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I, if I have multiple TVs I gotta have the Colts and the Seahawks on. But you're gonna have and I'm looking at the window here. Chiefs probably would be 4, 4 o', clock, Broncos 4 o', clock, Lions at the Rams 4 o'. Clock. And then are they going to have those earlier? Yes. Paulie, chargers, Chiefs at 1pm Eastern game. Oh, surprisingly. Okay. Bill's Patriots will be a 1 o'. Clock. Okay, so you got Packers, Broncos, Lions, Rams, Colts Seahawks if Philip Rivers is the starting quarterback. If you do priority list there, where are you putting? Colts, Seahawks. Comparing that with Packers, Broncos, Lions, Rams.
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Lions. Rams is great. Lions are getting five and a half at the Rams, but then the packers are favored at Denver, which is interesting. And then you got the Colts against the Seahawks. All right, come on in. You know, whenever somebody says, I've seen everything, you haven't, not in sports. I mean, crazy things happen all the time. I mean, the fact that Indiana is playing for a national championship and going to have the Heisman Trophy winner, you thought you would see. Okay, here's another one. If I would have said to you 20 years ago, you know, Indiana is going to have the Heisman Trophy winner and Vanderbilt will have a Heisman Trophy candidate and Indiana is going to be the number one team in football, you'd be going, no way. Not possible. And, but both of these schools, great stories this year. And that's the quick turnaround that you can have with nil collectibles, the portable, all of that. And you've seen that with Indiana, certainly with what Kurt Signetti has done. And I'm going to say this again, and I'm not trying to disparage what Dion did at Colorado, but boy, do the media make a big deal about what Dion did at Colorado. Kurt Signetti did that times a thousand at Indiana. And there's very little fanfare for Kurt Signetti because he's not going to get clicks. Indiana's not going to get clicks. Dion is going to get clicks. And the media plays and had played to that, you know, game days out there and he's just taken a one win team and they're winning four games. And then they had a bigger turnaround after that. You did have the Heisman Trophy winner, but Kurt Signetti is going to play for a national championship or at least he's in the mix. They're the number one team in the country. They have the Heisman Trophy winner as well. I don't want to undersell what he did at Indiana, Dion did a wonderful job. Dion brings eyeballs, he gets clicks. But Kurt Signetti staying at Indiana, Penn State was going to offer him probably whatever he wanted and he said, nope, I'm going to stay here and sign that, what, nine year deal. But that's, it's incredible to think about that as a possibility in college football. And you're doing it in the Big Ten. So it's not like you're an outlier. SMU or Boise State or Arizona State. You're doing it in the Big Ten and you're going to have the Heisman Trophy winner. They did announce the four players who will go to New York. Jeremiah Love, you got Mendoza, you got Pavia and then you got saying they're all going to New York. Those are the Heisman finalists. I'm not allowed to say who I voted for. They said, you know, can you wait until after the ceremony? So in due respect to that, I will give you who I voted for. You know, you list three players. You can list three players. And I did. I listed three players. So 8773 DP show email address dp danpatrick.com Twitter handle @dpshow Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you for downloading the app. By the way, stat of the day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the program. Great gear. If you go to danpatrick.com we've teamed up with Boathouse Sports. They will bring you last minute holiday gifts at 25 off. Check out the inventory, everything made in the United states. Go to danpatrick.com and check out the gear before it's gone. The first hour of the program brought to you by JLab. It's the perfect gift this holiday season. Give the gift of sound, the JBuds party speaker, the gift of silence, the JBuds Lux over ear headphones active noise canceling. Visit jlab.com make sure you use the promo code DAN 2020 off. Find them on Amazon or look for the blue box at a retailer near you. That's jlab.com gang's all here. Fritzi Seaton, Marv Poly, yours truly and the back room guys. Notre Dame has a press conference coming up at noon Eastern. Now that was scheduled, we had Pete Babaqua. He is the athletic director at Notre Dame. He of course came on yesterday and talked about, you know, the damage that was done between the relationship between Notre Dame and the acc.
