A (2:26)

Yeah, I understand that Greer's fired. He's been there a while. He had a decent enough run. They're going to make changes anywhere in the NFL when you're 2 and 7 coming off another non playoff season. So that's what's up with Miami. But the news here to me today competitively is all about the Ravens.

B (2:47)

I think those glasses sell you as James Franklin. I do.

A (2:51)

Good.

B (2:52)

I think those work. I think those work.

A (2:54)

This doesn't sell you popping my sweatshirt jersey.

B (2:57)

No, no, no. So we learned what we knew to be true, that Baltimore's better with Lamar Jackson than they are without him. And he may not be much in the playoffs, but he's great in the regular season. He could be MVP every year. He's got 14 touchdown passes and one interception already this year. 14 1. It's a great ratio. Derrick Henry may not have the amount of steps he had before, though he looked good last night. Defense isn't as good as it was before, but they're the best team in that division. Nobody's going to be surprised when they make the playoffs. Miami's a bad team, all right, and they make terrible mistakes. They had long games that were taken back for stupid penalties. Last night they. They gave up the ball in their own zone of the field. Last night they were at home. They scored six points against a defense that previously was allowing 30 points a game. When I went to sleep last night, I thought Mike McDaniel would be fired when I woke up in the morning. Instead, they have fired the general manager. I don't know that I would have done that. But they had to do something. They got a trade deadline coming up. Let's see if they're active at the trade deadline. Let's see if they're buyers or sellers. Mike. I think Miami is one of the two most disappointing teams in the league. Miami and Washington. And I'll just tell you this. Baltimore came into this game. Yeah, I do. Baltimore came into this game two and five and on the road they were seven and a half point favorite. What does that tell you about Miami? Miami's no good.

A (4:17)

They beat a homecoming opponent. You know, they did what they were supposed to do. If they beat the bad teams on their schedule, they'll climb just even with Pittsburgh and then we'll see in the last three weeks. That's. That's the deal. So let's move to the World Series. The Blue Jays can win it tonight at home in game six. And they're sending Kevin Gossman to the mound to get it done. The Dodgers counter with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who's thrown complete game wins fabulously in his last two outings. Tony, what sort of chance do you give the Dodgers to Force a game seven.

B (4:52)

I give him a very good chance because of Yamamoto. As you said, two complete game wins in the playoffs in his last two outings. One, by the way, against Toronto. The last time this was done was 2001 by Curt Schilling. The guy's thrown 18 innings recently. 15 strikeouts, one walk. You know, I mean, look, if I had to bet on Anybody, it's his ERA in the postseason. 1, 5 4. If I had to place a bet on anybody in this series, I would bet on Yamamoto. Now, there is another side to this. You know, Toronto's a really good team. At home during the regular season, they were 54 and 27. And there is this historical fact that I referred to last week that this is the fifth time since 1985 that one team that got into the World Series got in by sweeping its opponent in the lcs. The other team took seven games to get into the World Series. And in all four previous times, the. The team that took seven won the World Series. That would be Toronto. There's another thing, Mike. The Dodgers, when they go down 3:2 in a World Series, they lose. They're 0 and 6 in World Series when they go down 3:2. But that doesn't mean I can't bet on Yamamoto to get them into a game seven.

A (6:04)

No, true enough, Tony. I don't care anything about the statistical stuff other than the Dodgers hitters aren't hitting you. You can't go out there and strike out 15 times. I don't give a damn about any of that other stuff. Fifteen strikeouts in the last game. They better cut the strikeouts of Dodgers from 15 to 5 or they have no chance tonight. I believe they will cut their strikeouts. Does it mean they'll get clutch hitting? Does it mean that moving Mookie Betts down to the four spot to clean up is going to somehow transform the Dodgers lineup? No. Does it mean if they don't get bombs from Shohei, all right, that the Dodgers will somehow find hitting elsewhere? No, it doesn't. And what we know is Toronto puts bat on ball. Toronto?

B (6:54)

Yeah. They've outscored Dodgers by 11.

A (6:56)

National League baseball. That's what Toronto does. The Dodgers are playing old American League, 1970s style Earl Weaver. Wait for, you know, the three run homer tone. That's not going to work tonight. They better go to National League Baseball and produce some damn runs or they're going home.

