One hour away from the BIG announcement

Summary

Payne & Pendergast: “One Hour Away from the BIG Announcement”

Date: July 22, 2026
Hosts: Seth Payne & Sean Pendergast
Podcast: Houston’s go-to sports talk, SportsRadio 610 (Audacy)

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Episode Overview

This episode is filled with anticipation as Sean and Seth ramp up to the heavily-teased “BIG announcement” at 10 a.m. As they await the news, the duo dives into spirited discussions of Houston Texans’ draft habits, LeBron James’ possible reunion with the Miami Heat, and the relative merits of NFL edge rushers like Micah Parsons, Myles Garrett, and Houston’s own Will Anderson. The show blends classic Houston sports banter, NBA free agency drama, and signature comic exchanges.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Texans Draft Trends: USC and Coaching Relationships

(01:48 – 02:56)

• Observation: The Texans have quietly made USC a pipeline, drafting five players from the program—three of them defensive backs—without making much noise about it.
• Contrast: Seth jokes about how the team gushes about Iowa State and coach Matt Campbell (“they draft Iowa State guys pretty regularly and they’ll gush…about Matt Campbell” – Seth, 02:33).
• Backhanded Compliment: The lack of public praise for USC leads to tongue-in-cheek banter about recruiting, coaching, and front office behaviors.

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2. LeBron Watch: Miami’s Blunder (and Implications)

(03:09 – 07:40), (32:19 – 39:19)

• Miami Heat “Accidentally” Leak: The team posts (and quickly removes) a YouTube placeholder for a LeBron James intro press conference dated July 27, 2026.
  • Sean: “They promptly took it down and when asked about it, said, oh, that was a mistake…” (03:49)
  • Both conclude this is a sign Miami knows they’re getting LeBron and botched the timing.
• Speculation: Sean theorizes the link went live due to a scheduling error—implying the announcement is imminent.
  • “I think the decision gets announced tomorrow…to let a little space between this accident with the link.” (07:09)
• Strategic Timing: LeBron’s decision likely comes Thursday, press conference Monday (to maximize relevance and news cycles).
  • “He’s not going to do it on Friday, because that’s when irrelevant news drops.” (06:53)
• Gambling Takes: Insider digital staffer (Garrett Heinrich) confirms you only prep digital assets when you already know something’s happening (32:24).
  • Seth on betting: “I don't like any kind of gambling on things that are going to be determined before the event…doesn’t feel right.” (33:42)

Notable Quotes:

• “You got to be LeBron ready.” – Sean (04:13)
• “You do not set that up unless it’s happening.” – Garrett Heinrich via Sean (32:55)
• “Take out of your 401k…bet your entire life savings on it.” (Jokingly, Seth on conversing with Garrett about LeBron-to-Miami odds, 33:10)

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3. LeBron’s Options: Who Should He Team Up With?

(08:40 – 12:43)

• Shortlist: Miami (Giannis), Cleveland, Philadelphia (Embiid), Golden State (Steph).
• Seth’s Pick: If LeBron is chasing the last legacy summit, partnering with Giannis is the most compelling for both talent and mentorship (“the intrigue of that ethereal, physical talent…he’s still in his prime, healthy” – Seth, 09:35).
• Wildcards: For pure NBA drama, Sean and Seth jokingly say the best story is LeBron taking James Harden to a title—a redemption arc for a perceived playoff “choker” (“That’s worth like four championships.” – Sean, 11:49)
• Legacy Talk: Extensive banter about LeBron vs. Jordan, with the recurring motif that ring-chasing is now embedded in LeBron’s story, and the question is, what else can he do to boost his “GOAT” case?

Memorable Exchanges:

• “Maybe I didn’t win six, but I dragged one of the biggest playoff chokers of all time, James Harden…” – Sean (11:45)
• “[What] LeBron could do…being able to drag choker James Harden to an NBA championship might be the best.” – Sean (12:01)

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4. Current NFL Edge Rusher Debate: Parsons, Garrett, Anderson

(17:18 – 26:36)

• Context: Building on Micah Parsons’ podcast episode with Myles Garrett, discussion pivots to who brings the most to the table at the edge position.
• Parsons’ Claim: “I still do things that none of y’all do…there’s nobody in the league who can line up from left to right and play every position as if they got paid at that position.” (Parsons, relayed by Sean, 21:33)
• Hosts’ Critique: Seth and Sean enjoy Parsons’ bravado but note that being undersized comes with tradeoffs—even if he lines up everywhere, he doesn’t “set the edge” like Garrett or Anderson.
• Will Anderson Praise: Seth emphasizes Anderson’s blend of physical skill and leadership; the intangibles set him apart.
  • “Of those three…it’s the intangibles and it’s the leadership element…Will is just…above both those guys." – Seth, 25:58
  • “He’s like everything. He’s a coach’s dream in terms of the personality traits.” — Seth (25:58)

Notable Quotes:

• “I love Micah Parsons. He’s very entertaining. He gets into these arguments and he gets so far out over his skis.” – Seth (23:15)
• “Will Anderson is like right in the middle…a hybrid of both those guys.” – Seth (25:08)

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5. Coaching Styles: Pep Talks, Leaders, and the Harbaugh Way

(28:16 – 31:11)

• John Harbaugh’s Reaction: Playfully deadpan after seeing RB Cam Scadaboo attempt a rehabbed backflip and stumble ("My reaction was: at least stick it. Land the thing if you’re going to do it.” – Harbaugh, via Sean, 28:17)
• NFL Coaches’ Motivational Talk: Seth and Sean debate whether those “Hollywood” speeches matter, referencing Texans’ coach DeMeco Ryans:
  • “If you need a pep talk or you need a fiery speech to get guys going, you probably don’t have the right group…very short lived.” – Seth (30:53)
  • “The most effective pep talk is getting a room full of guys that don’t need a pep talk.” – Sean (30:56)

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6. Cross-Talk, Banter & Listener Questions

(40:06 – 44:46)

• Wrong Answers Only for the Big Announcement: Speculation gets wild, including comedy bits about Seth becoming a grandfather or someone retiring (“I would be mad if I were Lopez.” – Matt, 41:40).
• Favorite Sports Euphemisms: Laughter over terms you never want to hear (“ruptured testicle,” “anal fissure” – 43:13).
• Work Anxiety: The classic dread when your boss says “Can you close the door?” (“...I have like a half-second of, oh, yeah, you're a trapped animal.” – Seth, 45:19)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• “You gotta be LeBron ready.” – Sean (04:13)
• “Take out of your 401k…bet your entire life savings on it.” – Seth, joking about LeBron to Miami odds (33:10)
• “The Texans have quietly made USC a pipeline... and not said a single thing about that great USC program.” – Seth (02:36)
• “I think the decision gets announced tomorrow…maybe even put a little space between this accident with the link.” – Sean (07:09)
• “Of those three…Will is just…above both those guys. He’s a coach’s dream.” – Seth (25:58)
• “The most effective pep talk is getting a room full of guys that don’t need a pep talk.” – Sean (30:56)
• “If you need a pep talk or you need a fiery speech to get guys going, you probably don’t have the right group of guys.” – Seth (30:53)

