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This show gets started every weekday at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific. I hope you're ready for, I hope you're ready for the holiday, if you're ready for Thanksgiving. Whether you're cooking, taking time off, whether you're doing nothing, whether you're on the highways, the byways, the roadways, sitting in traffic, please be safe out there, please, okay? A lot of crazy things going on. We got NFL players getting DUIs.
Don't get a DUI, don't do it. Think about yourself, think about others, think about people's families, some JR wisdom. Anyway, we've had a lot that's going on tonight. College Football Playoff rankings were just released. We just had a great conversation. Ben Hartsock, Big Ten Champion, Ohio State National Champion, Radio Champion, NFL player, he did everything. He came through to talk to us about the rankings. Heard from Aaron Rodgers earlier in the show, no, he didn't talk to us.
We don't got a million dollars to give him. He spoke to Pat McAfee. He said that he prefers if he plays next year, if he plays next year, to play for the Jets. Well, I think the Jets don't want him. And speaking of college football, he had a 73-year-old coach, he got the boot today.
Mack Brown fired, he was just telling everybody, man, I wanted to stay, I'll be back with North Carolina. They say, no, sir. No, you won't. You won't be coaching here. Go back to Texas. They don't want you back there either.
Sorry. Take $5 million for the next three years and retire. Well, do something. Just don't coach us anymore. What a hard knock life it is.
What a day, what a day, what a day. Anyway, 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. You can find me on my Instagram. You can find me on the internet.
I am at JR Sport Brief. I'm gearing up for the holiday, like a lot of folks. Today is my final day of the week until I'm back here on Monday. Hickey, this is the last time we're hanging out together until Monday, right? And I believe if I have the calendar right, this is the last time we will be together in the month of November. Oh, damn. How about that? When is December 1st?
I believe it is Sunday. Oh, damn. Wow. That's crazy. That's crazy. Wow. December. Wow.
This is not 2020, right? Remember that? Oh, I wish I had an eraser for that. Oh, my goodness. Oh, damn. Anyway, time is just flying.
Wow. You'll be holding it down tomorrow, right? You'll be here. You know, looking forward to it. Should be a fun time. That's going to be fun, man.
It's going to be fun. What you going to talk about? Do you know? I don't. Well, you know what? I actually do know one thing we're going to talk about. What?
I'm going to do the top six. Great. Keep the show the same, even though you're not there. Right.
Consistency. Lovely. The topic for the top six kind of coming off or really going into Thanksgiving. Yes.
Top six best American sports holidays. Oh, my goodness. Wow.
Damn. Best of what? Say that again. American sports holidays. American sports holidays, because I would say Thanksgiving, right, is one with football.
Wait, wait, wait. The Super Bowl is number one. I actually don't have the Super Bowl number one.
What? But the Super Bowl counts as a sports holiday. Yes, it does. And it is on the list. Wait until we get 18 games and they do it over President's Day.
And that may change the rankings. I do think I don't know about you. I do feel. And because it's a Sunday, it does take a little bit away from it. Mm hmm. Well, now, but I think we discussed this. It ain't going to be no stinking holiday for us. Right. And it probably never will be. And that's you know, we signed up for that.
Fine. But like in terms of like hype and excitement, like people get excited about the Super Bowl, but it's on a Sunday night. And like whether you're us or like whatever job you have, it's still a job. And you're still working on Monday. No, no, no, no. If I had any other job, I would not be working the next day.
I don't know what other job I'd be having, but no, I would not be working. I would not. And then to like, it's cool, right? Don't get me wrong. It's great. It's fun. There is still like there's definitely less excitement when your team's not in it. Oh, no, no, no.
Like it's not as hickey. I do not know what I don't know what year was. What year we in 18, 24.
Oh, I know that. I'm saying in 18 calendar year 18. Is that when the Eagles beat the Patriots? Was that 18 or 17?
