Fritzi (3:44)

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And we have lobster bisque. Who has it better than we do? Nobody. Nobody. So it's a meat Thursday. Today, win or lose, we celebrate all remaining t shirts, just $10. Now. Pick them up. DanPatrick.com Clearing out our remaining inventory. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards for the Dan Patrick show. First hour brought to you by Simply Safe. Millions of Americans trust Simply Safe home security. Visit simply safedan.com get 50% off the new system with a professional monitoring plan. There's no safe like Simply Safe. Just when I was starting to feel bad that we lost the sports Emmy, I could always be a Knicks fan today because they got to feel a whole lot worse than we did. But they were winning. We weren't even winning winning. And all of a sudden, in historical fashion, you blow a lead, this will be the question. We always do this. All the shows. Well, did one team win it or one team lose it? The Knicks blew it. The Knicks blew it. When you're up 14 inside three minutes in your building, you blew it. Now, since 1997 in the postseason, there have been total of four comebacks from seven or more points in the final 52nd of the fourth quarter overtime. The Pacers have three of the four, all happening this season. Brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. We'll have a poll question, play of the day and a few stats of the day coming up as well. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk, he'll wrap up what we saw at the owners meetings as the Tush push is still here, at least for another year. Tom Pelissero, also at the owners meetings, will join us later on. And hall of famer Mr. Fab 5 Chris Weber a little bit later on as well. So recapping the Pacers shocking the knicks in Game 1 and Shea Gilgis Alexander wins the NBA MVP, although we already knew he won it because Shams broke the story and then Shaq was opening up an envelope last night and we're supposed to suspend belief or disbelief, like, okay, maybe something else happened here that we don't know. Maybe Shams didn't get it right. And all of a sudden Shaq goes. Jake Ilje Alexander, MPP they got to figure out how to do this because you can't hold this kind of information this amount of time. Because you remember when Dirk Nowitzki had to accept the MVP after, I think they were blown out by the Golden State warriors in round one. I mean, they, I was told that somebody was suggesting to give Shay Gilgis Alexander the MVP while he's facing Joker in Denver. I go, no, no, no, no. That's not, that's not the way you should be doing this. It should be something that, it's a great moment. And even if we all thought that Shea Gilgis was going to win, just let's do it, have an announcement so we can treat it in real time that. Yay. All right, you won. Yes, Marvin.

Fritzi (7:12)

But when I was a kid, when.

Marvin (7:13)

Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were receiving the MVP awards, they did it before a game.

Fritzi (7:18)

So you wouldn't want Shay Gilchrist Alexander.

Marvin (7:20)

To do it before a game. Not in Denver. Not, not on, you know, Joker's own court. You want to do it in okc? Absolutely. Go ahead. I have no problem with that. And Joker knows he's not winning the mvp. But, you know, do it right after the regular season. We, we don't, let's not try to hold off. Remember, they tried to do the award ceremony and then, then Covid came in and then they decided not to do that anymore. It just, it's a great moment for SGA you want to treat it as such, Give him, you know, the award prior to a game. Home crowd gets to honor him. Great. I'm fine with that. Yes, John, it would have been very.

Fritzi (7:59)

Awkward if there was another name besides SGA in that envelope because SGA was standing by with all his teammates to do an interview on inside the NBA. That might have been slightly awkward if he read a different name.

Marvin (8:08)