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Noteworthy Timestamps

• USC/Texans DB Picks: 01:48 – 02:56
• LeBron YouTube Leak – Miami: 03:09 – 07:40, 32:19 – 39:19
• LeBron Team-up Debate: 08:40 – 12:43
• Parsons/Garrett/Anderson Edge Debate: 17:18 – 26:36
• Harbaugh/Coaching Styles: 28:16 – 31:11
• Big Announcement Tease & Crosstalk/Listener Banter: 41:01 – 46:46

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Tone, Style & Chemistry

Sean and Seth’s trademark mix of hard sports talk and off-the-cuff humor shines—whether riffing on digital mishaps, legendary NBA egos, or workplace anxieties. The energy is upbeat and relatable, with deep Houston sports insider knowledge and a self-aware acknowledgment of the drama building to the “big announcement.”

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For New Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll catch:

• A breakdown of how the Texans approach talent pipelines in the draft (and who gets praised, or ignored)
• NBA free agency intrigue—plus how leaks and digital slips feed speculation
• Playful but informed analysis of what makes pass rushers like Parsons, Garrett, and Anderson unique among the NFL’s elite
• Fun, relatable moments about Houston sports, locker room culture, and even dreaded workplace phrases

Note: The “BIG announcement” itself and the details of what it is, fall outside this episode's coverage (it was set for 10 a.m.), but the episode masterfully builds anticipation for it while delivering classic P&P sports talk.

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Transcript

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[Matt Pendergast]

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[Seth Payne]

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[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

But I'm gonna keep it nonetheless.

[Matt Pendergast]

I would keep it. It looks comfy.

[Seth Payne]

What color is this? Burgundy?

[Matt Pendergast]

Is that. That is burgundy okay? Well, yeah. Or some sort of maroon. I mean you're not a fits.

[Seth Payne]

No, it's definitely not. Yeah. Okay, go ahead.

[Matt Pendergast]

Are you in anticipation of wearing it at training camp?

[Seth Payne]

No, just in.

[Matt Pendergast]

Because it feels a little training camp heavy to me.

[Seth Payne]

Right, right. No, no, this is an in studio shirt. Got it.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah, got it, got it. All right, real quick on the text page. We just got done talking about how good the Texans have been in staffing their defensive backs room over the last few years. And Seth pointed out the made the astute observation that boy, they really do like USC guys.

[Seth Payne]

They've drafted five USC guys, whereas they've dressed. Look, they draft Iowa State guys pretty regularly and they'll gush and gush and About Matt Campbell.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

But they've drafted all these USC guys and not said a single thing about that great USC program and how he develops his defensive players.

[Matt Pendergast]

So they drafted five USC guys. Three of them have been defensive backs.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Text message. USC is great and all, but have you heard of John Carroll?

[Seth Payne]

Untapped.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

That is like, it might as well.

[Matt Pendergast]

They might as well get their coaches and gm.

[Seth Payne]

The next time they draft the USC guy, they should say, well, you know, Lincoln Riley is a great recruiter. And. And there you have it.

[Matt Pendergast]

There's a nice backhanded compliment.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

He's really good at finding guys that

[Seth Payne]

we find guys that we consider bargains in the draft.

[Matt Pendergast]

Draft in the fifth round. Yeah, in a few years. So LeBron watch is still on. It took an interesting turn overnight last night when the Miami Heat, their social media team, Whoever handles their YouTube account, posted a link on their YouTube page for. Hang on a second, let me pause. I'm gonna. I'm gonna pull it up here. The title, LeBron James introductory press conference, July 27, 2026. So obviously, they're posting this in anticipation of there being something on, you know, it'll go live on the. On July 27th if it were real.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

They promptly took it down and when asked about it, said, oh, that was a mistake. We were just doing that in anticipation of a potential.

[Seth Payne]

They were just getting dunks in a row. They had a drill going, and they were going through the checklist and like, okay, this was. This is A big alarm went off and it said, like, this is the. That we're signing LeBron James. We're going to announce it on Monday. What would we do?

[Matt Pendergast]

We are LeBron ready.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

That's what they. You got to be LeBron ready. And that includes putting up a link to an introductory press conference. So obviously, the basketball world read into that as well. It's over.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

LeBron James is going to reunite, but it's not with Cleveland. It's going to be in Miami.

[Seth Payne]

What do you think the. What do you think the chances are that that was an act, like a mistake? That was the big mistake, which is that they are. They already know.

[Matt Pendergast]

I think he's my.

[Seth Payne]

You think that's it?

[Matt Pendergast]

I think he's going to Miami.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, I do. Unless this somehow. Unless the very leaking of this makes LeBron believe that the organization isn't functioning Properly.

[Matt Pendergast]

It's not this type of clown show. When I was here in 2011 through 2014.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

It's a clown show now. Old man Riley is now acting like an old man. Probably.

[Seth Payne]

You know what?

[Matt Pendergast]

They accidentally posting links.

[Seth Payne]

This is the classic thing that would happen if Pat Riley said, you know what? I want to. I want to keep young. Let me. Let me handle the social media accounts for a bit. It's like when you try to teach your grandma how to use the computer.

[Matt Pendergast]

You know, there's an inordinate number of dad jokes coming from the Miami Heat. Social media accounts, even maybe granddad jokes.

[Seth Payne]

Inappropriate boomer jokes going out on social media, everything. Wow.

[Matt Pendergast]

Miami social media account. It's not like racist racist.

[Seth Payne]

But it's like Archie Bunker racist lingo about minority players that was acceptable in the 70s. Like, whichever term that. Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

What's with these Archie Bunker memes? Social media accounts. So I. What do you think?

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, I think that. I think somebody. I think they know and somebody screwed up. I just don't know. They probably were working on whatever. They were getting all their ducks in a row for the announcement. Somebody hit enter when they weren't supposed to hit enter.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep.

[Seth Payne]

You drafted it and you thought you were going to. Which can happen. I'm thinking about YouTube. When I post stuff, it's hard to post something and not realizing you're posting it. But if you're doing a big batch of stuff, they might have thought it was going to be a draft. And. Oh, you know what? They probably scheduled it wrong. That's what they. I bet they were going to schedule it and they forgot to put the actual date on there. So it went to, like, they might have scheduled. Like they might have put it into the schedule yesterday.

