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Later this hour, in honor of Giving Tuesday, all four of us. And that's not you unless you want to, do you want to give something to a football team as well? Like, we're going to do a segment about what you would give on a giving Tuesday to an NFL team to make them better. Let's go, Michael. And, you know, I told that to Seth, you want to be involved in that?
And he goes, sure. He said, you want a bear-centric? I'm like, whatever you'd like, sir. He is, in fact, dressed like a Sworsky brother. Oh, my God.
I love him.
So he's coming out here talking about Hurricane Ditka and stuff like that in about 15 minutes time. Ah, yes. Yeah. Who would win in a fight? No.
So he's coming out shortly. Um we haven't talked about Lane Kiffin yet. Yeah. Let's do that now. Do we have to?
Well, yeah, I mean, it's he showed up at LSU yesterday. Awesome. Purpled out. Yeah. Does that surprise you?
No.
Family. Yeah. And so it'll buy you a lot of nice new purple clothes with all that.
Well, his racket clothes got put outside by Holt Mist. Did you see that? Was that a real picture? I think it was.
So they're, you know, so bad. Go funny. Right. That's funny. Because now you know you can't believe anything, right?
AI and all this stuff so bad. Was it the get-ups of Marty Smith and him and the one-on-one? Was that AI? Were those throwbacks, throwouts? Marty Smith was like driving through the woods to get that energy.
I don't know. Marty might have, I don't know him at all, but he might have run out of clothes staying in Oxford as long as he did. I don't know. Hair was perfect.
Well, I mean, God bless him. Richard can have that here.
So, you know, Lane showed up and. And um It sounds like he's going through some things, to be honest with you. This is what he said about leaning on his mentors and making the decision that he made. I felt like everybody that I talked to outside of the state that I was in. All basically said the same thing.
Okay. They all said, and you are going to regret it if you don't take the shot and you don't go to LSU. It's the best job in America, it's the best resources. And to win it. And it's obviously been done here before by a number of people.
You know, P. Carroll Really, he told he told me. You know that he always told uh my dad that he'd he'd look out for me. And so When we were talking You really channeled him up, you know, from knowing him for so long and And he said this is exactly what he would do. He would tell your boy, go get it, go for it.
And um You know. Coach Saban kind of coached it another place in this conference, so I can't. I can't really say exactly what he said, but I'll say, I think the world of Coach Sabin, and I respect him. And um So there's a reason I'm here. And LSU's got to be just ecstatic.
That's it. Oh, my gosh. Right? And all you got to take a look is at Penn State still looking. Yeah.
And you know, there's a lot of rumors as to why they're still looking. Indeed. And Lane would have an idea as to why they're still looking. For sure. Although nothing personal from him.
Just Google it. Look it up, everybody. Um And then You know, he had this. This is an interesting part of the press conference. He's talking about um the tenor.
Of the fan base in Oxford being livid with him leaving. It's the passion of the SEC.
So I understand that.
So I don't get emotional with it yesterday like so many people get emotional. you know, like that, and they change like that because We spent six years there in That airport scene and oxenide driving and people trying to run us off the road, man. And the things they said to us. And then We got here and we had been here for six minutes. And how we love you, Coach, you're the best ever.
And we've only been here six minutes, we ain't done anything for you yet. Yeah. I've been around long enough to know that, and it's just the passion of the SEC, and so I'm not upset at those reactions. Um you know, by fans. Run him off the road, huh?
Well, you heard what they were saying to him. On the top of the corner. There's a difference between, and you know, I was saying how this is a 21st-century moment of college football that. Fans are now showing up. At a private airport, barking at the head coach, leaving on a private jet provided by the school that is rolling out the red carpet, or in this case, purple carpet for the coach.
you know, going to a fixed base of operations to bark at the I guess one would say most unfixed base operator the SEC has seen in recent days. Yeah. And um you know There they are, in front of the private jet, bringing the coach into town, and Again, I don't blame Everyone involved for feeling the way that they feel. I don't blame Lane Kiffen for sitting there thinking, Pete tells me dad would tell me to go. Um Yeah.
