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I'm in Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to super producer and host Ryan Hickey. He is in New York City and we've had a day. We've had an afternoon. We've had an evening. We have a night. The latest college football playoff rankings have been released.
The New York Jets release their general manager right now in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics are leading the Cleveland Cavaliers. The undefeated 15 and 0 Cleveland Cavaliers 104 to 100. We'll keep you up to date on that game as it goes into crunch time. About five minutes left. We've got people coming up with crazy ideas surrounding the college football playoff rankings and what teams should do, what they shouldn't do. And Jerry Jones has an explanation for his roof falling apart.
Man, it's just, there's so much to get into. If you want to call up, you can. 855-212-4227.
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What a day, what a day, what an evening. College football playoff rankings came out. Not too many big changes at the top. Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, Indiana is still in the five. Notre Dame is six. Alabama moves up to seven, displacing Tennessee, which just lost to Georgia.
Miami at eight. Mississippi with that victory over Georgia. Mississippi is now nine. Georgia is now 10. Tennessee following the loss to Georgia is 11. Boise State is 12. Being a conference champ would automatically give them a bye in that top four.
So yeah, they're ranked 12, but they would get a bye based on the current rankings. LSU has fallen all the way out of the damn playoff as it stands right now. Illinois, UNLV, they are all in. Iowa State is in. Arizona State is in. Tulane jumps from 25 to 20. And then we got a big matchup.
We just talked about this prior to the break. And one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard in my life, Joey Galloway was on ESPN. Indiana, undefeated Indiana at 10 and 0. They are the only undefeated team here in these rankings outside of Oregon, who sits at number one at 11 and 0. And then you take a look at Army, who is nine and 0. Indiana, who the hell have they beat that makes you go? Amazing. Nobody.
The answer is nobody. They have Ohio State this weekend. And Joey Galloway on ESPN actually said that maybe Indiana should sit its starting quarterback to avoid, I don't know, an injury or embarrassment in hopes of improving their stakes. So you want to lose on purpose and have an excuse as to why? I don't get it. Listen to this.
May it not make sense. If we believe in what our metrics are saying, if I'm Indiana, I don't know if I'm playing work against Ohio State. We see what happened to Florida State last year. Jordan Travis, what could keep Indiana out of this?
Getting their quarterback hurt. We've seen it happen to Florida State last year, having not played anybody. If you look at three, four and five, Texas, Penn State and Indiana, they literally have played nobody between all three teams. The toughest team in that is Vandy. So a lot of this that we're looking at is eye test because, Boog, when you look at the resumes of three, four and five, it brings back the idea of let me not play anybody and be undefeated and be in a good position.
Eye test is going to matter because three, four or five have played nobody. And that includes Indiana. Loser logic.
That's what that is. That doesn't make any sense. None.
Zip, zero, zilch. That's not even the craziest thing that we heard today. The Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones spoke last night. Didn't make sense. After losing to the Texans, the New York Jets, they fired their general manager, Joe Douglas.
That doesn't make much sense. Yeah, this is more amusing. Listen to Jerry Jones explain to you why last night before the Texans ran them out of their own building, Jerry Jones explained why sheet metal was falling from the sky and almost almost hit a guy. Apparently, we did a little damage. And then when we tried to open it up, the winds got underneath the roof at that time. And so everybody agreed that it did some damage. But check around Dallas had wind gusts all afternoon.
There was no risk at all to anybody on the field playing once we shut the roof. And again, we've got a lot of wind gusts in this area this afternoon. And apparently that created some looseness up there.
And then when the wind when we did try to open it up, the wind got in there and exacerbated the looseness. Hickey, that sounds like some kid in middle school asked by his science teacher. Hey, come stand up in the class and give this presentation. And that student stands up there and doesn't know what the hell they talk about. Just talking out of there. You know what? Trying to make sense. Yeah. So why?
Why? Tell us about the wind tunnel you created. Why does the wind tunnel form a funnel?
And I don't know. Just what happens is air goes in. It creates some looseness. I just you think you think you think Jerry Jones was good in science?