2017 season 2018 calendar year 2018. Yes. You want to know why I remember that? I would love to know because the Irish place across the street from me, I don't even know, had wings that were sense. There was sense like it wasn't dollar. It was it was like get this amount of wings for this many cents. And the shots were like a couple of dollars in the beers were a couple of dollars.
Picky, let's just say I had myself a night with my cousin and a friend. OK, how about that? Did they know it was a Super Bowl? Yes, that was the point.
Oh, there's no one goes out. Everyone says, oh, brah, the wings were something sense. The shots were a couple of dollars.
The beers were a couple of dollars. You want to you could. That was my favorite day of that year. And then the Eagles beat Tom Brady. Yes, that was that was my favorite day of 2018.
I don't remember too much about 2018. I remember that day. OK, I remember that Super Bowl too. And I hated it because I hated both teams. Oh, well, you got to pick one, right?
Wow. And you know who I actually ended up rooting for? I hate to say it. Eagles Patriots. Oh, no, I knew too many people from Philly. I said, I hate this fan base. Oh, no, I like the Eagles.
I like I like to say it is this. I do like the Eagles now. I will say I will choose the fine, but there are a couple of teams in my life I will never root for. Never. I will never root for the Patriots.
I will never root for the Pacers. Hmm. Let's see. Right. Throwback.
Oh, my God. Yeah, I will never root for them ever. It's a shame how you got all these New York people playing for the Pacers, right? You had Mark Jackson, a New Yorker through and through on the Pacers. You had Chris Mullen, another New Yorker through and through on the Pacers. And I could still never root for him ever. Those are two teams that stand out to me. Never, never.
New England. Never. Never Pacers ever.
Ever, ever, ever, ever. Anyway, that sounds like a good top six. It sounds like fun. Yeah, I'm excited.
I got the six down. I think it should be. I think it's a good list. I think it's topical. You know, I like that you do that a lot.
So I try to mirror what you do and hopefully goes well. If I'm not incapacitated, is it OK if I call you? Oh, absolutely. I think I think honestly, I think the listeners would appreciate if you were incapacitated and then did call. I think that's the radio people want to hear.
And no, those two things don't go together. That'd be impossible. Just call in RJ from Florida. I won't tell anybody. OK, I'll be calling you like an idiot caller instead of JR. I'll be calling you from Florida, Atlanta. OK, I don't I don't know if that city exists, but I don't know.
Well, that state doesn't exist. So I'll be calling you from Florida, Georgia. OK. I like it.
I like it. I won't I won't say a word. I don't think anyone else will pick up on it.
The boss is definitely for sure won't notice. Wink, wink. Sure. Sure.
I think it could be some good radio. OK. All right. We'll see. No guarantees. I might be passed out.
But yeah, if I get a chance to pop in, I just might. I might hit top six is fun. That's good. Anyway, speaking of top top six, we had a top six change here in the college football playoff rankings.
That's a good one. We got a top six change here in a college football playoff rankings. And number one, we got Oregon.
Number two, we got the Ohio State University. We got Texas at three. Penn State doesn't move at four. Hey, Notre Dame slides up to five. Miami slides up from eight to six.
There's your six. And then we got Georgia at seven. The Tennessee at eight. SMU moves up to nine. Indiana falls to ten after getting smacked by the Ohio State Boise State eleven. Clemson moves up to twelve.
Alabama falls to thirteen. Ole Miss is at fourteen. Gamecocks at fifteen. Arizona State at sixteen.
Tulane Greenway at seventeen. Iowa State eighteen. BYU nineteen.
May fall. Texas A&M twenty. Mizzou is twenty-one. UNLV twenty-two. Illinois twenty-three. Kansas State twenty-four. Colorado at twenty-five.
There we have it. Eight five five two one two forty-two twenty-seven. That's eight five five two one two forty-two twenty-seven. Alabama sits at number thirteen. Just last week, Alabama was sitting at number seven. And Ward Manuel outside of going on television wearing, you know, bad shirts. He has some explanations as to why some teams fell and where they went.
