01:47:03,399 --> 01:47:05,159
like there's a lot of people there. So I'll have

2035
01:47:05,199 --> 01:47:06,840
a better feel of it this week because I'm gonna

2036
01:47:06,840 --> 01:47:08,640
be in Phoenix for that game on Saturday and look

2037
01:47:08,720 --> 01:47:11,680
very much looking forward to seeing Arizona State, who's hopefully

2038
01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:15,840
tired and burnt out and over exhausted for their from

2039
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:18,439
their big win against Texas Tech lose to my beloved

2040
01:47:18,479 --> 01:47:21,640
Houston Cougar's Mat Thomas Show with Ross co attinues tomorrow.

2041
01:47:21,680 --> 01:47:24,319
I'll be with you from Oklahoma City. We'll have gut

2042
01:47:24,399 --> 01:47:28,680
feelings the news at noon and we'll get a perspective

2043
01:47:28,800 --> 01:47:31,279
from a couple of different folks on the Rockets home

2044
01:47:31,319 --> 01:47:35,199
opener or home owner Rockets road opener, it season opener

2045
01:47:35,239 --> 01:47:38,960
against Oklahoma City. We'll also dive into the Texans versus

2046
01:47:39,319 --> 01:47:43,520
the Seahawks seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

2047
01:47:43,520 --> 01:47:45,119
If you want to join the show, I'm with you

2048
01:47:45,159 --> 01:47:46,720
from there ten minutes, so come on and say hello

2049
01:47:46,880 --> 01:47:49,199
before I get out of here, and Cole Thompson, thank

2050
01:47:49,279 --> 01:47:52,199
you very much for stepping in and helping out in

2051
01:47:52,319 --> 01:47:53,920
the final hour of the show. As I make my

2052
01:47:54,039 --> 01:47:57,359
way towards Oklahoma City seven one three, two, one two

2053
01:47:57,640 --> 01:48:00,800
five seven, Auntie, Now, I don't know. Let's try this

2054
01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,079
for the last time before Game seven, before we go

2055
01:48:03,159 --> 01:48:06,560
back to the phones. I want you to utter each

2056
01:48:06,640 --> 01:48:09,960
of these two sentences, and then I want you to

2057
01:48:10,000 --> 01:48:13,199
tell me how you feel after you say them. Okay,

2058
01:48:14,319 --> 01:48:19,199
Number one is, go Mariners, You've been waiting a long time.

2059
01:48:19,439 --> 01:48:23,680
Say that first, Go Manners, you've been waiting a long time.

2060
01:48:27,960 --> 01:48:32,920
Or go Blue Jays M's fans, you suck.

2061
01:48:34,479 --> 01:48:40,520
Speaker 3: Go Blue Jays in fans, you suck. I felt good.

2062
01:48:40,560 --> 01:48:42,520
Speaker 2: I'm lie. Which one tell the truth?

2063
01:48:42,720 --> 01:48:43,119
Speaker 3: I felt good?

2064
01:48:43,199 --> 01:48:56,159
Speaker 2: Say go Mariners, you've been waiting a long time.

2065
01:49:00,039 --> 01:49:02,479
Speaker 3: M hmm, Go Blue.

2066
01:49:02,399 --> 01:49:04,960
Speaker 2: Jays MS fans, you suck. Hell.

2067
01:49:05,199 --> 01:49:05,399
Speaker 4: Yeah.

2068
01:49:08,399 --> 01:49:12,800
Speaker 2: Now the bigger question is if the Blue Jays win tonight,

2069
01:49:14,279 --> 01:49:16,079
do I go to the five or ten people that

2070
01:49:16,960 --> 01:49:20,840
called me names from Mariner Nation? Do I say sorry

2071
01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:23,600
for your loss? I do?

2072
01:49:23,760 --> 01:49:23,960
Speaker 13: Don't?

2073
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:30,720
Speaker 3: I Mmm, you can't. You could, you really could, But

2074
01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:32,199
do you really want to do that? That's what your

2075
01:49:32,239 --> 01:49:35,920
heart tells me to do. M You know my heart

2076
01:49:36,039 --> 01:49:39,800
is black and cold, don't you see I'm saying, but

2077
01:49:39,920 --> 01:49:42,520
you kinda whoever the heart wants you gotta go for it.

2078
01:49:43,439 --> 01:49:47,279
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm doing it. Listen to me very carefully. If

2079
01:49:47,399 --> 01:49:50,359
they if the if the Blue Jays win, I'm going

2080
01:49:50,479 --> 01:49:52,760
for Sorry for your loss, and I'm tagging all those people,

2081
01:49:53,039 --> 01:49:54,600
especially the guy that called me that told me to

2082
01:49:54,680 --> 01:50:03,239
get take my tampon out. Oh h gg stringers. It's

2083
01:50:03,239 --> 01:50:05,079
all fun and games, right. Social media is nothing but

2084
01:50:05,159 --> 01:50:07,000
a nice bunch of nice people just having a good

2085
01:50:07,039 --> 01:50:10,439
time teasing each other. Right. He called me a bun,

2086
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:12,239
He called me an F and p and took my

2087
01:50:12,319 --> 01:50:14,119
tampon out. And he called me a C word too.

2088
01:50:14,520 --> 01:50:16,840
He called me all the word you can't ever ever

2089
01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:22,039
supposed to say to anybody, much less an affable guy

2090
01:50:22,119 --> 01:50:26,279
like myself. Let's go to KESO at twelve fifty one

2091
01:50:26,359 --> 01:50:30,039
on the Matt Thomas Shield Ross case. What you got today? Hey, Matt?

2092
01:50:30,079 --> 01:50:30,600
What's going on?

2093
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:32,359
Speaker 10: Quickly?

2094
01:50:32,560 --> 01:50:34,760
Speaker 12: I was in Seattle earlier this year and I was

2095
01:50:34,800 --> 01:50:37,560
wearing my Astros hat and they were all just super

2096
01:50:37,640 --> 01:50:38,079
nice to me.

2097
01:50:38,279 --> 01:50:40,039
Speaker 2: I don't know why they were.

2098
01:50:40,399 --> 01:50:43,039
Speaker 12: I guess you have to separate the Twitter and the

2099
01:50:43,159 --> 01:50:47,039
Reddit people from actual real life people. I mean they

2100
01:50:47,119 --> 01:50:49,640
were just just super just. I don't know, it was

2101
01:50:49,640 --> 01:50:51,920
super nice and generous to me with my Ashros we

2102
01:50:51,960 --> 01:50:55,800
talked baseball. Uh So even with all that saying, you know,

2103
01:50:56,239 --> 01:51:01,279
let's go blue Jay's. My question is, well, I wanted

2104
01:51:01,319 --> 01:51:05,039
to see what your three I want three takeaways for

2105
01:51:05,439 --> 01:51:08,600
opening night tomorrow. What are you looking for for the

2106
01:51:08,760 --> 01:51:13,960
Rockets you specifically, and I think just recently, Danielle Lerner

2107
01:51:14,279 --> 01:51:17,000
just dropped the starting lineup with It's gonna be the

2108
01:51:17,079 --> 01:51:19,960
Jumbo Big. So let's read on the bench, yep, what

2109
01:51:20,239 --> 01:51:23,239
are you looking for and what are what can you

2110
01:51:23,359 --> 01:51:26,479
tell your your fans looking tell the Rockets fans to

2111
01:51:26,640 --> 01:51:31,199
look for tomorrow night. My second question is, without Tari's

2112
01:51:31,800 --> 01:51:37,119
inking his extension, do you expect a moody, mopey Tari

2113
01:51:37,199 --> 01:51:39,880
Easton this season or are we just going to get

2114
01:51:39,960 --> 01:51:44,520
that same high motor, high defense, off ball offense.

2115
01:51:44,199 --> 01:51:45,399
Speaker 2: Tari that we're so used to.

2116
01:51:45,520 --> 01:51:46,600
Speaker 12: And I'll hang up and listen.

2117
01:51:46,680 --> 01:51:49,079
Speaker 2: Thanks man, thank you. Let me answer the second question first,

2118
01:51:49,119 --> 01:51:51,279
because I just remembered it. If Tara does not get

2119
01:51:51,319 --> 01:51:54,399
his extension done today. I can't imagine he'd be mopey

2120
01:51:54,439 --> 01:51:56,079
and depressed. I mean, I'm sure he would like to

2121
01:51:56,159 --> 01:51:59,680
get it done, but you should also use that as

2122
01:51:59,720 --> 01:52:02,920
a way to fire yourself up and play as good

2123
01:52:02,960 --> 01:52:06,640
as you possibly can. Because remember, he will be a

2124
01:52:06,760 --> 01:52:08,800
free agent at the end of the year. Now he'll

2125
01:52:08,800 --> 01:52:12,119
be restricted, meaning the Rockets can match any offer that

2126
01:52:12,359 --> 01:52:17,000
he gets. So he is, if he plays well, he's

2127
01:52:17,079 --> 01:52:21,039
gonna get paid. No one's going to say, well, you know,

2128
01:52:21,159 --> 01:52:23,319
times are tough here in the NBA, and we had

2129
01:52:23,359 --> 01:52:25,720
to make some cutbacks, and it's not your fault, not

2130
01:52:25,840 --> 01:52:28,439
the local fault, it's the corporate level. No, they don't

2131
01:52:28,479 --> 01:52:30,359
do that in the NBA. They like, if you are

2132
01:52:30,479 --> 01:52:33,239
good and we have app space, we're going to pay you.

2133
01:52:34,159 --> 01:52:37,279
So the market's gonna be out there for him as

2134
01:52:37,319 --> 01:52:40,039
long as there's a successful season. So I can't imagine

2135
01:52:40,079 --> 01:52:42,760
him being that quote unquote multiperson. If he is, it's

2136
01:52:42,760 --> 01:52:47,760
gonna cost him. The Rockets love tari. I think they're

2137
01:52:47,760 --> 01:52:49,920
gonna get this thing done. They've got till five o'clock today,

2138
01:52:50,159 --> 01:52:52,159
but I think they're gonna get it done. I think

2139
01:52:52,199 --> 01:52:55,319
I think they want to. They want to get this

2140
01:52:55,560 --> 01:52:58,159
so it's not a distraction, and hopefully it'll never be

2141
01:52:58,199 --> 01:53:00,920
a distraction, but if it, even if it is, that's

2142
01:53:00,920 --> 01:53:03,560
gonna be a distraction on Tai to get, you know,

2143
01:53:03,920 --> 01:53:05,359
to play as hard as he can. Again. If if

2144
01:53:05,640 --> 01:53:09,119
the deals come through and he gets it outrageously a

2145
01:53:09,319 --> 01:53:11,680
big deal, then good for him. And if the Rockets

2146
01:53:11,720 --> 01:53:16,319
match it, everybody wins. I'm a person I like to

2147
01:53:16,359 --> 01:53:19,520
deal with my contracts. Get him done before six months earlier.

2148
01:53:19,520 --> 01:53:21,520
They're having to wait a month too late. But again

2149
01:53:21,600 --> 01:53:23,960
it's got to take two to tango on that. As

2150
01:53:24,039 --> 01:53:29,560
far as takeaways, very early, I think you're gonna be

2151
01:53:30,119 --> 01:53:33,359
hearing a lot about I may talking about he wants

2152
01:53:33,399 --> 01:53:37,000
his defensive intensity to step up. You lose defensive work

2153
01:53:37,399 --> 01:53:41,039
with Fred's professionalism and great ability to be in the

2154
01:53:41,119 --> 01:53:45,000
right place right time. Dylan was a good defensive player

2155
01:53:45,079 --> 01:53:49,039
for this team. You lose some of that. Who's gonna

2156
01:53:49,039 --> 01:53:52,520
handle the ball handling? Does the turnover count remain relatively

2157
01:53:52,600 --> 01:53:54,199
low like it was last year? A lot of it

2158
01:53:54,319 --> 01:53:58,119
was because Fred didn't turn the ball over, Reed Shepherd.

2159
01:53:58,439 --> 01:54:00,560
I think it's going to be improved year to date,

2160
01:54:01,439 --> 01:54:03,239
but that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be all

2161
01:54:03,279 --> 01:54:04,960
the way through to what he can be as a player,

2162
01:54:05,039 --> 01:54:09,560
So be patient on that. And number one thing for me,

2163
01:54:10,199 --> 01:54:14,000
I've been asked this so many times, where this team

2164
01:54:14,119 --> 01:54:17,399
takes the next super jump? Obviously, Kevin Durant being in

2165
01:54:17,439 --> 01:54:19,840
your team is a big help on that. But to me,

2166
01:54:20,000 --> 01:54:24,199
the big thing is does Alpi and amend even take

2167
01:54:24,239 --> 01:54:28,399
their games even a higher year to date than they

2168
01:54:28,439 --> 01:54:31,920
were a year ago? Because we know who Kevin Durant is,

2169
01:54:31,960 --> 01:54:33,760
we know what he's gonna bring to the table. It's

2170
01:54:34,159 --> 01:54:36,199
does a men become a more of a primeter threat.

2171
01:54:36,800 --> 01:54:39,640
Does the ball handling remain good? Does the defense remain

2172
01:54:39,720 --> 01:54:41,439
stout on both ends of the floor with so much

2173
01:54:41,560 --> 01:54:45,680
ball handling responsibility? And does Alpi become the guy that

2174
01:54:45,800 --> 01:54:48,319
hits Keith free throws down the stretch that used the

2175
01:54:48,359 --> 01:54:50,920
three point shot a little bit more and defense improves

2176
01:54:51,479 --> 01:54:55,960
those two things? To me, the Alpi amen development is

2177
01:54:56,039 --> 01:54:58,279
even more important to me than having Katie on the floor.