No, no. He didn't know about the oil. He knew about the oil. I knew about the oil. He knew where to drill.
And you know what? That's probably the most important thing he needed to know. He made a lot of money off that. Yeah, where to drill. What a man. Now, if he only knew how to, you know, keep the stadium functioning. Why?
And excuse me, Hickey. Why is this not a bigger deal? Maybe it is. But why isn't there like why is there not an investigation? Why isn't there some local councilman or the city going, hey, this thing costs what, a billion and a half, $2 billion? Why did this fall?
Where did it fall from? Are you shocked this is not a bigger deal? Did it have to knock somebody clear the hell out? I guess.
I mean, I guess like what's the deal to make? Exactly right. The metal fell. Should it have been loose?
I don't know. I mean, they never opened the roof anyway. I'm shocked they're even opening it yesterday. I think the bigger question is, at least for me, why are you opening the roof on a windy day?
Here we go. Arlington City officials inspect, you know, because I don't know. But I have to figure there is some type of, you know, government funding that did Jerry just dig into his pocket 10 years ago and go here, build a stadium like, you know, there has to be some type of outside, you know, what's the word, not culpability, but involvement in the stadium. Arlington City officials inspect AT&T Stadium reveal what caused the sheet metal incident. The metal piece that fell to the field was covering a lid to a cable tray that was moved by wind gusts as the roof was opening.
The city said in a statement, the cable tray was in the high steel area near the top of the stadium. Wow. Yeah. So a building inspector, deputy fire, see, all the government people.
Yeah. They deemed the stadium safe. The metal piece was covering a lid. And so it seems that somebody was doing something that they didn't have no business.
There are no structural issues with the venue or its retractable roof. So some dummy left something untethered. OK, whatever.
See, Hickey, there was some government thing. No big deal. But this is things don't just fly off a roof and people just go, OK, on to the next one. You are right.
But I mean, maybe I'm wrong. I think most teams with retractable roofs only open them when the weather is perfect. I think the bigger question is, when it's so windy, why are you opening the roof in the first place?
Dallas Cowboys, right? I don't know. I think that's the explanation. We got a retractable roof here at Mercedes Benz. Hickey, I've never seen that thing open. They never open it. Open it up.
The weather is beautiful here. I don't know. I guess it costs money to open it.
I don't know. Don't build a retractable roof. If you're not going to open it, build a solid roof and there you go.
No worries. Man, the weather is beautiful here almost all year round. And even if it's cold outside, it's not that damn cold. You can keep the roof open. Like, come on.
Or do what the Rams did. Build a roof. Open air.
That's just open. You know, you could have a thunderstorm and still have a delay. You know, why the hell not? Is the lightning going to go through the side? Am I missing something?
I mean, translucent roof. I guess maybe it's not. I don't know. Whatever they were saying that somehow the lighting is kind of like bend around, go through the opening and maybe land on the 50 yard line.
Maybe that's what they're concerned about. Oh boy. Whatever. The SoFi Stadium. All this fancy money to build this thing. Just ridiculousness all the way around. Like the New York Jets. Getting rid of their general manager today. This man has been GM since 2019. The past two years, he basically hasn't been the GM. It's been Aaron Rodgers, but he had to pay the price for not drafting. All four drafting Zach Wilson and then having to basically say, OK, yeah, we have no choice.
We have to get Aaron Rodgers. Listen to Tom Pelosaro tell you about it on the NFL Network. No surprise that the Jets are moving on from their general manager, Joe Douglas, at this stage. He was in the final year of his contract in a season that has been of the utmost disappointment for the New York Jets. The Jets are not a team where the cupboard is bare in terms of talent.
They have some bright young players. Joe Douglas had had good drafts, but at this stage it became pretty apparent that owner Woody Johnson, who again had made the move early in the season in surprise fashion to fire Robert Sala as the team got ready to play a game for first place in the AFC East, would now move on from Joe Douglas as well. They are going to be rebooting everything in New York. Booting Aaron Rodgers.
