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Rich Davis
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Rich Davis
Future owner of a Carlos Mendoza jersey or what?
Steve Covino
Oh, yeah. Most likely the most buttery voice in all the land. Danny G is here. Spot is here on the videos. Lohan, Kron's got your updates.
Rich Davis
I gotta ask Danny. Little coey, your son. I know he's got some some gear, but would Mendoza be his first little kid jersey or have you already went genty or something else?
Danny G
His uncle purchased him a Max Crosby jersey last year.
Rich Davis
That' though. That's a good one. But I feel like you know how.
Danny G
Old would be a good number two though. Your son's gonna be what co is six already?
Rich Davis
No I was like, wait a minute.
Steve Covino
What is he, six feet tall?
Rich Davis
He's almost.
Danny G
He's almost two and a half.
Rich Davis
Almost two and a half. I was.
Steve Covino
And he already has a deep voice like, dad, I want the Genti jersey. Dad.
Rich Davis
Put on Daniel Tiger's neighborhood. Dad, I.
Danny G
First of all, I don't sound anything like that.
Steve Covino
Dad.
Rich Davis
Bubble guppies. Now.
Danny G
He'S going through this baby shark craze, and I didn't know Baby shark. I didn't know they had a who empire. Like cartoons and.
Rich Davis
Oh, of course, Danny, that. That company. I don't even know what it is.
Danny G
It's the pink Fong.
Rich Davis
Pink. Yeah.
Danny G
Yeah.
Rich Davis
Do you know. Have you seen that on social media? The Asian kid that dances to baby sharks is a grown man now. You picture him as, like a perma kid, and it's weird when you think of that. I also saw member in the 2000s. Remember the little British kid? Charlie bit me. Charlie, that hurt. You know, those kids are in their mid-20s now.
Steve Covino
It makes sense. Yeah. Crazy moves fast. Jstu talks about it all the time.
Rich Davis
He loves it.
Steve Covino
Yeah. Shout out to jstu. Shout out to you if you want to shout out. Hit us up now, because we're streaming live. Covino and Rich, FSR. The chat is up on YouTube. Covino and Rich, FSR and Rich. Before we talk about the teams that are left and who you want to win and all that in the NFL, can you please tell the world how you and John Harbaugh are like the same guy? Because John Harbaugh, he's a. He's a coveted man right now. He's a prize. People are after him.
Rich Davis
Maybe I'm not like Harbaugh, but I said to Kavita on the right, and I said, you know, this weekend are the drafts for my kids, baseball, my daughter's softball. And when you get parents and other coaches being like, hey, should we link up this year? You can't really link up with everyone. So I was asking Kavino, what do you say where you don't hurt feelings and you don't. You don't want to sound like a jerk.
Steve Covino
Are you, like the hot chick turning down dates?
Rich Davis
I mean, that's what I'm asking. Really? Yeah.
Steve Covino
How does it feel to be the hot. That's really what John Harbaugh is right now. He's the hot chick. He has options.
Rich Davis
I told you, since Doug is gone, I'm now like, I'm the number one coach on the network, without a doubt. There's no even debate by the way.
Danny G
Rich emails them a list of demands.
Rich Davis
And by the way, congrats to Godlib Sam. I know you worked for him for years. Isn't his team like, they're. They were 500.
Isaac Sam
They're doing much better. Yeah.
Rich Davis
That's fantastic.
Isaac Sam
He's already matched his. He's already doubled his win total from last year. I think they're like, that's great. Seven or seven and eight.
Rich Davis
I believe they were eight and eight.
Isaac Sam
I think they're 500 now, which is for UW. Green Bay is really good now because they've been down the dumps for a.
Steve Covino
While and it makes sense. Cause it takes a minute.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Steve Covino
So good for.
Isaac Sam
He's succeeding and I'm glad to see it.
Rich Davis
Absolutely. But yeah, no, I think we've all been there where parents are like, yeah, we should coach together. And then you're like, well, do. I don't know, do I want to coach with you? And it's. Honestly, it's a. It's something I think a lot of parents deal with every year. Because I know for a fact, people listening right now, your kids are playing flag football and baseball and softball and basketball. And you know, Camino and I have talked about this. If you're living that mom or dad life, Neighborhood sports have taken a backseat to organized sports. Kids aren't lazy. People like to be like, hey, kids are on their iPad and they're lazy. They're not lazy. They just don't run amok like we used to. Danny G. Like, think of all the things Isaac. Danny, think of all the times you played wiffle ball or pickup basketball or street football. Butts up with a Asses up was a great game where remember, like the curbs would be the sidelines. And you play street football. You don't see kids playing that. Your instinct is kids are lazy now. They're not. It's just unfortunately all organized. Spend your money football. Like, my daughter plays flag football. She's 8. And so he has 3, 4, 500 bucks. Every little sign up, it adds up.
Ilo
Dude, it was such a great way to grow up because on weekends it would almost be sun up to sundown. A break in between. But it taught all of us how to solve our own disputes.
Rich Davis
Yeah. And you know what? Like this weekend there's baseball and football evaluate. I'm sorry, baseball and softball evaluations. My daughter has a flag football game this weekend. It just the idea of you just disappearing for hours at a time playing tackle football. Kill the man with the ball. Wiffle ball.
Danny G
We were also in bike gangs.
Rich Davis
You taught us loyalty riding bikes around town.
Ilo
I was in a game called the War Dogs. I'm actually not making that up.
Rich Davis
Yeah, yeah. Covino bought a Vespa once, and he was in the Vespas Locos.
