Hour 1 – College Football Playoff Drama, Chris Paul Released by the Clippers

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — Hour 1: College Football Playoff Drama & Chris Paul Released by Clippers

Date: December 3, 2025

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Overview

The first hour of this Dan Patrick Show focuses on the chaotic scenarios looming over the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection process. Dan and the crew dissect questionable committee logic, controversial coaching moves, and ongoing program turmoil at Penn State. The episode concludes with breaking NBA news about Chris Paul’s abrupt release from the Clippers. Throughout, Dan and his team blend sharp sports analysis with offbeat humor and candid behind-the-scenes banter.

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Main Discussion Points

1. College Football Playoff Chaos

• Committee Logic and Controversy

  • Debate on what criteria should drive CFP selections: team resume, title potential, or TV ratings.
    • Poll question introduced by Seton (04:53): “If you were on the college football committee, which rationale would be most important when ranking the teams? A team’s resume, current chance to win the title, or teams that will be best for ratings?”
  • Discussion of Notre Dame vs. BYU for a playoff spot, exploring whether deserving teams or high-profile programs should get the edge.
    • Dan: “If I’m going to look at BYU and Notre Dame straight up right now, BYU has the better resume. … But if you’re just looking the eye test, BYU has a better resume. … But I still think Notre Dame is a better team.” (05:33)
  • Critique of conference title games as “a money grab” that hurt some teams’ playoff chances. (06:47)

• Conference Championships and Playoff Scenarios

  • How teams like Texas and BYU might be affected by schedule quirks and lack of title games.
  • Candid remarks about the nonsensical scenarios with teams like Duke, Virginia, and Indiana in conference championships despite uneven seasons.
    • Dan: “You got Duke with five losses playing in the ACC title game.” (06:47)
  • Recurring theme: “It just seems to sort itself out.” Dan hopes for chaos to illuminate flaws. (11:57)

• Penn State’s Coaching Drama and Recruiting Collapse

  • Penn State fired longtime coach James Franklin, expecting to snap up a big-name replacement, only to be spurned repeatedly, leaving their recruiting class in shambles.
    • “This is Penn State we’re talking about… and you go back to the James Franklin firing—‘Got to get him out of here, we’ll have our choice’—and maybe they do find their coach. They’ve missed on a few coaches…” (21:34)
  • National Signing Day: Penn State has only four recruits (ranks with Montana State); last year had 28 at this point (23:06).

• Coaches’ Power and Carousel

  • Kalani Sitake stays at BYU thanks to booster intervention, flipping expected power dynamics (BYU keeping coach away from Penn State).
  • Lane Kiffin-to-LSU saga: Should Charlie Weis Jr. (new LSU DC) still coach at Ole Miss for playoffs? Should Lane coach at Ole Miss after accepting LSU job?
    • “You took the job. Enjoy the job. Good luck with the job. But the other stuff, stop making it seem like this is all on Ole Miss.” (20:00)

2. Fan and Listener Interaction

• Multiple callers weigh in on Penn State, Kiffin, and playoff injustice.
  • Chris in Syracuse: “You guys are talking Penn State. … But you wonder if Penn State’s going to be like the Knicks and whoever they do end up hiring, it’s not really an upgrade.” (19:50)
  • Cody in Texas argues Texas doesn’t deserve a spot in the playoff: “Leaving Texas out, that was a good move. Texas doesn’t belong in the playoff.” (31:00)
  • Dan in Ohio: Asks if college football even wants to fix flawed systems—incentive to make changes is weak since chaos drives coverage and ratings. (32:29)

3. Breaking NBA News: Chris Paul Released from Clippers

• Dan reacts in real time to the Clippers' late-night release of Chris Paul.
  • “Chris Paul’s career is probably over. He was released or sent home in the middle of the night... the Clippers were playing in Atlanta... said that, hey, we’re sending Chris home and we’re going to help him with his career moving forward.” (41:38)
• Paulie notes lack of details and CP3’s recent announcement to retire at season’s end; questions the optics of his abrupt exit.
• Lively debate about CP3’s legacy and potential future, jokes about flying economy and where he should “finish out.”
  • “You imagine you’re flying out of Atlanta this morning, all of a sudden, middle seat—coach—Chris Paul’s there?” (47:08)
  • Dan wins the “salary game”, guessing CP3's career earnings: “Chris Paul will have made $403.2 million.” (47:44)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan on the CFP’s prioritization of ratings versus merit (05:33):

  “Because it is entertainment. You want ratings, you want Notre Dame in there.”

