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This is dry when Josh Graham drive. This support is at Super Bowl week is gotten more crowded and commercialize the less interesting, players and coaches there, terrified to say the thing that will end up on Phoebe graphics for days. So they usually are pretty vanilla. However, Marshall fall said something about Kristi McCaffrey that raised my eyebrows reading it this morning.

This comes from Panthers.com Bill Voth and Caroline Kander down there collecting audio and video for the team website and for contacts for those who don't know McCaffrey did something this season that's only been done by two other players in the history of the NFL. He's a running back that rushed for a thousand yards and received 4000 yards in a season.

The other two backs to do that. Roger Craig with those great 49ers teams and of course Marshall Faulk.

That's why the words you're about to hear from the Rams legend. I think really resonate and they surprised me from being perfectly honest, better version of the it's just it's what happens. I got to watch me he got to see me. He has no it's what happens like you get to be a better version of me and Robert Walsh. We had two different reactions to that sound.

Robert is the producer of the show so your Dylan is in studio as well.

My reaction to it was usually the older generation has difficulty saying that whatever is new is better than what they were or what they had. It's why you're always good to have the barbershop talking were hearing some of it this week.

People who were Kobe guy say yeah, nothing is better than what Kobe wise. I don't want to hear about all this Lebron stuff Kobe Stanzel go after younger generation to say that Lebron's better than anybody else of that before the Kobe generation, it was the Michael Jordan generation. It's why older people might say there's no good music nowadays. However, there's been interesting stuff being made. The last handful years. This is something that happens generationally all the time Charles Barkley in the MBA. He said Tom and Tom before that these three point centric shooting teams. They're never going to win, then it's the Golden State Warriors becoming a modern-day dynasty you have guys in the 90s. Scottie Pippen is set all man. A lot of the stars. They would get crushed without the hand. Jackson what you had in the 90s and how physical it was so my reaction to it was Marshall is just giving it up. He's saying McCaffrey is better than I was McCaffrey's only played for three years.

McCaffrey he's never one postseason game and one of the greatest running backs ever saying nope neckties better than I am. I found that the be a little unusual. Now Robert took that as Marshall saying the nice thing that you have to say about one of the stars in the league today, but also trying to give himself a little bit of credit for McCaffrey success use that you think there's something sinister to this now we not sinister but my first reaction when I heard him say that was like he's of by by being able to watch Marshall far Christian McCaffrey is somehow better as if Marshall fog never existed, it would Christian McCaffrey. Is he wrong yes Christian McCaffrey would be just fine without Marshall fog and that's not me trying to talk crap about Marshall Falk. It's just I think you would be fine without the film of him urges you're just saying Marshall Faulk off. That's what you're saying yes get off his long give a get office flocking along. Let's hear more from Marshall Falk on McCaffrey Riley texted me that a relationship since he came in and I thought I told him that the combine when they were questioning stuff about it is size and durability is a playful ball to so you can do is play football. Ill get a chance to see see I interpreted a completely different way. Robert, I think McCaffrey success. A large part of it comes from his process. Personality and his background, he's not abrasive and loud. Anybody who's been around him can tell you this. I covered the Panthers the last three or four seasons going into the locker room seeing McCaffrey and how he handles himself. He is quiet he is respectful. He listens and he learns from others. I want to tell you how smart he is. You probably already know, if you go to Stanford and you hold your own for many years there.

The way that he did. You're probably a pretty smart guy, but he's also a lover of history from the football perspective. His dad prepared him for the NFL. Ed McCaffrey was a very good player Super Bowl champion with those Elway bronco teams in back-to-back seasons.

Then McCaffrey, Ed, that is, continued to stay engaged in football, not just having sons who were very good at the sport but he was the Broncos color analyst for many years so all throughout Christian's life. He was engaged in football, not just with his brothers, but with the NFL to so we saw how pros conducted themselves, but also his dad told him about the history of the league so I think Marshall Faulk has had great influence on McCaffrey's career and even Roger Craig before that maybe this is the best example I can give you to prove how much of a history lover and heck, maybe just a history nerd McCaffrey is on several occasions this year. I saw him wearing Bruce Lee T-shirt. I talked about that. I talked to them about it one time and he said Bruce Lee is my hero.

That's the guy that he idolizes PCs. The mentality of Bruce Lee as something he can translate onto the football field. Now how many guys in their 20s. Do you know Robert that idolized Bruce Lee going back to the 60s and watching a lot of his old videos so your Dylan, you're the youngest guy on the show. Do you even know who Bruce Lee is Bruce Lee is whose bristly the famous martial artists starve all or smart movies back then when your time. Can you name one of his memory is one I think robber action we turn off your bike for a second and the Dragon or something Dragon given points for that. Bruce Lee movies do you not that you did look up before the show. Now, that's not completely fair neuritis because I've looked up all the right show start I got it right to. That's not give me points. That is a legitimate point Sawyer congratulation 336-777-1600 and the phone number were on Twitter at sports hub triad.