Yeah, but he was going to win. He dominated with first place votes and Joker second place votes. But Shea, Gilgis, Alexander, well deserving of mvp. All right, back to the Knicks collapse. This is Kevin Harland with the call, with the Tyrese Halberton shot that we thought was the game winner that just tied the game. Indiana with it. Hal, he'll take it. He'll backpedal a three for the win. And go he goes. It was only a 2 and he did the choke sign. Reggie Miller's in the building. And keep in mind when Reggie hit his shots, and that was 1994. Did the choke sign to Spike Lee. Pacers lost that series. It would have been really embarrassing if you do a choke sign and you tie the game, you go into overtime and then you don't win. But it did feel like the momentum was there. It felt like the Pacers depth had worn the Knicks down. You know, Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns were great. Brunson certainly with the scoring. But you know, you're throwing five different defenders at Jalen Brunson and it just felt like when you needed him, he couldn't come up big, put you in that position to win the game. And Carl Anthony Towns. But tyrese Halliburton had 31. Aaron Neesmith had 30. This will be the Aaron Neesmith game 10 years from now, 15 years from now. We will, we'll talk about Tyrese Halliburton shot and the choke sign. But you're going to remember Aaron Neesmith because this is really a defensive minded guy. I mean he, he's counted on to play defense. And when you're hitting five three pointers, I mean that's not expected from him. He, he hit six three pointers in the fourth quarter, tying the NBA record for most three pointers in a quarter. Last person to do it, Steph Curry, you expect that to happen. But you know, the Knicks, they were up by 17. They choked. They did. Here's Tyrese Halliburton after the game.

Fritzi (10:28)

I've seen that winning time, doc, probably like 50 times growing up. So I, I know that they didn't win the series. So I would not like to repeat that, but, you know, I think that's just a historic moment. And that was obviously more him versus Spike, kind of the one on one. And that just felt like it was to everybody, but. But to him, too.

Dan Patrick (10:49)

I wanted.

Fritzi (10:49)

I wanted him to see it more than anything, but I think it's just really cool to continue to, you know, make my own history in this group, to make our own history, while also showing, you know, respect and love to the ones that came before us. So definitely a special moment. And, yeah, something I won't forget.

Marvin (11:05)

Tyrese Halberton's having a hell of a month. Playoff boost. Voted the most overrated player by fellow players. Nobody's saying that anymore. And there are certain athletes, regular season good, postseason better. Jimmy Butler, Reggie Miller, just to name a few. Good regular season. All of a sudden, you know, they're attracted to the spotlight. They don't shy away from the spotlight. And Tyrese Halliburton, it's a wonderful performance. And you do it in the Garden. I mean, that's where legends are made. When you think about Reggie's career, if Reggie doesn't have his moments against the Knicks, you could probably make a case, maybe in the hall of. Very good. One of the greatest shooters of all time. But to have that, I mean, those are moments that they stay with. They're indelible marks for your career when you have a moment at the Garden. And Tyrese Halliburton certainly had one as well. 877-3-DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @dpshow Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, that's our streaming partner. Thank you for downloading the app and our radio affiliates around the country. IHeartRadio, Fox Sports Radio Satan Poll Question Hour 1. What are you thinking?

Dan Patrick (12:21)

Well, we got a couple of them for you. We got one here from Marvin, just based off recent events. Greatest warrior ever, Steph Curry, Wilt Chamberlain, Rick Barry, or Dylan Grady, based on him chopping his finger off and being at work today.

Marvin (12:33)

All right. Yeah, Dylan, hashtag warrior. Yeah, the blood all over the place here. And I'm like, oh, it looked like a crime scene like this. Doesn't bode well for meet Thursday, by the way.

Dan Patrick (12:46)

Yeah, it's certainly less appetizing.

Marvin (12:48)

Yes, I know.

Dan Patrick (12:49)

Gotta admit.

Marvin (12:50)

Yeah, I'm going to be looking at my lobster roll a little closer. Yeah. Yeah. What other?

Dan Patrick (12:57)

Anywho, the choke symbol last night was awesome. Or awesome, but a mistake.

Marvin (13:07)

I think if you ask him if he would like to have that back. They probably would say yes.

Dan Patrick (13:13)

You think so?

Marvin (13:14)

Yeah, because it, it wasn't the game winner. And you don't want history repeating itself because the Pacers, when Reggie did it, didn't win that series. It's great moment and you're going to be on the, you know, cover the newspapers in New York, front page probably, you know, side by side with Reggie with the choke sign, but I don't know. Marvin, what do you think? Is that something that Tyrese Halliburton's gonna go, you know what, on second thon? No, I loved it. Because you know what? The Knicks earned that choke sign. If there was any time to use it, it was right there. Because that's one of the biggest choke jobs I've ever seen. But if you don't, if you don't win in overtime, then it looks silly because yes, it was a choke job, but then you don't want to choke after giving the choke sign. And then the Knicks come back and win.