• On Penn State’s recruiting collapse (23:06):

  “This is Penn State. They’re known for their recruiting. … Never in my wildest dreams did I think that Vandy would be able to flip a quarterback who was maybe going to Georgia. … They are, at best, 12th place [for Big Ten recruiting]. This is Penn State.”

• On the Lane Kiffin saga (20:00):

  “Don’t be apologetic. Take the job. You took the job. Enjoy the job. Good luck with the job. But the other stuff. Stop making it seem like this is all on Ole Miss.”

• Paulie on changing booster culture with NIL (27:26):

  “Now you could just send your money and say, ‘We want to buy players.’ You can just funnel your money right to Michigan or Nebraska and say, ‘I would like to buy that quarterback, please.’”

• Chris Paul’s dramatic conclusion (41:38):

  “Chris Paul’s career is probably over. He was released or sent home in the middle of the night... the Clippers were playing in Atlanta... said that, ‘hey, we’re sending Chris home and we’re going to help him with his career moving forward.’”

• Joking about Dan’s persistent cold (10:02):

  “It won’t leave me. It’s like, Todd, it’s always there.”

• Dan on the CFP chaos always resolving itself (11:57):

  “It has a way of sorting itself out. … But it just feels like whenever we talk about these scenarios, it just seems to work its way out. I’d like to have a little chaos. I’m okay with that.”

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Key Timestamps

• 04:53 – Poll question: What should drive CFP rankings—resume, title odds, or ratings?
• 05:33 – Dan compares Notre Dame and BYU’s playoff cases.
• 06:47 – Dan rails against conference title games.
• 09:56–11:57 – Penn State's recruiting fallout, National Signing Day impacts, and coach loyalty.
• 19:50 – Caller Chris draws parallels between Penn State and the Knicks' coaching woes.
• 23:06 – Statistical breakdown: Penn State’s failed recruiting year.
• 27:26 – Discussion of NIL, boosters, and the “buy-a-player” era.
• 41:38 – Chris Paul released by the Clippers; Dan and crew react.

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Additional Features

• Show Poll Questions:

  • CFP selection rationale
  • Notre Dame vs BYU: Who gets in? Who should get in?
  • Are you comfortable with the CFP ranking system?
  • Would you donate big to your alma mater’s athletic program?
  • How much college basketball are you watching?
  • Have you started your holiday shopping?

• Lighter Moments:

  • Amsterdam vs. Barcelona: where would you rather live? (24:39)
  • Christmas shopping horror stories and Dan’s infamous “blender” gift. (30:48)
  • Salary guessing game for Chris Paul’s career earnings (46:42–47:44)
  • Dan soldiering through illness, fielding advice from listeners and his wife (45:55)

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Conclusion

In this lively hour, Dan Patrick and his crew dissect the absurdities and politics behind CFP selection, skewer the chaos at Penn State, and offer instant reaction to Chris Paul’s awkward NBA exit—all while riffing on holiday shopping and world travels. The blend of informed sports insight, playful ribbing, and real-time reactions makes this an enjoyable listen even for those just catching up.

Transcript

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That's my cue. That is your cue. Your seat right there. Poll question. Okay, we can ease you back into this job. I know you've been gone for a little while. A little bit. Yeah, yeah. Getting my sea legs back a bit. Okay, so you press the button and the red light comes on. That's on. It is. And then you speak in. No, oh, wait, that's. That was a cough button. Sorry. So if you were on the college football committee, which rationale would be most important whilst ranking the teams? That's your cue. That this is from Paul. The word Walst was used in it. A team's resume, current chance to win the title or teams that will be best for ratings.

I think that this is very pointed at one specific matchup, but we'll see. Yeah. And I'm curious what Chris Fowler will say about this when he joins the select next hour. Because it is entertainment. You want ratings, you want Notre Dame in there. There's a chance Notre Dame does not make the college football playoffs. Now, there's some scenarios that have have to happen, but if I'm going to look at BYU and Notre Dame straight up right now, BYU has the better resume by us Texas Tech coming up this weekend. Notre Dame doesn't play until their next game, which could be a bowl game or a playoff game. But if you're just looking the eye test, BYU has a better resume. Now, we've been matching up Notre Dame and Miami, and I still think Notre Dame is a better team. I want to factor in how you play. Now, they did have two losses. They did lose to Miami. They lost at home to Texas Tech. But Texas, to me, is playing as good a football as maybe anybody is right now. But they have three losses and they went out and scheduled Ohio State to start the year. If BYU doesn't have a game this weekend, is BYU going to be in the college football playoffs?

If Texas had one more game and won the game, would they be in the playoffs? See, this is where it gets tricky with these conference title games. I don't like them. I think it's a money grab. And I think at times it does hurt some of these schools that if they do lose, then they're not going to be in the college football playoffs. Not everybody has a conference championship game to play in. I mean, he got Duke with five losses playing in the ACC title game. But there's a chance the ACC will.

