C&R - "The Dirty Fonz," Key NFL Games, Bananas

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so excited, so excited. I might give someone the dirty fawns later on. You know what the dirty fawns is? Well, it was given last night in the NBA Cup in celebrations. Hey, the dirty funds.

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Speaker 1: Both thumbs.

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Speaker 2: Last night Josh Hart gave Brunson the dirty funds. And if you don't know what we're talking about, just open up social media while you're there, hit us up at Covino and Rich.

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Speaker 1: Watch your hands, cunning hand.

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Speaker 3: That was the top highlight from the NBA Cup.

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Speaker 2: Seriously, what was anyone really excited about that? From the highlights, because I'll be honest, that's all that I watched was like a sweet comeback. I mean I checked the score throughout Danny just to see and I was like, the Spurs were in control until.

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Speaker 1: The fourth quarter.

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Speaker 2: Well you know what, let me quote this dufus I work with Rich Davis, let me quote you earlier today on our Patreon Monday through Thursday Patreon Covino and Rich, I mean you're pumped anytime your team wins, and anytime you win a good game or close game. This was just like a tiny layer of awesome on top of a big win. Like you want to beat the Spurs regardless, right, you want to set the tone plus the money incentive. I understand why the players are extra excited, but did they lean into it a little more because it's for the greater good of the NBA. And the same thing with stephen A.

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Speaker 1: Smith.

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Speaker 2: If ESPN and steven A are in bed with the NBA, he has to be screaming.

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Speaker 1: About it, right.

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Speaker 2: There was one part in his rant this morning where he does like an embarrassing like Howard Dean like yeah, stephen A did like a yeah Howard Dean or steven A.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, you know what.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna try to find that clip of him just screaming, because he does like an eventual scream.

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Speaker 4: It was actually a steven A but that was like after the Knicks did something he didn't like.

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Speaker 2: So congratulations to the Knicks for sure, they need a w that's the first win they've had, you know, their first I don't know meaningful wins in seventy three I guess, so props to them. But Danny g said it best yesterday. We live in a world where championships matter. So yeah, this could set the tone and build some camaraderie and put some money in their pockets. But the Knicks need to win an NBA finals, right, they need to win a championships.

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Speaker 1: It's better than nothing.

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Speaker 2: But you know, I'll say this, it's when you have little kids competing in a tournament and they win, do you tell them to like settle down?

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Speaker 1: Like I was finding like a little cringey win.

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Speaker 2: Like, let's say my team wins like the Sunday Softball Championship and like the like passing around the trophy.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm a grown man. We had a good game. Well, it feels weird. It feels like the NBA Cup.

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Speaker 2: Like what I think the players are pumped about the extra five hundred k, right, that's what that we pumped about.

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Speaker 1: That's fair, I get that.

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Speaker 2: But were the fans pumped where they as pumped as steven A Smith Sam.

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Speaker 5: That was I mean part of the problem was there weren't that many fans in attendance at the T Mobile Arena. The lower bowl wasn't even full. So what they had to do there is they lowered the lights so it looked kind of like Staple Center or whatever the name of that.

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Speaker 1: That's embarrassing and that's what I think Charles Barkby was.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was not a good look.

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Speaker 5: And at one point the camera showed how empty the facility was, and then Stan Van Gundy proceeded to kind of lecture everyone watching by saying, if you're not a fan of the NBA Cup, you're not a fan of basketball. And I don't lecture me right now while there's nobody in attendance.

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Speaker 2: Don't let me because I'm watching, you know. Yeah, do you think Charles Barkley's not of him?

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Speaker 1: Well, here's what sir Charles had to say.

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Speaker 6: Number One, I think the Cup thing is somewhat embarrassing. What I mean by that is, I'm disappointed in my players that we're having. Number One, God bless them for making money. Okay, I'm disappointed that we have to make an in season tournament to make these guys more money so they won't do load management these guys, God bless them making a lot of money. I never begrudge them because I made I don't mind an't making what they're making, but I made a great living. But to have to pay these guys extra money to make them play of games they should play basketball because they're well compensated to play basketball, to do in season tournament to make them extra money, come on, man, that's that's a little bit ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: He's he's dead on there. Even when he says ridiculous, he's dead on there. And I completely agree. And I'm not one to pooh pooh, as Rob Parker loves to say. I'm not going to pooh poo on something new and something potentially fun. I just don't think we're there yet. I think maybe we'll get there. It takes some time. But how disingenuous would we be if we came in here today, even as I'm pumped, pumped, and he said it wasn't a pact that did an easier time giving away you know, Penn and Teller tickets in Vegas and then NBA Cup Finals.

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Speaker 5: You guys had more people in attendance at the c RC twenty in Vegas.