B (7:15)

I heard you say you don't care at all about statistics. You only care what you care about. Maybe you'd still have that job at Penn State. If you cared a little more about statistics, let's move to basketball. Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 18 rebounds, six assists, five blocks as the San Antonio spurs move to 5 and 0 for the first time in franchise history, beating Miami 107. 101. Wilvine, you've been drooling over Wembanyama all season already. Do you see Wembanyama and the spurs as legitimate competition for the champion Oklahoma City Thunder who won last night to go to 6 and 0?

A (7:50)

Not yet. Not yet, Tony. And by the way, people know Wembanyama now. They don't know Castle. They know Castle from UConn, but they don't understand that Castle's going to be. When I saw Cassell in college, I thought he's the next sga. He's on that track. Last night he had something like 24, 8 and 6. He, he's a perfect complement statistics to Winyama. Yeah, he's just. And I told you before the season, not when it started. This wasn't bandwagon hopping. I told you Winyama is the guy to watch the. That's the deal. Shohei and Wim Banyama, These are the two transformative athletes worldwide today. My man, the 17 year old soccer player. So Tony, I don't think they can challenge OKC yet. It's like watching a young Jordan's Bulls when Jordan was MVP and he was averaging 37 and they couldn't. 17 year old couldn't beat Detroit. What?

B (8:51)

You're listening to me?

A (8:52)

Yeah. You mean Lamar. Yes, yes, thank you, thank you. But it's like watching young Jordan when he couldn't. He could not take out Detroit, he could not take out the bad boy Pistons. I don't think Brian Kelly said.

B (9:05)

Enough, enough. Let me say it like Brian Kelly would say, you're welcome. You know like that southern accent look the show needs. I was amazed. I was amazed that this is the first time San Antonio was ever five and oh, you're telling me that the teams with David Robinson and Tim Duncan were not five and oh, the five championship teams, none of them were five and oh, I was absolutely floored by that. Let me just mention. Look, let me mention a couple of things that I know they're statistical and I know you hate them, but let's do this. Wembanyama in his first 120 NBA games has more points than LeBron, he has more blocks than Akeem Olajuwon. He has more threes than Steph Curry. They are the all time statistical leaders in these categories. Mike, he has more rebounds than Karl Malone. Like, this is an unbelievable yet undeniable resume. And so even though the thing I hate most about the NBA is talking in October about something that might or might not happen in June, Wembanyama is special. I mean, I can see that, though. To be fair on one thing, Mike, to be fair on one thing, the first four teams that they beat were pretty much dogs. Dallas fired Nico and the Pelicans, and Brooklyn and Toronto Combined Record 3 and 16. Let's take a break. Still to come, LSU and Penn State have vacancies after firing their incredibly smart, handsome and charismatic football coaches. Come on, people. Which school has the better job?

A (10:40)

And the Chiefs visit the Bills Sunday. Who cares? Which team do you favor? Bk.

B (10:46)

Toss up his next BK was Brian Kenny. I thought it was Brian Kenny. Yeah, Wembanyama. Oh, he's good. But don't. Don't go crazy just about him. There's other players, too.

A (10:58)

Come on. No, they do. They do. I'm just saying he's the MVP right now.

C (11:03)

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B (11:59)

Today it's time for toss up. Two men enter, one man leaves, finishes the show, realizes he was in his mid-40s when the new manager of the nationals was born. Then dry heaves in front of the bathroom mirror was first toss up.

A (12:14)

Better job, LSU or Penn State.

B (12:19)

I just want to say family again. I love saying family. I sound like Charles Barkley, except he was born in Alabama and I was born in Boston. Brian Kelly, born in Boston. Okay, Penn State was a very good job for a long Time because they didn't fire coaches. They didn't do that. It's amazing how quickly LSU fired guys who won national championships and in my case fired someone who did not win a national championship. But the fact of the matter is it's easier to win a national championship at LSU though. I think right now, James Corporation. I think right now LSU is the worst job because the governor of Pennsylvania is not attempting to pick the next coach at Penn State. And the governor of Louisiana has set himself up as the athletic director at lsu and you know he wants to pick the next coach. He's already forced out the ad. I think a lot of good coaches are going to go. I don't know about that place. I think LSU really looks bad right now. But I would just ask you, as the Penn State football coach, how did you lose to Northwestern? How did that happen?