I guess, be on the outside looking in. Yeah, Paulie, there's so many semantics to this because Duke and Virginia, there's a like a loophole because Duke isn't currently ranked in the top 25. They could beat Virginia and not be in. There's a possibility of it because they're not ranked. It's like his tax loophole. It's really weird. And it's national signing day and I can't imagine how morale is in Penn State. Happy Valley because we had Devin McCourty on for from NBC Football Night in America, former defensive back, and he said you go to play for the coach. Well, if you're gonna go to Penn State, who's your coach? And Kalani Sataki, BYU head coach, is going to stay at byu. I guess a big booster came in, big donor and said, you're not going anywhere. You're one of us. And he's done a really good job. I think BYU is a really good job. If you look at the history of that program. Very underrated. You can look at 40 years of BYU football and it's an underrated program. So he's going to stay there. They're playing Texas Tech in the title game there and maybe a chance to go into the the playoffs. But for Penn State, we said it at the time, okay, you're going to fire James Franklin. Who are you bringing in? And it felt like we got to get rid of James Franklin. We'll worry about that other stuff later on. And that's come back to haunt them. Yeah, Paulie, it does feel like Penn State miscalculated their reputation. Like, we're Penn State. We're going to have our pick of coaches because we're firing our head coach early. So we're early in this process. And then like, the dominoes fell and a bunch of people passed and it almost like devalued the brand month by month. Yeah. And you start to look at, okay, maybe there's somebody who is going to be coaching in the playoffs and that's who you got your sights set on. Maybe it's an assistant coach who's there. Not sure. I thought Brian Hartline, the offensive coordinator at Ohio State, might get an opportunity. I think he was up for the Kentucky job and maybe. Maybe he does get a chance now. I don't think he's had any head coaching experience. I do know he is a great recruiter. He certainly knows what a great wide receiver looks like. If you. Ohio State's become wide receiver. Hugh, who would have thought that? Woody Hayes. I can't imagine Woody Hayes, if somebody said, you know, they don't run the ball anywhere near the way they used to, it's not three yards in a cloud of dust. They throw the ball a lot. Are they good? Yeah, they are. They're really good. Alrighty. Battle a cough here. So if I.

Hit the cough button a couple of times here, we'll try to slug our way through this.

Yes. It's going around. Well, it stayed around. I've had this going around and sticking around a little bit. Yeah. Sorry to hear that, man. It's like, man, how did this happen? Yeah. Again, it won't leave me. It's like, Todd, it's always there. Yes. What a lovely analogy, Todd. Is the 19 year cough apparently. 22 year cough. Yeah. Paulie, there are worse diseases to bring home from Vegas though historically, you think about it, the cold and you're rough shape. But historically, some of them clear up a lot easier though. Yeah, yeah. Penicillin. Penicillin. Knock that right out. I had penicillin, you know, I had the shots. The doctor came to my, my hotel room. I have to call her back, see if she'll give me a, you know, drive by here. Yeah. Paulie, this could be an early best week in sports, but what an opportunity for byu. You keep your coach from going to Penn State, which you would think it'd be reverse. You'd lose your coach to Penn State. You could get in the playoffs this weekend by beating Texas Tech and you could knock Notre Dame possibly out of the playoffs. All in a week's time for BYU football. Yeah. Interesting times though. And I know these coaches, they rail against this, but then the coaches are the ones who can change this. And I mean, I don't know what kind of reform we're going to have and I'll talk to Chris Fowler about this, that, you know, we just need to come up with a solution that works for everybody. Works. Imagine national signing day. So imagine if you're a big time recruit and you were planning on going to Penn State. Well, James Franklin goes to Virginia Tech. Well, now are you going to follow James Franklin to Virginia Tech? And that's what's happening. So we can, we can talk about current players, the coaches, changing fan bases. And I, I mean all of these things, the high school kid, nobody is factoring that in. Hey, who's my coach? Where am I going?