And I don't blame him for saying Nick Saban's basically telling me to go. And I don't blame him saying I You know, I sought out a higher power to tell me to go. And I'm going. And I don't blame Oxford fans for saying, how dare you? And I don't blame old Miss for saying, again.
Get out. Yeah. Right. He wasn't even in the meeting with the players.
Well, and he said it's because they told him not to come. And It's going to be on the field when Lane Kiffen brings LSU into Oxford next year. That's going to be lit. He's also going to Knoxville. As well, of Tennessee, where again, his name is a four-letter word for a different reason because he went from Tennessee to.
USC and USC left him on a tarmac, and he wound up going to the southeast to rehabilitate his career. Going from Boca Ratone, Alabama, words that you don't normally hear. And then. from an assistant to obviously doing what he's doing at Ole Mass. And what he did.
But is another reason why you can't blame Lake Kiffen? Put this up on the screen. He's making $13 million a year annually for seven years, and if he is fired without cause. If he If they fire him. They bounce them.
He gets 80%. His biotech is 80%. Eighty. He gets a million bucks if he wins the SEC title game. He gets a $3 million bonus if he wins it all and automatically must become the highest paid coach in college football.
I love that. And wait a minute. This is incredible. He gets a million bucks if Ole Miss wins the title this year.
So, LS, you basically said the bonuses in your Ole Miss contract. Keep them. You get to keep them.
So, and by the way, that means six figures if they even make the college football playoffs, which they will do. He gets money. He gets the same bonuses for leaving, and they pay off his home in Mississippi. and give him five up to five hundred thousand dollars of the difference of the cost of the home that he's selling. And on it is buying.
This is great. I mean, how do you say no to that? You don't, Rich Eisen. And that's why Wayne's wearing purple. One question I have.
You can't. I can't believe I'm going to do this on a giving Tuesday. Hey, governor of Louisiana, you had a problem with the contract that the previous athletic director gave Brian Kelly, but this one's cool. Yeah. What?
80% buyout? They basically said you want lane so bad Can we call this What do we Lane Laney Anna? Can we just call it the boot? Let's just take out the Lewis part and put the lane in there. And the governor's like, sure.
Yeah. Okay. This contract's cool. But the one that Brian Kelly got. Oh, Mr.
Governor, he's got a basically take over the process, but this one's good And did Lane say in his press conference he didn't know what the contracts are? He said he doesn't know what the numbers are or the terms sheets. Yeah, he said he didn't know that.
Okay. Yeah. He said he didn't know the terms of any contract he's ever signed. Come on. All right.
All right. Let's deposit the chips. Is it raining out or something else is happening? Come on, man. Yellow is part of the color system.
But this contract's cool. Let's bounce the previous athletic director because that contract for Brian Kelly is so beyond the pale.
Okay. Is that part of the SEC too? John Sumbrall is a new coach in Florida. He had some good yucks about being choice B there, didn't it? Going through the process of Uh Making decisions on jobs.
Um this time of year Maybe not being ideal coaching in the season. There's very few people. That you can trust to maybe have that conversation with about what it's like to go through this because. It's unique. And I do want to be very direct on one thing.
And you may or may not appreciate this, but um Lane Kiffin and I have been going through the same thing. And we've talked a lot. We were both in agreement that I was the right man for this job. All right. So He co-signed on that.
Yeah. Is it two drink minimum in Gainesville? What's going on? He did the saving eye. Tip your server.
All right, cool. They're not measuring the drinks there either. Oh my goodness. This whole thing, man. This is crazy.
Start to finish.
Soup to nuts. And the nuts is definitely part of it. Good luck to them all. Yeah, sure. Good luck to them all.
And again. Good one, Mikey. One last thing here, just to repeat. Can we get an adult in a room to figure this stuff out? Can we please?
Because these buyouts are ridiculous. Honestly, hey, Lane. You come here now. And we'll help you with your home. You'll get an extra half million dollars to.