Steve Covino
Vespas Locos forever. And by the way, Rich, you have such a busy weekend. You're still going to find time to play butts up, right? Just a different version.
Rich Davis
I played a different version of that these days.
Ilo
What time is that starting, by the way?
Rich Davis
Noon. I'll see.
Ilo
Might be a few minutes late.
Rich Davis
Okay. But I did want to ask one quick question. Then we'll get to more important.
Steve Covino
The point is that there's a lot of people in Rich's community that want to coach with him or want their kids on his team.
Danny G
He's in high demand.
Steve Covino
Yeah, he's in high demand. The same way that John Harbaugh. Maybe you should throw some requests out there, Rich.
Rich Davis
Yeah. If you want to be on my team, you have to bring me a latte before every game. Yeah, cold brew. If you want to be on Coach Rich's team, you got to bring me pumpkin loaf and cold brew before.
Ilo
Wait a minute. For people across the country who aren't familiar, like your league, we're talking about parents who are, like, celebrities and millionaires, right?
Rich Davis
Yeah, some of them. I'm a coach of the stars, Isaac.
Danny G
I will coach with you if you buy me Chipotle after every practice.
Rich Davis
You know what? I should start doing this. I do have one question for you again. We're going to get to important stuff, but this is all fun, relatable stuff. I'd like to think we all coach, we all have kids. Or if you're not, you know, you understand this stuff.
Danny G
I do neither.
Rich Davis
I would say he's working as an Ed Sheeran impersonator lately. We figured that out.
Isaac Sam
That's my life.
Rich Davis
Is it rude or understandable if during these little evaluations, when I say little gets her five, six, eight year old kids for my daughter, if I'm doing the evaluations and all right, little Jordan, throw the ball. All right, give him three swings and they're doing the little evaluations. Tryouts. Essentially rude if I got the iPad or phone playing the game on mute because some of these overlap with a little bit of the NFL weekend?
Steve Covino
So rude, dude. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Tone deaf.
Isaac Sam
Rude to who? Little children?
Steve Covino
No, to any parent that's walking by thinking like he was watching the game the whole time. He didn't even watch little Kyler take his practice.
Isaac Sam
Put it on radio. Just have it on Bluetooth speaker.
Steve Covino
I'm sorry. I think that's a bad look. I do.
Rich Davis
No, I thought you were gonna. I thought.
Ilo
Just tell people you're taking notes in an app and hide the screen from them.
Steve Covino
Yeah, that's what Stephen A. Smith was trying to pull off when he was playing solitaire at the NBA game.
Isaac Sam
Rich, it's your job. You have to watch these games. It's your job.
Rich Davis
It's your career. Yo, guys. You know when you go to, like, your wife or your friends, and you're asking their opinion, but all you're wanting them to do is to confirm what you're feeling? You just did the opposite. I was like. I wanted you guys to be like, yeah, man, you can watch a game. So we can be like, no, that's rude. I'm like, oh, no, I wanted you. I was hoping you'd say that's normal.
Steve Covino
I'm being honest. If I feel like you overlooked my kid and I somehow found out you weren't even watching him because you were busy watching the game, that would cause some controversy, might tarnish your reputation as the John Harbaugh of the league.
Rich Davis
You know, maybe you're right.
Steve Covino
But back to the NFL. Actually, before we get into brainwave.
Rich Davis
Oh, maybe I should get those goggles. Spot has Spot one of those goggles you have where there's sunglasses, but you're actually watching tv.
Spot
The Xreal one pros. It's like you can watch any monitor. It's like a monitor in your eyes, but you can move it off to the side so you can see through them. Yeah, that's the future. Watch what's in front of you.
Steve Covino
I'm just gonna wonder why Rich has these, you know, funky glasses on.
Spot
It's sunny out.
Rich Davis
They're my smart glasses. Cause I'm such a great coach.
Spot
They look like sunglasses. So you could get away with it.
Steve Covino
Oh, it's outdoor, right?
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Steve Covino
Oh, you know, I could wear a bad idea.
Rich Davis
I could. I could tell Spot I'll buy him lunch if I could borrow his smart glasses.
Steve Covino
Really? Honestly, not a bad idea.
Rich Davis
Wear Spot smart glasses. By the way, Spot, have you ever used those to watch anything else?
Spot
What do you mean? Our show on YouTube. You know, Rich, FSR exactly what I was thinking.
Rich Davis
Absolutely, I have.
Steve Covino
Okay, just keep your pants on when you watch it. All right, so no guarantees. Back to the other question. Five of the 14 playoff teams haven't won a Super Bowl. If you have no team in the race, do you automatically root for one of Those five or not? Or the opposite? Or is it case by case? Like, I do agree with Danny G. Like, yeah, there's one that stands out more than others, and that's the Bills. And this is the Bills. The greatest chance they've had is right now. So if there is any team or your heart hurts for anybody, it's that Jim Kelly era. It's those fans. It's Scott Norwood. It's Bruce Smith. It's. It's. It's the Bill.
Rich Davis
Was it. You guys pointed out yesterday that the Bill. Say goodbye to High Mark Stadium and. Yes. And they. Was it Spot or Danny G. Someone pointed out that they're auctioning the urinals. Oh, Isaac, you were saying that. I'm sorry, the troughs.
Steve Covino
Right.
Rich Davis
You could buy. Imagine that. Like, you know, I could see where you like. Oh, Kavino, your uncle has an old seat from Yankee Stadium. Imagine telling your wife, like, but, honey, I won the auction.
Steve Covino
I can't afford a urinal. But I got the urinal cakes. Yeah, yeah.