How about this one? Ward Manuel taking a look at Indiana, who last week was ranked fifth, now their tenth. You think about Indiana getting smacked around by Ohio State?
Hey, Ward, tell us, why did they go from five specifically to ten? We viewed Indiana, they played well at times against Ohio State and Ohio State pulled out a victory and really came on in the second half of that game. But we were impressed with some of the things that Indiana did and they dropped five, but we still felt that their body of work was strong enough to remain in the top ten. I told you about SMU. SMU is sitting here now in the ninth spot. They're waiting on the ACC championship game.
Who is it going to be? Is it going to be Miami? Is it going to be Clemson? If they take on one of those teams and they take an L, what happens to SMU?
Ward Manuel, fill me in. Well, Reese, I won't project what the committee will do, but what I'll say is that we have high regard, as I've said in the past, for the teams that make the championship. That's a big deal to make the conference championship. And so we're going to watch those games and make sure as we watch them that we look at everything that's going on in those games, everything that they've done throughout the season, as we look at where to rank them in the final week. Okay, how about this?
I know we've got some questions about this one. What about all these three lost teams? I told you, Alabama, they have fallen from 7 to 13. They got a record of 8 and 3 after losing to the Sooners, 24 to 3. Old Miss, ugh, they lost to Florida. South Carolina, I don't care what their defense does.
Sitting at 15. And Texas A&M, 8 and 3. What about all these three lost teams? How do you measure that out with some of these schools that only have two losses?
Well, listen to Ward Manuel. Well, I think the appetite is there to rank the teams as we see them. And if a team with one more loss than a team in front of them and we feel like they should be ahead of them, then we've shown that we will do that. In the past 10 years in the history of the CFP, there has been 22 teams that have been ranked in the top 12 with three losses. And so the committee's never been afraid to rank teams with multiple losses within the top 12 if we see them that way. Okay, so we're going to be in the top 12 if we see them that way.
Yeah, bottom line is, Hickey, tell me if I'm wrong. He just basically said we do what the hell we want to do. In as many words, absolutely. And you know that. As God just said, look, I wake up, I do what I want to do.
It's not that difficult. Man, 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. Brandon is calling from Birmingham. You're on the JR What's up, Brandon? Hey, J to the R. Enjoy the show. Thank you.
What's up? Listen, so born and raised Alabama on my birth certificate. They stamped the Alabama seal on there. But I do feel like that Alabama is ranked too high. Just for the aspect of it.
Yeah, I'm a realist. I mean, when they lose, I sleep good. When they win, I sleep good. But I do think that they are ranked still too high. Three losses going into the CFP. I don't think they're going to actually make the playoffs. Yeah, well, right now they're not in the playoff. But if you think about the teams that are directly behind them, you got Ole Miss and South Carolina. How much further back do you want Alabama to hit the skids on? Well, the JR, if you really think about it, the SEC has some kind of deal with the CFP. Like, okay, we're going to get four teams in. What four teams in the SEC are actually like worthy of getting in? At this point, Alabama is not one of them. And I mean, I say that lovingly. But I'm also, again, a realist.
Well, I think being a realist is recognizing what you already know. They ain't winning no national championship this year. I mean, they'd have to go on one of those, dare I say, Nick Saban-esque runs.
But I don't think that's in store for Kalen DeBoer in his first year. No, sir. No, sir. Yeah, so I mean, big deal. You don't think that they're going to make the playoff. You don't think they're good enough to win. So what the hell is a big deal if they're currently ranked 13th?
What does it matter? Well, and here's the thing. Like here in Birmingham, there is a lot of people that's doing radio fodder. And one week when we blow out a team, LSU, but they blow out a team and they're like, oh my gosh, this is the greatest thing ever. And then we have a performance like what we did this past week against Oklahoma. And they're like, oh, we got to fire the coach. So here's the thing, J.R., what do you think about Alabama and in being granted an actual spot in the CFP? And I'll I'll hang up a list and thank you for taking my call.