It's just a matter of whether or not Aaron Rodgers quits before they decide to go ahead and cut the guy. That's that's the reality there. Pretty sad. Pretty pathetic.
Pretty pathetic. Well, this is what we knew would happen. The Jets were either going to compete for a championship or they were going to go to hell. They just went to hell faster than anybody would have thought. Last year, the man blows out his Achilles.
They go straight to hell. And this year, well, they are in hell and the man is playing football. And they fired the head coach and then they fired the GM. And before that or after the coach, they fired the offensive coordinator. And now they're firing everybody except for the man who owns the team.
That's Woody Johnson. The Johnson and Johnson Band-Aid man who doesn't even run that organization. He's just just a rich guy as a result. I should have came up with Band-Aids 300 years ago. I'd be a billionaire, too.
It's the simplest inventions that make you the most rich. A tourniquet. And hey, how about this?
You could start off with a tourniquet and now you can sell shots. How about that? How about this? You could think of an app where you literally take a picture, it disappears in 10 seconds, call it Snapchat and you could be a billionaire.
Oh, wow. How about that? Invent an app where somebody picks you up in a car, takes you to where you want to go.
You don't have to drive. And so the robots do that, right? Maybe that could be you.
What can be me? Invent the app where the robots drive. No, thanks. That exists already. You saw Kim Kardashian hanging out with her Tesla robot?
I did not. She's got one. She's playing rock, paper, scissors with her robot. I spoke with someone today about the cost of the robot.
I don't know if this is accurate. I was told the robot cost between $20,000 and $30,000. That's it. I thought it'd be more money than that. Still a lot of money for what? Bro, it's a car. That's the cost of an entry level car. I mean, if people can get cars, I mean, yeah, it's a lot of money to have this thing in your house, but it's not like out of the range, right? It's the cost of a car. You don't think you'll be able to finance a robot?
Oh, you're no APR down? If you don't pay, if you don't make your pay. We're gonna seize your robot.
No, ain't nobody gonna see it. The robot will walk out the door. You know, forget the repo, man. The robot will leave. And now you're gonna put the repo guys out of business?
The robot? Listen, man, a robot will repossess. It'll walk out the door and take your car. Now you're really putting those guys out of business. She's nothing to do. Like, I'll take the car.
The robot don't even need the key. Oh my goodness. Either that or he Jack you up in your sleep when you're going to make them payments. Damn. Tell all your secrets too. Yeah.
What a rough world. You know, they're always listening. I'm sure. Well, you know, the robot's listening. He's standing in the corner charging up. He's not charging up.
He's listening. It's like old Tony. He's a robot too.
Hickey. I did see him in a sling when he had his, uh, his arm surgery. So he's a human.
Oh, interesting. So he cut open and he has blood. Yeah, I think, well, he's had a couple of surgeries, right?
So, uh, two, two Tommy John's couple of dislocated shoulder. Where'd you see him by the way? Uh, it was a photo of him leaving the doctor's office. So someone got him. Somebody got him. Yep. Wow. Sweat pants, baseball cap sling. That's crazy.
I'm gonna see if I can find that just to see what it looks like in a non Dodger uniform. It's tough. He doesn't go outside. Doesn't the man does not go outside. He's been rehabbing and like an underwater chamber. I'm sure he'll be there for five months until the next baseball season. Eight five five two one two 42 27.
That's eight five five two one two 42 27. Wayne is calling from New Mexico. You're on the JR sport reshow.
Hey, thanks for giving my call. The robot should be cheaper pretty soon. Just like when the DCRs and all that stuff came out, came out there. How cheap, how cheap do you think, how cheap you think a robot's going to be in 25 years?
I think about maybe a couple of grand, two or three grand. I think I could totally see that. It's going to be like the, it's going to be like the home desktop computer and a television set? Exactly.
Like it's going to be expensive at the bat, but as it becomes more and more mass produced and more and more people, there's a demand or there's a need for it. There's going to be a lot cheaper. You know a lot about these robots.