Dan Patrick (14:06)

Right. That video of him doing the choke sign could have easily paired with him walking into the tunnel with his head down after losing an overtime.

Marvin (14:13)

Very easily. That could have happened. Yes. Yes.

Fritzi (14:16)

Todd, you roll the dice and do the choke sign. Reggie's calling the game. It's at the Garden. And in the moment, he thought he won the game until they checked it out and said called it a two for overtime. He thought that was a game winning shot.

Marvin (14:26)

That was a winning three and it wasn't a good shot. Terrible. It was awful. You're on. What are you doing? What are you doing? And then all of a sudden that's one of those. No, no.

Fritzi (14:36)

Yes.

Marvin (14:37)

Yes.

Dan Patrick (14:38)

That's crazy, dude.

Marvin (14:39)

That was a crazy shot. Oh, my God.

Dan Patrick (14:41)

That was a crazy shot.

Marvin (14:42)

Yes. I don't know if that was the design on the play. You know, I don't know if Rick Carlisle said, hey, you know, that's what we wanted, or it was, I don't know, just try to get a shot off here. And you needed a two. That, that's the thing that I didn't understand. If you were going, you didn't need a two, but you know, two sends you into overtime. A three wins it. But then get to the three point line.

Dan Patrick (15:06)

And he saw glory.

Marvin (15:08)

He saw Glory right there.

Dan Patrick (15:09)

He was like, glory is right behind that line right there. Try to get there.

Marvin (15:13)

But I do love that because you're taught on the road, go for the win. You don't want to tie and go into overtime, but you also want to make sure you get a good shot to win it, as opposed to. I'm not going to take the two might be a better shot. I'm going to go for the, you know, the jugular here, the throat, which is exactly what he was trying to do. Yes, Marvin.

Fritzi (15:36)

But that scenario just showed me that dude is a basketball killer.

Marvin (15:40)

Like, no, no, I don't want to tie this game. Yeah.

Dan Patrick (15:42)

I want to do it in New.

Marvin (15:43)

York Shed the entire Garden up.

Dan Patrick (15:46)

The Garden was silent.

Fritzi (15:47)

You could hear a pin drop in.

Dan Patrick (15:49)

There because they were defense.

Marvin (15:51)

No, no, no. And I'm gonna back up on.

Fritzi (15:54)

On Mitchell Robinson, who's a seven footer.

Marvin (15:56)

I know. I'm gonna back up on you. And Carl Anthony Towns played really well, but he plays well against the Pacers. And you know, Brunson gonna give you 43. But he, you know, I just felt like he was tiring and rightfully so because of how he plays. But they kept sending different bodies at him. And that's, that's what I said when this started. And we tend to overreact after game one. We always do. Game one, to me, is the, the less impactful or mo. You know, the most important outcome of all the games in a series. Because how many times do you have something happen in game one and you just forget about it because there'll be a bigger game in game five or six or seven. Now, this is one of those where, like, Minnesota got blown out against okc, they can wipe away game one. Like, okay, OKC was just better. This game. This one felt like one and a half losses. If I'm a Knicks fan, you kind of go into the Garden differently. And, and I bring this up from experience. Well, obviously all the NBA that I've covered over the years, but to be at Yankee Stadium when the Yankees lost the, you know, 04 game, they lost one game to the Red Sox. Now all of a sudden, there's just a little bit of doubt. And then you could see this, like, it's tangible where you could feel like the Yankees were feeling like, oh, man, I don't know. And then all of a sudden you got to game six, and then all of a sudden you go to game seven and then you're almost resigned to the fact of we're losing, we're going to lose this. Yeah, Seaton.