2178
01:54:58,840 --> 01:55:01,199
And I'll leave it at that. Cole Thompson, thank you

2179
01:55:01,239 --> 01:55:02,640
for filling in for the last hour of the Matt

2180
01:55:02,680 --> 01:55:04,840
Thomas Show with Ross. I'm back with you tomorrow at

2181
01:55:04,880 --> 01:55:08,600
ten am. From Oklahoma City. Do not go anywhere. Cole's

2182
01:55:08,600 --> 01:55:10,399
gonna entertain the hell out of you, I hope.

2183
01:55:10,479 --> 01:55:10,520
Speaker 1: So.

2184
01:55:11,520 --> 01:55:13,680
Speaker 2: Are you gonna do an hour of textan Seahawks preview?

2185
01:55:13,680 --> 01:55:15,159
Will please do that for the audience?

2186
01:55:15,279 --> 01:55:16,039
Speaker 3: No, I'm not gonna do that.

2187
01:55:16,279 --> 01:55:17,920
Speaker 2: Come on, I want not, I want I'm in the

2188
01:55:17,960 --> 01:55:20,199
car driving the airport. I want nothing but textant Seahawks.

2189
01:55:20,399 --> 01:55:22,600
Speaker 11: We're gonna talk text and Seahawks for probably thirty minutes.

2190
01:55:22,760 --> 01:55:25,560
I nearly crashed my car driving here when I heard

2191
01:55:25,600 --> 01:55:27,640
that you were talking about Nick Saban maybe wanting to

2192
01:55:27,680 --> 01:55:30,520
get back into coaching. Thank god, you actually have a

2193
01:55:30,560 --> 01:55:31,880
brain when it comes to college football.

2194
01:55:31,960 --> 01:55:32,439
Speaker 8: No, thank you.

2195
01:55:32,640 --> 01:55:36,720
Speaker 11: I'm gonna talk about your Cougars because if I'm furious

2196
01:55:36,840 --> 01:55:40,600
right now at the ape pole. Seriously, you're six and one,

2197
01:55:41,039 --> 01:55:43,439
You've turned the corner. You have one loss to a

2198
01:55:43,520 --> 01:55:45,760
team that currently is at the same record, and we

2199
01:55:45,840 --> 01:55:46,680
can't get them ranked.

2200
01:55:46,960 --> 01:55:48,039
Speaker 3: What are we doing, voters?

2201
01:55:48,439 --> 01:55:50,760
Speaker 2: That's what I'm talking about. You know the name of

2202
01:55:50,760 --> 01:55:53,239
your show, It's gonna be called Pisson Vinegar with Cole Thompson. Ah,

2203
01:55:53,399 --> 01:55:55,439
you're two kind and it's up next year on seven

2204
01:55:55,560 --> 01:55:59,840
ninety is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

2205
01:56:03,920 --> 01:56:09,359
Speaker 11: And way we go right here on the Matt Thomas

2206
01:56:09,479 --> 01:56:12,880
Show with Ross and there is no Matt Thomas and

2207
01:56:13,000 --> 01:56:15,119
there is no Ross. It is Cole Thompson filling in

2208
01:56:15,199 --> 01:56:18,520
for the very last hour, getting you prepared for tonight's game,

2209
01:56:19,239 --> 01:56:22,920
which is going to be one the Texans half to

2210
01:56:23,119 --> 01:56:25,520
win seven one, three, two, two five nine. If you

2211
01:56:25,520 --> 01:56:28,000
want to chime on in for starters, Jonathan, who let

2212
01:56:28,039 --> 01:56:29,079
the producers.

2213
01:56:28,640 --> 01:56:30,439
Speaker 3: Take on over this network? That's what I want to

2214
01:56:30,479 --> 01:56:31,279
know at this standpoint.

2215
01:56:31,399 --> 01:56:31,880
Speaker 2: What do you mean?

2216
01:56:32,039 --> 01:56:34,079
Speaker 3: Who let us be in charge for the next hour

2217
01:56:34,119 --> 01:56:35,880
and a half? Cordy, Brian, are.

2218
01:56:35,800 --> 01:56:38,359
Speaker 11: You really gonna trust us to handle this either way?

2219
01:56:38,439 --> 01:56:39,880
Speaker 3: Do we gotta put the working man? We gonna put

2220
01:56:39,880 --> 01:56:41,640
the work in. How was Dallas? By the way, how

2221
01:56:41,840 --> 01:56:42,880
was the Texas State Fair?

2222
01:56:43,199 --> 01:56:43,359
Speaker 9: Dude?

2223
01:56:43,399 --> 01:56:46,159
Speaker 3: It was fun? Uh A lot less people than was

2224
01:56:46,640 --> 01:56:48,159
luck a couple of years. But I know my mom

2225
01:56:48,279 --> 01:56:49,720
was telling me that they didn't give high school for

2226
01:56:49,720 --> 01:56:51,560
free tickets and it's actually a lot better experience.

2227
01:56:51,600 --> 01:56:53,680
Speaker 2: You can walk around and I have to bump in everybody.

2228
01:56:53,760 --> 01:56:55,439
Speaker 3: But what was the worst thing of the best thing

2229
01:56:55,479 --> 01:56:56,039
that you ate there?

2230
01:56:57,600 --> 01:56:58,119
Speaker 2: There has to be.

2231
01:56:58,199 --> 01:57:01,600
Speaker 3: Something I tried that. I don't know, dude, I didn't

2232
01:57:01,640 --> 01:57:03,680
really like none of that. Did you try the pickle pizza?

2233
01:57:04,640 --> 01:57:05,000
Speaker 2: Pickled?

2234
01:57:05,039 --> 01:57:05,960
Speaker 3: What pickle pizza?

2235
01:57:09,119 --> 01:57:09,159
Speaker 11: No?

2236
01:57:09,439 --> 01:57:10,079
Speaker 3: You didn't try that?

2237
01:57:10,239 --> 01:57:12,399
Speaker 2: Why not? You know? I did? I get it? Of course?

2238
01:57:12,439 --> 01:57:14,399
Speaker 3: You got a turkey leg and a stick.

2239
01:57:14,640 --> 01:57:16,079
Speaker 11: That's the way you have to start your morning, like

2240
01:57:16,239 --> 01:57:17,880
I kicked off my day when I was at Red

2241
01:57:18,000 --> 01:57:20,560
River nine am with the turkey leg. That's the breakfast champions.

2242
01:57:20,680 --> 01:57:22,000
If you don't do it, if you don't do it

2243
01:57:22,039 --> 01:57:23,199
in the morning, you don't do it right. That's just

2244
01:57:23,279 --> 01:57:25,640
my standpoint, of course, Man, get a funnel keke too. Man,

2245
01:57:25,920 --> 01:57:26,720
it was a good experience.

2246
01:57:26,760 --> 01:57:27,840
Speaker 3: Did you try the fried butter?

2247
01:57:28,800 --> 01:57:28,840
Speaker 4: No?

2248
01:57:29,039 --> 01:57:30,520
Speaker 3: But I saw that, and I saw a lot of

2249
01:57:30,520 --> 01:57:32,760
people get in that. I'm not did I almost get

2250
01:57:32,760 --> 01:57:33,039
a hard.

2251
01:57:33,319 --> 01:57:35,520
Speaker 11: I like my life too much to be able to

2252
01:57:35,600 --> 01:57:37,039
function for the rest of the day. Like if you

2253
01:57:37,239 --> 01:57:40,159
have a spried stick of butter, your day's over. There's

2254
01:57:40,159 --> 01:57:42,119
nothing else you can do with your society you have

2255
01:57:42,279 --> 01:57:44,119
to move on with. Basically, I got you gotta go

2256
01:57:44,159 --> 01:57:46,560
home at that point. That's the dessert, because it's gonna

2257
01:57:46,600 --> 01:57:47,520
knock you out if.

2258
01:57:47,439 --> 01:57:48,720
Speaker 3: You do it at like ten in the morning.

2259
01:57:49,159 --> 01:57:50,640
Speaker 11: You're screwed for the rest of the day. You gotta

2260
01:57:50,680 --> 01:57:53,119
go on ride. You gotta have fun with the cargo games.

2261
01:57:53,359 --> 01:57:57,319
Speaker 3: You can't do it. I saw this one thing fried,

2262
01:57:57,439 --> 01:58:00,600
Doctor Pepper. How do you do that? That's what I

2263
01:58:00,680 --> 01:58:01,039
want to know.

2264
01:58:01,239 --> 01:58:03,159
Speaker 11: How do you take a soda and make it fried?

2265
01:58:03,560 --> 01:58:05,760
Is it like chips afterwards? Is it like is it

2266
01:58:05,920 --> 01:58:08,319
like what you would consider pork rindes that that to

2267
01:58:08,399 --> 01:58:11,199
me is just so weird. At that same point, I

2268
01:58:11,319 --> 01:58:13,960
kind of want to try after exactly kind of so

2269
01:58:14,199 --> 01:58:15,720
I'm going to go back to Dallas seven one, three

2270
01:58:16,760 --> 01:58:20,479
ninety chime on in Texans taking on the Seattle Seahawks.

2271
01:58:20,520 --> 01:58:22,479
Speaker 3: By the way, Matt was one hundred percent right on

2272
01:58:22,680 --> 01:58:23,720
one thing that he said.

2273
01:58:24,199 --> 01:58:27,800
Speaker 11: I cannot stomach the fact that we have two doubleheaders

2274
01:58:27,800 --> 01:58:29,119
on Monday night football.

2275
01:58:28,920 --> 01:58:31,479
Speaker 3: And specifically the nine o'clock kick.

2276
01:58:32,039 --> 01:58:34,600
Speaker 11: Who are you entertaining at this standpoint, Like, if you

2277
01:58:34,680 --> 01:58:37,119
want to do anything, move the first game up to

2278
01:58:37,239 --> 01:58:39,239
five pm and then the second game come on at

2279
01:58:39,279 --> 01:58:39,840
seven thirty.

2280
01:58:40,119 --> 01:58:41,279
Speaker 3: But nine o'clock.

2281
01:58:41,680 --> 01:58:45,479
Speaker 11: Who is waiting around for Texans versus Seahawks outside of

2282
01:58:45,840 --> 01:58:48,399
the market that we see out west and the market

2283
01:58:48,439 --> 01:58:50,600
that we have here in Houston, because again you have

2284
01:58:50,760 --> 01:58:53,359
the game with baseball going on in Toronto, what six

2285
01:58:53,439 --> 01:58:56,680
oh eight first pitch, So it's like you're really gonna

2286
01:58:56,720 --> 01:58:57,840
have those two games at the same.

2287
01:58:57,720 --> 01:58:59,960
Speaker 3: Time in its game seven to So I mean, I'm

2288
01:59:00,079 --> 01:59:02,560
they can pict predict that, but we know exactly where

2289
01:59:02,560 --> 01:59:02,880
we're going.

2290
01:59:03,840 --> 01:59:05,359
Speaker 11: I will say that I think of this game is

2291
01:59:05,359 --> 01:59:07,359
actually a lot more un favorable of Houston than people

2292
01:59:07,359 --> 01:59:09,399
want to give credit to because if I do think

2293
01:59:09,399 --> 01:59:12,000
that there is a way to beat the Seahawks, and

2294
01:59:12,119 --> 01:59:15,479
it's very simple, YAsO Don, Jack Smith and Jigba. I

2295
01:59:15,560 --> 01:59:17,199
was listening in when we were when you guys were

2296
01:59:17,239 --> 01:59:20,520
talking with Softie earlier, and he brought up some good

2297
01:59:20,520 --> 01:59:24,319
points about Sam Darnold. Darnald has been a resurgent process

2298
01:59:24,399 --> 01:59:27,720
this year, seventy point eight completion percent or fifty underd

2299
01:59:27,720 --> 01:59:30,800
passing yards, eleven touchdowns, only been sacked seven times.

2300
01:59:31,039 --> 01:59:32,359
Speaker 3: Good offensive line for Seattle.

2301
01:59:32,560 --> 01:59:34,800
Speaker 11: They do a job of being able to open up

2302
01:59:34,880 --> 01:59:37,079
creases for the rushing attack to be able to make plays.

2303
01:59:38,239 --> 01:59:40,439
But when you look at this offense, John think, can

2304
01:59:40,479 --> 01:59:41,720
you tell me off the top of your head, do

2305
01:59:41,760 --> 01:59:45,399
you know how much the offense runs through Jack Smith

2306
01:59:45,439 --> 01:59:46,079
and Jigba.

2307
01:59:47,000 --> 01:59:48,439
Speaker 2: From the one.

2308
01:59:48,640 --> 01:59:51,279
Speaker 3: No, but from hearing from Softie, it's not that that's

2309
01:59:51,319 --> 01:59:52,520
the only threat they have.

2310
01:59:53,319 --> 01:59:57,239
Speaker 11: Thirty eight point two percent of all offensive production comes

2311
01:59:57,319 --> 02:00:02,079
through one player. So, by the process of elimination, if

2312
02:00:02,119 --> 02:00:04,239
you were to take out thirty eight percent of an

2313
02:00:04,279 --> 02:00:08,560
offense and your offense is functioning at sixty six percent.

2314
02:00:09,239 --> 02:00:10,520
Speaker 3: Doesn't that give you an advantage?

2315
02:00:11,079 --> 02:00:13,680
Speaker 11: The guy currently has six hundred and ninety six receiving yards.