[Matt Pendergast]

Okay.

[Seth Payne]

They scheduled it and it wasn't supposed to go live. And then.

[Matt Pendergast]

So what you're saying is the press conference may very well be on July 27, Monday. But they didn't set the link to go up on July 27th. They actually did yesterday. Last night.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. But even. Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

I could July 22nd make. I'll tell you, the dates make sense. This is why I think it makes sense. I think it makes sense that Miami has found out that they're getting LeBron.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

And LeBron is waiting till Thursday to make his announcement and. Because he's not going to do it on Friday, because that's when irrelevant news drops on Friday. And LeBron, we know, thinks he's anything but irrelevant. Accurately. So he's one of the most relevant celebrities on the planet. So I think this news. I think. I think the decision. This is my prediction. I think the decision gets announced tomorrow, if not today, this afternoon, but more likely tomorrow, to let a little. Maybe. Maybe even put a little space between this accident with the link. But I think he announces tomorrow that he's going to Miami, not on Friday. And certainly the press conference wouldn't be on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. That's not. When relevant things have press conferences or people have press conferences.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Monday, he does the press conference, and we got all week on get up and first take and shows like ours to play the audio to talk about LeBron. That is the timeline. The Miami Heat messed up putting up that link. That press conference is going to take place on Monday. This decision is coming down in the next 36 hours, and LeBron James is going to the Miami Heat. That's my prediction.

[Seth Payne]

The interesting thing about Miami is that, I mean, for one, it would be. Look, you think about Antetokounmpo And Adebayo and LeBron, that's pretty exciting. But they're installing this new system that basically doesn't use pick and rolls at all.

[Matt Pendergast]

Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

I haven't looked at any of this, which is like. I don't know. That might be intriguing to LeBron, where is, like, this is a big rhythm changer.

[Matt Pendergast]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Late in my career and take something that's been a staple of what I do well and just flat out mix it up completely, kind of unleash hell and ambush people with it. It's intriguing. He probably appeals to him from the basketball nerd side of things.

[Matt Pendergast]

Okay. If you were. If you were LeBron, because it seems like the three teams that we're down to here are Miami, that we've heard are Miami, Cleveland, and I. Philly is still in the mix. I'll throw Golden State in there, too.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Those four teams. If you. If you were LeBron and it was purely about who you're partnering with.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Would you rather partner with Giannis? Would you rather partner with Steph and Draymond? I guess.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Would you rather partner with Joel Embiid? Jalen Brown? Boy, they got a lot of star power in Philly, Tyrese Maxey, all that. All that, that. That ensemble they put together.

[Seth Payne]

Which of those. Or what about Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert?

[Matt Pendergast]

Well, that's. They're down the list.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Or James Harden.

[Seth Payne]

Oh.

[Matt Pendergast]

So I'm just. I'll just do the marquee guy at each place.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Just to keep it simple.

[Seth Payne]

I already got my answer. Is Miami.

[Matt Pendergast]

You got to pick one. Giannis. Steph.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Harden or mb.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, it's, it's, it's Giannis, I think, because he's still. I know he's getting up there in years, but I think the, the intrigue of that ethereal, physical talent while he's still, like, injuries aside, he's still in his prime, healthy.

[Matt Pendergast]

He's the best of those four guys.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, yeah, they're probably with him. I think there might still. There might be a little bit of a, like a mentorship that he would like. Like that LeBron would, like, enjoy being a mentor to Antetokounmpo, who's already a made man and a full grown, you know, star and everything. But still, like, is Also, you know, LeBron's gone through the transition at that age that antenna Kupo is now that he might really look forward to that opportunity to just kind of team up him almost from a, like a, like a philosophical and strategic standpoint as a fan. Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

A casual observer. Not a. Not a hardcore fan of LeBron, but just an observer of the NBA. A fan of the NBA. Which do you want to see him go to? If it's based on those four guys, do you want to see him partnered up with Giannis Embiid, Steph, or James Harden? I know my answer is your answer.

[Seth Payne]

James Harden. Yes.

[Matt Pendergast]

Hell yes. Oh, I got to see this.

[Seth Payne]

You know what? LeBron might look at that as like, hey, you know what? You know, he's got a lot of experience having success in the playoffs. This guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who's got two thumbs and has actually done things in the playoffs. This guy. I can be the guy that teaches young James Harden. Okay, okay, okay. No, no, no.

[Matt Pendergast]

This is a good. That's, That's a good angle. Here's why. Because we know that LeBron is still in this struggle with Michael Jordan over who the greatest of all time is, over who the goat is. And we know LeBron thinks he's the goat. I think Michael Jordan thinks he's the goat. I don't know what society thinks. It does seem to be very age driven. The older people are like, I watch Jordan with my own two eyes and that LeBron and Jordan. And then I think you can make a perfectly good case for LeBron. Jordan's always going to have the championships unless LeBron goes somewhere where he wins two more and then he's tied with Michael with six championships. But this is where you can get something where you go, okay, maybe I didn't win six, but I dragged one of the biggest playoff chokers of all time, James Harden.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

To an NBA championship.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

That's worth like, four championships. Right, right, right. So maybe for his legacy, being able to drag choker James Harden to an NBA championship might be the best.

[Seth Payne]

I think that. Look, LeBron's.

[Matt Pendergast]

He's done it in Cleveland, Miami before.

[Seth Payne]

This is the one thing, though, like, because you can fall in love with the story or the outcome or whatever, but I think realistically, you get to that age, too, and I think this is probably how he looks at it. With Steph Curry, it's like, yeah, there's a lot of things that we would jive great together with, and it would be incredible and everything, but, like, more times than not, especially in basketball, you know, and you've seen people fall in love with these old guys who have big names and that. It's just. It's not the same, you know, the limits of exactly what you can do with a bunch of old guys.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep.

[Seth Payne]

And I think that the appeal of antetokounmpo is still that element of it. It's a. I. I think that. And that's probably why they. That's probably why there's going to be an announcement or a press conference on Monday.

[Matt Pendergast]

Press conference, Monday. He's announcing it on social media or somewhere in the next 36 hours.

[Seth Payne]

My brother in law. My brother in law, you know, he played basketball in college, real good athlete. And this last year, I think he's 50 now. He dumps once a year. And the kids. The kids asked him to dunk this year when he was coaching. He's like. A couple of years ago, he said, I'm not going to do it anymore. I'm not. I'm just done with it. Because he used to, like, kind of train for it and everything. He wanted to be. No, he did it and he's like, never again. Never again. He's six foot five.

[Matt Pendergast]

Okay.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Is he the one whose son is a big Giannis fan?