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Speaker 2: At our convention. Yeah, we brought out more people in the NBA Cup Finals. Thank you, dadd so your thoughts let us know. But ever want to try an Olympic and Paralympic sport, try fencing. It's fast, safe and easy to start finding ginner class near you at USA Fencing dot org. Slash try fencing. That's USA Fencing us dot org slash try fencing. And Sesame Street helped raise all of us. Now it's our turn donate this holiday season at sesame dot org because the world needs Sesame and Sesame needs you. Just do kill who you said Sesame. Here comes snuffle up Agus. Yeah, that's up Mike Big Micah runs this place. It is a Wednesday, which means we're going to break down his words of wisdom. We're gonna do midweek major in a little bit. And uh, I wrote down can you remember I told you there were seven, like like six or seven games. I wrote down six NFL games that just they're almost playoff magnitude. There's something about this season where like insignificant games are far and few between because all these teams are so like right there in it like a game away from clinching or a game away from elimination, and as we enter the final three weeks of the NFL season, there's six games I want to break down.

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Speaker 1: But first I want to welcome Mike. What's up, Mike? What's going on? Peoples?

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Speaker 7: Hey?

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Speaker 1: This Big Mike runs this place? Every Hello? Everybody, Hello?

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Speaker 8: I never heard of them?

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Speaker 1: Mike, Who, what's up? What's up? General? Mike? Your panthers, by the way, how about that? Huh? How about them losing?

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Speaker 2: They're seven and seven, though, and they play two games against the Bucks. They have they control their own destiny, which is the can you ask or anything? Yes, I could ask for them to have three games that they could lose and still make it into the playoffs with home field advantage, but I have cannot he choosers, Michael, Let's get into this.

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Speaker 1: We do it every week.

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Speaker 2: Mike's a guy that when we first first started working here, I remember being like, this guy has wisdom. That's why we thought he ran the place, and still think he does because he walks around with the strut. As far as you know, Mike, let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Words of wisdom. It's time for the guy that runs this place.

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Speaker 4: Just for clarification, guys, Big Mike does not run this place.

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Speaker 3: He is not in charge of everything. He has no power over really anybody here. He does not run this place.

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Speaker 1: It's Big Mike's words of wisdom on a Wednesday at dam Bayer, letting nothing to the imagination there, you know, he was very clear.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, all right, and we are in the middle of the holidays, and I'm sure everyone has been dealing with all the holiday traffic and stress and everything that gets to you during this time of year. So these words of wisdoms are inspired by the holidays.

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Speaker 1: Okayat perfect Mike.

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Speaker 9: Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but by the presence of your kindness, patience, and time.

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Speaker 1: That was good. I like that one. That's what I like. When Covino goes, I'm coming over your house. My present is me being here, right, exactly what that is. Yeah, that's exactly what that is.

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Speaker 2: So if you could repeat that word for word verbatim, that's called verbatim, you win the greatest stocking stuffer in all the land. Our new h Nerve football with the turbo grip.

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Speaker 1: There you go. Let me give it to you one more time, one more time. Okay, one more time.

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Speaker 9: Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but by the presence of your kindness, patience and time.

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Speaker 2: Good one, there, do you mind if I give everyone a little holiday tip?

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Speaker 1: That's what she said, being that you bump into.

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Speaker 2: Some randos around the holidays, right, maybe like a neighbor, a coworker. You might be out and about around the holidays. I always keep a bottle of wine in a bag like a holiday bake in my trunk of my car, and I keep a twenty dollars Starbucks gift card on hand because you may bump.

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Speaker 1: Into someone that's like, oh my god, hey, I got you little something, and then you feel like an ass clown, like I didn't get you anything. So I feel like a bottle of wine and a gift card on hand.

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Speaker 9: Is a great idea, one hundred percent. Back in the day, I worked for someone who sees candy. They would just buy a bunch of boxes of seize candy and keep them.

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Speaker 1: Who do you work for? A willy want come? I actually believe or not? I don't want to. I didn't want to name.

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Speaker 9: Drop, so I didn't say who it was, but it was that was Betty White. She would just had a stack of seized candy's boxes right by her front door. At anytime, you know, somebody would come by to drop off a package or do something for the house or whatever.

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Speaker 2: Wait, let me get this for you. You've played scrabble while Gary Coleman sea blocking. That's correct, and you were Betty White's man servant.

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Speaker 9: No, actually, believe it or not, Betty White, I was bitten.

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Speaker 1: By Betty White's dog. A true story. You Betty White.

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Speaker 2: Betty White's dog bit me one. Do you know how jealous are video guy spot is of you? He is a huge Betty White fan. Rest in peace.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, Betty Way, Betty White, the greatest, absolutely greatest, Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Mike Scott's stories he's got wisdom. And if you could repeat that word for word, not his story about seas chocolate, but his words of wisdom. If you can repeat it word for word, we'll give away a prize now eight seven seven ninety nine.

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Speaker 4: Rich, So you have a bottle of wine that's just been cooking in your trunk for months.

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Speaker 1: So they open up that plane, it's gonna be like.

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Speaker 2: Vinegar might It's like a mildly tasty white. It's Peter Griggio that tastes like you like I.

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Speaker 3: Said, Hey, but something.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Mike, who runs this place, has a bunch of melted chocolate in his trunk.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you, oh thank you.

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Speaker 2: Uh So Mike swords wiz and repeat them. What a prize. That's how we do it here on cn R. Now I said I did want to talk to some NFL so Sam, I feel like when I talk NFL, I could use some like majestic NFL films music.

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Speaker 1: Do you have something like that on standby? I know you didn't once.

