Hour 3 – Al Michaels, Most Valuable Danette

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 3: Al Michaels, Most Valuable Danette

Release Date: December 20, 2024

In the third and final hour of this episode of The Dan Patrick Show, hosted by Dan Patrick alongside co-hosts Todd Fritz, Paul Pabst, Seton O'Connor, and Fritzy, listeners are treated to a blend of humor, sports analysis, and end-of-year reflections. The episode culminates with a special appearance by legendary sportscaster Al Michaels and the announcement of the coveted Most Valuable Danette award.

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1. Most Valuable Danette Award

The segment kicks off with an engaging discussion about the Most Valuable Danette (MVD) award, a fan-favorite tradition on the show.

• Todd Fritz ([05:23]): "The most valuable Danette that gets a set of fresh tires from TireRack.com. You have to take them home. You have to carry them, Todd."

• Paul Pabst ([07:00]): "Fritzy, he's the whole package."

The hosts humorously debate among themselves to determine the winner, with Fritzy ultimately securing the top spot with 36% of the votes, followed by Seaton with 24%, Marvin with 23%, and Paulie trailing at 18%. The playful banter includes jokes about receiving a pie to the face as part of the award's "rewards."

• Dan Patrick ([05:04]): "Now you can vote. I'm not picking the most valuable downtown the audiences. You can go to danpatrick.com we will crown the most valuable Dan at probably in about 40 minutes from now."

• Fritzy ([43:56]): "Yeah, but if it was going to be Fritzy, well, he would have three peded."

2. Sports Predictions and Must Win Games

The conversation seamlessly transitions into sports predictions, with hosts sharing their picks for the Most Must Win Game of the Weekend.

• Dan Patrick ([12:29]): "Got the point spreads coming up this weekend. You got Texas giving 12 to Clemson, Indiana getting six and a half against Notre Dame..."

• Fritzy ([13:33]): "Most must win Dan Bundesliga, Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund. Absolutely must win this weekend against Wolfsburg."

The debate highlights the competitive spirit among the hosts as they analyze upcoming matchups, including college football and NFL games.

3. Singing Competition Among Hosts

In a lighthearted interlude, the hosts engage in a friendly singing competition, showcasing their musical talents (or lack thereof).

• Dan Patrick ([10:09]): "They thought you were done. They thought you were done."

• Fritzy ([10:16]): "He's the whole package."

The segment is filled with laughter and self-deprecating humor as Dan attempts to perform "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi, while Marvin sings a Stevie Wonder classic. The playful critique continues with remarks about stage presence and performance quality.

• Todd Fritz ([11:03]): "They thought you were done, but you're just getting started."

4. Guest Segment: Al Michaels

A highlight of the hour is the appearance of Al Michaels, who joins the hosts to discuss his experiences and insights into broadcasting.

• Al Michaels ([25:05]): "I've known Jim really well for 30 years and knew him as a quarterback of the NFL. His brother is one of my favorites of all time."

The conversation delves into Al's extensive career, his relationships with prominent coaches like Jim Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin, and his perspectives on current sports broadcasting trends.

• Seton O'Connor ([27:52]): "Understand. You read the room where you don't go too deep into the weeds."

Al shares valuable advice for aspiring analysts, emphasizing the importance of simplicity, humor, and effective communication.

5. Year-End Reflections and Announcements

As the show nears its conclusion, the hosts reflect on the year's highlights, acknowledge their dedicated team, and tease exciting plans for the upcoming year.

• Paul Pabst ([47:23]): "Some of the guys behind the scenes do a fantastic job."

• Todd Fritz ([49:21]): "What did you learn? Reese Davis reminds us the mural affectionately referred to as Touchdown Jesus in South Bend is actually called the Word of Life."

The segment wraps up with heartfelt thanks to sponsors and listeners, ensuring a festive end to the year.

• Dan Patrick ([50:55]): "Brought to you by Tire Rack.com, the official tire expert of The Dan Patrick Show."

• Todd Fritz ([51:21]): "You have big plans. You don't just need space. You need the right space. You need Will Scott."