You know, get another home here if it's more. It's too expensive. Oh, I know that. Three million bucks, and you're the highest-paid guy. In college football, if you win it all here, and guess what?
The whole business of you leaving old Miss now in the middle of all this, right before the college football playoff? Yeah. You know, we all want to make money while we're sleeping. Or we're just sitting on the couch, like the mailbox money, right? That's what it's called.
Mailbox. Right. Your mailbox money is you get the bonuses if Ole Miss does it without you. I love that. If basically they prove.
They didn't need you, and we want you, just go make the money. It's crazy. It's like a Costanza scheme. Let me tell you this. I love my agent as much as this guy loves Jimmy Sexton, I'm sure.
Jerry, Agent to the stars, Ryan, all you folks, okay, love you all. But I'm reading the term sheet. Of course you are. Certainly, you know when we're reading the term sheet? Oh.
When it involves the house being sold? Susie! Susie is definitely alive. Are you kidding me? 100%.
But I don't know. I just got in the car where they're going to maybe run me off the road on the way to the airport. I believe that part. They're doing me on the way to the private jet to my new spot where I'm going to get a beautiful new home. At no charge.
While I sit in that new house, watch the team I just left with it and make me some more money while I'm sitting and watching it. Really? It's amazing. Insane. Insane.
I'm leaving. Honestly, I don't know. I'm going to join Lane's staff. I'll see you guys later. Again, you can't.
The terms are unbelievable. They are Sweetheart. An offer he couldn't refuse. You can't. I get it.
I get it. I'm going to come back as a college football coach. Seriously. Oh, my word. I would take that.
That's going to be one hell of a mailbox. Go to that mailbox, man. Wow. Oh, that is crazy. We'll probably get the same Barker Lounger, right?
I might be making more. Same Barka Lounger, like this. Did you see they put his clothes in the street, too? Tell me what they said. Olemitz wheeled his black clothes outside.
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Boy, I'm giving on this giving Tuesday right now. Giving them the business. Am I? I mean, not that they don't deserve it. Let's bring him out.
Let's bring out Seth Rollins, who, by the way, looks really, really healthy. He's not healthy, Rich. He has a hurt shoulder.
Okay. Stock it. All right, guys, Seth. Seth Rollins rush in the visionaries here. Yeah.
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Yes, sir. I thought that would be the one. And they're on the road. Black Friday. I mean, nothing about it felt good to me.
And then we watched the bus, we watched the game, we're on the bus down to San Diego. My wife was in war games for WWE Survivor Series in San Diego, Petco Park on Saturday. We were watching the game, and the offensive line. Just dominated that game in a way that I have not seen a Chicago offensive line dominate. They played so good.
I mean, the holes were not, it wasn't like Monenguy and Swift were like squeaking a couple. I mean, they're gashing. Gashing that defensive line. Oh, warmed my heart. I was about to say, warmed my heart.
Seth Rollins, WWE superstar is here on our Giving Tuesday program. ESPN Radio audience presented by Progressive Insurance has returned here. And, you know, I know you have your fun on social where you're like, I love football when they win. And I hate football when they lose. You have loved football for almost two months now in a row.
Mine is like, I think one week. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of love. I even had an extra I love football when they got the number one seed.
You see all those ones. You replace the L's with the number one. You notice that. We have to clip on everything here. You know that.
Yeah. Yeah, man, yeah, yeah. I couldn't believe the Panthers able to upset the Rams. Knocked them out of the top spot. And the Chicago Bears, can you believe it?
Number one seed in the NFC right now in December. In December. Yep. Woo-hoo. Going into the first of two against the Packers, who are just a half game behind him, too.
Huge game. Rivalry's back. Huge. Rivalry is alive as it's been in quite some time. You know what I love?
I love on social media the Packers fans who are like holding on for dear life. They're like, but they beat the Bears, you know, like 10 times. And that one last year didn't matter because they, you know, like, I love their, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're scared. Yes. They're scared that the tide is turning.