Well, thank you, Brandon, for calling from Birmingham. I don't think it's guaranteed. I think they'll get the benefit of the doubt because it's Alabama. Let's see what the hell they do in the Iron Bowl against Auburn this weekend. But I don't think it's a it's a guarantee. I think if there is going to be a team that gets a chance, it is going to be Alabama.
And that's just based on on reputation. But I don't see them winning a national championship. I was actually surprised that he was just saying that they should be ranked lower.
Lower. I've never heard that in my life come out of anybody's mouth, let alone an Alabama fan. Hickey, what are they what are they excited about in Birmingham?
What were they telling us? The XFL, the barons, the horses or something? Renegade?
No, not the Renegade. Something like that. The horsies, right?
Yeah. Someone they've won like back to back. I think the leagues either been around two years or three years. And I think they've won the championship like every year.
The Stallions, the Birmingham Stallions. I shouldn't have brought that up. We're going to get like 20 calls on that now. Oh, I mean, it's all 20 fans, but yeah, they are passionate. I'm sorry. Oh, no, I'm just saying we're going to now we're going to get passionate. Now we're going to get 50 of those Stallions fans calling up. Good job, Hickey. Good job.
Now, but we got some big games with some major playoff implications this weekend. And first of all, you can go ahead and mark it down. We talked about this one. I don't know what it's going to look like. South Carolina and Clemson. That's going to be popping up.
People are going to be paying attention to that. Notre Dame at USC. I just told you about the Iron Bowl, Auburn and Alabama, Arizona State and Arizona. And then you got Texas and Texas A&M and trying to figure out what the hell is going to happen in the SEC as Georgia sits around and they wait.
Hickey, I've never heard that though. An Alabama fan going, we getting too much credit that I've never heard that before. Same. When I was screening him, he's like, yeah, I'm upset about the ranking. I figured, okay, he probably thinks they should be like number five or number six and she got back kind of penalized at Oklahoma's better than we think, even though they only had one win going to the, you know, in this game.
They should be lowers. Oh, wow. All right. Yeah.
We'll put you right on through. Impressive. I give him credit. A realistic Alabama fan.
I like how he says the radio people out there are not realistic. They're my next door neighbors. Do I need to go to Birmingham and smack some people out?
Knock some skulls, knock some sense into them. Oh no. Birmingham.
I like Birmingham. Your pop in is a couple of places to eat and drive back to Georgia. Okay. What? What? Well, it's telling you to drive by. That's all.
No, it just drive in and drive out. I was there at a, I was at UAB. I had to, I had to speak there. I like it.
UAB is nice. And then I ate in the neighborhood and I left. I got on 20.
I had 20 takes me to Birmingham and I turned back around. Nothing wrong with that. Hickey right now. No, listen, you've been, I haven't. So I can't say anything. Yeah. Well, good. Oh, good.
It's just fun. I can drive there every day and back. Some people commute. Do you, could you believe that people commute across the border? Yeah, no, I can't believe it. How far is that?
I was like, what, 45 minutes, 40 from Atlanta to Birmingham. I mean, Oh no, bro. Oh no. 90 minutes. Maybe.
I mean, minimum, not that bad minimum. Oh, it's depending on how fast you're going. I don't know. He's Birmingham near Auburn, right? It is right. Further West. No, that's, that's further out. Oh, that's, that's, that's further out.
It's like you, you can pick and choose. Start. You go from Birmingham out to Tuscaloosa. I was just, how about this for me? Hickey is too far. I'm not going anywhere.
Nope. You got to drive by Talladega to get out there. That's, that's enough. Next time I stop at Talladega and won't move. Anyway, it's the JR Sport Breeze show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. We come back, you know, we got to bring some levity to this situation. We got to talk about a head coach who used to be at the Ohio State University.
He's proven to be even more of a clown than he's ever been before. You're listening to the JR Sport Breeze. Yeah. See, we were just talking about Talladega, right?
