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It's hour two on this meet Wednesday. We're turning back the clock to 16:21, the first official at least on the calendar on the books Thanksgiving and Dylan who's in for Fritzi today dressing the part as well. If you're watching on Peacock and he said why don't we have what they had with the original Thanksgiving. That's Cornish game hens duck with cornbread stuffing, butternut squash soup, lobster mussels and black sea bass. Who has it better than we do?
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Okay, that sounded a little more. Maybe it's fake, but that's okay. Dylan is doing a great job as the chef you were yesterday preparing and preparing today while filling in for Fritzi who got his vacation started a little bit earlier. So Dylan is here. Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly and the back room guys as well. Phone calls we'll get to those 877,3DP show. Mike Golick Jr. Will join us. Coming up a little bit we'll have the most must win game of the weekend. We will also have have who had the best weekend. Best week in sports. That's the best week in sports. The BWIs. Ross Tucker will stop by as well. Full slate of college and pro football. Great matchups certainly led by the Packers, Lions, Chiefs, Cowboys and the return of Joe Burrow against the Baltimore Ravens. We say good morning if you're watching on Peacock. That's our streaming partner. Thank you for downloading the app. Our calendars are available but while supplies last you can go to danpatrick.com you can get an autographed calendar. You can get a non autographed calendar. You can also get tailgate moonshine there as well. Stat of the day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. By the way, the Clippers and the Lakers. The battle of la. So called battle Luca and Lebron and Austin reeves combined for 99 points as the Lakers beat the Clippers. LA's won five in a row. Eleven of their last 13 Lucas scores 20 in the first eight minutes, 32 at halftime. Finished with 43 with 13 assists, nine rebounds. LeBron added 25 and Reeves had 31 and nine rebounds. James Harden had 29 for the Clippers, who have lost 11 of 13. I've talked about the pace that some players play at and Luca very similar to when Kawhi was playing at a high ler. High level. So Kawhi, it almost like the game came to him, slowed to his pace, and Luca does that as well. But Luca at 6, 8, and, you know, guys who guard him talk about his strength, that he loves to use your body against his. He'll. He'll find the separation. He doesn't move fast, he doesn't move quick, but he moves with purpose. And sometimes you can see guys who are, you know, fast, quick, and they're moving all over the place, but it takes them a long longer time to get to where they need to get to. LeBron, you know, knows where he's supposed to go. He can be efficient. Certain players, they're efficient with. I need to get there. Joker is that way. I'm not fast, I'm not quick, but I need to get to there. And then when I get to there, then you have to play to my strengths. And that's what Luca does. And it's very like you're watching and you're going to, how's he doing this? And it reminds me of the guy when you go to the local YMCA and you got the guy that you don't think is a player, but you got to have a guy that's going to be able to be the 10th guy, and you go, all right, I'll take him. Well, that's the guy who probably played Ivy League basketball, and he's 10, 15 years older than everybody else, but he moves at his pace and seems to find if I get there, I'm going to take advantage of you. And that's what you get with Luca. I mean, I'm still amazed because Joker is seven feet tall, and his shot, you know, he probably shoots it. You know, he's eight and a half feet tall when he's shooting that. Luca, you're still watching and you're going, how can somebody not lock that down? You know, when you get the guy who's a counterpuncher, and that's exactly what he is, that you're going to get a guy, you know, who's going to be younger on you, more athletic on you, but it just feels like understanding the science of the game, and it's A lost art really, because I think we get caught up in. Man, you see that guy jump. Yeah, but he can't shoot or you know, maybe doesn't understand angles and basketball is all about angles. But I, I do fall in love with that. When you see certain players, you know, Tim Duncan couldn't jump, wasn't the fastest, quickest guy, but he got to points on the basketball floor and then it was to his strength. And that's the amazing part of some of these players that we keep going, well, that guy's got to be good. Look how athletic he is. Or he can jump out of the gym. I mean Mac McClung can't play in the NBA. He can dunk. We got athleticism, but getting from point A to point B and Stephen Curry's the same way. When we were in Tahoe and I stand next to Steph, I'm eye to eye to Steph Curry and we probably weigh around the same. Maybe I may weigh a little more, but in a similar shot. Oh, but I mean the list goes on and on. You know what I mean? But you're thinking, how does that guy do what he does? It's understanding what you do well and what somebody doesn't do well. My, my goal every time down the floor is to put you in a position that you don't want to be in. And your goal is to put me in a position that you want to put me in. I always loved it when you know, you play against a left handed guy and then you are going to force him to go to his right. Now we don't do that to a right handed player necessarily. But that left handed guy, somehow he has no idea how to go to his right. And I'm going, I think we're past that profiling here. Left handed guy, he has no idea how to use that right hand. Right handed guy, of course he can go to his left. Yeah.