And I love that. I love that. Dude, you got to love your coach, too. Oh, my God. Can we get the video?
No, can we get him? Can we get him knocking the shirt off? Who better to ask about what it looks like? To operate with your shirt off, than you. That's what I do.
That's what you do professionally. You want to break down Ben Johnson's look here? I would look at this. Look at this. If you go to my threads, that may or may not be in my profile picture.
So I'm just saying, look, pretty. You know what? Not bad. He's got some striations there in the shoulder. He's looking all right.
He's looking all right. And I know he said it's spur of the moment, right? He said, oh, spur of the moment. No, no, no.
Well, he knew the Wiener Circle was going to give away free dogs if they beat the Eagles, the Bears, and the shirt. And he took the shirt off. He knew that because in his speech he's just like, you know, Chicago's hungry. They're hungry. Yeah, he knew what he was doing.
He is ready for this. But that's what I love about him more than anything. I know you ask a lot of the team, they say consistency, consistency, consistency. It's, dude, his confidence. He has got this team believing that they can win these games.
They went into Philly believing they could win. And I have not seen a Bears coach or a team that has played with that confidence in, I mean,. 20 years. Plus, he's got Caleb playing similar to last year in the fact. That he's not turning it over.
I mean, that was not Caleb's issue last year. There were a lot of issues of the Bears in terms of what was going on, coaching staff and him and all that business. And his accuracy is still a little bit of an issue here now, obviously, as well. But all the sacks that either he would be taking or his ability to read and his confidence in getting this thing done. Uh was shaky.
That's gone. Gone. That's gone. And the throw he made to Komet to wrap the game. Beautiful.
You must have been going nuts on that bus, 100%. Because that's you texted the group, Chris. That's a Heisman throw. That's why he was the number one overall pick in being. Um, compared to Mahomes.
That's a Mahomes throw. Against the grain, against the grain. What a throw that was. Beautiful throw. Beautiful.
You're not settling for field goals and letting the Eagles maybe hang around. You sealed it with that throw. Yeah. And you look at the play call. I don't know that that was the design.
Komet got free over the top, but that was because they'd been running the ball so hard all day. You saw the Philly offense creep on the boot and Caleb's threat to run. And he just, I mean, it was, especially in that weather, too. It was blustery in Philadelphia. Like they, neither quarterback was throwing the ball well pretty much all day.
Yeah. I mean, that was, oh, I mean, we jumped off a lot of our seats on the bus. We were losing our minds there. Scared my daughter. Scared the heck out of her.
How old's your daughter? Oh, her birthday is on Thursday. She's going to be five. Five.
Okay. Five.
So this is another thing you can relate to Ben Johnson. Number one, working with your shirt off. Two, having a young child. I believe his daughter is two when he told this story about his kid seeing dad with his shirt off. Have you heard this?
No, I haven't. I haven't. Roll it. My wife was just laughing. That's about it.
I guess my two-year-old was watching the TV screen back at home, and she's look. No shirt. No shirt. She just pointed at the screen. No shirt.
No shirt. My wife had no idea what was going on.
So that's really about how that went. You know, I think anytime you get a chance to feed a city, you want to do it.
So, man of the people. Very. Man of the people, man. Man of the people. Oh, I love it.
That's my coach, baby. And the better best. And you looked up the Wiener Circle live feed?
Well, not just live feed, just I looked at their Instagram about an hour ago. Because that was the case for free dogs. And it looks really warm to be waiting for a free hunt.
Okay. Oh, my God. But there are dudes ripping their shirts off and doing the good, better, best thing. This is what it's about. That's when you capture a city.
This is when a city feels it right now. It feels special in Chicago. Chicago's been waiting, been waiting, begging for a good football team. They love the Bears. You know, they want the Bears to be good every year.
Every time there's a new quarterback, every time there's a new coach, big signing, whatever, big trade, whatever it may be. They want a good team. I'm so happy for the city. We likely got a decent team. And look, I think the team's a year ahead of schedule here.
I know I predicted a pretty handsome record to finish the season, but I'm an optimist.