I should drive to Talladega. I don't know what's going to be there, but the museum, I don't even, is it open tomorrow? I guess. Right.
I don't know. You drive by that thing, you go, damn, I see that on I-20. I'm like, man, that's huge. Passed that on my way to Bucky's and shout outs to everybody just on the highways to buy, treat people with respect people. Come on.
I know it's crazy. We don't need no tragedies, no drinking and driving. Go ahead and drink. Do it responsibly.
Okay. Just treat your life with respect. And treat other people's lives with respect.
People got families out here. I mean, we always got example. How about this? Demarcus Robinson, the wide receiver for the Rams after getting smacked around by the Philadelphia Eagles. Come on, man.
Don't don't don't even take my word for it. Listen to this. Sunday night, he loses a football game. And then this happens.
This is courtesy of KTLA. An LA Rams wide receiver is facing charges tonight accused of driving under the influence. CHP officials confirmed Demarcus Robinson was taken into custody early this morning, hours after the Rams lost to the Eagles during Sunday night football at SoFi Stadium. Officers say Robinson was driving over 100 miles per hour when he was pulled over on the 101 just south of Tampa. TMZ reports he appeared to be under the influence but refused a field sobriety test.
Robinson was cited and released but has yet to comment on the arrest. Oh, my goodness. His head coach Sean McVeigh says he he's sorry for what he did. Look, man, he lost a football game. He's had a pretty good season, too, by the way, but then he lost a football game. Two catches, 15 yards in the TD.
I don't know. I don't even want to know where he went after the game. Hickey, this is why he's at home.
This is why they don't want to give alcohol to the guys coming off the plane, right? That's one of the reasons for sure. Damn. Demarcus Robinson, six touchdowns on the year. Been able to pick up some of the slack with no Puka Nakua and Cooper Cupp being out missing games this season.
I'm pretty sure his usage is gonna go down. Oh, there's some troubling stuff here. Real bad. Don't don't drink and drive over the holiday. And don't beat nobody's ass either. No traffic can drive you crazy.
I know. Hickey, we're gonna get some crazy videos, people at the airport beating the hell out of each other, the lines, traffic. You ain't driving nowhere crazy, are you? I'm driving. I'm driving a jersey tomorrow night after the show, actually.
So I should be on the road when most people aren't. Okay. Yeah, you're still you'd be surprised. That's true.
You're right about that. But yeah, I will be calm. Not fighting anybody. I can't beat anybody up. So it helps, you know, deter me from fighting anyone in the first place. No road rage from your wife promise.
Good, good, good, good. Yeah, I'm retired from driving. Hickey, I used to drive at any time of the night.
Didn't matter to me. Hickey, I used to leave after holidays and stuff. And it didn't matter what day, the day after the holiday, the day of the holiday, two days after the holiday. I'd be driving at three a.m. in the morning, four a.m. They would still be cars outside, man. And traffic, traffic, because people got the same idea. They shut the roads down and it just traffic on traffic on traffic, man. So it doesn't beat to leave the same day, huh? Just stay over, leave early in the morning.
It does. But you'd be you'd be surprised at how many people are still out. You know, there comes a point in time where you can't avoid it. It's bad.
Shout out to the people who are just on the road making money, getting the cash and delivering all day and all night. Like I love night driving, but I I'm washed. Hickey, I can't do it. I'm washed up. What is it? Your reflexes, your vision, the ability to stay awake or what's gone?
All of it. I got to be I got to be all all of it. I got to be home and I got to be in bed by sunrise. It's over for me. Why are you laughing at me by sunset?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to say, yeah, as long as I can't be outside anymore, I got to be back by six days before the sun rises. Let's say, damn, that's that's why I'm retired. People will tell you don't hang out with me late at night.
You hang out until the morning time. Don't do that with me. But I'm retired from that, too. Hickey, I'm over.
I misspoke. I need to be in bed by sunset. OK, sunset, sunset. Nice and early. If I'm at somebody's house for dinner on a Sunday, I have to leave at five to get home. Now, in the wintertime, I got to get home. I leave at five.