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Paulie, you can make the case that the top three players in the NBA are Jokic, SGA and Luca. Right now if you're saying the top three guys, there's a couple others, but they all play with measured, controlled place pace and they're not explosive guys. They meander around the court, they find their spots. They have very similar games, different sizes.
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Yeah, you watch sga and he is efficient, you know, mid range jumper, that ability to get to the hoop. He's not a deep shooter but, but it's, he, he brings the game, the game slows to his pace. Yes.
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Marvin, there's a guy that I Compare Luca to. Maybe not in the way they play, but body type, and they can get their shot off.
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Paul Pierce. Yeah.
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Not really athletic.
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Yeah.
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Besides Kevin Durant, the only other person that I saw that gave LeBron the most problems was Paul Pierce. Paul Pierce got his shot off whenever he wanted to against whoever.
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Yeah.
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It didn't even matter. And, you know, LeBron's the most athletic guy the NBA's probably ever seen matter. He got to his spot and he got his shot off.
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It is fascinating when you watch these guys. And because I'm watching, I watched Seton hall against USC last night, and that was a good game. That's a good game. Yeah. Good game. USC was down most of the game, and Seton hall played really hard, but you're watching the both ends of the court, you're like, damn, these guys are athletic as hell and flying all over the place. I mean, but then you go to the NBA and you'll see these guys who slow the game down, and, you know, you're going up for a shot and they're flying by, and you. You take your jumper there, just finding a way, like, figuring it out. And then once you do, once you unlock that, because every year you got to add great, great offensive players. You're always adding, what am I going to do? You know, Jordan said, I'm going to go down low. I'm not going to go to the hoop. I'm going to post you up. Everybody has magic, learned how to shoot, you know, his kind of set shot there become. Became a better shooter. You all have to add because the defense is always going, okay, oh, my God, you. You just added that. It's like a pitcher who adds. Like, if Paul Skeens adds another pitch, you're going to be like, damn. You know, we thought we caught up. At least we understood what to expect. You know, Clayton Kershaw, when he added another pit, you know, those kind of things, that's the great players do. You get to a certain point now is when the game really starts. But watching Luca and Luca in shape, he's going to put up. He'll probably have another one of those 60, 20 games that he had a couple of years ago. Yes. He's just. Luke is just baffling to watch. He really is. Because you just don't understand, why is this working? So now I know. I know not and not in. Like, I know that that sounds negative, but it's just kind of like, looking like, how is this dude doing that? Like, he could. It feels like he could play this exact Same style of game until he's 55. Yes. Still be effective. Well, that's what I've said about Joker. It's not like he's slowing down because he's slow. It's not like he's not gonna be able to jump. He can't jump. So what's it going to be? It'll be just motivation. Does he want to continue to play? And he's one of those guys where somebody will say, hey, did you hear about Joker? What? Yeah, he's done. And I don't think anybody's going to be surprised. You'll be like, all right, well, you played as long. Longer. I thought he would. Yeah. Paulie.
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I wonder if the style of these guys like SGA and the slow paced.
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Will trickle down to the youth level.
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Because I can't imagine a, a 15 year old going, I'm going to meander around the court and work my way into pockets like sga. I don't know if that would be allowed or they'd have the wherewithal to do it.