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Speculation now, once again, speculation. I don't know anything about this. I have inquired. I didn't get responses back from my two sources. Is Notre Dame planning a bigger picture here? Is Notre Dame going to say to the acc, maybe starting in the new year.
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We'Re going to take all of our balls and go home. We're going to take all of our sports and take it out of the accident. It certainly felt that way, that there was Notre Dame was hot with what happened. And I'll go back to a source of mine. Who knows what went on in that college football playoff committee meeting on Saturday and said that the ACC spent three hours of the committee's time talking about Notre Dame and Miami. And Notre Dame thinks, hey, did you guys fight for us? We're kind of in the accident, but we're not. And it's almost like if this was a cd, if this was music, it'd be the ACC feat Notre Dame. That's kind of what the ACC is. But the ACC went to bat for Miami, and once again, I have no problem Miami getting in. I have a problem with the logic of this is where we had Notre Dame, this is where we had Miami and nothing really changed until it changed and Alabama not dropping after getting blown out, you know, the SEC title game. Those are the only things I'm questioning. You can put in other schools in there. It could be the other way around. If Miami was ranked in front of Notre Dame for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks, and all of a sudden Notre Dame jumps them, people would be in an uproar, right? Oh, Notre Dame preferential treatment. Okay, so just be fair to the situation, which is what I'm trying to be. I don't like that Notre Dame's not playing in a bowl game. I don't like the possibility of them saying, hey, we don't like what you did. We're taking our sports out of the acc. But, you know, the thing I thought of is if you're Notre Dame and you say to the acc.
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We'Re going to the Big Ten, we're going to take all of our sports to the Big Ten and we're going to try to do a partial schedule with the Big Ten, with Notre Dame football.
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Is that where we're headed? Because it felt like. So Pete Baqua comes on, I have a relationship with him, and he does that interview and he tells me how he feels about the ACC and the damages that, you know is done. And you know, when you have the athletic director make a declaration like that, it doesn't feel like they're going to go quietly here. Feels like there's going to be an announcement coming up here at noon Easter, but we'll be off the air. But that, that would be my speculation. And once again, I have. I'm not reporting anything other than let me think about this and add logic to this and what exactly what he's. Was he saying to me? And what does this mean in a bigger picture here? All right, we'll get to phone calls 877-3DP Show Email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Reggie Miller a little bit later on. We'll have more on the Eagles subpar performance last night, more on the possibility of Philip Rivers being the starting quarterback for the Colts.
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Unbelievable. Seaton, what's the poll question from the first hour of the program? Well, why don't we start right there with Philip River Rivers and the Colts. Philip coming back to quarterback the Colts is a great idea. Terrible idea. Why don't we play great idea or terrible idea? Foreign.
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It's kind of a sad idea that you've gotten to that point.
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And this is. This would have been Riley Leonard's, you know, time to shine. But now he still could play. He got injured in that game over the weekend. He banged up his knee, he scored a touchdown and, and at least he gives you a quarterback who is, you know, in the 20s, in his 20s, not in his 40s. Philip Rivers could be Riley Leonard's dad and maybe he's going to be out there playing. It's not like Philip Rivers lost arm strength or mobility because he didn't have either one of them. And you're going to have him in Seattle against that defense. Oh, God. You're going to have. He's going to be arriving in a walker and then, you know, like Seattle's defense going to be helping him up, you know, walking him to the curb here. Cross a crosswalk. All right, so that's one poll question. What else do you have? It is. We got another one here from Paul. Man, they're in trouble.
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That's the question. Throw the comma in there, man. Man, they're in trouble. Okay. All right. Colts, Chiefs, Eagles, Ravens. Man, they are all in trouble. Yeah, yeah. Colts, you know, the Eagles. I didn't have a good feeling to start the year.
