C&R - Thursday NFL Fix, Shaq, Mr. Freeze

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show: C&R – Thursday NFL Fix, Shaq, Mr. Freeze

Date: November 12, 2025
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Hosts: Steve Covino, Rich Davis, Dan Byer
Episode Focus: A raucous roundtable on the state of Thursday Night Football, failed sports experiments, and a visit from "Shaq Diesel" for basketball trivia, capped with an amusing look at the job of Atlanta Braves’ “Mr. Freeze.”

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Episode Overview

This episode blends sharp sports critique, comedic digressions, and lively audience participation, anchored around three major themes:

• A passionate debate on the NFL’s Thursday Night Football schedule and its broader implications.
• A playful examination of “failed experiments” in sports, both on and off the field.
• Special guest bit: Shaquille O’Neal (“Shaq Diesel”) joins for sports trivia, leading to laughs and friendly competition.
• Odd job of the week: The Atlanta Braves’ search for a new “Mr. Freeze,” sparking a discussion about the quirks and compensation in unusual sports gigs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Thursday Night Football: Is It Broken?

[05:26–13:22, 17:03–20:09]

• Jon Gruden’s Critique: Gruden’s call to “dump” Thursday night games over a lack of preparation and player welfare was played and roundly discussed.
  • Steve Covino: “We’re getting a...watered down product on Thursday night. And it’s been showing lately. All the primetime games lately have been weak.” [05:49]
  • Rich Davis: “Is more always better? No, like if I said, hey, you’re gonna get more pizza, but it’s like trash pizza...”
• ’Peeps Theory’ & Over-saturation: Covino and Rich compare the glut of NFL games to holiday treats losing their luster when available all year.
  • Rich Davis: “When they started putting them out for every holiday...Peeps suck!” [06:37]
• Listener Solutions: Callers propose fixes, like only scheduling Thursday games after teams’ bye weeks or restricting them to playoff teams—solutions the hosts argue are stymied by the realities (and algorithms) of NFL scheduling.
  • Dan Byer: “Now, there are a lot of computers that will print out...different schedules.” [10:22]
  • Rich Davis: “Damn AI taking our jobs.” [11:02]
• Wear-and-Tear Reality: Hosts note that as the NFL season progresses, short rest exacerbates injuries and weak competition, especially visible by midseason.
  • Steve Covino: “There’s mileage by week 11...your Thursday night product is going to suffer a little bit.” [17:18]

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2. Failed Sports Experiments: What Didn’t Work?

[13:09–16:39, 26:48–29:04, 43:57–44:59]

• NBA In-Season Tournament: The group is unconvinced by the NBA’s new format, debating if it’s become a fixture or will be quietly dropped.
  • Rich Davis: “It has a soccer vibe to it...are we gonna look back and be like hey, remember those like four years...?” [13:22]
  • Steve Covino: “For me, personally, it gives me no excitement. Not really.” [13:09]
• All-Star Game Troubles: The perpetual tweaking of All-Star formats across leagues is seen as a symptom of sports organizations searching for relevance and engagement.
  • Rich Davis: “They’re trying to figure out what will stick because it just seems like it hasn’t.” [16:39]
• Baseball Broadcast Gimmicks: Faint strike zones during playoffs, the pitch clock display, and their disappearance in postseason coverage are cited as learning experiments for networks and MLB.
  • Rich Davis: “I liked the faint little strike zone...you could sort of see but it wasn’t a distinct...square.” [08:39]
• Other Misses:
  • The “Jack FM” radio shuffle format: “You don’t want to listen to someone else’s iPod on shuffle.” [15:22]
  • Alternative football leagues (XFL, USFL, etc.): “It just doesn’t ever work. And I don’t think it ever will.” [16:10]
  • Notable in-sport oddities: White Sox shorts uniforms, Carl Malone joining the Lakers, and the Baller Brand sneaker.
• Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football: Postmodern snark didn’t land.
  • Steve Covino: “It was just a personality clash. His snarky attitude didn’t vibe with the casual...NFL fan.” [44:46]

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3. Whack Diesel: Shaq Stops By for Basketball Trivia

[28:16–34:59]

• Shaq Diesel Introduction: The hosts and listeners compete in a Shaquille O’Neal-themed trivia game, with “Shaq” (the hosts’ exaggerated impression, in full Shaq persona) reading the questions.
  • Memorable Quotes:
    • Shaq (Covino): “How many different teams did I play for in my stellar career?” [31:16]
    • Shaq: “Actually, I look good in everything.” [31:44]
    • Rich Davis (to Shaq): “Do you feel the same way about the women [in San Antonio] as Charles Barkley does?” – “He’s right. He’s right about that.” [33:34–33:40]
  • Winners: Dan Byer clinches the trivia game, crowning himself “unstoppable.” [34:26]
  • Highlight: Banter throughout is quick, irreverent, much in the style of Shaq’s TV persona—complete with running jokes about “Wemby,” Michael Jordan’s baseball career, and even Mr. Freeze.

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4. Odd Jobs in Sports: The Search for Mr. Freeze

[44:59–51:33]

• Background: Atlanta Braves are seeking a new “Mr. Freeze,” the body-suited speedster who races fans during games.
  • Steve Covino: “It’s very rare that someone beats Mr. Freeze. But that’s exactly what it is...some goofy fan gets a head start...Mr. Freeze goes flying by him.” [45:50]
• The Pay Debate: The hosts speculate, half-seriously, that Mr. Freeze could earn $250–$625 per game for minimal work but maximum commitment.
  • Rich Davis: “If they pay him $250 a game, that’s $20,000 for the baseball season. Is that way too little...?” [49:18]
• Notable Moment:
  • Nicknames abound: “Is that why you’re at the sausage fest and everybody make some noise for Mr. Cheese?” [51:01]
  • Rich Davis: “You have to warm up...We can never go out for dinner because I guess I’m at 81 Braves games.” [50:17]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “We’re witnessing a failed experiment that’s going to continue.” – Steve Covino [07:46]
• “You like your iPod on shuffle. You don’t like anyone else’s.” – Steve Covino on Jack FM [15:22]
• “We are seasonally conditioned to be like, I like football from...August, September until February. Then I like basketball and baseball and hockey.” – Rich Davis [16:10]
• “The only person who really motivate you is you.” – Shaq (in character) [32:44]
• “Bad product, but we’re still watching—because it’s football and there’s nothing better on Thursday nights.” – Steve Covino [16:52]

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Major Segments & Timestamps

• Thursday Night Football Debate & Jon Gruden’s Comments:
  [05:26–13:22]
• “Failed Experiments” in Sports Analysis:
  [13:09–16:39; 26:48–29:04; 43:57–44:59]
• Listener Calls: Fixing TNF, AI Scheduling:
  [09:16–12:53]
• Shaq Diesel Trivia Segment:
  [28:16–34:59]
• Atlanta Braves’ Mr. Freeze Discussion:
  [44:59–51:33]

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Tone & Atmosphere

Fast-paced, irreverent, and energetic, with friendly ribbing and pop-culture analogies. The dialogue is packed with references to classic sports blunders, unexpected pivots to absurd analogies, and moments of “locker room” humor. Listener calls and inside jokes provide a clubhouse feel, accessible even to new listeners.