Which one? You going to buy a Sony robot or a Tesla robot? I'll probably see when someone else gets a new OS and revamps the operating system on it, just like Microsoft did with IDMs. And that's my tech talking. I don't want to get on tangent with that, but I definitely want to talk about the Cowboys in regards to being a fan. It's sad to watch them play offense. It's pathetic. And obviously everything is falling apart, including the stadium now.
And as I was telling your producer, it's frustrating for him to be, Jerry Jones talking more about the stadium than he is about the team and what his goals are as far as running the team. Like, I don't care what happened in the stadium. Nobody died.
Nothing happened. It's whatever it is. It's dangerous. There was a guy that the sheet metal almost, the guy barely got away. It is noteworthy. Come on.
Yeah, but close only counts at horseshoot and hand grenades, right? No one got hurt. But no, but no, that's, that's not, no, but it's important. Bruh.
If that felt, if that happened during the game and it fell on the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, come on now, what are we talking about? If, if, yes, yes, yes, yes. No, it's not, it's not if what happened is dangerous. Okay. Agreed. It's just the fact. Agreed.
But what's more important, the dangerousness that could have happened or what's the dangerous of how bad this team is playing on the field? It's two separate things. He's a dumb ass. We know that. Okay. He's a dumb ass.
I'm not arguing that point. The only, the only upside I'm seeing this to the Cowboys is I see a lot of good athletes coming out of the draft. I would love to see him get out on Jeffrey and Ewers. I know there's rumors about Chidora Sanders and Deion Sanders coming. I definitely don't see that happening, but I could totally see them getting a good running back and, and even a quarterback for the future.
That's only upside I'm seeing as the Cowboys saying, cause I don't see them doing anything. Deion has doubled and tripled and quadrupled down on, on not moving more recently as of today and yesterday as saying that he is in no rush to, to move on. It looks like he has a new quarterback who's going to be coming in. Who's, who's recently decommitted.
I don't know if he, if he wants the trouble. I know after the loss last night, Dez Bryant is saying that Deion should be the guy in Dallas and then Michael Irvin and it's just everybody is a matter of fact. And thank you Wayne so much for calling from New Mexico. Let's take a listen to Michael Irvin because he was chatting it up with Fox sports and Michael Irvin basically said, he's like, listen, man, if I'm Deion and I'm the Cowboys, I'm taking Chidora and Deion and I'm packaged dealing it. Listen to this news today. You do believe that if Chidora went to the Cowboys, Deion would accept the job. I believe 100% and I can tell you good sources. Great sources have told me that. That's all I can say like that without violating anything else. Yeah.
And I think that's, that's the only way, right? Like what, what other reason is Deion leaving? But does he want the trouble? That might be too big of a dream to coach his son for the Cowboys.
Let's, let's think about that in the grand scheme. Cowboys take his son, but why the hell would the Cowboys take his son? They got Dak Prescott.
They got to pay this guy 60 per. So, I mean, we could be living in fantasy land. We got to come back to reality.
Come on now. Reality. Cowboys are a mess. They got beat by the Texans and the Texans did their job last night. Two-game losing streak, turning things around.
You know what? Let's take a listen because D'Amico Ryans, the head coach of the Houston Texans, he talked about how and why they were able to stomp out them Cowboys. The run game starts with our offensive line. I asked him to challenge them to play fast, play aggressive.
Thought they did a really nice job. And Joe, you know, when he's, when he's on, he's a, he's a force for us. Over a hundred yards, three touchdowns is really like the way we just kept turning it in the run game and proud of the guys for stepping up to the challenge. Don't forget Joe Mixon's 44 reception yards, receiving yards either. Come on now. Man was moving.
The man was rolling. Good stuff. Two-game losing streak. The Texans will be fine. They'll, they'll get into the postseason.
Dallas Cowboys, they're going to sit down and watch just like everybody else. Sorry. It's the JR Sportbree show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network 855-212-4227.