Dan Patrick (17:37)

That Yankees Red Sox series, which I've mostly blacked out. I don't really have any memory of that time whatsoever. But it's. It was like, as a Yankee fan, you started out being like, no, we're good we got this series. We're going to roll right through it. And then by the end of it, you were so unsure. Similar to how the sports Emmys went two nights ago. Where before I was like, hell yeah, dude, we're winning. And right before we got there, I.

Marvin (18:00)

Was like, I don't think we're going to do that.

Dan Patrick (18:02)

Was basically the you get to Game 7 in that series, you're crying.

Marvin (18:08)

Teams leading by at least 14 points in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter were 994 and oh, since play by play began in 1997, 994. No, we can't lose this. It's impossible. It's not impossible. You're saying they had a chance and they took advantage of it. Golly, it's I, I keep saying this. It feels like more often than ever, just when you think you've seen it all, you haven't. Mike Florio will join us. The Tush push is here. Is it here to stay? Maybe just for this upcoming season? We'll get some thoughts from him. Coming up, the passing of Jim Ursay, the Colts owner, and maybe his finest moment. And I think people, I hope people will recognize this might be Jim Ursay's finest moment. I'll tell you what it was when we return. DAN PATRICK SHOW 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.

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Fritzi (24:59)

He was one of a kind. Dan and Chris and I were trying to find any other owner over the years that was as overwhelmingly authentic in all ways. He said what he believed he did. So many good things without seeking any type of publicity. Tony Dungy told us a great story earlier today about how when Tony was the coach in his first year in 2002, his dad would come to the home games and Jim said, well, just have him fly on the plane to the road game. So in 2003, every road game, Tony's with his dad and his dad passed after that season. Just a little gesture like that, just caring about other people. And he was gregarious. He was different. He was himself. He helped address the stigma as relates to mental health. He was very adamant about that. I just think that. That he was one of a kind. He cared about his team, he cared about his players. You never hear any Colts players complain about the way they were treated by Jim Mercy. So the league is lesser for him. And I'm glad you read that quote. He was the only one who was willing to break ranks and say what needed to be said. And what he said in October of 2022 needed to be said. And I think it contributed to the groundswell to make change. So Commander's fans should be feeling very, very grateful and they should have a special place in their own hearts for Jim Irsay, because without that, I don't know what happens. Maybe it would have happened anyway. But you have to respect that he was willing to. To step aside from the club and say what needed to be said.

Marvin (26:34)

Seemed to be a groundswell late yesterday that you had. Jason Kelsey, former Eagles center and he goes to the owner's meetings and he is a lobbyist basically trying to get the Tush push to stay in the NFL. I don't know what kind of impact he had, but it felt like he did have an impact here, Mike, because I think the NFL was doing their damnedest to get rid of this play.

Fritzi (26:57)

And I don't think they're going to stop. Dan, 22 to 10, the final vote. That means they only need to get two teams to change their position between now and next March if they try it again. And it's clear that the league is the one that was behind this. We reported yesterday that they basically encouraged the packers to be the ones to make the proposal. They have their own system for proposing rule changes. It's very odd to me. And they did it with two different proposals this year, the Tush push ban and the playoff seating that was submitted by the Lions. Rod Wood, the president of the team, said, they came to us and said, hey, how would you like to partner on this? Well, it sure didn't seem like a partnership. It seemed like it was the Lions. So it's just a strange way of doing business. And the bottom line, I think the commissioner wants both of those things, and he's close. Two teams need to have their arm twisted sufficiently to go from the yes to the no as it relates to the Tush push. So I don't think this is over. And it's unfortunate because, look, they created the atmosphere where this play was allowed to emerge by changing the rules against pushing the runner in 2006 and allowing it. And you can make whatever case you want to make. But I think at the end of the day, it just comes off as we don't like the fact that the Eagles have cracked the code and no one else can crack it. So we're going to get rid of it. And it makes it hard, I think, to sell to the average person because it just feels like kind of a petty and small attack on what the Eagles have perfected.

