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Rich
Hey, thanks for listening.
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Rich
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Covino
Buds fist pumping. Cause I'm live from dirty Jersey right now.
Rich
You better have a Taylor ham sandwich before you come back here.
Covino
Oh yeah, I've already had a few slices of pizza. A piece of each. That's how we say it in Jersey. A piece of each.
Rich
What does that mean to you? Is that one slice of Sicilian, one regular or one pepperoni? What do you. What is your piece of each?
Covino
A piece of each means a regular slice and a pepperoni. Slice a piece of each. Sounds Italian, right? A piece of each.
Rich
I interpret that as one gram slice one regular. Okay.
Covino
Hey, whatever you want. Broadcast live from the Fox Sports Radio studio, Covino and Rich on an action packed Tuesday. We have prizes to give away, but we be rocking out. We got showboy disgruntled showboy Mahomes trivia this hour.
Rich
Have you seen your.
Covino
Yeah, good.
Rich
I'm sorry I interrupted you.
Covino
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Rich
Oh, nice.
Covino
No, you.
Rich
Gotta get back to this Mike McCarthy thing, but did you see that viral video of a woman wiping the snow off her car? And she's saying to herself, we don't have earthquakes. We don't have hurricanes. We don't have alligators. We don't have earthquakes. We don't have hurricanes. Like rationalizing the snow. I'll tell you what, Iowa. Sam, you grew up snowy terrain, right?
Sam
Oh, yeah.
Rich
You live in Southern California now. I'm not saying it's all perfect out here, but is there a part of you that is cool with the idea of never shoveling snow again?
Sam
Yeah, I don't really worry about earthquakes. Like, they happen and they're scary when they do happen, but like a tornado, and you're like, there's a tornado watch or a warning. You're like, you're kind of on alert, dude.
Rich
My wife's from Texas and she has friends in the military that would go. You know, they were stationed in Oklahoma City for a while every. I felt like they were having tornado warnings all the time. That would scare me way more. And I'm cool with that. Nice weather. Honestly.
Sam
I look forward to shoveling snow a little bit. Like, if I'm back in town, back in Iowa, I like to do some of those outdoor things because I don't get to do them out here. I kind of miss them. But doing it, like every weekend for all winter. No, I'm good on that.
Rich
I rather get this deep thought and then we'll get Back to Mike McCarthy. I rather live in a nice place and visit the cold than live in a cold place and visit the warm. Like I said, when Dan Byer went to. Dan, you went to Buffalo for a game with J. Stu this past year, right?
Dan Byer
Yes. Week three.
Rich
You live in Southern California, you and your beautiful family. But if you want to visit the cold, you got a taste of that.
Dan Byer
Yeah, well, there's a reason we went in September.
Sam
Well, you had nice weather, didn't you?
Dan Byer
Yeah, it was great. It was magnificent. But when I go home to Wisconsin, I don't mind doing it once. Yeah, it's just having to do it every single week. It's not winter like this, I'm sure. Absolutely stinks. The thing that wears on people, I think is how long the winters can be.
Rich
Yeah. Covino and I used to say February and March, you know, we would work in midtown Manhattan. You know, you would walk around Manhattan to the train or the bus or to your apartment. And there were times you would just be so angry at how windy and cold and gross it was. And people forget New York after Christmas, because New York City, Christmas is beautiful. After that, you're waiting for baseball. It really is like three months and you're like, so a fourth of the year stinks.
Dan Byer
Yeah.
Covino
Yeah. And it's freezing. And trust me, I was in Manhattan today, Rich. That's why I'm on the East Coast. I had a meeting with Lord Business. Yeah. Big, big meeting.
Rich
Big business.
Covino
You know, it got slushed up to my knees. You think I missed that? No. I was in traff. Yeah. Brown slush up to my knees. Traffic for days because of the snow. No, thanks. You nailed it. I'd rather live somewhere nice and visit the cold place that you're from. So we're from the east coast, if you haven't done the math. But we live in LA. I'm visiting in Jersey right now. And this Mike McCarthy story is. I mean, it's nice you see him getting sentimental because he's coaching his childhood team. It's nice to see that it means something to him after all this time because he's been there and done that. But aside from all the talk of his resume, as we discussed before, the fact that he was crying made me think, even though he tried to be macho men, like the macho king, what's the limit? I'm not trying to be super machismo, like I said, but I think there is a limit, despite tragedy. Okay. I mean, if you're going through something crazy, I'm not going to hold it against you.
Rich
You see our pal Bert Kreischer, who we saw at the super bowl last year, we'll probably see him again. Did you see Bert was on Drew Barrymore show and they were cooking something and he was bumbling and like. Like hysterically crying, talking about his kids in his TV show. Did you see that?
Covino
No. I gotta say, I have seen him get emotional before, and I'm not saying I hold it against anybody. If you're an emotional guy, emotional person, fine. But I do think there's a limit. And coming from a vato background, Rich, I don't know if you knew this, but you only get 96 tears per lifetime.
Rich
That old, so.
Covino
Yeah, the mysterians, right?
Rich
That's 96 teardrops.