2316
02:00:13,960 --> 02:00:17,439
He's making plays sixteen point six yards per catch. He

2317
02:00:17,520 --> 02:00:20,720
has seven plays of over fifty yards downfield. He has

2318
02:00:20,800 --> 02:00:24,359
thirteen explosive plays of twenty plus yards. He's averaging one

2319
02:00:24,439 --> 02:00:26,720
hundred and sixteen yards per game. Can you tell me

2320
02:00:26,840 --> 02:00:29,000
what the rest of the offense is averaging besides that,

2321
02:00:29,600 --> 02:00:32,439
I'll save you the trouble, Jonathan. It's one hundred and

2322
02:00:32,680 --> 02:00:36,640
fourteen total yards per yek contest in the passing game.

2323
02:00:37,279 --> 02:00:40,640
So if you take away the explosives of Jackspit the Jigba,

2324
02:00:41,199 --> 02:00:42,760
you gotta feel confident if you're the Texans.

2325
02:00:42,840 --> 02:00:44,399
Speaker 3: Well, and to be fair, if you look at the

2326
02:00:44,439 --> 02:00:47,359
Seahawk schedule, they really haven't versed the defense that was

2327
02:00:47,479 --> 02:00:49,800
at our caliber other than Tampa Bay and they lost

2328
02:00:49,840 --> 02:00:50,079
that game.

2329
02:00:50,199 --> 02:00:52,319
Speaker 11: Yeah, And honestly, if you look back at this matchup

2330
02:00:52,800 --> 02:00:54,960
for Houston, Houston probably should have won that game. But

2331
02:00:55,000 --> 02:00:57,359
they just get a fourth down stop against Baker Mayfield.

2332
02:00:57,600 --> 02:00:59,960
If it's not a fourth and nine and Henry toit's

2333
02:01:00,000 --> 02:01:03,119
Soah actually finishes the damn play. We're talking about the

2334
02:01:03,159 --> 02:01:05,920
Texans coming in at three and two. We're talking about

2335
02:01:05,960 --> 02:01:08,960
them beating a common opponent where they were able to

2336
02:01:09,039 --> 02:01:12,439
handle business. And we're talking about them at least having

2337
02:01:12,520 --> 02:01:15,239
a defense that knows how to handle a quarterback that

2338
02:01:15,359 --> 02:01:18,199
fits a proper system. Because Sam Darnold, whether or not

2339
02:01:18,279 --> 02:01:20,439
you want to call him a reclamation project, whether you

2340
02:01:20,520 --> 02:01:23,000
want to call him a resurgent player, whether you want

2341
02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:25,359
to call him a pro bowler, the dude's working out

2342
02:01:25,399 --> 02:01:28,000
in Seattle. Massive upgrade in my opinion over what you

2343
02:01:28,079 --> 02:01:33,119
have with genas Geno Smith is throwing duds week in

2344
02:01:33,159 --> 02:01:36,159
week out. Yards right, it was horrendous yesterday. I mean

2345
02:01:36,319 --> 02:01:38,479
forty plus yards total passing. I mean he leads the

2346
02:01:38,600 --> 02:01:40,920
NFL in interceptions night and day. Difference from what you're

2347
02:01:40,920 --> 02:01:43,039
seeing with Clint Kubiak. Run the system with Sam Darnald,

2348
02:01:43,119 --> 02:01:46,079
so massive, winning that standpoint. But I truly think that

2349
02:01:46,119 --> 02:01:48,680
this really comes down to stopping Jacksmith the Jigba. If

2350
02:01:48,760 --> 02:01:52,039
you find a way to lose because of Kenneth Walker

2351
02:01:52,159 --> 02:01:55,159
and Zach Sharbonett are averaging four point five yards a run,

2352
02:01:55,600 --> 02:01:58,439
if you're seeing a j Barner and Cooper Cup who

2353
02:01:58,479 --> 02:02:00,880
basically is a shell of himself from the offensive Player

2354
02:02:00,880 --> 02:02:03,840
of the Year a few seasons ago, getting open, if

2355
02:02:03,840 --> 02:02:06,479
they're beating you, it shows you that you're an inadequate

2356
02:02:06,520 --> 02:02:08,159
team and that there are so many faults that currently

2357
02:02:08,239 --> 02:02:10,439
on your disposal that you probably are not going to

2358
02:02:10,479 --> 02:02:13,560
be able to fix without making some dire changes before

2359
02:02:13,600 --> 02:02:16,560
the trade deadline. And that means giving up massive draft capital,

2360
02:02:16,840 --> 02:02:18,920
that means moving off of players that you know are

2361
02:02:18,960 --> 02:02:21,680
already signed to these to these long term deals. That's

2362
02:02:21,720 --> 02:02:23,840
making changes that are not going to be sustainable for

2363
02:02:24,000 --> 02:02:25,479
one season in a span of two weeks.

2364
02:02:25,640 --> 02:02:26,560
Speaker 3: That's just the bottom line.

2365
02:02:27,279 --> 02:02:29,680
Speaker 11: But if you allow Jackson Smith the Jigba to beat you,

2366
02:02:29,840 --> 02:02:32,520
basically you're just saying that this one dude who is

2367
02:02:32,680 --> 02:02:35,159
constantly being able to get on open again, he's averaging

2368
02:02:35,199 --> 02:02:37,039
one hundred and sixteen yards per game.

2369
02:02:37,479 --> 02:02:40,319
Speaker 3: The rest of the offense is averaging one hundred and twelve.

2370
02:02:41,159 --> 02:02:41,840
That's where we are.

2371
02:02:42,600 --> 02:02:45,840
Speaker 11: It comes down to stop in whatever you're seeing from

2372
02:02:45,920 --> 02:02:46,479
number eleven.

2373
02:02:47,079 --> 02:02:49,039
Speaker 3: He gets on open, you find a way to shut

2374
02:02:49,119 --> 02:02:49,439
him down.

2375
02:02:49,840 --> 02:02:51,399
Speaker 11: This is one of those games where again we don't

2376
02:02:51,479 --> 02:02:54,000
like talking about with the Texans defense, they like playing

2377
02:02:54,039 --> 02:02:57,279
a coverage standpoint where you're getting a lockdown man corner

2378
02:02:57,279 --> 02:03:00,520
where it's Derek Stingley playing you know, playing there and

2379
02:03:00,640 --> 02:03:02,159
being basically in locks up with him.

2380
02:03:02,520 --> 02:03:03,680
Speaker 3: It's one of the games where you have to have

2381
02:03:03,760 --> 02:03:04,880
it simply put.

2382
02:03:05,159 --> 02:03:06,840
Speaker 11: Because I can tell you what, Kamari Laster will be

2383
02:03:06,880 --> 02:03:09,600
able to be able to run, bump and run when

2384
02:03:09,640 --> 02:03:12,079
it comes with a Cooper Cup. You'll be able to

2385
02:03:12,119 --> 02:03:14,640
get Jalen Petrie covered, AJ Barner, You'll be able to

2386
02:03:14,680 --> 02:03:16,760
get Kaylin Bullock taking the top off of the defense.

2387
02:03:16,760 --> 02:03:18,840
When it comes to like Tory Horton, the other rookie

2388
02:03:18,880 --> 02:03:21,439
from Colorado State like, they'll be able to shut them down.

2389
02:03:21,880 --> 02:03:23,720
This is one of those games where you basically are

2390
02:03:23,760 --> 02:03:26,239
a follower. If you are Derek Singley junior and you

2391
02:03:26,279 --> 02:03:28,680
make sure that Jackson, then Jigma beats you. He beats

2392
02:03:28,680 --> 02:03:29,960
you on a short rounde, he beats you for a

2393
02:03:30,000 --> 02:03:31,439
gain of three beats you for a game of two.

2394
02:03:32,279 --> 02:03:34,479
That's all you need for the offensive side of things. Now,

2395
02:03:34,520 --> 02:03:37,920
on the other standpoint, here's where I do fear for Houston.

2396
02:03:38,199 --> 02:03:39,840
And tell me if I'm wrong to think this way.

2397
02:03:39,920 --> 02:03:44,880
Jonathan Okay Texans for playing elite offensively the last five

2398
02:03:44,960 --> 02:03:48,199
quarters when we saw them forty four points, forty four

2399
02:03:48,239 --> 02:03:51,600
points against Baltimore, twenty six points all coming in the

2400
02:03:51,600 --> 02:03:55,960
fourth quarter against Tennessee. And we could say bad defenses

2401
02:03:56,399 --> 02:03:58,439
versus what is going to be a top ten defense?

2402
02:03:58,600 --> 02:04:00,640
For sure, we could say that definitely as a factor.

2403
02:04:01,399 --> 02:04:07,920
But there's something about building confidence, having more consistency. Back

2404
02:04:07,960 --> 02:04:10,880
to back games where it felt like this offense finally

2405
02:04:10,920 --> 02:04:12,079
figured out how to run the show.

2406
02:04:12,159 --> 02:04:13,000
Speaker 3: Underneath Nick Kaylee.

2407
02:04:13,279 --> 02:04:16,279
Speaker 11: You're running the football efficiently, You're winning on third down.

2408
02:04:16,720 --> 02:04:20,000
Other wide receivers are getting on open x Na Nico Collins,

2409
02:04:20,279 --> 02:04:22,159
You're not fumbling the football inside the red.

2410
02:04:22,159 --> 02:04:23,640
Speaker 3: Zone, You're making plays.

2411
02:04:23,960 --> 02:04:26,399
Speaker 11: You're able to go ahead and be consistent when you're

2412
02:04:26,439 --> 02:04:27,199
inside the twenty.

2413
02:04:27,960 --> 02:04:29,359
Speaker 3: And then you have a bye weekend, you're off of

2414
02:04:29,399 --> 02:04:30,000
fifteen days.

2415
02:04:30,840 --> 02:04:33,079
Speaker 11: It felt like a long My fear is that those

2416
02:04:33,199 --> 02:04:36,960
fifteen days you can't keep that inertia. You can't keep

2417
02:04:37,000 --> 02:04:39,319
that identity, and then it's gonna come back and it's

2418
02:04:39,319 --> 02:04:40,079
gonna hurt Ship.

2419
02:04:40,479 --> 02:04:43,039
Speaker 3: Like yeah, and you're gonna be smack dive in Seattle.

2420
02:04:43,279 --> 02:04:45,760
Speaker 11: And you're playing against a team that's number two in

2421
02:04:45,880 --> 02:04:48,479
run defense in the NFL, so they automatically make your

2422
02:04:48,520 --> 02:04:51,119
offense one dimensional. You're playing against a team that is

2423
02:04:51,239 --> 02:04:54,640
top five in sacks, top five in pressure rates, top

2424
02:04:54,720 --> 02:04:57,760
five in pass rush win rate. They got a great

2425
02:04:57,880 --> 02:05:01,239
defensive line on the interior where Byron Murphy and Leonard Williams.

2426
02:05:01,279 --> 02:05:04,600
That are gonna be a challenge for Jake Andrews, be

2427
02:05:04,680 --> 02:05:07,479
a challenge for Jews Scrugs. Even you can say Ed Ingram,

2428
02:05:07,520 --> 02:05:09,760
who has been probably one of the biggest fines of

2429
02:05:09,800 --> 02:05:12,439
the offseason for Houston, in a really good addition to

2430
02:05:12,520 --> 02:05:12,960
this line.

2431
02:05:13,399 --> 02:05:14,279
Speaker 2: They're gonna get worked.

2432
02:05:14,520 --> 02:05:17,560
Speaker 11: And if they don't get work, Titus Howard and Arianta Erstrie,

2433
02:05:17,600 --> 02:05:19,880
they got to go up against Ernest Walker, I mean

2434
02:05:20,560 --> 02:05:24,800
Ernest Jones, DeMarcus Walker, boy a mafe, then get after him.

2435
02:05:25,039 --> 02:05:28,119
Speaker 3: My question is to you, like, now, if say we

2436
02:05:28,199 --> 02:05:31,319
don't say we don't win, say it's say Houston doesn't win, right,

2437
02:05:31,399 --> 02:05:33,720
say it's twenty seven to twenty one. Sure, do we

2438
02:05:33,840 --> 02:05:37,800
still feel somewhat motivate? Okay, we still have something that

2439
02:05:37,920 --> 02:05:40,319
we just gotta figure out last couple of pieces before

2440
02:05:40,319 --> 02:05:41,079
we move on to the season.

2441
02:05:41,199 --> 02:05:42,159
Speaker 2: Or is it like everything's over?

2442
02:05:42,279 --> 02:05:43,720
Speaker 11: You know what's gonna be interesting to me seeing what

2443
02:05:43,760 --> 02:05:45,920
this Russian attack looks like because I have been pro

2444
02:05:46,319 --> 02:05:50,199
let's not trade for a running back, right, you don't know,

2445
02:05:50,960 --> 02:05:53,520
I'm not paying a third round pick for Brees Hall

2446
02:05:53,640 --> 02:05:55,359
to be here for four months and us to go

2447
02:05:55,479 --> 02:05:57,359
ten and seven and lose in the first round of

2448
02:05:57,359 --> 02:05:59,520
the playoffs. Like that's the thing, is that when you

2449
02:05:59,640 --> 02:06:02,199
trade for a Breest Hall, you know that he's gonna

2450
02:06:02,239 --> 02:06:03,319
want top dollar elsewhere.

2451
02:06:03,600 --> 02:06:05,920
Speaker 3: And what if he ends up hitting in Houston? What

2452
02:06:06,039 --> 02:06:08,119
if he ends up being a godsend.