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For New Listeners: What To Expect

• Football and basketball fans: Expect honest, unfiltered takes.
• Lovers of sports nostalgia: The hosts dredge up past misfires with a mix of affection and ridicule.
• Fans of sports radio games: The Shaq segment delivers both trivia and comedic impersonation.
• Those curious about the intersection of sports and odd entertainment jobs: The Mr. Freeze discussion blends sports fandom with the reality of offbeat gig work.

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End of Summary.

Transcript

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[Rich Davis]

Hey, Leonardo DiCaprio is 51 today. What, you think he's gonna start dating women in their 30s or what?

[Steve Covino]

I think he went up one year, so 26 is now his limit.

[Rich Davis]

Okay.

[Steve Covino]

All right, we be rocking out. Let's go. Happy birthday, Leo, and thank you guys for hanging out with us. Everything at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio Enrich. Before we talk about this John Gruden story and Thursday Night Football, can I remind everyone to set their DVR tonight because your boys representing. Represent. Represent Zen. I'm on a new show. Season two. New series or new season, I should say new season of Mysteries Unearthed on the History Channel, hosted by Danny Trejo, Machete Covino, Zabato Loco forever.

[Rich Davis]

I'm not sorry. I'm watching Pluribus on Apple tv. Sorry, pal.

[Steve Covino]

No, bro. Mysteries Unearthed. I'll be on there. I'll be on there looking all bloated and hungover. So please. Sweet. Check out the show on the history channel tonight, 10pm Eastern, Mysteries on Earth with Danny Trejo and Steve Covino. How about that?

[Rich Davis]

I think it was it. Was it you or Danny? Someone sent me. Speaking of Leonardo DiCaprio's 51 today, did you see that his yacht in the French Riviera was actually the only people responding to some SOS call. So some little dude gets picked up by Leo and it just. It's a yacht of ass.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. So he went from. Someone went from, like, dying, you know, drowning in an ocean to partying with hot shrieks.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, so it's like. It's like when Harry and Lloyd got pulled over by that. That bus of women and dumb and dumber.

[Steve Covino]

How cool is that? So, Jon Gruden, we got to get to this because we got Shaq Diesel, Whack Diesel waiting in the lobby to give away some prizes. We're going to do some trivia here on the show this hour. He said some things about Thursday Night Football and if you missed it, hit it, Sam.

[Dan Byer]

Let's start with Thursday Night Football. Man, what a treat it is.

[Steve Covino]

No preparation, no time to recover, no chance.

[Dan Byer]

Get rid of these Thursday night games. Dump them. It's not fair to the players, it's.

[Rich Davis]

Not fair to the coaches who goes.

[Dan Byer]

Out and tries to perform at a high level with no preparation. Dump these games.

[Steve Covino]

It'll never happen. But he does make a solid point. And as a result, like I said, we're getting an over, I don't want to say an oversaturated football season, but definitely a watered down product on Thursday night. And it's been showing lately. All the primetime games lately have been weak because we're not getting enough preparation, not enough rest. And it just doesn't feel big. It feels weak.

[Rich Davis]

It's more always better. No, like if I said, hey, you're gonna get more pizza, but it's like trash pizza. If I said, yo, you're gonna get more lovin, but it's not like quality, it's like lazy, rich, don't.

[Steve Covino]

I call this the peeps theory, bro. The peeps theory.

[Rich Davis]

You nailed it. When we were kids, every Easter you look forward to getting that little package of peeps from the Easter bunny.

[Steve Covino]

Easter bunny would bring you peeps, yellow ones, blue ones, pink ones. But it was once a year and you'd look forward to them when they started putting them out for every holiday and all the time and easily available, you know, Peeps suck. I used to call it the wizard of Oz theory. Do you remember around Thanksgiving time they'd air the wizard of Oz and it was like a big deal and you sit there with the whole family because it was a special moment. Then they started airing it all the time. And it's not as special, it's just not as good. That's just how it is. I don't know why. Supply and demand, I don't know. But the less of it, the more you want it. And football seems to be almost a little too much. Not complaining, just explaining what Jon Gruden's saying here. And as a result, with recovery time, we're not getting the product that, that we're supposed to when it comes to the NFL.

[Rich Davis]

And if you're wondering, did we just make an analogy using peep sex, Thursday night football and the wizard of Oz? You're damn right we did.

[Steve Covino]

And we just made the baba ganoush.

[Dan Byer]

Boom.

[Rich Davis]

So any other rules or I guess you would say changes that didn't work in sports, in life where you're like, yeah, that just didn't work.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, we're witnessing a failed experiment that hopefully they can improve on. I don't know how. I don't know how you speed up recovery or make it better. That's for them to figure out. It's not my job. But we're witnessing a failed experiment that's going to continue. What are some other ones that come to mind that maybe went away? 877-99-FOX.

[Rich Davis]

You know, Cove people on hold. They're saying they know how to fix Thursday night football. But let me hit you up with one more.

[Steve Covino]

Sure.

[Rich Davis]

I think during the playoffs now, you might say, you might say, oh, that was a strategic move by, by Fox and tbs. Have you noticed that during the postseason they really made that X strike zone so faintly light? Like, I feel like it's not our job to be the at home umpire. You follow what I'm saying?

[Steve Covino]

Like during the regular season, you think it's too light?

[Rich Davis]

No, I liked it.

[Steve Covino]

I liked it, too.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. I think during the regular season they realized, like, listen, we're not supposed to be at home umpires where every pitch we see if the umpire just got it right or not. Like, I like the faint little strike zone where, where you could sort of see but it wasn't a distinct, like bordered square.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. The failed experiment being like too much of that. Then he got a chance.

[Rich Davis]

No, you didn't see in the postseason the pitch clock countdown because you don't want to be reminded of these things, but you want them to be there. So I think that's what baseball learned this year. Like, the rules are good. You just don't need to show us.