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Nobody can be like Joker. Like that's. We always go, oh, that guy's the next Larry Bird. No, no, there's no next Larry Bird. Oh, he's the next man. There's no next Magic, there's no next Michael. These guys have all created something unique. And I can't imagine somebody going, I'm going to slow things down a little bit here. Luke is playing how he has to play. This isn't, you know, hey, premeditated. I'm going to slow it. I mean, this is how he play Joker. This is how he plays sga. This is how they play. I don't think they play to disrupt you because you're going fast at frenetic pace. But just watching scores, you know, like Iverson, you know, it's just fascinating to be able to watch that, watch Steve Nash play. And you're like, how does it. That doesn't make any sense there. You know, what Dirk Nowitzki was doing, that wasn't done before that. You know, you're just, you're seeing. And that's what makes basketball so great, is there's not one style, you know, with quarterbacks. It used to be you got to be 6, 5 and you got to have a, you know, a gun. You know, I gotta be able to throw it 80 yards. No, you don't. And basketball's the same way. It's all shapes and sizes and how somebody gets it done. And how WES Unsell was 6, 7 and he was a center and a former MVP. 6, 7. Moses Malone couldn't jump one of the greatest rebounders of all time. I mean, basketball's littered with guys where you go, huh? And Luca Joker, sga. That's just another wave coming in of, huh? How did they do it? Yeah, Marvin.
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Yeah, it's crazy. Good basketball players be good athletes. The NBA draft is the most fascinating thing to me because you'll get a guy that averaged eight points at Arizona and he's drafted fourth overall. I'm like, wait. But this guy averaged 25 at wherever and he's undrafted.
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Dan in LA. Hi, Dan. What's on your mind today? Hey, Danny, can you. Can you hear me now? Now I got you.
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Happy thankful Meat Wednesday. Kind of on the back of Buddha. Hopefully the Traegers in the middle, lighter at the proper temperature.
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So I had a burning question from the other week when I was watching.
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Clooney on the talk show Kimmel, he was talking about working with Sandler and his jump shot in his game.
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And I was like, I wonder what Danny would think. Who has the best jump shot between the three of you? Clooney.
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Sandler.
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Are you?
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Because I've seen Clooney in person hit.
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Like, you know, 70 footer off of a truck bed, and I'm like, that dude can shoot.
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Who's the best shooter there? Well, the fact that George Clooney went to the same church that I went to growing up, he probably was there praying to have a shot like mine. I'm guessing my shot is definitely better than Sandler. George has a nice shot. A nice shot. Is it better? No, it's not better than mine, but. But he said he was a good athlete. Played baseball, high school. I think he went to the Reds tryout. He might have been at the Reds tryout that I went to. They had, you know, all these people from around the state. He was in Kentucky. And you go there and you have this big, massive tryout and they cut people, and then they cut people and they cut people. But George, good athlete. Good athlete. Yeah. Paul Sandler's a good pickup ball player. He'll get you the ball down low. He does the pick and roll. He has a nice little hip hop.
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Move that he has, and he just kind of puts it up from 10ft.
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He's a good passer. Sandman is a willing passer. He's not a good shooter, but he's. He's kind of gritty and gutty. Yes, Marv, you hate his dribbling. Yes, I do. Because he carries the ball.