I just don't know many people who were diving back deep into martial artist in the 60s and drawing inspiration from that. But I do know that in a football since he is a perfect fit for Matt rule and the NFL where it's trending usually when you look at the teams in the Super Bowl. All the other teams that aren't there are going to try and take something from the teams that are playing take something from the 49ers take something from the Chiefs. The thing that both those teams do very well its speed and getting your playmakers, regardless of how big they are in space Tyree kill move them across into the backfield. Have them in the slot have them deep down the field get on the ball in space. It doesn't matter if it's vertical or horizontally, get the ball into their hands to the Pampers be doing with McCaffrey and he might be the most effective guy in the league at doing that San Francisco they run so much motion pre-snap and they run the ball but I think with the ravens and 49ers being the two dominant teams in the regular season this year there's going to be. I don't want to call it a renaissance for running the ball moving forward but I think more teams are going to tailor back to some of the roots of football and trying to pound on the ground again. McCaffrey he's the best running back we have going right now he can catch it, you can run it and he could do so in a way, Marshall Falk is saying, yet I guys better than I am and many thought he was the most versatile back we've ever had.

But again, it is Super Bowl week and the Super Bowl is spoiled this over the years has it like just think about in the last decade.

How many memorable games with memorable moments we've seen six of the last nine have been one possession. Games I only count two duds in the last decade, the Pampers Super Bowl against the Broncos just yikes and also Seattle Denver that blow out where it was over in the first quarter.

It was over. Maybe after the first network to safety. I don't count last year's it.I just think it was different.

It was memorable in many ways, it wasn't the greatest football. The patriots mucked it up and made the Rams uncomfortable in a way they haven't been all year long. But we were all engaged in it till the very end of decking memorable moments he got cam Newton just for the Panthers Super Bowl not diving on the ball. Jericho capturing a contrary might as well be called Jim Jericho capturing because that was a cat but it wasn't cold one and then two plays later Von Miller is scrapping stripping Gammon you got a Broncos defensive touchdown. I know the Super Bowl has spoiled us because of how out of whack or expectations are for the commercials and Super Bowl halftime part of its the social media era. So many people are watching one thing it's impossible for that thing to be very well received her lease universally received. It also because they been really damn good over the last 15 years. The commercials were great to the point now where were never going to have our expectations met because they're just way too high.

I remember you and I Robert were doing a radio show after Justin Timberlake's halftime show two years ago and I was getting dunked on because everyone thought was terrible and I thought it was awesome. I thought it was terrific. He was on six different stages and going all over the place. He did a prince cover he was dancing.

He was saying. It is one of the most talented people we have, but the reaction afterwards was yeah I had higher expectations for but that's where were at Adam Levine's taking off his shirt, room five playing hits from 15 years ago you got Travis, got your big boy rolling in the rolling in and the caller even last year that was pretty good. Now I don't know how Shakira and Jennifer Lopez are going to do on Sunday but our expectations they are just so high for the halftime show and for commercials. And it's because the Super Bowl has spoiled DOS over the last decade, but quite frankly even longer than that, not a man who is been at the center of Super Bowl LIV that hasn't been discussed at all this week. This is the drive yes Josh Graham has opinions yes he's got attitude is correct and that's exactly why you said I love you. You're on the drive with Josh Graham. I love Super Bowl prop bets will not be to bring Lee Sterling a paramount sports.com on with Don Emily before we get to the fun props. I just want to look at this game. First and foremost. Can you think of the time that the team with the better roster and I think anybody agrees that the 49ers have a better roster than the Chiefs to albeit the cheese of the better quarterback and coach you remember a time that they were underdogs in the big game because right now I like the Niners as a whole more than Kansas City but there underdogs in this game. I do think would happen. I think you're going to go. I figured you probably end up with one point favorite and the cold climbing up at this of talking to two different sports book director one in Vegas one offshore both told me more than 96% of the monies coming on the over so we could see it but total climate of 55 or 56 but it's interesting about the game and granted it roster is much better. You win games generally in the trenches. I think the Kansas City if they can just hold her own. I think that they're going to find a way to win this game. I think it's Andy Reid's game to win here. I think he just set himself in a room for a couple days and figured out a game plan I think is one of the best play callers that we've seen in the last couple decades in the NFL, but this would two weeks to prepare 19 and three career against the spread. Also ST spread bola defensive coordinator member that may view that the coordinator for the Giants beat the New England Patriots when they were eight. No go for the perfect season so I won't with LSU and a lot of people thought it was crazy thought Clemson was the play bereavement playing Clemson on the money line but I just felt that Jonesboro had not had a bad game all season.

Think practical moments is the same. I think there's a few guys that you can put themselves in the moment. Don't get nervous and even if they have a couple bad series like Jonesboro didn't balm for the first couple playoff games they can persevere. So, actually Kansas City in this game Imus: I'm glad you mention spanks because that Giants team the way they beat Tom Brady was getting in his face getting pressure with Justin.getting pressure with Michael's right-handed 2007 at the two things I can't really account for in this game is there gonna be enough pressure on the homes and if there is pressure well his feet. His mobility that Brady never really had is that gonna play a role. And on top of that house San Francisco going to bottle up. Tyree killed today have enough speed and the secondary to make sure that God doesn't beat them over the top. Those of the two areas I be worried when it comes to betting San Francisco Richard Sherman is a boy or a quarterback that meets the claimant don't read anymore, so extra point Omega made it over games that match but on the other side of the ball. If your kids to defendant and his group honey badger is 59 regarding 6465 it run like the wind, so there's a couple props. I think you can take advantage of. Will there be a penalty of more than 15 1/2 yards practically even money. I say yes, I think you're fine for a couple were defective batches don't want to get beaten for a touchdown and I got no choice, so I like the over there over 15 and I have also you mentioned sex will there be a fact before there's a touchdown pass.

I believe your well I think there's some great pass rushers in this game from both Frank Clark and I mean you know linebackers can get after the quarterback right think there will be affect before there's a touchdown pass in both teams are top 12 and get back to the quarterback you're wondering section of the game is 4 1/2 figure hey you know you one great quarterback. One good one. They like to run the ball play be under their likely over 4 1/2 sacrament.