Covino
Mark of the mysterians. 1966, they were vatos. A lot of people don't know that. 96 tears you get. So you gotta use them wisely. And I think you should get, realistically, about three a year, max. That's. That's taking away tragedy and things like that, right? Because I'm not judging you. Like I said, I'm not blaming anyone for being emotional either. I'm just saying I think you get about three a year. I mean, I've gotten years. A single tear.
Rich
What if you got a lot of big things going on? All right, if you're Fernando Mendoza. Yo, Sam, hit me up with some abba.
Covino
Tears of joy don't count if.
Rich
Oh, there it is.
Covino
Tears of joy. I mean, that's just beautiful.
Rich
Fernando, what is it?
Sam
Jim Valvano is like, if you have. He's like, if you laugh, you think and you cry, that's a full day. He's like, you laugh and you cry every each day. That's a full day.
Covino
Cry, though, as much as you laugh. I don't know if you need that type of balance in your life.
Rich
When Fernando Mendoza wins the Heisman and he's in hysterics at the end of his speech, when they win the national championship, and he's like, I love him. The honor. And then he's going to get drafted all within a year, there's his three cries.
Covino
In your mind. No, no, no, I'm not. I'm all for it. My ch.
Rich
You know, you.
Covino
You grow, you change, right? When I was a little kid and I saw Mike Schmidt crying when he retired, it made no sense to me because I was a little kid. Like, what's he crying about? But now I understand. As you get older, you know, it's the end of an era, it's the end of a chapter, you get emotional because you just do. I'm not. I'm not holding that against anybody. So, you know, tears. Tears of joy. Mike schmidt tears. Mike McCarthy tears. Not holding it against anybody. What's your limit? Yeah, I'm saying three a year.
Rich
I think that's pretty fair to me. I cry, like, three times a week.
Covino
That's crazy. You need to talk to somebody, then.
Rich
I don't know about crying. What do you call crying, too? Because, like, all right, if my wife sends me a TikTok video about, like, your kids are playing Little League, and this is.
Covino
Gotta try. Look, I'm not saying you gotta be a man, okay? Because this doesn't make you a man. But I think you gotta keep it together a little bit. I get like the feeling of wanting to blubber or like getting choked up and all that, but you gotta try. Let me see why though. I'm not saying you gotta be like your dad, but. How many times did you see your dad cry for me? Like twice in my life.
Rich
But my dad's like a stoic, unemotional dude.
Covino
That's what I'm saying. I'm not saying you need to be like that. So I'm given plenty of leeway by saying three a year when.
Rich
When we. And that when my wife and I told our family that we were having our daughter, our first kid, my dad's first grandkid. Yeah, we caught him off guard and I saw he like left the room. I saw the eyes start to. I was like, oh, I'll be right back. I saw he had a little puss in boots welling up out of happiness, like remove himself. But listen, I'm not saying. Yeah, here's the difference. Go ahead and I'll tie it into sports. Crying out of joy or sentimental nostalgia. I see 0.0 problem with.
Covino
Oh, by the way, Rich, to make it clear, being emotional welling up, maybe even a little glassy eyed. That doesn't count.
Rich
Oh, that doesn't count.
Covino
No, man, I'm talking like a full on blubber. And you make a cry face, then you make an ugly face. Mike McCarthy was kind of there and I'm not holding it against him because it's a nice moment.
Rich
It's not like what I see. I. Then I'm calling crying welling up to me is crying really.
Covino
Nah, it's just you being emotional.
Rich
I mean we're.
Covino
Everything's emotional.
Danny G
How many blubbers then?
Covino
Blubbers? I'm saying like that's why I said three a year. That's crazy lenient.
Rich
I blubbered one time this year when my. When I saw my kids cry about our dog dying.
Danny G
We're only in January.
Rich
And then when the 49ers lost and, and, and when Pete Alonzo got signed by the or.
Covino
That's so fun. Well, I'm telling you though. And I say that just to bring it to attention because I feel like today's man absolutely look like a man to you.
Rich
Let me finish my point.
Covino
Today's man is real quick to just let the water works out.
Rich
Let me finish my point, then we'll move on to some other stuff. We got prizes to give away. We got to talk about a little. Little end of an era.
Danny G
But don't forget STDs.
Rich
Oh, and Danny G has his STD stats he wanted to bring to the table.
Danny G
Not my personal.
Rich
Oh, not as. Okay.
Covino
Oh, I thought he got his results in.
Rich
When I. When I see or see someone get emotional for nostalgia reasons or positive emotions, a baby being born or your kid scoring a touchdown or stuff like that, I'm okay with someone feeling those emotions. I think there's a big difference between positive welling up versus someone being a bitch. Like the kid that cries because he gets hit by a pitch in little league. Or a kid. Like, to me, baby behavior like you didn't get what you want, so you cry. Or even a grown up who, like, they get all butt hurt because something didn't go their way. Stop being a bitch, biatch. Like, to me, that's when I make fun of you for crying. Like when you're a sore loser. A baby. If you're crying because your kid got a scholarship or you're crying because, you know, you saw old videos of your grandparents from the 1930s, and you're like, that's amazing to me. That's like, fine. But when you're at, like, a little baby, that's where you don't cry.