[Seth Payne]

Yes.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah, yeah.

[Seth Payne]

And still a big Giannis. Yeah. Yeah. So very kind of ball player.

[Matt Pendergast]

Is he. Does he like LeBron?

[Seth Payne]

I assume so. These kids like everybody. They don't hate people the way we used to.

[Matt Pendergast]

I know.

[Seth Payne]

There's no.

[Matt Pendergast]

It's their fatal flaw.

[Seth Payne]

They're really nice kids.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah. Yeah. Tank on nowhere. Yeah. All right. Jordan stayed in one city for most of his career. He didn't ring Chase. Okay. Yeah. I mean, LeBron's been a bit of a nomad.

[Seth Payne]

I mean that now we're getting into the whole debate about, like, okay, yeah, you know what? That horse is out of the barn. Yeah, like, that's. So I guess he's texting that in response to you saying that, hey, if, like, what creates the best narrative for greatest of all time? Right. The state. Guess what? LeBron's not going to stay with the same team his whole career. Like, so that part of the argument is already. That's what wins it for you with Jordan. Like, so there's. We're talking about. What else can LeBron do to try to put a brick in the wall of his. Of his argument?

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep. Question. So since Matt Campbell is at Penn State now, is that the new hunting ground for the Texans? A thousand percent.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. I think there's. And it doesn't mean that they're always.

[Matt Pendergast]

I think that with better players coming

[Seth Payne]

in, I think they look at certain programs that they feel like these guys are better prepared to enter the NFL and that they can accept a certain type of coaching. I think they like guys, like, they might go three years without drafting somebody out of Georgia, but they still like somebody that Kirby Smart coached. Yeah. There's just certain programs that they respect.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep. SC alum here. You guys are killing me. Hey, man, we're just telling the truth. We're not being mean.

[Seth Payne]

We were just pointing out that they. They drafted a lot of guys from USC in the last few years despite never actually praising the USC program.

[Matt Pendergast]

Okay, reaction to this. James Harden's ego is too big to get dragged to the Finals by LeBron James. I think James Harden has a big. I mean, I think all celebrity athletes have a big ego to some extent. Do you think he's got.

[Seth Payne]

Well, I guess. What does that look like? What does that look like? What does that mean? Like, if he refuses to get dragged, like, what's. Is James Harden going to all of a sudden sit out or something or pout or.

[Matt Pendergast]

Here's how. Here's how I read it. This is how I'm going to interpret it this way, because I think this is what this guy or gal might be saying is that James Harden will have a hard time deferring to LeBron James being the star of the team. I would point out James Harden's already on the team with Donovan Mitchell and has already. James Harden has it various times in his career, been fine taking a backseat to other guys, other stars on the team and being a facilitator. He did that with the Clippers with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. When he was scoring 30 plus points per game. It wasn't because he was a ball hog and that's what he needed to do.

[Matt Pendergast]

He led the league in assists.

[Seth Payne]

He was the only actual NBA player on the court at that time.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah. Yeah. So I don't. I think that's a. I, I think that's a mislabeling. I don't think it's a.

[Seth Payne]

So were you saying. You said you don't think LeBron will have a hard time deferring to.

[Matt Pendergast]

No, no. I don't think James Harden will have a hard time deferring like this. This person. I am interpreting this person's text as, as saying James Harden will have a hard time having another star come in and not be the major star anymore. That's how I interpret that text. And I'm like, we've already seen evidence that James Harden can mix in with other stars. He just bails at the first point where it doesn't look like they're going to win a championship.

[Seth Payne]

That's all.

[Matt Pendergast]

That's how I assess it, at least. All right, Pain and Pendergast with you. Big announcement coming up at 10am today. All right. We're doing a little take a mania early here. Won't necessarily be an official take a mania, but two of the best edge rushers conversing about something and wow, some silly stuff getting said. And also, John Harbaugh has spoken. Yes. He saw Cam Scatterbo almost snap his leg again. What did he think about that? Sports Radio 610 presents live from the

[Seth Payne]

West Point Lincoln and West Point Lincoln of Sugarland Studios.

[Matt Pendergast]

Here's Payne and Pendergast. Hi, Pain and Pendergast with you. Big announcement coming at 10am this morning. Right at 10. So be here early. Just be here. Just stay here. That's the easiest thing.

[Seth Payne]

Big announcement. We're gonna let everybody know whether that shirt is actually burgundy or maroon. Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep. But we're going to put it up on social media and let you guys

[Seth Payne]

pick like the blue, red shirt, maroon shirt.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yes, yes, yes. Exactly. Exactly. What do you. What are your thoughts on Micah Parsons coming into the season? Oh, he is silly. Yes.

[Seth Payne]

I think look is a run of the mill acl. We haven't had any clips of like Fred Van Vliet saying miss some time,

[Matt Pendergast]

though it sounds he will miss some time.

[Seth Payne]

But it was late in the year, right? The. I mean, it was very late in the season. It was way later in the year than I had remembered. I had misremembered it and I had to fact check myself last. Last Week when Luke was 13 games. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that. I think he'll be fine. But, yeah, they're going to be careful with him. And it's just because he can come back from an ACL in nine months doesn't mean that it's always the best idea to come back in nine months.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep.

[Seth Payne]

So I think he's going to be just fine.

[Matt Pendergast]

So Micah on his podcast had Miles Garrett.

[Seth Payne]

Plus, we saw Micah working out at the Pro Bowl.

[Matt Pendergast]

We know he's rehabbing diligently.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. Because he took up the entire hotel exercise room. He treated it like it was his own personal gym.

[Matt Pendergast]

Kid running around.

[Seth Payne]

He had his family in there. He had his massage table set up in the middle of the gym, like. And it's a hotel gym. It was a nice hotel. Yeah, it was a nice gym and everything. But it's not. It's not. It's not a 20,000. It's not a lifetime fitness or something.

[Matt Pendergast]

No.

[Seth Payne]

You know, and you're like, what the hell's going on?

[Matt Pendergast]

Trying to get over the elliptical and you're having to, like, kind of make yourself thin to slide by.

[Seth Payne]

I also didn't like that the entire time that his. His physical therapist, whoever was there working on him was. Micah was on his phone the whole time, like, not really interacting with the. The physical therapist. Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

And he wasn't paying too much attention to his rehab.