You can see part five, six, seven fax and the other pops every yearly Lee Sterling paramount sports.com every year you will enjoy playing. You know people who like doing the coin toss.

There's people who like gambling on the halftime show the commercials what you like. Every year I would never quite appoint at least like to do something right.

Feel like get the edge. One of them is a nationally you know my daughter goes to North Carolina schoolyard and she studied him and hit five in a row. So last year I was waiting for her pic and she studied you know what that everyone is to pick the under Gladys Knight getting up there in years, IPOs I've studied are I think she's go over the total would like 155 and it closed at 158. She sings it in 203 this year. You have a much younger singer Demi Lovato but it I know she's done for national anthem from the last one was for the con McGregor fright couple years ago before she went to rehab and she went over that number.

But she feels that her voice isn't as strong.

She is riffing now and then. She feels that they set the total probably somewhere between 155 and 157 I'm sitting out up to 201203. In most places, so she feels it's going to go under on the national anthem were hoping that she had six in a row there and then also it wouldn't be Miami without you know, so far as you know, the what what the women been aware of the halftime show they have Jay Leno and Shakira both show cleavage, say yes to 50.

Now there it was. Jennifer Lopez will she show but cleavage +500 for yet knows -2000 correctly I think that they book the NFL master which you can aware and I can allow but cleavage so but I do think Jay Leno and Shakira will show little bit cleavage.

Robert is so upset.

On the other side is thinking Levine was allowed to take his shirt off what you know but cleavage. We need not cleavage you let it go, but you have probably can't take it anymore and anymore populate the address you are just 1000 paramount sports.com.

It's a great prop. I like to go over 70 receiving yard lot of time for the running back of the big game. The conference championship game doesn't do much, I think, to rotate in a bunch a running back for him. Most of it I think hundred 69 and have rushing yards and will will I have a week ended with a one that's just totally random here.

Well the Super Bowl and the crew mentioned that it's Groundhog Day off a know it at -375 so many other subplots going with nothing that I can be read you know that got him on the PalmPilot passing cake that he participated one is a little kid so I don't think the dimension Groundhog Day and about. This will calling Dimension of the broadcast. One time now.

I think it came with incredible offense and defensive lines like to run the ball and Patrick McCombs who is the new face of the NFL in a more objective. So I'm looking forward to excited you're my meat.

No New England Patriots in the Super Bowl in our section on radio row yesterday where there's almost at that fight between the two MMA fighters and head just taken a picture with one of them and then literally for five minutes later I'm 5 yards away in there almost about to go at it. So if you're about to go at it. I think it could be one of the best Lee Sterling paramount sports downtown. This guy knows his stuff and some of the ones that he just gave penalty of more than 15 yards. Take take that it's pretty much it. Even money sacks before sack for a touchdown. He says yes on that a touchdown pass, that is Demi Lovato under two minutes and one cent and were seeing that total. You got the halftime show. Will they show cleavage or not was Shakira or Jay Leno that something that maybe take a look at as well, and maybe the over on sax at 4 1/2 as well.

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Where have you seen but cleavage during the talk about this in the radio I can. I mean can I can you what you have. Some cupcakes will you get cupcakes in your room and we have nothing to talk about the Super Bowl halftime show. Because the listener yesterday. One of the two that one. I think her name is Jenny want to give thanks to Jenny I have it on a sheet of paper in front of me yet. Jennifer Greensboro Jenny from the block. Maybe with a good day. It all ties together did a secure impression on the air yesterday and won tickets to basketball and also Old Dominion coming up and she brought in a bunch of cupcakes and there are cookies in the middle of the circle of cupcakes at the full platter of things and then also like a football bowl with a bunch of pretzels and that's pretty cool. So here he walks in immediately and just decides to dive straight in like writers were about to go in for a segment and talk about gambling with Lee Sterling. He has social media responsibilities.

I meet Robert is getting on the phone with Lee Lee, Sterling Sawyers just ditching him in the control room so we could die face first into some cupcakes how to speak for yourself if someone brings cupcakes in there in your studio. I have the right being in the studio over to come and take them because you're talking out. You could do your job. Look but who knows.

Jenny could've poisoned these cupcakes, I want to make sure that you don't go off the air and having a reaction to it. I'll take one for the team out timeout. I got another I think it only took one cup that you didn't bring one for Robert Roberts working to bring cupcake for him when he was on the phone and Robert you excuse that he didn't ask for one that he is he is really trying to dig the have to ask my you don't think to grab a cupcake for Robert Josh to sucker punch Mike you so mad at me, I don't know you got a part time on break it up.

Robert when he's free asked to get one. I will gladly walk next door to Sawyer. We do me a favor and go appreciate it. I'm in a way from the gravel cupcake so I can know when to continue doing this radio show.

Just because a listener brings in cupcakes and cookies doesn't mean you gotta stop doing your job only bleat give me one of those good ones do me like this got chocolate covered okay cool. That works closely and that he's cool. I got cupcakes. It's all one flavor okay, cookies, cupcakes are all one flavor of the pretzels chocolate covered the regular pretzels.

I don't know for sure that now Sawyers when he gets snagged on I'm looking in the lobby.

Right now he's giving cupcakes to everyone else's. Now he's not even work is even on the clock. We should not get paid for this ally. I honestly believe that I don't think you should get paid a dime go you brought everyone else. A cupcake besides me NFL shield in the top you would think by this on like home about don't need to feel this field is not edible. Oh my God grace okay so thanks and whether you come from Greensboro or the block.