Covino
When you're being a little sports baby. All right?
Rich
McCarthy. Mike McCarthy is a. Got the head coaching job of his childhood favorite team. If he does and he's like, this is the. This is like the team I've cared about. I'm okay with that. I really am.
Danny G
Clear. Rich cries during Lifetime movies, but if he got hit with a softball, he just rubbed some dirt on it, bro.
Rich
I could. If I. If my wife.
Covino
I think that's the lamest. I feel like I. When Rich tells me he was watching a Folgers commercial or a Lifetime movie, and he starts blushing, and I kind of look at him like, what's wrong with you, dude?
Rich
You ever see that commercial around the holidays where the grandpa's training all year and you're like, what is he training for? And it's to pick up his grandkid.
Covino
Sweet.
Rich
Yeah, I'll cry at that. But I could take a line drive to the face and I'd be like, yeah, I'm good.
Covino
You know what?
Sam
Commercial got me real good. You know, commercial got me real good.
Covino
What?
Rich
The guy Fieri as a regular guy.
Sam
I haven't seen that yet.
Rich
Where's his spiky hair?
Sam
What is Bosch, by the way?
Rich
I think it's, like, appliances and stuff.
Covino
Okay.
Danny G
Yeah.
Sam
Anyway, there was, like, this guy cooking and his grandmother is in the reflection of the mirror, and, like, she disappears to show that she had passed away and given her recipes onto him.
Rich
See, that would make me cry, too, dude.
Sam
That got me right in the. In the tuchas.
Covino
How about the clip where the little kid gives the his first home run ball to his grandpa? And the grandpa is like, why would you do this? Some of these things will get you once in a while, dude. But that's why I'm saying, like, yeah, hey, three times a year. If that gets you, okay, we all have emotions. That's fine. But anything more than that, you might have to check yourself before you wreck yourself. As they say, vatos have 96 tiers. Use them wisely. Anyway, not trying to be overly macho, but I think it was kind of nice to see Mark Mike McCarthy show that he cared.
Rich
A lot of people chiving in and sort of in agreement, you know, you can't be blubbering unless it's, like, a real scenario, right?
Covino
You can't be blubbering.
Rich
Blubbering.
Covino
But, hey, you don't want to waste it. You want to be like Sandy Lyle with your crocodile tears.
Rich
You said it, buddy.
Danny G
It was like when AT T started blocking Lily with, like, furniture and props and sets so you couldn't see your body any longer.
Rich
Oh, no.
Danny G
I'm sure Rich cried over that.
Rich
I hate that. Terribly sad. All right, let's. Let's turn the page here for a second. More to get to on Kavino and Rich. Mike McCarthy, congratulations. Bill Belichick. We're sorry. A lot of coaching news today. Hey, Brady. Congratulations.
Covino
Craig T. Nelson.
Rich
Yeah. Craig T. Nelson. Still a coach. Okay with Dawber. And congrats to Minnesota State. Joe Brady in Buffalo. 36 years old. Have we confirmed youngest coach right in the NFL as of now, 36.
Covino
Wild.
Rich
To think Sean McVay was 30 when he was hired. That to me, looking at that, that's like Theo Epstein getting hired at 28 years old by the Red Sox. That's like, what? Do you know what that is?
Covino
That's like some Doogie Howser life of coaching.
Rich
I know. All right, so, Mike McCarthy, congrats. Let's move along to something. I believe it ends today. Is today the day, Danny?
Covino
Southwest, bro.
Rich
Today's the day the cat.
Danny G
Yesterday was the last day of choosing your own seat. Today is the first day of them assigning you.
Rich
I don't know. I don't know if I was ever a fan of this, but we flew southwest quite a bit from New York to Vegas I'm sorry. LA to Vegas. Other than that, I was never really a fan. Because growing up on the East Coast, Southwest, believe it or not, Danny, is not really a New York airline. If you've noticed, they don't really do New York. So growing up, I could back Covino.
Danny G
Up and say, is that why their name's Southwest?
Covino
Well, I guess so, but my brother in law is a pilot for Southwest.
Rich
But I always would hear people talk about Southwest. I'm like, yeah, it's just not really an east coast thing. Southwest. You're right.
Patrick Mahomes
The.
Rich
I remember the first time I flew, I'm like, wait, you just sit where you want. What are we doing? And then after a while, you sort of get used to it because 24 hours before you fly, you're like, oh, let me check in. Oh, I'm a 13. Oh, man, I forgot. I'm C40. I'm gonna have the worst seat.
Covino
Yeah, but 8:13, if you're not a frequent flyer, that's just your position in line. Yeah, yeah, because once you enter the plane, I mean, it's a free for all. You just pick whatever seat you can get.
Rich
Yeah. And it goes by abc, but no longer is that the thing. So assigned seating for Southwest. So Danny Cavino and I were thinking about what are those things that are like an end of an era? Like, man, I guess we'll never do that again. That was, that was something. Because you'll look back and be like, remember when. These are the things you look back. Like, Danny, when you stream all these shows with you and Brenda and the kids, there was a time, and, you know, as the memes go, there was the last time and you just don't remember, but there was the last time you went to a video store to get a movie.