[Steve Covino]

Failed experiments. Let's go to the phones. What do you think about Thursday night football? How do we fix it? We got lots of phone calls. Now's your time to call at 87799 on Fox. And of course at Covino and Rich. You want to start in Seattle? Want to ski daddle to Seattle?

[Rich Davis]

Let's ski daddle to Seattle.

[Steve Covino]

With who? Steve, what's up?

[Rich Davis]

Oh, hello, Steve.

[Steve Covino]

Steve Largent. What's up, buddy?

[Rich Davis]

Hey, guys. Everything's great here with the exciting Seahawks. And I just, I don't know, I.

[Dan Byer]

Suspect that this has been really analyzed.

[Rich Davis]

But it seems like this, there's such.

[Dan Byer]

An obvious fix to this and that.

[Rich Davis]

Is to not start the Thursday night.

[Dan Byer]

Games until a few weeks in the.

[Rich Davis]

Season when the buys start.

[Dan Byer]

And then from that point on you.

[Rich Davis]

Only contest the Thursday night games between.

[Steve Covino]

Two teams that have been on a.

[Rich Davis]

Buy the prior week. And you know what, what you're saying makes a hell of a lot of sense. And I know that there's a panel of schedule gurus, Dan Byer, you could confirm this. There's a, isn't there like a panel of people that make the schedule every year? This isn't some AI generated thing. Like it's a panel of people and I wonder if they could throw that in or if they've thought of that already.

[Dan Byer]

They used to do that. Now there are a lot of computers that will, that will print out a bunch of different schedules for you.

[Steve Covino]

Oh wait, so they took those jobs too?

[Dan Byer]

Really?

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Oh my God. So what are you going to tell me next, Dan? What are you going to tell me next? NFL footballs aren't weaved together by a bunch of old ladies. Because I've seen that.

[Dan Byer]

Right? Yes, because for, for us thinking like there's only like one or two or three possible schedules. They do have a bunch. Now there's a lot of stuff they have to work around. You know, facilities have to work around concerts, there's TV stuff with you know, the, the New York market, the Florida market has three teams. So you're moving teams around in that way. But yes, now it's kind of done by computer.

[Rich Davis]

Damn AI taking our jobs.

[Steve Covino]

Failed experiments. Damn. ALLEN Iverson Sports but it could be anything, any failed experiment. 87799 on Fox. Let's go to David in Missouri. You're on the Cavino and Rich show, FOX Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

What's up bud?

[Dan Byer]

Hey guys. So that previous caller took my idea kind of. But instead of eliminating Thursday until the.

[Rich Davis]

Bye weeks kick in, how about having.

[Dan Byer]

The former playoff teams from the previous season play while you're waiting for the.

[Rich Davis]

Buys to kick in that way?

[Dan Byer]

I mean they're already, they're ex playoff teams. So they might be well oiled machines, better product on the field, but they've.

[Rich Davis]

Also also played a couple extra games more than anyone else. So you could argue that is the opposite side.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, it should be the teams who.

[Dan Byer]

Didn'T make the playoffs maybe.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Dan Byer]

But that would other maybe not be the greatest games. Yeah, I mean it's hard because the NFL is not going to eliminate games. They're always Trying to add more games.

[Steve Covino]

Maybe it's like a second string for second string players only. And like if they add an 18th game, you got to play your second string too.

[Rich Davis]

Question for you guys.

[Steve Covino]

I have no, I don't know any solution that would make sense to that. I think we're just gonna have to deal with the fact that it's just watered down product.

[Dan Byer]

You want to know? It's absurd. Sorry Rich. I was just going to say there are situations too where a team will play on Thursday or have a buy and then they won't play until that next Monday. Like this. This happens more than you would think. So not only does the team have a really long week now, then they have a. Or a break, they have a short week coming back on the other side. So there's not a lot of rhyme or reason for why these matchups are placed when they were. When you're trying to determine rest because they can't even get that straightened out. You know what I mean?

[Rich Davis]

There's, there's. You're 100% right. Because it's now, now it's a little too much.

[Dan Byer]

I think we figured it out. They should rehire humans to make the schedules rather than these computers and AI.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, maybe you miss the human element.

[Rich Davis]

Two things cove that are currently happening and I wonder if either one of them will be looked back and say, you know, maybe we should change that. The mid season tournament in the NBA, it's a couple years in. Do we care enough will that continue or are we going to look back and be like hey, remember those like four years or two years?

[Steve Covino]

That's a good one, dude. I don't know. I feel like for me personally it gives me no excitement. Not really. Danny, how do you feel about the in season tournament?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, has a soccer vibe to it, right. Like they're trying to emulate something soccer does.

[Dan Byer]

Very European.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Dan Byer]

I'm not feeling along along those lines though. There's been news over the last couple of weeks that there's an NBA Europe league that is about to be unveiled maybe as soon as 2027 where you would have 12 teams in Europe play each other in different. There is the talk of possibly having those teams play US based NBA teams down the line where you could have some sort of tournament. So I don't know how we want to get used to the NBA cup or how. Because there could be changes if this NBA Europe takes off.

[Steve Covino]

As time goes, you give it time to develop and figure out like I felt that way Dan. About like the world Baseball Classic at one point I'm like, yeah, I feel like I'm the only one that cares. No one's really caring. They made some cool adjustments. They got better players and better teams and some better competition. And now I'm looking forward to it. Like, the World Baseball Classic to me is not a failed experiment. Like, I'm actually looking forward to that. And there was a long time where no one was really, or felt like no one was really caring or watching that much. Rich, in our industry, we've mentioned this a few times, but in our industry of broadcasting, you gotta remember, like, the Jack FM's, right? Which in concept, in theory, sounded kind of cool. It's like, yeah, throw it on shuffle, man. It's like shuffle for your car. Just shuffle. Radio station, Jack fm. And I always think of Diamond Dave.

[Rich Davis]

David Lee Roth in the mornings.

[Steve Covino]

Zitty bitty bop, bosity bosdy bop, Good morning. I always think of Diamond Dave and everyone thought like, his dynamic character and personality would, would replace Howard Stern. But then he got all like, serious. And it wasn't the David Lee Roth everybody wanted. So failed experiments. I'm just trying to think of different ones.

[Rich Davis]

You know, the Jack FM one is funny because I think every city there was, there might still be a Jack FM. But the concept was the second iPod on shuffle. But then everyone. The answer was, well, you don't want to listen to someone else's ipod on shuffle.

[Steve Covino]

That's the thing. Yeah, you like your ipod on shuffle. You don't like anyone. I would hate Rich's ipod on Shuffle. And that's what Jack fm. And it still exists, I believe, but.