Well, brother, they have to finish just. I didn't mean to go full Hulk on you there, but. If they finish three and two, They're 12 and 5. I know. That's it.
I know. But they just have to do just split against Green Bay. Obviously, you want to sweep them and really put the hammer down on everything. Imagine that, right? And then, you know, at San Francisco is a massive game if, if, if, if.
There is a no division title in your future. That would be a big game in terms of a tie break, but you're still going to be up in the high-rent district of double-digit wins because of this. streak since getting a 50 burger popped on you in Detroit, which is Who you see in your building at the end? And for Ben Johnson to basically be on the business end of Dan Campbell saying, we're fine here without you, for him to be able to nail it down saying, no, you're not by eliminating them and winning a division potentially at their expense would be a delicious flip of the script from that week, too, right? Yeah, I do think, this is me being optimistic again.
I think it might be sealed up before that Detroit game. Oh, look at you. And I say that only because I don't have the faith in Detroit. Like, they got this big game against Dallas on Thursday, and I think they're going to lose. Dallas is off.
I just don't think Detroit's going to be able to stop the Dallas offense. I mean, Dallas is cooking right now. Say it again. I'll say it again for you, TJ. Only because I watched you wallow in misery when the Bears stomped the Cowboys, and me and Ashton were giving them hell.
But they're cooking. And I hope that they take Philadelphia down in the East. I do. Yeah, he and Kutcher were sending each other messages and sending FaceTime videos, and I'm sitting there like we were instant best friends on that thread. Two obscenely famous people rooting for the same team at your expense.
We that know you, so why wouldn't they? Like I said, it didn't work out the way I thought it was going to work out. He put us on the thread so he could take us both down at the same time. And then Kush or Kutcher's kid was reaming him. I mean, it was a dog pile on all TJ back there.
He didn't stand a chance. I wasn't planning on doing this. You want to play the win-loss game the rest of the way? Oh, you already know how that's going to go. Let's go.
Let's put it up, finish it up. Let's see some music. You know, like now that we know they are, in fact, nine and three, you had them at eight and four at this point in time. Yep. What happens when they go to Lambeau Field this weekend?
Seth Rollins. They beat Green Bay. They do. They're a seven-point dog. Vegas has them as a seven-point dog.
I think that is disrespect. Disrespect. I think they're going to go in there and they're going to bully Green Bay right now.
Okay, so you have them winning this game. They're 10 and 3. Yep. Home for Cleveland. W Easy.
11-3. By the way, you and The Miz going to have something on that one? If Mike wants to bet, I don't know how he's feeling about his brownies at this point. Do we even know who's going to be in the center at that point? He was in Vegas.
He was in the booth in Vegas. Yeah, he went to Lego. He was a fan of that, man. Of course. I think.
Respect. Respect for that. I understand that pain. Are you really sitting here thinking that The Miz wouldn't put something on that guy? He might.
I'll have to give him a call.
Well, every year he comes on and says they're going 17 and 9. It's like the broken clock that's never right. Oh, not even close.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, so that's a winning claim.
So now week 16, is there a sweep of the Packers? Sweep the Packers. Sweep them, dude. That's what I want this season. I want to sweep a green bag.
All right, let's see if there's any humility left in here. There will be some humility at the Niners. I'll give San Francisco the agents. Oh, look at you. I'll give them.
I can't say that. It's Giving Tuesday. It's Giving Tuesday. That's my gift to the fans of the Bay Area. A W might squeak in the playoffs in the Wild Cards.
And then home for Detroit. If they have to play the starters for that game. They win. Yes, they're probably going to have to. There's something called the rest of the NFC West that probably is going to be on your heels.
That's true. That's true. Yeah, the Rams are still a good squad. And the Seahawks are legit. The Niners, you just gave them a loss.
I did. I did. Okay, so, yeah, I mean, they'll take Dan Campbell and Detroit down at home.
So they're going to finish 13 and four. Let's go. I'll give him that extra win. Yeah. I'll go one up.