Danny G
Yeah, we've talked about this before. The last time you set your bike down on your friend's front lawn and all the bikes were there. You knew whose house everybody was at.
Rich
And you didn't know it.
Covino
This is a sad one. And it might make me cry.
Rich
Don't cry.
Covino
Now, as the father of a teenage pain in the A, you know, there was the last time that. Well, yeah, that I picked her up, but that I got her ready for bed and, you know, after a shower or something and, you know, did our little nighttime routine and there's the last time for that, you know, now it's just like, yeah, you peek your head and you say, good night. But there was the last time you did that whole routine.
Rich
You said, pick her up, Kavino. That's the big. You've seen the big mom trend on TikTok and Instagram where moms are picking up their teenage boys and they explain.
Covino
It just so they could recreate the last time and remember.
Rich
They're pretty much like, hey, hey, son, I read on social media, like, you pick up your kid for the last time and don't realize it. Like, yeah, you think moms are struggling like Daiji? You think Brenda could pick up. You think Brenda could pick up your sons?
Danny G
We can't even pick up KOA right now, let alone the teenagers.
Rich
So, yeah, I mean, it's. It's a thing you don't realize. Hey, it's the last time you're doing it. So the last time we flew Southwest, we're like, oh, I guess. I guess that's it, huh?
Danny G
It's sad.
Sam
I don't know. I never grew up flying Southwest. And I finally flew Southwest a few years ago, and I had never done that system before, and it threw me off. I like the decision made where my seat is because I like window seat every time the aisle or like, the middle seat sucks. Aisle seat I don't like because I can't lay on something.
Rich
You know, speaking of the anxiety of that we did something for the last time and didn't realize it. And I love it because I hated it. There was the last time you bought tickets to a movie not knowing where you were gonna sit. That, to me, was anxiety ridden. Like now when you're like, oh, yeah, I'm taking the kids to go see Zootopia. Yeah, we're in row G, seats 1, 2, 3, and 4. That, to me, took away such a stress. You remember, you'd go on a date to a movie and you'd be like, man, I hope we don't have to sit in the front. Or that awkward thing where you're like, I see two empty seats. Can you guys, like, slide down? Like, oh, gross.
Danny G
See, what was good about Southwest, though, is you sat in the queue full 24 hours before your flight. It's almost like Disneyland now with their app. And you hit the button, you probably were in the B group. And so you got to get on the plane before all the laggers in the sea. And even if there were people on the plane before you, which always seemed to be, there was some people paid a little extra to be right up front, like, O.J. that time. Still, you could keep walking until you got to the back, and you could choose your overhead space. You could choose whatever seat you wanted. That's that was the beauty of it.
Covino
I think when you think of end of eras, you have to think about things and people that had longevity. And when Brady retired, I felt that way because, you know, his career spanned the length of our career. Rich in radio as a team. So that was an end of an era we're approaching. Aaron Rodgers is still on the fence. LeBron James when he retires. That's the end of an era for sure. And we've seen that a lot in sports.
Rich
You know, an interesting end of an era in sports. And I think it was for the better. But after the strike, remember they came back with alignment and wild cards. Like before that it was before that it was like, yeah, two teams made the playoffs from the al, two from the nl and that's it. And then it was like, all right, we're doing multiple more divisions and wild cards. Like if there's ever an alignment in sports or a realignment, which they talk about in baseball, which I'm against, I think baseball's got it right now, so stop it.
Covino
You know what, the end of an era isn't always like the end of something good necessarily either. Like in the world of fighting, I would say when the Klitschko's retired, that was the end of an era. And that's no knock on them, but they made the heavyweight division so boring that it made boxing boring. So once they retired, it gave the openings to guys like Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder and that brought boxing back in a big way. You know what, they held the heavyweight title for like 10 years and they wouldn't fight each other, obviously.
Rich
I'll give you one between ESPN Dazone and what's the new boxing ones?
Covino
Zufa.
Rich
Zufa, yeah, they're pretty much. And between WWE now being on Netflix, but before that, what was on another provider. But the whole talk about the attitude era. No, no, I'm talking about the whole idea of like pay per views.
Covino
Oh, yeah, gone. I mean, that might be it.
Rich
I mean, no, I don't think, I think we're, we're, we're leaning now towards if you are a subscriber to Paramount, Paramount and ESPN and Hulu and Netflix. Eventually you will have everything. And there's. Pay per views aren't a thing like wrestling. Remember you'd have to order a WrestleMania. If you have Netflix, you could watch like a pay per View just on Netflix.
Sam
What about every time I get on one of my streaming services and I have to pay for a movie that's already on there That's a pay per view, isn't it?
Rich
Yeah, but I'm talking like the 90, like the $80 rent a fight. Like, that's there's a lot of things.
Sam
That are still transactional. Pay per view, you know, on certain streaming platforms.
Rich
You know what Netflix has done? Know what Netflix has done the best job of doing? Making us not realize we pay for it. Like, it's the most of all those ones. It's like, who doesn't have Netflix? Like, you, you forget you almost have it sometimes.