[Rich Davis]

Too much Canon Crows and Proclaimers or what?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, like, you know, you want your thing.

[Dan Byer]

It also sounded too recorded on those radio stations. Not enough live elements.

[Steve Covino]

So kind of a failed experiment. Good in theory. Good in theory.

[Dan Byer]

What about.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, we love football more than anything, right? We. I mean, it's, it's, it's still. No matter how big baseball had a season this year, the NBA is popping too. But football still king.

[Dan Byer]

Any.

[Rich Davis]

Anything other than the NFL and your college football that we're used to just doesn't work. Xfl, usfl, uxfl, any. Whatever they're trying to do, it just doesn't ever work. And I don't think it ever will.

[Steve Covino]

I agree with you.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, we are, we are seasonally conditioned to be like, I like football from like the beginning of the school year, like August, September until February. Then I like basketball and baseball and hockey. Like, we don't want football in the summer. I think we figured that out no matter how many iterations. And I think when it comes to All Star games, I think we're realizing that that's why they keep fiddling with the Pro bowl and NBA All Star weekend. They're trying to figure out what will happen stick because it just seems like it hasn't.

[Steve Covino]

Again, we have to keep in mind Jon Gruden saying this, that's. That says a lot about how coaches really feel about it.

[Rich Davis]

And he's also like NFL public enemy number one. So I think he likes to mix, stir it up too.

[Steve Covino]

But he stirred it up. But I don't think anyone would disagree. Like the product hasn't been good. It hasn't. You're just watching it because it's the NFL, plain and simple. Because there's like nothing better to watch on a Thursday night.

[Dan Byer]

But we are prisoners of the moment here a little bit because if you, I know it feels like now what week are we going into? 11. Yeah, but remember, we started out with some really good primetime games.

[Rich Davis]

You're right.

[Steve Covino]

But as the season goes, wear and tear shows.

[Dan Byer]

There you go.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, and you're seeing that like, you know where you're seeing that firsthand. There's a lot of speculation today, like the Steelers, like they look beaten and defeated because they're older and the season's going on and that's why you're getting this product. You know, there's, there's mileage by week 11. So yeah, your Thursday night product is going to suffer a little bit. Alejandro Ale Alejandro in Fillmore, California. Thursday Night Football. What do you think about what Jon Gruden said?

[Dan Byer]

All right. No, to be honest, you guys were talking about games and stuff, right. Putting everything in Europe and stuff.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Dan Byer]

Can you imagine what it would be like if you had the Chivas playing america in the U.S.

[Rich Davis]

I think there would be long term if this did work out. There would be some record breaking games. If they're really, if we, if some sports went global Cavino after a while, if it did build up, it would be what we view as sports now, even to the next level. I just don't know if the interest is there. I don't, I don't know, like Disneyland open, Disney World opens in other countries, it works out what, like half the time?

[Steve Covino]

France, Japan.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, like not everywhere.

[Steve Covino]

Not everywhere.

[Dan Byer]

So you don't know, you know, to just go off the bi week conversation that you guys are having as well to look ahead. I think we all expect the NFL to go to an 18 game schedule at some point, which would very likely mean two buys per team. You could then do what you guys have been talking about, what the callers feedback on social media as well have said of if you now have two buys to work with when giving teams Thursday Night Football, you'd be able to work with that. I don't know what you would do in weeks 18 and 19 at the end of the season or what you would do in weeks one and two when you wouldn't want to necessarily give a team a buy that early or that late. But it would give them more flexibility. But it would also, guys, because of the conversations of having the super bowl beyond President's Day weekend. So everyone has that Monday off following.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, that would extend it to that.

[Dan Byer]

It would.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, wow. So there's more multiple reasons to maybe make that happen.

[Dan Byer]

Yes. But you would also likely have to start the season a week earlier. So because not only are you adding a game, you're adding a buy. So you're actually adding two weeks. If you added one at the back end of the schedule to make it President's Day weekend, you're likely to have to start the NFL on Labor Day weekend.

[Rich Davis]

You know what I say, Dan? Let's let the robots worry about it. The robots, I'm sorry, can compute. Schedule.

[Dan Byer]

I mean, I mean, at this point, just kill one of the preseason games. Well, they would, they would.

[Rich Davis]

Preseason 18 regular, 20 total. And like Dan said, one week in the beginning, one week at the end. Perfecto.

[Steve Covino]

Any other, you know, experiments come to mind?

[Rich Davis]

I'm sure that algorithm of, like Dan said, international games combined with Thursday night and buys and rest, there's, you know. Yeah, let's put AI to the test. Let's go.

[Dan Byer]

Absolutely.

[Steve Covino]

You know, I'm thinking like, I'm really thinking of failed experiments in sports, so I'm like focusing on sports. How about the Baller brand sneaker? Like that was the weakest ever. Ended up costing his son's career to some degree, you know, getting hurt as a result. But remember, so much hype around those sneakers and the Baller brand. All right, so chicken Big Baller's barbecue. Oh, yeah. So stupid. All right, so your thoughts, your calls and thank you guys for hanging out with us. Now we're looking for people to play. The game that's sweeping the nation is called Wack Diesel. Speaking of basketball, Wack Diesel. Shaq Diesel trivia. Oh, yeah. All right. Your chance to win a Covino and Rich on Fox Sports radio. Nerf football are Brand new Turbo balls. So even if you won last year, you could win a new one. They're really nice. Great stocking stuff for your chance to win at 87799 on FOX all multiple choice and we do it next with Wack Diesel on Fox Sports Radio. Now all your favorite NBA players are back and DraftKings Sportsbook, an official sports betting partner of the NBA, is the place to bet on NBA stars this season. New customers bet just five bucks and get three months of NBA League Pass plus score $300 if your bet wins paid in bonus bets.

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[Dan Byer]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

And I'm Hari Kundabolu, a comedian and.

[Dan Byer]

Someone who once googled do I have scurvy at 3am on health stuff, we're.

[Rich Davis]

Talking about health in a different way.

[Dan Byer]

It's not only about what we can do to improve our health, but also.

[Rich Davis]

What our health says about us and.

[Dan Byer]

The way we're living.

[Rich Davis]

Like our episode where we look at.

[Dan Byer]

Diabetes in the United states.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, 50% of Americans are pre diabetic.

[Dan Byer]

How preventable is type 2? Extremely. Or our in depth analysis of how incredible mangoes are. Oh, it's hard to explain to rest of the world that like your mangoes.

[Rich Davis]

Are fine because mangoes are incredible.

[Dan Byer]

But like you don't even know.

[Rich Davis]

You don't know.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

It's going to be a fun ride.