Rich Davis
Used.
Steve Covino
They were.
Ilo
You know what?
Steve Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
Game used.
Steve Covino
Yeah, Game used.
Ilo
Game used. I guarantee you, though, none of those troughs will wind up going unsold.
Rich Davis
I guarantee you, you'll turn them into.
Isaac Sam
An ice box or something in your man cave.
Rich Davis
That'd be.
Isaac Sam
You scrub it out first.
Danny G
But, you know.
Steve Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
Imagine being like, imagine someone serving you a cocktail. Like, oh, I got the ice from the, you know, the old Bill's tray.
Isaac Sam
I use bleach.
Danny G
Clean it, Sam. It sells for more as is.
Rich Davis
Oh, yeah, that's got a little taste. A little taste of the Bill still on it.
Steve Covino
I think having a certain amount of teams in the league that still haven't won, although it sucks for that organization.
Rich Davis
It shows that it's hard.
Steve Covino
It shows that not everybody gets a trophy.
Rich Davis
All right, let me. Let me hit you at the five team in the playoffs that have yet to win a Super bowl. And you tell me your thoughts on this team and your perception. Okay.
Steve Covino
In other words, this is somewhere. It's still a highly coveted prize.
Rich Davis
Now, the Bills, we all know as. As the acronym in the 90s. I felt bad, but remember, I was like, boy, I love losing Super Bowls. Four in a row. Oh, the closest shot was Norwood because the other three were more blowouts. So four in a row, but quite a feat for Levy and Jim Kelly and that whole squad, Thurman Thomas, to get there four times in a row. But the Bills, I think, emotionally, because it's such a great football town, they drum through tables on fire. The Bills maf. They're. They're the opposite of Philadelphia, who I went after earlier this week saying that my dad's like, don't you know what people from Philadelphia coming after you? Sorry, Philly, but I think the Bills are a lovable fan base. So I think people would be like, you know what? If it's not my team, you know what? Good for them. Three of the other teams are relatively new in the mix. When I say new, meaning in our lifetime, they were franchise teams, the new franchises. So when you say the Jags of the Panthers and even more recently the Texans, I don't think we look at those as teams with fan bases that have suffered. Danny G. Like, you're not like, well, that long term suffering Jags fan.
Isaac Sam
So I think the bill, you can even find them.
Rich Davis
Yeah, I was going to say, and good luck finding them. And I think the other one, Isaac, your Chargers, who if history serves me correctly, their one super bowl appearance was with Stan Humphries and the niners walloped them 49, 26.
Ilo
Yeah, the one time they get to the super bowl, it's against arguably the greatest single team of all time. And all this week, Steve Young trying.
Rich Davis
To get the monkey off his back. Steve Young, like the first drive, you knew it was over. Hit Jerry Rice and you're like, yeah.
Ilo
This is over a minute and 23 seconds. It was literally over. And then this week it's maybe not. It's not to the extent of the Bills, but 14 and 2 in 2006, a home playoff game against the Patriots, the Marlon McCree interception he stripped by Troy Brown, that has gotten a lot of play and reminiscence on social media this weekend. Nate Kating missed field goals.
Isaac Sam
Oh, don't mention Nate Kating, please.
Rich Davis
Sorry about that. And even that blood, the blown game against Jacksonville. Correct. That was another.
Ilo
Oh, thanks for reminding me.
Rich Davis
So I think if anything, I don't.
Danny G
Forget the playoff game where Ladanian Tomlinson.
Ilo
Thanks for reminding me.
Danny G
Dude there on the sideline with his helmet on here.
Rich Davis
So just give a kick.
Ilo
Just give a.
Rich Davis
Kick him in the ass.
Ilo
Just give another kick.
Danny G
Go Chargers.
Rich Davis
If there's ever been a reason to subscribe to our YouTube page, Isaac just showed everyone his ass.
Steve Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
All right.
Steve Covino
So he just twerked on screen.
Danny G
So we just lost 23 viewers and.
Steve Covino
Rich FSR if you want to see.
Rich Davis
Yeah, the Chargers and the Bills are more of the. More the legacy teams that you might be like. You know what? I wouldn't hate it, Danny. I know you have no love for.
Danny G
The Chargers just because they're in the same division, but their fans have been through it. Last hour, Rich, you were talking about throwing egg. Charger fans in San Diego literally threw eggs at the Chargers facility when the team announced they were moving. So they. And. And a lot. And I know personally a couple of Charger fans who wrote off the team like, I'm never going to chair for the Chargers again. And then once it blew over and they were established here in la, they went back to being a Chargers fan.
Rich Davis
I'm going to unlock a memory Cavino totally forgot happened. You know those things where you bring up something you remind your buddy. We were in Mexico City from Monday Night Football when we worked at espn. I know Cavino remembers that, but do you remember going to this fan event with the owner of the Chargers when they were still in San Diego, got on stage and the whole place like in unison booed this guy out of the, like a bar. Like he's like, hey, Danny, that.
Steve Covino
You mentioned it.
Rich Davis
Yeah, that. But you're right that ownership was. Boo. So enjoy your football. This weekend we're going to go over all the games. We're going to play a game, but all of it starts tomorrow. Rams, Panthers. Is that the appropriate game to start all this, Danny? Is that the nice soft launch into wild card weekend?
Danny G
I think so.
Rich Davis
Maybe it's a game where you could like, you know, get an late, you know, late dinner on the east coast. Early dinner on the east coast and, you know, have at it.
Steve Covino
But still a must watch. Every game is a must watch matchup. Every game has a storyline, has an interest. For sure.
