Alright, so we're going to hour number three. Busy, busy third hour coming up in 20 minutes. I've got Baron Davis, former NBA All-Star, but Turned host of a Raider television show or online show. video program.
So we're talking Raiders with Baron Davis. That'll be fun. Raider Nation, rise up. You're 1-0. It's Hell Week.
Barron Davis is talking about your team, what it was like to grow up a Raider fan, and he did as a native Southern Californian like myself.
So, Barron Davis coming up in 20 minutes. Alvie will have the week that was coming up a little bit later on. I still haven't gotten to that one topic that I may not get to. This one I will get to. I do want to talk about this.
I can't stop watching these clips of Ichiro mowing down high school girls in an all star game in Japan. If you haven't seen this yet, it's not AI. It's not a stunt. It's legit. It's the 52-year-old Hall of Fame legend on the bump in the Tokyo Dome mowing.
Carving the best high school girl players in all of Japan. I mean, I know he had one of the best arms ever, right? But he's a pitcher now? And there are enough girls playing high school ball in Japan to field An entire All-Star team? Apparently so, because check out this headline.
At Seattle Times, at age fifty two, Ichiro just threw a 127-pitch shutout with 17 strikeouts during an All-Star game against the best high school girls in Japan.
Okay. I have a question. Why? I've got a question. For who?
I have a third question. For what? I guess this is who Ichiro or how Ichiro is growing the game in Japan. By throwing his arm out and carving teenage girls. Then when you see the footage It gets even better because the Hall of Famer really was out there shoving.
The Hall of Famer was not messing around. This dude's just out here blowing smoke. Past these teenage girls and seemingly loving every second of it. If you're listening on the radio, I wish you could see the B-roll. It's incredible.
Look at this dude. Here comes the cheddar. See your ass down, young lady. Here it is. Oh, sit your ass.
down young lady Check out the hook. Boom!
Now you're done little girl. Go grab some pie. Here he is hit the plate. Uh And a classic bass knock for each row, making it look easy. Carving up teenage girls.
Just slapping the ball around the yard. Just taking these girls to school. Dude was more locked in. Then the rat Randy Johnson in his prime back in the day. He probably walked back to the dugout after every single inning like, Don't talk back to me, okay, ladies?
Just sit down and shove into the next ABA until you get carved again. Yeah, Rocking his game face, staring down these high school girls like they're standing in between him and a chance to finally win the World Series. It's like ITro is chasing what he could never win in Seattle by putting together these all-star games so he can vaporize. Yeah. How about your high school girls?
And then Ichero is the organizer of this event. which apparently is an annual event in the Tokyo Dome.
So Why does he organize this event?
Well, he gave the athletic this amazing quote. Quote What I'm doing right now is not amusement. It's a serious Competitive Undertaking. Quote end quote. Y'all hear that?
Mowing down these high school girls is not just fun and games. This is serious stuff. This is why I look like Sandy Colfax out there. It's a serious. Competitive undertaking, me carving up all these teenage girls.
Look, I would probably be a little messed up too if I wasted all of that time on the Mariners. And had so many amazing seasons and still never got anywhere near sniffing the World Series. But taking it out On a bunch of high school girls seems a little I I get that this dude. Didn't get what he wanted. I get that this is his World Series.
The problem is, dude, it's not the World Series. It's just you striking out a bunch of high school girls. They mean high school boys, high school girls.
So, apologies that I'm not really impressed with your serious competitive undertaking. You see to me? Amusement is exactly what this is. The thing that you say that it's not. Amusement?
If it's not amusement, Idro, then why am I so amused? Amusement's actually the perfect word to describe what we're looking at.
So I can at least give you that much. Just know the commissioner is not walking out on that field with his piece of metal after you're done with your 127 pitch, 17 strikeout gem against all those high school girls. Look, if you were out there, here's the thing. If you were out there doing it. And it was for bleeps and giggles, that'd be one thing.
If you're out there just having fun like Old Timer's Day, and you're waving to the crowd, and hey, here I go, I'm gonna face some girls. That'd be one thing. Except you're out there like you're Randy Johnson. steering them back to the dug out, saying, Don't talk back to me Hey. This is serious business.
This is serious competitive stuff. This is not for amusement. Don't be in my face and go talk back to me, all right? Sit your ass down. Here's some jitter.
Have some. Here's the hook. Yeah, that's what I thought. Get back to the dugout, young lady. Hey.