That's 855-212-4227. We're going to take a break. When we come back, I'll get some more of your calls. I'll give you an update on what the hell is going on between these undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics. That game is coming down to a close and a team that, that thought that they were going to compete. They're one of the worst teams in the NBA and their superstar former MVP player is getting called out by another star for being late.
And I'll add probably fat and lazy and uninspired. Take a guess who it is. I'll tell you on the other side. It's the JR Sportbree show coast to coast, the infinity sports network. You're listening to the JR Sportbree.
It is the JR Sportbree show here with you coast to coast to coast on the infinity sports network. The Cleveland Cavaliers are undefeated no more. The Celtics just held on to beat them 120 to 117. The Cavaliers are now 15 and one. The Boston Celtics are 12 and three.
Darius Garland not helping out tonight. Eight points. Three of 21 shooting. Ouch. Hickey, how the hell you take 21 shots and miss 18 of them? Damn. Especially with Donovan Mitchell on the team.
I don't know. Yeah, he had 35 points. Mitchell did Evan Mobley. He had 22.
Wow. Meanwhile, for the Celtics, I know people always critical of what Tatum does and doesn't do in big spots. 33 points. Brown had 17. Old man Al Horford, who is also ancient and still move around. He had 20 points. So, hey, look, the Celtics still king of the mountaintop and Cavaliers had an opportunity to make a statement and almost did.
But, hey, this is the best of the best. This is what's going to happen. Something that Joel Embiid knows nothing about. I'll explain what the hell is going on in Philadelphia in a moment. 855212-4227. That's 855212-4227. Mike is calling from Birmingham. You're on the JR Sportbree show.
Go ahead, Mike. What's up, JR? How are we doing, Will? Thank you. I am.
What's up? Yeah. So, you're spot on with the Joey Galloway comments. I totally agree with you.
I had no idea what he was coming up with with that. But my question was, what you think about this is Boise State moving up in the rankings this, you know, tonight. And I'm just, you know, I know they're a 9-1 team.
Okay. They're only lost to Oregon. I believe that's the only ranked team they've played all year. And I'm trying to figure out how the 9-1 Boise State team moves up that far with, you know, with the bye week. And you've got five SEC teams that are 8-2. And, you know, the committee thinks that neither of those five teams could, you know, or should be ranked higher than Boise State. Well, it's strength of schedule.
I mean, that's what it boils down to. And then you think about the actual college football playoff rankings when it's all said and done. The top four conference champions are going to go ahead and get that by. And so that's why Boise State is currently sitting in one of those four spots. And we know that the SEC, it's one of the strongest conferences in the entire country. Right.
So what? So Boise State is looking for a loss. So they're looking for a UNLV loss by the end of the year to keep them in their championship. Is that correct? What, in regards to what, the Mountain West?
Yeah. Well, I mean, outside of UNLV, what else, what other competition do they have there? There is no competition. I'm just wondering how, you know, how any of the 8-2 SEC teams are so far behind a Boise State when they've only played one ranked team. Well, that's, you have to go ahead and take a look at the college football playoff. It pretty much states that you have the conference champions that they all get in advance. And so somebody is going to have to suffer in the SEC.
They all can't advance and get a buy. That's just what it boils down to. No, of course not. No, of course not. I think, I think Tennessee is outside the window looking in as well. So, but, you know, I don't know, it's kind of a little bit of fishy on the committee.
I don't think it's, I don't think it's fishy. It's just, it's how the playoff is situated. I think that's one of the, that's not so much about the, I would say who they play or who they don't play.
It's just the top four teams out of every conference, the top four conferences, they get a buy. That's just what it is. It sucks.
You agree, you agree that it's pretty, it's pretty balanced. I think, I think it's dumb. I think you should just call it.
No, I think you can call it straight on down the line. I understand you want to go ahead and reward the conference champs. I mean, I looked at it last week. If we looked at the rankings last week after Ole Miss knocked off Georgia, after they knocked off the Bulldogs, in what world would the Georgia Bulldogs be, be barely out of the playoff, but then go ahead and say, Hey, Boise State goes ahead and gets in in front of them.