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Although signals together make up sports of dryad somatic Sawyers Dylan I'm nice listener comes in and brings in cupcakes.

It just ruins everything for Sawyer.

He stepped stepping out of the room to grab cupcakes and cookies instead of being in what were doing a radio show and at the same time in between segments he's asking whether or not Bruce Springsteen's trash Sawyer how old are you as a reminder, here 20 right. We were discussing kiss as well, which is playing right here in the Greensboro Coliseum and note no time.

You don't know much about history. I know kiss. I know this well but I don't know like in depth. I feel like I know the average amount for a person. I don't have nearly the time to get to the bottom of the Bruce Springsteen stuff that I want to do that little bit look to talk with us now award-winning columnist from the Raleigh news and Observer. I top 25 voter when it comes to college basketball so I feel like I need to ask a question that is just above the brow that were currently at. At the moment but Bruce Springsteen trash or no no, I'm right there with you it comes to the top 25 poll how difficult the task has it been putting that together week to week versus past year, not not any different. But a lot more movement but the prophet Kevin change. I think I'll try to be a little bit ahead of her work out that way. So I had Baylor a week or two ahead number one a week or two ahead of everybody else and I usually come to think you know or question about who the double one usually end up going with a different team than everyone else does, but the way I do, I doubt I will get a lot of analytic predictive analytics.

I would resume date analytic kind of have my own method of taking previous ballot contractor in my head and work it out so the prophet had to change or meet a result, having changed dramatically or certainly been more movement that's been true of the pole at large, but something I enjoy because I think it is required to pay a lot of attention to what's going on but no one can watch all 300 something Division I teams play every day so you do. After all, I'm going based on the 810 whatever games you see, you're not in any doing things accurately profit how I do it really all the crazy. It hasn't really changed the way I do my ballot made it take any longer and had more changes us on Twitter at look to concrete his stuff news observer.com or in the pages of the observer.

What's your favorite detail. I was at Cameron the other night when Coach K went up to the students and had that little spat, what, what's your favorite detail about it because I have three examples and you can feel free to fill in another if you if you want to the fact that he didn't recognize the chant, even though it was the same chant he does for the students do when they have a top and recruit in place. How he also said he's never heard a chant from the crazies regarding a visiting coach or the apology that apparently was a 30 minute meeting with tensors and Trish Esquivel yesterday my great. My favorite part was that he had to be held back from his own good fight of crystal that that was my favorite was Mike Lee, the referee holding him back on the bench. K was way out on the court found that would likely require a copy of the 30 minute apology with the kids in the tent was fascinating because you chronicle posted that he was out there with them at 430, which is now on my phone conversation was 15 to 20 minutes after I had called Duke to let them know I'd be writing critically about to speculate what you think that was because Kay apologized to the president like does he just walks just stumbles of the suggestibility summons every body. Everybody is quick and you guys are great. I love you. Now I back you if Mequon played a role. Maybe plan anyway you look at and you know your apology last night with five children to become blowback are unhappy fans aren't happy. It might be good if you went out, met with the students directly after. I think it would my commentary going, one of our papers already gone. I I think that was a good move on his part. Assuming it was genuine and it was more apology that you offered.

After the game. Yet the reality.

Even if he didn't hear it without clouding Cameron at that game you were there I was, you're looking pretty good for Tuesday night Wednesday night game, whatever it was to deny it.

He doesn't hear it clearly doesn't understand it and he thinks her saying something to get cable to my question even if he didn't recognize the what did he think they were saying and why. The worst of his own. I think that more than anything about the opening at the point at which had made the paper this morning. It wasn't just that they were chanting Jeff Capel name and he got wind of that in a very well-built it was that he assumed the work that his students were denigrating what I.

Pure harvest rage directed at students who supported human are as much a part of that program, quite frankly, he is the first time it's happened this year either meet is this cumulative where he saying that they don't laugh at the right time. They don't do this document in one of the things I wrote about the crazies that they might go to the team meeting in the mid-2000 midnight you want to basically carry backward what a wonderful cut out the really crazy talk with you letter from the creative Cameron crazy what we have now prepackaged scheduled ritual. I wrote crazies do the same thing at a point every time the same game you know you care. You know exactly what's coming, but walking here comes the back got right on top of the band, but whatever they all got the whole procedure now completely scheduled and structured. There is no spontaneity whatsoever. K you said you gotta cut this out. We can have gone to far and then in the May 2000. He was the one who had to go and they were taking away from you guys.

If you'll start showing up because you got bailed out. Part of that was what the great error basketball they got a little spoiled I think with the national title company or when he wanted, but he was very much a 2012, ground, and they want to title of the building that we had a full club.

Cameron, the club can write you real fear was better. This is something that goes back decades, the only coach of the students that they might try to write an elaborately seeing him tell the students to cut things out before there's no question about it in on Friday night I there's been several last years one that sticks overrated be something as benign as overrated and he's telling that you get worked up about the range and that just almost out of control had to be restraining and then just standing there screaming Adam the whole time he was wrong. If you are little like someone like that work on you really need to be right now.

The whole thing so you know that I think I think it important that you went out there yesterday and talked directly to the student. I think that that is probably something that needs mending, and that'll help I think is just what they should be on a lariat. I hope you are trying to be funny. I hope you think these cheers were perfect. I mean it straight out of Mike Dopp straight out of the mike.segments you have on MBA or straight out of the NFL Monday night games when it's not Sam Donald saying that he see in ghost it's it's something like hey let's go play some defense what's be aggressive. Let's get after it.