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And I, you know, watching last night, you can't have a good feeling now. The schedule isn't demanding, but you're trying to figure out where you're going to be in the NFC playoffs. Are you going to host a playoff game? You're going to win your division, then you got to see where do we stack up here? Are they the second best team right now? I think the Rams are the best team in the nfc, but you got the Niners and you got Seattle. Green Bay is really good, too. I put Green Bay over the Eagles right now as well. The fact that Green Bay is going to Denver and Green Bay is a two and a half point favorite, man, that tells you a lot about what Vegas thinks. So the Chiefs, we know they're. They're done. Done. Ish hey, until they're eliminated, they're in it because if you said, okay, if you said the Chiefs made the playoffs, where would you put them in the pecking order of the AFC of chances to go to the Super Bowl? Would you put them over the Bills? Would you put them over the Patriots? Once again, the Chiefs are going to be playing on the road. They're not going to win the division, which if they played the Chargers, if they played the Broncos, like they still have that impact. At least that thought of, Damn, they got 15. Yes. Marvin, you just named all those teams. And I'm like, the Chiefs are the favorite. Yeah. Vegas would still love them if they're going to make the playoffs. Vegas would still love them to be able to go to the Super Bowl. All right. Any other poll? I like both of those poll questions there. Anything else? Seaton, before we take a break, I think we're going to ride with those two for the first hour. Okay. We'll talk about the Chargers as well. Justin Herbert playing through a broken hand and they played well enough. That secondary is really good. The Chargers defense is really good. And you're just, oh, Marion Hampton, boy, they needed him. And when you think of all the injuries with the Chargers, the fact that they're where they are right now says a whole lot. Here's Jim Harbaugh talking about just how big that win was last night. This is definitely, I don't maybe the best, best feeling. Just a wonderful, wonderful feeling of winning and thrill of victory. It's certainly in the discussion. I put in the discussion, the birth of my seven children, my marriage, you know, in the conversation. In the conversation. Just joyful. He is a character.
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He's a character. All right. We're going to take a break. Phone calls, they're welcome. We'll get to those coming up. Reggie, a little bit later on. And we're back after this on the 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 and the iHeartRadio app. Fox Sports Radio is taking over YouTube and you can be a part of it. Pay attention. Just go to YouTube and search Fox Sports Radio. Hit that subscribe button and smash that notification bell and catch all the videos from your favorite shows. Two pros and a cup of Joe, Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd, Doug Gottlieb, Kavino and Rich the Odd Couple with Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington, the Jason Smith show with Mike Harmon and the Ben Maller Show. Fox sports radio on YouTube subscribe hit that thumbs up icon and comment away. This is Rob Gronkowski from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and jules. 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I got a Lane Kiffin bobblehead that was sent in the mail to me, but here is actually, I got two of them. This is from Billy in Oxford and he sent me two of them. One of them has a broken hand. And he said that that was a casualty when he found out that Lane Kiffin was leaving to go to lsu. So he sent me one that is, you know, completely intact that we're showing now. But then he also gave me the one that I have that I'm holding here, and it's got Lane Kiffin with one hand. Yes, Paul. And that's a new thin Lane Kiffin with the visor and shred fest. I think that's Pilates. Lane Kiffin. Yeah, Pilates. So he says that he gave me two Lane Kiffin bobbleheads. They were given away with the purchase of a chicken on a stick at the Exxon gas station in Oxford. And he hopes that we could find a home here. He said that the broken hand on one of the dolls was not the result of any outburst of emotion from this past weekend, but a cat incident that occurred years ago. So. All right, thank you. Billy. Yes, Paulie. Who invented sports bobbleheads. Have they been around forever? Well, how long is forever? Well, like, do you remember them when you were a kid? I don't really remember them when I was a kid. Bobbleheads being a toy or a gift.
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I remember getting one at ESPN.