No, it, it doesn't make sense. I mean, if you want, if you want to take a look at it at another perspective and say, Oh, this makes the conference games, Oh, so much more important. You can, it's just, it's tough when you're playing at one of the best conferences and then you have, I don't want to call Boise State a little engine that could, I don't think anybody wakes up and says that they're going to win the national championship. I mean, the closest thing they have to win in anything is gente going out there and just winning, you know, a Heisman.
And that's not even a guarantee. So I'm less, I'm less concerned about, you know, what the committee thinks and why this team is ranked there. They don't, they don't have too much say so in that, you know, whoever wins the conferences, Hey, they end up as, as, as champs.
They go ahead, they go in and get a buy. And we actually heard this, hold on. We heard this from Ward Manuel early. I want you to hear this because he was asked if losers of the conference championship, you know, are they going to get punished?
Are they looked upon as, as second rate? Are they getting bumped? Listen to what he had to say. Well, we have a, we have a lot of value, you know, we're not going to, uh, you know, speculate on what will happen, but we have a lot of value of the, uh, with the teams that make a championship game that, that says a lot, uh, playing 12 games in the season, making your championship game is, is a really invaluable data point. Number one, number two, uh, we're going to evaluate the games and how teams play in the performance on the field. That's what the commissioners have asked us to do. Uh, they didn't ask us to stop right before the championship game. They asked us to, to rank the teams through the championship game. And I think you could see, uh, over the years, how the committee has valued those championship games and, and who, uh, stays in and where they're ranked. Uh, but this year we're not going to speculate. We're going to let the season play out. But I think teams who make that championship game, uh, the, the committee looks at them, uh, and puts them in high esteem.
Hey, Mike, this is what you got to do. Wait for Boise state to get into the college football player. If they get a buy, wait for them to get a buy and then wait for them to get blasted out of the playoff problem solved. Right. And I think also think that the next two weeks, we'll, we'll, we'll know a lot more. Yeah, we will. Well, I don't think we're gonna have to wait that long. I think we'll get that answer.
Uh, you know, come playoff time at the end of December into January. Hey, Mike, thank you for calling from Birmingham. Thanks, man.
No problem. There ain't no easy solution to any of this. Hey, let the teams go out there and play, right? If you so damn good, then, then when the games eight, five, five, two, one, two 42 27, Trevor's calling from Green Bay. Go ahead, Trevor.
Yeah. Uh, you know, NFL team that they're going to be in disarray at the end of the year, the New York jets, I think the smartest play for these guys is to draft to do her Sanders, hire Dion as their coach and let Aaron Rogers go. Everything should do her camper a year, let him run it back for a year. And then, because Aaron Rogers got a big ego, but nobody's got a bigger ego than Deon Sanders. So he ain't taking a back seat to Rogers, but he's going to pick.
They make sure that he's in line. It's a door is going to get an opportunity to learn everything you can from Aaron and then watch Deon and Sidor take that jets team back to the promised land. Okay. I think none of that is going to happen, but we can all be a wishful Trevor.
Uh, that's, that's certainly not taking place. Aaron Rogers will be gone in a matter of months or weeks, depending on how soon he wants to quit. And how about the New York jets need to get a GM before they do anything else.
They don't need no more shot side shows. They just, they, they need somebody to go out there to bust ass. The New York just need to bring in a GM and they need to get a coach. That's that's respected respectable, but who wants to, who wants to work for Woody Johnson? I mean, think who wants to go down the line of crap that they've had since they actually went to the post season, which was last in 2011.
I think the answer is, is nobody who wants to deal with this. New York jets are just going through everybody, every possible permutation eight five five two one two 42 27. We're going to take a break when we come back on the other side. Of course, I'm going to walk you through a few things that took place this day in sports history. Speaking of disasters, I want to tell you about the disasters going on in Philadelphia. He is seven foot one seven two.