Marvin (28:34)

If this is Tampa Bay, do we care about this? It's the Eagles, and they're winning, and they're winning a Super Bowl. And I just wonder, is it. Is it the play or is it the team with the play?

Fritzi (28:50)

I think that it's a confluence of events that have led to where we now are. It's the combination of the play is very effective. The Eagles are highly successful. Dan, I believe the catalyst for this, and there's evidence to back it up. Mike Pereira, the Fox rules analyst, formerly the VP of officiating, he said in the days after the NFC Championship that. That ugly exchange we saw with the commanders jumping offside repeatedly to the point where the referee, Sean Hockuly, had to warn the commanders, if you do it again, we're going to award a touchdown to the Eagles, something that's never been done in the history of the league, a touchdown awarded for what they call a palpably unfair act. I think someone saw that, possibly the guy whose signature is on every football, and said, we got to get rid of this thing. We can't have this. And it's a bunch of different things that came together. And the problem is they should have nipped this in the bud when it first started. They should have realized, no, no, no, we never meant by changing the rule to allow pushing the runner that you're going to build it into your playbook and you're going to weaponize it. You're going to create this play that doesn't look like a football play. But they waited too long, and now it looks like an attack on the Eagles. And when they try to give justifications. It's almost Keystone Cops. Well, it's a safety risk. Okay, show us the data. Well, we don't. We don't have any data. Well, it could be a safety risk. Well, what does that mean? Well, it doesn't look like a football play, and they're moving the goalposts around literally on this thing. And it just. It's a bad look. It's a very bad look for the league. And I think that every team out there, they have two challenges now. One, come up with a way to do it, to come up a way to stop it.

Marvin (30:29)

When we were in Green Bay for the draft and I pressed Matt LaFleur, I said, did the league, you know, instruct you? And he said, well, we were nudged. We were nudged. They, you know, they needed to have a team. So, hey, we want you to be the sacrificial lamb. Put your name to it. Just like the Lions with the playoff seating. So, yeah, I mean, you know, coach told us that. That the league nudged them in so many words.

Fritzi (30:58)

Yeah. And. And that just. It's odd. And why would you pick the packers as the team to do it? They lost to the Eagles twice last year. It reeks of sour grapes if they do it. Pick a team from the afc. The Bills would have been the perfect team to get behind this, literally, because they do it, too, and they do it well. Now, the original proposal didn't affect the way the Bills do it because they always do a delayed push. The first proposal targeted immediate push, and that would have opened Pandora's box of inconsistency and cries of rigging. Can you imagine, Dan, if the Eagles had scored a touchdown at the goal line in a playoff game and a flag comes out because someone in black and white stripes thought it was immediate, and maybe it wasn't. They already have enough fans saying the fix is in. That would have been a nightmare. So they backed up and they said, well, let's just come up with a general ban. But at the end of the day, at the end of the day, there's still two thirds of the league that wants to get rid of it. It's only because the league requires a 75% super majority to change the rules that it stayed. There is something to be said for the fact that 22 teams want to get rid of it. And I think that that's going to embolden the commissioner to work the back channels, make a deal, maybe make a little bit of a threat. We've seen retribution in the past for teams that oppose things the commissioner wanted. And I know that, that you know, oh, you're not supposed to say those things. But it's true. It's true. We've seen it. I know teams believe they've been targeted for unfavorable scheduling or multiple short week games because they were against flexing of Thursday Night Football. That happened a couple of years ago. So I don't think this is over. And by next year, Dan, don't be surprised if there's safety data to support the position.

Marvin (32:42)

Talking to Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk Live co host, also contributor to NBC Football Night in America the Olympic flag football initiative is going strong thanks to the NFL. Help me understand how many NFL players will actually be on the US Olympic roster for flag football.