[Seth Payne]

He looked pretty healthy. And that was just a. That was only a month or two after the surgery.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah, it was pretty, pretty, pretty near after his surgery. So he's got his podcast. He had Miles Garrett on there. This is Micah Parsons. Miles Garrett, who now holds the single season sack record. Yeah, I broke the record last year. One defensive player of the year. Clearly, Will Anderson was part of this conversation at some point as well, because his name gets dropped in here. It's a Micah and Miles thing. But Will's name gets dropped in here early. But this is Micah Parsons kind of going at Miles Garrett. Hey, this is Richard Deitsch, the host of the sports media podcast. If you're interested in what's happening with all the places where you consume sports, the sports media podcast has you covered. I've been turning down interviews all week. Code a copy reached out. Oprah, George Stephanopoulos. So I said no. I was booked on the Deitch podcast before the Taylor Swift phenomenon. I must live up to my responsibility. Listen, wherever you get your podcasts

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[Matt Pendergast]

Talking about the record and how Micah's gonna break it. Just take take a listen to to Micah here.

[Seth Payne]

I think I'm still right here because I still do things that none of y' all do. Who is who is none of y'?

[Announcer]

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[Seth Payne]

You will rest of the league. Like what? Hold on, hold on, hold on. Thank you, bro. Hold on, hold on. What are we talking about? Hold on, hold on, hold on. Yes, that record stands, and we're not taking that away, but we're talking about actual gameplay here, y'.

[Announcer]

All.

[Seth Payne]

There's nobody in a league who can line up from left to right and

[Matt Pendergast]

play every position as if they got

[Seth Payne]

paid at that position. Facts, I have a sack at it every spot across the line. You can have a second. I'm talking about truly play it at my weight. I can't be 240, bro. That's not what I'm asked to do. You know, I actually got to set the edge. Go ahead and break it again. The league's been holding me back for years, brother. If you're, if you're ahead of me, in one step, as far as double team, it might be like a half a percentage. And pressures. Pressures. It said on the screen, I like to leave the pressures. What you want, sacks or pressures? I'm just saying I play 13 games,

[Matt Pendergast]

so obviously I'm getting to the quarterback.

[Seth Payne]

In 13 games, I had 18 sacks. I'm not going live. That was suspicious.

[Matt Pendergast]

Miles Garrett, didn't it sound like at the end, like Micah. That was Micah at the very end where he goes, I'm not going to lie. I thought he was going to do like, you're pretty damn good.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

I'm not going to lie. I thought that bleep was suspicious.

[Seth Payne]

Was he talking about the sacrifice? Yes. I love Miles or Micah Parsons.

[Matt Pendergast]

He's very entertaining.

[Seth Payne]

He's entertaining. He gets into these arguments and he gets so far out of his skis. Remember when he was arguing with CJ a couple years ago about how the NFC east was the best division based on. Based on. In a year where the NFC east was horrible? He was saying, based on preseason predictions last year, we were the best. They're like, yeah, but you weren't. You were awful.

[Matt Pendergast]

You know, you played a season after that.

[Seth Payne]

I think that CJ said the AFC north was the best division and Myles Garrett comes in acting like. Acting like he had an argument.

[Matt Pendergast]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth Payne]

So like he just now here, okay, you can argue this way or that way about, you know, like he's got some points he could make about being a better pass rusher or whatever than Miles Garrett, but as soon as he starts in, like, who else can line up at every position along the line? I'm like, well, listen, look, Myles Garrett could line up a defensive tackle, right? And if it turns out to be a run, actually do something.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Like Miles Garrett is £240. That's not it. Just because you can do it and you can rush the passer. Anybody in the league can do that. You do it really, really, really well. But you're talking to a 285 pound freakin nature.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yep.

[Seth Payne]

He can do some things because of his body weight that you can't do that. And plus, yeah, no, you can't line up and play actual nose tackle Micah Parsons. You know, it's just. No, but he does because he's smaller and faster. He can do some things at those positions that Miles Garrett or that Will Anderson couldn't do. But. But it's because he's smaller.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Which makes him. And he's not as imposing a run defender as Will Anderson and Miles Garrett.

[Matt Pendergast]

I Mean, it's a little like Romeo Cornell used to do this with Clowney. He did it with Whitney Merciless, too, which is probably a better example than Clowney. Clowney's bigger and more stout, but they would line up if in certain situations, right. They'd line smaller guys up over.

[Seth Payne]

So, yeah, no. And as like, Will Anderson had that sack last year where he. Or this last season where he just bull rushed the center, shove the center back. I don't even got a sack on that player or not. He just destroyed the center.

[Matt Pendergast]

I know the center wound up hitting the quarterback.

[Seth Payne]

I think that there. There are different types of guys. And it's funny because, yeah, Micah Parsons, the undersized guy who's just so blisteringly athletic that it's scary. And he. A lot of his best work he does against the run is when he's just jetting up field or through a. Knifing through a hole. But he can't set the edge the way Miles Garrett or Will Anderson can. And Will's kind of like in the middle of those two. Miles Garrett is like the extremely large freak of nature. Micah Parsons is the smaller freak of nature. Will Anderson is like right in the middle of like a hybrid of. Of both those guys.

[Matt Pendergast]

I don't know what the conversation was leading into that. I just thought as a Texans fan, it was cool that when Micah Parsons started arguing with Miles Garrett.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

The guys he brought up were Miles, obviously, because he's sitting five feet away from him. And then Will Anderson and then it was a bunch of other guys. That's what he said or whatever it was. I'm like, that's kind of nice having our guy. I think that lofty atmosphere.

[Seth Payne]

I'll say this, though, too, that of those three, and this is the same reason the Texans drafted up so high to. To get Will. It's the. It's the intangibles and it's the leadership element and everything that I think that Will is just. He's above both those guys. Like, there's people wondered, like Miles Garrett, the. The like does not have a reputation as a guy who's like blood and guts in it for his teammates. All that stuff. You know, Micah Parsons. We're not so sure if people even liked Micah Parsons by the time he left the Cowboys. He's a different dude. Like, Will Anderson is the. He's like everything. He's a coach's dream in terms of the personality traits and everything.

[Matt Pendergast]

This is a very. This text is a variation of what you're Saying right now those guys don't have the heart or motor that will.

[Seth Payne]

Right? Yeah. Like, no. And it's not even close. I don't think. I don't think any Cowboys, packers or Browns fans would argue against that either. I think that it was, you know, I don't want to make too much of it, but the fact that none of the Browns players expressed any remorse about.

[Matt Pendergast]

No.

[Seth Payne]

About Miles Garrett leaving. And I think there's an element of like, I think the Browns wanting Jared versus to come in. Jared Verse is. He seems to me, just by virtue of the way he plays, he's wired a little bit more like Will Anderson.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yes.

[Seth Payne]

So I think if you're the Browns and you're like, okay, we want a young pass rusher, he's not going to be as good a pass rusher as Miles Garrett, but he's everything we want in the type of attitude we want moving forward. Jared Verse plays football that way. And yes, he's not as good a player as Miles Garrett overall, but there's just. He's got a certain tenacity and viciousness to him that Miles Garrett. No doubt.