2453
02:06:08,119 --> 02:06:10,520
Speaker 11: He's averaging one hundred and ten yards per game, finds

2454
02:06:10,560 --> 02:06:13,720
the end zone seven times, He's averaging six point two

2455
02:06:13,800 --> 02:06:14,479
yards to carry.

2456
02:06:15,039 --> 02:06:15,800
Speaker 3: You know what that's doing.

2457
02:06:16,279 --> 02:06:18,159
Speaker 11: It's allowing his agent to go out into the open

2458
02:06:18,239 --> 02:06:20,319
market and say, look at what my running back can

2459
02:06:20,359 --> 02:06:23,199
do behind a mediocre offensive line. Imaginef you'd give him

2460
02:06:23,199 --> 02:06:25,600
protection up front, how much he's gonna be able to pile,

2461
02:06:25,720 --> 02:06:27,880
drive forward, how much we're gonna be able to see

2462
02:06:27,960 --> 02:06:31,079
yards after contact and making place, how versatile he can

2463
02:06:31,159 --> 02:06:33,359
be with a certain offense. So you're giving up a

2464
02:06:33,439 --> 02:06:35,800
third round pick to land a guy that's only a

2465
02:06:35,920 --> 02:06:40,920
rental that probably gets you to the playoffs, maybe as

2466
02:06:40,920 --> 02:06:42,880
a wild card team, because whether or not we want

2467
02:06:42,920 --> 02:06:46,479
to admit it, Indianapolis is good. Like Indianapolis is no

2468
02:06:46,560 --> 02:06:48,560
longer a team that we can just sit around and say, oh,

2469
02:06:48,640 --> 02:06:50,520
they faced off against mediocre competition.

2470
02:06:50,840 --> 02:06:53,119
Speaker 3: They can only win when they play at Lucas Oil Stadium.

2471
02:06:53,399 --> 02:06:56,760
Speaker 11: They went on the road, they took on Justin Herbert,

2472
02:06:57,079 --> 02:06:59,720
and they made Indiana Jones look like an MVP.

2473
02:07:00,199 --> 02:07:01,640
Speaker 3: I mean, that's what we saw yesterday.

2474
02:07:01,760 --> 02:07:03,920
Speaker 11: So, whether or not you want to l by the way,

2475
02:07:03,920 --> 02:07:08,119
the other thing, Jonathan, their defensive line is elite. Their

2476
02:07:08,159 --> 02:07:10,920
offensive line can make Houston's offensive line look mediocre, I

2477
02:07:10,960 --> 02:07:14,359
mean defensive line look mediocre. Can So you gotta take

2478
02:07:14,399 --> 02:07:16,840
them in consideration. At this point, they're a legit threat.

2479
02:07:17,319 --> 02:07:19,239
So adding in Breese Hall, what that's gonna do for

2480
02:07:19,359 --> 02:07:23,439
you is at most probably gets you to ten and seven.

2481
02:07:24,000 --> 02:07:26,560
Speaker 3: You're not hosting a playoff game. You're on the road.

2482
02:07:27,199 --> 02:07:29,960
You may or may not win that game, and then

2483
02:07:30,000 --> 02:07:31,000
he becomes a free agent.

2484
02:07:31,159 --> 02:07:32,920
Speaker 11: Oh and by the way, if I didn't mention this before,

2485
02:07:33,239 --> 02:07:34,880
remember how you had a third round pick that you

2486
02:07:34,880 --> 02:07:36,640
gotta give up at Breese Hall. Do you know who

2487
02:07:36,680 --> 02:07:38,800
else to give up a third round pick for what

2488
02:07:38,960 --> 02:07:43,119
he marks? Traded into the fourth traded in two day

2489
02:07:43,159 --> 02:07:45,479
two day three by giving up your third round pick

2490
02:07:45,520 --> 02:07:47,640
next year for the New York Giants.

2491
02:07:48,079 --> 02:07:49,760
Speaker 3: So you have what he marks for a third round pick.

2492
02:07:50,159 --> 02:07:52,439
Speaker 11: So I gotta give that up. So I team, let's

2493
02:07:52,520 --> 02:07:54,640
not move for a running back that's a rental. And

2494
02:07:54,760 --> 02:07:58,960
also I'm not gonna go after Alvin Kamara like I understand,

2495
02:08:00,079 --> 02:08:03,600
because here's the thing. Here's the Jonathan can you tell me?

2496
02:08:03,880 --> 02:08:05,159
Can you tell me the year that he's rushed for

2497
02:08:05,159 --> 02:08:05,760
a thousand yards?

2498
02:08:06,279 --> 02:08:07,840
Speaker 2: It's god be since I was in high school.

2499
02:08:07,840 --> 02:08:09,279
Speaker 3: Man, he has a rush for a thousand yards? It

2500
02:08:09,359 --> 02:08:09,840
never happened.

2501
02:08:11,600 --> 02:08:14,000
Speaker 11: It's total yards that we got to talk about with him.

2502
02:08:14,319 --> 02:08:16,920
He gets most of his yards after contact as a

2503
02:08:16,960 --> 02:08:19,760
receiving threat. Who did you just draft that was known

2504
02:08:19,800 --> 02:08:23,399
as a receiving threat a Mississippi State and USC Woody marks.

2505
02:08:23,960 --> 02:08:26,800
So we're really gonna add in a more expensive running

2506
02:08:26,840 --> 02:08:30,079
back that probably is going to not fix our team

2507
02:08:30,159 --> 02:08:32,520
in other areas when we already have a running back

2508
02:08:32,560 --> 02:08:34,359
that was known for being a pass catcher and good

2509
02:08:34,439 --> 02:08:37,399
yards after contact. What are we doing at that standpoint?

2510
02:08:38,000 --> 02:08:40,119
But if the Texans show you enough offensively the night

2511
02:08:40,119 --> 02:08:42,159
when it comes to the passing game, if the pass

2512
02:08:42,199 --> 02:08:44,960
protection is good enough to keep CJ shot upright, and

2513
02:08:45,039 --> 02:08:48,399
we see another performance like we watched against Baltimore against Tennessee,

2514
02:08:48,920 --> 02:08:52,239
but the rushing attack is obsolete, it's a conversation Nick

2515
02:08:52,319 --> 02:08:55,399
Cassario has to have. It's a legit one because this

2516
02:08:55,560 --> 02:08:57,520
is a team that does feel like it's missing an

2517
02:08:57,560 --> 02:09:01,039
element offensively. You're watching its Jaden Higgins is growing into

2518
02:09:01,119 --> 02:09:04,720
a quality wide receiver. Number three, You're watching Xavier Hutchinson

2519
02:09:04,800 --> 02:09:07,720
stepping on up and being a capable, a complimentary piece

2520
02:09:07,760 --> 02:09:11,359
in Ego Collins. Nico Collins is still Nico Collins, top

2521
02:09:11,439 --> 02:09:12,880
ten wide receiver in the NFL.

2522
02:09:13,319 --> 02:09:14,600
Speaker 3: Dalton Schultz is who he is.

2523
02:09:14,680 --> 02:09:16,600
Speaker 11: He's not athletic to say the least, but he'll get

2524
02:09:16,640 --> 02:09:20,039
the job done at tight end. Your offensive line looks

2525
02:09:20,279 --> 02:09:22,920
better in pass protection, but again, the bottom you were

2526
02:09:22,960 --> 02:09:25,479
at the very much rock bottom last year, So the

2527
02:09:25,560 --> 02:09:26,640
only place to go is up.

2528
02:09:27,760 --> 02:09:28,680
Speaker 2: You're missing one thing.

2529
02:09:29,359 --> 02:09:30,840
Speaker 3: So if the Texans can.

2530
02:09:30,800 --> 02:09:34,399
Speaker 11: Show me tonight they can run the football at an

2531
02:09:34,439 --> 02:09:37,520
efficient level, even in a loss, you may feel like

2532
02:09:37,720 --> 02:09:40,359
there's enough here to say. Listen, we beat up on Denver,

2533
02:09:40,720 --> 02:09:42,640
they had to come back against the New York Giants

2534
02:09:42,640 --> 02:09:45,640
who gave them the game. They beat up on Matt Jones,

2535
02:09:46,039 --> 02:09:48,840
they find a way to beat Jacksonville. Okay, they're about

2536
02:09:48,880 --> 02:09:50,960
five hundred. They're right back in the hunt for at

2537
02:09:51,000 --> 02:09:53,359
least a wildcard spot, and we can make maybe a

2538
02:09:53,399 --> 02:09:55,640
conversation on adding in some depth on the offensive line.

2539
02:09:56,039 --> 02:09:58,520
Maybe we can go bring in a veteran receiver that

2540
02:09:58,560 --> 02:09:59,960
can take a little bit of pressure off a jayl

2541
02:10:00,079 --> 02:10:01,600
and Knowle, because if we don't know the stats of

2542
02:10:01,680 --> 02:10:05,760
Christian Kirk long term with the hamstring issues, we don't

2543
02:10:05,760 --> 02:10:07,279
know if Mixon is gonna be back this year. So

2544
02:10:07,680 --> 02:10:09,159
there's a lot of things that you can learn in

2545
02:10:09,239 --> 02:10:11,079
a loss to where the Texans can fix the things.

2546
02:10:11,119 --> 02:10:13,720
But bottom line, in my opinion is that if you

2547
02:10:13,880 --> 02:10:16,039
can have the same offensive idanity that we watched the

2548
02:10:16,119 --> 02:10:18,199
last five quarters that they were on the field, and

2549
02:10:18,319 --> 02:10:21,680
you could shut down jacksonith the jigba. I mean, the Texans,

2550
02:10:21,720 --> 02:10:23,560
in my opinion, should be favored in this game. I

2551
02:10:23,680 --> 02:10:25,520
know that's a homeer isn't pick, but still I think

2552
02:10:25,560 --> 02:10:27,560
the Texans, when you look at how they've looked as

2553
02:10:27,640 --> 02:10:30,000
of the last two games, if that's the version that

2554
02:10:30,039 --> 02:10:32,199
we see in Seattle, number one, it's gonna be a

2555
02:10:32,279 --> 02:10:34,920
high scoring affair and number two. Texans may end up

2556
02:10:34,920 --> 02:10:37,000
pulling this one out and it may be really promising.

2557
02:10:37,199 --> 02:10:40,079
Seven one three, two one two five seven ninety Texans talk.

2558
02:10:40,439 --> 02:10:42,319
I just want to talk about the Cougars. I also

2559
02:10:42,399 --> 02:10:46,439
want to talk about tonight's game between Seattle and Toronto.

2560
02:10:47,319 --> 02:10:49,560
I do think that there is a reason why, regardless

2561
02:10:49,560 --> 02:10:52,119
of who wins, Jonathan, we have to root for the

2562
02:10:52,159 --> 02:10:55,119
American League to beat the Dodgers, and there's a big

2563
02:10:55,239 --> 02:10:55,720
factor in it.

2564
02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:57,079
Speaker 3: But I don't want to talk one more thing about

2565
02:10:57,119 --> 02:10:58,399
the Texans with you.

2566
02:10:58,560 --> 02:10:58,960
Speaker 2: What was up?

2567
02:10:59,479 --> 02:11:02,359
Speaker 3: So I agree with you with the American League gotta

2568
02:11:02,399 --> 02:11:02,800
win tonight.

2569
02:11:02,920 --> 02:11:05,000
Speaker 11: Gotta figure out a way for whoever wins this one

2570
02:11:05,079 --> 02:11:05,760
you gotta be pulling for.

2571
02:11:05,840 --> 02:11:07,840
Speaker 3: I'll explain that. Do you want to talk about the Texans.

2572
02:11:07,920 --> 02:11:10,279
Speaker 11: One thing that I am looking for in Tonight's game

2573
02:11:10,439 --> 02:11:11,880
and a tell the other things on The Matt Thomas

2574
02:11:11,920 --> 02:11:14,439
Show featuring Ross with no Matt Thomas or Ross right

2575
02:11:14,479 --> 02:11:15,560
here on Sports Talk seven.

2576
02:11:15,439 --> 02:11:22,159
Speaker 3: Ninety Oh boy, bad news.

2577
02:11:22,840 --> 02:11:23,560
Speaker 2: What time? What's on?

2578
02:11:24,960 --> 02:11:26,399
Speaker 3: For the Seattle Seahawks.

2579
02:11:27,920 --> 02:11:32,159
Speaker 11: According to the Texans PR team, the Texans have activated

2580
02:11:32,199 --> 02:11:34,720
the following players from the physically unable to perform list,

2581
02:11:35,720 --> 02:11:41,600
Denny go Autry, Jalen Reid. The Texans have also waived

2582
02:11:42,079 --> 02:11:45,159
Zion Childress. I know I set that up for probably

2583
02:11:45,239 --> 02:11:47,560
something that was a lot bigger. I I don't care.

2584
02:11:47,920 --> 02:11:50,439
It's more depth for the defense for Sam draw to

2585
02:11:50,479 --> 02:11:53,279
have to deal with. I'm fine with that, big I'm

2586
02:11:53,359 --> 02:11:56,239
content with that. You get another name in the trenches,

2587
02:11:56,520 --> 02:11:59,880
the paralong side of Daniel Hunter, paralong cyber Will Anderson,

2588
02:12:00,279 --> 02:12:02,720
takes some pressure off of what you get in Tim Settle,

2589
02:12:03,239 --> 02:12:07,479
Mario Edwards. It's another rotational option. It's a better fit

2590
02:12:07,600 --> 02:12:10,319
potentially than Darryl Taylor. It's a better name than maybe

2591
02:12:10,399 --> 02:12:14,319
Derek Barnett. You're adding in another safety, get some reps

2592
02:12:14,359 --> 02:12:15,079
away from m J.