Fritzi (33:05)

Well, they announced the US men's team for the 2025 competitions earlier this week and there were 12 players and six alternates. But for the Olympics, it's a five on five flag football with 10 players on the team. I don't know how many alternates. The proposal that became a final resolution this week allows for one player maximum per NFL team to be available for the Olympics, plus their international pathway program player that they have. But the main thing is the players who are the stars, the names. We know receivers really want to do this for the most part, a lot of them, but then go get the gold medal.

Marvin (33:42)

But that that roster made up of 10 players can consist of how many NFL players?

Fritzi (33:48)

It can be 10, it can be 10, but only one per team.

Marvin (33:53)

Okay, so the entire roster can be the NFL. They're, they're basically going to say to all the people who do play flag football professionally that we're going to take away your roster spots for the most part.

Fritzi (34:06)

I think it's still early on and all we know is one player per NFL team is eligible and There will be 10 players on the US men's team. It's going to be for the USA Football Group to determine who's on the team. And there's I don't know, I don't know how you're going to do it. Are you going to have tryouts? Are you going to have competitions? Are you just going to make a guess as to which NFL players will be able to learn flag football, which is a very different game than tackle football. How much prep time are you going to have? Every rep that you put in to practicing for the Olympic flag football is another opportunity to be injured. And I know people say, oh, it's flag football. Well, Google Robert Edwards if you want to Know what can happen to somebody who's not playing tackle football but still playing football? And that's the risk that the NFL has persuaded the teams to take under this guise of. You're only putting one player up for the Olympics, Dan. There's so many other ways this can go. You know, there's no agreement between the NFL and the union yet on how this is going to work. The union may have some things to say. I could see a scenario where players can bargain with their teams to sacrifice their right to play in the Olympics if the team wants to pay them a little more money. I mean, if I was an owner and I have a star player who's on the fence, maybe I. I get a clause in his next contract where he waives his right to be part of the Olympic team. And if I'm the player and I can get more money by doing that, I'm all for it. But they haven't. They haven't even begun to negotiate how this is going to look. There's so much more work that needs to be done. This is the beginning. It feels like the end. No, no, no, no, no. There's so much that still needs to be done over the next three years.

Marvin (35:49)

The Brock Purdy deal. Whenever there's a deal, big deal, I always go to Pro Football talk. I go, go to your site because you sort through all of this, because agents will put out, look at what I got for my player. And I always go, all right, let me see what Florio has found out. Tell me the Brock Purdy deal, and is it good for. Is this team friendly? Is it Brock friendly? How do you kind of gauge this?

Fritzi (36:16)

I think at the end of the day, Dan, it's a fair deal for both sides that acknowledges the reality that Brock Purdy isn't a top five quarterback. And I know that there are 49ers fans who will insist otherwise. He's not a top five quarterback. He's not a top ten quarterback. In my opinion, he's middle of the pack. And there's no shame in being middle of the pack in NFL quarterbacks. That means for the guy who was the last pick in the draft, there's only 15 guys on the planet who can play quarterback in the NFL better than him. And the way this deal is going to go, he'll make 38 million a year for the next three years. The key date is April 1, 2027. That's the deadline for the 49ers to cut him before having 55 million become fully guaranteed in 2028. So based on the next two years, they'll make a decision as to whether to be on the hook for 55 million fully guaranteed in what would be year four of the contract. And they could get out of it after two years. They'd still owe him $27 million, subject to offset, but they can get out of this after two years if the Chariot turns into a pumpkin. So they have some protection. That's always one of the key factors. That's never in the initial reporting. How long are the 49ers truly committed? They're truly committed for two years. They're going to have to make a decision after year three by April 1, whether or not they want to be on the hook for another 55 million in 2028. But over six years, it's 45 million a year. That's all that matters. New money average is a fiction aimed at making the agents look better. 53 million doesn't mean anything. What matters is It's a new six year contract. He'll make 41 million this year instead of 5 million, and it's a six year, $45 million deal.

Marvin (37:53)

Got better understanding on Aaron Rodgers? Future or the Bengals? Trey Hendrickson?