A (13:23)

Tough school. Smart kids. Purposeful, good line play. Kicked our butts in State. Cop. By the way, bk, I got some candy corn. I got the Brock's.

B (13:33)

Hate it.

A (13:34)

Any other candy corn is fraudulent. You gotta have the Brock.

B (13:37)

I don't like candy corn.

A (13:38)

Candy corn. I'm just saying the rest of it's a mess. It's the greatest candy in the world. Candy corn. The better job is Penn State because all you gotta beat. Cause there's one school that is automatically ahead of you. Only Ohio State. Don't tell me Oregon yet. I don't want to hear that. Michigan goes, you know, they go up and down to school up north. They're not always in your face. It's Ohio State. While in the SEC you got either Alabama or Georgia every year and sometimes both. You got Mississippi popping its name into the conversation. You got, you got Florida, which is going to get a good coach and give you a problem. You got so many schools in the SEC that can win in the Big Ten, you don't have that. So Oklahoma, Texas, you got Texas.

B (14:29)

Indiana's moving up. The Indiana's moving up.

A (14:32)

They are moving up. They're moving up. Penn State's got one team above it, Ohio State. And I don't trust them. So the answer is Penn State. State. Get yourself some candy corn and a James Franklin sweatshirt. You're good.

B (14:47)

What's next? What's next? Toss up.

A (14:49)

Toss up. Who do you favor on Sunday? The Chiefs or the Bills?

B (14:54)

Okay, I am leaning towards Buffalo and I'm leaning towards Buffalo because this is a regular season game. Josh Allen is 4 and 1 against Kansas City in regular season games. He is 04 against against Kansas City in playoff Games. This is not the playoffs. Right. I wish I could tell you that Josh Allen was four and oh, in Buffalo in regular season games against Kansas City. I can't. He's only 1 and 1, which means he's 3. And oh, in Kansas City against Mahomes. I never would have bet on that. I never would have done that. Um, I believe that this is a big game for Buffalo. I don't think it's the same for Kansas City. I think Kansas City's next big game is in a couple of weeks at Denver. So I'm going to lean towards Buffalo without a lot of confidence.

A (15:44)

Yeah, I mean, Tony, the game doesn't matter to Kansas City as much. I don't know that this is a big game for Buffalo. It matters to Buffalo enormously, emotionally. You know what that's like up there. You know how much they care about this game in that part of New York and Bill's mafia and all that stuff.

B (16:03)

You.

A (16:03)

It matters deeply to them. Kansas City's going, yeah, whatever. We'll see what happens in February. So I.

B (16:11)

That's.

A (16:11)

It's, you know, I lean toward Buffalo simply because it matters more. They're going to be the more desperate team Sunday playing at home where you mentioned they've won these games. I think that's all that matters. The rest of that stuff doesn't inform me. What informs me is I've been in Buffalo for these games that matter. It used to be.

B (16:31)

It to be used.

A (16:31)

It used to be Miami. It used to be New England. It matters so largely to them. I think they're going to win. And I think you believe that BK too, because you were up in that part of the world at one point in your life.

B (16:44)

Yeah, yeah, that's absolutely true. And it's great to go to a game in Buffalo. I mean, it's a wonderful experience. It's the candy corn thing that's getting to me. I don't like candy corn. You are fixated on candy corn. You're fixated on it. I just. I don't know. I don't know. I like Almond Joy and Reese's. That's it. I win. Let's take one last break. Coming up, the Jaguars get bad news about Travis Hunter, while the Rams get.

A (17:10)

Some good news about Puka. You know, Wil Bond can't eat candy corn, but James Franklin can pour a bag of it down his throat. How about that?

B (17:19)

Yeah, well, that's a great skill. You can use that as an. As a resume builder to get the next job. You can pay me in candy corn.

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B (19:02)

Happy time people. Happy 90th birthday tomorrow. Gary Player in the 1960s and 70s, the big three in golf are Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. Player won nine majors, the same number as Ben Hogan. Player's first major and the first of his three British Opens was in 1959 at Muirfield in Scotland. He later won at Carnoustie and at Royal Litham. Player won the US Open at Belle Reeve and the PGA twice at Aeronomink near Philadelphia and at Oakland Hills in Michigan. Player won the Masters three times and is at Augusta every year for the ceremonial first tee shot. In later years, Player became known for physical fitness and the prodigious amount of push ups and sit ups he does.