Covino
You don't realize it sometimes it's pretty definitive. Looking back. Like, you know, in the world of music and the world of rock, you can come up with a million different examples. Rich. But, but it was pretty evident that when Smells Like Teen Spirit hit the radio airwaves, that was the end of like the, the hair metal era. Like, that was the end of that because it was the start of something new for the next decade, I think. And then something took out grunge and I don't know if you call that new metal or boy bands, but death of all the lead singers. Oh, yeah.
Rich
You know what? We'll take your feedback next. But speaking of football, Aaron Rodgers losing, Would you guys say that? Danny, do you link him with Manning and Brady in the last of those great 22,000, 2010 quarterbacks? So when you saw Aaron Rodgers get knocked out in the first round, it's like, yeah, I know he might play one more year. But now you're thinking like, oh, maybe we're onto like the Drake maze of the world and we're onto the Bo Nixes of the world. Like, maybe, maybe it's a. Those guys are all gone now once Aaron Rodgers calls it quits. I think that whole generation Drew Brees, that they're all gone.
Danny G
Sam Darnold World now from the 2018 draft.
Rich
Yeah. Dan Byer just smiled when you said it's a Damn. When you said it's a Sam Darnold world. All right, we got more Covino and Rich if you guys want in. We're going to play Showtime showboy Mahomes trivia coming up later this hour. So if you want in, 87799 on Fox win a Cavino and Rich mini nerf football and a koozie. And a koozie. Look at that. More Kavino and Rich next right here, Fox Sports Radio.
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Covino
Hey Rich, as we talk About Southwest Airlines and the end of an era.
Rich
Yeah.
Covino
Because you have to get assigned seats. Now as of today, choosing your own seat is over. End of an era. You know, in the world of sports, when you see a player's career from the start to the finish, it's the end of an era. And it hits you because it makes you feel like, damn, I'm getting old. I watched this guy's entire career.
Rich
Like Ken Griffey Jr. Comes to mind.
Covino
For I think our generation, the first time you start experiencing stuff like that, it's a coming of age sort of thing.
Rich
It really hits you when you remember when you were a little and you remember people being like this prospect Derek Jeter. And then all of a sudden you.
Covino
Watch him, you know, Derek Jeeter from Derek Jeter or your version of Derek Jeter to guys like John Cena, most recently in the world of wrestling, to stranger things. For a younger generation who grew up with those kids that span like 10 plus years, whatever your version of that is the end of an era. Share yours again. At Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio, we'll continue taking phone calls.
Rich
All right, cool. Let's. Let's do this. We do it every week. If he's available and in the mo mood. We're talking about showboy Mahomes trivia.
Covino
The mostly lovable Patrick Mahomes.
Patrick Mahomes
Truth is, I want everybody to love me, not just the refs.
Covino
It's time for some NFL trivia.
Patrick Mahomes
I'm here.
Danny G
I'm here.
Rich
Yes, we know you're here.
Patrick Mahomes
All right, Patrick Mahomes here to play. Showtime. Mahomes trivia.
Danny G
All right, FSR security walking our broke Patrick here into the main studio.
Rich
Oh, hey, Patrick. There he is. What's up, bud Scrunthal?
Patrick Mahomes
Disgruntled Mahomes. That's what you're getting right now.
Rich
Oh, it's a matter.
Danny G
I bet it is.
Patrick Mahomes
Not in a Super Bowl.
Danny G
Yeah, it's so strange for you to not be traveling right now to the big game.
Patrick Mahomes
I'm just lounging around, getting fat, hanging out with you guys. Shador Sanders is a pro bowler. Give me a break. I sure deserve it. Tell you what, I haven't gotten a Pro bowl since 2023. I got six of them. I don't even want them anymore. If Shador is a pro bowler, I don't even care.
Rich
Okay. Yeah.
Danny G
Gonna make national headlines.
Patrick Mahomes
Disgruntled, disgruntled showboy Mahomes.
Danny G
Let's meet the contestants. 27 time winner, Rich Davis right over there.
Covino
What's up, man.
Rich
Imagine someone actually picked that up.
Patrick Mahomes
Mahomes said, and quote me, Chidor straight buns.
Danny G
In for 20. In the house is 23 time champion, Dan Byer. Hello, guys.
Rich
Unstoppable.
Danny G
And 10 time winner, Spotty Boy.
Rich
Spotty.
Covino
Make it one one, Scotty looking for.
Danny G
That elusive 11th victory. Yeah, you know, and looking to win a CNR prize pack. On the studio lines, Dave. And Maine was the first one through.
Rich
What up, Dave? How are you, man?
Dan Byer
Dave.
Patrick Mahomes
Hey, man. Hey, Dave. Enough to think for a minute. I didn't realize you're talking about the end of an era. Coincidentally, when I come in right now.
Rich
Oh, you got plenty. You got. You got. You got plenty left. Patrick, come on.
Patrick Mahomes
I mean, I do personally, but you know, Kelsey and the rest of the team, I don't know. Disgruntled Mahomes.
Danny G
And really quick, Dave, what do you do for a living there in Maine?
Dan Byer
Something with lobsters?