That's yeah. Wintertime is tough. I can't drive at night. I got to be home in my bed.
The safety hazard for Jared, you're on the road at night. I got to leave. I'm sorry. It is. It is.
You never know. People drive crazy when the sun goes. I got to be home. Oh, that's the ball. People drive crazy at all times of the day. But you're right, especially when it's dark and they think they're under the cover of night. No one could see them.
It's tougher for me to see it. You got them stupid deer outside, too, you know? Oh, yeah, they do some damage. I mean, they're stupid and they look at you before they die, too. You know, is it me? Yes, it's you move. What is this shining light that's coming right at me?
Maybe I want to stand here and see what it is. Yeah, I don't know. How big how big is a deer's brain? Acorn? Acorn size?
I don't know. Stupid animals. That's why they get caught for food. You don't even like mayonnaise. You sure as hell don't like deer, right? I've never had deer, but I'm not opposed to trying it.
Why? Because it's lean meat? Yeah, like that's the deer doesn't freak me out. Mayo freaks me out. Oh, eggs.
Yuck. You'll eat you'll eat a deer, but you won't have mayonnaise or french fry. OK, venison is good, man. I'll get you some venison. I'm in.
I'm game. It's you, man. If I gave you beef jerky, you wouldn't know the difference between that and venison. No idea. Interesting.
You think it's the same thing? Huh? Good for good for the deer. I bet you there's some NFL players. They eat it.
I know they do. Well, it's lean. I mean, maybe Derek Henry. Maybe that's a steak he was talking about. Yeah, that steak that on with his avocado and his kale.
Yes, uh huh. Well, look, he's still busting ass here, so good for him and just not something that I'll be eating. It's the JR sport show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to take a break. We come back on the other side. It is the holidays. And besides traffic, we're going to have a lot of people and their families that are absolutely feuding. I'm going to tell you about a famous family related to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting quarterback. This guy's beefing with his family.
It's not even Thanksgiving yet. I'm going to tell you what the hell is going on. Baker Mayfield on the other side of the break.
I told you that we got an Urban Meyer story that we need to share. And of course, I'm going to tell you a few things that took place this day in sports history. It's the JR sport re-show. You're listening to the JR sport brief. It's the JR sport re-show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network.
A man. Tom flies when you're having fun. Thank you to Ben Hartzog for joining us last hour to talk about the college football playoff rankings. Once again, shout out to everybody on the road.
People are working and people getting ready to visit friends and family for Thanksgiving. Much love to you. Safe travels and enjoy your damn self. As I said, I'll be back with you on Monday. Hickey will be holding it down for us tomorrow prior to the holiday. And you know what? We talked about this. We just got into Demarcus Robinson. Guy got a DUI after the game on Sunday.
It wasn't that tough of a loss against the Eagles. Sometimes you got to be smart. Be smart over the next several days. But there are a few things that you can probably relate to as well as people get together with friends and family.
A. People not remembering who folks are. And then also family arguments. I'm going to dive a little bit deeper into both of those things.
There's going to be a lot of that over the next couple of days. Listen to the phone lines first. 855-212-4227. Greg is calling from Alabama. You're on the JR Sport.
What's up, Greg? Thank you very much for taking my call. I really enjoyed the show. And the reason I called is I love the late night driving stories. And the late night driving really helped me keep a job one time.
Years and years ago, I was friends with a guy who was on an SEC University basketball radio team. And the guy had to, like, if the team was on the road, he had to be at work the next morning. So there's some pretty good road trips there. But he knew I could drive all night. So if I got a couple of soft drinks, I could drive us back from Gainesville or Baton Rouge or Lexington. And there'd be days where he would walk up to my desk and go, we're going to go to Lexington or Gainesville, and we need to leave at six in the morning. And we would drive there. And then when the game was over, we'd get in the car and hop back. And so I enjoyed that.