A (19:44)

Tony it seems later in his life that Gary Player has become Just a person of like magnitude, a heroic figure. I don't just mean golf, I mean across international sport. And an ambassador, if you will. He just seems like, wow, we've still got Gary Player. We are pretty damn lucky to have him.

B (20:05)

Happy anniversary. Earl Lloyd History lesson, kids. This is posthumous, but on this day 75 years ago, Lloyd became the first black player in the NBA. Lloyd was one of three Harlem Globetrotters to enter the league in 1950. But because of how their schedules worked out, Lloyd made his debut one day ahead of Chuck Cooper and four days before Sweetwater Clifton. The 65 forward played just seven games for the Washington Capitals, who folded in a couple of months. After military service, Lloyd joined the Syracuse Nationals in 1952 and played on their NBA championship team in 1955 alongside Dolph Shays and Paul Seymour. Lloyd later played for the Detroit Pistons and still later coached them.

A (20:49)

Tony, I know that you have a reverence for the Harlem Globetrotters that two generations don't really have because they don't know how great they were. And you did know. You do know that. How about the other athletes who played other sports hall of Famers, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins and Wilt. Same sport. These were all Globetrotters. People don't know. They should have a sense of history about the Globetrotters.

B (21:14)

Yep. Happy trails. Travis Hunter, the Jaguars two way rookie. He suffered a non contact knee injury while playing defense in practice on Thursday and will miss at least four games. Hunter had been moving into the team's number one receiver slot and was coming off his best offensive game of the season. Eight catches for 101 yards and a touchdown against the Rams. Last year's Heisman winner has played 67% of the Jags offensive snaps and 36% of their defensive snaps. The team has had all sorts of injuries at receiver and head coach Liam cone said, quote, it's definitely not ideal timing, unquote.

A (21:51)

Tony, the thing that surprises me, that he's played so many more snaps on offense, given how he came into the league. But Tony, the thing that worries you about this kid is the workload. How many plays can you play? I know it happened in practice, but the workload, the number of plays, the stress, the wear and tear on that body, there's a reason why nobody does this anymore. I got to ask my dear friend Roy Greene out here in the desert, who did it at those two positions, what that must be like today.

B (22:20)

He came in the league wanting to do it. They're giving him the opportunity to do it. I'm sure it makes him very happy. Let's go to the big finish. The WNBA and the players union agreed to a 30 day extension to their CBA. Does that make sense?

A (22:34)

I don't know. I just wanted to get a deal. Just get a deal. That's all that matters to me. On that issue, Puka says he feels fantastic and is ready to go Sunday against the Saints. Is that a big deal?

B (22:46)

He's a great receiver and the Saints are not going to give him hard opposition. They're 24th in the league, I believe, on defense and points. Left DeSean Jackson and Delaware State beat Michael Vick and Norfolk State.

A (22:57)

Your thoughts happened in Philly where they played together in that city and were big stars. That was very cool, Tony. Breeders cup this weekend. I bet you're intrigued. Yeah.

B (23:11)

Sovereignty was scratched in the classics. So my friend Eddie likes Sierra Leone. That's a race I like to watch. The last great race of the year, Last one. The Bulls and Sixers each tried to get to five zero tonight. Do you like their chances?

A (23:23)

Eh, maybe the Sixers better. The Bulls get the Knicks in Chicago with home hero Jalen Brunson. It's gonna be hard. I'm watching. I'm watching that. Time to get into ball night, Tony. Come on now.

B (23:35)

We're out of time. We'll try to do better the next time. I'm Brian Kelly.

A (23:39)

And I'm James Franklin. Have a great weekend, knuckleheads. Hey, fans. Welcome back to Fansville's cheers and tears. Okay, so like, everybody deals with losing, right? To a rival and a last second field goal. Whatever.

C (23:56)

It's fine.

A (23:56)

I'm totally fine. But I cope with losing with an ice cold Dr. Pepper.

D (24:02)

Mmm.

A (24:02)

Those 23 flavors are like, so delicious. They totally wash away the pain of your college football team taking a big fat L. College football.

B (24:12)

It's a pepper thing.