What other poll questions do you have? Seton? Well, we could go with one there sort of pointed about byu. Who will get in Notre Dame or byu. And then who should get in Notre Dame? Byu. Okay, well, BYU should right now. But you know, strength of schedule, record, they're playing for a conference championship. Man, I'd be, I'd be shocked if Notre Dame's not in. Yeah, because you want to do everything you possibly can to get Notre Dame in. You still want eyeballs, you still want a great Cinderella story, and you'll probably have that. It has a way of sorting itself out. I know that we always look at worst case scenario and. But it just feels like whenever we talk about these scenarios, it just seems to work its way out. I'd like to have a little chaos. I'm okay with that. Yes, Marvin? Is Alabama in trouble if they get, like, housed by Georgia? I would say yes. I would say yes. And although this isn't a dynamic Georgia team, but Alabama, you need a good showing. And look, it's only a two point spread, so they're expecting a close game. Yeah, Paulie. And the other team that's in the play, not the conference playoffs this weekend, the conference championships, Indiana, you need a nice showing against Ohio State. Now, you're obviously still going to stay in the playoffs, but, you know, the downside is probably worse than the upside this weekend for Indiana. And Ole Miss went up in the rankings, the standings there with the college football selection committee. I'm kind of surprised at that. And then you got Charlie Weiss Jr. Who was the defensive coordinator, and he's now going to lsu, but now he goes back to Ole Miss to be the defensive coordinator during the playoff. Like a loner. What is going on? Yeah, is he in. It's like a loaner car. Is he looking at the Penn State job now based off the strength of that? I have no idea what's going on. But Lane had to sign off on this, then Ole Miss had to sign on off on this. And then you get our defensive coordinator and then we're going to take him back when the playoffs are over. All right. Couple of phone calls in here. Chris in Syracuse leads us off this morning. Hi, Chris. What's on your mind? Hey, thanks, Dan. Yeah, a couple things. You guys are talking Penn State. You know, the Penn State coaching search reminds me of the New York Knicks coaching search after they fired Tom Thibodeau last year. Both seemingly plum jobs. But you wonder if Penn State's going to be like the Knicks and whoever they do end up hiring. It's not really an upgrade. And I definitely think there's no way Lane Kiffin should coach that game, the playoff game. But he's got to be rolling his eyes a little with new LSU coach Charlie Weiss Jr. Allowed to. Yeah, but. And I don't understand the backroom dealings with this. I don't want Charlie Weiss Jr. There. I don't want Lane Kiffin there. These are our guys, these are our coaches. Let's go out and play. But we did spend a lot of time on Lane Kiffin. Now, there is a player that we've been in contact with who said that Lane, you know, the players weren't all gung ho. They wanted Lane Kiffin to stay there. And I think some of that news came out. We had gotten word a couple of days ago and. But Lane makes It seem like all those players wanted me, all the national media wanted me to stay and coach that. You're not a victim. You got a great job. Celebrate it. You know? Don't be apologetic. Take the job. You took the job. Enjoy the job. Good luck with the job. But the other stuff. Stop making it seem like this is all on Ole Miss. Yes. Yeah. That's about as fast of a hero to zero transition as I think I can ever remember in modern sports. Well, yeah, but, you know, I watched the press conference. It just didn't seem like he was in a celebratory mood. It was almost a mood of. Well, they wouldn't let me coach. Yeah, I wouldn't let you coach. Yeah. You took the job. Yeah, but I wanted to finish the job. Well, you didn't finish the job. Go to lsu, it's okay. It's a great job. But for him to come out and say, I don't know how much I'm getting paid, really, that's not the answer I want from my coach. How much you got with collectibles, the collectives, or Nil? I don't know. Like, you don't know how much you're getting paid to make it seem like. Well, money wasn't an issue here. You're being highly compensated. That's why he doesn't want to say anything. I mean, I wish he would stop trying to kind of clean up the mess here. Well, it's. He's walking behind the elephant in the circus. It's just like, move on, it's okay. Yes, Todd, when you're 20, it's okay to play that card. It's all about the opportunity. I got to build up my resume. Whatever they pay me, I'll just take it. But at this point in the game, that's a very difficult thing to believe. You know, it sounds nice to say that it's all about the opportunity. I wasn't really crunching the numbers. I'll leave that to my agent, but I can't. Anyone with half a brain would believe that. Yeah. Coach, would you take 5 million if they could use the other 10 million for recruits? Nil. Would you coach it? Because money doesn't matter. It's the job. Right? See, it's all silly. Just stop making up excuses. Just take the job. You know, that's the landscape that we have. Like it or not, that's the landscape we have. Yes, Paul, I do think that what you guys just said is exactly the reason why Lane Kiffin let Charlie Weiss Jr. Stay for a month or two with Ole Miss football as offensive coordinator. I'll loan him back to you. He's not coaching with LSU like he and Lane. They're not coaching the team in any bowl game they get. They've already announced that. So he would just be sitting there not doing anything. It's almost like I'm going to loan you this as an olive branch on the way out to help you with the playoff committee. They announced this before the playoff selections yesterday and maybe it's not a little bit of a light olive branch between the two. Yeah, they're still hated rivals. They're always going to be hated rivals. Next November when LSU goes to Ole Miss, it is going to be a scene. So I mean, you can put a band aid on it, but boy, they can rip the band aid off really quickly. All right, we'll settle on our poll question. More phone calls coming up and we'll talk more about the college football, well, the rankings really everything attached to that with Chris Fowler a little bit later on. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from the Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio. 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At best 12th place. Yeah, this is Penn State. They're known for their recruiting. They get great players there. They turn out to be a lot of great pros that go there. But it is national signing day. Never in my wildest dreams imagination that I think that Vandy would be able to flip a quarterback who was maybe going to Georgia. Jared Curtis, who is from Nashville, five star recruit. He's going to be the successor to Diego Pavia there at Vandy, I have the college football title odds. Ohio State is the big favorite. Then it's Indiana, then Georgia. Then you have Oregon and Notre Dame who are tied. Then it's Texas Tech, A and M, Alabama and then Ole Miss is way down the list, top heavy with Ohio State, Indiana, the fact that Notre Dame and Oregon have the same odds and we don't even know if Notre Dame is going to make the playoffs. Alrighty. 8773 DP Show Email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle DP Show I believe we have settled on a poll question at least for the first hour of the program. Seaton I haven't even gotten into the toddler's options as well. Oh, Todd has some. Oh, he's got many. I've got another one here from Paul too. Paul submitted a second and said would you rather move to Amsterdam or Barcelona? That's fun. Let's say you had never been to either. Todd just went to one. Seaton just went to another just off without going to either. Just their reputations. You had to move tomorrow for the rest of your life to Amsterdam or Barcelona.