Gichro, what are you talking about, man? If it were a joke, then it would be fun. But it's not a joke. This guy's acting like it's game seven of the World Series. They're high school girls, dude.
What's going on? Oh yeah, another bass knock. Hitting 700 against high school girl pitching. Bro, you're a freak, we get it. But you're a freak still for different reasons.
What are we doing here, each? What are we doing here?
Now, look what the Mariners did to this guy. They destroyed him. They wrecked him. Much like the Browns. Destroyed Joe Thomas.
The Mariners destroyed Ichiro. He's out here celebrating and competing against high school girls and saying it's the most serious thing ever. The Browns broke Joe Thomas and the Mariners broke Ichero. Otherwise, he wouldn't be out there pitching and carving high school girls and thinking That it's Ken Griffey or something. Because that's how he's acting.
Bro, those aren't the Red Sox. Those are high school girls. Bro, that's not the Yankees that you're carving. They're high school girls. What are you doing?
The Mariners broke this poor dude Yeah. Seventeen strikeouts, a hundred and twenty-seven pitches. Bro. What's gonna happen when you come off that bump and he's bouncing off the bump and slapping his glove? What's gonna happen when you need Tommy John because of this little ploy?
This this thing that's competitive. You're gonna need Tommy John. You're gonna need reconstructive surgery. Is it gonna be worth it? 127 bitches?
And believe me, he's not off to the side soft tossing off a bucket. He's out there like he's Randy bleeping Johnson. Bro, when you went back to the dugout, was Edgar there? Was Jay Buner there? I don't think so.
I I don't know who was there. What were you in a dugout by yourself? Who was backing him up, by the way? As he was attacking those seventeen-year-old girls. And again, again, before you say Rome, lighten up.
Wha why should I lighten up when this guy was treating it like it was life and death? If he was out there for one inning. For fun. To take a bow, great 127 pitches. And then he made damn sure that He let everybody know this is not amusement.
This is competitive and serious. My dude would have been out there for 200 pitches if that's what it took. He's probably bent that he didn't punch out 20. Like easy, Dave Stewart. Easy, Bob Gibson.
This dude's Dave Stewart, Bob Gibson, and Roger Clemens in their primes, all rolled into one. Except they weren't facing 17-year-old girls. Roger Clemens! He drove Great. At least face high school boys.
And there we go, John. You don't have to worry about who's going to take that spot. There we go. You don't have to worry about each arrow. And again, for the last time, if it was one inning.
or it was for fun, That'd be one thing, but my man was competing. And what's next, Wade Boggs? Taking the bump and facing a bunch of high school girls here in the States? And punching out seventeen? And saying it's serious stuff?
Each row is probably like. Man. Ice up. I will not sleep. And so I no hit those girls.
I can't even believe any of them got on board. Ice up, son. No sleep till there's twenty-seven up, twenty-seven down. This is serious competitive stuff, yo. No, it's not.
He's like, this is not amusement. Yes, it is. Each road dude, that was hilarious. Bro, you're not giving yourself enough credit. Yeah, I know.
I know. This is the way you guys are wired. You can't shut it off. Shut it off, man. Shut it off.
Laugh at it. That was funny. Really funny. All right, when we come back, Baron Davis joins us. Throwing it back, like I said, having conversations with a couple of guys that I haven't spoken to in a minute.
Amani Toomer came on earlier. He was awesome. Baron Davis, former NBA All-Star and now the host. of Talk of the Nation for the Raiders. Nord VPN.
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Welcome back. I'm Jim Roam. Good to be here on a Friday.
So, Baron Davis will be joining me momentarily. Still looking for your ATPs, Ask the Pros. Get those in if you don't mind. Alvi is putting the finishing touches on the week that was. We will get that in.
And I am almost ready for Baron Davis. Also, not too waiting for you to give us a call. It's been a it's you know what, frankly, it's been the best call week of the year. It's been the best call week of the year. At Richard Something or other.
Hell yeah! Each row. No games off. No games off Corey Elder, 5843 on chat. I don't care if they got no feet.
Sign each row. That's incredible. Jimmy Coachella, quote. Ichro has the eyes of a goat. Signed Jim and Fall River.
For the love of God, would you networks please control? Tail the amount of extreme close-ups on one Andrew Pettit. I watched the playoffs last year. It's like everybody Time this guy started, the camera crew shot the game. Chim and Fall River.