Fritzi (38:00)

Neither. Neither. And look, the reality with Hendrickson is he's got some options, he's got some leverage, he's got some cards to play. But if he holds, out of all the teams in the NFL, Dan, you know this. The Bengals don't care. They told Carson Palmer, you want to sit home on the couch watching bowling and eating pork rinds, go for it.

Marvin (38:18)

We don't care.

Fritzi (38:19)

We don't have to pay you. We'll pocket the money. 888,000 a game. Trey Hendrickson gives up. Mike Brown's like, fine, put it with the rest. So they're not going to blink. They're not going to bow here. The reality is, how much pressure is Joe Burrow going to put on the Bengals to do this? He started the effort around the Super Bowl. He named four guys, Jamar, Chase T. Higgins, Mike Gasecki and Trey Hendrickson. And I think the Bengals stepped up to the plate with three of them under pressure from Joe Burrow, will they do what they need to do to make Trey Hendrickson happy? That remains to be seen. But there isn't a whole lot he can do to force this. Because if he stays home, they'll say, fine, we'll keep your money. And with Rogers, Ian o' Connor, who wrote the biography, last year he was on with one of the Pittsburgh radio stations 937 the Fan last week and he thinks it'll happen during OTAs. I think it makes sense for it to happen soon. And he's there next week for OTAs. But remember this, when Brett Favre showed up with the Vikings in 2000, I remember there was a schism in the Minnesota locker room between the guys who wanted Brett Favre and the guys who wanted Travers Jackson. You know how long it took for the schism to be resolved? One practice, the moment Aaron Rodgers shows up and starts throwing passes that make a sound they've never heard before, when it whizzes by their head, they'll say, okay, we know why you waited until whenever it was that Aaron Rodgers decided to show up.

Marvin (39:40)

Your takeaway from the Brett Favre documentary.

Fritzi (39:44)

Well, look, and I think there's two different types of audience. One, the people who don't follow the nonstop drip, drip, drip of NFL News. Like for me, there was nothing new. I was looking for something new. There's nothing new there. It's a nice summary of everything that's happened, but there was nothing that made me say, well, I have to go write a story for PFT with this quote, this development, this thing. It's all stuff we already knew, but it's all in one place. And I don't know, Dan, were you surprised by anything that was in it? I wasn't. I knew it all. And yeah, that's the stuff Brett Favre did or allegedly did. Got to be careful, don't want to get sued. The stuff we know he did and this stuff he allegedly did.

Marvin (40:25)

Good to talk to you Mike. Thanks for joining us. Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk Live, co host and author of Father of Mine and Son of Mine Available in ebook form on Amazon only 99 cents. We'll take a break. Our play of the day is up next.

Dan Patrick (40:39)

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Oh, my God. The play of the day.

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This is the play of the day.

Marvin (44:27)

Check this out. Two point game, six seconds to go. Halliburton driving. He's in the lane.

Fritzi (44:33)

He nearly lost it.

Marvin (44:34)

He backs up and unloads a three.

Dan Patrick (44:38)

That did not happen.

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It hit the back of the rim, it popped high into the air and.

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Dan Patrick (45:21)

Yeah, we're working on the warriors poll question as we speak. Very excited about that. We also just put up there the choke symbol. Last night was awesome or a mistake. Right now it is 50.

Marvin (45:31)

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Marvin (45:34)

Okay, got some information here. Has to do with the college football playoffs. Oh, brother. All right, my source just sent me this. Look for the College Football Playoff to adopt straight seating for the upcoming 2025 season. Now, they had the protected seeds that made the past playoff both confusing and illogical. You had automatic qualifiers. So look for the automatic qualifier issues and a 16 team playoff to arrive as we've anticipated for the 2026 season. Okay. We're also waiting to find out the House versus the NCAA settlement. And that should be happening any moment. The settlement will change, Nil will change revenue share will change, roster size, competitive strategies for just about every NCAA institution in some way. Also, the vote that I talked about, there's going to be a vote that'll happen today. Some minor tweaking of the financial structure. There'll be a broad understanding that this is the piece that had to be addressed going forward. So that vote should happen today. The Automatic qualifiers. There'll be a 16 team playoff. All of that anticipated for the 2026 season. But college football playoffs will adopt a straight seating for the 2025 season rather than the protected seeds that we had. My source goes on to say one thing is clear. College athletics is about to undergo extraordinary, monumental and complicated change once again. Yeah, we're still trying to figure out, you know, House of Representatives and college athletics and Nil and what all of this is going to mean. But we're not going to have automatic qualifiers. We're going to have street seating. And then in 2026, it looks like we're going to have a 16 team playoff. So this according to my source. Sneaking a couple of phone calls here. Fritz, he has a rhyme time coming up as well.