2593
02:12:15,279 --> 02:12:15,720
Speaker 2: Stewart.

2594
02:12:16,319 --> 02:12:18,800
Speaker 11: Maybe Jalen Reed is gonna be that thumper that takes

2595
02:12:18,840 --> 02:12:20,960
the place to see j Gardner Johnson long term.

2596
02:12:21,680 --> 02:12:23,520
Speaker 3: I'll take it. I'll take whatever it.

2597
02:12:23,600 --> 02:12:26,800
Speaker 11: Takes to be able to get the Texans a victory

2598
02:12:26,840 --> 02:12:30,439
tonight in a game that should never have been scheduled

2599
02:12:30,720 --> 02:12:31,640
for nine o'clock.

2600
02:12:32,319 --> 02:12:34,520
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I'm be honest, guy, I don't think I'm

2601
02:12:34,520 --> 02:12:34,920
watching all that.

2602
02:12:35,319 --> 02:12:35,640
Speaker 2: I don't know.

2603
02:12:35,840 --> 02:12:38,479
Speaker 11: See, You're lucky because I have to write about it

2604
02:12:38,520 --> 02:12:42,520
for Texans Wire, So I gotta stay awake for every

2605
02:12:42,600 --> 02:12:46,800
single snap, then postgame, then recap. Then I gets a

2606
02:12:46,880 --> 02:12:49,800
comeback here on like four hours of sleep and do

2607
02:12:49,880 --> 02:12:51,159
this whole shin dig again tomorrow.

2608
02:12:51,319 --> 02:12:52,479
Speaker 3: So it's gonna be a day for me.

2609
02:12:52,720 --> 02:12:54,199
Speaker 2: It's I am I.

2610
02:12:55,840 --> 02:12:58,000
Speaker 11: It is the case of the worst Mondays as possible

2611
02:12:58,039 --> 02:13:03,319
because of again long weekend, Texans, fifteen days off since

2612
02:13:03,359 --> 02:13:05,880
the last time we saw them, and we gotta wait

2613
02:13:05,960 --> 02:13:09,319
until nine o'clock just to be able to see them

2614
02:13:09,399 --> 02:13:13,520
on the field. Case in point, it's frustrating. Who is

2615
02:13:13,560 --> 02:13:15,359
the one player that you want to see something from tonight?

2616
02:13:16,000 --> 02:13:17,640
Jonathan Allen, Dude.

2617
02:13:18,279 --> 02:13:22,319
Speaker 3: I truly want to see that we can trust Nick

2618
02:13:22,399 --> 02:13:25,880
Chubb as much like yeah we had against the Ravens

2619
02:13:25,960 --> 02:13:29,039
defense in Tennessee. I really want to be confident enough

2620
02:13:29,079 --> 02:13:31,439
to be like, you know what, Okay, Nick Chubb realize

2621
02:13:31,479 --> 02:13:33,359
he might get a job took as RB one and

2622
02:13:33,880 --> 02:13:36,359
he's gonna handle business. You get what I'm saying, because

2623
02:13:36,399 --> 02:13:38,640
if not, what are we doing here? Like how you said,

2624
02:13:39,520 --> 02:13:41,760
they might be eager to get brace Hall and really

2625
02:13:42,039 --> 02:13:44,359
it's not smart too, but they might get desperate enough

2626
02:13:44,359 --> 02:13:45,840
if Nick Chubb doesn't show up for the job. You

2627
02:13:45,880 --> 02:13:47,720
gee what I'm saying, it's a good pick.

2628
02:13:48,319 --> 02:13:49,720
Speaker 11: I will not push back on that one at all,

2629
02:13:49,840 --> 02:13:51,680
because you know what, you brought in Nick Chubb on

2630
02:13:51,720 --> 02:13:53,920
a very cheap, friendly deal. And the reason why is

2631
02:13:53,960 --> 02:13:56,000
because of you realize he needed to go ahead.

2632
02:13:55,800 --> 02:13:56,600
Speaker 2: And have a home.

2633
02:13:57,119 --> 02:13:59,399
Speaker 11: Nobody was going after him. We'll pay two point five

2634
02:13:59,399 --> 02:14:01,840
million dollars. If you end up hitting five million dollars,

2635
02:14:02,359 --> 02:14:03,359
that's chump chains to us.

2636
02:14:03,760 --> 02:14:04,319
Speaker 3: And that's nothing.

2637
02:14:04,479 --> 02:14:07,960
Speaker 11: We get vintage version of Nick Chubb four point five

2638
02:14:08,039 --> 02:14:11,920
yards of play bull dozing over defensive backs into the

2639
02:14:12,039 --> 02:14:15,039
end zone first downs galore, y'all take that.

2640
02:14:15,560 --> 02:14:17,960
Speaker 3: I'll pay five million dollars for that. That's not we

2641
02:14:18,039 --> 02:14:20,680
need to hit desperately, and that would just be amazing

2642
02:14:20,760 --> 02:14:23,000
just for these be even three and three two, say

2643
02:14:23,039 --> 02:14:23,399
we win that.

2644
02:14:23,720 --> 02:14:23,880
Speaker 2: Man.

2645
02:14:24,319 --> 02:14:25,600
Speaker 11: Do you want to know who I'm looking at tonight?

2646
02:14:25,880 --> 02:14:30,880
Tell me Jalen Nole. Jalen, let me explain. So when

2647
02:14:30,880 --> 02:14:33,039
the Texans decided to move out of the first round

2648
02:14:33,079 --> 02:14:35,119
and not draft an offensive lineman, which I thought was

2649
02:14:35,680 --> 02:14:39,319
massive mistake to begin with, I figured, Okay, you go

2650
02:14:39,479 --> 02:14:42,560
bring in a wide receiver. My favorite wide receiver in

2651
02:14:42,600 --> 02:14:45,880
this draft class was Kyle Williams out of Washington.

2652
02:14:46,039 --> 02:14:48,880
Speaker 3: My number two was Jalen Nole. I love Jalen Mole's tape.

2653
02:14:49,560 --> 02:14:52,039
Speaker 11: If you watched him at Iowa State, the way he

2654
02:14:52,239 --> 02:14:54,319
was able to get in and out of small little

2655
02:14:54,399 --> 02:14:57,399
creases and be a security blanket for Rocko Beck in

2656
02:14:57,520 --> 02:15:01,199
this high tempo scoring offense for Matt Campbell, you would

2657
02:15:01,199 --> 02:15:04,680
have thought day one player. If he was not five

2658
02:15:04,760 --> 02:15:07,319
foot ten, and by the way he's and by the

2659
02:15:07,359 --> 02:15:10,399
way they lie, I'll tell you right now, ladies and gentlemen,

2660
02:15:10,520 --> 02:15:13,279
they lie on the stat sheets, they lie on the website.

2661
02:15:13,640 --> 02:15:16,359
Speaker 3: He's not five to ten. He's probably five nine.

2662
02:15:16,239 --> 02:15:16,840
Speaker 2: On a good day.

2663
02:15:17,920 --> 02:15:20,720
Speaker 11: But if he was six foot after what he did

2664
02:15:20,920 --> 02:15:25,920
last season at I was here, Yes, li lies, I'm

2665
02:15:26,039 --> 02:15:28,319
five foot seven, which means I'm actually probably not five

2666
02:15:28,319 --> 02:15:30,399
foot seven. I'm probably five foot six. That's how short

2667
02:15:30,479 --> 02:15:32,439
I am. We lie about our height all the time.

2668
02:15:32,880 --> 02:15:34,520
Speaker 3: They're lying to you. They're telling you that.

2669
02:15:35,800 --> 02:15:39,279
Speaker 11: But if he was six foot six foot one first

2670
02:15:39,359 --> 02:15:43,439
round pick, not even a second glance, incredible change in direction,

2671
02:15:44,239 --> 02:15:49,840
good speed, exceptional hands, did not drop any balls, special teams, galore,

2672
02:15:50,600 --> 02:15:53,359
super wiz at that standpoint, and he was split in

2673
02:15:53,439 --> 02:15:56,479
reps with the other Texans receiver, Jayden Higgins. Now, I

2674
02:15:56,640 --> 02:15:58,680
like Jayden Higgins and Jayden Niggins. I think is a

2675
02:15:58,960 --> 02:16:02,720
very good COMPLI men your receiver in today's game. I

2676
02:16:02,800 --> 02:16:05,079
think Jalen Nole can be a game changer. But this

2677
02:16:05,279 --> 02:16:08,960
season five catches for twenty two yards one touchdown. Yeah,

2678
02:16:08,960 --> 02:16:10,039
I was like, you haven't seen much of him.

2679
02:16:10,079 --> 02:16:11,560
Speaker 3: You have not seen a lick of him.

2680
02:16:11,640 --> 02:16:14,199
Speaker 11: And the frustrating part is that even when you didn't

2681
02:16:14,239 --> 02:16:16,800
have Christian Kirk out there, and you didn't have Braxton

2682
02:16:16,840 --> 02:16:19,680
Burrios out there, Nick Kyley in the offense said, Hey,

2683
02:16:19,680 --> 02:16:23,119
we're gonna turn to Justin Watson. Watson's gonna see the

2684
02:16:23,159 --> 02:16:24,960
field and he's going to make an impact for our team.

2685
02:16:25,039 --> 02:16:28,479
He's gonna play forty five percent of reps. What are

2686
02:16:28,479 --> 02:16:30,479
we going to learn from him? A guy who's been

2687
02:16:30,520 --> 02:16:32,479
in the league for seven years and is best known

2688
02:16:32,559 --> 02:16:34,840
for being a special teamer at most, What are we

2689
02:16:34,920 --> 02:16:37,520
gonna see from this guy that was, as in the

2690
02:16:37,639 --> 02:16:41,239
words of what Kurt Warner, oh, a reliable security blanket

2691
02:16:41,280 --> 02:16:44,120
as the number six receiver for Patrick Mahomes. Like, give

2692
02:16:44,159 --> 02:16:46,079
me a break. The dude barely saw the field last

2693
02:16:46,120 --> 02:16:46,799
year in Kansas City.

2694
02:16:47,000 --> 02:16:49,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're You're a very big team on developmental like

2695
02:16:49,879 --> 02:16:51,799
especially with Witty Marx, like Witty Marks.

2696
02:16:51,799 --> 02:16:52,559
Speaker 2: You're very big on that.

2697
02:16:53,239 --> 02:16:56,559
Speaker 11: Jalen Knowle finished with over eleven hundred receiving yards last year.

2698
02:16:56,799 --> 02:16:59,879
Was should have been an All American fourteen point nine

2699
02:17:00,079 --> 02:17:03,479
yard to play eight touchdowns. He had seven plays of

2700
02:17:03,559 --> 02:17:06,680
over fifty yard soundfield and Christian Kirk is on a

2701
02:17:06,760 --> 02:17:09,760
one year contract. Christian Kirk is dealing with a hamstring

2702
02:17:09,840 --> 02:17:12,959
injury and this is not the first time that we

2703
02:17:13,079 --> 02:17:15,719
have seen him dealing with a lower body ailment.

2704
02:17:17,040 --> 02:17:17,959
Speaker 3: He may miss some time.

2705
02:17:19,040 --> 02:17:21,840
Speaker 11: This is your opportunity to really take over as that

2706
02:17:21,959 --> 02:17:25,440
future slot receiver that Chaine Mover, that guy who is

2707
02:17:25,520 --> 02:17:28,040
able to turn a five yard slamt pattern into a

2708
02:17:28,120 --> 02:17:32,319
forty five yard game. And in my opinion, I think

2709
02:17:32,319 --> 02:17:35,639
that Jalen Knowle from a talent perspective, just from a

2710
02:17:35,840 --> 02:17:40,600
talent perspective, may be the better of the two Iowa

2711
02:17:40,680 --> 02:17:41,559
state wide receivers.

2712
02:17:42,520 --> 02:17:44,319
Speaker 3: So if I get him more involved in the.

2713
02:17:44,319 --> 02:17:48,559
Speaker 11: Game, if I'm able to get six seven completions and

2714
02:17:48,719 --> 02:17:51,879
in this offensive line that we know going against one of,

2715
02:17:51,959 --> 02:17:55,680
if not the best NFC defensive line currently in the NFL,

2716
02:17:56,639 --> 02:17:59,280
the dink and dunk passes, if he's able to make

2717
02:17:59,600 --> 02:18:03,120
defender slip, if he's able to go ahead and turn small,

2718
02:18:03,200 --> 02:18:09,520
little quick passes into immediate, intermediate, twelve fifteen, seventeen yard gains.

2719
02:18:10,360 --> 02:18:14,079
Chain mover keeps defenses guessing. It forces you to have

2720
02:18:14,200 --> 02:18:17,520
to maneuver and make some switches for your defense. Right now,

2721
02:18:17,879 --> 02:18:20,239
Devon Witherspoon has been probably one of the better nickel

2722
02:18:20,239 --> 02:18:23,280
defenders in the NFL, A name that people continuously sleep

2723
02:18:23,319 --> 02:18:25,959
on because we don't think of the nickel defender. We

2724
02:18:26,000 --> 02:18:27,920
think of the outside guys. We think of Sauce Garner,

2725
02:18:28,000 --> 02:18:30,200
we think of Derek Singley Junior. We think of what

2726
02:18:30,239 --> 02:18:32,440
we're seeing with guys like even Terry and Arnold, who's.

2727
02:18:32,280 --> 02:18:32,959
Speaker 3: Not meeting the goals.