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A bobblehead for me. And that had to be 35 years ago. 30? Yeah, a good 30 plus years ago. Yes. Todd. Yeah, I'm with Paulie. I don't remember that growing up as all I know we're in our mid-50s, but I, you know, there's this wind up toys and there's things that maybe wiggle or shake a little bit, but I don't remember that. It was always about like trading cards and things like that. I always felt like every bobblehead looked the same, that you'd be like, oh, look at that one. And then somebody would say, oh, there's a George W. Bush and Then there's you. And it looked just the same. And I'd be like, all right, let's maybe differentiate here a little bit. And they've gotten a lot more. I mean, I got a ton of them behind Seton and. And Fritzi. Yeah, Paulie. The first bobblehead sports I could find created was back in the mid-60s, Major League Baseball, leading up to the World Series. They randomly, over the couple years, did bobbleheads of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente and Roger Maris. And it never really caught on until the 80s with other sports. You know what? I remember seeing those. I remember seeing those, and I probably should have kept a couple of those. I kept everything. And then there's certain things where I go, why didn't I keep that? Or those? Dylan just sent me a crazy stat. This is courtesy of Bleacher Report. Jalen Hurts, his QBR last night was 31.3. He had four interceptions. He also lost a fumble. He had an interception and lost a fumble on the same play. Here's your qbr. If you spike the ball every single play. So all you do is spike the ball every single play. Your QBR is 39.6. Your QBR was spiking the ball. Every single play would have been better than Jalen Hurts last night at 31.3.
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Jalen Hurts, first player to commit two turnovers on the same play since 1978, when the NFL began tracking play by play data. Four interceptions, one fumble. One of the interceptions was not his fault. A.J. brown kind of shorthanded. It had alligator arms there and. But that Charger defense is really good. Secondary is really good. And they got after him. They got after him last night, but the Eagles got after, you know, Justin Herbert as well. Well, they have seven sacks. You get seven sacks and you get Saquon Barkley 120 yards, and you don't win that game. Now, they kept it close, but you got to win those games. Let's see a couple of phone calls in here. Greg in Michigan leads us off. Good morning, Greg. What's on your mind today? Good Morning, Gamma Man. Mr. Positive. Hey, gotta love my Josh. Elvis Allen and the Bills, let me tell you. And real quick, Stephen A. Smith mentioned you yesterday in his show. It's fantastic. I don't exactly know what it was, but put you out there. Hey, and if you ever talk politics, get my buddy Chris Cuomo. But here's the thing I gotta ask you. My Detroit Lions.
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The. The Bears and the packers are playing great. Do they have a fighter's Chance. I mean, yeah, of course they do. That's a really good team.
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Paulie, give me the schedule. They got the Rams coming up this weekend in Los Angeles. At the Rams hostess Steelers at the Vikings. At the Bears. To end it.
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Gonna be tough. Gonna be tough. But I still think they're better than the Bears and the Packers. Yeah, Paulie, packers have Broncos, Bears, Ravens, Vikings. Okay, somewhat friendly after the Broncos game. Yeah, Colts started out 7 and 1. How many teams start out 7 and 1 and don't make the playoffs? Because that cold strength of schedule is really, really difficult and you don't even have a quarterback. And if you do, he's 44 years of age. Oh my goodness. Either that or you got a 23 year old rookie in Riley Leonard. Either way doesn't look good. This was a feel good story. This was, this was a story that was kind of rivaling the Indiana Hoosiers. Like all right, who is this team? You know, there was similarities, a parallel, like nobody thought this was going to happen. Hey, we found our quarterback, our running backs really good. We can win this Division 7 and 1 and now I don't think they're going to make the playoffs. Thanks for the phone call, Greg. Buddha is back from San Francisco. Hi Buddha.
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What up, dp? Happy Tuesday, Dan, I am calling in today with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind, baby. Let's go. Dan, we all know the Chargers have fooled you before, but seeing them pull it out last night without any crazy chargery was kind of refreshing and fun to watch. And please, please, please, Dan, let's have Phil Rivers come back. It's all about content, baby. And Dan, I was thinking about this yesterday to the whole college football fiasco that is, I mean today Bobby Knight must be rolling in his grave watching all of this. Indiana's ranked number one. Notre Dame ranked at an ironic Fritzi 11. And honestly, I watch and listen to all of the explanations by all the professionals, Dan, and it just like seems like a, like a, like a version of Dr. Phil explained a bunch of nothing about a bunch of nothing. And at the end of the day it's just all not good. Thank you, Buddha. Chris in Syracuse. Hi, Chris.