All right, as promised, we are joined right now by a former NBA guard. He is also an entrepreneur, he is a producer, he is an investor. He played 13 years in the NBA for the Hornets, the Warriors, the Clippers, the Cavaliers, and the Knicks. A two-time all-star. He is the founder of Business Inside the Game, which is an exclusive membership platform for leaders that are shaping tomorrow.
He is the host of Raiders Talk of the Nation. It's an interview series which examines the lifestyle, cultural, and community impact of the Las Vegas Raiders. This show is now in its second season. The episodes are available on Raiders.com. That's a lot right there.
That's quite a resume. I'm talking about Baron Davis. Baron, it's been a minute, dude. It's great to see you. How are you doing?
Romy, what's happening, man? You look good. Dude, you too. What's going on, man? How are you doing, Baron?
I'm great, man. I'm great. Just living the life of a retired athlete, you know, cheering for his favorite football team. And now, you know, I have a job there. Dude, I love it.
Okay, listen, the thing about you living the life of a retired athlete, you, I don't want to say you were living the life of a retired athlete while you were an athlete, but you were always way ahead of your time, way ahead of the curve. You were doing things on and off the floor that people were not doing back then. We could start anywhere, but let's start with the show, Raiders, the talk of the nation. How did that show come to be? And then what do you cover on that show?
Shout out to my boss, Marcus Padilla. I was. And I was just touring, basically going on a tour at a practice site. I'm a big Raider fan. And I think every department I walked in, I just asked them if they were hiring.
I was like, hey, man, like, I do anything. I clean the floors, I work in the kitchen. This opportunity came up to host a podcast and a podcast show.
So Raiders Talk of the Nation is really just an opportunity to. Get inside of what true Raider fans are, what the players are, but also more so, you know, personality, you know, to get the fans closer to their personality. And, you know, what I want to convey really is just a true love for the sport of football, a true love for Raiders and the stories behind it. Like, how did you become a Raider fan? Why did you become a Raider fan?
And just connecting that to shoe.
So it's been an amazing journey to be able to, you know, work for my favorite team. Man, that is so awesome. Baron Davis joining us.
So, Baron, you are a Raider fan. You are a Raider fan. I've talked for years about Raider fan. There is no fan quite like Raider fan.
Now, every fan base thinks that they've got the best fans, but there are no fans like Raider fan. You grew up Raider fan.
So, when you talk about Raider fan, having been a pro athlete for a number of franchises, what distinguishes Raider fan from every other fan? The way they treat other writers. And so once you're a Raider and you're a part of the nation, you're part of a big family and a big community.
So, you know, you can be somewhere random and two Raider fans meet, you know, then you got to bond, right? There's something that you can bond over. And I think it's, you know, it's real different than any other team in professional sports as far as the, you know, the fandom. And the fan community, and just the way that they engage, they embrace each other. But you like, you share this passion that, you know.
If I could, I would go out there and play if I needed to. And I think that's what connects it, right? Yeah, it's wild. Baron Davis joining us.
It really is interesting because you grew up a Raider fan, but you bring a different perspective to it. Like on the show, you will chop it up with players, former players. As a hooper, I mean, how unique is that? Is it a different point of view and flavor? And do the football guys respect what you bring to it?
And is it different for them? Like, what's that vibe like? Yeah, I think it's a true connectivity, right? Because, you know, for me, sports is art. We're artists, right?
We have to think, react, learn, you know, learn within a structure, but also be our individual selves. And I think. The most important thing is drawing that connection with the player, letting the fans see the work that they put in, letting the fans see who they are as men. Right, as familymen, as people in their community, you know, what do they like to do in their spare time and off time? I think having that.
uh having that you know, platform for them allows us to get to know our players. and better support them and know why we're supporting them outside of just the game of football. But from a basketball perspective, the X's and O's are different, but the game is still the same, right? The sauce is what you call having the secret sauce, right? Or being super professional about your discipline, about your role, from a football perspective.
It's all about being a superstar in your role. And that's a lot of the things that we talk about in basketball. And so I think there's great correlation and great relationships and connectivity to both sports. I try to approach it from an artist perspective and a talent perspective to get to know the guys. I like that in a process.
Also, we're talking to Baron Davis. You know, who you're talking about, it seems to me, is a guy that you sat down with recently, Max Crosby. All right, so I love Max Crosby. Max Crosby, man, dude. He personifies what it means to be a raider, right?