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Yeah. But he will play pickup anywhere in a Hawaiian shirt, anywhere. When I was taking him to dinner a few weeks back, and he said, danny, I'm gonna play a pickup game and I'll meet you at the restaurant. I said, okay. I mean, it's kind of a nice restaurant. All right, Danny. So he's got his Hawaiian shirt on. He's playing a pickup game. He's the only white guy out there. And, you know, Sandman is trying to hold it. I mean, these guys are probably 25 years younger than him, but Sandman hangs in there. He loves it. And he'll bang around with you. And then, of course, he gets done playing, like three games, comes in with his Hawaiian shirt on, these baggy shorts, his tennis shoes, and he's just played three pickup games. And so he said, danny, did I overdress? I said, yeah, yeah, you overdressed, Sandman. You overdressed. All right, poll question for the second hour of the program. Then we'll get to Mike Golik Jr. Set to join us. Seaton. Yeah, we got a couple up to start the show. Okay, who do you want to win, the Cowboys or the Chiefs? Right now, The Cowboys have 57% of that vote. That's a wild statement on the Chiefs. Okay, which Thanksgiving menu do you prefer, the original or a more modern menu? This is crazy, because right now 50.6% of the audience have the original menu. Wow. Which seems crazy to me. There's eel is on there. Anyway, we also put up a sort of a March Madness bracket style tournament of Thanksgiving sides right now. Stuffing leading the way with about 40% of that vote. Yeah, I'll give it another shot. I'll try. You know, cranberry. I don't know if we have cranberries. Cranberries. You only have it one time. You have it at Thanksgiving. I don't think you ever have cranberry any other time, but hopefully you guys come around to this feast that we're going to have. That is from 1621. Marvin.
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I'm not big on 1621 in general.
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But I guess I'll be there. Probably a few different demographics. Might not be big on the 16 for sure. Yeah, Pilgrims are big on it, though. Yeah, they are. That Johnson, they didn't really care. That John Smith guy, they made out like bandits. Yeah. Yeah, they did. They did. All right, we'll take a break here. Back after this Dan Patrick Show.
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Oh, the most college or pro? What do you want?
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Either one. The most must win is who I.
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Would say the most must win this weekend to me feels like the the game for Ryan Day, like Ohio State's accomplished a lot. This team would still be in the playoff even with a loss, but considering the recent run they've been on and everything else that's finally mounted in his favor, this is kind of the last remaining box to check. And it's it's strange because this year I feel so much better about Ohio State, provided their best wide receivers are healthy. Even though last year going into this game they were favored by more. It was a far worse Michigan team than the one they're going against this year. But I just think the matchup in a bunch of the key areas, specifically Ohio State's defense and what Matt Patricia has done versus a freshman quarterback for Michigan, even at home where he's been better this season, it feels like a tough one. So I think if you're Ryan Day, hey, you've got the fan base back on your side after the run you went on last year. If you really want to stamp your place now in the lore of this rivalry and at the helm of this team. I think you got to win this weekend.
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You imagine if Michigan won?
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Oh, it's. I mean, and the thing is we went through this last year where people were legitimately. It felt like around Columbus starting to talk about Ryan Day's job in a way that feels insane for all the rest of us that see what Ohio State has, what he's accomplished. But you understand those games mean more and those pain points in these rivalry series are always tough to come by. So, yeah, I don't know what it would do.
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They're not going to do any of that because he won the championship and still could this year. But it just would make things really awkward at the Thanksgiving dinner table this year and next year if it happened.
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Now you, of course, were an offensive lineman at Notre Dame and probably, you know, keep an eye on Notre Dame far more than most of us. But I'm wondering, wondering if the style of running the football to a national title, can they do that?
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I think they can and I think doing that is easier because you also have a quarterback that's now been able to stretch the field in a way that's different. Like last year. Dan, looking at Notre Dame when Riley Lennon was the quarterback, that was a. Hey, there are no frills and no questions about how we're going to do this. We're going to hand the ball off a bunch to these running backs. Our quarterback, when we get into fourth and one is going to be a human battering ram and he is even going to erase the edges. I think back to the Georgia game last year in the CFP run for Notre Dame where Riley Leonard gets to the perimeter and against SEC caliber, NFL caliber athletes like Jalen Walker, who is going to go on against the Falcons, he's erasing the edge against them and finding the perimeter. So that team was there were I said it was masters of the obvious Last year for Notre Dame and everything they did this year, there's a little bit more sleight of hand because CJ Cars come in and stretch the field for this team. The explosive play rate, their ability to hit downfield with players like Malachi Fields, the transfer wide receiver from Virginia, I think have put defenses in a conundrum and look no further than what USC decided to do against Notre Dame when it came to South Bend. Notre Dame with two prolific running backs, runners up for the Heisman right now and USC said, we would rather not have your passing attack beat us. So we're going to put Two safeties deep. We're going to play back and try and take away the passing attack. And as a result, Notre Dame handed off the ball over and over again and broke their will in that game because USC had to do the math problem and ended up guessing wrong. And that's the ability Notre Dame has this year that makes it different. But the engine that still makes it all go is Jeremiah Love. And I absolutely think he's a great enough player for them to ride to a title.