In fact, think Robert actually has a pulled up but let's hear that Craig could Like high school cheerleader something like this. Let's not come to look now gone to three euros popular loot the best man I'll see you sometime soon. Thanks for doing this right� On twitter@thegotnewsobserver.com and it's not the first time. K has gone after the students in recent years, it just isn't and I'm not the guy was going to litigate what fans do, but it is a funny thing when K said after the game.

I've never heard chance involving the visiting coach and yet Seth Greenberg said oh yeah when I was thrown out. They weren't saying the nicest things they were saying the kindest things and I was thrown out of Virginia Tech and I'm sure they weren't that great. You know, take your pick.

Gary Williams, Roy Williams. I'm sure they heard a couple things from the crazies before it seems like coach Katie Lyons at Luke individual.

He was very upset about that, almost unhinged again. He's he's really good@newsobserver.com. This is all about a generational gap. I think the case talking about and also Sawyer not being in the Bruce Springsteen like that. That's a generational stuff here. I don't think Bruce Springsteen like good. I mean come on, like maybe as an instrumentalist about the word sure, but warned Iran are you kidding me how many hits can we go through me.

Don't look him up Salem.

If you're going to defend it up Lori Road okay that sticks out. I mean no one is different. I'm not on either glory days, not glory, run a chart that I think about it's okay will fix it. I'm on fire you will edit it out and post there are songs.

I'm not on either one your side. I think Bruce present in the dark for my favorite song which I discuss it and keep talking about the thoughts are major. I don't think that anyone is saying he's the best guitarist or the best vocalist. I think it is like the quintessential American songwriter. So when you went to the generation gap is and get it Sawyer is not in the working class. Those songs were for the working class like his own factories is about people's dads would work in factories. I think it's just generational. Maybe just think is boisterous like it is just not good people of all there's people who don't get like today's music, such as Billy I wish Billy eyelash when people hear her.

I me. I'll be honest first time I heard it.

I didn't know what it was but then I learned she was 16 or 17 years old when that stuff is being recorded and I thought you just sounded a lot older, I thought that when I heard Leon Bridges.

I assume the sky was in his 50s or 60s. Turns out he's in his late 20s, so there you can hear influences from older music in today's music and I listen to somebody who went on a run at the Grammys on Sunday that we haven't seen in such a long time someone her age from a debut album.

I think the last time someone swept the Grammys and by the Christopher Cross way back when, so is a lot of pressure on her. Now she's interested where the way she dresses she doesn't want any of it to be sexualized whatsoever.

She's essentially just wearing Craig. It might it might as well be like that. Like I said a potato sack she's wearing out there because he doesn't want to be sexualized anyway. Whatever wants it all to be about the music and it's is a fascinating figure from somebody who just turned 18 last month but generationally speaking the people who might be big in the Bruce Springsteen will think that that's that's garbage because it just sounds different for sure, and she recently did an interview and she was talking about. It's not so much being sexualized as it is, it is wearing whatever she wants to wear those clothes that are baggy or more covering or more for men and she thinks she should be able to wear that if she wants to hundred percent but that's different from what came before correct to Patterson a little bit later on.

You want to hear in its entirety. What Marshall Faulk had to say about Krista McCaffrey will play that for you next on the drop in the Super Bowl.

Really the week leading up to come very crowded very commercialized and in the process become a lot less interesting I think it might have more to do with the teams that are playing in the Super Bowl versus just the actual week itself being less interesting as it becomes more corporate. I'm not saying I have little interest in watching the Chiefs play the 49ers. I think that's going to be a great Super Bowl. It might be the best matchup between two teams that we've seen in the last five years dating back to Atlanta facing the patriots, but probably even further than that, the patriots facing the Seattle Seahawks. But even with New England and the Super Bowl. They're likely going to play a style that isn't that fun to watch on television. Meanwhile, these two teams San Francisco and Kansas City are both pretty exciting high-octane offense of type of organization.

However, I do think this week would be a lot more interesting if doing them was playing in it. I'm going to go ahead and say it this week would be better if the patriots were in this case there were two things we undoubtedly like an American culture. Villains and stars the patriots they might be the greatest villain in sports history. Considering how long they lasted. They might not be done yet. There's a chance that dynasty might not be for I'm not call it over yet until Tom Brady decides to play elsewhere and there's no question speaking about Tom Brady guy. He's the most recognizable figure in all of the NFL as great asthma homes is as great as some of these 49ers are there are many players in the top 20 in the top 25 of recognizable sports figures across the country across the world that play in the sport. Granted you have 22. Want to feel that one time wearing helmets. It makes things a little bit difficult.

Brady might be the only NFL player I say is a top 10 recognizable sports athlete in America that earned you something my mom knows who Tom Brady is my mom knows who Bill Bella check it she can name another NFL coach or maybe another FL player � probably does look equally but I guess that doesn't count anymore since he's retired.

There were no polarizing players in Super Bowl LIV. We've had at least one at least one polarizing player in every Super Bowl the last decade you had the patriots the last few years. So you had Brady you have Bella check cam Newton is one of the more polarizing players are to find across the week. Obviously some of that has to do with race but also his outfits. His style of play way that he plays how flamboyant he is the way he's confident the way he celebrated it was one of the more polarizing players we see in the lead when he played the Broncos I was a polarizing deal when the lead to the boom went up against Peyton Manning. That's up that stood out two weeks before that Erin Andrews is getting yelled at on TV so in this Super Bowl.