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Speaker 4: We're doing that right now. We're doing this right now, right now, we.

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Speaker 2: Get the calls going for the prize. Rich is gonna break it down for us. Now there are seven games. By the way, could I just let we get a Stephen a scream after everyone, just to spice it up a little. Yeah, we're exciting. I mean, you gotta really pump this up. I mean, I don't know if I want to scream first.

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Speaker 3: Game and and Cove give him a thumb, please have.

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Speaker 2: It a dirty funds, Yeah, give me the dirty Fons. And by the way, I made that up, Dirty fund try it out tonight. Hey, if your wife's like, what are you doing Like it's the thirty five res six games with such magnitude, and I gotta be honest, we did this two weeks ago, Danny j and none of us hit six for six, which is just shows you how parlays are a suckers game. You get lucky here and there, you see your buddy on like Instagram, like you hit some ridiculous parlay.

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Speaker 1: Six for six is tough.

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Speaker 2: I think three or four leg parlays are doable, but six leg ooh difficulty. Let's start with the first game. I want to good one Rams at Seahawks two eleven and three teams battling for the NFC West. Now, my forty nine ers have vested interest in this because if the Seahawks beat the Rams, that's a battle. The Niners win out and they're the one seed in the NFSA. How is that even possible. It's at Seattle, right at Seattle. I'm still leaning Rams on this. DeVante Adams a little banged up, Isaac loncron any update on the health.

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Speaker 1: Of one DeVante Adams. Sorry to put you on the spot.

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Speaker 7: That's what I'm here for, actually, and I can answer that question. He has been officially listed as of literally just a few moments ago.

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Speaker 2: Doubtful, So advantage Dan Bayer, who's currently painting a Seahawks on his chest.

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Speaker 1: That's why he's not here today. Hold on, Seahawks. That fooled me for a second.

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Speaker 2: Seahawks hosting the Rams, What is your instant, guys, I feel like I'm still going Rams.

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Speaker 1: I like the Seahawks at home. I feel I like the Seahawks. Okay, Danny g I was saying, what are we feeling?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm gonna go Rams, all right, So ram it all day. Cavino, I do share that stephen a excitement though, I do. So that's a really great game.

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Speaker 1: Cavino and Mike say the Rams. Anyone else said the Rams? No, I said Seahawks.

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Speaker 2: I know styles, and what they did against the Colts really doesn't matter as far as what they do against the Rams. But I didn't really like how they played that game, like they barely barely won that game. A rematch of two weeks ago, they're back at it, but this time at Soldier of Field in Chicago. Packers at Bears nine to four and one, that weakest tie. The Packers are hanging on too at the ten and four Bears. Some people, there's some people that are not highing the Bears that think that they could lose out and be the team out of the mix because someone's not making the playoffs. So Packers at Bears. If the Bears win, that would mean they split for the season. If the Packers win, they're right back their first place again. All uh my instinct says Bears on this one.

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Speaker 3: Micah Parks.

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Speaker 2: Huge definitely plays a major factor. Unfortunately, morale crusher. He was the player they need. He was like that missing piece that was gonna put them over the hump. Yeah, now you took that piece away. It is the Bears. I think Packers were favored by seven in the first affair, and I believe they won by seven. It was just what we thought. It's we got what we thought we'd get. I'm going Bears in this one. I agree with you. I think it's a split series. Both great teams win at home, and not just Micah Parsons. That Packers team got banged.

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Speaker 5: Up his wing and and of course Josh Jacobs is not healthy.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that's a rough one.

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Speaker 9: I'm going with the Packers just because it's one of those situations when you're down, you lost your you lost your best player on defense, You're the rest of the team is going to be looking to step up. They're going to be motivated to get out there and prove that they're not just a you know, they're not relying on one guy. That there's a team and they can win.

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Speaker 2: Is this an offensive chess match that Matt Lafleur beats Ben Johnson? I mean, I mean, it's a lot of pride in that, right, I mean, well, see I give that a stephen a scream.

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Speaker 1: Another great matchup, third one, since Big Mike's at the studio, I'll you take the lead.

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Speaker 3: This is the where your hands Covino.

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Speaker 2: There's three games left, three games left. They face each other twice. This is the first time and it's in North Carolina. It's at Carolina. Panthers, Bucks and Panthers.

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Speaker 1: Big Mike. You're the only Panthers fan, I know.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, And it's really hard when it's you know, the team you root for. Because I have blinders on and I have no idea what you know, I can't be objective about it. So, you know, the pessimist in me says the Bucks are going to win.

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Speaker 1: That game. Oh wow.

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Speaker 4: I feel like the Bucks have been skidding hard though they really bottomed out last week.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Just when you think Baker, do you think Baker is gonna fire him up? Because he's that great type of guy, They're just uh.

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Speaker 4: Maybe maybe Mike's right, they'll they'll turn it around.

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Speaker 1: It's one of those things when you think you know, you don't know, you don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's the NFL, you don't know. Well, that's a tough one. I actually agree with Sam. I'm going Panthers on this one. I like the Buccaneers are like Mayfield, but they haven't been good for the past like five games.

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Speaker 4: I think they've lost like six out of seven. Yeah, six out of seven.