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If Lane Kiffin would answer the question, what question would you ask?
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Hey, what are we doing here, bud? Like, I think outside of, you know what, Dan, the obvious of what are we doing is, why now? Like, why would you force the issue on this now? And are. Is he at the helm of that? Because we've seen plenty of instances of coaches that we knew were kind of rumored for these certain things play out what they've got going on. And the way that this is all played out really publicly with Ole Miss, to me, I always feel worse for the players. Like, what a disservice to the players on this team right now. Everything that's happened with this situation, whether it's the Ole Miss brass that forced the ultimatum, whether it was just too much to bear internally. You got a team that's in the top 10 of college football that we haven't talked about on the field and God knows how long, because we're all wondering if their coach is even going to be with them after the rivalry game this weekend. So I just wonder, especially with the opportunity ahead of them in a college football world that's infinitely more accessible in terms of who can win the title. You had one of those teams, and now it seems like everyone involved might be willing to. To walk away from the table and let that team go into the playoff with an interim head coach or a head coach that knows he's going to be gone to greener pastures. The whole situation, it just is bizarre. And I feel bad for the players who have put so much into the season and have had that certainly upended by this, but could potentially be even more upended after this weekend.
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Yeah. And I wonder if it comes out if he tells the team prior to that he's leaving. I would say put it on the players to vote if they want Lane Kiffin to be their coach after this for the playoffs, even though, you know, I. The committee may ding them if Lane Kiffin is not their head coach. And.
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But no, I saw that point made and I. I don't know. We've seen the committee ding teams for interesting things, but I do think that's the right approach. It should be on the players, if it comes down to that decision and if they're comfortable enough with that and say, hey, you still give us the best chance to win this season, especially considering a bunch of those players could follow him if he goes. This is the day and age in college football we live in, where you can pluck the core of your roster and help reset the foundation elsewhere. There might be a little bit less, oh, you're leaving us here, than there used to be. And so maybe with some of that mercenary mindset, these guys could be more comfortable with that the most.
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We're talking to Mike Golick Jr. Co host of Golic and Golic on FanDuel Sports Network. Yeah, just trying to figure this out of these. How did we get to the point where you're. Somebody's talking to somebody about your next job during a season? I. I know what happens, but why did it have to happen this way? Why couldn't this wait until the end of the season or at least when you get into, you know, the playoff? Like, I don't know, it just. It feels like coaches don't want distractions, but the coaches created the distraction, and that's what, you know. There has to be a better way to do this, Mike.
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There does. I think all of it, to me, just boils down to, like, the pressure. Now, don't get me wrong, like, some of the way that this has been framed around Lane Kiffin, like, he's got a role in this, too. This is not just something that's happening to him. So I don't want to use this as, like, a way to make him a victim of circumstance that he is, at least in part, helped create. But I do think this all stems from the pressure to win. Now, in college, that leads to the massive bias that we've seen, because all these coaches understand, hey, especially in this day and age when you can come in and overhaul a roster in one year with the portal, I got to come in and show you results now. Because if not in two or three years, these places you wind up like Brian Kelly, having to fight for your buyout with the school that's trying to go back and fire you for cause, for ways that don't make sense. And so what does that mean? I have to get in? Because the transfer portal window did used to open during the playoffs in December and now open in January. So we've got to get a head start on that class, I've got to get a head start on recruiting the next group of guys. They're going to be in high school and just get the things going here at a time where we've created more postseason than ever before. So it's going to affect more games when you pull out and do that. And so I think all of that, that urgency of, hey, if I'm going to take this next big opportunity, forever's got to start tonight. Like we've got to get going on this now because if we don't, we're already behind this ever churning machine. And if you fall behind too far now all of a sudden you're the guy with the massive buyout getting ready to go on college game day.