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Hey, thanks, Dan. Hey, a couple things for you. Hey, you know, the first few years of the BCS and its four team format, they had a hard time finding four teams that were worthy of being in the playoffs. And a lot of those games ended up being blowouts. Now with nil and the transfer portal, the 12 team format isn't enough. And I think it's great for college football, and it's especially college football fans. And Dan, your interview with Notre Dame's AD yesterday was played everywhere and kind of like your Russell Wilson interview a few years ago, it seems like whenever a high profile executive, coach or player wants to get a message out through the media, you're the one they trust to get it out there. And in the industry you're in, I. I don't know if there's a bigger compliment. Well, thank you, Chris. Now, I appreciate the opportunity to be able to ask the questions. The question is, will they answer those questions? Because I can ask the Notre Dame athletic director questions about the acc, leaving the acc. What does he mean when he says, you know, the damage that's done, but he has to be willing to answer? It's like Russell Wilson had been on the show 20 times prior to the one time he came on and was actually honest, actually gave me true emotion, true feelings. But that's, that's the, you know, it's the hit or miss that you have with this. And sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss.
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Zach in Knoxville. Hi, Zach. What's on your mind today? Adp, thanks for taking my call. Sorry about the technical difficulty, difficulties yesterday. I just wanted to address.
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I'm not saying you're giving Notre Dame a pass, but let's be clear on something. They are not a victim. And I understand the whole hoodwink being ranked ahead of Miami, but if you look at their schedule, I don't think that they've beaten anybody better than Auburn. Who? Alabama, obviously beat me. Iron Bowl. And I'm not saying Alabama should be in either. I just think that the coverage seems to be a little bit of Notre Dame isn't getting in, but they didn't play anybody at the end of the year. And the two teams that you played that were worth a crap, you didn't win. Yeah, but Zach, I'm not giving Notre Dame a pass. If this was reversed and it was Miami ranked in front of Notre Dame for five weeks and then all of a sudden Notre Dame jumped them, you don't think the media would have been all over Notre Dame? The media giving them preferential treatment? I'm not giving. It doesn't matter. I couldn't care less that if it's Notre Dame or if it's Miami, if it's Alabama, I gotta be fair to what is going on, and I don't think it was fair to the system that they've created. That's all. I'm not giving him a pass. I gave him the opportunity to explain why they're mad at the accident. Did the ACC say things, disparaging things about Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff selection committee? That, I mean, that's what I'm curious about. Not I give them a hall pass. What, what's the hall pass I'm giving them. I understand why they're frustrated, but if it was reversed, I would understand why Miami was frustrated. This isn't about Notre Dame. If Alabama, Alabama didn't move and they got blown out by Georgia. And I'll go back to what I said to you that happened last week when I talked to a source who said they, in their minds, they thought that the committee was setting up Notre Dame to be disappointed. Okay, that's from a source. And what happened? Notre Dame got disappointed. So this isn't a hall pass for Notre Dame. They should play in a bull game. I'm disappointed they're not. I understand why they're not, but I wish they would have. They may leave the acc. Okay. They may go to the Big Ten with their other sports. I, okay, but I, I'm, I'm not sitting here playing favorites. And I did push back with Pete. Like, you know, why are you doing this? You know what? You know, even when I said, oh, it sounds like sour grapes or somebody might say that, and it does sound like that with a portion of this. You're Notre Dame. You can be bigger than this, you can be better than this. And it didn't sound that way yesterday at times, but I understand the frustration. Take Notre Dame out of that and just put two schools in there. Your school is ahead of somebody for five weeks and then. And nothing changed.