2728
02:18:33,639 --> 02:18:36,479
Speaker 11: The Nickel defender at this point has become so influential

2729
02:18:36,600 --> 02:18:40,040
on the status of great defensive play that if you're

2730
02:18:40,079 --> 02:18:44,959
able to embarrass him with Jalen Ole, I mean, you

2731
02:18:45,040 --> 02:18:47,520
got yourself a bona fide stud and you got yourself

2732
02:18:47,559 --> 02:18:51,319
somebody that you can now envision past this season having

2733
02:18:51,319 --> 02:18:53,959
a good repertoire with Nico Collins.

2734
02:18:54,399 --> 02:18:56,360
Speaker 3: And then the other thing that you're gonna have to realize.

2735
02:18:56,120 --> 02:18:59,479
Speaker 11: Is if you have a good slot receiver, especially in

2736
02:18:59,520 --> 02:19:02,319
an often that's gonna rely on tempo more than anything else,

2737
02:19:04,159 --> 02:19:08,680
there's an opportunity for you to then force defenses to

2738
02:19:08,719 --> 02:19:09,719
have to pay attention to him.

2739
02:19:10,159 --> 02:19:13,719
Speaker 3: Which what does that do? Jonathan opens up the outside

2740
02:19:13,760 --> 02:19:15,319
for Nico Collins to where you have to play one

2741
02:19:15,360 --> 02:19:15,600
of them.

2742
02:19:15,920 --> 02:19:18,520
Speaker 11: Okay, And and you're telling me at this point that

2743
02:19:18,840 --> 02:19:20,959
anybody is going to be able to stop a Nico

2744
02:19:21,040 --> 02:19:21,760
Collins one one.

2745
02:19:21,920 --> 02:19:22,440
Speaker 2: Just spare me.

2746
02:19:23,159 --> 02:19:25,959
Speaker 3: This is not a good secondary. He was ranked like

2747
02:19:26,040 --> 02:19:29,440
what forty five best player NFL preseason Nicol Collins, So

2748
02:19:29,520 --> 02:19:33,040
I mean, dude, he's gonna be fine. Nico Collins and

2749
02:19:33,120 --> 02:19:33,959
I think could have a day.

2750
02:19:34,360 --> 02:19:36,040
Speaker 11: And the reason he could have a day is because

2751
02:19:36,079 --> 02:19:38,920
if Jalen Knowles consistently moving the chains early on to

2752
02:19:39,000 --> 02:19:41,920
take pressure to where Mike McDonald's defense is going to

2753
02:19:42,000 --> 02:19:43,959
have to mix some switches. Here's another reason why I

2754
02:19:43,959 --> 02:19:47,040
think the Texas could win tonight. And Softie brought this

2755
02:19:47,200 --> 02:19:50,319
up on your show earlier. Okay, what's his what's Mike

2756
02:19:50,399 --> 02:19:53,319
McDonald's record at home? It was four and eight, rights

2757
02:19:53,520 --> 02:19:56,920
four and eight. He's a better road coach than he

2758
02:19:57,079 --> 02:19:57,680
is a home.

2759
02:19:57,559 --> 02:20:01,600
Speaker 3: Coach, which is give me an explanation that I actually can't.

2760
02:20:01,840 --> 02:20:05,040
Speaker 11: There's nothing behind it, I mean, sincerely, because last season

2761
02:20:05,040 --> 02:20:07,280
they went ten and seven, they were sub five. I

2762
02:20:07,319 --> 02:20:09,680
think they won three games at home last year Ritino Smithy.

2763
02:20:10,040 --> 02:20:12,959
They lost already one game this year to Baker Mayfield

2764
02:20:12,959 --> 02:20:14,120
and the Buccaneers.

2765
02:20:13,680 --> 02:20:14,399
Speaker 3: At home this season.

2766
02:20:15,360 --> 02:20:17,079
Speaker 11: I mean, and we are talking about again a team

2767
02:20:17,159 --> 02:20:20,000
that probably should be sitting at five and one right

2768
02:20:20,200 --> 02:20:22,520
if not for the fumble against San Francisco. They win

2769
02:20:22,639 --> 02:20:24,840
that game, and it's a completely different conversation that we're

2770
02:20:24,879 --> 02:20:28,120
having about this new version of Seattle. I mean that

2771
02:20:28,799 --> 02:20:32,120
it works in your favor. So I personally think that

2772
02:20:32,239 --> 02:20:33,799
Jalen Nole is the guy that you at the target

2773
02:20:33,879 --> 02:20:36,200
s night's game if he ends up, if you told

2774
02:20:36,239 --> 02:20:40,639
me his stat line, if I knew what he was

2775
02:20:40,639 --> 02:20:45,760
going to finish with receptions and receiving yards, I could

2776
02:20:45,799 --> 02:20:48,079
tell you if the Texans offense does enough to beat Seattle.

2777
02:20:48,959 --> 02:20:52,000
I personally think that because the run game is gonna

2778
02:20:52,079 --> 02:20:54,920
either be there early on or not, and Nick Kayley

2779
02:20:55,000 --> 02:20:57,120
is either gonna have to scrap that and say we're

2780
02:20:57,200 --> 02:20:59,639
throwing the football forty times tonight and that's the way

2781
02:20:59,639 --> 02:21:03,079
we're gonna win, or it's finally gonna get there, and

2782
02:21:03,159 --> 02:21:06,440
then teams are gonna begin to convey and load the box.

2783
02:21:07,360 --> 02:21:09,559
Seattle's gonna take away that he's gonna lead the passing

2784
02:21:09,559 --> 02:21:12,280
attack open, and you're gonna have the creases of the

2785
02:21:12,479 --> 02:21:15,719
five to eight to nine to ten yards downfield where

2786
02:21:15,799 --> 02:21:18,280
Jalen Knowle is gonna be able to turn a quick

2787
02:21:18,319 --> 02:21:21,479
little slant pattern into a first down, game fresh set

2788
02:21:21,559 --> 02:21:24,559
of downs, and maybe an explosive play. So I think

2789
02:21:24,600 --> 02:21:27,360
that if you told me his stat line, I would

2790
02:21:27,399 --> 02:21:29,600
be able to see if the Texas have enough offensively

2791
02:21:29,680 --> 02:21:30,200
to win this game.

2792
02:21:30,680 --> 02:21:34,719
Speaker 3: Personally, this is my two cents of the word got

2793
02:21:34,799 --> 02:21:36,559
me intrigued, man. Now, Finna, I'm gonna have to make

2794
02:21:36,600 --> 02:21:40,319
a little little over under for Jaylan Knowle's receptions or something.

2795
02:21:40,360 --> 02:21:43,040
Speaker 11: You know, I will set the over under tonight, and

2796
02:21:43,079 --> 02:21:44,719
if you want to listen to the nightcap later, I'll

2797
02:21:44,799 --> 02:21:49,079
reintroduce this at six o'clock. The over under tonight four

2798
02:21:49,120 --> 02:21:54,559
and a half receptions, forty five receiving yards if he

2799
02:21:54,719 --> 02:21:58,040
gets more than five catches and he gets over forty

2800
02:21:58,120 --> 02:22:01,360
five receiving yards, which would basically double his total this

2801
02:22:01,520 --> 02:22:04,840
year in both the receptions and receiving yards. Because I

2802
02:22:04,959 --> 02:22:07,520
don't think that we're gonna see much of Xavier Hodginson

2803
02:22:07,600 --> 02:22:09,440
in the slot, and I definitely do not think that

2804
02:22:09,440 --> 02:22:11,319
we're gonna see Braxon Barrio said all in this game.

2805
02:22:11,479 --> 02:22:13,200
I think, if anything, you will see him be the

2806
02:22:13,319 --> 02:22:16,000
inactive or if he plays, he is the last resort

2807
02:22:16,040 --> 02:22:19,639
wide receiver. If he gets five catches in forty five

2808
02:22:19,719 --> 02:22:22,120
yards in Texans from the football game, I will staying

2809
02:22:22,159 --> 02:22:24,440
on that take right now. You gotta get the football

2810
02:22:24,479 --> 02:22:27,200
to number fourteen. He ends up having that stat line

2811
02:22:27,440 --> 02:22:31,840
Texans win seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

2812
02:22:32,159 --> 02:22:34,079
Would love to hear from you what you think is

2813
02:22:34,159 --> 02:22:35,600
going to be the stat line that gets the Texans

2814
02:22:35,639 --> 02:22:38,719
over the top, take quick time out when we come back. Jonathan,

2815
02:22:38,760 --> 02:22:41,399
I brought this up. I think the Blue Jays are

2816
02:22:41,399 --> 02:22:43,879
winning tonight. I think the Blue Jays are going to

2817
02:22:44,040 --> 02:22:46,440
get the victory at the Rogers Central Blue.

2818
02:22:47,000 --> 02:22:47,479
Speaker 2: I believe.

2819
02:22:47,520 --> 02:22:49,799
Speaker 11: I agree with Matt Thomas Seatta needed to close the

2820
02:22:49,879 --> 02:22:50,840
job done at Team Obi Park.

2821
02:22:50,879 --> 02:22:51,319
Speaker 3: They couldn't.

2822
02:22:51,399 --> 02:22:51,840
Speaker 2: So guess what.

2823
02:22:52,239 --> 02:22:53,399
Speaker 3: Sorry, guys, you're losing.

2824
02:22:54,200 --> 02:22:56,159
Speaker 11: But I want to explain why they're going to lose

2825
02:22:57,000 --> 02:23:00,239
and why we need to root for Toronto despite being

2826
02:23:00,319 --> 02:23:01,120
from Canada.

2827
02:23:02,319 --> 02:23:03,280
Speaker 3: Magine living in Canada.

2828
02:23:03,360 --> 02:23:07,040
Speaker 11: Gross, Why we have to root for them to win

2829
02:23:07,159 --> 02:23:10,360
the World Series and end the Dodgers' reign of being

2830
02:23:10,440 --> 02:23:13,559
the villains of baseball. There's a reason behind it, and

2831
02:23:13,639 --> 02:23:15,639
it does affect your astros. I'll explain why next right

2832
02:23:15,680 --> 02:23:17,040
here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

2833
02:23:19,639 --> 02:23:19,680
Speaker 12: So.

2834
02:23:20,600 --> 02:23:23,319
Speaker 11: Matt is one hundred percent right about one thing, and

2835
02:23:23,360 --> 02:23:25,799
I can't believe like giving the man whose credible credit to.

2836
02:23:25,959 --> 02:23:26,600
Speaker 8: Come on, man.

2837
02:23:28,000 --> 02:23:29,959
Speaker 11: In Houston, we do not need to hear about a

2838
02:23:30,120 --> 02:23:33,840
Dodgers podcast. I don't care that it is part of iHeart.

2839
02:23:34,440 --> 02:23:37,000
Why in this market would anybody want to hear about

2840
02:23:37,000 --> 02:23:39,879
a team that constantly likes to ridicule us and say

2841
02:23:39,959 --> 02:23:42,840
that we cheated when clearly they have a Mickey Mouse

2842
02:23:42,920 --> 02:23:45,200
championship before last season, which was their first one in

2843
02:23:45,280 --> 02:23:47,159
four decades. I mean, do we really want to hear

2844
02:23:47,200 --> 02:23:50,639
about that? Does anybody really care at that standpoint.

2845
02:23:50,440 --> 02:23:51,079
Speaker 3: About what goes on?

2846
02:23:52,000 --> 02:23:52,280
Speaker 13: You know what?

2847
02:23:52,360 --> 02:23:53,920
Speaker 3: And that's the other thing, Jonathan, By the.

2848
02:23:53,920 --> 02:23:55,399
Speaker 11: Way, if you haven't figured out, this is the Matt

2849
02:23:55,440 --> 02:23:58,120
Thomas Show featuring Ross. Ross and Matt decided to take

2850
02:23:58,159 --> 02:23:59,799
the day off, so Cole Thompson is filling on in.

2851
02:24:00,040 --> 02:24:03,440
Jathan Allen doing a phenomenal job not only producing, but

2852
02:24:03,600 --> 02:24:05,559
also keep the conversation flowing.

2853
02:24:05,879 --> 02:24:08,559
Speaker 3: Like honestly, everyone cheats in baseball.

2854
02:24:09,159 --> 02:24:11,799
Speaker 11: Everyone does it if you're not cheating in some capacity,

2855
02:24:11,840 --> 02:24:15,120
whether it's the court or you're not trying to win,

2856
02:24:15,680 --> 02:24:17,879
which is why again also we have to bring up

2857
02:24:17,920 --> 02:24:20,600
that the Dodgers cannot win the World Series if we

2858
02:24:20,639 --> 02:24:23,239
want baseball in twenty twenty seven. But before we do that,

2859
02:24:23,879 --> 02:24:28,159
Rogers Saturday Night, Blue Jays Mariners Game seven, Jonathan, the

2860
02:24:28,920 --> 02:24:30,360
Bluejays are winning this baseball game.

2861
02:24:30,600 --> 02:24:31,760
Speaker 3: They are going to the World Series.

2862
02:24:31,799 --> 02:24:32,239
Speaker 2: They need to.

2863
02:24:32,559 --> 02:24:34,120
Speaker 3: It's not that they need to, they're going to and

2864
02:24:34,159 --> 02:24:36,079
I can explain why. So what was so funny is.

2865
02:24:37,840 --> 02:24:40,000
Speaker 11: When I filled in last week on seven ninety in

2866
02:24:40,040 --> 02:24:44,120
the mornings, I told Dan Matthews the Bluechers are going

2867
02:24:44,159 --> 02:24:46,040
to win this series, and it gave me a look.

2868
02:24:45,920 --> 02:24:47,559
Speaker 2: Of you could be right.