And if I can, I'd like to ask a question about what you think about Chidor, and then I'll hang up and listen. And I think the kid's tough as nails because last year, his offensive line tried to get him killed. And he endured that. And I just, my question is, you know, I think he's ahead of, he's really much ahead of the curve because of his dad.
His dad, I'm just wondering when it gets right down to it, how, how good do you think he is? And like, how, how is he going to translate? And I just, like I said, I'll hang up. I really enjoyed the show and I appreciate you taking my call. Well, thank you, Greg.
Thank you for calling from Alabama. I like Chidor. And yeah, his dad, the pedigree that he has with his dad and understanding defense and understanding things from the quarterback position. I mean, years ago, we saw he was standing around with Tom Brady. I mean, he has access. He is an athlete. He has the genetics. I think he's primed to potentially be a starting quarterback in the NFL. I'm more concerned with, you know, what his behavior will be when he gets there. You know, is he going to be Hollywood? Is he going to be pitching a fit?
Is he going to tone it down? He's a young dude right now. So we'll see how he is when he gets to the NFL, how he performs when things aren't going his way.
That's, that's what I really want to see. I think Chidor is going to be a starting quarterback. I'll be more concerned with his makeup and his attitude, how it translates. But even this year, I think things have toned down a little bit more, but he's always ready to talk and put up a fight and defend his dad. And maybe he won't have to do that at the professional level. So let's see how he grows.
I think he has the talent and certainly the environment around him. And speaking of family, I told you there are a few things that we can all take a look at over the next few days that will drive us nuts. Hickey, you ever saw somebody at a family function and just go, I know who that is, but I don't know who the hell they are? Yes.
Oh yeah. Just go, Hey, that person's familiar. Hickey, you know what I hate? When your family goes, Hey, you're related to them. And I go, them? I said, I don't know them. I don't know who the hell these people are. Like I see them once every five years. Are you sure we're related? Like who the hell are these people?
Like, stop telling me that that's my cousin. I don't know them. Last night on the Manning cast, they had Owen Wilson, the actor, they had Mike Vrabel on, the former NFL head coach who also, by the way, before he got back into the NFL as a coach, he worked for Urban Meyer at the Ohio state university when Urban Meyer was still the coach. Both of these men said Urban Meyer had no idea who the hell they were.
Listen to this video. You and coach Meyer. Who are you? Yeah. How do I know you? Yeah.
I'm on your team. Do you think coach knows who you are now? I still don't think he did.
That's I can relate with Owen Wilson. I was listening earlier and you know, Urban Meyer asked him, do I know you and, and Urban Meyer is coaching the Titans. He was coaching the Jaguars and he actually said the same thing to me. I said, yeah, I'm the head coach for the Titans.
And I worked for you for two years. Oh, that's just like his line. I love it. Yeah. I just, he was too busy looking at blondes that weren't his wife, right? Yeah. Clearly. I mean, that's, what's taken up the space and the memory in his mind.
That's crazy. He doesn't know who Mike Vrabel is. How, how could you be in the coaching space in American football and not know who one of the other professional coaches is one of note, this isn't just some guy, some young hot shot who just popped up, let alone a guy who worked for you.
Like, what is it? Is he a space cadet? I'm he's a great, like, at least in college, right? He was a great coach, won three national titles. He knows what he's doing.
I mean, I don't know. Like he was talking about the history of Ohio state and how much the Michigan rivalry means. He knows the history. Mike Vrabel is a very well known former player.
And like Vrabel said, he's a coach. Yeah. Maybe he was drunk. I don't know.
Maybe he was on that, uh, Joe Namath. Something else not to do over the holiday, right? I just so cares about the interview. I just want to kiss you. Oh my goodness. Thank God. He didn't say worse.
Hickey. Could you imagine if he said worse? Oh, thank God.
He just said that. Oh my goodness. It could have been so much worse.