6. Final Moments and Farewell

In the final moments, the hosts joke about their attempted musical performances and reaffirm their camaraderie.

• Dan Patrick ([47:55]): "I'll just take the pie and let it roll."

• Seton O'Connor ([37:25]): "I wish I'd sing Auld Lang Syne to you, but I forgot the words."

The episode concludes with a promise of more exciting content in the new year, leaving listeners with a sense of anticipation and community.

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Notable Quotes:

• Dan Patrick ([05:04]): "Now you can vote. I'm not picking the most valuable downtown the audiences."

• Al Michaels ([25:05]): "I've known Jim really well for 30 years and knew him as a quarterback of the NFL."

• Seton O'Connor ([27:52]): "Don't over talk. I mean, nobody ever got into trouble for shutting up."

• Fritzy ([43:56]): "Yeah, but if it was going to be Fritzy, well, he would have three peded."

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Conclusion

Hour 3 of The Dan Patrick Show masterfully blends humor, sports analysis, and heartfelt discussions, providing listeners with an entertaining and insightful end to the year. The appearance of Al Michaels adds depth to the conversation, while the playful segments reinforce the strong rapport among the hosts. As they announce the Most Valuable Danette and reflect on the year's events, the show leaves its audience eagerly awaiting what's to come in 2025.

For more detailed discussions and future episodes, visit danpatrick.com or tune in to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

Transcript

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Seton O'Connor]

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[Marvin]

You're going to love this.

[Seton O'Connor]

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[Dan Patrick]

Restrictions apply.

[Seton O'Connor]

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[Todd Fritz]

Show on FOX Sports Radio Final Hour. And I mean the final hour this year for the program. We're off next week and it's a meet Friday. We have the folks from Traeger. We have Chad and Julie who are here, and they have created another masterpiece here. The I. I have a monitor here. I have a camera that is fixed on the grilling area. So it's called grill cam. There's Chad, there's Julie, and there's all the Traeger grills. We got a bonfire out there. And this is the menu today. Duck confit. And I'm not quite sure what that is other than that's just duck.

[Dan Patrick]

I think it's the feet of a duck.

[Todd Fritz]

No, it's k o n f I t confit. Does anybody know what duck confit is?

[Dan Patrick]

French.

[Todd Fritz]

Thank you. Thank you, Marvin. Beef tenderloin, duck fat potatoes, sausage and apple, stuffed acorn squash, cauliflower, groton. We have maple, balsamic, brussels sprouts, sausage balls, gingerbread, bunth cake, and some drink called glue wine. Gluh w e I n. I'm guessing that's a. A German wine that usually around the holidays. Yes. Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

Glue vine with an umlat in the middle.

[Seton O'Connor]

Dan.

[Paul Pabst]

It's glow wine because of the feel you get after drinking. Oh, it's a warm wine. You've had it at your house like a glug.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh, yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

In that milieu.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. Yes, Todd.

[Dan Patrick]

That's gonna be quite a mountain of food. I'm gonna try to put all in one plate. That's like 11 different things they made.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. Something embarrassing just happened. I realized that I did not send the danets the invitation to my party. Some of the danets, Todd got an invitation. And I didn't realize that the other day because Seaton goes, what time does the party start? And I go, you didn't get an invitation? He goes, no. And then Paulie goes, I didn't get one. Marvin said he didn't get one. Todd goes, I got one. So I. I apologize for that. I. You know, you can shoot the messenger here. I'm going to blame this. This is e wife, not me. Yeah, I said it. Yes, Seaton.

[Fritzy]

To be fair, Todd probably text your wife multiple times asking about the status of the invitation.

[Todd Fritz]

That is true.

[Dan Patrick]

To make sure nothing passive aggressive MVD vote. That was your way of deciding who the winner was.

[Todd Fritz]

No, no.

[Dan Patrick]

Hard.

[Todd Fritz]

Now you can vote. I'm not picking the most valuable downtown the audiences. You can go to danpatrick.com we will crown the most valuable Dan at probably in about 40 minutes from now. But it's a special day. It's the last day of the year for us. Yes. Paulie.