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Help me understand this. I know we want to protect the NFL players. We've changed the kickoff rule. Do we not want to protect the college players? Why don't we have the same kickoff formation in college as we do in the NFL?
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Dan, it's a great question and I have no idea. College in so many ways is resistant to doing things anywhere close to the NFL level. Like weird little bits of minute details. And I'd agree. Now maybe the people at large in college, although it's not like you've got an NFL PA in college that can commission studies and the NFL Central body, like no one runs this in college football and so no one, maybe the conference heads can do it within the Big ten of the SEC or the acc, but like there's no one here that's going to amass the data that cares enough about it to then try and get it implemented across the whole sport. Like this is part of the difficulty in college football of having no one in charge of anything that's going on. Because you're right. If that the highest level of football is something they felt was necessary in one of the most violent plays of the sport, then yeah, it would to me make an overwhelming amount of sense for player safety reasons, for continuity reasons, for these guys going to the next level. Like your job's to win games in college. But I do think if you can do it in such a way that helps prepare guys for the biggest job interview of their life, hey, that's probably not a bad deal either overall structurally. So your guess is good as mine.
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At your peak, could you take down a turkey dinner?
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Oh yeah, absolutely. I, at my, at my peak, I was a bottomless pit. I was a bunch of raccoons in a trench coat, not just one. So yeah, no I was. I was about that life.
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But then you got your dad and your brother Jake is even bigger than ever, you guys. Yeah.
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It was a competition for resources at the table every year in the Golic family Thanksgiving, like, there was no for manners or decorum. You just had to get in there and get what you thought was yours, establish dominance at the table, or else you were going to be sitting there with a plate that was lacking around everybody else who was enjoying themselves. So I like to think that was where the competitive fire was born. Not on any athletic field, but just having to scrap it out for food at home.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Good to talk to you. Thank you, Mike.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Dan. Appreciate it.
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That's Mike Golick Jr. Co host of Golic and Golick on FanDuel Sports Network. Couple of phone calls in here. Let's see Jay in Delaware. Good morning, Jay. What's on your mind today?
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Hey, good morning, Dan. Dan, say Happy Thanksgiving, and I hope you guys have the best holiday with your families. And like all of your callers, I'm very thankful to listen to you guys every morning. Real quickly, I think the MVDPC most valuable Dan Patrick caller over the weekend last weekend had to be Pandora. Her rendition last weekend was way better than what you guys have recorded. Fritzi, the way he talked about those curtains, I would hate to see that.
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Room under a black light.
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This week and for the games tomorrow, then I want chaos. I want the Cowboys to win, I want the Bengals to win, and I want the Lions to win mainly just for their fans because they haven't won very much on their premier Thanksgiving game. So that's it, Dan. I hope you guys have a great holiday.
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Thank you, Jay. Thank you. I mentioned in the first hour, I spent a couple hours last night on the phone talking to a couple of college football sources. And I was saying, what went wrong with Brian Kelly at lsu? And one of my sources said he doesn't recruit. Like, he's not a touchy feely, hey, I want to be there. He's just not that guy. And he spent a lot of time golfing, spent a lot of time in Florida golfing. And I thought, wait, he wanted to win a national championship? He wanted to go to LSU because he couldn't win a national title at Notre Dame. And my source said he just seemed disconnected from the kids. He doesn't. He's not a big recruiter. I don't think anybody likes recruiting. But it felt like he was maybe not all in at lsu, which is what's really surprising. And I don't know if they try to come up with cause to not pay him all of his money. And Brian Kelly's come out and said they're trying to sabotage him and I don't know any information about that, but he just didn't seem like he was all in on that job. And then I asked one of my sources, I said, hey, you got Chip Kelly, who just got fired at Las Vegas, the Raiders. Can you see him getting back into college football? And one of my sources said if Brian Hartline, who's the offensive coordinator at Ohio State, leaves for a job, then maybe Chip Kelly goes back to his old job at Ohio State. When we come back, we have the most must win game of the weekend. We also had who had the who had the best week in sports and more of your phone calls right after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@fox talksportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live Tired of spills and stains on your sofa? Wash away your worries with Anabe Annabe is the only machine washable sofa inside and out where designer quality meets budget friendly prices. That's right, sofas start at just $699. Enjoy a no risk experience with Pet friendly stick stain resistant and changeable slip covers made with performance fabric Experience cloud like comfort with high resilience foam that's hypoallergenic and never needs fluffing. The sturdy steel frame ensures longevity and the modular pieces can be rearranged anytime. Shop washablesofas.com for early Black Friday savings up to 60% off site wide backed by a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If you're not out absolutely in love, send it back for a full refund. No return shipping or restocking fees. Every penny back Upgrade now@washablesofas.com Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply.