Like, I don't care what generation it was. That guy could have played in any decade, any generation. You could drop him in, he would fit. Let me ask you, though, like he went through it as the ultimate raider. Like, he never wanted to be anywhere else, yet they trade him, and you know how it is.
Business is business. But when you sat with him, what kind of a headspace did you feel like he had after that crazy offseason? What was your biggest takeaway from your time with him? I think for Max, it's been You know, uh You lead, you lead, you lead, and then there's another level of leadership to where you become more humble, right? And I think that he's just.
Extremely humble and confident at the same time, knowing that he has so much to prove. It's almost like when you listen to Max talk. It's It's like a reincarnation of a new version of Max Crosby that. He is the vet. Like we talked about, you know, some of the younger guys calling them Unk.
You know, I was like, hey, man, you may be reaching Unc status. And I think that right there, that maturity level, you know, from a superstar, when you hit that level of confidence, that level of humbleness, right? Your leadership. Ability goes through the roof, right? Because it allows your talent to be so complimentary, both on and off the court.
And I think just listening to them, He's ready to go. He loves to play football. He loves the Raiders. He's happy he's here. And he's ready to put off for the Raider Nation.
Yeah, no doubt about that. I think that he will always find that motivation. It's just, it's intrinsic. He's always going to have that no matter what. Baron Davis joining us.
Baron, so many people would look at your career and say, man, that was my guy. That was my dude. That's still my dude. When you were a young Raider fan coming up, who were your guys? Oh man, I go back to, you know, Greg Townsend was one of my guys.
You know, Jeffrey Woodson. Can I say really quickly? Greg Townsend was one of the first guys I interviewed back when I was Brash Rome. And I used to interview those guys. He was something, man.
But, you know what? He appreciated it and he liked it. And he was a scary dude, but we were talking a lot of junk back and forth, back and forth. He got a kick out of it, man. That was a serious dude, though.
That was a serious dude. Greg Townsend. Greg Townsend don't play. He had the bald head. I was a little dude with the bald head.
I thought I was going to wind up playing in the NFL being Greg Townsend. But who else? You know, I love Bo Jackson. That was my favorite. He was my favorite player on the court, off the court, in video games.
Yeah. Yeah, you said Charles Woodson was another one. Charles Woodson was unbelievable. Unbelievable. Let me ask you, so really quickly, like, just to talk hoops for one minute before you go.
Don Nelson passed away last month. He was 86. You played for Nellie. You played for Nelly when he came to Golden State for his second stint. And of course, it was that great year when you guys upset the Mavs as an eighth seed in the 0 seven playoffs.
What do you remember about that historic series, that incredible series, and that win for you guys? I remember Clear as day, our very first practice. before the series started. And we practiced for some reason. It wasn't a practice.
It was like one of Nelly's like shoot around, night shoot arounds. Like Nelly would call, he would do whatever he wanted. And so we all came in. And I remember I had never seen Nelly move that fast before the entire season. And it's almost like he ran up on us and he was like, We're gonna beat them.
Be humble. Praise them in the media.
Now I'm going to show you everything that they do. And it was fascinating to watch him go through the progressions of what Dirk Nowinski's moves were, but what his move package was, right? To go through Jason Terry and what his moves was and his move package. Josh Howard and what his moves pack. And to see Nellie actually out there doing it and coaching it up and coaching us up.
Like that was the thing that I remember most because I had never seen Nellie move so fast. I had never seen him move so fast. And then Nellie, I got kicked out of game too. And Nellie told me that the ref was going to kick me out if I continued to keep clapping. And, you know, being a LA Crossroads kid, I thought it was cool to keep clapping.
Being a great Bruin, you know, I was just about to launch into the eight clap and Joey Crawford. Through me out the game. Joey Crawford. But Nellie, man, Nellie saw everything that serious before it happened, including that. Speaking of being an LA Crossroads kid, you were an all-American at Crossroads.
You could have played anywhere. That's in Santa Monica. For those who don't know, you and I are both SoCal natives. Why was it so important to stay here in SoCal and go to UCLA? Was that a no-brainer?
That was UCLA's legacy. When you think about, you know, The well-roundedness of athletes that have come from UCLA, what they stood for, players coming here in the summer where they go and train to get their game right. And so, as an LA baby, you know, having the privilege to play against Maggie Johnson in high school, Nick Ben X or Shaq, Eddie Jones, like, you know, the UCLA, I was already a part of the community.