Patrick Mahomes
Well, I'm retired now, but I taught art K 1242 years teacher.
Danny G
Rules for showtime. Mahomes NFL Trivia. The first contestant with two correct answers is the champion. If there's a tie, we have a tiebreaker question. Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's two wrong answers in a row, we move on to the next question. Are you ready?
Rich
Let's go.
Danny G
Let's get it on.
Covino
I'm here.
Patrick Mahomes
Reluctantly. Patrick Mahomes here. I should have been in San Francisco, but speaking of, how many total receiving yards did the great Jerry Rice finish his career with? Is it A, 22,895, B, 19,917 or 24,615? Dave.
Danny G
Oh, Dave.
Sam
Dave.
Patrick Mahomes
The second one.
Covino
19,000.
Danny G
No, sorry.
Rich
Rich.
Danny G
Rich.
Rich
Like a 22 sounds about right.
Danny G
I feel like you're a Niner fan.
Covino
And you should know that. Yeah, but. Bam.
Danny G
Rich on the board.
Rich
Yeah, buddy.
Danny G
Move along to round two.
Patrick Mahomes
All right, round two. Patrick Mahomes here. My team's mascot is actually the Lombardi Trophy. But. But which NFL team's mascot is named Swoop? Is it A Swoop, S, W, O, O, P?
Covino
Oh, Swoop, Swoop, Swoop. There it is.
Rich
There it is.
Patrick Mahomes
A, the Eagles, B, the Falcons or C, the Ravens?
Danny G
Dave shouted out before all three answers.
Rich
Yes.
Danny G
Yeah. Which one? Which team? The Eagles. The Falcons or the Ravens? Falcons.
Rich
No.
Patrick Mahomes
I think Dave's sipping back on grandpa's culture.
Danny G
Anybody for the steal?
Dan Byer
Dan Byer, Eagles.
Danny G
Yes, sir.
Rich
There you go.
Dan Byer
My son has flashcards. NFL mascot flashcards.
Covino
Can I Borrow those.
Rich
Thanks. Little Brody, he knows his timetable. And mascots.
Dan Byer
They're the memory cards.
Rich
Not.
Dan Byer
But they're similar.
Danny G
All right, Rich and Byer, both on the board. We go to round three.
Patrick Mahomes
All right, round three. Patrick Mahomes disgruntled Mahomes trivia. What was I once quoted saying about hurting? Hey, you have to take in the hurt. You have to accept it. Losing is supposed to hurt. B, it hurt really bad when I lost Rock Paper scissors to Max Crosby and he licked his fingers and slapped my arm. Or, okay, C. C. Losing hurts, but the hurt fuels you to get. Training for next season started ahead of schedule.
Covino
Spot.
Patrick Mahomes
Dave B.
Danny G
Spotty. Well, Spotty got in there.
Covino
Dave said spot A.
Dan Byer
Yes.
Rich
Spots on the board.
Covino
Spots on the board.
Rich
Halfway down.
Patrick Mahomes
Dave really said B. Who's screening these calls?
Danny G
All right, it's a three way tie. Rich buyer spot. We go to round four.
Rich
Exciting.
Patrick Mahomes
All right, round four. Patrick Mahomes here. You know, I live in a 17, 000 square foot mansion, but yeah, of course. How many square feet is the Pro Football hall of fame? A, 27,500 square feet. B, 50,500 square feet or 41,500 square feet? Dave?
Rich
41.
Danny G
Dave says 41 and he's wrong.
Patrick Mahomes
Dave, I love your confidence, but you've.
Danny G
Been wrong every time, Rich going for the steal and the win.
Rich
For some reason I feel like people have told me it's smaller than you think. So 27, eh?
Patrick Mahomes
You're both losers.
Covino
Those are dope.
Danny G
It started out small back in the 60s.
Patrick Mahomes
That's what she said it was 19,000 square feet when it opened back in 63 is now 50,500 square feet.
Danny G
All right. Still a three way tie. Rich Buyer spot.
Rich
Whoa, mama.
Danny G
We go to round five.
Patrick Mahomes
All right, round five. And by the way, with all that room, you think they'd have room for Belichick, but I guess not. Round 5. Which NFL tight end leads the league in all time receptions? Is it A, Tony Gonzalez, B, Travis Kelsey or C, Jason Whitten? Dave.
Danny G
B. Dave. Which one? You said Travis.
Patrick Mahomes
B. No, you be wrong every time. Hey, I'm consistent.
Danny G
Spotty still in win spot A. Yeah, yeah.
Rich
Spotty gets his.
Danny G
Actually his very elusive 11th victory.
Rich
Look at you.
Patrick Mahomes
Take that, Tony Gonzalez. The very handsome and talented Tony Gonzalez.
Rich
Hey, you want to hear a funny story, Patrick? Sure. Our very own Cavino once asked Tony Gonzalez for a selfie and Tony Gonzalez looked at him and said, nah. No.
Covino
Wasn't it Tony Gonzalez and Jason. Jason Witt.
Danny G
Oh, that's Right.
Rich
And like it was like three tight end Antonio Gates or something.