[Paul Pabst]

In this situation though, it's like a quarterback who just lost a game. Should you share the blame. You pointed at your wife. It's like pointing at your wide receivers. Will that come back to bite you?

[Todd Fritz]

It could. Yeah, it could. This is where I throw basically my offensive line. Under the bus there. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Tom, when you handed them the invitations, I heard you whisper, you guys don't really want to go, right? So I don't know what kind of invitation that really was because I have to let you know about it because someone's going to get. It's going to get back.

[Todd Fritz]

Slow. Slow it down. Okay. I need you to last this final hour here. Okay, guys.

[Dan Patrick]

Probably won't want to go, but here you go. It's 2:00 tomorrow.

[Todd Fritz]

The most valuable Dan that gets a set of fresh tires from TireRack.com. you have to take them home. You have to carry them, Todd.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that's an elbow issues from wiffle ball. My lower back put some weight on. I got some problems.

[Todd Fritz]

Our thanks to Tirerack.com they have provided there are. They've been a great sponsor of ours and they wanted to freshen this up. Nobody cared about winning the most valuable danette because nothing came with that. Now all of a sudden you get new tires and everybody was competing also the backroom guys as well. There's a set of tires for the most valuable backroom guy. You can't vote on that. That will be voted by a secret committee. Yes.

[Fritzy]

That's funny. I think that the MVD started to lose its shine a little bit because any year that you didn't win, it's like, ah, it's just nice that those guys got a chance because everybody knows it's me. That's pretty much what it is like. Oh, no, it's good. I'm glad that. I'm glad that Fritz, he picked one of it. I mean, it's obviously me, but I'm glad that he got a shot.

[Todd Fritz]

Well, Fritzy Fritz, he wins most valuable least valuable Dan at I think every year or close to every year, people.

[Fritzy]

Are upset that there's no lvd.

[Todd Fritz]

I know, but if it was going to be Fritzy, well, he would have three peded. I know, but I don't think he wants to three. Why do you let him sing?

[Dan Patrick]

He's not funny either.

[Fritzy]

Why do you love singing? He's so funny.

[Todd Fritz]

I don't know if that has anything to do with each other.

[Dan Patrick]

Just book the guest up singing and try to be funny.

[Todd Fritz]

Somebody said that Fritzi singing is like Ben Simmons shooting in the NBA's in the wrong hand. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

The holiday season. So whoop dee doo. What are you doing?

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. All right. The 8773 DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @dpshow Al Michaels was on the call last night and we'll talk to Al. Also, the most must win game of the weekend, some phone calls as well. That's a big win for the Chargers. It's a game the Chargers don't win. And look, the Broncos are formidable. Got a good defense. Bo Nicks can play and Sean Payton. Talk about pressure after what happened last year and it just felt like the Talons were out there to try to get Sean Payton. Like, okay, yeah, you're going to rip the coach that you pre. That you followed and you're going to rip Russell Wilson. Get rid of him and let's see what you got. Well, he got his quarterback. Bo Nix has played really well. And if you're going to rank these quarterbacks, Jaden Daniels, Bo Nicks, Drake Meg, Caleb Williams. And imagine if we started the season and I would have said Caleb Williams will be the fourth best rookie quarterback. You would have said in what universe? And, and it's fair. Caleb is still learning. Kurt Warner joined us last hour and he said, look, he's got to fix some things, but also you got to fix the scheme for him, the game plan for him. This is where Sean Payton is brilliant. Sean, all those years working with, you know, quarterbacks, Drew Brees, you put him in a position to succeed. The last thing I want is my quarterback to have to improvise to, to create more than we're creating for him. Caleb Williams did that at usc. You can't do that in the NFL. Drake May. Drake May had limitations in college. Scout said that analysts said that he seems to know who he is week in and week out. Jaden Daniels, we saw him to start the season. He got banged up, but still, he's going to be your rookie of the year. But Bo Nicks, I think playing for two different teams in, you know, two big conferences and you get, you know, over 50 starts, 60 starts, you're ready to go. When you get into the NFL from the standpoint of you've played a lot and you're probably 23, 24 years of age. All right, see, are we changing anything up? Poll question wise for the final hour of the program.