Danny G
Yeah, we were split yesterday on our parlays.
Rich Davis
You know, I'm going to place those parlays and I'll post them on our socials at Covino and Rich so you can play along.
Steve Covino
Actually, Danny G, you and I had the same exact picks. Just ironic, coincidentally.
Danny G
Oh, really?
Steve Covino
Okay. We were the only ones. Yeah, we were the only ones that had the same ones. Right?
Rich Davis
Rich, you and Danny, believe it or not, have the same six. So you're in cahoots and you could play along. Yesterday, Spot, our video guy came out with a good idea with Danny that if you want to email Danny. What's the email address?
Danny G
It is crprisesmail.com that crprises@gmail if you.
Rich Davis
Want to email us with your six picks against the spread. If you go six for six.
Danny G
Yeah, use DraftKings spreads.
Rich Davis
Yeah, use the spreads at DraftKings. If you go six for six, you don't have to use any money. We're saying give us your six picks and if you go six or six, we'll send you a Kavino Enrich Nerf football for being a gambler.
Danny G
I'll throw more in there than a Nerf football. If you go six for six.
Steve Covino
Yeah, it's a prize pack.
Danny G
I'll make it a big prize pack.
Steve Covino
Some koozies. You know, we have a mini a Lowen Cron calendar, Turbo football, nudie calendar.
Isaac Sam
Right?
Steve Covino
Yeah, we have all kinds of stuff.
Rich Davis
So the update swimsuit calendar.
Steve Covino
Him. Him.
Rich Davis
Damn buyer. Muncie and low and crown looks great.
Ilo
People don't know this, but to Sager has a secret six pack.
Steve Covino
Crprisesmail.com Honestly, the more the merrier. If you go six for six, we will hook it up. Crprises mail.com One one rando question and we'll.
Rich Davis
Danny, we're going to get to a game and have a lot of fun. So it's all good.
Danny G
Yeah. If you want to get a head start right now to be a contestant for brainwave, dial, let's do it.
Rich Davis
87799 on Fox. My one question is, do you put any stock whatsoever into the fact that one of the Rams losses was at Carolina? I know it's week 13. We're talking like a month or, you know, more than a month ago, but is there a part of you that's like, well, that does subconsciously give maybe the Panthers a little bit of confidence. Maybe the matchup isn't as lopsided as.
Steve Covino
That'S the only difference that it might give a little more.
Rich Davis
I'm just trying to find a way to make. Trying to find a way to make this game a little more in my own minds.
Steve Covino
Like, you know, maybe it obviously doesn't determine any sort of outcome, but yeah, it gives them something to rally around. Like, hey, we've done it before.
Rich Davis
We've done this. It's not possible.
Ilo
Yeah.
Danny G
Yeah.
Steve Covino
So it makes it feel possible. So that's, that's the only edge there.
Rich Davis
So brainwaves want to play next?
Steve Covino
Let's do it.
Rich Davis
I'm excited. If you want in, all you have to do is match us buffoons in the studio and you'll win a prize.
Steve Covino
It's all multiple choice. And again, this is your chance right now to win a CNR on FSR nerf football turbo ball 8799 on Fox. If you want to play Brain Wave, we do it next right here. Cavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.
Rich Davis
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Steve Covino
It might move. Yeah. So the picture stays clean. From kickoff to the final drive, it's so clear you can almost smell the fresh cut grass.
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Rich Davis
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Rich Davis
That's right, you can now watch the Odd couple live on YouTube every day.
Rob Parker
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Danny G
YouTube.
Rob Parker
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Steve Covino
Is John Harbaugh insane in the membrane? I think he's going crazy with his demands. Or does he deserve it? We're Covino and Rich. I'm Steve Covino. The real one. You know, the funky feel one. And that's Rich Davis.
Rich Davis
Oh, dude, I'm so encouraged by. I'm sorry, I know we're about to play a game, but I just saw a video of Trent Williams, Big Trent Williams moving down really well at practice. Looks like he is a go against the Eagles on Saturday.
Steve Covino
So that's big.
Rich Davis
Oh, that's a big one. And they're saying Pierce Hall's feeling okay. And they're showing, showing Fred Warner doing sprints, saying if the Niners somehow get past the Eagles.
Danny G
Yeah, he's doing little drills off to the side on his own.
Steve Covino
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Danny G
Whoa.
Brainwave Host
Do Cavino and Rich really share the same brain?
Rich Davis
Doris Day, Rich, Shannon, Johnny Rain.
Brainwave Host
Is their crew not far behind.
Ilo
We're one.
Brainwave Host
Welcome to Brain Wave.
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Try to make sense of the brain.
Brainwave Host
It's easy. We drop fun sports, music, and entertainment questions. And if you match with enough of these bosas, you win.
Rich Davis
I love that.
Brainwave Host
On the count of three, reveal Brainwave.
Rich Davis
Whoa. One, two, three.
Steve Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Ilo
You guys are on the same wavelength right now.
Danny G
All right. Happy Friday.
Rich Davis
Hey, Danny, you want to hear a fun fact? You know how the beginning of Brain Wave, the intro you made where we're singing along to we didn't start the fire?
Danny G
Yeah.
Rich Davis
You know, Brigitte Bardot passed away at 91. There are 59 names that Billy Joel names in that song, and only three people are still alive. Of the. Of the 59, which are.
Danny G
Oh, you're gonna give us the.
Rich Davis
Yeah, I think it's good. Bar trivia, Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, and Bernie Getz. Other than that, think about it. Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, all those, they're all dead.