Amsterdam, I'd like to visit. I think Barcelona is where I would live.

Amsterdam feels like there's a novelty to it. You want to see the canals, you want to see, you know, everything that's attached to that. Copenhagen, all of those things. Barcelona. I'd probably say I'd live there. Yeah. Paulie Dan I've been to Amsterdam twice. Kind of like Hamilton original cast. Amsterdam has that reputation with the red light district and the weed when you get there. It's really a small part of the city. The red light district is three blocks right by the train station. It's easily avoidable. And the rest of it's beautiful. It's like. I don't know how to compare it. It's not like Venice, but it's in that Venice ilk where it's like canals and bicycles and all that great stuff. Well, it is known as the Venice of the North. There you go. Letting you know, did you come up with that or is that historic? I don't know. Sure. Why not? Yeah. Seaton, would you take Barcelona the rest of your life? Easily. Easily, yeah. I've been to both places. Both are spectacular. Barcelona is one of the best places I've ever been in my life. It's incredible. It's kind of like. It's a lot like. Like me in high school, but as a city, it's a lot of skateboarding, a lot of graffiti, a lot of, like, music and stuff like that. It's. It's exactly the right temperature for me. I love it. Do they call it Barcelona over there? Barcelona? Yeah. I don't know. Not around me, but maybe they were just being okay with my Barcelona. Yeah. Well, my son went to Barcelona and we said, how was Barcelona? And he goes, no, no, no, it's Barcelona. Ibiza. I go, yeah, we spent some time in Ibiza. Yes.

Todd, how about you? Copenhagen, Amsterdam or Barcelona? I really enjoyed Amsterdam. I've never been to Barcelona, so it' compare the two. But if they were both presented to me, I would probably want to see Barcelona first. But I am curious. I'd like to get to. I haven't been to Spain or France. I've just been to parts of Italy, so I'm not the best person to answer that. But I did enjoy Amsterdam very much. But I could see what you're saying about it seems more of a touristy go there for maybe a week or two. Not necessarily to live there forever. Yeah, I. I loved going to Venice, but I don't want to live in Venice, you know, and it's. There's a great curiosity there and how it's built and the canals and beautiful. But there's other places. If you said I could pick, then I would probably pick those. But it's, you know, something you need to see. What other poll questions to dubs you want to run through a couple you've got? Let's do it. Yeah. Are you comfortable with the current college football ranking system? A simple yes or no. Are you comfortable with the current college football ranking system?

Comfortable? Yeah. I would say I'm not comfortable. No. I mean, am I okay with it? Yes, but I'm not completely comfortable with it. I accept It. But then I have no other choice. What else do you have? If you were well off financially, would you give large sums of money to your alma mater to improve their athletic programs? Is that how you'd like to spend a lot of your money if you're well off? Could mean. It doesn't necessarily mean you're a billionaire, but you're doing very well financially. But you'd like to see your alma mater do well. What? You know, are you going to do that? Yeah. I mean, if you have cash and you want to see, you know, your alma mater do well, and you can take great pride in that and, you know, you're a big booster, that. Sure, I could see that. Yes, Paul. And in the old days, if you're a booster, your money could go to, like, a general college fund or the athletic department, but it might go to build something. Now you could just send your money and say, we want to buy players. You can just funnel your money right to Michigan or Nebraska and say, I would like to buy that quarterback, please. Yeah, you can actually, you know, go buy, you know, the window shopping. Say, I'm going to take that and take one of those and. And can I get one of those, too? Yes, you can. What else do you have, Todd? A couple more. How much college basketball are you watching right now? A lot. Peak here and there. Waiting for March Madness. All I know is Cameron Boozer needs to go to the NBA right now. He.