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Speaker 1: Six. I don't do it. I won't. I'm gonna go with you, Mike. I'm going Bucks. I'm going Bucks.

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Speaker 2: I think even though it's in Carolina, I don't. I don't deem that as like some ridiculous home field advantage, not nice mild weather. They're both in the you know, southeast where it's nice. It's not like it's not like you're going to Soldier Fielder Lambeau or Seattle or something or you know, so all right, Uh, heat up with a couple more and then we'll get Mike Swartz a Wisdom winner. Jacks at Broncos ten and four Jags who are hot versus the Broncos who are hot. That's a good one man Jackson Broncos. This had playoffs, really good. I get on too dirty fonsas two thumbs though.

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Speaker 1: Do we know what the line is? What's the line on that? That's a really good game.

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Speaker 9: Honestly, I'm I'm I'm leaning towards the Bucks on that at home Broncos at home.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but.

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Speaker 2: Rich is right, Jaguars are playing hot. Lawrence is having a season putting up big numbers. I don't think this is cutting dry as you think. Broncos home field, three point favorite, your traditional three plus o there looking at it like, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, yeah, that's a that's a nice battle.

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Speaker 3: I feel like this is going to be a statement game for the Jags.

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Speaker 2: Danny g I'm feeling to too. I think I think the Broncos have got not lucky at times. They're a great team, but twelve and two they're at home, though, do you give them any advantage for that? Just for the front of it, for the smell of it, I'm going Jags too, just to give me more rooting interest.

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Speaker 1: I'm going Jaguars.

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Speaker 2: Well, if you look at the standings this year, let's let's take a look at their home you know, because remember back in the day, we'd be like, wow, this seems undefeated at home, whether it be Seattle or the Chiefs or someone, is anyone really perfect at home? And as of right now, the only team as I speak this, the only undefeated home team in the AFC are the seven to zero at home Broncos.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, So.

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Speaker 2: Do they wrap the season eight no at home? Because they could be eight no at home? And again, I think it's due. I think they're dude, because if they're eight no at home and end up being the one seed, they'll be the undefeated at home one.

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Speaker 1: Seed, which is major advantage.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So Jags, by the way, which the longer you go on this, and they're all great games, the harder it is for our contestant to remember Mike's wortz. You know, there's a guy on hold right now with nervous far It's.

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Speaker 1: Like, oh no, he's just repeating it over and over and he's going holiday generosity, Holiday generosity, Holiday Jen just two more quickies.

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Speaker 2: Uh, Steelers at Lions, two eight and six teams that are fighting. They're like both in desperation mode. Not so much as Steelers because they're in a bunk division. But the Lions loser out by the way, if the Lions lose, they're out of the playoffs. So no way the Lions lose. There came no way in Detroit, no way they hang on, keep the fight.

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Speaker 9: I just don't think the Steelers are good.

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Speaker 1: I don't either.

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Speaker 2: I haven't been high on the Steelers, not rooting against anybody, but yeah, I think the Lions win this one. You have been on the Ayahuasca with the Steelers, not high on the Lions are almost a touchdown favor that's pretty telling in Detroit, their home. But still but still like sevens a lot of.

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Speaker 4: What was the must win game the Lions had to have a few weeks ago and they got that done.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that against the Cowboys Holiday party and Danny g your thoughts on the Steelers Lions.

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Speaker 5: You know, just because you guys are are all going lines, I want to go the other direction.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Steelers.

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Speaker 2: And then and one last one you could say, Rich, don't even put this in the pile. But I need to because the Ravens are only one game out in that Like you said, mediocre AFC North, they're seven and seven. They lose, then they're sort of putting themselves out of it, right, But they're playing at home in Baltimore against the eleven and three Patriots.

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Speaker 1: No way, no way, what.

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Speaker 2: I'd be so surprised the Ravens meet the Patriots. You'd be surprised. Is anyone picking the Ravens. Anything's possible, but I'd be surprised.

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Speaker 3: It's a bounce back game for drake Man Company.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so too.

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Speaker 6: I agree.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the fact that they lost last week, Yeah, I agree with.

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Speaker 2: You, which which would then mean, unless something weird happens, Aaron Rodgers is going back to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Oh god, with a new team.

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Speaker 3: You're all better for it too.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 2: With that said, thank you guys for entertaining me. I love these schedule watching games. There's six. I just named six. The other games are mediocre. I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 1: To you, but those are sixteen. I can't believe you left off the Falcons and Cardinals. Come on, how did I do that?

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Speaker 2: Unlike the NBA Cup the excitement, Sam was real for this one.

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Speaker 1: Stephen A steven A, that's where you hit the Stephen good.

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Speaker 4: But I got off my page. There it is, and I did.

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Speaker 2: I also left off the cults on Monday Night hosting My Niners, because as much as I love Philip Rivers, I'm gonna feel sad when I see my Niners stomp Philip Rivers. I just I'm sorry. I love Philip Rivers, but I don't think that team's winning against the Niners. I don't think so either, So all right, hey, let's get our winner for words of Wisdom and then spots got midweek major.

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Speaker 1: Let's do this. Who do we got? Iowa?

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Speaker 3: Sam Patrick in Jacksonville?