Steve Covino
You know, I actually used a urinal one next to Chubby Checker. And for the record, he didn't even take a peek. Swear. Swear.
Ilo
So he didn't. He didn't do the twist.
Steve Covino
He didn't do the twist or Check.
Danny G
Oh, boy.
Rich Davis
Chubby Checker. Oh, my God.
Steve Covino
But it's not even just a bad pun. A true story.
Isaac Sam
Hey, what kind of watch are you wearing? Let me take a look.
Danny G
All right. The questions in this game are all subjective. You just need to try and match the brain of C and R and the crew. We're gonna get our contestant from the studio line right now. To see who's playing for cnr nerf football, and then we'll explain how the game goes. Ilo. I will use you for this. Would you love to travel to beautiful Gig Harbor, Washington? Omaha, Nebraska. Winter Park, Florida. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Boise, Idaho, or Indy?
Ilo
I'm actually gonna go with Gig Harbor, Washington.
Isaac Sam
Cool name.
Ilo
Please don't make me regret it.
Danny G
Brian.
Rich Davis
What's up, Brian? Let's go. No regrets. Isaac.
Ilo
Attabe.
Steve Covino
Attabab, Brian.
Danny G
All right, here's how the game works. I have five rounds ready to go. Our contestant needs to win two of them to be the champ and walk away with that football. I'm going to ask questions and give three debatable answers to choose from. The six of us in studio are going to write down our answers on these dry erase boards for our YouTube channel. And then on the count of three, Brian, you got to wait till we count to three for you. You shout out your answer. You have to match with four of us to win the round. Or no matter your answer, if all six of us in studio happen to match, you get the point automatically. All right, everybody ready? Get your dry erase boards ready. Okay, we're gonna start round one with sports. Which of these games is the most intriguing wild card matchup this weekend? Packers, Bears, Bills, Jags, or Niners Eagles? The most intriguing.
Steve Covino
Packers, Bears, Niners, Eagles. What was the third one he said?
Rich Davis
Bills, Jags.
Steve Covino
Bills, Jags.
Danny G
Oh, man. Yeah. Tough, right?
Steve Covino
It's really tough.
Rich Davis
Everybody locked in?
Danny G
Yeah, locked in. Brian, we need your answer on the count of three. One, two, three.
Rich Davis
Packers, Bears. It's got to be.
Danny G
Okay. We're going to start with Mr. Steve Covino.
Steve Covino
I said niners, Eagles for so many reasons. I also said Rich is a chubby checker. Niners, Eagles. You got one. Former champions. You got the 49ers. Where do they stand coming off a bad loss? They got players coming back. I don't know, man. It's an intriguing matchup.
Rich Davis
Yeah. I mean, even though I just talked about big Trent Williams, Williams and pearsall, and I'm a niners fan, I refuse to give the homer pick.
Steve Covino
Yeah, but we talk about that so.
Rich Davis
Much, I didn't want to give the homer pick because I think the real answer and, dude, I'm so sorry, Brian. I think Bill's Jags. Josh Allen versus the hottest team.
Danny G
Two buzzers there. Two actions. All right, we go to ilo.
Ilo
That's right.
Rich Davis
Oh, I love poop. That's. No, I can't see it. Oh, Packers, Bears.
Isaac Sam
He matched that's one on the.
Danny G
Got a match. One match.
Isaac Sam
He needs to go three zero down the stretch here.
Danny G
All right, Spotty, is somebody on the chat playing for you?
Spot
Yes, I'm playing for K. Rain 19.
Steve Covino
All right.
Spot
He said Bill's Jags. And I said, Rich has never had a quote. Chubby.
Ilo
You guys are.
Rich Davis
You guys are hilarious.
Danny G
So math. Mathematically, that means Brian loses that run. I also said Pac in Chicago, so I bet matched with them.
Isaac Sam
I'm a Packer fan. But the most intriguing game, hands down, is Bill's Jags. Come on.
Danny G
It's a close second. But the rivalry. I know they are between Green Bay and Chicago.
Isaac Sam
I don't think Green Bay is.
Rich Davis
You know, it's. Why? It's a great question, Brian. You got plenty of chances.
Steve Covino
We weren't on the same brainwave. That's the point of the game.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Danny G
Okay, round two. Let's go to music. Which of these Eminem hits was the most enjoyable song to hear on the radio?
Rich Davis
Good. Good question.
Danny G
Not Afraid without me or Stan. Which of these Eminem hits was the most enjoyable when it came on the radio? Not Afraid without me or Stan. We're gonna write our answers down.
Rich Davis
You want to sing. You want to sing each of them.
Isaac Sam
And is running out of ink.
Steve Covino
Okay, Sam, that sounds personal. It's from all those autographs you're signing. You know, Ned Sheeran, he's just signing boobs left and right.
Danny G
We're gonna go.
Rich Davis
He's Ned Sheeran.
Danny G
We're gonna go hear Brian's answer right now. On the count of three, B. 1, 2, 3. Not afraid, not afraid, he says. Okay, we're gonna go in reverse order this time, so starting with you, Iowa. Ed.
Isaac Sam
All right, well, maybe this is just my favorite Eminem song of those three. I said without me.
Steve Covino
And I think.
Isaac Sam
Was that the big. I think that was the biggest hit of those.
Steve Covino
Iosam. The key word was most enjoyable.
Isaac Sam
Yeah, I did enjoy without.
Danny G
You know what, at my hip hop station back when this was out, we played it 50 times a week. I loved it every time it came on. Stan.