[Fritzy]

Let me see what we got up there right now. Well, we do have who sang better today.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. We had Marvin, who sang a Stevie wonder song, and then Todd sang a Lewis Capaldi.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Someone you loved.

[Todd Fritz]

So I think there's a difference in better singer, better performance. It felt like Marvin wasn't sure of himself, but might have been a better singer. Fritzi, he's the whole package.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm overconfident. I'm too sure of myself.

[Todd Fritz]

The problem is he's got his hands on his package. That's. He's the whole package.

[Dan Patrick]

That's a problem.

[Todd Fritz]

When he sings with his hands down his pants.

[Fritzy]

Way too much of Todd's package.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

That's how I hit the high note.

[Todd Fritz]

I still don't know why you had your hands in your pocket.

[Dan Patrick]

I was nervous. I was like. I didn't know what to do with my hands. There was no, like, mic to hold because it was on the stand.

[Todd Fritz]

But the entire 10 minutes, when you sang two songs with Darius Rucker, your hands are in your pocket.

[Dan Patrick]

I was brave enough to sing two songs, yet I was so nervous, I couldn't get my hands out of my pockets.

[Todd Fritz]

I don't know. I. I don't think I can use the word brave. That the crowd was brave.

[Dan Patrick]

That's true. They were a lot more brave enough to sit through that.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Okay. All righty.

[Dan Patrick]

They did clap along, which is nice. Maybe they felt.

[Todd Fritz]

They thought you were done. They thought you were done.

[Dan Patrick]

There was charity event or something. I don't know what's wrong with this kid.

[Todd Fritz]

I think they thought you were a Make a wish. Yeah. It's like, oh, look at Darius Rucker. He's bringing that. That guy up there to my ear.

[Dan Patrick]

It sounded very good. But now that you play it back, I'm like, yeah, it's a little pitchy.

[Todd Fritz]

A little off, a little Fritz, he gets a pie to the face coming up. So this is going to coincide with most valuable Danette. And Fritz, he has to pay off the bed of the Broncos losing last night to the Chargers. Maybe. Maybe you become most valuable Danette. And the reward is four new tires and a pie to the face.

[Dan Patrick]

Or you don't get the pie to the face, because that's one of the rewards of getting mvd, is you get to not get the pie.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh, no, no. It doesn't work. How about we go around the room? The most must win game of the weekend. Okay. I'm taking Notre Dame off the board. I think Notre Dame. That they have to win that game perception state of Indiana. Notre Dame versus. I mean Notre Dame. That's. That's the game. You gotta. You gotta win that. Now you can put Ohio State in there because you know what they just did or happened to them at that place with Michigan. And now you got a really good Tennessee team in town. So, Todd, the most must win game of the weekend.

[Dan Patrick]

The 7. 7. Atlanta Falcons bench Kirk Cousins for Penix. They better win at home versus the 2 in 12 giants.

[Todd Fritz]

I like that. That's a good choice. Seton O'Connor. Most must win game of the weekend.

[Fritzy]

Yeah. Most must win Dam Bundesliga, Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund. Absolutely must win this weekend against wolfsburg. They're currently 411 points off the top. They're in eighth. They're four points behind a Champions League entry. I know you're following this one closely. They're in having a real results crisis.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Then you steal my most must win game of the weekend.

[Fritzy]

Took that chance.

[Todd Fritz]

Darn. I was gonna do like Paulie does. Whatever you guys do. Yeah. You know, like everybody knew I was doing the Yankees. Marvin, most must win game of the weekend.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm gonna go with Penn State playing smu.

[Todd Fritz]

Did you see Paulie go, oh, that was mine.

[Dan Patrick]

I did. Forgive me, Paulie, but Penn State against.