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And then it changed. And your reaction would be what? And that's all I'm asking you to do. Understand the situation. And this is on the College Football Playoff committee.
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And whatever the fallout is, maybe there's change because of this. But in no way do I sit here and go, man, Notre Dame, how do I help them? Notre Dame doesn't need my help.
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Andrew in Washington. Hi, Andrew. What's on your mind today?
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Hey, Andrew.
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Good morning. Dan Dennett. Thanks for taking my call. I agree with you. You didn't show any favoritism yesterday to Pete Bakwa. That was just an excellent interview. I echo the sentiments of Christ in Syracuse, where that was a. You were like a conduit information for the whole nation as far as how Miami felt. And in that, I mean, I think it's just the latest Catholics versus Convicts game in Miami. Revenge. That two point conversion they lost by in 1988 by jumping up in the thing. And so, you know, hey, rivalries die hard. But one other thing that I noticed was permanent damage is a pretty, you know, important term in any relationship. So I think that, you know, your, your sentiment where you're trying to get some information on if they're leaving the acc, it's probably going to be true. Last night I've seen some reports that the Eagles are still using a Shane Stike in offense. I don't know if you heard that. They haven't really changed the terminology. And the only difference between this year and last year was Saquon Barkley was a new weapon for him. So I don't know if you've heard any of that. And Dan, real quick, if you don't mind, I have a Stat of the day. So last night, Derek Queen scored 33 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 10 assists. Last night for the Pelicans to become the only the fifth NBA player to have a 30 point triple double before the age of 21, joining LeBron, Luka, Yaron, Fox and Wemby. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Here comes that. What? Stat of the day.
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Now did Chris say that he's the first rookie since Wemby, but also. Or he's in that category with Wemby and LeBron and who else? Luca. Okay. Austin Reeves had a triple double in 2022, a 30 point triple double in 2022. But I think he said before the age of 21. Oh, okay. Well then. And they traded up to get Derek Queen. They did, yeah. And he's played pretty well for them. I didn't necessarily see it in college. Was he at NC State? He's at Maryland. Maryland. Maryland. Okay. A little bit of breakout year last year. Yeah. Yeah.
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Let's see a couple more phone calls. Rob in St. Louis. Hi, Rob. What's on your mind today.
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Dan? You know, I've got two things for you today. One's, one's a question and one's a comment. This whole thing with Notre Dame, this is the best thing that can happen for college football. And Notre Dame deserves exactly what they're getting. This is called comeuppance. You don't want to play by the rules. You want your own little station. You want to be on prime time every Saturday night. This is what you're going to get. People are going to come ask you, and this is exactly what happened. Now I got a question for you. Last night I finally got to see a Monday Night Football game on abc because I don't have cable. These people are losing a lot of viewers, aren't they?
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How so? Well, if you can't watch the game on ESPN because you don't have espn, you just don't watch the game, or you go to. Maybe you go to a bar and you don't listen to the sound, so you don't see the advertisement. Well, it is basic cable, though. Well, who has basic cable anymore? Okay. Thank you, Rob. I didn't know where he's going. Yeah, I. I don't know. I. I got YouTube TV. Yeah. Paulie, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football are the two easiest sports to find in America, probably. Yeah. Thursday. Good luck with that. Yeah, good luck with that. And by the way, Notre Dame's comeuppance is going to back them into an unbelievable deal. Probably with the Big Ten. Yeah. Really showed them. Yeah.