Rich Davis
Oh, great song.
Isaac Sam
What was our.
Steve Covino
Yo, that song. Danny G. That song gave me chills, especially when I first heard it and I saw the video and everything else, but the most enjoyable. That's where I'm confused on this.
Ilo
That's the key, right, Spotty?
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Spot
K. Rain chimed in with Stan. Yeah, I thought it was a good song. I had Dido on it.
Steve Covino
It's a great song. Yeah.
Danny G
Brian, Sam wants you to remind him your answer.
Rich Davis
Stan. Let's go with Stan.
Steve Covino
No, no, that's not our.
Danny G
Okay.
Isaac Sam
All right. I'm just trying to keep track so far.
Rich Davis
Yeah, I love what you got. Suck it, Trebek. Oh, without me.
Steve Covino
Without me.
Danny G
Ah, so he's mathematically out of that.
Rich Davis
You know what choice? Isaac Cavino and I both also put down without me.
Steve Covino
As much as I like Stan, his wife is in the trunk being murdered. I don't know if that's enjoyable.
Ilo
I forgot about that part.
Rich Davis
And Brian, Brian, I. I listened to the wordage and the verbiage of the question, meaning most enjoyable. Without me was like a fun radio song. I think Not Afraid might be the best of those three songs. But Brian, it wasn't on the radio as much. And it's not as. It's more of a pump up song.
Ilo
Right.
Rich Davis
I don't know.
Steve Covino
For conversation's sake, I think Lose Yourself is the best song.
Danny G
Yeah, that's a runaway. That's why I didn't put that.
Steve Covino
Made it obvious.
Rich Davis
Right?
Danny G
All right, we go to round three right now.
Rich Davis
I am not having great success here.
Danny G
I think you could rip off a couple in a row here. Let's go to the entertainment category. Which of these is the better first date idea? Oh, mini golf, dessert and coffee with a view or a food truck festival.
Rich Davis
I love Danny's question.
Danny G
There's a lot of debate on these three answers online.
Steve Covino
First date.
Rich Davis
Can you repeat that question again?
Danny G
Which of these is the. Which of these is the better first date? Mini golf, dessert and coffee with a view or a food truck festival.
Steve Covino
Okay. Nowadays for adults.
Danny G
Yeah. All right, Think about it. We're all gonna write our answers down.
Isaac Sam
What if it's dessert and coffee without a view?
Rich Davis
You're looking at a wall.
Danny G
It's not one of the choices.
Isaac Sam
All right.
Rich Davis
All right.
Danny G
Everybody locked in?
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Ilo
Yeah.
Rich Davis
Yep.
Danny G
All right, Brian, on the count of three. One, two, three.
Rich Davis
Let's go mini golf.
Danny G
He says mini golf. What say you, Covino?
Steve Covino
If it was my high school daughter, I'd say mini golf. And I mean that. I think it's a great first date. For younger people. I'd say dessert and coffee with a view.
Danny G
Was your back hurt when you go golfing, Brian?
Steve Covino
I'm with you.
Rich Davis
Mini golf, bro. All day. Mini golf. Mini golf. You know why? Because it's. You get to adult. You get to walk around casually talk, play mini golf. Maybe get behind her like your Chubbs Peterson and be like, it's all in the hips. It's all in the hips.
Steve Covino
So you got one.
Ilo
But.
Rich Davis
But I'm saying I. What you're saying, Camino, is you're jumping right to dessert.
Steve Covino
Dessert and coffee. Sounds harmless. You're getting to talk and know somebody with a view. It sounds a little cool.
Spot
When has Kavino ever been into foreplay?
Rich Davis
That's true.
Danny G
Oh, boy. Hey.
Spot
Oh, that was a. That was like a triple entendre.
Danny G
Ilo, what's the good.
Rich Davis
Help? I need dude wipes. Oh. At the bottom, he wrote food truck.
Steve Covino
Food truck. Food truck.
Spot
At a food truck festival, you will need dude wipes.
Danny G
What about you, Spotty Kade.
Spot
And I agree with him. Did go with mini golf.
Rich Davis
You want something fun. You want to, like.
Spot
You want to have, like, a vibe. You get physical. You can nudge up against each other.
Rich Davis
Going to golf and stuff.
Danny G
Yeah.
Steve Covino
Daniel LaRusso in high school.
Isaac Sam
Score check.
Ilo
What?
Isaac Sam
Where are we at here?
Ilo
I had a crush on Elizabeth Chu, by the way.
Danny G
He's still in this.
Spot
It's two. Yeah, it's.
Danny G
It's two.
Steve Covino
He's got two, Danny.
Danny G
All right, but I agree with Ilo. I actually took a girl here for a first date, one of those food truck crawls, and it was fun. It was. It was a really good thing. All the time. No, you just nibble at, you know, things.
Steve Covino
That's expensive, though, man.
Rich Davis
Danny the nibbler.
Danny G
Nibble on the neck in the air. Danny.
Isaac Sam
If you had picked mini golf, then he would have had a winner.
Rich Davis
That's because of what I picked.
Steve Covino
So close.
Danny G
All right, well, we have two remaining categories, so you got to go undefeated here, B. All right.
Rich Davis
Oh, boy.
Danny G
Let's go back. Let's go back to sports. Which of these NFL teams has the most attractive head coach opening? The Giants. The Raiders or the Falcons? Which of those NFL teams has the most attractive head coaching opening the Giants, The Raiders or the Falcons? Okay, we're all writing down our answers.
Steve Covino
Man, that's tough.
Danny G
It is.