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Beat their arch rival Eagles. And transitively anyone who live bet on.
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Oregon football. They beat USC over the weekend, and then they jumped Ole Miss in the CFP rankings.
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All right. Yeah. Sixth. Paulie. Best week in sports.
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I'll go with Matthew Stafford.
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And if you look at the rest of the Rams schedule, Panthers, Cardinals, Lions.
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Well, I have a question for you guys. So my husband is having a medical procedure the day after Thanksgiving.
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So not surgery. It's a procedure.
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He's having, like, an MRI on certain parts of the body where he has to do a bunch of prep the night before. He can only be on a liquid diet tomorrow. So he's wondering, does he go to the Thanksgiving dinner when he can only drink water and get up early to do the procedure the next day, or.
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Should he just stay home? I would stay home. Who scheduled this, Michelle?
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Well, I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, so he brought this up to me yesterday. I knew the procedure was the next day, but I didn't know he brought all these boxes out of the cabinet, and I got to drink this and do this, and he's like. And I can only drink water.
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And I have to get up at.
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3Am to start prepping.
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Oh, my gosh.
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So what do you guys think?
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That's a sad story. I would let him stay, asking what he wants to do, but I would. I would let him have the opportunity to stay at home and just drink water and pet the dog.
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He brought it up to me, kind of maybe easing into the fact that he's gonna stay home. He just wanted to put it out there to see probably what I would think.
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Yeah, he has my permission to stay home. And thank you, Michelle. Happy Thanksgiving. Renate in Austria.
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Hello?
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Is it Renate? Renate, yes. Oh, okay. And. And you're in Austria? Well, I'm from Austria, but I live in Las Vegas. Oh.
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So for. Yeah, okay. You guys were just here.
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So a lot of people don't know.
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These are European measurements. So it basically equates to 5, 2 and 120.
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But the reason why I'm calling you is about cranberry sauce, because you were saying people only bring out cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving.
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Well, thank you and thank you for those suggestions and happy Thanksgiving. Yeah.
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Paulie, you never see a lot of Austrian restaurants around. You know, on a Friday night you.
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Say, hey, let's order some Austrian takeout. You don't see that a lot.
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German restaurants, not Austrian. Not sure the difference.
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Yeah, I was going to say, what is the difference there? Joe in New York. Hi, Joe. Hey, guys.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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Well, thank you, Joe. We're having mussels today, but not oysters today. Is that right, Dylan? Yeah. I thought about oysters, but I realized shucking them intermittently was going to be kind of tough, so I did the smart play. Although I'm out on oyster stuffing. My wife a couple years ago got the oyster shuckers. She thought it would be great. And then I think she stabbed herself in the hand. And then it wasn't great anymore. I said, hunter, just let people do this. Like the people who are really good, just let them do it. It's okay. I've done the same thing a couple Christmas Eves ago. Couple martinis, oyster knife through the hand. Really kind of ruined everything. Yeah. Is that cocktail sauce? No, that's my blood. Final hour on this Wednesday. I went out and inspected the Thanksgiving feast. Looks great. It looks great. And when you think of a Thanksgiving feast, I think of Ross Tucker. He will join us coming up in about a half hour from now. More of your phone calls as well. Dylan's in for Fritzi, Seaton's here. Marvin, Paulie, yours truly. Final hour after this.