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I don't play. I. I hope you know me well enough by listening and doing this for 40 years. I'm not playing favorites here. You know, you just have to tell the story. My job as an interviewer is to be a conduit to information that somebody wants to give to my audience. That's all. And asking the right questions. Okay? It, it's. I take great pride in it. And you want to get the right answers, and you can challenge in a way that you don't raise your voice. That's all. That's the way I was taught, the way I continue to do it. But if you think I gave Notre Dame a pass, that's. That's on you. It was never any preconceived notion that I'm going to somehow be a soft landing for them. Because I'm telling you right now, I don't agree with them not playing in a bowl game. I don't like it. It feels a more. A little bit more elitist. And they may bounce out of the ACC because of this, but I do understand where they're ranked. Take Notre Dame out of this and put your school in there, and if it happened to you, you'd be shouting from the mountaintops. You would be. Yeah. Pulling. Based off all the reports, the Notre Dame team and players made the decision not to play in the bowl game within an hour of the selection show. Do you think if they had a little more time, they may have realized this is the last time 80% of them are ever going to play competitive football and hang with their friends and teammates and get a week down in Florida? And I know it's an exhibition game. But to spend one more week or three more weeks of practice. Yeah, but how many of your teammates were not going to play in that game? But those guys are. Okay, then the other 95 can play. I always think you should play another game if you can. Because if Jeremiah Love is not going to play, I want to see who his replacement's going to be. I want to be ready. I always want to have one more game as, as a coach. I want to get guys in there playing in, you know, real games there. But I understand you're frosty because of this and you're going to be playing in the Pop Tart bowl and nothing to gain if you beat byu. Yes. Yeah. The timing of that does sort of suggest that it's an emotional reaction. Yes. Which isn't really the best way to do that. And all of this feels emotional. I'm wondering if you said to Notre Dame, let's wait a week and then have Pete Bavakwa, the athletic director, address the media or the players get to vote on this. That, you know, you remove yourself from that if you say, hey, we didn't make the playoffs, we don't want to play. Okay, I get that. All right, let me take a break. We got our play of the day. Up next, Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. This is Rob Gronkowski from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and jules. 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This is the play of the day.
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Hey, what's up, Dan? Hey, man six. First time caller six one and a husky 255.
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Hey, after your awesome interview, which, by the way, I think we underestimate some silence in some of those questions that you asked, I thought it was awesome. We all feel it, you know, and you ask something like, well, how so? After Pete Babaqua's, you know, response to one of the questions. But my question for you is, have we thought about what would have happened if Virginia had won that game and gotten in to represent the ACC with all of the money, the talks, the contracts, those in the room that are vying for ACC and what that money means not only to a team but to an entire conference in the landscape? I just wonder, if Virginia had won, does that allow Notre Dame to stay put versus being moved down and sitting on their couch? So just a thought, and thanks for all you guys do to keep me laughing every morning. Have a good one. Thank you, Devin. Well, Miami moved ahead of Notre Dame and they would have gotten in, I'm guessing. You know, was Virginia guaranteed of getting into the playoffs if they won the acc? Yes, because they were ranked going into the game.
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What was their ranking, though?
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Yes, Marvin, I know. They were 10 and 2. Yeah, yeah. And it's not to say they weren't worthy of it, but I. I wasn't following. You know, I. I was actually rooting for Duke to win because it would just be chaos that a five lost team is in the ACC title game. Yeah, Paulie, Virginia was ranked 17th in the country going into the game. Okay? So that means they're automatic. I got to check what would who had been out. Okay.
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It's hard to keep up with the math of all of this or the logic, I should say, or the lack thereof.
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Let's see.
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Becky in Wisconsin. Hi, Becky. What's on your mind? Hey, good morning, guys. I just wanted to say happy holidays, everybody. And I got a quick wager for Todd. Oh, I was hoping since I am a big Tiger fan, I could do a straight up win loss at Pie to the Face this weekend for Sunday's game, Todd, Green Bay, Denver in Denver. Pie to the Face with Becky in Wisconsin. Let's do it. It's going to be a tough one and they're due for a loss of the winning 10 straight. But you know what? They're in Denver. I'm hoping that will give us that Mile High mag. Okay. All right. You got a bet there, Becky. Thanks. All right.