You had him 12 and 5 in July. Yep. At the outset of December, you just popped them. Popped them one. I'll give them one more.
They deserve it. They deserve it. Look at them. Look what they're doing right now. They deserve it.
Is that what he said? Yeah, he said I'm on the move him up to 13. I'm like, are you in coordination with Ashton or not really? Because he said Ashton had a 12-year-old. No, Ashton had a 12-5.
Now he's 13-4. He's moving up to 13, too? Yeah, this weekend. No, I have not talked to Ashton in a minute.
So we're on the same wavelength, though, man. 13-4 should be good enough to defend the one seed. I hope so. I hope so. I'd love to see the Super Bowl run through Chicago.
Oh, my God. I've made a commitment.
So, also, breaking news: I'm going to go to my first Bear Games of the season coming up. When are you going? Cleveland, the Cleveland game.
Okay, and then we're going I'm going to the Packer game. I've got to. Oh, so you're going in, you're going to hang in Chicago for a week or something?
So you're traveling around or whatever? John Cena. Yeah, we're going to do some traveling. We're going to stop through Chicago for the Cleveland game just because we have a nice little route back from D.C. after John Cena's last match.
Okay. And then we're going home for the holidays to Iowa. And so it's easy to fly into Chicago, stay an extra night. We'll go to that Packer game. And hopefully, I'm hoping at that point the Lions have lost enough, they can get two wins on the Packers, and that'll be it for the North.
That's what I'm that's my dream. That's my dream.
So we'll see.
So you're going to utilize Cena's last moment for your Bears family. For my own will.
Well, that's his giving gift. He's gifting me on Tuesday a nice pathway to Chicago to hopefully watch some Bears put the Browns. All right. Before I let you go, sir, we were planning on doing this all by our lonesome, with you being here, like again, dressed up in your 85 Bears' finest starter jacket. It's Giving Tuesday, so I think what we're planning on doing, you're going to join us in this, is it's Giving Tuesday, again, v.org/slash donate.
And what's your charity as well that you want to talk about? Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. My stepdad passed away a couple years now from Parkinson's, and so it's a cause that's kind of near and dear to me and my family.
Okay. And your dad was a Bears fan as well? No, my stepdad was a Packers fan. Oh. Oh, okay.
I know. I know. So you'll be thinking of them this weekend. This little trivia tidbit: the last game that I was at that the Bears won was a Bears Packers game in Lambeau Field. I don't even remember the year.
It was like snow game and it was brutal. We were up, like, I had it must have been 2015 because my knee was in a ACL surgery.
So we were up like Thanksgiving night, I want to say. And it was snowing and sleeting and cold. And somehow, Bears pulled it off. They have not won a game in my presence. Since that night.
So, the knee injury was real. Come on, man. You're going to walk in and out. Yeah, God. Go figure that out.
My credibility shots. But yeah, he was a Packers fan, so we butted heads. He was an Aaron Rodgers fan through and through.
So, on this Giving Tuesday, let's all give something to an NFL team or player that we think would help them, right? Let's do this Giving Tuesday segment. Chris, do you want to go first? Sure, why not? And then we'll go around the room.
You'll go last, Seth.
Okay, all right. I can do that. Chris Brockman, you're Giving Tuesday. What do you give? I'm speaking to some great fan bases because there are so many in the National Football League.
But unlike TJ and myself, we've experienced a lot of joy in going to the Super Bowl and winning the big game. TJ, it's been a while for you. But look, I want these great fan bases the gift of a Super Bowl ride for the ages. I'm talking about the Bills, Lions, Vikings, and yes, the Browns.
Someday to get there and experience that because as a fan, I mean this as humbly as I can. There's nothing like it in sports, watching your team go through the playoffs and get to the Super Bowl and eventually win the big game. And I think these great fan bestes who had never experienced that, I wish that for them because it's a memory you'll have for a lifetime. It's interesting, there's a team that's missing that would actually delight. Yeah, I think it's a very good idea.