Fritzi (47:55)

A couple.

Marvin (47:56)

He has a New York Knicks riddle.

Fritzi (47:59)

Those are the. Those I have something there. Where the clues that I'm working on the clues. And then we'll give you the answers.

Marvin (48:05)

Oh, okay. Do you want to give me the rhyme time?

Fritzi (48:07)

Yeah.

Marvin (48:08)

One would be Nick's riddle.

Fritzi (48:09)

Nick's riddle. And the answer has to be two words that rhyme with each other.

Marvin (48:12)

That's the rhyme. Oh, so you're not coming up with a Knicks riddle. Next riddle is the actual rhyme time.

Fritzi (48:17)

What would Nick's riddle be?

Marvin (48:18)

What two words would rhyme for Nick's riddle based on what happened last night? Nick's Middle Marvin Choke joke.

Fritzi (48:26)

That would be.

Marvin (48:26)

Choke joke would be a riddle. That's how we do it. All right.

Fritzi (48:31)

There was also. And Desist Halliburton.

Marvin (48:34)

And Desist Halliburton. Cease. Tyrese. There you go.

Fritzi (48:40)

Just like that. Working on a few others.

Marvin (48:43)

Okay. All right. That's just a sampling there. Jeff in Tampa. Hi, Jeff. What's on your mind today?

Fritzi (48:50)

Hey, good morning, dp. I was just wondering if the Spurs. I know they missed out on Cooper flag, but if they wanted to pair.

Marvin (48:57)

Giannis with the French Tickler to form.

Fritzi (49:00)

The best interior defense of all time.

Marvin (49:03)

Would a trade package centered around Harper's kid.

Dan Patrick (49:06)

Is that enough to get the deal done?

Marvin (49:09)

I think you got to give up a lot more. I know they're talking about Stefan Castle. And then there are two lottery picks. That's not enough for me if I'm Milwaukee. Stefan Castle was the rookie of the year. I don't think he's a great player. I think he was just maybe right place, right time, right team, and he played. He played well this year I'm not building around Stefan Castle. Even Dylan Harper, Ron Harper's son. Or Ace Bailey, who's also at Rutgers. You give me two lottery picks, give me the Rookie of the Year. I'm gonna need. I'm gonna need more than that for Giannis. Gonna need more than that. Yes, Marvin and I still have question.

Fritzi (49:50)

Marks about the number two and three.

Marvin (49:52)

Picks that were on the same team that didn't make the NCAA tournament.

Fritzi (49:55)

Yes.

Marvin (49:56)

Yes. That's what jumps out. Ben Simmons team didn't make the NCAA tournament. Markel Fold's team didn't make the NCAA tournament. You have two guys who are going to go in the top five. They might go number two and number three. They didn't make the NCAA turn. It's hard to not make the NCAA tournament. Yes, Mark. They barely made the Big Ten tournament. Like legit. They were on the cusp of not.

Fritzi (50:21)

Making the Big Ten tournament.

Marvin (50:22)

More phone calls coming up. More on the Knicks choke job. Head back to the NFL owners meetings. Chris Weber will join us a little bit later on as well. Minister of Humor Fritzi is here. Seaton, Marv, yours truly, Backroom Guys, Hour two on this Thursday on the way.

Dan Patrick (50:40)

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