[Dan Byer]

So tune in. Listen to health stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's okay not to be okay sometimes and be able to build strength and love within each other. Thanksgiving isn't just about food.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

Come together to heal and find hope. What would be a clue that would be like, I've gotten lots of text messages from him. This one's from a little bit better.

[Dan Byer]

Of a version of him because he's feeding himself well. It's always a concern like, are you eating well? He's actually an amazing cook. There was this one time where we had neighbors and I saved their dog and I ended up inviting them over for food.

[Steve Covino]

And that was like one of my proudest moments.

[Rich Davis]

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[Dan Byer]

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[Steve Covino]

Gruden steering it up, stirring it up Bob Marley style. Thursday night Football. What's the deal? Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

I got, I got one more. We're talking about failed experiments in sports. Before we get into Shaq Diesel trivia, can I hit you up with the White Sox uniforms where they wore shorts and collars?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, that's the best. Yeah, that's a good one. I like that. Those weak ass shorts that they had. We're live.

[Rich Davis]

Cool. You can't look cool where that's so.

[Dan Byer]

Memorable though, you could actually say it worked.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, maybe so.

[Steve Covino]

Right? You know, you could say. I mean there was a lot of moves in sports that seemed like experiments like, and I felt like even pit like the Yankees with Jabba Chamberlain. I thought that was like a failed experiment.

[Dan Byer]

Carl Malone to the Lakers.

[Steve Covino]

Carl Malone. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? Because they built all the job of rules around the guy and he never really panned out to be what everyone thought he was going to be. There's so many thoughts I have about failed experiments in sports. If you want to chime in, hit us up ovinoenrichsports radio on social media. We're live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. And for over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive. Shipped fast and free by free row backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. I saw the big man in the hallway. Yeah, I don't want to make him wait. It's time.

[Dan Byer]

Whenever we say not to name drop, that means we're about to name drop.

[Rich Davis]

I'll name drop.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, my goodness.

[Dan Byer]

Not only are C and R friends with Tyson and Mahomes. Hey man, they're also buddies with the big Aristotle.

[Rich Davis]

Just shut up.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, what's up? It's big Shaq Diesel, AKA Shaq Fu, AKA Shaq Daddy, AKA the big Aristotle. Guess what? It's time to win some C and R prizes. Time for some basketball trivia.

[Dan Byer]

What'd he say?

[Steve Covino]

I used to break bad boys. Now breaking records for FSR ratings.

[Dan Byer]

Shaq Diesel basketball trivia all right, FSR security walking our broke Shaq Fu into the main studio.

[Steve Covino]

I know you guys are thinking reebok pump. Reebok pump, failed experiment. But how about the fool Michael Jordan when he thought he was gonna play baseball?

[Dan Byer]

How about you on the Celtics?

[Steve Covino]

No. How about Michael Jordan playing baseball? Failed experiment.

[Dan Byer]

All right, it's good to have you back in and for the first time this NBA season.

[Steve Covino]

That's right.

[Dan Byer]

All right, let's meet the contestants. 11 time winner, Rich Davis, live from Texas.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Shaq. I see a lot of wemby stuff at the sporting good starts here in San Antonio. See the next best big man like you. Is he. Is he going to be Shaq level or what?

[Steve Covino]

Say it all the time. We've seen it before. Bowl, bowl, bowl four.

[Dan Byer]

Bowl four time winner, spotty boy.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, spot, how's it going?

[Dan Byer]

14 time winner, Dan Byer, right over there.

[Steve Covino]

Hello.

[Dan Byer]

Hello. Go into the studio line, see who's playing for a CNR nerf football. All right, Byer, I'll use you for this. Would you love to travel to beautiful Indy, Indiana, Greeley, Colorado, Sioux falls, South Dakota, St. Paul, Minnesota, or the Poconos in Pennsylvania? Oh, yeah, let's go to the Poconos. Second straight day I've gone with the last city. But let's go to the Pocon.

[Steve Covino]

Beach Boys sing about that.

[Rich Davis]

The Beach Boys is not supposed to sing about the Pokemon.

[Steve Covino]

Is that in the Caribbean?

[Dan Byer]

That's Nick in Pennsylvania. What up, Nick?

[Steve Covino]

How you guys doing?

[Dan Byer]

Thanks for letting me out.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, hey, no problem, Nick.

[Dan Byer]

What do you do for a living there in Penn?

[Steve Covino]

That's right.

[Dan Byer]

I'm actually a travel bar. I'm a travel bartender. I do spring and summer on cruise ships and the winter and fall on the Poconos.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, wow. I mean, listen, Danny G. And Dan Byer might not know this. I know Spot and Covino. You do parrots on the east coast. The Poconos is like their sexy weekend away. It really was. It was like. It's like that weekend.

[Dan Byer]

It's weird.

[Rich Davis]

Can I give you one piece of advice? Yeah. Is that I get a lot of.

[Dan Byer]

Guys from the city, older guys, bringing up women that are. They're definitely cheating. And they fit very well. That's why I do this.

[Rich Davis]

But I think the girls, think the Poconos, that they're going to like Cancun.

[Dan Byer]

And they're up in this little town in Vermont.

[Steve Covino]

No, that's where I do my sexy time. I sit in there. Champagne glass, champagne glass.

[Dan Byer]

They're poking their Nose where they shouldn't be. Oh, boy. Here are the rules for Shaq Diesel Trivia. The first contestant with two correct answers is the champion. If there's a tie, we do have a tiebreaker question. Your name is your buzzer, but you gotta 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 Davis]

Let's go.

[Dan Byer]

Let's get it on.

[Steve Covino]

Big Aristotle party has started. How many different teams did I play for in my stellar career? Was it A, five, B, six or C, seven? How many different names, Nick?

[Dan Byer]

Oh, six. Six. Yes.

[Steve Covino]

Wow.

[Dan Byer]

On the board, immediately as the moon.

[Steve Covino]

Goes, all the colors of the rainbow.

[Rich Davis]

What do you think you look. What do you think you look best in check?

[Steve Covino]

Purple. That's right. That's right.

[Rich Davis]

Grimace.

[Dan Byer]

And do you have.

[Steve Covino]

Actually, I look good in everything.

[Dan Byer]

Do you have every jersey hanging in your mansion?

[Steve Covino]

Everyone.

[Dan Byer]

The Magic, Lakers, Heat, Suns, Cavs and Celts. All right, let's go to round two. Nick is halfway to a C and R prize.

[Steve Covino]

All right, Round two. He was great, but I'm the greatest. What was the Wizards winning percentage during each of Michael Jordan's seasons with the club? A. 397. B. 451 or C 502?