00:21:40
Speaker 1: Patrick Patrick, Oh man, dude, I.

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Speaker 8: Didn't hear it.

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Speaker 9: I didn't know you played it yet.

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Speaker 1: Oh good Patrick.

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Speaker 2: All that time we thought he was repeating it to himself. Or Hey Patrick, what do you think the words of wisdom?

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Speaker 1: How about we get some of your words of wisdom? Patrick? What do you go for? Holiday words?

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Speaker 2: Was this?

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Speaker 1: You know what?

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Speaker 3: Here?

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Speaker 9: You got this?

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Speaker 5: We'll get a contestant one on the other side, big mic, Just go ahead and do it a third time.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, holiday generous? H yes, here we go.

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Speaker 9: Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but by the presence of your kindness, patience and time.

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Speaker 2: Okay, repeat that on the flip and we also got spots midweek major all the hottes stories in sports and entertainment all next right here, Covin and Rich right now cove Yes, still.

00:22:41
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Speaker 2: You got the TCL hanging loud and proud or what loud and proud? Holiday upbraid check? It's time to step it up a little bit. He's the TV shouldn't tap out in the red zone.

00:22:54
Speaker 1: He's still debating the girlfriend if you should hang the TV or not?

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Speaker 1: I do my experiment in a minute. Do we have to bust out the Bunsen burners? No?

00:24:06
Speaker 2: And you can keep your pants on toe. Do I have to wear my protective goggles?

00:24:10
Speaker 9: Ey?

00:24:11
Speaker 2: Well, anyway, I'm in the middle of something bozo. Have you heard about trainer games? I have this to your binge list. Ten athletes go head to head for a chance to win an I Fit trainer contract with two hundred and fifty thousand NAS quarter million buckeroos. That's awesome. Trainer Games on Prime Video January eighth. Watch the trailer on Trainer games dot Com. What do you know about that? I'm gonna watch Why not? Do we have a winner for Mike swords Wisdom. Let's let's get a winner for this. Yeah, let's go quick here and then we'll do spots midweek.

00:24:45
Speaker 1: Major.

00:24:45
Speaker 3: Let's go Chris and San Diego.

00:24:47
Speaker 1: Chris, you're on with C and R. What's out? Buddy?

00:24:50
Speaker 10: All right?

00:24:50
Speaker 9: Hey, how you guys doing?

00:24:52
Speaker 1: Love the show all the time. I was like shot from Jenny g actually answered the phone. But here we go.

00:24:56
Speaker 10: All right, that's your music's okay.

00:25:00
Speaker 1: Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but by the presence of your.

00:25:07
Speaker 8: Kindness, patients and time.

00:25:10
Speaker 1: Yeah. Nice, what it done? I love it and that's how you do it the game. Thank you, Chris.

00:25:22
Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Happy Honker, Happy Holidays, all that good stuff, and uh, put that in your skin you guys. Oh yeah, that's awesome, man. I'm excited for everyone to get their turbo balls. Well, as you said, the perfect stocking stuffer. But our buddy Malser and Cincinnati hit us up and he goes actually to quote the late great Mitch Hedburg, who one of our favorite comedians passed away back in the day. The perfect stocking stuffer is a severed foot.

00:25:49
Speaker 1: That's great, that's a good one, all right.

00:25:51
Speaker 2: You know we do it every Wednesday. Whatever you miss in the world of sports and entertainment, don't sweat it.

00:25:55
Speaker 1: Spot's got it. Midweek Major.

00:25:58
Speaker 10: Covino and Rich get you over the middle of the week when mid Week Major Major, Oh, I love that we throw sports and pop culture headlines and topics at the fellas and it's like the kids.

00:26:11
Speaker 1: Say, that's summit.

00:26:12
Speaker 11: We definitely major seeing our score mid Week Major a remix. Gotta go quick here to give Spotty a full six minutes before I hand things over to the number one and only host to the segment, We roll the two big red love dice in the main studio.

00:26:27
Speaker 1: Why the extra sticky this time?

00:26:30
Speaker 11: Right?

00:26:30
Speaker 3: Bood ritual? That's the love.

00:26:35
Speaker 1: Oh I beat him. I got a seven ritual to six.

00:26:38
Speaker 3: That means Coveno gets first take.

00:26:39
Speaker 5: And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most famous person besides Judy Bloom from Scotch Plains New Jersey, Spotty Boy, Hi guys doing.

00:26:47
Speaker 1: Hi spot Guys. Want some jelly beans? Dude?

00:26:51
Speaker 2: Why you Bogart and all the jelly beans I don't know what you're talking about. I was you know what I almost want to like in retro, tell you a story about jaw rule because you stole the story about Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.

00:27:06
Speaker 1: Or do you want to hear the full story? I want the fun the first story.

00:27:09
Speaker 8: So, as you know, the NBA Cup Big win was celebrated by the Knicks yesterday and Nick star Josh Hart gave a big thumbs up to the team's win. As they were celebrating the big win where the where they beat the Spurs one twenty four to one thirteen, hert was captured, giving his teammate Jalen Brunson a literal thumbs up his backside. So as Carl Anthony Towns was hoisting up the trophy, Brunson turned to help and leaving him vulnerable for the attack from behind. And as you can see, moment went viral. Josh Hart just slipped his thumb right up in between the cheeks, went and went nice and deep.