[Matt Pendergast]

No doubt about it. But Cam Scatterbo, running back for the New York Giants, who had his leg just destroyed in a game this past year. The big thing was a broken tibia, but he's rehabbed his injury. He's looking ready to go. He was at Fanatics Fest this past weekend and did a standing backflip, after which when he landed, he stumbled. It didn't look great. And people were wondering, boy, John Harbaugh's got to be having an aneurysm watching Cam Scatterbo do these things. Here's John Harbaugh on. He was on with Bob Papa, the play by play guy for the Giants, and Carl Banks, the former linebacker for the Giants. They were on a YouTube stream together and they asked him, what was your reaction when you saw Scatterbo doing the backflip? What's up with the backflip? And Scatterbo?

[Seth Payne]

What was your reaction when you saw

[Matt Pendergast]

that on your timeline? Oh, my reaction when I saw it on my phone. Yeah. My reaction was I haven't talked to him yet. I'm gonna talk to him, I'm sure. But my reaction was this, dude, at least stick it. You know what I mean? Land the thing if you're going to do it. You know, that was my first reaction. So. But you know, Scott's going to be ready to go and he's going to be. He's been working super hard he's really been training like crazy, and his mind is on camp. You know, he's.

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[Matt Pendergast]

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[Seth Payne]

The. I wish it would have been. I wish it had been one of Jim Harbaugh's players. I feel like Jim Harbaugh would. Had something more colorful or something, you know. Yeah. You know, like I always say, if you're. You know what? If you're. If you're bored, you're boring. And he doesn't look bored at all. I like guys that have a little bit of juice to him.

[Matt Pendergast]

It's funny you say that about Harbaugh. John Harbaugh.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

I. There was. The Giants, I think, are doing one of these internal documentaries. You know, the Texans do stuff like that. Iron sharpens iron. The Texans do. So the Giants are doing one where they're, you know, the Harbaugh area is off to its start, and so I think the first episode is dropped. Maybe it was like a meeting with some of the. It might have been like the first meeting with the rookies.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

They put up on YouTube. They put like a minute of it up on YouTube. Like the first minute that Harbaugh's up in front of the team, I'm like, oh, this will be pretty good. I'm going to. I'm going to pull this audio for the show. He was boring. He's like, yes. It's the beginning, huh, guys?

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

The beginning. That's like. It's like a big deal. It's an honor be here in front of you guys for. You know, it's a. So you start things.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

At the beginning, but that's.

[Seth Payne]

I don't know.

[Matt Pendergast]

Can we get to the gym? Harbaugh part of it. Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

The. The. Wait, who's. That was John.

[Matt Pendergast]

It was John. I'm saying. Can we get to the part where

[Seth Payne]

he acts more like.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah, yeah.

[Seth Payne]

A lot of the. But that's the thing about the. The whole thing about pep talks and speeches and all that. Is that like, in the NFL or in pro sports in general, it just. It's got such limited impact, you know, d'. Amico. One of my favorite clips from d' Amico was when he was. When the Texans hired him. I went back and watched all his press conferences from San Francisco because, you know, the coordinators meet once a week. So I was kind of like getting a feel for the way he's operating and everything. And one of my Favorite quotes. Somebody had asked him was like, how do you hold these guys to this certain standard on defense to where they play so hard and practice so hard. And the Miko's like, we don't, we don't really talk about it much. We just, there's an expectation and we get the right guys in.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

That act a certain way and it does that. If you need a, if you need a pep talk or you need a fiery speech to get guys going, you probably don't have the right group of guys and they're probably. It's gonna be very short lived.

[Matt Pendergast]

The most effective pep talk is getting a room full of guys that don't need a pep talk.

[Seth Payne]

Right, Right. Yeah. Like you hold people to standards and you got your little slogans and everything. You might say, but like Larry. Yeah. Like they've got motor. They got Swarm posters up all over the place. But it's, it doesn't have to be a moving movie, you know, Hollywood version of a pep talk all the time.

[Matt Pendergast]

All right, final segment coming up. Big announcement coming up at 10am I would say just stick around and hang out. It is a big announcement. Will not disappoint. At 10am we'll find out what the guys got going on on in the loop as well. What's the question? Here's Pain and Pendergast. All right, Pain and Pendergast with you. Final segment here of the show coming up. We've got big announcement coming up at 10am so be here for that. We'll find out what the guy's got got going on on in the Loop. Seth, we were talking earlier in the hour about the Miami Heat accidentally, definitely accidentally posting a link to a, an introductory press conference that would take place on Monday, July 27, to introduce LeBron James as a member of the Miami Heat. That was definitely done accidentally. The question is, was it, was it being posted because there actually is going to be a press conference or is the Heat story on this thing the actual real story? Which is. No. We were just in potentially putting our

[Seth Payne]

ducks in a row.

[Matt Pendergast]

Getting our ducks in a row. We don't know what he's doing yet, but boy, we better have that link ready.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

For the press conference.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Our former web guy here at Sports Radio 610, Garrett Heinrich said that that's, that sounds like a normal mistake in digital programming. And Garrett's obviously posted thousands of YouTube videos where you hit publish.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Instead of schedule. He says he's done it before. Yeah, I said so that means this is My follow up to him, I said, that means they're. They're probably getting LeBron. Right. Like, you wouldn't do that unless there's. There's a reason to do it. He said, yes. You do not set that up unless it's happening.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Unless you're trying to sabotage someone else. But that feels really, really weird.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. So it's almost in our minds. And according to Garrett Heinrich, if you want to go bet money on this, take four. Take out of your 401k.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Garrett's telling you to go ahead and bet your entire life savings on it.

[Matt Pendergast]

I wonder if they've pulled it off the board based on this.

[Seth Payne]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

If you can't bet on it. The odds came out yesterday that the Heat. The Heat were the favorite as of yesterday to land LeBron. Even money.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Bet a dollar, win a dollar. Bet 100. Win 100. Cleveland was 2. Cleveland has not been any lower than 2 on any odds board since LeBron's season ended back in May. And then, you know, Philly, Golden State, Minnesota's on the fringe. Those are the teams.

[Seth Payne]

I don't like any kind of gambling on things that are going to be determined before the event. Yeah. Like, where people know. There's people that actually know the outcome before, because that's like. That's like, people can start in with their conspiracy theories about NFL games, but, like, if you. Like with award shows, like, who's going to win the Oscar or whatever, like, all right, I know that. I know Arthur Anderson keeps us all under lock and key and what. But whatever. The. The outcome's already been determined. I don't. I. If I were a gambler, I would have a hard time just putting money on something in that I know has already been determined. A lot of times I don't like it. It doesn't feel right.