Steve Covino
That's a good one. That's a really, really good one.
Ilo
Now what? You.
Rich Davis
Here you go, guys.
Danny G
Locked in.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Ilo
Yeah. Yep.
Danny G
1, 2, 3, B. Right?
Ilo
Let's go. Raiders.
Danny G
You're gonna say Raiders. Okay. What do you say, Iowa? Sam?
Isaac Sam
Oh, my goodness. I said the Giants.
Danny G
Yeah, that is. That's a good answer. And I would have said that, except I feel like with the Raiders, you get to pick your own qb, so I said the Raiders. That's one point for you.
Ilo
Spot.
Danny G
K. Rain.
Spot
Falcons.
Danny G
Atlanta.
Ilo
What?
Danny G
Ilo.
Ilo
It's obvious, and it's not even close. Come on, now.
Rich Davis
Giants.
Steve Covino
Giants.
Rich Davis
I'm with you. I wrote Raiders. Because I thought Danny G would automatically say Raiders. I figured I'd say Raiders. So I'm getting your back, Brian.
Steve Covino
Raiders has so much upside, but the Giants have their quarterback. They got Scatterboo. It's New York.
Ilo
Thank you.
Steve Covino
It's the giants and like 93 young.
Ilo
Blue chip pass rushers.
Steve Covino
Oh, my God. We are not on the brain wave today.
Danny G
Scatterboo and Dart are both going to have early CTE though.
Rich Davis
Here's what we're going to. Here's what we're going to do. We're going to play the final round of this and even though Brian's out, I'm going to be feeling. I'm feeling good. It's wild card weekend. If Brian matches the final round, I think we give him a prize because he's been a good sport.
Danny G
All right, we have to do that after the update.
Rich Davis
We'll do that coming up. And weekend hobnobbin. But ilo. Sorry we're running late. I don't get an update here.
Ilo
Don't have to apologize to me, guys. NFL media reports the Tennessee Titans going to interview former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel for their head coaching job. Dolphins meanwhile, finalizing a deal to hire Green Bay packers vice president of player personnel John Eric Sullivan as their new general manager. The bal Baltimore Ravens today completed an interview with former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski for their head coaching job in the NBA. ESPN reports the Memphis Grizzlies are entertaining trade offers for two time all star Ja Morant. And the Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis has sustained ligament damage in his left hand and depending on whether surgery is needed, could miss a number of months in college football. The NCAA today denied Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss waiver request for a sixth year of eligibility. However, Ole Miss can still app. Finally, guys, it's pop quiz time for the two of you. Coming up tonight from Atlanta, of course, the second college football playoff semifinal between Indiana and Oregon. And beginning to trend right now, the concession prices at Mercedes Benz Stadium. So I'm going to throw out an item. I want each of you to guess the price. Popcorn tonight.
Rich Davis
Hold on, hold on.
Isaac Sam
Can we do this the right way?
Steve Covino
Pop quiz.
Rich Davis
Hot shot.
Danny G
There we go.
Spot
Thank you.
Ilo
Popcorn.
Rich Davis
Popcorn is $6.
Steve Covino
Cavino, $8.
Ilo
$2.
Rich Davis
Hot dogs $2. Cavino, $1.50.
Ilo
$2. And finally, a regular beer. How much does that go for tonight?
Rich Davis
$2.
Steve Covino
$4.
Ilo
$5. People are raving about how affordable and reasonable the concession prices are tonight at Mercedes Benz Stadium.
Isaac Sam
They're known for that now, aren't they?
Rich Davis
Yeah, they are.
Isaac Sam
Just for them.
Steve Covino
That's great to hear.
Rich Davis
Well, hey listen, coming up we do have the conclusion of brainwave and we'll do some weekend hobn CNR next.
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Ilo
Today's Friday.
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Steve Covino
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Steve Covino
It's time for the tire rack.
Danny G
That's my belly.
Rich Davis
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Steve Covino
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Danny G
A year ago he couldn't even move his arm.
Steve Covino
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Rich Davis
You see that viral clip of Lane Kiffin talking smack about Carson Beck floating around social media?
Danny G
Yeah. About the his nil money.
Rich Davis
Yeah, like he didn't deserve it. Like. Okay, all right. What do we want to get back to the conclusion of this game or what?
Danny G
Yes. Let's get Brian from hobbing.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Danny G
Yes, sir. All right, really quick here, B. We're gonna finish with Sports. And Bri is gonna sit in for Ilo here.
Rich Davis
Okay? Here we go.
Steve Covino
All right.
Rich Davis
Great.
Danny G
Okay.
Ilo
Hi, Bri.
Steve Covino
Hi, Bri.
Danny G
If we were rocking our team's jersey and being a loudmouth in the opposing stadium, who would be in the most danger? Rich in Philly, me. Danny G in Kansas City, or Covino chairing his Yankees in Boston? Rich in Philly, me in Kansas City or Covino in Boston? Boston.
Steve Covino
Now, this is for all the Tostitos, right?
Danny G
We're all writing our answers.
Steve Covino
I think there's a good one. I think we got it.
Rich Davis
Yeah, Brian.
Danny G
Okay, Brian, your answer. One, two, three.
Rich Davis
Kobino. Gotta be Boston.
Danny G
All right.
Rich Davis
We tried so hard for you, Brian. We tried so hard.
Isaac Sam
Hold on. I don't know what your answers are, but we all have this this week.
Steve Covino
Well, the same one.
Rich Davis
All right, all right.
Steve Covino
Covino, Rich in Philly. You kidding me? He would get destroyed.