00:27:48
Speaker 1: Gave me the old what was it? The dirty funds? Yeah, we coined it the dirt, the dirty funds.

00:27:53
Speaker 8: And after the moment went viral, Heart went to social to defend himself jokingly say damn in four K and said it was Ai. He said it was Ai, so maybe it wasn't Really it was Ai. At Hart and brunts that have known each other for a while, so they always give each other a little bit of a ribbing midweek or major rib. It's kind of major because this was on national TV after a pretty significant victory.

00:28:17
Speaker 2: Look, it's interesting. We're very much bros here on this show. But I've never crossed those lines with my pal. I've known Rich for over twenty years, true story. I've never given them a dirty funds in celebration. I've never come on. I've never given you a ribbing now for his pleasure. Now I'm questioning our friendship. Is this how the young guys get down?

00:28:37
Speaker 1: I don't know.

00:28:38
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's actually really funny. I know it's meant to be in fun and funny. I think it's funny to tell, but uh yeah, major, all right, major, just because it's funny, and I think when you in Jex Sports, it goes along with our first conversation of the day. Locker room, clubhouse. Camaraderie is an important thing, and the Knicks have it. They're so comfortable and having laughs. They're sticking fingers places, let's go.

00:28:57
Speaker 1: That's okay. Cool.

00:28:57
Speaker 8: But Luca, continuing to make his mark amongst these Lakers teammates and staff, decided to celebrate Christmas a few days early by gifting his teammates and Lakers staff with over one hundred e bikes e bikes, so apparently, coach J. J. Reddick told the team Luca had quote something for us. Some of the teammates thought that were he was handing out cars. That being said, that ended up being these e bikes, which were worth about three thousand dollars each. A video posted on Laker's social you could see everyone getting excited about their gifts, like it's on Christmas morning, and some of the players even dubbed him Luca claus Midweek or Major.

00:29:31
Speaker 2: I think that's awesome. That's major. Yeah, I mean it's a nice gesture. He's winning over his teammates. Not as cool as Dak Prescott gifting like cancer scans and body scans to his staff, talking mates he was saving lives.

00:29:42
Speaker 1: Did you hear that? Yeah? Yeah, really cool story.

00:29:44
Speaker 2: But anytime you're giving back to the team and you're a leader like that, 'tis the season to give.

00:29:49
Speaker 1: That's awesome.

00:29:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I don't like when people start judging people like they only got him that, like you don't think get anyone anything.

00:29:56
Speaker 1: I think generosity is a nice thing.

00:29:58
Speaker 2: It's a holiday season, and Lucas done nothing wrong in LA so far. So I think as of right now, he's done everything possibly to win over Lakers fans and his teammates.

00:30:07
Speaker 1: Rich nailed it. Yeah, cool? All right.

00:30:09
Speaker 8: Soccer fans gearing up for next year's FIFA World Cup.

00:30:12
Speaker 1: Oh do you mean football?

00:30:13
Speaker 8: Football? Football? I guess that would be well, it's not American football. I guess it would just be football. Yeah, fah football taking place next summer across North America. Loyal fans aren't too thrilled with the ticket pricing.

00:30:26
Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard this.

00:30:27
Speaker 8: FIFA made steps to offer lower ticket pricing around sixty dollars after initial ticketing. Ticket pricing had ranged from one hundred and forty dollars to three thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars for the early rounds, growing and surging as the rounds went on, up to about what was it eighty six eighty for.

00:30:46
Speaker 1: The final round.

00:30:47
Speaker 8: The final game, those sixty dollars tickets account for only about one point six percent of the tickets.

00:30:53
Speaker 1: FIFA said it.

00:30:53
Speaker 8: Had about round twenty million requests for tickets and that the organization only makes their money from the FIFA World Cup, which takes place every four years. New York City mayor elect a Zora Mom Donnie actually jumped in, as you know, trying to work on the kids for.

00:31:09
Speaker 1: Free tickets, right, he said pretty much.

00:31:11
Speaker 8: She said free tickets for everyone, and as one of the events is taking place in the New York area, he said that fifteen percent of tickets should be set aside for local fans at a discount, and saying it should be accessible to all.

00:31:22
Speaker 2: As you know, mid anyway, Midweker Major. I'd say, right now, it's mid. But the closer we get to it, more and more Major is starting to feel it's.

00:31:31
Speaker 1: Gonna be a big, big deal.

00:31:32
Speaker 2: I mean supplying demands, right, I mean, like it's a super Bowl, right, if you want to go to the Super Bowl, you gotta spend a lot of money or not go.

00:31:39
Speaker 1: That's that's the World Cup, right.

00:31:40
Speaker 2: I think I do think that they should keep things reasonable.

00:31:43
Speaker 1: But that's just not reality. Man, everything's so expensive. Go to the World Series.

00:31:47
Speaker 2: We established that the one hundred is the one hundred dollars bill is the new twenty.

00:31:51
Speaker 1: Yeah, things were getting out of control.