Had another great game last night. He has 90 points over the last three games for Duke. And, you know, if you don't like Duke, then you're not going to like Cameron Boozer because he's really good. Really good. What else do you have? And the last side. Fun one. It's exactly three weeks until Christmas Eve, so I ask you, how much holiday shopping have you done in exactly three weeks before Christmas Eve? All finished, Mostly done. Bought a few items. None. Zero. I've done nothing. Wow. Zero. And I'm starting to get nervous because I usually dominate. I get my wife a great gift. I only have to get one gift that she has to do all the other shopping. And I'm. I'm whiffing on this right now, so I'm getting a little nervous here. I'd like to get her the autographed calendar of the DP show, but we're out of those calendars. Unless you ordered one. Unless she already ordered one. Yeah. Might have to get the tailgate moonshine and the special there with the autograph. Thank you. John. Yes, Paul? With your wife with your wives, guys, do you ask her what she wants and ask for a couple ideas or do you say, I got this big surprise.

I usually run reconnaissance with one of my daughters and she can help out a little bit. You send a rudder in. Yeah, yeah, that's smart. I mean, I do, I ask, but she always says, I don't want anything. And I know that that's not true. I say, great.

Let'S grab pizza. You can't do that when everybody's opening gifts and then they'll be like, what'd you get, mom? Nothing, nothing. Just this smile right here. She said she didn't want anything, so. Yeah, yeah, no, it's tough, you know, it's tricky. But never, ever, you young guys out there, when I say they don't want a gift, they want a gift, do not fall for that.

I brought my. Bought my wife a blender one time for Christmas back in the early days. And she goes, oh, it's a blender. I said, yes, and I've never lived that down because kids will always say, oh, did you get mama blender? And I'll go, no, no, got her something different. Yes. If you're going to do the, the blender, it's got to be a joke. And you have to put a high end piece of jewelry in the bottom of the blender. Like that would be the move, I think. Yeah, yeah. So no blender this year, but open to suggestions. All right. Cody in Texas. Good morning, Cody. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan, wanted to give the committee some props for you. You know, they get a lot of stuff wrong, but man, leaving Texas out, that was a good move. Texas doesn't belong in the playoff. This, this, this media blitz of. Well, what about the Ohio State game? They lost to Florida and then they got dog walked two weeks ago by Georgia. They were not a playoff team. Yeah, you're right. You know that Florida loss is the one, and if they don't make it, they don't make it. But I, I do think they're, you know, you can see what they did against A and M. I mean, that's impressive. And A and M is a top five team. But they got to look at your resume. The Florida loss was a bad loss and they'll look back on that. And yes, they played Ohio State. They played Ohio State close. They lost that game and three losses. It feels like it's really difficult for the committee to go. We're going to make an exception and have that three loss team in Dan in Ohio. Hi, Dan, what's on your mind today?

Hey, Dan. 63235.

Just wondering what you guys think. Do you think college football even wants to make any changes? A megaphone, Dan, are you using a megaphone here? Dan? It's great to be on the show. Very excited to be here. College football.

Sorry, I do have a Bluetooth. Okay. Can you hear me okay now? Yeah, now I can. Okay. Just wondering if you think college football has any sort of urgency or any even desire to make any changes to coaching, hiring, transfer portal, signing day, anything like that. They've absolutely dominated sports talk radio for the better part of three weeks, and I don't think anything would change as far as fandom goes.

If they didn't make any changes. You know, I don't know if they want to make changes. You brought up a great point. You know, they owned, you know, sports talk, whether it was TV or radio. The last couple of weeks with all this, that's. That's happened and we'll continue. And that's hard to do when you're knocking NFL out of the top spot there. But, you know, you want people talking about your product, and they are. And there might be some negatives in there, but people are still talking about your product. Yeah, Paulie. And I think it's pretty obvious, but the College Football Playoff committee would much rather get three days of heat like they're getting now than put together a product that doesn't get the best ratings at the best matchups. And it's clearly their motivation. Lucas in Texas. Hi, Luke. What's on your mind?