2869
02:24:47,680 --> 02:24:49,840
Speaker 11: Last week they were down two, You could be right.

2870
02:24:50,159 --> 02:24:52,959
You know, times could change. But do you know what

2871
02:24:53,159 --> 02:24:57,479
happened after they tied the series at two two? We

2872
02:24:57,600 --> 02:25:01,879
saw history be made once again. So Shane Bieber, who

2873
02:25:01,959 --> 02:25:05,840
is traded for the Cleveland Guardians over to the Blue

2874
02:25:05,920 --> 02:25:09,280
Jays at the deadline, is a former Cy Young winner,

2875
02:25:10,159 --> 02:25:14,000
Max Scherzer, who gave US five and two thirds and

2876
02:25:14,840 --> 02:25:17,680
one of the best gifts that's currently trending on Twitter

2877
02:25:17,719 --> 02:25:19,959
of him screaming at his manager, the hell you're taking

2878
02:25:20,000 --> 02:25:20,319
me out?

2879
02:25:20,840 --> 02:25:21,239
Speaker 2: The hell?

2880
02:25:21,920 --> 02:25:24,000
Speaker 11: The hell do you think that I'm believing this game.

2881
02:25:24,079 --> 02:25:26,399
I'm forty one. I may not get another opportunity to

2882
02:25:26,479 --> 02:25:27,000
pitch again.

2883
02:25:27,520 --> 02:25:28,639
Speaker 3: This may be my last time.

2884
02:25:28,879 --> 02:25:32,399
Speaker 11: You're giving me the field also Pitts to win. What

2885
02:25:32,520 --> 02:25:35,639
do those two have in common? They are cy Young winners.

2886
02:25:36,639 --> 02:25:40,280
It's the ninth time in Major League Baseball postseason history

2887
02:25:41,079 --> 02:25:45,000
that back to back cy Young winners have won consecutive

2888
02:25:45,040 --> 02:25:46,520
games in a postseason.

2889
02:25:47,040 --> 02:25:48,600
Speaker 3: Save on long time, Wait, repeat that, hold on?

2890
02:25:49,399 --> 02:25:53,200
Speaker 11: Shaane Bieber, Yeah, and Max Schurzer are cy Young winners. Yeah,

2891
02:25:53,319 --> 02:25:56,760
they're wins in Game three and Game four on the road.

2892
02:25:57,799 --> 02:26:01,079
Is the ninth time that back to back CY Young

2893
02:26:01,159 --> 02:26:03,600
winners have won consecutive games in the postseason.

2894
02:26:04,879 --> 02:26:08,520
Speaker 3: Would you like to know the last time that it happened? Well,

2895
02:26:08,760 --> 02:26:10,120
some crazy like forty five years ago.

2896
02:26:10,319 --> 02:26:13,319
Speaker 11: No, it was twenty seventeen, right here in Houston with

2897
02:26:13,600 --> 02:26:18,040
Dallas Kikeel and Justin Verlander who went to the World

2898
02:26:18,120 --> 02:26:21,159
Series that year. Jonathan, I'll save you the trouble coy.

2899
02:26:21,200 --> 02:26:22,920
We know who, and we know that that title is

2900
02:26:23,000 --> 02:26:26,360
not tarnished. It's actually very much intact. Do you know

2901
02:26:26,440 --> 02:26:32,319
the last time it happened? Nineteen ninety six, Greg Maddox

2902
02:26:33,079 --> 02:26:33,959
and Tom Glavin.

2903
02:26:34,680 --> 02:26:36,280
Speaker 3: Do you want to know who won the World Series

2904
02:26:36,360 --> 02:26:36,680
that year?

2905
02:26:36,760 --> 02:26:40,040
Speaker 11: Jonathan? It was the Atlanta Brace And the time before

2906
02:26:40,120 --> 02:26:46,520
that had happened Don Drysdale and Sandy Kofex in nineteen

2907
02:26:46,719 --> 02:26:51,360
sixty five, when the Los Angeles Dodgers, that cesspool of

2908
02:26:51,360 --> 02:26:54,239
an organization that bought itself a championship.

2909
02:26:53,760 --> 02:26:56,680
Speaker 3: In twenty twenty also won the World Series. Well, you

2910
02:26:56,680 --> 02:26:58,520
could said they bought their championship last year too.

2911
02:26:58,799 --> 02:27:01,879
Speaker 11: So either way, you got a cy young winner on

2912
02:27:01,920 --> 02:27:04,879
the mountain night, and if things go south for him,

2913
02:27:05,200 --> 02:27:07,079
you want who's gonna come on in and replace him?

2914
02:27:07,799 --> 02:27:09,760
The guy who was on the game, who was out

2915
02:27:09,799 --> 02:27:13,239
there for Game four, back Schuzer, back to back side

2916
02:27:13,239 --> 02:27:15,000
young winners pitched in Game three and Game four.

2917
02:27:15,079 --> 02:27:17,639
Speaker 3: They won the series. They won that moment. They will

2918
02:27:17,639 --> 02:27:20,079
win the series because of that. I've stood on business.

2919
02:27:20,159 --> 02:27:20,559
Speaker 2: Because of it.

2920
02:27:21,000 --> 02:27:25,159
Speaker 11: I stand on business tonight. Also, the offense was dreadful

2921
02:27:25,239 --> 02:27:27,719
for Seattle last night. Now, I mean it was pathetic.

2922
02:27:28,239 --> 02:27:31,799
It was honestly laughable. And as somebody who could not

2923
02:27:32,360 --> 02:27:35,600
wait to see Seattle find a way to mess it

2924
02:27:35,639 --> 02:27:38,639
up for themselves, I was giddy. I couldn't lie. I

2925
02:27:39,159 --> 02:27:40,879
was having a good chuckle last night as we were

2926
02:27:40,920 --> 02:27:44,200
watching Randy A. Rose Arena and Cal Rawley and Josh

2927
02:27:44,319 --> 02:27:47,959
Naylor and Gino Suarez and everybody else from that team

2928
02:27:48,280 --> 02:27:50,120
that loves to make fun of Houston because for the

2929
02:27:50,200 --> 02:27:52,360
first time in a decade they didn't make the playoffs.

2930
02:27:52,639 --> 02:27:54,520
Had to walk back to the dugout as a young

2931
02:27:54,639 --> 02:27:57,120
kid by the name of Trey Ya Savage shut them

2932
02:27:57,239 --> 02:27:59,600
down and they proceeded to win six to two.

2933
02:28:00,000 --> 02:28:03,280
Speaker 3: Something Matt earlier watching these games compared to when the

2934
02:28:03,399 --> 02:28:06,719
Yankees are playing with Aaron Judge Kyle Rowley, if you

2935
02:28:07,440 --> 02:28:09,440
I don't think he's the MVP, because he hasn't even

2936
02:28:10,000 --> 02:28:13,639
rarely showed up a bad man like oftentimes trying to

2937
02:28:13,719 --> 02:28:17,159
swing up the first pitch, not not really swing out

2938
02:28:17,200 --> 02:28:18,840
of his shoes, and I just I don't know. He's

2939
02:28:18,879 --> 02:28:21,120
very underwhelming. When I was watching this playoffs, man, I

2940
02:28:21,159 --> 02:28:24,239
don't know. So he was very underwhelming in this series.

2941
02:28:24,440 --> 02:28:27,200
Speaker 11: But he does have arguably the biggest home run of

2942
02:28:27,360 --> 02:28:29,719
the season for Seattle because if he did tie the

2943
02:28:29,840 --> 02:28:32,959
game to make it three to two in favor of Seattle,

2944
02:28:33,079 --> 02:28:35,639
to go to the Rogers Center, because remember, if somehow,

2945
02:28:35,760 --> 02:28:38,840
some way we see Toronto actually sweep out in Seattle.

2946
02:28:39,120 --> 02:28:42,319
The series is over last night Toronto versus Los Angeles

2947
02:28:42,399 --> 02:28:44,719
for the World Series Championship, and we could see a

2948
02:28:44,760 --> 02:28:46,840
winner for the first time since nineteen ninety three across

2949
02:28:46,879 --> 02:28:47,239
the border.

2950
02:28:47,440 --> 02:28:48,719
Speaker 3: So big time difference.

2951
02:28:49,000 --> 02:28:53,239
Speaker 11: But you are right this offense as a hole, you're

2952
02:28:53,239 --> 02:28:55,159
not winning with the long ball, you're not really putting

2953
02:28:55,200 --> 02:28:58,639
the ball in playing Josh Naylor's been somewhat okay. Yeah,

2954
02:28:58,719 --> 02:29:01,280
Jorge Polanco came back on reality after what we saw

2955
02:29:01,280 --> 02:29:01,760
in game.

2956
02:29:03,159 --> 02:29:04,040
Speaker 2: It was very bad.

2957
02:29:04,799 --> 02:29:06,159
Speaker 11: You know what. I wasn't because you want know why

2958
02:29:06,239 --> 02:29:08,399
he was supposed to sign with the Astros and imagine

2959
02:29:08,399 --> 02:29:10,120
what this office would have been like if he was here.

2960
02:29:10,879 --> 02:29:11,280
Speaker 2: That's just me.

2961
02:29:11,360 --> 02:29:13,159
Speaker 3: I'm just saying it. So I'm not ready to go

2962
02:29:13,319 --> 02:29:15,200
that far, but I won't tell you why.

2963
02:29:15,280 --> 02:29:17,639
Speaker 11: Regardless of who wins tonight, By the way, we have

2964
02:29:17,879 --> 02:29:21,440
a six to ZHO eight first pitch. Also, we will

2965
02:29:21,479 --> 02:29:26,000
see Shane Bieber take on George Kirby. Kirby is a

2966
02:29:26,159 --> 02:29:29,840
seven seven era in the playoffs. He was awesome in

2967
02:29:29,959 --> 02:29:33,120
Game one for s and then he decided to lay

2968
02:29:33,159 --> 02:29:35,959
what ten runs in his next game, So bad performance.

2969
02:29:36,399 --> 02:29:38,479
Regardless of who wins to night, there's a reason why

2970
02:29:38,639 --> 02:29:41,520
you need to root for the winner of the American

2971
02:29:41,600 --> 02:29:45,639
League Championship Series. Do you want baseball in twenty twenty seven?

2972
02:29:47,239 --> 02:29:49,559
That's it, That's what this comes down to.

2973
02:29:49,600 --> 02:29:51,200
Speaker 3: You think you can ruin it that bad? Do you

2974
02:29:51,319 --> 02:29:52,920
want baseball on twenty twenty seven?

2975
02:29:53,000 --> 02:29:55,760
Speaker 11: Because Jeff Passing came out with an article and he

2976
02:29:55,959 --> 02:29:59,239
talked about how the CBA agreement is up after twenty

2977
02:29:59,319 --> 02:30:03,719
twenty six, and what is something that Major League Baseball

2978
02:30:03,840 --> 02:30:08,639
mostly owners want when it comes to the future of baseball.

2979
02:30:10,040 --> 02:30:11,440
Speaker 3: They want a salary cap, Jonathan.

2980
02:30:12,120 --> 02:30:14,760
Speaker 11: They want to be able to say, as small market teams,

2981
02:30:15,440 --> 02:30:18,280
we need to be able to have a fair level

2982
02:30:18,399 --> 02:30:22,440
playing field with the major markets that can win because

2983
02:30:22,559 --> 02:30:27,120
of they have evidence of money, evidence of resources, because

2984
02:30:27,159 --> 02:30:30,319
of television deals, because of what they're able to afford,

2985
02:30:30,360 --> 02:30:31,600
because if there's no salary cap.

2986
02:30:31,719 --> 02:30:34,479
Speaker 3: This happened earlier in this season when Bryce Harper kick

2987
02:30:34,520 --> 02:30:35,079
that dude out right.

2988
02:30:35,159 --> 02:30:37,440
Speaker 11: And the thing is is that the Major League Baseball

2989
02:30:37,440 --> 02:30:41,520
Players Association is vehemently against a salary cap, because why

2990
02:30:41,520 --> 02:30:43,719
would you not want to be If I'm Bryce Harper

2991
02:30:43,840 --> 02:30:46,159
and I'm getting a fifteen year deal, I want as

2992
02:30:46,280 --> 02:30:48,840
much money as humanly possible. I want to be able

2993
02:30:48,920 --> 02:30:51,000
to guarantee that I will never have to work a

2994
02:30:51,079 --> 02:30:53,840
day in my life after I retire, and my children's

2995
02:30:53,959 --> 02:30:55,399
children will never have to work a day in my

2996
02:30:55,440 --> 02:30:56,159
life after I retire.

2997
02:30:57,399 --> 02:30:58,639
Speaker 3: And I also want to go to a pro I

2998
02:30:58,680 --> 02:30:59,000
want to go.

2999
02:30:59,000 --> 02:31:03,159
Speaker 11: To a team that has history, has ambiance, certainly has

3000
02:31:03,520 --> 02:31:05,920
a livelihood that can certainly be promising.

3001
02:31:07,280 --> 02:31:09,600
Speaker 3: I don't want to go to Colorado. Why would I

3002
02:31:09,680 --> 02:31:10,639
want to go to Colorado?