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Amongst all the crazy things that have taken place today. Jets fire their GM, Joe Douglas. Indiana getting crazy suggestions how to still maintain space in the college football playoff. Joey Galloway is just saying, hey, just, you know, sit down the starting quarterback against Ohio State and you know, then he won't get hurt. Then you have a better chance of making a playoff.
OK, it's flawed logic all over the place. Dallas Cowboys stink. What else is new? Losing to the Texans last night. Cavaliers 15 and one, no longer defeated. Whoopty freakin do. The Celtics just beat a minutes ago, 120 to 117.
Wild world. And how about this? Got this whole news and article earlier today that, you know, the Sixers, they lose to Miami last night, 106 to 89.
They have a closed door meeting. We find out that Tyrese Maxey, who's hurt with a hamstring issue, basically challenges Joel Embiid to be a leader, actually show up to work on time, says he's late all the time. Listen to Joel Embiid. He was asked after the game, which he only had 11 points in in 31 minutes and look like a bum.
Sorry. Former MVP last night. He looked like a bum. Joel Embiid was asked what took place in the meeting. Are we out of it? No, he didn't know they had a meeting.
Well, thanks to snitches and rats. And we know that they had a meeting. And the fact is, he was challenged. And he reportedly said, reportedly said, you know, he's not always sure what they're doing on offense, bro.
You don't even play. And this is not the first time we've heard Joel Embiid. I mean, that's not the first time we've heard Joel Embiid.
I mean, this past this past summer in the Olympics, you know, there was a report that, you know, this man, Joel Embiid, LeBron James had to look at him and go, man, you're not working hard enough. They owe him money until 2029. He has a player option until 2029, where Joel Embiid will make 70 million dollars.
He is 31 years old in March. Do you think this man is going to get better? This is four and five years from now. Picky, this is I'm not going to put this into Sean Watson category of disaster, but the sixes are screwed. Absolutely. This is really bad. And this wipes away, I think, any benefit of the doubt, right? Like, OK, sometimes injuries happen.
You can't do anything. But getting called out for now multiple times on your work ethic, I think any cries of woe is me or just bad timing, I think a lot of it goes out the window. He has a lot of talent. But clearly and frustratingly, I think if you're a Sixers fan, he doesn't put the requisite work in that it takes to be a true superstar in the league. Yeah, well, I think he is taking his money and packing it up.
And I think he's fine. Let's keep in mind, this is someone who was who came into the NBA, was he missed the first two years of his career with foot issues? It showed up, played, got paid, never got over the hump, won an MVP, can't get out of the second round. And yeah, he's a massive talent when he plays, but he's never been able to play consistently. And this is supposed to get better as he gets older.
I think the answer is no. The Sixers are screwed because, A, you can't you can't move this guy. You can't move his contract. You just gave Paul George a massive deal as well.
He's 34 years old. You gave him a four year contract extension. And I don't even know what happens. Maybe maybe you can trade Paul George into the future. How the hell do you even move Maxie?
And to where? Like you've basically cooked Maxie unless he boycotts playing for the team. And I don't ever see that happening. So if you're a Sixers fan, man, you have gone through just the process and it is really sucked all the way through. Anyway, the future doesn't look good for the Sixers. It's time for This Day in Sports History. Let's take a look at the past. November 19th, 2024. That's today.
Let's go back to November 19th, the year 1978. Herman Edwards. This man picked up Larry Sanka's fumble, returned it for a touchdown. The Eagles beat the Giants 19 to 17. This was referred to as the miracle at the Meadowlands. We had her more last week.
Let's take a listen to when he actually played 1978. This was on CBS. The clock winds out on the Philadelphia Eagles, a game they thought would project them into a possible wildcard position. It would bring them seven and five had they won. But a late interception by the Giants will preserve a giant victory.
An upset win as the Giants lead 17 to 12. We're inside 30 seconds. The Eagles have no timeouts. Wait a minute. Here's a free fly. I don't believe it. The Eagles pick it up and Herman Edwards runs it in for a touchdown.
An incredible development. Yeah, we all learn next time. Take a damn knee.