[Todd Fritz]

Smu, they got to win this one. Okay, Paul, since Marvin took yours, you.

[Paul Pabst]

Know, I'm going to go with it as well. I think Penn State and James Franklin. James Franklin has a reputation in college football in big games.

[Todd Fritz]

This is not a good reputation.

[Paul Pabst]

Not a great one. And smu on paper, beatable big one.

[Todd Fritz]

I'm going to go Texas against Clemson. Texas 12 point favorites against Clemson. And you know, Dabo Sweeney, he may. Did you see. Did Dabo get somebody in the transfer portal recently?

[Dan Patrick]

Not our Dabo.

[Todd Fritz]

I think so. Didn't he get like a receiver from a. Am I making this up? I do have strange dreams at night and I do think of. And I dream of Dabo Sweeney occasionally. Did Dabo get a receiver, Paulie, in the transfer portal?

[Paul Pabst]

He got a defensive end.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh, okay.

[Paul Pabst]

Alex Helt of Purdue.

[Todd Fritz]

But he did get somebody in the transfer portal.

[Paul Pabst]

Yes, he's. He's in on it now.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay.

[Paul Pabst]

He held off as long as he could.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Is he gonna have nil at Clemson? Oh, yeah. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd, I'm seeing something about a commitment from a transfer portal wide receiver named Tristan Smith.

[Todd Fritz]

There you go. All right.

[Dan Patrick]

He announced his decision Monday in a social media post to join the Tigers.

[Todd Fritz]

I'm not as stupid as you say I am, Todd. My thanks to J.J. watt earlier. Reese Davis, Kurt Warner, Al Michaels will join us as well. And it's Indiana, Notre Dame, Notre Dame favored by six and a half. Weather could be an issue. They have snow in South Bend. I don't know how much Paulie's been checking in with the. The weather channel.

[Paul Pabst]

It's 30 degrees in South Bend and, like, breezy snow. It doesn't seem like an accumulation. And it's supposed to be 25 at kickoff.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. Favors Notre Dame. I don't know who it favors. All I know is Indiana scored a lot of points this year, didn't play a challenging schedule, and I think. I think Vegas looks at Notre Dame as one of the three teams that can win the national championship there. The Lions running back David Montgomery could be back for the playoffs, maybe holding off surgery so it can play in the playoffs. And then Aiden Hutchinson. Do we have Aiden Hutchinson talking to Taylor Lautner? Really? I think Taylor Lautner has a podcast, and this is the. What was that? Twilight? Taylor Lautner.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Twilight. Do we have Taylor Lautner and Aiden Hutchinson? Marvin?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. This is from Taylor Lautner's podcast.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay.

[Marvin]

I'm on track for. For my goal of returning for the super bowl. And so I keep telling all the boys when I see him in the. In the facility, I'm like, you. I just got to get there. And I promise you I'm gonna be back. You know, And I tell people that my mom was like, but Aiden, like, like, what if you don't get back? Like, like, what if you can't? I was like, there's no other way.

[Todd Fritz]

I like it. I like it. So Taylor Lautner can get Aiden Hutchinson, but you can't.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd, who else would you tell that to?

[Todd Fritz]

Me.

[Dan Patrick]

It's obvious.

[Todd Fritz]

I got a secret, and the only person I want to talk to is Taylor Lautner. Yes, Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah. T.J. watt was on Misha Barton's part podcast yesterday.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay.

[Paul Pabst]

The same thing. I didn't know if you guys knew that.

[Todd Fritz]

Tommy and Eugene. Hi, Tommy. What's on your mind? Good morning, Paulie. Oh, and.

[Seton O'Connor]

And good morning to the field.

[Todd Fritz]

I'd like to.

[Seton O'Connor]

First of all, I'd like to get out front, congratulate Paulie in advance for the most valuable Dan at victory if he doesn't win. It's rigged. It's rigged.