00:31:53
Speaker 2: Remember my grandma used to give you a twenty when you were a kid, and you're like, oh my god, a twenty dollars bill. Twenty doll a hunt though, you need to see. I got takeout yesterday. Rich was there as my witness. Take out yesterday for me and my daughter over sixty bucks here.

00:32:05
Speaker 1: In Los Angeles.

00:32:06
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's no surprise at tickets to the World cupper expense. Yeah, exactly, good good good points, Yeah, good ones.

00:32:13
Speaker 1: Stey four dollars.

00:32:15
Speaker 8: I'll squeeze in one more So. With the Dodgers building up their roster, someone has been crunching the numbers on the recent after the recont recent acquisition of Edwin Diez, and apparently the Dodgers now ow one point six one point zero six billion dollars in deferred contract money. So someone crunched the number, as they said. Of course, Otani the biggest culprit h six hundred eighty million from twenty thirty four to twenty forty three. Basically the as of twenty thirty seven, the roster for retired players will be over.

00:32:48
Speaker 3: One hundred million dollars.

00:32:50
Speaker 8: Wow, and that includes Otani bets with one hundred and fifteen million.

00:32:55
Speaker 1: Snell. This is for the deferred contract.

00:32:57
Speaker 8: Snell has sixty six million free, it has fifty seven million, Will Smith has fifty million. Tascar thirty two million had been twenty five million. So basically, after these players are long gone, they will be paying millions of dollars per year for all the players. Midweek or major. I think it's major.

00:33:13
Speaker 2: It's all about win now, and they've done that, and they've proved this model to work. And wasn't the stat that they paid off Otani's contract in his first year even having them So they've already made their money back on him.

00:33:26
Speaker 1: Man to quote Christinue to win to.

00:33:29
Speaker 2: Quote Lloyd Christmas, these are IOUs. They're just as good as money.

00:33:33
Speaker 1: Hey, listen, if they pay him eventually.

00:33:35
Speaker 2: Bobby Benie is saying, so, I think it's major just because the Dodgers are doing all the right things. And if I'm a player, I don't blame anyone if for wanting to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They're winners. Man, and there you go. That's it, Thanks Bob. Thanks guys.

00:33:47
Speaker 1: Let's go to Isaac Low and Crown for an update. I Loo, what's doing my friend? Everybody that's as good as money?

00:33:52
Speaker 2: Sir?

00:33:53
Speaker 1: Why?

00:33:53
Speaker 7: Thank you and thank you fellas. The Athletic reported this afternoon that the attorney for the Michigan football staffer who had a relationship with former head coach Sharon Moore, told police that Moore had a quote long history of domestic violence unquote against the staffer during their relationship in the NFL. The Miami Dolphins today bench quarterback to a tongue of I Loe. Rookie seventh round pick Quinn Ewers will start on Sunday against the Bengals. The Los Angeles Rams listed receiver DeVante Adams as doubtful for tomorrow's game at Seattle due to a hamstring injury. Every Olympic dream starts with a first glide through learn to Skate USA. Kids build confidence, strength and joy on the ice. Learn to Skate USA offers programs for skaters of all ages and abilities. Find a program near you at learn to SKATEUSA dot com. Finally, Cavino and Rich, we have just had a new twist in the Chicago Bears stadium situation. In a letter to season ticket holders, Bears President Kevin Warren said that the state of Illinois told them that cooperation on the bears proposed stadium project in Arlington Heights, Illinois, will not be a priority in twenty twenty six, and therefore the Bears are now expanding their search for a new stadium site to Northwest Indiana. So get ready for the potential Northwest Indiana Bears.

00:35:24
Speaker 1: Wowck to you, thank you. Isay, that's a that's a lead twist. All right.

00:35:29
Speaker 2: Listen, we got more Cavine on Rich. We'll talk to some We'll talk to you guys about some NFL as we get ready for Week sixteen and anything on your mind. Hey, let's do it at Covine and Rich more here next on Fox Sports Radio CNR on FSR live from the Fox Sports Radio studios.

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00:36:12
Speaker 1: Louise, I'm traumatized now almost. Yeah, I uh.

00:36:18
Speaker 2: We had to let my dog go the other day, Piper, almost thirteen year old little Frenchy, and I showed Manzi like, oh, here's the last pic. Here's the last picture of my dog with our kids before we had a you know, put her down.

00:36:30
Speaker 1: It was video of your son saying goodbye Piper.

00:36:34
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm dying.

00:36:35
Speaker 1: I'm dying, so thank you. I'm so sorry, tough.

00:36:38
Speaker 2: So anyone that anyone that anyone that loses a dog, trust me, I'm going through it right now.

00:36:42
Speaker 1: It's the worst, dude. It's like a little member of your family, right it's the worst. And I know MANSI went through it a year ago. Yeah, so it's in some spots. But I feel for you. I hear little Piper.

00:36:52
Speaker 2: If you hear Monsy cried during her update in ten minutes, it's because I show It's because I showed her another video.

00:36:58
Speaker 1: Trust me.

00:36:58
Speaker 2: I did my fair share of man trying over the last week. But anyone that's going through that, trust me. It's it's like a mild version of losing a human, and for some people losing a family pet is more impactful than losing like your distant uncle. On for tonight, Rich gave Piper away better send off than Uncle Bart got.