Understanding that same guy that yelled Erin Andrews is also blamed for the San Francisco 49ers getting drug tested twice in the last two weeks getting blood tested earlier today and return it.

Everybody likes my homes. Everybody likes and he read it is why in T-shirts and his entire being that reminds us of walruses to Patterson to join us in a little less then 10 minutes from CBSSports.com. There isn't anybody on the 49ers that moves the dial one way or the other, not one player but if you ask a casual sports minarets, which is not a sports fan, somebody would might be watching the Super Bowl for the commercials for the halftime show might know the two teams are the think there's any chance they can name a 49er, probably no chance at all. However, just for a moment. Robert, let's try to imagine what this Super Bowl would look like if it was my homes in the Chiefs facing the 49ers but it was a garrotte below quarterback telling. Can you imagine what this week would be like no if it was In the 49ers going up against the likable Landy Rita moans that would be the most interesting Super Bowl week we've ever had. You don't think the league would sabotage the 49ers somehow with the refs before that can happen.

I'm just saying if it happened like if you just take Jimmy garrotte blows good looking self is handsome self and replace him with Colin Or Nick what you think happened what you think this entire week is 336-777-1600 on Twitter at sports I drive whatever it is I bet it's a lot more interesting. What's the most interesting thing. It's been said on radio row or media day this week. What is it I can't think of anything because I haven't heard anything interesting other than Marshall Faulk saying that Krista McCaffrey is a better version of him. Most interesting thing I've heard there's nothing to do with the two teams playing in the Super Bowl.

I will say to your polarizing aspect thing. I didn't really recognize will now be living in a house of people who don't want sports, my dad, not a sports fan. His friends not sports fans something that they do when they did, there is not a recognizable thing the team becomes the most polarizing thing that they relate the 49ers now to the 49ers when they were kids like oh I remember when Joe that Joe Montana is talking about the old 49ers. As if that has anything to do with this Super Bowl. Are you annoyed by now because my dad never in sports and skeptical that he takes a liking to. I don't buy the idea patriots fatigue. I don't like have you ever heard Darth Vader fatigue never heard of Lebron James fatigue yes I got tired of Lebron James and he was winning. Tell the television ratings because they went up every single year Lebron played in the finals seven or eight consecutive years.

Like all these guys. People we would consider stars or villains like I haven't heard of Kevin Hart fatigue. I haven't heard of Denzil Washington fatigue. These are all over the place. You know if your store. If your store we are going to embrace. That's what we do in this country. If you're a villain. It's kind of the same way like there's a reason why Darth Vader is the most signature popular Star Wars character out there. There's a reason why that is on the New England Patriots fans but fan by any means, but the patriots when they're involved in the Super Bowl. It brings out people who are interested to see them lose Floyd Mayweather would break a bunch of pay-per-view records because people would pay to watch that guy get his ass not now they were interested in drought is broadcast live in the Law offices of David to be wellborn studios learn about all the ways that Tim will board to help you online@10wellborn.com.

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Just search the drive with Josh Graham. It's pretty simple to do to Patterson in just a few minutes let's go to Chris in Greensboro who wants in crass even if you don't like the New England Patriots. Do you acknowledge this week would be a lot more interesting if the Pats were in this game.

Now I'm not writing, writing and exciting people want to see the best player of all time.

Play the game last year, locking like a game. Wellborn better game than you want them to think Chris think the phone call while last year was slower. I think it was so much of a slow defensive game.

It became memorable.

As a result, every single one in the wing when Super Bowl with the exception of, say, the Philadelphia one in Jacksonville that they 124, 21, where McNabb threw up on that final drive were memorable like had very memorable finishes patriots beating the Panthers on the game-winning kick with John Casey kicking it amounts out of bounds on that previous kickoff. The drive down the field for Brady's first Super Bowl Adam military and other game-winner against the Rams, the patriots losing to the Giants in close games, yet the Tyree catch you got the Mario Manning ham catch.

Then you go to the Seattle Super Bowl Malcolm Butler picking it off on the goal line coming back from 28 three against Atlanta. Tom Brady throwing for 500 yards being out duel by Nick foals in Philadelphia winning that Super Bowl. And last year it was the exact opposite of the patriots. They shut down one of the more prolific offices we've ever seen in modern-day football holding Sean McVeigh in the Rams to three point the Super Bowl has spoiled us. Six of the last nine years we have one possession. Games and even the ones that were done, the paper Super Bowl in that blowout in the Meadowlands between New York trees beat Denver and Seattle yet. Cam Newton jumping on the football. Jericho, contrary did he catch it. Did he not, that review didn't go Carolinas weight led the Von Miller pending his ear.

Bet ears back and stripping cam Newton so there memorable games.

They've exceeded expectations more times than not, the talent in college basketball. It seems to be down this year seems to be that it is down this year.

Store power is down is an anomaly or is this a concerning trend to Patterson for CBSSports.com will join to discuss next pay you for that.

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We could talk college basketball 12 months out of the year I was at Cameron earlier in the week when Coach K started yelling at the crazies and that became a bigger story than I think it was supposed to be and this weekend there's a chance: Anthony could return for the Tar Heels in time to face Boston College inside the Smith Center, Louisville, NC State is where we will be inside PNC arena, but when I look at this year's college basketball crop of talent, especially in comparison to what we enjoyed last year was Zion Kobe white and others in the Atlantic Coast conference. It does seem like the talent level is down, not just in the ACC but across college basketball. Do you believe a season like this is an anomaly or with more players going overseas and considering other venues in college basketball look like and also the one in Dunn's days being number.