[Todd Fritz]

And I'd like you guys to know that I'm using my Elon Musk size bankroll to primary the rest of you. Paulie's in on the Ducks. Go, Duck. Let's go. Paul all right. Thank you, Tommy. Thank you. Do you guys want to know first place, second place, third place, fourth place, most valuable den it. Yeah, because then doesn't last place become the least valuable den it?

[Fritzy]

Correct.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. By default, no tears.

[Fritzy]

We're D. LVD one way or the other.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, you are.

[Dan Patrick]

I think I want to know the ranking for mbd. That's why I stayed quiet for that. It sounds like everybody else does. I'm outvoted.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. But you still get a pie to the face no matter what.

[Dan Patrick]

Understood.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. If you're most valuable, you're still most likely to get a pie to the face.

[Dan Patrick]

You can't put that in like a get out of jail.

[Todd Fritz]

No, no. Unless you want to say I'm not eligible for most valuable Dan at next year.

[Dan Patrick]

That takes the fun away. I'll just take the pie and let it roll.

[Todd Fritz]

That's. That's your. It's all about content. Al Michaels Albino will join us coming up next. Back here. Dan Patrick show.

[Seton O'Connor]

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[Marvin]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Todd Fritz]

My thanks to DraftKings all the information they've given us throughout the season. Got the point spreads coming up this weekend. You got Texas giving 12 to Clemson, Indiana getting six and a half against Notre Dame. You got Tennessee getting seven and a half against the Ohio State. And you got SMU getting nine against Penn State. By the way, two top AFC teams collide on NBC. Their holiday special, the Texans take on Patrick Mahomes and the Chief Saturday, noon Eastern on NBC. And Peacock Al Michaels was on the call last night with Kirk. Herb Street, Broncos Chargers Prime Video how, how you feeling?

[Seton O'Connor]

I feel great. Kirk just sent me a video. He is in South Bend for game day.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

And he's doing the Ohio State game. Snowing like crazy.

[Todd Fritz]

I know.

[Seton O'Connor]

So I am going surfing today. It's 80 degrees out here or will be. He is going snowboarding.

[Todd Fritz]

Do you bet on, do you bet on college games?

[Seton O'Connor]

I don't, you know, Dan, I don't bet. People laugh because, you know, I'm the, the point spread, you know, announcing king and have been for years. And I was doing it when you, you weren't supposed to be doing it. But I know that the more you know, the less you know. And I know a lot about the National Football League. I probably know more than 99.9% of the people. But if I had to bet on football, I would not be living where I'm living right now. I'd be under a freeway overpass. You can't win. You cannot win. It's fun. It's fun to play. And I would hope that people only play with money that's disposable. But, you know, you can get into a lot of trouble with it. So I know what I don't know, which is the most important thing.

[Todd Fritz]

But going into it, you know, like Brent Musburger gave us, you are looking live. And that was his way of saying to gamblers back in the 70s. Weather may or may not play a role here, but you're trying to covertly throw it in there where you probably have bosses who say, or the commissioner who says, hey, don't be overt in making this about a point spread.

[Seton O'Connor]

Well, they, they did years ago, but now everybody's in bed with DraftKings and FanDuel and all of the other entities bet MGM. So I had a lot of fun, you know, being the rascal. But. And don't forget, I did the super bowl back in 94. San Francisco against San Diego was an 18 point spread. And they asked me the one time, my boss, Dennis Swanson, at that point said, you know, the league is very sensitive to this. So I stayed away from it until the end when the 49ers were leading by 23. And the last play of the game is a Stan Humphreys pass into the end zone, which would have covered. So I couldn't hold it back at that particular time. But, you know, I had a lot of fun. And, you know, I'm the. You know, for years, I would say, you know, when the score was 41, nothing, I said, it's not quite over. So it was. It was. It was. It was fun to do it at that point, but now it's. It's just overt.

[Todd Fritz]

What's it like to talk to Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, in those production meetings?