[Rich Davis]

Nick.

[Dan Byer]

Oh, Nick. Trying to sweep. 397. No.

[Steve Covino]

Rich.

[Dan Byer]

Rich for the steal.

[Rich Davis]

I feel like they were slightly under.500, so I'll go B.451.

[Dan Byer]

You are correct, sir.

[Steve Covino]

That's right.

[Dan Byer]

Rich on the board.

[Steve Covino]

All right. Good job, Rich.

[Dan Byer]

All right, Nick and Rich with a round as we go to the third round, round three.

[Steve Covino]

What was that once quoted saying about motivation? A. The only person who really motivate is you. Did I say that?

[Dan Byer]

I think you said it right.

[Steve Covino]

The only person who you can really motivate you is you.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Or something like that.

[Dan Byer]

I'm confused.

[Steve Covino]

My dad can motivate me by shooting a quick look of disapproval. Or C, Charles is motivated to come into the new TV studio because they've been putting out trays of Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme.

[Rich Davis]

Nick.

[Dan Byer]

Nick for the win. B, C. No, no. Did he say B? B is incorrect.

[Steve Covino]

I'm sorry.

[Dan Byer]

Dan's buyer for the steal. It's gotta be A, right?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Okay.

[Dan Byer]

Jack can read the board correctly.

[Steve Covino]

Who can really motivate you is you, Right?

[Dan Byer]

The only person who could really motivate you is you.

[Steve Covino]

Yes, that's right.

[Rich Davis]

Wow, that's just prolific.

[Dan Byer]

That's very deep.

[Rich Davis]

I gotta ask. Being down Here in San Antonio for a couple days. Shaq.

[Steve Covino]

I got that quote from Magic Johnson, by the way.

[Rich Davis]

Do you feel the same way about the women as Charles Barkley does? Because I know Charles says the women down here are fat.

[Steve Covino]

He's right. He's right about that.

[Dan Byer]

Oh, man.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, man.

[Dan Byer]

All right. Three way.

[Steve Covino]

I know a lot of tortoise, but I love tortos.

[Dan Byer]

3. Three way tie between Nick, Rich and Byers. We go to round four.

[Rich Davis]

All right.

[Steve Covino]

Round four. Shaq. Diesel Whack. Diesel Trivia. There was one man who was almost as good as me at the game of basketball. How many rings did the great Bill Russell win? How many rings? A, 10, B, 11 or C, 12?

[Dan Byer]

Nick. Nick. For the win. Yeah. Let me do it. C, C. No, damn it. Fire for the steal and the win. I think it's 11. I think you just got your 12th win, man.

[Steve Covino]

He's unstoppable.

[Dan Byer]

I know. That's your 15th win. Rich is the one sitting at 11:30. So close.

[Steve Covino]

Unstoppable won 11 championships in 13 seasons with Boston buyers.

[Dan Byer]

15Th championship. Shaq, is nice having you back in our studio.

[Steve Covino]

Great to be here. Great to be here.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, Shaq.

[Steve Covino]

Maybe I'll see you next week. Maybe not.

[Dan Byer]

Can I ask Shaq a question? Yeah, go for it. Who's your favorite act?

[Rich Davis]

Because I. I loved when you were with hoops from Flavor of Love. Even though she was with Flavor of Love.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I'll stick with that. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Good answer.

[Dan Byer]

All right, Nick. We appreciate you playing there in Pennsylvania. Have a great playing. And Pennsylvania.

[Steve Covino]

Later, fools. All right, guys, I'm busy. I gotta go.

[Rich Davis]

All right.

[Steve Covino]

Bye, Shaq.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks, Shaq.

[Steve Covino]

Appreciate your time. Damn, Shaq. Looking big. Yo, Shaq. Diesel. Yo. Later. All right. That was awesome. That's great. That was really great. Thanks.

[Rich Davis]

What do you say, code we go to DB for an update, see what's going on?

[Steve Covino]

The grand champion. He's unstoppable. The guy's on fire. Dan Byer. What's up?

[Dan Byer]

He's a really good game today, and I feel, you know that. Great competition all around. There is a dirty feeling when one answer is off the board. So you just have a coin flip to do it. But I did know Russell had 11.

[Rich Davis]

Yes, I knew that, too.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah, I know you did. I know you did. The Mavericks played 11 games this year. They only won three of them. Nico Harrison is now out of a job. General manager fired today. In a statement, Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont said, when results don't meet expectations quote There is a responsibility to act Joel Embiid will not play for the 76ers tonight against the Celtics dealing with knee soreness, so this could keep him out a little while. Grizzlies forward Brandon Clark's going to be out a while, six to nine weeks to be exact, following a knee scope. That was the message from the Grizzlies today. Former Knicks guard Michael Ray Richardson also played for the Nets during his career, died at the age of 70. Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown entered a not guilty plea to second degree murder charges as he's being transferred from a jail in New Jersey to Florida. Brown could appear in a Florida courtroom Wednesday for a bail hearing. Steelers said Coach Mike Tomlin says he has no long term reservations about the play of quarterback Aaron Rodgers while the season is over for Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter. The wide receiver and cornerback had surgery to repair an LCL injury at his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. Our show sponsored by DraftKings Sportsbook, an official sports betting partner of the NFL and NBA. Right now, use the promo code CR SHOW to claim your special offer at DraftKings. Again, that's promo code CR SHOW. DraftKings. The crown is yours. CFL Board of Governors unanimously approved a motion to allow their players to communicate to compete in the flag football events at the 2028 Summer Olympics. And Bill Belichick was asked today if he has any interest in the New York Giants head coaching vacancy. Belichick, right now, we know, is the head coach at North Carolina.

[Rich Davis]

I've been down this road before.

[Dan Byer]

I'm focused on Wake Forest.

[Rich Davis]

That's it.

[Dan Byer]

And that's my commitment to this team and next week it'll be to our next opponent and so forth. But you know, I'm here to do best I can for this team. It also wasn't a no. That was not a no. Guys, back to you.

[Steve Covino]

It's current.

[Rich Davis]

On to Cincinnati. Two things. Dan Byer, I just want to let you know I know you've been leaning more Kavina lately. Did you notice who, when you started your update, took their headphones off and just was doing something else. I was engaged.

[Steve Covino]

I was switching headphones. Okay.

[Dan Byer]

Interesting. Yes.

[Steve Covino]

I put on my better ones for your update, Dan. I want that in crystal clear quality. I want that in high depth.

[Rich Davis]

I want to bring up one other thing. You said cfl. I want to just encourage everyone. Camino, I know. I'm pretty sure you watched the John Candy documentary.