[Matt Pendergast]

A lot of times with bets like that, there's very low limits on it, so that. So the casinos can't get killed, and

[Seth Payne]

there's no incentive for somebody to go wall and, like, try to like somebody who does. Like, if there's five people in the world, you know, none of those five people are thinking, oh, I can make a million dollars right now.

[Matt Pendergast]

There are lines on summer slams, but

[Seth Payne]

they're really low limits. So, like, actually. For somebody. For somebody to actually go out and do something illegal or that it's going to get them fired.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

It's probably not worth it.

[Matt Pendergast]

Low limits, and at least with the wrestling ones, because I think this fits what you're talking about, which Is these are literally scripted events.

[Seth Payne]

Whatever. Conspiracy theorists.

[Matt Pendergast]

Most of the time. Most of the time you don't know that that's true. Most of the time the lines are so skewed to where the favorite is a heavy favorite, you know, like, so it's you. The only time I can remember a heavy underdog winning where I was like, oh, wow. Was when Brock Lesnar broke the Undertaker. Had an undefeated streak at Wrestlemania. He was like 17. Oh. At WrestleMania. And Brock Lesnar broke the streak. And the Undertaker, every year WrestleMania was like a minus a thousand favorite to win his match. And that year he was too. And Brock Lesnar was like, plus 600 and he won. And I'm like, holy crap. I would love to know what happened in the betting markets with this.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Because it's almost like with wrestling, it's like you don't even bother betting on an underdog if the lines that heavy. Like that means somebody's talked to the scriptwriter.

[Seth Payne]

Were people upset that Brock Lesnar won? Kind of, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

People. People like the Undertaker, you know, that's. You know that somebody was going to break the streak eventually.

[Seth Payne]

Byron, you said you were.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah, I'm a big Undertaker guy.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, that's my favorite wrestler.

[Matt Pendergast]

He's from Houston also, so I think we're a little biased.

[Seth Payne]

Where'd he go to high school?

[Matt Pendergast]

He went to high school with Jerome Solomon, I think. Milby, maybe. No, that's where Bruce Pritchard went. Undertaker High School, Houston. Where did he go? I know. Texas. Ever walk past a place for rent and wish you could just take a peek inside? Maybe even explore the layout. Envision the natural light streaming through the windows. Or plan where your vinyl record collection would go. At apartments.com you can. With tools like their 3D virtual tours, you can see the exact unit you could be living in. Really envision yourself in your new home with apartments.com the place to find a place.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

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[Seth Payne]

The hard driving sports.

[Matt Pendergast]

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[Seth Payne]

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[Matt Pendergast]

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[Seth Payne]

That.

[Matt Pendergast]

This has nothing to do with the big announcement.

[Seth Payne]

So LeBron. LeBron is almost. We're so you've convinced me that LeBron's almost definitely going to be in Miami.

[Matt Pendergast]

I think. I think he's going to Miami.

[Seth Payne]

All right.

[Matt Pendergast]

I've got the timeline nailed down. Yeah, it's coming either this afternoon or tomorrow because he wouldn't do it on. He wouldn't. It's. He's going to announce on social media with a video or something in the next 36 hours because he wouldn't do it on a Friday.

[Seth Payne]

Right.

[Matt Pendergast]

That's when. That's when news that you're trying to bury drops. Yeah, but definitely not do it on a weekend because people are busy. And then he'll drop it in the next two days. The press conference is Monday so that all the shows can talk about it for the rest of the week.

[Seth Payne]

I like. You know what I like anything that's interesting to me but that I Can watch from afar. So, you know, go do your thing over in the Eastern Conference and it'll be fun. It'll be fun to watch. I am intrigued by Antenna Kumpo and. And LeBron being on the same court together.

[Matt Pendergast]

I'm with you on that.

[Seth Payne]

I was like. I'm like, that's not a hot basketball take.

[Matt Pendergast]

Obviously, the Golden State thing would have been fun just because. Wow, this is a really old, old core they've got there.

[Seth Payne]

And that's. But that, you know what I don't like about that is that it ends up being depressing.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Because more times than not, it's just. Yeah. The old. The old guys like Steve Nash and Carl Malone.

[Matt Pendergast]

Lakers.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. When the late people got so excited about that Lakers team and you realize, like 20 games into the season. Oh. Oh, all right. Yeah. That whole father time thing that they always talk about is true. Mother Nature being undefeated. Indeed.

[Matt Pendergast]

Indeed. So, yeah, I think it's coming down. I think it's coming down in the. In the. In the next 36 hours with LeBron. That's my prediction. John Lopez and Reggie Attatula are settling in. We're settling. This is not any normal Wednesday on the station.

[Seth Payne]

Reginald, I brought you oranges in case you want any. I don't know if you saw them or not. If you have.

[Matt Pendergast]

I didn't see it. I love it because I already have my normal oranges. And so today I'm gonna be real vitamin C'd up. Yeah. Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Your clementines are so much smaller than mine, though. Look at that. You should be embarrassed. It's good that it's just the audio

[Matt Pendergast]

clip because what we actually did physically is he had the two in one hand. They're over here in this. They're over here in this clementine measuring contest. That's right.

[Seth Payne]

There's a couple of San Francisco Giants here. Like a bubble.

[Matt Pendergast]

A couple of Giants outfielders or something here.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yes.

[Seth Payne]

It is not a Normal Wednesday.

[Matt Pendergast]

In seven minutes, LeBron James is going to announce that he is becoming a host here. Diana Radio 610.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Rossini and Lopez.

[Matt Pendergast]

Hey, what are the wild. What are the. What are the. What were some of the better.

[Seth Payne]

That was one of the better.

[Matt Pendergast]

So you guys were doing. For this. You're doing wrong answers. Wrong answers only. Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Those were good ones.

[Matt Pendergast]

Someone thought that my favorite one, because this was so pure of heart. Somebody was like, they're gonna announce the. Seth is a grandfather. And I was like, I love that you guys think that we would.

[Seth Payne]

We make this whole big Hooplot for me. Look at the baby. A grandfather.

[Matt Pendergast]

Look a baby. Days in advance, posting on social media. I'd be. I would be mad if I were Lopez.

[Seth Payne]

Dude, they were coming at me from every angle.

[Matt Pendergast]

No, no, I'm saying if that were the thing. Seth being a grandparent, like Lopez over here, like, three times over. Times over. And I didn't get squat. And we're about to have a party step.

[Seth Payne]

My thing was everybody kept going. Is Lopez retiring?

[Matt Pendergast]

Like, come on.