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Date: November 26, 2025
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Host(s): Dan Patrick & Team (Seaton, Marvin, Paulie, Dylan in for Fritzi)
Notable Guest: Mike Golic Jr.
In this episode, Dan Patrick and his crew explore the marvel of Luka Dončić’s play style and what makes certain NBA stars seem “unstoppable,” blending expert basketball insight with humor and personal anecdotes. The hour also features an engaging interview with Mike Golic Jr., who provides deep analysis on college football’s most urgent storylines heading into rivalry weekend. Throughout, Dan and the team touch on Thanksgiving traditions (and menu debates), field calls from listeners, and discuss broader sports narratives across football and basketball.
[03:02–15:13]
Luka’s Performance Recap:
Luka’s recent stat line (43 pts, 13 assists, 9 rebounds against the Clippers) sparks discussion about his unique dominance. LeBron and Austin Reaves’ exploits are also noted, but Luka is the hour’s focus.
The “Unstoppable” Style:
Dan marvels at Luka’s ability to control the pace of the game ("He doesn’t move fast, he doesn’t move quick, but he moves with purpose." [04:51]).
He compares Luka’s methodical play to legends like Kawhi Leonard, Jokic, Tim Duncan, and Steph Curry, emphasizing the value of court intelligence and angles over pure athleticism.
Basketball’s “Local YMCA” Mythos:
Dan likens Luka to the unexpectedly dominant older guy at a pickup game: "He moves at his pace… seems to find, if I get there, I’m going to take advantage of you." [06:06]
Evolving NBA Archetypes:
Paulie: “You can make the case that the top three players… Jokic, SGA, and Luka. They all play with measured, controlled pace and they're not explosive guys.” [09:36]
Marvin compares Luka’s body type and feel for the game to Paul Pierce, adding: "Besides Kevin Durant, the only other person that I saw that gave LeBron the most problems was Paul Pierce." [10:24]
Basketball Intelligence vs. Athleticism:
Dan challenges the obsession with explosiveness: "We get caught up in… Man, you see that guy jump? Yeah, but he can’t shoot or… doesn’t understand angles. Basketball is all about angles." [05:41]
Sustainability and Uniqueness:
The crew debates if young players could (or should) model their games after “slow but skilled” stars, with Dan reminding: "There’s no next Larry Bird… these guys have all created something unique." [13:26]
Dan Patrick:
"Luka at 6'8", …he loves to use your body against his. He'll find the separation. He doesn't move fast, he doesn't move quick, but he moves with purpose." [04:51]
Paulie:
"The top three players in the NBA are Jokic, SGA and Luka. They meander around the court, they find their spots." [09:36]
Marvin:
"Paul Pierce got his shot off whenever he wanted to against whoever. Didn’t even matter. … He got to his spot and he got his shot off." [10:24]
[03:02, 17:15–19:23]
[23:31–34:23]
Ole Miss Uncertainty:
Transfer Portal & Timing in CFB:
Golic Jr. explains why coaching decisions and rumors happen mid-season ("that urgency of ‘if I’m going to take this next opportunity, forever’s got to start tonight’…"). [31:29]
Mike Golic Jr.:
"For Ryan Day… if you want to stamp your place now in the lore of this rivalry… I think you gotta win this weekend." [24:05]
On Notre Dame:
"The ability Notre Dame has this year that makes it different… the engine that still makes it all go is Jeremiah Love." [27:31]
On Ole Miss drama:
"You got a team that's in the top 10 of college football …and now it seems like everyone involved might be willing to walk away." [28:21]
[34:23–50:43]
Callers Weigh In:
Inside College Football:
NFL & CFB Game Previews:
A compelling hour filled with sharp sports commentary, locker-room storytelling, and the friendliest Thanksgiving argument about stuffing you’ll hear all week.