Do you think that this is a bad trend for the sport so I don't have to mark for my college basketball.

I don't barely need my college basketball could be the finest version of the game of basketball and I think that the reason why a lot of people are drawn to college basketball me think about the nation at large doesn't even really dial-in, but because really what the nation at large and important competition thing reason why we watched the Olympic the same reason why we find out for all kinds of different viewing of athletic thing. I really think that the reason that your walking to gain that you you like the game of basketball and you understand the unique circumstances that are branded 18 to 22-year-old together to compete against each other under a minute pressure and to get some years are going to be lucky and you're getting it once in a generation type talent and some errors are going to be lucky in that they have a collection any of the people to talk about the heyday of the biggie you think about the NBA talent that was on all the different Georgetown Derek Hughes Villanova rosters not II think that there can be errors where it gets really special. I mean there's an error than the APP era in North Carolina where it gets a little bit different, at least in terms of the level of play, but basketball in general I think sort of survived on the competition and stage playing the game under pressure mode final four games are bad also mode yeah mode final four game are not good and yet we still tune in and yet will still remember as long as they've got a great finish so I don't I don't draw any big broad strokes about the changes that are happening both in terms of one kind or the changes that I could be happening within the aim of further model or anything else like that because the reason why I find out basketball.

It just and I also think you watch college basketball and I watch college basketball a lot differently than I think most of the country doesn't think maybe this all just goes back to March madness is the big moneymaker for the NCAA and the way the sport is tailored is it to have the best team win at the end or else you have a tournament lab that is it having to require a team win six in a row and play in a football stadium its final two games unlike any other stage. They played the entire year. But that makes them the most money at it also features the bracket which is where 90%, maybe the country follows college basketball or starts following it.

We got a remember you're in the triad in North Carolina are markets different than maybe any other place you can find the country which follows college basketball 12 months out of the year, so it's an excellent point that you bring up. But with the ACC summer saying this is the third maybe the fourth best basketball conference this year and it's hard to really argue with that.

When you consider beyond the top three. Nobody really has great wins. How many teams in the ACC.

Do you comfortably say to Patterson to be NCAA tournament teams economically. I can only think to Louisville and Arctic date comfortably. I think that it veritably I could be extended to four or five who number four and number five might be. I don't know you know like I get Virginia picking up her top 50. When the season.

That certainly put them in a position where heading into that game. I thought that Virginia was probably going to be a multipart date they were headed toward the path of not making the empty AA tournament you like.

Like the 1984 and walked back when an African forgiven 83 you're in the NIP in 1984 I thought that Virginia was on a path like that, but the win against Florida State goes a long way to start improving their resume. I can't trust Virginia Tech.

I really like it. Honestly like it if were talking about where you would want to saddle up some of your stock me to not you I'm not totally confident that it's going to be able to get the wind that it needs to be able to finish in the fourth or fifth spot, but if you're in extended sick. I think that that's a little bit too aggressive, because you're right APP it down but that you your first question, I was looking at the conference ranking Ken Pomeroy conference ranking like the FTP down yet BP is having a bad season, but the biggie is still really good. According to the predictive metrics the big 12 and the big hand I believe are the three top league and they are existing on a tear. That is way above the ACC and the FTP it to the regional thing right like we share the same footprint and you can just tell that whatever was going on with this particular cycle. This recruiting cycle or the combination of recruiting cycle. The APP and the FTP are both experiencing it down here it's to Patterson is on Twitter@Chip_Patterson from CBSSports.com.

I'm going to use a Roy Williams type question here for you. Is this the least gifted you've seen the ACC in your lifetime least gifted you know like don't think that I look at look at it and land you know like I get I deftly get the joke, but I do think that I will will definitely agree it doesn't have have this surefire NBA player mean that you're not can have nobody like a queen cook.

You know like be able to go out and show later in their career that they are going to be that valuable addition into an NBA franchise. Over time, but I certainly understand we don't have the kind of NBA draft lottery power that you might have in other years, but you can't delete gifted when I can very quickly start filling out like a big burning. One of the best players in the ACC and I think that Jordan Lahr is one of the best talent in the I think you can start filling out your your first team all the ballot and feel like that's a pretty impressive group that would rank right up there with the best method Of it might be where least gifted deftly comes into play for your second and third team all ACC to be having to be having those surefire NBA names like last year and some other years, but least gifted of everything. I don't know man up like I go back and watch them some old paint from the 80s and it feels like it's been dressed up to be a little bit prettier than it was at the chip. If I remember correctly you are a hard-core scarlet hornets, maybe even back to the Charlotte bobcats days Charlotte basketball fan right I have that correct. So this week how if you processed as an MBA fan. The news of the Kobe Bryant passing now that were a few days removed and I don't think there's anything more unsettling than seeing somebody who was so associated with being a a someone's beef with Kobe Bryant, Gil O'Neill, a guy that big. You're just not used to seeing someone cry and openly weep, especially on television and somebody was known to be as fun as he is. That's the moment where secondarily to the news breaking on Sunday. It just hit me man. This is massive and it's weird to say, past tense.

Kobe Bryant was how if you processed I had already quoted the book on Kobe Bryant at the player in my mind. He had a farewell tour. We really had a lot alike tribute to him. It's weird because one player per tire and we have enough time to say goodbye to them at the player is a song and dance that is eerily similar to that they have died but I think goodness in hindsight we had that farewell tour.