Well just have one or something. Not in my lifetime. I think you were technically alive. I don't know about that. Yeah, a couple of days.
Maybe. But thank you. Of course. Mike, do you have one, Mike? Yeah, I have one.
I don't know if we got it produced or not. I've been a Patriots hater forever. I'm going to give the Patriots a whole shipment of batteries for the duckboats.
So, that when they make it to the Super Bowl and Chris gets to see them win again, the duck boats are taken care of for the parade that's going to happen for the Patriots. We give a gift of power. Fantastic. Interesting.
Okay. Very good. TJ Jefferson, what's your gift on this Giving Tuesday, which you're giving to a franchise that needs it? You know, normally I like one team and I hate everybody else, right? We know that.
But it's the holiday season, so I'm going to give back a little bit. And here's what I want to give, man. And with all of these, you know, broken hands and broken fibulas and dislocated kneecaps and broken ankles. I want to give the gift of good health. To every NFL player, so we can figure out who's the best team.
I don't want any injuries messing up this playoff run. I don't want anybody getting hurt. Anyone have to sit out? Anyone can cuss. I want everybody to be healthy so we can figure out who the best team in the NFL is issuing.
Health for the playoffs. I like that.
Okay. Very nice. I'm going to go a little bit more, I guess, roster X and O's here. With all due respect, as you know, that that now allows me to be as disrespectful as possible. But I truly do not mean any disrespect to everybody that catches passes.
from this man and for the franchise that fields this man. But I would love to give. The Buffalo Bills. A bona fide top-notch Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase. type guy for Josh Allen.
You know, I would l what would that look like? And I know they tried Brandon Cooks and they're trying him right now, and maybe he can catch fire and do something. But I I just would n love to see what something like that. would look like. I know they don't pay receivers $30 million a year.
Yeah. But maybe, just maybe. Seems like they could actually get Justin Jefferson this offseason.
Okay, look at you. That's not happening. But Seth Rollins, finish up this segment for us. You're giving Tuesday give to an NFL team? Yeah, an NFL team, an NFL player, really the NFL as a whole.
And, you know, this is kind of off TJ's a little bit.
Okay. But I'm going to be a little more specific with my health. I want to give Cam Scataboo an entire new right leg because I, as a fan of American football and the NFL, miss Cam Scataboo. He was so much fun. He had breathed new life into the New York Football Giants.
There was an excitement between him and Jackson Dart. Shout out to my league neighbors as well, who went down earlier this season. But Scataboo, man, he's such a force. He was so exciting. Every week you were tuning into the Giants just to see who he would run over or what he would do.
And you watched it last night. And it was just, it was so depressing to watch them just get destroyed. Brockman, I know you don't agree, but you love Scatterboo. I do love Scotaboo. I mean, even if they're losing, it's still fun just to watch him play.
Look at him. He's an entertainer. He showed up on WWE not long ago. Yeah, on a Monday night. On a Monday night, just in Madison Square Garden, doing work.
Chucking Dom Mysterio. I love to see it. He's good for the NFL. I just wish he was back this season. I miss him.
I miss him, man. I miss him. So a new right-legged man. New right leg.
So we could all just watch him run over people. It's Cam Scatterboo. I love you, Cam. I love it. Big fan.
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It's so much fun to see you. And I'm just psyched for you. There are, I know fan bases get pissed when they're not considered one of the teams that, if they're good, it's better for the league. But The Bears are one of them. That's a market, man.
That's a big market. Chicago's a big city, and it is. Because it's a Bears town. It is a big. I know Jordan dominated for all that time, and it's one of the greatest runs in the history of any sport by any team with any player.
Yes. But if the Bears have that Michigan Avenue. Parade. There won't be enough batteries for you to give on a Tuesday, man. It's good to see you, man.
Thank you for watching. It's good to see everybody. You feeling good, Seth? You okay? Everything good with you?
No, we're on track. Good. We're on track. Yeah, yeah. I got the brace off like last week, middle of last week, so it was nice.