[Steve Covino]

Of course I did. Yeah. It's called I Like Me.

[Rich Davis]

I like Me, I like that it's on Amazon Prime.

[Steve Covino]

He's gotta like you. And he really did. He liked him.

[Rich Davis]

It was a beautiful documentary. But I'll be honest, as a young boy, I didn't know what involvement he had with the Argonauts and Canadian football like I had. Did you know that? Like, were you that aware that John Candy was so involved?

[Steve Covino]

No, but he looks like John Madden out there on the.

[Rich Davis]

I know he did.

[Steve Covino]

Right?

[Rich Davis]

So if you need something to watch. John Candy, I think we forget how legendary and what a monstrous part of our childhood he was. So if you need a documentary to watch and they talk about his journey into sports and what a big football fan he was as well. So John Candy, I like me on Amazon Prime.

[Steve Covino]

Really great watch for sure. All right, so Rich want people to start thinking about the weirdest job, maybe weirdest interviews that you ever had. Weirdest job, weirdest interviews. Because there's a listing. There's a listing out there is kind of weird. But you got to be fast. You got to be fast to get this job. You gotta be able to sprint. We'll tell you. But think about your weirdest jobs and your weirdest interviews and we're gonna take your phone calls right here on the Covino and Rich show live from the Fox Sports Radio studios.

[Dan Byer]

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[Steve Covino]

Could you be more specific?

[Dan Byer]

When it's cravinient. Okay. Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at a.m. p. M. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just.

[Steve Covino]

A second at a.m. p.m. I'm seeing a pattern here.

[Dan Byer]

Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.

[Steve Covino]

Crave, which is anything from ampm.

[Dan Byer]

What more could you want? Stop by AMPM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cray venience. Am, PM Too much good stuff on the podcast. Health stuff. We are tackling all the health questions that keep you up at night.

[Rich Davis]

Yes. I'm Dr. Priyanka Walley, a double board certified physician.

[Dan Byer]

And I'm Hari Kondabolu, a comedian and someone who once googled do I have scurvy at 3am on health science stuff.

[Rich Davis]

We'Re talking about health in a different way.

[Dan Byer]

It's not only about what we can do to improve our health, but also.

[Rich Davis]

What our health says about us and.

[Dan Byer]

The way we're living.

[Rich Davis]

Like our episode where we look at.

[Dan Byer]

Diabetes in the United states.

[Rich Davis]

I mean 50% of Americans are pre diabetic.

[Dan Byer]

How preventable is type 2? Extremely. Or our in depth analysis of how incredible mangoes are. Oh, it's hard to explain to rest of the world that like your mangoes.

[Rich Davis]

Are fine because mangoes are incredible.

[Dan Byer]

But like you don't even know.

[Rich Davis]

You don't know, you don't know. It's going to be a fun ride.

[Dan Byer]

So tune in, listen to health stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Can we get a Thanksgiving first?

[Rich Davis]

I'm hungry.

[Dan Byer]

Hey y', all, it's Kadeen and Deval, the hosts of Ellis Ever after podcast. This holiday season, whether you're cooking for the family, out buying gifts for the kids or crowded in holiday traffic, tune out the noise and tune in to Ellis Ever After. On Ellis Ever after, we get real with our crew about family. If you feeling like you feeling that's.

[Steve Covino]

Probably cause you a good parent friendship.

[Dan Byer]

Be careful what you put in your body. Move your body and love it the way you love them cars that house, them clothes, them shoes, love yourself, them brunches, love in marriage. You know what's become attractive to me? And it's because I've self corrected and I guess I detoxified myself. Accountability like it has become mad attractive. So attractive to me and everything else in between. I've told my most embarrassment embarrassing moment on this podcast before which was me taking a ziploc bag. So listen to Ellis Ever after on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a business and not thinking about radio, think again. Cause more people are listening to the radio and iHeart today than they were 20 years ago. And only iHeart broadcast radio connects with more Americans than TV, digital, social, any other media, even twice as many teens than TikTok. And that reach means everything. Just think about the universal marketing formula. The number of consumers who hear your message times the response rate equals the Results. Now let's get those results growing for your business. Radio's here now more than ever. And iheart's leading the way. Think radio can help your business. Think iheart Streaming, podcasting, and radio where the reach is real. Let us show [e-mail] that's iheartadvertising.com or call 844-844. Iheart one more time. Just call 844-844-Iheart and get radio working for you.

[Rich Davis]

So you're telling me this guy wasn't a superstar? Did he?

[Steve Covino]

Rock dj?

[Dan Byer]

Hey.

[Steve Covino]

Mornings with Diamond Dave Cavino and Rich on FOX Sports Radio. We're live from the FOX Sports Radio studio. I want to thank Wack Diesel, by the way, for stopping by. He said he had a cold if he sounded funny. That's why it's great to have him.

[Rich Davis]

I have a question about failed experiments. Yeah, I don't know how we all look back at this. It might be different if you ask every single person in the studio because right now, I think in the last 30 years, sports have become more funny, I'll be honest. Like light shows like ours, you know, McAfee's, you know, doing.

[Steve Covino]

I make something clear though, Rich. Yeah, this is, this has always been our brand. This is always what we've done for over 20 years. It just somehow now fits into the way our culture has gone a little bit. Oh, yeah. I mean, we didn't adjust to fit in.

[Rich Davis]

We started by doing like a, like a guy lifestyle show and then we found the sports world. But I feel like McAfee Barstool what we do. I just feel like there's a lot of light shows. Dennis Miller doing Monday Night Football. Do you look at that as they injected some humor into Monday Night Football or do you look at that as like, yo, that was what a dumb experiment.

[Steve Covino]

I look at it as like it just didn't work. You know, it was just a personality clash. His snarky attitude.

[Rich Davis]

He had a couple, he had a couple good liners that I liked him.

[Steve Covino]

But his snarky attitude didn't vibe with the casual beer helmet wearing NFL fan.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I guess so.

[Steve Covino]

You know, the face painted NFL fan wasn't vibing with his snarky attitude. We're live from the FOX Sports Radio studio. And getting a new job could be much easier with express employment pros. With express, you'll have a local connection to the job market. Get [e-mail] to find a location near you. That's www.expresspros.com and that ties right into what we're talking about because maybe the Braves should go to Express Pros Calm. The Atlanta Braves are looking for a new Mr. Freeze. Does everybody know who Mr. Freeze is? Because I think they should, but I don't think they do.