[Seton O'Connor]

Fun. And I've known. Look, I've known Jim really well for 30 years and knew him as a. As a quarterback of the National Football League. Knew him when he was in San Francisco. He's interesting. He's got a good turn of phrase. He's a lot of fun. His brother is one of my favorites of all time. John. John is great in those meetings. There are so many coaches who are so good now, like Mike Conlin. Mike Tomlin is as good as anybody I've ever known in all of these years, covering the NFL now for 39 years. What Mike will do is he will answer your questions before you ask the question, which is so good. You know, he'll get on and go, okay, here's the rundown. And he. He will go to all the places that you want to go without you having to waste time asking him the questions. He's phenomenal. Sean McVeigh is phenomenal. Most of these guys are. Are terrific. And harbor certainly fits into that category. Both. Both Harbors.

[Todd Fritz]

All right, if I said Sean McVay or Mike Tomlin as an analyst, take your pick, man.

[Seton O'Connor]

Either one. They'd be. Each of those guys will be at some point, if they want to do it, tremendous, tremendous. Because not only are they, you know, football savvy, obviously, I mean, that's. That's a given. But they know how to put words together. Tom went through the years. You know, there are no cliches. And I said, even last night at one point, you know, everybody would say, running Back by committee, it became such a banal kind of phrase. But Mike says distribution of labor. He's just got a different way of saying things. And I always felt that if I had a debate team, Mike Tomlin would be my captain.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay, but what advice do you give those who want to be an analyst?

[Seton O'Connor]

I would say understand. You read the room where you don't go too deep into the weeds. Make the complicated more simple. You're not doing this game for people who know what a three technique tackle is, because 1% of the population would understand what that means. Explain what that means, but do it cogently. Have a little bit of a sense of humor. Don't over talk. I mean, nobody ever got into trouble for shutting up. It's as simple as that.

[Todd Fritz]

It's.

[Seton O'Connor]

So that would be my advice. I've talked to a few people through the years about this, but the important thing is just kind of, you know, don't, you know, take your time. The replay is not going to go anywhere, so don't jump in. Don't, you know, don't go wall to wall and inject some humor. And the guys we're talking about, Tomlin McVeigh, will each be fantastic when they decide to do it.

[Todd Fritz]

Is Al Michaels the Hall of Famer, on the call last night with Herbie, with the Broncos and the Chargers. That was a game that I thought the Chargers would normally lose because I thought the Broncos had them. And then all of a sudden you have that, that kick, that free kick at the end of the first half. Were you up on the rule when it happened?

[Seton O'Connor]

It's funny because I've had. I had a game with the Cowboys a number of years ago, and they have tried that through the years a couple of times. In fact, Harbaugh tried like a 71 yarder when he was with the 49ers. So I hadn't thought about that rule in a long time. But once it happened and I saw that everybody was talking to each other on the field and the officials are getting together, I said, yeah, I remember this now. And then, you know, it's a good thing. Terry McCauley obviously is our. Is our guy. I went to Terry and then he could explain it. But you don't. Look, it hasn't happened since 1976. And I don't know if you were watching last night, but Dan Fouts actually called our truck and talked to Steve Hurt, our information guru, and said in 1976, when Ray Wersching made that kick for San Diego, Fouts had to Tell the coach, Tommy Prothro, that that was the rule. And so that's what happened 48 years ago.

[Todd Fritz]

You have a photographic memory, but it's kind of crazy. When we were at the Olympics and I remember talking to you about Baltimore and Pittsburgh in the World Series, and you were giving me the day and the weather. Where does that come from?

[Seton O'Connor]

Well, the Baltimore, Pittsburgh World Series was 1979. The weather was. The weather was easy to remember because Howard Cosell came on the air in Game 3 in Pittsburgh when, after two games in Baltimore with snow flurries. And Howard's opening line was welcome to the Winter Olympics. So that was an easy one to remember. I don't know, I'm just somehow able to, in my mind, kind of go back and put my, my brain and my body in the. In a physical presence at that point. You know, it's funny, I'm like a lot of people, you know, at this particular point in in life where I probably have a better memory of stuff that happened in the the 70s and 80s and 90s. And then, you know, what I had for breakfast yesterday. Weird.