So, like, to leave that, you know, and go somewhere else, it would have been, you know, extremely hard to kind of take this journey. On my own, and so UCLA was you know a family, it was big brothers. You know, Tracy Murray, uh, he was, you know, huge, a huge, huge influence. Uh, so when you have that legacy, you know, and you got those Bruins and you know, those older Bruins looking out for you, it means a great deal. And then, say, the second part was I wanted to put on for LA.
I felt like LA wasn't getting the recognition, LA guards were soft, players from LA were soft, and I couldn't handle that. And so, I wanted to stay at UCLA because I knew that there was a rust coming. You know, I knew that there was a new, you know, crop, Jordan Farmar, all those new point guards that were, you know, coming and going to come into UCLA. We wanted to establish. You know, that we are the point guard university in this basketball thing.
Let's go. I love that. That pumped me up, man. I love that. I love hearing that I had to represent L.A.
and in the backcourt and L.A. guards. Because you think about New York City guards, even like the Bay Area instead of the great ball up there. Really quickly, Baron, you mentioned Crossroads. Like, what kind of crew were you rolling with at Crossroads?
Were you with the jocks, the kids that came from the entertainment families? Like, you always had a plan, even above and beyond basketball. What was high school like for you? Like, what types of things did you think about? Who did you roll with back then?
I rode with everybody. Yeah, but oh man. Or I let everybody roll with me once I got a car. Dude, what was your first car? What was your first car?
Don't start. Wait a minute. Come on, man. GG, we were talking about big duffel bags of cash that everybody got this week, wasn't he? You reported on it.
You remember my first card, bro. I don't, man. I'm aging out, bro. I don't remember. Remind me.
I had a Chevy Blazer. That was my first car. Remember the famous Blazer. Sweet Ride. Sweet time.
Sweet Ride. Yeah, but I mix with everybody. You had the film. the film kids, you have the theater kids, you have the science kids, and then you have the people who just love sports.
So I think for me, it was just stand in the middle, learn everybody, be cool with everybody, but represent the fact that I do love this game and School to school, what I'm I'm going to be playing some basketball. No doubt.
So, whatever I got to do to get by.
Okay, that's my biggest takeaway. You're going to show up no matter what. You're going to show up a certain way no matter what. But the fact is, you're still showing up that same way with that same hunger, walking down the hallways, a tour of the facilities saying, Hey, man, put me to work. I'll do anything.
I'll do anything. And you end up with a show and you're in season number two. Raiders talk of the nation. Baron, really quickly, where do our viewers and our listeners find that show? You can find it on our Raiders YouTube channel, and then you can also find it on the website.
Yeah, that's it. Reggest talk of the nation. I love it, dude. Darren Davis, it's fun. We got some great guests.
We got Tim Brown coming up this year. Tim Brown. Tim Brown tells us. I love Tim Brown. These football guys got the best athletes, period.
They just tell the best stories. And so I'm just sitting there almost like a fly on the wall in a room that I would have loved to be in. And, you know, as you know, Rome, you're one of the greatest in the legends to do this. I'm just getting started. But it's.
No, you're not, dude. It's so great. Like I said, you're not way ahead of your time. You know what, though? You did figure it out, though.
The best interviews are not interviews, they're conversations. And the best conversations are the best stories. And they will tell you things, right? I always kind of pride myself on, I think they'll tell me things that they won't tell other people, but I know they'll tell each other things that they won't tell me.
So that's why it's such a good thing. I get that. I can own that, and I get that. All right, bro. Respect.
Respect. Aaron, I appreciate you, man. Much love and respect.
So good to get caught up with you, man. Great to see you. Great to see you so well. And I appreciate you, dude. Thank you very much.
Uh go Raiders. Go Raiders. Baron Davis. What did I say? I said I ran down two guys that I haven't talked to in a moment.
It was an absolute blast. Baron Davis, first of all, you know it's a SoCal and an LA native. I love him and I love what he represents and I love that he said I was never leaving UCLA. I wanted to make sure they put some respect on us, LA guards, LA players. And I knew there was another crop coming up.
And he also made a point of: look, I was part of those famous UCLA runs. And those summer runs at UCLA were legendary. And he's like, in high school, I was running against Magic and Eddie Jones. And those guys. And he said they take care of each other.
The UCLA family takes care of the family. But I do love that he was a Raider fan. He is a Raider fan still. And said, put me to work, put me to work. Is there anything around here I can do?