[Rich Davis]

Is this the dude? Because I didn't see the story. Now you and Danny were talking about it. Is he the guy that gives like the random fan like a halfway major head start and then he catches them?

[Steve Covino]

Yes, yes, that's exactly who it is. So the Braves have posted a job opening and they might have to go to expresspros.com because they're looking for a new Mr. Freeze. Now it's, it's very rare that someone beats Mr. Freeze. But that's exactly what it is, Rich. It's that race you see on the warning track where some goofy fan gets a head start. Some 40 something year old guy pulls a hammy, falls on his face and Mr. Freeze goes, you know, flying by him.

[Rich Davis]

Zoo dude. I mean I don't know if Antonio Brown beats these charges. Maybe that's his only option.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, he could be the next Mr. Freeze they're looking for. Get this bridge. You should sign up a mascot sprinter. You're the school mascot in your kids school.

[Rich Davis]

I have dressed up as the mascot. But you have to wear all spandex. I need to do some ab work before I rock that costume.

[Steve Covino]

That's some outfit. Yeah, you can't look like a. It's not a sausage race. It's Mr. Freeze. So here's the qualifications of the responsibilities. All right? Atlanta Braves part time work, which probably means Mr. Freese gets no benefits.

[Dan Byer]

He's got bad teeth.

[Steve Covino]

Event guest relations, fan development Mascot. Here's the responsibilities. As racetracks the Freeze entertain fans while performing in the racetrack Beat the Freeze in game promotion. This promotion requires the performer to sprint while racing. A fan on the field must be physically able to participate in the racetrack Beat the Freeze before Braves home games. So that's really the qualifications. I would imagine you have to be at a certain level of fit and fast to be Mr. Freeze. It doesn't say exactly what, but you can't just go there and be like yeah, I'm kind of fast. You probably have to have a pretty stellar hundred yard forty time at least.

[Dan Byer]

Rich, really quick. The first kid who commented on this post.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Dan Byer]

Says what are the hours.

[Steve Covino]

Exactly? What a weird job.

[Rich Davis]

Here's my question. Danny G. Like we all know like Red Panda who balances plates or you know, people that do juggling acts at halftime. Let's. Let's be real here. We know that the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders got a big raise because of the show that Covino loved on Netflix, America's Sweetheart.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

So let's do it. 81 home games for the Braves.

[Steve Covino]

I think they quadrupled their pay, if I'm not mistaken. I forget the exact stat, but it was significant. And, you know, it was a tough pill to swallow, but still prideful for people that just missed that window. Dancers for the Dallas Cowboys. Cheerleaders, the dance squad, or cheer team, whatever you call it, who had given years up making peanuts. And then all of a sudden, these other dancers come around, they're making decent money.

[Rich Davis]

I have a question.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

80 home games. 81 home games. I'm going to throw a number at you, and you tell me if you think that's way too little or maybe way too much just for. Okay? Because remember, this person needs to be unbeatably fast, right? Because that's the whole gimmick.

[Steve Covino]

Physically fit. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

So unbeatably fast where the whole gimmick is like, yo, they don't lose.

[Steve Covino]

I imagine you have to be able to represent the organization in a particular fashion that's. That's cool with them. You know what I mean? Like, if you're Mr. Freeze, like, you have to be that and be working well with kids and families and things like that.

[Rich Davis]

All right, here's my number. And now you might say way too little. I'm not sure. You may say me way too much because he's doing one race a night part time, right?

[Steve Covino]

And you get all this coverage on Sports center and everything else.

[Rich Davis]

If they pay him 250 a game, that's $20,000 for the baseball season. Is that way too little, man?

[Steve Covino]

I was thinking less than that. One race. That's it. But what are you going to get?

[Rich Davis]

What are you going to give them? What are you going to give him, 20 bucks?

[Steve Covino]

Nah, you're probably right. It's probably like 250.

[Rich Davis]

So let's say they pay him $250, maybe even 300.

[Steve Covino]

Was 300 times 8.

[Rich Davis]

I'd pay more than that.

[Steve Covino]

24,000.

[Rich Davis]

You have to make yourself available for.

[Steve Covino]

All these games and, like, at different times.

[Dan Byer]

And you can't have another job that's like. Because you have to find out the stadium.

[Steve Covino]

I know, I know. But it just feels like it's a.

[Rich Davis]

Job that you really have to slice.

[Steve Covino]

Out a chunk of time for. Right?

[Rich Davis]

So if you want to do $50,000, if you want to do $50,000. Cove divided by 80 divided by, let's say 80 games. Because you miss one, right? That's 625 a game. You think they're going to pay some dude625 a game to run a race in between?

[Steve Covino]

Half an inning for one race. If you're a guy speed, that's a good gig. That's not a bad part time baseball fan.

[Rich Davis]

Sam's right. You have to be. You have to drive to the stadium, park, go in, put on your uniform, your. Your little spandex. 81 times every year. Hey, you got to warm up. I can't. We can't. We can never go out for dinner because I guess I'm an 81 Braves games. I don't know. Honestly. Sam and Danny G. Throw a number. What do you think's a fair number for Mr. Mr. Freeze? I'd say anywhere. Three to five hundred an appearance.

[Steve Covino]

How much is too much? How much does Rich get paid to be Mr. Cheese?

[Rich Davis]

What if I. So, all right, let me ask you.

[Steve Covino]

You go to a. Is it that why you're at the sausage fest and everybody make some noise for Mr.

[Rich Davis]

Cheese? So I love Mr.

[Dan Byer]

Cheese. Mr.

[Steve Covino]

Cheese is here.

[Rich Davis]

Let's. That's funny as hell. All right, let's say you go to a kid's birthday party. Yeah. And they got some woman dressed up as Elsa doing face paint. And she's like, I'm Elsa. Like some blonde woman.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. I've. I've hired that for my daughter's party.

[Rich Davis]

It's probably like a g. Yeah. Like 500 to $1,000 to hire some woman. Hire some bachelor party. Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

I think I hired Elsa and Anna for at least. At least a G. Plus.

[Rich Davis]

What about some dude that makes balloon animals and does car tricks with the kids? Like, you got to remember, Mr. Freeze might make. I don't know. That's a good question. Your thoughts at Kobe Nonrich. How about that?

[Steve Covino]

How about that? And think about your weirdest jobs. Hit us at Covino and Rich. Your weirdest interviews. And thank you guys for hanging out with us. We'll continue the show manana.

[Rich Davis]

Perfect. Das Boot. I will see you guys later. I'll see you tomorrow. Cove. Ariva Darci, baby.

[Steve Covino]

See you in the promised land.

[Rich Davis]

Gutenak later.

[Dan Byer]

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