[Seth Payne]

Hey.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah. I said to you guys during the break, I'm like, will you really find out how people feel about you when the station posts about stuff like this? You got all the comments on Facebook.

[Seth Payne]

I should have started a rumor that I was going to be replaced with JJ Watt or something just to really destroy my own ego. I don't want to see all those about times. Yeah. And then was it Figgy that said, no, they wouldn't make that big a deal out of you. Retired. Was he serious? That's great. That's great. Push you off on an ice float somewhere. I'll have a Viking funeral.

[Matt Pendergast]

Give Lopez his Viking departure.

[Seth Payne]

Put me up on a boat and set it on fire.

[Matt Pendergast]

Some Adam says, I swear to God, if something's happening to Figgy, I'm starting a riot.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Now, Figgy will be here. It's all good. Figgy will be here. Spoiler alert. Figgy will be here. I mean, as much as we can tell that anyone will be here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Tomorrow.

[Matt Pendergast]

That's not the big announcement. Let's put it that way. So we got five minutes coming up till that. So we're counting down. So prior to doing the big announcement here, let's do a little normal crosstalk. What is the qu. Well, hang on. What is the question of the day? I'm gonna get the disclaimer in here in 20 seconds. But what is the question of the day? So you saw Joshua Kuroda Grauer had a ruptured testicle.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, we talked about that a little bit.

[Matt Pendergast]

We call those clementines.

[Seth Payne]

Clementines.

[Matt Pendergast]

He hit a ruptured clementine.

[Announcer]

And.

[Seth Payne]

And we're not necessarily saying injuries, but

[Matt Pendergast]

what's a term or a phrase that

[Seth Payne]

you absolutely never want to hear? Just as an example? So. So it's not necessarily ruptured testicle, because you never want to hear that. You also never want to hear anal fissure. Those are medical things.

[Matt Pendergast]

But one of the kids, Matsui.

[Seth Payne]

I just always remember being amazed at. It's pronounced Fisher. Yeah. Like, why would you make it that Easy to turn into something else.

[Matt Pendergast]

That would be a good prank to play on Blake Fisher, like, if he. If he doesn't play well again this year. Like, look, if you're in the bottom 20% on PFF, you have to change your name for the season.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Not from Fish, but to the other version on your jersey. You got to put.

[Seth Payne]

You know what? Okay. So do you want to. Did you do the disclaimer?

[Matt Pendergast]

Oh, thank you, Seth. You're listening to KLTM, KT FM HD2, Houston, and Odyssey sports station Crosstalk, brought to you by DNA models.

[Seth Payne]

You know what? The one thing I was disappointed in is that I never got. I got cut twice in my career, and. And I never. I never got the old, like, hey, can you bring your playbook in?

[Matt Pendergast]

Really?

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. They say, no, no, no. Twice. Okay. I got cut twice. Once it was. Gary Kubiak called me, and this is after my 10th year in the NFL. Gary Kubia called me, But I knew what was coming. And Gary. It's cool that Gary himself called me. I felt like, oh, that's nice. Yeah. You know, so that was cool. And when I was in the next training camp, the guy wouldn't play again. But I was in training camp the next year. They called me in, but they called me at, like, you know, 6am on an off day. So I think they told me to be. I can't remember. I think I said, all right, you want me to bring my playbook? Right. And they're like, oh, yeah. Some intern calling me, you know. Yeah, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it, kid. I'm not sure I want to play anymore anyway. The one that I mentioned to Sean off air.

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Is even though we feel as if we're all relatively well established and, you

[Matt Pendergast]

know, not in any trouble.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah. At least until we. We get something wrong. But anytime my boss or anyone says, hey, would you mind closing the door?

[Matt Pendergast]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

I have like a half second of, oh, yeah,

[Matt Pendergast]

you're a trapped animal. I tell you, Parker hit me with a three. Like. Like a three punch on that one yesterday, because we were joking yesterday about how I made a comment about Parker lets us eat cake. And, you know, the connotation, everything. I'm, oh, now I'm gonna get fired.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

And then I botched the. The. The disk. The FCC disclaimer. I botched that. That I'm gonna get fired for that. I go to Parker's office. He asks me, close the door. So I close the door, and he says, I'm not Gonna fire you for the cake comment. I said, okay, I'm not gonna fire you for messing up the disclaimer. Now I'm like, building up to something. You get to that second. Once you get to a second one, you're like, then I am getting fired for something. And he just pauses, and I'm like, like, what? Am I getting fired? He's like, you're not getting fired. I was just telling you you're not getting fired. I'm like, what the hell, man? For a second there. What the hell? For a second there, when you got to the second one. And I was like, and now we get to our announcement.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Parker's here, by the way, real quick to answer the question of the day. Texts that say two words, call me.

[Seth Payne]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

Because if it's from somebody that actually is allowed to do that with me, it means it's urgent, and I don't like urgent things.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Matt Pendergast]

If it's somebody else, you don't have the. If you're telling me I hate being on the phone, if you're saying, call me, you better have a damn good reason to say, call me, you better tell me why I'm supposed to call you.

[Announcer]

Right.

[Matt Pendergast]

With that said, we bring in the man who scared the bejesus out of me yesterday. And all of you also. Sorry about that one, Sean. Yeah, man.

[Seth Payne]

I like to have a little bit

[Matt Pendergast]

of fun with you. It's been a fun couple of days around here. Ticker, you know? Yeah, it's been an awesome couple of days around here.

[Seth Payne]

Every time Parker tells me to close the door first, I start disrobing.

[Matt Pendergast]

I've never asked you to do that. Hold on. Let me be really, really clear.

[Seth Payne]

I've never once asked you to do that.

[Matt Pendergast]

In fact, I immediately say, whoa, that's

[Seth Payne]

not what I meant.

[Matt Pendergast]

Easy, easy, Seth. Parker doesn't jump on the air very often. When you do this is what you're jumping into right now is this whole thing. Look, I'm used to it. I enjoy it. Usually when I jump on the air, it's because big things are happening, right? Yes. And I typically don't wear jackets around the office, but I felt like on a day like today, this was a jacket kind of day. You know, we've been teasing this big announcement since yesterday morning, and admittedly, it's been really entertaining to kind of see the reckless speculation that has been coming in on all our socials on the text line. And look, this is a massive day for us, and we weren't kidding when we said that this was a major announcement. I will go so far as to say this is the biggest announcement that has ever been heard on sports radio six time period. We've been doing this for 32 years. We've had a lot of really cool things to talk about. Today is a day that is going to go down in history on this station and as we're 10 seconds away, I want to make sure we hit this tease absolutely perfectly. And I can't be the one that makes the announcement.

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