3003
02:31:11,079 --> 02:31:13,040
Speaker 11: Why would I want to go to Pittsburgh where they're

3004
02:31:13,040 --> 02:31:16,079
a factory of sadness and they never win anything? When

3005
02:31:16,120 --> 02:31:18,879
I can go to Philadelphia and get paid countless sums

3006
02:31:18,920 --> 02:31:20,639
of money to be a part of a team that

3007
02:31:20,879 --> 02:31:23,040
may or may not be good enough to win a championship,

3008
02:31:23,239 --> 02:31:26,120
but certainly has the resources too, So they want a

3009
02:31:26,159 --> 02:31:30,360
salary cap in baseball. If the Dodgers win the World

3010
02:31:30,440 --> 02:31:34,399
Series over Toronto or over Seattle, it will then give

3011
02:31:34,680 --> 02:31:39,399
owners a reason to believe that once again, after spending

3012
02:31:39,520 --> 02:31:44,479
countless money on Roki Sasaki, on Yamamoto, on bringing in

3013
02:31:44,600 --> 02:31:46,760
even guys like Tyler Glassal and signing him to a

3014
02:31:46,799 --> 02:31:50,000
seven year deal, rebringing back in Keky Hernandez, making sure

3015
02:31:50,040 --> 02:31:52,200
that you're bringing Tommy Emmon on that deal you signed

3016
02:31:52,239 --> 02:31:54,760
Freddy Freeman, and then there's rumors that they're going to

3017
02:31:54,799 --> 02:31:57,440
make a play for Kyle Tucker this offseason on a

3018
02:31:57,559 --> 02:32:00,840
fourteen year deal. So it's like, again, let's just build

3019
02:32:00,920 --> 02:32:04,280
the negative Avengers of society and ruin baseball as is.

3020
02:32:05,079 --> 02:32:07,799
They'll have the evidence in the ammunition to finally say, hey,

3021
02:32:08,959 --> 02:32:10,959
we want to make this fair. We don't want to

3022
02:32:11,000 --> 02:32:14,159
see another dynasty run where a team is basically built

3023
02:32:14,200 --> 02:32:17,159
like the Yankees of two thousand to where we're gonna

3024
02:32:17,200 --> 02:32:20,200
have to just consistently lose. And what's so funny about

3025
02:32:20,200 --> 02:32:24,200
the Yankees, is, Jonathan, is that in nineteen ninety nine

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02:32:24,239 --> 02:32:28,079
and two thousand, we saw the Yankees went back to

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02:32:28,200 --> 02:32:29,559
back World Series championships.

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02:32:29,600 --> 02:32:31,280
Speaker 3: Last time it happened, right, this would this would be

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02:32:31,280 --> 02:32:32,959
the first time it would happen since nineteen nine nine

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02:32:32,959 --> 02:32:33,360
two thousand.

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Speaker 11: So what happened in Major League Baseball when the Yankees

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02:32:36,680 --> 02:32:39,559
won back to back championships in ninety nine and two thousand,

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they implemented the luxury tax in baseball, so financial changes

3034
02:32:45,399 --> 02:32:48,079
came so that way there was a there was an

3035
02:32:48,120 --> 02:32:51,319
evidence that owners need to spend more money for them

3036
02:32:51,319 --> 02:32:52,600
to be able to get the luxury tax.

3037
02:32:53,079 --> 02:32:54,479
Speaker 3: So when the Yankees won.

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02:32:54,799 --> 02:32:57,520
Speaker 11: They forced ownership to finally have to start actually opening

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02:32:57,600 --> 02:32:59,079
up its wallets and spend some money.

3040
02:32:59,440 --> 02:33:00,040
Speaker 2: So now.

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02:33:01,399 --> 02:33:05,079
Speaker 11: Dodgers win two back to back, potentially a third in

3042
02:33:05,159 --> 02:33:07,360
twenty twenty six, and the CBA agreement comes for close

3043
02:33:07,799 --> 02:33:10,799
and they say we need to implement a sary cap

3044
02:33:11,520 --> 02:33:14,280
players union goes on strike. They don't want to play

3045
02:33:14,280 --> 02:33:17,079
it when it's a current salary cap structure, and they're

3046
02:33:17,079 --> 02:33:19,120
gonna try to set it out. So if you're a

3047
02:33:19,239 --> 02:33:22,440
fan of baseball in general, the only thing that you're

3048
02:33:22,479 --> 02:33:28,559
rooting for is that Seattle or Toronto march on in

3049
02:33:29,200 --> 02:33:33,120
to Dodger Stadium and lay waste to the most expensive

3050
02:33:33,239 --> 02:33:34,280
roster money can.

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02:33:34,239 --> 02:33:38,000
Speaker 3: Buy in baseball and prove that even when you have

3052
02:33:38,120 --> 02:33:38,559
a big.

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02:33:38,479 --> 02:33:40,600
Speaker 11: Salary, because again Toronto has a salary, they won't to

3054
02:33:40,600 --> 02:33:41,559
spend money like crazy.

3055
02:33:41,799 --> 02:33:43,639
Speaker 3: They just paid for Vladimir Guerrero Junior.

3056
02:33:43,840 --> 02:33:45,959
Speaker 11: They swung and miss on the Anthony Santan Daar deal,

3057
02:33:46,000 --> 02:33:47,639
but at least they took a shot, and you also

3058
02:33:47,639 --> 02:33:49,079
got throw. In Seattle, they like to go ahead and

3059
02:33:49,079 --> 02:33:52,239
throw out money as long as they can win. They

3060
02:33:52,319 --> 02:33:57,280
can put themselves in a position where you can guarantee

3061
02:33:57,319 --> 02:34:00,319
the salary cap will still be available and there will

3062
02:34:00,360 --> 02:34:03,040
not be a limit seven one three, two, one two, five,

3063
02:34:03,120 --> 02:34:05,520
seven to ninety. You're rooting for Seattle, or you're rooting

3064
02:34:05,559 --> 02:34:08,200
for Toronto, or you are not an American that loves baseball,

3065
02:34:08,239 --> 02:34:10,200
we will close out the Matt Thomas Show featuring Ross

3066
02:34:10,239 --> 02:34:14,479
right after this talking about the Cougars. Really six and one,

3067
02:34:14,479 --> 02:34:15,440
it's still not going to have to be in the

3068
02:34:15,479 --> 02:34:16,520
eightp top twenty five.

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02:34:17,399 --> 02:34:18,360
Speaker 2: What are we doing? Voters?

3070
02:34:18,600 --> 02:34:19,040
Speaker 3: Sincerely?

3071
02:34:19,079 --> 02:34:19,920
Speaker 2: What are we doing? Right here?

3072
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:21,239
Speaker 3: On Sports Talk seven ninety.

3073
02:34:21,479 --> 02:34:24,879
Speaker 11: One, the final segment on the Matt Thomas Show featuring

3074
02:34:25,040 --> 02:34:27,719
Ross without Matt Thomas or Ross, and then you get

3075
02:34:27,760 --> 02:34:31,239
to listen to Adam Wexler, Adam Clanton and I guess

3076
02:34:31,280 --> 02:34:33,639
you'res truly a little bit on the A Team seven

3077
02:34:33,719 --> 02:34:34,520
one three, two one.

3078
02:34:34,559 --> 02:34:35,639
Speaker 3: Two five seven nine.

3079
02:34:35,680 --> 02:34:38,840
Speaker 11: If you watch Schiman in the eight people once again

3080
02:34:39,040 --> 02:34:42,520
consistently proves to me and everybody with a functioning brain

3081
02:34:42,879 --> 02:34:45,159
that they are morons, they are nitwits, and they do

3082
02:34:45,319 --> 02:34:49,159
not belong in the stratosphere of college football. I apologize

3083
02:34:49,200 --> 02:34:52,200
if I called out anybody who is offended, but also

3084
02:34:52,280 --> 02:34:53,840
do your job a little bit better and maybe I

3085
02:34:53,879 --> 02:34:57,440
won't have to offend you if I can just be honest.

3086
02:34:58,360 --> 02:35:01,280
The Houston Krugers are Bowll eld and year two underneath

3087
02:35:01,280 --> 02:35:04,479
Willie Fritz. They got a massive win over Arizona. They

3088
02:35:04,520 --> 02:35:06,280
were the underdogs. Jonathan, do you know that there was

3089
02:35:06,360 --> 02:35:10,680
a Road favorite, and yet somehow someway Houston was able

3090
02:35:10,719 --> 02:35:14,639
to secure when Ethan Sanchez, congratulations, you sent Houston to

3091
02:35:14,719 --> 02:35:18,200
ball eligibility before we ever even reached November. You know

3092
02:35:18,280 --> 02:35:21,440
how challenging that is for most teams. And yet somehow

3093
02:35:21,479 --> 02:35:24,440
at six and one, Kruger's not ranked and.

3094
02:35:24,479 --> 02:35:26,639
Speaker 3: Their only loss is to rank a living tech man.

3095
02:35:26,719 --> 02:35:29,719
That's crazy. And Texas Tech found a way to lose

3096
02:35:29,760 --> 02:35:30,280
this weekend.

3097
02:35:30,319 --> 02:35:33,360
Speaker 11: So are we saying that because of they lost, Houston

3098
02:35:33,440 --> 02:35:35,000
has to be penalized because of it?

3099
02:35:36,360 --> 02:35:40,600
Speaker 3: That seems interesting, So I did a little bit more research. Okay, John,

3100
02:35:40,639 --> 02:35:41,079
Then do you know.

3101
02:35:41,120 --> 02:35:44,879
Speaker 11: That the Houston Cougar's currently are only giving up nineteen

3102
02:35:44,959 --> 02:35:49,040
points per game? You know that's better than Georgia. That's

3103
02:35:49,079 --> 02:35:52,639
better than Vanderbilt. That's better than Washington. That's better than

3104
02:35:52,680 --> 02:35:57,239
Georgia Tech, better than Louisville, better than Twulane, better than SMU,

3105
02:35:57,360 --> 02:36:00,479
better than Ole Miss all teams that are currently ranked

3106
02:36:00,520 --> 02:36:03,079
in the AP Top twenty five or at least received

3107
02:36:03,200 --> 02:36:06,799
votes from AP voters. You know their offense is currently

3108
02:36:07,000 --> 02:36:11,200
scoring an average of twenty five point six points per game.

3109
02:36:11,399 --> 02:36:14,639
You know that that's actually better than LSU, who currently

3110
02:36:14,760 --> 02:36:21,520
is ranked. You know that's actually better than Texas non.

3111
02:36:19,239 --> 02:36:22,639
Speaker 3: SEC through and through Laser Gentlemen, im SEC through and through.

3112
02:36:22,719 --> 02:36:23,479
I call it as is.

3113
02:36:23,559 --> 02:36:25,559
Speaker 11: I'll tell you right now, the best conference of college

3114
02:36:25,600 --> 02:36:28,159
football year and a year round resides in the Southeastern

3115
02:36:28,159 --> 02:36:29,120
region of the United States.

3116
02:36:29,159 --> 02:36:31,319
Speaker 3: And you could take that to the bank. But if

3117
02:36:31,360 --> 02:36:32,000
you want to talk.

3118
02:36:31,920 --> 02:36:36,639
Speaker 11: About fairness, you want to talk about opportunists. Opportunities. Houston

3119
02:36:36,760 --> 02:36:38,799
has one of the best scoring units inside the red

3120
02:36:38,879 --> 02:36:41,280
zone in college football this year. They have a running

3121
02:36:41,319 --> 02:36:44,600
that currently is averaging six yards after contact and five

3122
02:36:44,680 --> 02:36:48,120
yards per play. Connor Wigman has six rushing touchdowns to

3123
02:36:48,159 --> 02:36:50,559
go along with his eleven through the air. He only

3124
02:36:50,639 --> 02:36:54,120
has two turnovers this season. Amari Thomas is making plays

3125
02:36:54,159 --> 02:36:57,000
left and right and averaging eighteen point nine yards of

3126
02:36:57,120 --> 02:37:00,000
pass and is constantly finding ways to get on open

3127
02:37:00,440 --> 02:37:03,559
Tanner Kuoisal has been phenomenal inside the red zone. He

3128
02:37:03,760 --> 02:37:07,440
is a mismatched nightmare and currently the Kruegers are favored

3129
02:37:07,520 --> 02:37:10,520
in three of their next four games. The only one

3130
02:37:10,559 --> 02:37:12,920
that they're not Arizona.

3131
02:37:12,479 --> 02:37:16,920
Speaker 3: State this weekend at seven o'clock on the road, but

3132
02:37:16,959 --> 02:37:18,040
they're favorite everywhere else.

3133
02:37:18,600 --> 02:37:22,280
Speaker 11: In their next four of West Virginia u CFTCU, and

3134
02:37:22,440 --> 02:37:25,159
we can't get them ranked, we can't even have them

3135
02:37:25,159 --> 02:37:27,799
in the conversation. What Willie Fritz is done in year

3136
02:37:27,920 --> 02:37:31,680
two has been exceptional. And that, my friends, is why

3137
02:37:31,840 --> 02:37:34,639
once again, when you hear voters and they have opinions,

3138
02:37:35,319 --> 02:37:37,239
you don't need to listen to them, because we all

3139
02:37:37,360 --> 02:37:40,200
know how big a moronic Nitwitz it is, because they

3140
02:37:40,280 --> 02:37:43,360
only care about the big logo attached. The name Houston

3141
02:37:43,440 --> 02:37:45,479
was stressed up as Alabama, it'd be a top ten

3142
02:37:45,559 --> 02:37:48,399
team that does with the Matt Thomas Show, not with Ross.

3143
02:37:48,440 --> 02:37:50,799
Special thanks to Jonathan for holding down the four. I'm

3144
02:37:50,879 --> 02:37:56,399
pul Thompson. Next up, Adam Wexler, Adam Clinton in my

3145
02:37:56,479 --> 02:37:57,680
best Matt Thomas voice

3146
02:38:00,600 --> 02:38:01,920
Speaker 3: Right here on spoor Stocks even night