Hey, Dan. Good morning. Good morning. Just wanted to have a quick bit on the Lane Kippen saga that just never seems to end. I think there's a reason that he was playing so coy with his salary and whatnot. And I think it's politics. I mean, a few weeks ago, the Louisiana governor made a big show about bad contracts, and we're not going to do that again. I'm going to get involved. And they gave Kiffin a worse contract. If you look at it, he has a financial incentive for another team to perform well in the playoff. If Ole Miss goes further, Lane gets more of a bonus. And so, frankly, I think. I think it's weird when politicians, like, try to actually substantively get involved in sports. But if you're going to throw yourself out there, like, don't be afraid when you make a dumb deal and then try to hide it by saying, well, let's not talk about the money aspect. Yeah, but I reported. I gave you all the details yesterday in the final 15 minutes of the program. I told you exactly what it was and that he gets a bonus. He wanted to be rewarded for the job that he did at Ole Miss because, hey, I'm going to take the job at lsu. I'm going to take it now. I'm going to take the bullets here, but I want to be compensated for, you know, the clauses in my contract there. And. And that governor has to know what his contract is. Everybody knows what the contract is. It was just silly for Lane to go, I don't even know what I'm getting paid. Yes, you do. Yes, you do. And you know all the other, you know, bonuses that kick it. You know, all of those things. You got a great agent who negotiated this, but it's not like you go, hey, I don't want to know. I don't believe that for a second, because we're starting to find out. You know, Lane, it wasn't universal that everybody goes, hey, we want Coach Kiffin to coach us in the playoffs. Some of these players have said, no, that that's not the case. So he did know. He does know. It'd be silly if he didn't know. Curtis in Illinois. Hi, Curtis.

Morning. Dp. On the Lane Kiffin subject, I don't know if it's devil's advocate, but does he get any credit for this? The fact that obviously the LSU job came up, he was interested, and he just took it, versus lying about it for the next two months, or having a handshake deal that could have come out and made him look worse in the media's eyes. And then also on top of that, is there a way that he could actually want the LSU job, take the LSU job, but not take it right now? No. He wanted to get there before national signing day. That's the problem with this. These coaches that, hey, I'm going to jump to. We've got coaches whose teams are in a conference championship game this weekend. They've already taken another job, and it's because you got to get there before national signing day. I mean, look at Penn State, the mess that they're in because they don't have a coach at national signing day. Lane had to take the job. And you're right. Could he have sat there and lied and said, you know, I'm staying here.

He doesn't have to apologize for taking the job because that's. That's the way college has set this up. You know, he didn't create this window here. He took advantage of the window. He's just the latest guy to do it. There'll be others and he LSU is there. Is it a better job than Ole Miss? Yes. The resources, the money, all of that, the talent surrounding, you know, three hour radius. Absolutely. But it's just don't sit here and make excuses that hey, I wanted but they didn't want me to stay and no, I don't want you to stay. Go and don't apologize. Go do your job. And I'm sure he'll do a great job there. All right. We'll come back. More phone calls. Our play of the day next. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live. Thursday Night Football is on and it's only on Prime Video. This week, the Dallas Cowboys take on the Detroit Lions in a new rivalry with lots of heat. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with Football's Best Party TNF tonight presented by Verizon. Not a Prime member, Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Cowboys and the lions Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com amazonprime for details. This message is brought to you by Apple Card. Apple Card members can earn unlimited daily cash back on everyday purchases wherever they shop. This means you could be earning daily cash on just about anything, like a slice of pizza from your local pizza place or a latte from the corner coffee shop. Apply for Apple Card in the Wallet app to see your credit limit offer in minutes subject to credit approval. Apple Card issued by Goldman Sachs bank usa, Salt Lake City branch terms and more at Apple Card.

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Check this out. He moused it for Boozer. A three. Got it. A rainbow to give him the lead with 205 to go. Timeout Josh Shire. We break for 30. Duke up 62, 59. That's courtesy of Learfield Sports. Cam Boozer had 29. Duke is 90 on the season. They beaten Kansas, Arkansas and Florida while they were ranked in the top 25. Boozers a little over 18 years of age.

He looks 25. He's great. Great player. By the way, Chris Paul's career is probably over. He was released or sent home in the middle of the night and I think the Clippers were playing in Atlanta and then there was a statement that was issued and said that, hey, we're sending Chris home and we're going to help him with his career moving forward.