00:37:15
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that. We to think about it. We were talking about the other day.

00:37:17
Speaker 2: We're like, if you have a family pet for over a decade, you're closer to that pet than like a distant relative you've seen twice in your life. I know that sounds terrible because a human is always more important than an animal, but nonetheless it's you know, you get close to pets. I was Sam, I know you're a big dog guy, right, so.

00:37:31
Speaker 3: That was you?

00:37:32
Speaker 4: Just even watching that for three seconds, I was like, no, I.

00:37:34
Speaker 2: Can't I have a saying walk away. He's like nope, turning away, Nope, I have a dumb question.

00:37:39
Speaker 1: In the show. To lighten it up.

00:37:41
Speaker 2: I've just I feel like I just had a revelation, like you know, like remember at the end of Usual Suspects when they all realize it's kaisers you sure you don't want to talk about seeing three undermining Jef van Gundy. We could say that for tomorrow. That's the time limit on CP three he's he's not going anywhere. I'm saying, I'm saying, we'll talk about him tomorrow.

00:37:59
Speaker 1: Way to spoil the movie, but continue, go ahead. Did I just spoiled?

00:38:05
Speaker 4: Did I just spoil a thirty year old movie? So go see it anyway, it's still good.

00:38:11
Speaker 2: Cavinos saw in our kitchen in the fridge there were these like bananas that were going like look out, they're going south, like they're like rotted looking bananas. And what Covino says, you know, I eat it. I like a banana a day. Well, there's a there's a stat Walmart's number one selling item is bananas. People eat a lot of bananas. No, no bananas. Yeah, I know it's kind.

00:38:34
Speaker 1: Of banana when you think about it. Oh, you mean it's not bananas.

00:38:36
Speaker 2: It was a sub dad or something bananas, And I mentioned a ritual.

00:38:41
Speaker 1: It makes sense. I ate a banana. I at least one banana day.

00:38:44
Speaker 2: And then Big Mike, who runs this place, was like, you buy bananas, And then Danny G's like, yeah, man, I have a couple bananas a week for sure. And then Big Brandon, who's the editor, It's like, yeah, what I have like two bananas a day. I feel like I'm living in a weird world. I have like one banana every three or four months.

00:39:01
Speaker 1: You met Manzi. Do you eat a banana day? Is this something everyone does?

00:39:04
Speaker 4: I have a banana twice three times a week.

00:39:07
Speaker 1: Yes, there's a reason Fire eating a banana every.

00:39:11
Speaker 4: Day and always has a banana.

00:39:12
Speaker 1: But it's fat.

00:39:13
Speaker 2: If you eat protein protein shakes, maybe you put them on some toast, some peanut butter.

00:39:17
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's delicious, But now I'm thinking's fun? Do you know?

00:39:21
Speaker 8: I always have bananas at home. Bananas for me are sort of like a last resort. They never have really been in my repertoire because I'm not thrilled with the taste of banana.

00:39:31
Speaker 1: Is that what Paparoach was thinking about?

00:39:34
Speaker 8: Cause, especially for a protein shake, if you put like a slice of a banana and then huge protein shake that.

00:39:40
Speaker 1: Has strawberries, blueberries, raspberry, whatever, it's overwhelming. All you're gonna taste this banana? Oh man?

00:39:46
Speaker 2: So I mean then you know, someone else here one of the editors are saying like, yeah, you know, back in the day, bodybuilders would have protein, you know, and bananas every day.

00:39:55
Speaker 1: So am I? Am?

00:39:56
Speaker 2: I missing out here is like, is the key to who is eating bananas? Like a main me on the sideline? Who was that it was?

00:40:02
Speaker 1: This year? Remember it was it? Right?

00:40:04
Speaker 2: Someone got can't remember who it was, but somebody wasn't it? Someone got pulled in the game and talking about it. And remember they were like, yeah, it wasn't stretched out?

00:40:11
Speaker 1: Was it mac Jones? I think it was mac Jones had like potassium? Yeah?

00:40:17
Speaker 2: So anyway, what Rich is realizing now he's one of the only guys here that really don't have any throughout a week.

00:40:23
Speaker 4: So I'm like, wait a minute, am I missing your banana?

00:40:25
Speaker 10: Yeah?

00:40:26
Speaker 5: It was Mac Jones reportedly had about eleven bananas.

00:40:31
Speaker 2: One of those things that you know people aren't talking about and people hide when they eat them because I don't want you watching me eat my banana.

00:40:36
Speaker 1: Did you see what? Uh? Did you see what Heart did with that banana last night? Oh? Wait, that was Stu? Sorry didn't chocolate? Is it weird that? Can we know?

00:40:46
Speaker 2: Always make sure to pick out the biggest banana? What does that cycle? Is it weird to pick the biggest banana?

00:40:51
Speaker 4: I tend to go for the smaller one.

00:40:53
Speaker 2: Oh, there's a lot of guys that are like, oh.

00:41:00
Speaker 1: That's overwhelming, Like you've said enough, you've said enough, you've said it not. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Have a great Wednesday. We're gonna get you