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Adam in la. Hi, Adam. What's on your mind today? Hey, good morning, dp. Appreciate you. Hey, just had a quick question and then it's out of the day. Quick question would be, since Notre Dame didn't get in, if you thought that they should get in, who would you have taken out? Would it have been James Madison? Tulane? And then if it was both, which I think it should have been both, I don't see why. And James, Matt both made it. I get the rules, whatever. But would it have been Texas? Would it have been Vandy? And then my quick side of the day was. Yeah, confirmed. 1978. It says. Sportsborough says that Jalen hurts the first player in NFL history to throw an interception and a fumble on the same play. Pretty crazy to see, but yeah. Go ahead and tell me what you feel about those two teams that you would have had instead of Duane and Vandy. Thanks. I'm glad they got in. Like, I still root for the underdog because there's going to be a time when these teams won't get a chance to play in the playoffs because I do think that we'll go to a more professional model. Yes. Paulie, there has to be some type of reward for winning your way in with the group of five, or you just get rid of the group of five conferences and just tell them you have no place in this playoff. Yeah, and. And you know, we saw that with Boise State, we saw that with Arizona State. Now I don't think they deserve first round buys like they did last year. Tulane and jmu, they lose their coaches. Now they do come back, I think, to be able to coach, which I, I'm glad that they're doing that. It's just been. And, and we talked about this six weeks ago. I was informed by somebody who said, a source said there's going to be so much upheaval. Well, we've seen upheaval and it's not over yet. I don't know what Notre Dame's going to Say in two hours. Yeah. Seaton.
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Yeah. I mean, I find the press conference, the timing of that to be pretty interesting. Yeah. Just with the interview and the press conference, it's a crazy. What is it, 72 hours or whatever since the announcement? Yeah, I know. I feels like something. Something seismic is coming and this was almost the we, we. I'm going to do this interview with you. And he gave me a headline. Now that brings more eyeballs to this press conference Notre Dame is going to have in two hours from now. Is there a chance Philip Rivers going to play Sunday, start Sunday for the Colts against Seattle? Albert Breer will join us. What's wrong with the Eagles South? Palantonio stops by and Reggie Miller will join us as well. Busy two hours coming up with Fritz. Easy, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly, the Dan Patrick Show. What a matchup we got, y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit chant, echo drum beat. Everybody showing that school pride. A game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Mmm. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back again. App passionate fans, school colors everywhere, and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo no matter the sport, no matter the yard. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going. Running a business is hard enough. Don't make it harder. With a dozen apps that don't talk to each other. One for sales, another for inventory, a separate one for accounting. That's software overload. Odoo is the all in one platform that replaces them all. CRM, accounting, inventory, E Commerce, hr. Fully integrated, easy to use and built to grow. With your business, Thousands have already made the switch. Why not you try Odoo for free@odoo.com? that's odoo.com. when a job site gets loud and deadlines get tighter, your team needs a line of communication that won't quit. Rapid Radios. They keep crews connected on construction zones, in warehouses or across campus grounds. No delays, just crisp, reliable talk with the push of a button. Group chats, private calls, and a battery life that goes for five days even in the toughest conditions. From foreman to security to field staff, Rapid radios get the job done. Clear communication built for work. Rapidradios.com when you gotta go number two, be sure to bring the number one product and clean Dude Wipes the goat of cleaning your keister because the wet extra large wipes clean up what dry TP leaves behind. So stop being an A hole to your B hole and protect your end zone with the MVP of Clean Tight Ends. And they come in different pack sizes, including a single wipe on the go pack that you can take wherever you go. For that home field advantage, start using Dude Wipes, the MVP of Clean, available at Amazon and major retailers nationwide. Dude Wipes Best Clean Pants Down Tires matter. They're the only part of your vehicle that touches the road. Tread confidently with new tires from Tire Rack Whether you're looking for expert recommendations or know exactly what you want, Tire Rack makes it really easy. Fast Free shipping, free road hazard protection, convenient installation options and the best selection of Firestone tires. Go to tire rack.com dan see their Firestone test results, tire ratings and reviews and be sure to check out all the special offers. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be this is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.