Otherwise, he maybe would never have gotten that appreciation. Considering how villainous of the figure he was� You know what kind of Claude the book on that netbook on my own for a mental and emotional show ended I would really I think that I was just starting to really appreciate him at the end.

As a member of the member of the siding I get a father somebody who used to play the game again be gone and to hear him speaking about again looked up that I love to have him at a point where I was probably I found tenant likable in my own personal taste and opinion and I as ever before. You know not, you know, I was really really deeply saddened to see all of this new life second chapter that you created cut short chip most of the week for every body will do you read your stuff@cbssports.com.

As things start to heat up in the conference race. It's always right after the Super Bowl things take a step around here. But even broader than that we start looking at the root bracket topology and Angela Nardi becomes a household name in the month of February so appreciate you spending time with us will talk sometime soon I will be well got it's to Patterson is on Twitter@Chip_Patterson down to remind people that sometimes around here college basketball.

It's so it is the Tar Heels and Duke and NC State. Those are the proteins in this state for. I think every corner of it other than Charlotte. Charlotte might as well be its own state. That's the way I explained that the people where outside of the city of Charlotte other than folks like to Patterson the hornets they don't really move the needle one way or the other.

They just don't and I think the one thing we all root for in Charlotte and across the state of North Carolina. It's the Carolina Panthers so when you're trying to explain the North Carolina sport seemed to somebody. It's a lot different I think than anywhere else you're going to find like as somebody who works in sports radio when you're considering places to do what I do here. You gotta start asking yourself, hey my familiar with what I'm going to have to talk about what my audience cares about you. This is a miss understanding people have about radio.

I don't talk about the things that I am interested in. I talk about the things I think you're interested in, like play in the hits in radio if it's a music station. The most popular sentiment of criticism people have for a radio station to play the songs too much the same songs too much was a reason why they do it because that's what people want to hear right sport works the same way and I knew what I was taking up when I decided to work in the triad. It's going to require you to cover the ACC very closely in basketball and football. It's going to require you to cover the Carolina Panthers and sometimes of the hornets are good. The hornets Carolina hurricanes. We covered that playoff run NASCAR, you name it. That's what you take up but I don't think there is another place across the country where college sports matters as much as it does here in the triad and Hecate even extend that to the Triangle in Raleigh. I don't think there's another place across the country where you have for power.

Five. School power conference basketball programs with in an hour and 1/2 of each other. That's what we have. That's what we've had and that is unique. Other places I've interviewed for jobs in big time pro sports markets, and I could tell you that man it's all about postwar think college sports would not crack the radio somewhere else in a big city college sports. You gotta remind yourself and sometimes the rules and the tournaments are tailored to this. It's a niche market across the country, a niche market not here though and we just got some breaking news indoor studio.

That's a really big deal, right, according to Josh Klein who covers the Carolina Panthers and does so for the riot report. The Carolina Panthers are parting ways with Greg Olson. That is, according to Josh Klein. I'm waiting to see if that is going to be confirmed somewhere else.

I haven't seen it yet. Now I have Ian Rappaport says that the pampers and tight end Greg Olson have agreed to part ways. Which means Greg Olson's likely going to retire and pursue a career in television, and now the Carolina Panthers have put out the statement to so this is all happening in real time right now I'm looking to see if there are any quotes in this story.

This is from Greg Olson a direct quote here today I had the opportunity to sit down with general manager Marty Ernie and had a great conversation regarding my future with the organization.

The team and I are both on the same page and that it's best we go in different directions.

For now on the field. I will always cherish the nine seasons we shared together. The winds the losses standing at midfield holding the Hollis trophy is NFC champs. The reality of going to the Super Bowl was beyond words.

As we as was the disappointment of falling short off the field is where my family felt the warmest embrace in 2012, upon the news breaking regarding the challenges our son would face the entire Carolina community wrap their arms around us and support my wife Cara and I will forever be grateful for the love and prayers shared with us since that time, regardless of what path we choose. I will always be Carolina Panthers in this moment I think about a photo that was posted by former defensive end Charles Johnson right after the news that Luke Keithley was going to retire. Surprisingly, it had six people on that stage V of the six people on the stage represented the captain from the pampers Super Bowl team four years ago are now no longer Carolina Panthers. Those players Ryan Khalil Charles Johnson Luke Keithley Thomas Davis Greg Olson and one player who is remaining from the captains of that team is Camden Ryan Khalil as well so I guess seven.

Sorry about cam Newton's. All that's left and if he doesn't return. I don't think we've seen anything like this in modern-day NFL football.

I don't think we've seen a team deteriorate their leadership deteriorate as quickly as Carolina sat something. It seemed so promising. The quarterback entering his prime and a linebacker who was a year younger than them, or lease terms of NFL experience was drafted a year later and kicked equally skate. It's just been so quick different coach to Ron Rivera different ownership so much as changed. For this organization and just a four year span. David Tepper said this quote consistency is a word that comes to mind when I think about Greg, a leader, a great teammate, unbelievable family manager professional. Greg brought passion and intense detailed work ethic to the stadium every day as the Jersey guy on the team.

It was good to get to know Greg over the past two years he will be remembered as one of the best panthers to ever play here. Greg and Kara's work in the community continues to be positively impacting so many families in our city and the Carolinas just massive news and Greg Olson's when my favorite dudes have dealt with. He answered every tough question. He was always there. He was always polite and just a tremendous players well