I mean, if you know you're going to get rid of him, can you get rid of him closer to LA than Atlanta? Poor guy. They're going to make an all state commercial out of this. Yes, Paulie, there's very few details on this overnight. None of the writers have had any details on it. But Chris Paul a couple weeks ago announced that he was going to retire at the end of the season. He thought they just let him finish out his career as a Clipper, but there's no disciplinary things that are being reported. There's very little stuff on the story. He played all 82 games last year with San Antonio and then went to the Clippers. Now he was coming off the bench and he wasn't really doing much for the Clippers and they're not going anywhere. You know, Ty Lue is probably trying to hold on to his job there and Clippers are a mess. But I mean, in the middle of the of the night. You say to Chris, hey, we're going to release you. Now, does he get his own, you know, plane home or does he go commercial? Like, how's that work for Chris Paul? We're going to help you moving forward. How are you going to help him moving forward?

Probably go into broadcasting, I'm guessing. But That's a, what, 20, 21, 22 year career. I guess he could latch on to somebody, but.

He wasn't doing much for the Clippers. I think he was averaging like 3 points a game. Yeah, Marv, he should finish out with Oklahoma City. He played there. He's tight with Shay Gilders, Alexander. Just get a roster spot, hang out on the bench and watch them win 75 games.

Yeah, but they. You don't want to use a roster spot on somebody that really is not going. They don't need help. They want a title. It's not like you go, you know what they're missing? They're missing veteran leadership here. You don't need that. By the way, I think they have three first round picks in this upcoming draft. OKC does. Yes. Paulie. Dan. They have four first round picks in the upcoming draft. They had the Clippers pick, which is the fifth pick overall. They have Utah's pick, which is ninth right now. And they have Philadelphia's pick, which is 14. They have three of the top 14 picks.

Could you see them packaging all three and going to one and taking one of the top guys? There's three guys, they say in this draft, that are hot properties. That could be interesting because there's not enough spots in OKC for three new players. Yeah, I know, you're right.

And that's a young team. They were a little over like 23 years of age, winning the NBA championship. Pretty amazing.

They've done a great job. They really have. Sam Presti did a wonderful job building that roster. But when you make that trade and you get Shea Gilgis, then all of a sudden things started to fall in place. I mean, Chad Holmgren is a nice player, but Shea Gilgis is a Hall of Fame player. Yes. Chris Paul to. The thing with that, that makes you raise your eyebrows a little bit is that they were in Atlanta, right? Yeah. What'd you do in Atlanta, Chris?

Allegedly. Oh, what happened in Atlanta? What'd you do? No one gets released. No one gets released in Salt Lake City. Yeah.

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So I don't know, giving that a go here and see if anything changes, like $11. Drinking any oregano oil in there?

I don't. I got my wife giving me all kinds of different things. Got to try this and this and this and this and that and this. So a little drugged up here today. Yes. Bully. Quickly, Dan, if you'd like to play the Chris Paul final salary game, if this is the end of his career, I have the exact number. Who ever would like to play career. You go. You go first. Wait, hold on. I'm gonna need some music here. Salary.

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All right, Marvin, you start career salary, Chris Paul. $422 million. Okay, Todd. 337. Seaton made that last year. Yes. 337.

I'm gonna say 425. I'm gonna go 4025.

Wow. Wow.

Okay, Dan, this might be the closest guest guess in the history of this game. Chris Paul will have made 403 2.

Thank you. Thank you. Well done. Even under the weather, you know. Still doing it, Todd. That was pretty. Still doing it. Yeah. Thank you. Still doing it. So why did he pay to fly coach from Atlanta back to la? He's got plenty of money. Well, no, I don't know that. We don't know. Notoriously. Yeah. You imagine you're flying out of Atlanta this morning, all of a sudden, middle seat. Coach Chris Paul's there. Hey, aren't you Chris Paul? And he's on the waitlist. They saw CP3 up on the screen. He didn't even have a guaranteed seat.

Michael in Montana. Hi, Mike. What's on your mind today? I think it was Mitchell in Montana, but six, eight, a Gumby, like 190.

I think someone said that Lane Kiffin was the biggest, the hero to zero. And I gotta wag my finger at that because that title goes to Joe Paterno for sure. That's apples and oranges. Yeah, but that's something different than what we're talking about with Lane Kiffin. But yeah, you know, when they, when they start to tear down your statue.

That pretty much, you know, that was the end. Blaine Giffen had resurrected his career from where he was sort of a joke, and then had all of this built up, all of this goodwill, only to torch it in a matter of like seven days by just taking another job. We'll talk some college football. Chris Fowler, voice of college football, will stop by here in about 25 minutes. More of your phone calls as well. 8773 DP Show Paulie came in and he was. I don't. How would you describe your reaction to Kansas basketball uniforms? Apoplectic. Yes. I was quite salty. Yes. Paulie goes, did you see Kansas? I go, what? Did you see their uniforms? I go, yeah. Oh, my God. Okay. Only 10 more presents to wrap. You're almost at the finish line. But first.

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