Patrick Mahomes
It was like Shannon Sharp.
Rich
Shannon Sharp. Oh, yeah. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Patrick.
Patrick Mahomes
According to legend.
Rich
Yeah, according to legend.
Danny G
And Dave, thank you for listening and playing along in Maine there.
Patrick Mahomes
All right, guys, I got things to do. Like, nothing. Like go home and do nothing.
Rich
Why do you watch. Why do you watch Traders? I started watching that with my wife. Pretty good. Yeah.
Dan Byer
New episodes every Thursday.
Patrick Mahomes
Yeah, sounds great.
Dan Byer
We are big Traders household last. This is. We didn't see season one, but seasons two and three and you know, I'm.
Rich
Only up to episode two, so I don't want to. I know certain people get kicked off, but it's fun. It is. It's like, it's a fun show. My wife and I started randomly watching. All right, let's go to DB for an update. Dan, what's going on, buddy? Bye, Patrick.
Danny G
Bye, Patrick.
Patrick Mahomes
Ron funches for life.
Rich
All right, Ron funches for life.
Dan Byer
Let's talk about Bill Belichick. The six time super bowl champion did not receive enough votes to be enshrined as a first ballot hall of Famer in the Pro Football hall of Fame in the class of 2020. ESPN broke the news that said Belichick fell short of the 40 votes needed for induction. Some voters held Spygate in the flight gate against Belichick. According to those reports, Belichick reportedly told someone close to him, quote, six Super Bowls isn't enough, end quote. Belichick also told an associate that he doesn't think that this decision reflects at all on his coaching career. The Buffalo Bills promoted offensive coordinator Joe Brady to be their new head coach, getting a five year deal to replace Sean McDer. Jets and offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand have parted ways after one season. Broncos fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi while the Titans are hiring former Giants head coach Brian Dabel to be their offensive coordinator. New Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy says he has spoken with quarterback Aaron Rodgers. You want Aaron Rodgers back as your quarterback next year?
Danny G
I mean, definitely.
Rich
I mean, I don't see why you wouldn't. But, you know, I think just like.
Danny G
Anything, you know, no one Aaron long enough.
Dan Byer
I think when players are up at.
Rich
That stage of their career, they need.
Dan Byer
To step away and decompress it.
Rich
That's.
Danny G
I think that's very important.
Dan Byer
Cavalier center Evan Mobley is going to miss at least one to three weeks with a calf strain. Guys, back to you.
Rich
You think that Mike McCarthy answer is. Is obviously politically correct one, but you ever think sometimes it's like getting a job or a relationship. If you removed enough, you could look back and be like, you know what? It was better than I. It was maybe better than I thought.
Dan Byer
Yes, Yes. I think all around everyone was, yeah, those feelings.
Rich
DB we got more Covino and Rich Kavino.
Covino
Yeah.
Rich
Danny G. Finally got to give us those STD stats. What college is leading the league. Excited? I know.
Covino
I'm excited to have a theory.
Rich
All right, perfect. We'll get to all that and of course, talk a little NFL before we get out of here. Next, right here on FOX Sports Radio.
Covino
All right. Welcome back, Mr. Cotter. Welcome back to the show. Live from the FOX Sports Radio studio, we are Covino, Steve Elomber, de Masuampo, Cavino, and areas Dicky little Davis boy. And facing a peak season looking for a new team member Workforce solutions from express employment professionals make hiring easier. Visit ExpressPros.com to find an office and see how express can help you hire smarter and faster. And quick reminder, Rich, I'll still be in Jersey one more day tomorrow, but we're doing Mike's Wednesday words of wisdom and midweek major. The biggest stories in sports and pop culture are the mid week or major. We decide manana right here on FOX Sports Radio.
Rich
Let me ask you, do you think every dad's goal is for their son to one day be bigger than them? Like, don't you? Wait, if you're a dad and you got a son, I would imagine you want your son to be a little taller than you, a little smarter, a.
Covino
Little more successful for your daughter, right?
Rich
No, you don't want your daughter. You know, but then again, big Mike who runs this place, his daughter's like a beautiful six foot, like almost, I think. Six foot.
RingCentral Advertiser
Who?
Covino
Well, yeah, I mean, I mean, compared to Mike, she looks like a goddess. Yeah.
Rich
I mean, Mike's like old, shorter, stone colt. Yeah. Dan Byer. You, you think there's a chance Danny G. You think there's a chance your son. I saw a picture of Danny G's son. His wife Brenda is holding him on, you know, like one of those little side things you put on your hip, like you can hold your kid. He looks like he's a second grader. He looks like he's the size of like, no joke, like he's an elementary.
Covino
Man of the house.
Rich
I did. I think there's a chance that Danny G has got like a future linebacker on his hands. I'm not even joking. This kid is enormous. I haven't seen, I have not seen a picture of his son in A minute. Enormous Danny G. You got to look.
Danny G
I just sent it to Spot right now.
Covino
There was a sighting of Bigfoot in California. It turns out it was just Danny G's son.
Danny G
If you're watching, there were people staring at us on Saturday because she has to wear one of those hip things, you know, with the seat because it hurts her back and her hips so much to carry him. First of all, he's two. But he's too big to be carried right now.