Hey, we got a TV show for you, Baron. You want that? Yeah, I'll take that. All right, so when we come back, Raider Nation. You can react to that.
Looking for ATPs, Alby will have the week that was. A Raider fan. It's been a minute since we could talk about positive things. If you want to get up in here before the Charger game, it is hell week, go ahead and do it and do it right now. You're listening to The Jim Rome Show.
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Now it seems like you only take a couple of weeks off in July and maybe a week or two over the holidays. How has Dodger Jano adjusted to not having Ram Jim around as much? Ben in San Antonio. That's pretty astute. How has she adjusted?
Apparently, pretty well because Dodger Jano is with Brooklyn Jake. In Zurich right now, en route to Spain. Dodger Jano is just fine. Jimmy Coachella, my ATP is for you. Jim, when you take possession of the new ragdoll, will you personally go up and get it?
Or fly it down with a quote flight nanny. That's another reason why Dodger Jano's fine. She's all about the new cat coming in. She's like, I feel like I'm having a child. Oh my Giano easy Am I going to go up and get that cat?
No. No, no, I'm not doing that. Will Jano go up and get that cat? Maybe? I I think we may take advantage of the flight nanny for the cat.
I had no idea such a thing even existed. A FLIT NANNNY For a fee They will provide a flight nanny and you can meet your new cat at the airport. No, I'm not sure. Look, I'm anxious to meet the cat. Not anxious enough to get on get on an airplane and go get the cat.
This one's for you, Chalk. Brian in Paradise. Rome, my question is for Chalk. Do you get to watch football all day Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.?
It wrecks the wife's day. I can preface that by saying if any wife would understand, it's our wives and especially your wife who is in the business. But what are your Sundays like? Thank you for the question, Brian. But I did a very smart thing and I married somebody who was also in the sports media business and, in fact, works on Thursday Night Football.
So we both watch football all day, every Sunday, every hour. Of the day. That is our day every Sunday all fall. And we've actually been picking every single game against the spread. Against each other for 14 years.
This is our 15th season of picking every game of the season against the spread.
Now, she's one of you nine times. You guys don't actually bet. We don't actually bet, bet. We just pick against the spread every time. And she's.
Beat me nine of the years so far. She is better at it than I am. I'm better than 50% for the last decade and a half, picking against the spread, which is not easy to do. She is like over 56%. She's amazing at it.
Bro, my only shock there is that she hasn't beaten you more than nine out of 14 years. I'm lucky I won a couple times. Wow. She let me win a couple times. That's awesome.
All right.
So there you go. Brian Z. Chalk was smart. He married somebody in the business who is extremely successful, as successful as Chalk is. No offense, bro, if not more so.
And so, there you go. There you go.
So, he doesn't have to worry about Sunday football because she works on Thursday night football. That's awesome. Mikey Soriano, quote. Will you encourage Alex to blast smelling salts versus blasting rails to get that peppiness step before working the show? Thanks, Tan Smack.
Yeah. No, Mikey. Yeah. I will not. Let's see here.
Alvie, if you're ready, To roll the week that was, I would encourage you to roll the week that was.
Okay. All right, welcome to the program. I'm Jim Rome in Southern California. Great to be with you. What a wild weekend that was.
An incredible weekend of ball, college, and pro. Our first whip of the season, an NFL whip. I've been thinking about the whip. I don't know that we'll keep the whip, but we'll start with the whip. Whip whip, hooray!
Whip whip, whip! Of course. If the Texans just catch that ball on the play before, none of that happens. And of course, Josh wrecked it right after it did happen. Yo, Chargers, the hell hop into your lightning bolt.
Yo, Chargers. Pretty strange to have the future GOAT get so badly outplayed by Jacoby Brissette. Am I right? How about that, John? All you needed was a pair of eyeballs or a nose.
Because that defense definitely did not pass the smell test. Credit to Jack's. That's not my Chris Forrester. That's my... You stink.
You stink, Dallas. I'm rolling telephone calls. Sam is definitely not headed to New York. I think Arch is. Josh Allen put on the damn clinic, bud, and I love him.
Well, Green Bay, you better start swimming or sink like a stone.
Sorry you had to sit through that, Jim, but I am not the host of voice. Longtime listener, first-time caller. Wondering what your take was on the ref show. Caller that got run, rightfully so. Like this is, you know, the Larry King show or something.