One national team that could have been one of the not greatest that could have gone down as one of the worst television moments ever. My God. Uh, anyway, something else you don't want to happen over the holiday and Hickey, this is why I said Baker Mayfield needs to relax, bro.
Okay. He was doing that Tommy DeVito celebration, that Italian hand gesture. He's being real disrespectful with it. And then we find out today that Baker Mayfield, he got beef with his dad and this ain't just beef from when he was 12. You know, he, dad got mad at him for breaking the lawnmower. He didn't do his chores.
No. Baker Mayfield says his dad and his company stole $12 million from him. You heard me correctly. Baker Mayfield says his dad and his brother was stealing his money.
Listen to this from K V U E in Tampa. But they buck in your quarterback. Baker Mayfield is seeking $12 million in a lawsuit against his father's company here in Austin. Court documents show Baker's attorneys fought the lawsuit on Friday claiming Camwood capital management group and its subsidiaries, a financial organization did not fulfill a settlement agreement.
Baker's father owns Camwood Baker and his wife are listed as the plaintiffs in the suit. Hickey, could you imagine having that beef over the holidays? What arguing over $12 million at the dinner table at Thanksgiving?
I could not. No, that, that is insane. He sued him right before Thanksgiving. He says his dad owes him the money back. Wow.
And he said they took it without him knowing. Damn. You think they're sitting together on Thursday? Hot take? No.
Will they even be in the same house under the same room? I'm going to venture insane now. What is he doing? Getting some advice from Aaron Rogers.
Like what is he doing, man? That's tough. I don't know. And that's tough.
Wow. But this is the part that sucks. People going to be beefing over the next week, man. I told you this yesterday, relationships are going to get broken and people are going to hate each other for the next bunch of years.
Hopefully a couple of hours will do, but things are going to hit the skids. Husbands and wives will get mad. Husbands and everybody and father and son, daughters and in-law, people are going to be hate.
Hickey, this is the time of year. They say for love, people going to be hating each other's guts as evidenced by Baker Mayfield. What a time to be alive. Hey, good luck to Baker, man.
Who wants to sue their dad for 12 million dollars? Good Lord. Anyway, let's think about some happy things that took place this day in sports history. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore, but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again. It's time for this day in sports history. You see, back in those days we had radio and you couldn't see anything and it was primitive and lousy and we liked it.
On the JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. Yeah, today is November 26th. The year is 2024. In 1917, how about this?
This is good. The NHL was formed. It had five founding members, the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Maroons, the Toronto Arenas, the Ottawa Senators, and the Quebec Bulldogs. Happy birthday to the NHL, 1917. How about this day in sports history?
November 26th, 1989, a flipper Anderson. This man set an NFL receiving record that still stands today. 336 receiving yards in a game against the Saints. Damn, we talked about what Saquon did the other day.
That's a lot. Also, this day in sports history, November 26th, 2010. This is good. If you're a fan of the War Eagles, Auburn, they were down 24-0. They came back to beat Alabama 28-27. There's some good things unless you're a fan of Alabama who also took an L today, dropping in the college football standings.
Hey, there are a few things that took place this day in sports history. Hey, Hickey, happy almost Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for you for making me have a good time.
And the show's always fun. And you're amazing. Thank you. Thankful for you, Hickey. Thank you, Jay.
I'm thankful for you as well. It's been a great show. It's been a really fun right now, almost a year, which is crazy to think. And a lot more good times happened. So thankful for it.
And it's been a lot of fun. Unless Woody Johnson's helicopter comes down, right? And then there's curtains for everybody.
That's, that's true. We're screwed. We're all screwed at that point. Joe Douglas is done. Salah's done. Roger's done.
I'm not done. Hickey, where can people find with you? Ryan underscore Hickey and the number three.
Yeah. Follow Ryan Hickey. I'm at JR Sport everywhere. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I will catch you together with Hickey again on Monday. Hickey holding down tomorrow. Be safe. Be well, be cool, be smooth. Don't move. Bart Winkler coming up next. JR Sport, we shall die.