Rich
No, he is not the type of kid that you could sneak in when he's a little too old for something because he already looks like he's too old.
Danny G
Yeah, it was bad. People were staring at us all day Saturday when she was carrying him on that thing.
Covino
That's hilarious.
Rich
And he is young. Not like Kavino when your mom pushed you in a stroller when you were in, like, sixth grade.
Covino
Yeah, I was, like, 13 already with your feet dragging.
Rich
But, yeah, if you follow us on our YouTube channel, maybe Spock, throw up that picture. Danny G's beautiful wife and kid.
Covino
Oh, he's so.
Rich
The kid's a normo. A normo? Baby, I said, oh, my God.
Covino
Look at him with his little pumpkin pie haircut. That's hilarious.
Danny G
Yeah, he's scared of scissors. He's not scared of anything else.
Rich
Oh, I thought you just gave him the Mark Davis haircut. He's your Raiders fan. He's a cute kid.
Danny G
He's only scared of two things. A toothbrush and scissors for his hair.
Rich
Jeez. Well, hey, for all the moms and dads out there, enjoy. They're only this little for so long, but Danny G's kids now. I don't think he's ever been little. All right, let's get these stats. Danny, you teased it yesterday. What college leads the league? Not in recruits, not in NFL players, not in STDs.
Danny G
Top 20 colleges with the highest STD rates.
Rich
So this could be a warning. This is a warning for us. A decade or so ago. This might be a warning now. If you have kids going to college, which is such a funny change, right? Like, warn your children.
Danny G
Yeah, and shouts out.
Covino
I'm guessing that the stats went up increasingly high once Rich Davis left his market, Syracuse University.
Danny G
Oh, really quick. I was going to say shouts out to our weekend host, Arnie Spanier. He sent this my way.
Covino
Okay.
Danny G
No surprise.
Rich
I love how he thought of us. And that's.
Danny G
Oh, he said, this is perfect for you guys. You are correct, Arnie. All right, so you guys want to guess the top 10 top 10.
Rich
It's got to be schools with a, like, hot people that are just sexually active. So I'm guessing like Florida State or University of Florida.
Danny G
Definitely Florida State is number five.
Covino
Okay, okay, I wrote that down.
Rich
I know where you're definitely going to go also. Covino, Arizona.
Covino
Yeah, I said that.
Rich
Arizona State or University of Arizona?
Danny G
Arizona State.
Covino
Number one. That would be my four.
Rich
I ruined your countdown. I apologize.
Covino
Yeah, but always had a reputation for being a big party school and is still holding that reputation, man.
Rich
It's funny because the joke with some of the moms at the school are like, yeah, as long as your kids. As long as your daughter doesn't go to Arizona State. So that's a reputation. That is like a school with a reputation.
Covino
I'll take a risk. Ready? And I'm going just based on geography. Like party cities. Like New Orleans, like maybe like a two lane or something like that.
Danny G
Let's see. LSU, maybe Marquette is number 10. Monroe UL, Monroe is 8.
Covino
How about this?
Rich
USC. USC.
Covino
I wrote that down.
Danny G
USC is number 12.
Rich
Okay.
Danny G
How about you two?
Rich
Oh, okay.
Covino
How about UTI?
Danny G
I set you up for that.
Rich
How about we got in the way. We got to figure out where you don't want to put your lamb horn.
Covino
How about some. These horny kids in Las Vegas. That's a good one.
Danny G
They did not make the list.
Covino
Oh, wow.
Rich
What do we miss, Danny?
Danny G
All right, number two, Temple. Number three, Illinois. Number four. Number four, UMass. 6. Rutgers 7. Penn, Rutgers 9. Troy 11. Cornell 13. Michigan State 14. Florida. Texas A&M at 15.
Rich
All right, so you know what it is? It's either schools with like hot chicks or like cold places where people are just inside a lot doing it. There you go. Perfect. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Think about that tonight. I will see you guys tomorrow. Until then, Arriba Derchi, baby.
Covino
See you in the promised land.
Dan Byer
Going to asu.
Covino
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This episode blends sports talk with the hosts' signature humor and banter, diving deep into cultural shifts, emotional expression (specifically “crying” in adulthood), the end of an era for Southwest Airlines' seating, and a comedic look at college STD statistics. The show oscillates between lighthearted reflection and playful debate, mixing personal anecdotes with topical sports analysis.
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"Vatos have 96 tears — use them wisely." – Covino (13:00)
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“Mahomes said, and quote me, Shador [Sanders] straight buns.” – Patrick Mahomes character (28:30)
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Conversational, playful, sometimes irreverent but always grounded in real-life reflection, mixing nostalgia, sports fandom, and comedic takes on pop culture.
This episode of Covino & Rich brings laughs and insights by dissecting what it means to be sentimental in the modern world, sharing quirky end-of-an-era stories from sports and daily life, and poking fun at the quirks of both airline policy and college reputations. Sports trivia, personal memories, and unique countdowns (like “top college STD rates”) ensure a fast-moving, feel-good listen with relatable moments for anyone, sports fan or not.