Who is it from? Larry King Live. No, I can't. Tell him to call me back. Thank you.
There is no upside in running that creep out there. Why are you doing that? He's not doing anything positive. What did you see on the film? DeMunkin, my lunch with you, has never been more canceled than it is right now.
Mitchell Schwartz. Honestly, I feel bad for Cleveland fans. This is not a good product that they're putting on the field. This is not good football. Unless they come out and say, hey, we're thanking for the 2027 NFL draft for all these QBs coming out.
I just don't understand. Standard for Cleveland. Good luck flushing and moving on, everyone. Take your douche. You don't know what's going on.
The problem with that is Roccos blasted out an explosive volcano of diarrhea. He was flushing. And then flush it. And then flush it. Exclusive.
And then flush it again. Exclusive. And then try to move on. Here we're talking to Eric Morrison. We had zero expectations.
He was supposed to be a camp arm. You know, came in as a fifth string quarterback. Just made his way up the depth chart so fast. The rest has been history. Super, super smart.
Alright, so how many people in chat right now are listening andor watching that are in lit? I'll give you a number. 100%. Got a federal question. How many of you are not lit?
That's a federal question. Everybody's lit. Of course, I'm talking about Lorenzo Niels. What's up, Jimmy? How you doing, Mr.
Rose? Watching my Chargers, and I shout out, Mike.
So sorry I told you to go to Vegas and put it all on the Chargers. And wow, I'm hurt. I'm still, I'm still, I'm still hurt, brother. Everyone in the survivor pool is done. What the hell happened, Lo?
I'm lost for words. And I said, really? The pressure's on them. What's next? They all still love you in Oxford?
Lane, even for you, where every one of your relationships, whatever program it is, ends in an ugly divorce. That might have been the single ugliest divorce in terms of football divorces that we've ever seen. I played a perfect game, and we lost by 30. You don't control the situation anymore. In other words, playing for the Browns affected his mental health.
Hey, Joe, why are you here? Because the Browns is the Browns. I'm sure as hell not firing me. We don't want him on the wall because we think he got away with murder. Then they should say so.
I really don't think the Bills need to say out loud that they think he got away with murder. I think people can connect those two dots pretty easily on their own. What is your beef? Don't travel like an idiot. You're in public.
People can see you. My beef is with a DoorDash customer. He's out of a hotel. There's a food shelf in the lobby. Customer didn't receive his food.
Idiot. You make me look bad. Couple who gave me a weird look at dinner when I ordered calamari for the table. If calamari's on the menu, it's getting ordered. Go ahead and gloss me.
Calamari might. I flip on college game day, then my games come on, and then there's eight games being played. They're all at commercials, man. My beef's with Ohio State kickers. The Buckeyes haven't had a decent kicker since Hervin Meyer was the coach.
He knew how to kick a kicker. I mean, recruit a kicker myself or not realizing I had so much in common with Joe Thomas. I'm also DoorDash. Here at the casinos, we're not allowed up to your room there. Meet me at the lobby, man.
Hey, hey, mother mother, what the hell is the matter with you? That's my wife. But mine is a grubhob beef sitting around ordering food from Taco Bell or Jack in the Bar, and they get all pissy that their food's cold. What do you have to say for yourselves? They spend 50 minutes trying to sell you every other possible thing that has nothing to do with an oil change.
They feel like Madden. We were coming. Comfortable being uncomfortable. I just asked them if they were hiring. I was like, hey, man, I do anything.
I clean the floors. I work in the kitchen. Hey, hey, he's the bunkin'. Gotta be able to just go out there and drop your nuts. Big shout out to our Eugene affiliate, 95-3, the score.
If they're like Madden, that plays are gonna happen all the time. Am I right? However, comma. I appreciate you at the gym anytime. What about your Rams?
What about your Rams, too? And then flush it. Riding our butts off. Bob Sutton, Brandon Staley, Dennis Allen. You're one of the greatest in the legends to do this.
I'm just getting started. Literally, the head of. Ice it! And both sides want it. I had three three by threes.
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My thanks to Baron Davis and the Raiders. Amani Toomer, the XR4TI. You clones, have a great weekend. We will have a lot to talk about on Monday. See you then, Rob.
My dough never sees a freezer. Faye Hollis makes the biscuits at Hardee's. I'm up at 5 a.m. every day making biscuits from scratch. Easy there, biscuit lady.
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Mm.