It's nice to walk around like a regular person. That's great. I know there's a lot of skepticism in question to you, Jay. Bro, but you can consult my soldier. You are the host of the Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire show.
You know, don't forget. Yeah, there's only one host of such a program that you would think that about. I'm just saying, there was a little condescension, you know what I mean, in your voice. That was very sincere. I picked up sincere concerns.
That was sincere, Jay. I'm feeling all right. I'm feeling all right. It's nice to be able to get around without the brace. I'll say that.
But yeah, we're on track. We're on track. Everybody's on track. We're on track. Which makes us happy.
That's right. And I hope you understand that. I hope so. Okay. I still feel bad for what I did to you guys.
I still feel remorse for you. It's the greatest, if this shows in the 11-year history of the way that this show's ever been used, best way we've ever been used. And Seth, you know, pleased to be used. I didn't want to cancel on you. No, I didn't want to cancel on you.
You didn't. And I was concerned. You were great, and it's great. You're awesome, and I appreciate you coming here. I'm glad we were part of it.
Congrats on your Chicago Bears being as good as they appear to be right now. Seth Rollins, everybody, here on the Rich Eisen Show. We're back to wrap up this giving Tuesday in a moment. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast. Back here on the Rich Eisen Show, perfect day this giving Tuesday to tell you about Hyundai Hope on Wheels for the last 27 years plus.
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What's up, Jay? Good afternoon, Rich. I enjoy your work. Thank you, sir. It's excellent.
Thank you. I'm a die-hard Giants fan.
Okay. And I know it's darkest before the storm. And the Giants got a lot of pieces in place now. For me personally, I would love Coach Belichick. to come back and coach the giants.
Hmm well, I think um if he's asked he might be considering it. After a 4-8 season in North Carolina. I don't know. I mean, you know, it depends on what the Giants think they need or are looking for. They may want to, you know, go and get somebody who will be there for the next 20 years.
Or they may want to go back to somebody who they know has been there and done that and needs to instill a culture. And who's better than Belichick, who, by the way, Um everybody. in the next two months is going to be announced as a Pro Football Hall of Famer. FYI. Oh, no.
Well, they changed the rules so you can be out of the pro game for a couple of years and still be eligible. to be installed as a a coach in the Hall of Fame. And he will be there. Oh, Jay and the Bronx, appreciate you calling in. You're the man, Jay.
A trying to get Belichick hard by the Giants, who obviously the Giants know him. That is for sure. Um And Andy Reid, who, as you know, is on the heels of uh so many uh of Belichick's records. True. Speaking confidence into the Chiefs' ability to win the division, make the playoffs, make some hay, do something.
Um Uh there's many different Ways to phrase it. Including the way in which Andy Reid phrased it, that's got people talking. I'm telling you, we're going to go after you every game. And, you know, that's how we roll. We're going to try to tickle your tonsils on every play, every game.
And, uh, But that's the attitude that we're coming in with, and then you let the chips fall where they may. But at the same time, you got to make sure you take care of the small things here that we've got rolling. We've got to make sure that we get rid of some of these these mistakes, but there's not a game. that I go into that I don't think we're going to get after you.
Solid. Chiefs are gonna gargle. The rest of their schedule. I have no comment. Council Tickle.
I'm just saying, man. The the facts in front Do not bode well for the Kansas City child. What they need again is to win as many games as they possibly can. including this Sunday night against the Houston Texans. And have the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team that's beaten them.
Win the division. Leaving the Colts. And the Texans as two teams that can somehow, some way. Finish in a wild card. as the same record as the Chiefs, who then put They went over the Colts Andor the Texans at home on the table and say, we go, you don't.
That's basically it. Oof. That's basically it. Yeah. Because the division I think is gone.
Denver's four up on him. And they take on the Raiders this weekend while the Chiefs take on the Texans, with the Texans having won four in a row and marauding. on certainly one side of the football. There's you know More than just The tickling going on by that defense. They are there bringing everything.
To bear. But I s just won't quit him. You know why? I don't know why actually. Because it's a giving Tuesday.
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