Rich Davis
I mean, I'm scared to go to Philly.
Danny G
Bri, what did you did?
Rich Davis
Smacky talk this week? Bri said, me and Philly, if all.
Danny G
Six of us match though, he still can win.
Spot
Oh, that's true.
Rich Davis
Spotty.
Spot
Rich and Philly.
Steve Covino
Go Birds.
Danny G
Yeah, I said Rich and Philly, Sam.
Steve Covino
Rich and Philly. That's the first time you win by a.
Danny G
That's almost as impressive as going 0 for 6 in a parlay.
Steve Covino
So he wins because we were all on the same brainwave. Except for you. Thank you, Brian. Hey, Brian, you won. Courtesy of us.
Isaac Sam
You know what that's like? It's like the jets not having any interceptions all year. It somehow happened. It somehow happened.
Rich Davis
Congratulations.
Steve Covino
Yo, Brian, congrats.
Rich Davis
You won, dude. And. And being Philly is like. Yeah, he's so bad.
Spot
He's good.
Danny G
And it's time for Hobnobby.
Rich Davis
All right, let's do this week living for the weekend.
Brainwave Host
You're winning bets for talking points. If you get stuck socializing, you ever done anything dangerous?
Steve Covino
You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Rich Davis
That is dangerous.
Brainwave Host
Friday brings us weekend Hobnob.
Rich Davis
Not only the hate I've showed Philly for the Niners this week. I'm a Mets fan, so when I go, I'm talking Eagles and Phillies. Yo, I love you, but I feel like I'm. Now I'm scared of Philly.
Ilo
Jesus.
Rich Davis
What are you watching, buddy boy?
Steve Covino
We spent the whole segment yesterday on reality tv. I gotta kick off with traders on Peacock because the new season is causing so much buzz. It's not my thing, but when my girlfriend's watching it, I can't help but not get wrapped in. Michael Rappaport talking smack traders on Peacock. Also Spartacus House of Asher on stars. Spartacus is back. Marty supreme in theaters with Timothee Chalamet. I'm hearing great things and over promised episode 123. We talked Fernando Mendoza and social media. That's our bonus pod on Covino and Rich FSR right now.
Rich Davis
Besides football tonight, college NFL wild card over the weekend. Guys, the only thing I could really think of is all her fault on Peacock is like a wild drama beast and me on Netflix and great comedy. Segura, Chappelle, Ricky, Gervais, anything.
Ilo
Danny.
Danny G
Will you guys finally watch Landman, please?
Rich Davis
I'm more of an ass man.
Rob Parker
Sorry.
Danny G
You are lagging big time, Landman.
Rich Davis
It is spotty. Anything or what?
Spot
We good?
Rich Davis
We going home.
Steve Covino
Sam?
Rich Davis
Anyone?
Steve Covino
Nothing?
Rich Davis
All right. Go 49ers. Sorry, Philly. I'll rib it there to you, baby.
Steve Covino
See you in the Promise.
Rich Davis
Go down and enjoy your foosball.
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Date: January 10, 2026
Hosts: Steve Covino, Rich Davis, Danny G, Isaac Sam, Spot
Platform: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
This lively episode of Covino & Rich ("C&R") blends sports debate, pop culture, and relatable parenting moments with the signature chemistry and humor of the C&R crew. The main discussion orbits around NFL playoff storylines, "rich in demand" as a parent coach, and the playful “Brainwave” game segment that taps into sports, music, and entertainment opinions. Warm banter, audience interaction, and classic sports radio energy make for a fun, engaging two hours.
(03:59 – 08:53)
Rich Davis as “the John Harbaugh” of Community Coaching:
Navigating Rejecting Requests:
Changing Landscape of Youth Sports:
Parent Dilemmas in the Age of Streaming:
(10:07 – 15:54)
Which Team Without a Super Bowl Win Deserves It Most?
San Diego/LA Chargers Fan Suffering:
Playoff Game Matchups & Parlay Contest:
(22:16 – 40:49)
“Which Wild Card Game is Most Intriguing?”
Most Enjoyable Eminem Song on Radio?
Best First Date Idea:
Most Attractive NFL Head Coach Opening:
Most Dangerous Place to Be a Loudmouth Visiting Fan?
(41:06 – End)
Covino:
Rich:
Danny G:
Playful shot at Philly sports fans:
“Are you like the hot chick turning down dates?” — Steve Covino, 04:19
“Kids aren't lazy—they just don't run amok like we used to.” — Rich Davis, 05:01
“If I feel like you overlooked my kid... might tarnish your reputation as the John Harbaugh of the league.” — Covino, 09:12
“If it's not my team ... good for them.” (On Bills winning a Super Bowl) — Rich, 12:03
“As much as I like Stan... his wife is in the trunk being murdered. I don't know if that's enjoyable.” — Covino, 29:39
“Mini golf, bro. All day. ...walk around, talk...” — Rich Davis, 31:20
“Raiders have so much upside, but the Giants have their quarterback... it's New York.” — Covino, 34:12
“Rich in Philly? He would get destroyed.” — Covino on dangerous away fan situations, 39:53
This episode captures the C&R crew’s signature blend of sports fanaticism, cultural commentary, and comedic relatability. Highlights include relatable parenting scenarios, lively NFL playoff talk, banter-filled game segments, and recommendations to make your own weekend “big game ready.” If you like your sports talk with laughs (and the occasional roast of Philly), this is a can’t-miss session.
Quick Listen Guide
“You want something fun... you want to have a vibe.”
— *Spot, on first dates and the C&R philosophy