How about do that? Giants had the lead 17 to 12, ended up losing 19 to 17. Take a knee next time. Losers. Some things never change with the Giants, except for the 80s. Anyway, November 19th, 1983. Speaking of the 80s, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he joins Wilt Chamberlain as only the second player in the NBA at the time to score 30,000 points. He did it at the free throw line against the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Lakers knocked off Portland. Take a listen to Kareem. Join the 30,000 point club. He's got 29,999.
Didn't they set this up for a dramatic way to do it at the free throw line? Think you'll make it? I don't.
I do. That a boy. There it is. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 30,000 points, the second man in basketball history to do it, a standing ovation at Portland, Oregon. Boy, that is great. That is great for the big fella. Jerry West congratulating him. Kareem salutes the crowd by holding the ball high aloft. He's a true sportsman, a fine gentleman, and without question, as good as any basketball player that ever lived.
Yeah. Well, also LeBron James, we know he passed him. LeBron James has more than 40,000 points and there are now seven players with more than 30.
Kareem, Wilt, Kobe, Carmelone, LeBron, Dirk, and some guy named Michael Jordan. Hey, November 19th, 2004, we had the malice at the palace. Oh my goodness. Don't throw a beer on Ron Artest. It didn't end well. Take a lesson from ESPN. Wallace is fouled and Wallace.
Right on our chest. This has potential to be serious if they don't get between. Wallace upset. Players trying to hold each other off. Steven Jackson or Steve Wallace trying to be peacemakers. Now Jackson yelling. Wallace still going. You need the coaches in there to get them away. Jackson challenging Derek Coleman.
Some of those should just get Jackson out quickly as possible. The problem is if Wallace is ejected, I'm not sure. He'd have to walk past the pacer bench to go. Now Artest has jumped over the scorers table and is trying to get down to the bench. Artest is in the stands.
Oh, this is awful. Fans are getting involved. Steven Jackson's in the fans. Rasheed Wallace going into the stands. Fans and players are going at it and the players trying to help each other out. This is a disgrace. All the players now they're jumping in there to try and get the other players out because the fans have come involved. Fans are throwing cups with liquid in them now onto the court. Ron Artest has a look in his eye and it's very scary right now.
Yeah, man, let me tell you something. Ron Artest suspended 86 games. Took him years to bounce back, sent to the Bulls and the Kings, ultimately winning the championship with the Lakers. Steven Jackson got 30 games. Even Ben Wallace for, you know, I guess instigating and, you know, shoving, moving Ron Artest around. He got six games and this is the final year Reggie Miller's career.
OK, he was 39 years old. Reggie Miller had to deal with this and they basically tanked his opportunity to compete for one last championship. In hindsight, I'm glad things didn't get worse than what they were. Jermaine O'Neal's punch to that guy will never escape my brain. That guy deserved it. The guy who threw the beer.
Unfortunately, Ron went after the wrong guy, but that one guy deserved to get his ass whooped. Don't throw things at people. It's bad.
It's real bad. Listen, been a hell of a show. Hickey, you holding it down the next few days, right?
Tomorrow and Thursday. Yes, sir. Big shoes to fill.
Hardly. Where can people follow you and all that good stuff? Ryan underscore Hickey and the number three on Twitter. That's good. Well, have fun, man.
What are you going to do tomorrow? I don't know. Right.
You know, I don't know. Well, we're doing the top six. Lovely. Amazing. Good stuff. Maybe top six dysfunctional franchises right now. We saw the last few days.
Oh, my goodness. Sports. I have an inkling the Jets will be on the list. Possibly Jets.
Maybe the Cowboys, maybe the Sixers. There's a lot of options out there, J.R. You got a lot of options. Hey, thank you to Trey Wallace for joining us from our kick to talk some college. I'll be back on Monday. OK, enjoy the rest of the week with my main man. Hickey holding it down the next few days. Make sure you tune in.
You can find me online at J.R. Sport Brief. Thank you for tuning in and thank you to super producer and host Ryan Hickey. He'll be holding it down. J.R. Sport Brief done. Bart Winkler coming up next.