[Todd Fritz]

But are you like Joe Paterno? You know, some of these coaches that coach until they die, like, do you want to broadcast until you die? I mean, not to be morbid, but this is what, you know, I remember this being told to, like, Belichick is going to coach probably till he dies.

[Seton O'Connor]

No, that's not important to me. What's important to me is enjoying it. I think anybody in any line of work who's passed the regular, what we consider to be retirement age, I think if you have a passion for what you do, keep going. And I do. And, you know, my health is. Is good enough right now. And I really, I love what I do. I love it. I love going to the games. I love broadcasting the games. I work with some phenomenal people with. I can't believe it's. It's been three years now on Prime Video. And they put together a fantastic group and I love being with them and we have fun. And we, like, we gathered last night after the game. You know, it's like 9:00, so, you know, west coast game. And we're all together, having them, just having a blast afterwards. So, Dan, as long as I have the passion for it, I'll continue. But I'm not sitting here going, mo, I've got to do this till I die, or I got to set some kind of a broadcasting record. No, not at all.

[Todd Fritz]

Because, like, Hubie Brown. I mean, hubie's in his 90s.

[Seton O'Connor]

Right.

[Todd Fritz]

And I think he's just retiring.

[Seton O'Connor]

Well, you know, UBI was a partner of mine. I did the NBA for two years. So the first year, 0304 season, I did it with Doc Rivers, and then Doc went back to coaching in Boston, and I got UBI the next year. He was. He was a lot of fun. A lot of fun. And God bless that man. I mean, he's just. He was a wonderful partner. And I guess he's going to retire this year, but, God, I could listen to him forever.

[Todd Fritz]

What's it like calling a game in, you know, when. When weather plays such a role that it might impede your ability to call a game?

[Seton O'Connor]

Well, it's funny because we did. Look, we did Pittsburgh, Cleveland, when it started to snow in the second half. So I really can't see what's going on. But we can enhance it. The television picture. I mean, I've got to call the game off the. Off the TV picture because looking at it live, you can't see any of the yard lines, but we can superimpose or whatever the phrase would be, the yard line. So that's how you call that game. But people love that. And a snow game, that's one of the games, one of the few games that through the years, the rating actually, I think, went a little bit up in the second half because normally, you know, in the East Coast, a lot of people are going to bed at halftime. It's 10:30, whatever it is, at that particular moment in time. But at that, in that particular game, I think people would tune in and go, wow, this is pretty terrific. And they watched all the way through, and it's a great game. It went all the way to the end.

[Todd Fritz]

Can the NFL give us too much NFL?

[Seton O'Connor]

I would have thought so, but here we go. I mean, it's. You know, I'm not certain that Tuesday morning football at 3am Wouldn't work. I mean, people just can't seem to get enough of it. When you look at what 100 shows that are rated by Nielsen last year in 93 or 94, the National Football League, I don't know, you what, what's enough. If he. If, if you go down to 87 of 100, maybe, you know, you're slipping a little bit. But, Dan, you know as well as I do, I mean, Netflix, two games, Christmas Day, there's. There's always a game, it seems a game on television. And people, they love it. I understand it because it is the most dramatic thing on television. Unscripted Fantastic. And the National Football League, you know, is just full of drama. You don't know what's going to happen. And that's, I think, why we love it so much. We do now. I don't know. I don't know when you reach the breaking point, but you would think by now we've gotten there and we haven't.

[Todd Fritz]

If the NBA reached out, if Commissioner Silver reached out and said, al, what do you think of our product and what would you do moving forward?

[Seton O'Connor]

I think he understands what's going on right now. I think everybody's talking about, you know, it's a three point game, a three point shooting game and all that stuff. I don't know what the answer is, but every sport has this issue too. Baseball has its issues, obviously, the NBA has its issues right now. Hockey kind of tweaks things. The NFL has been able to tweak a few things. I don't have the answer. I mean, that's why, you know, Goodell and Silver and Bettman and Manfred get the, you know, the money they get or, you know, that's, that's their job. Their job is to figure this thing out. But on balance, you know, people still love it. So I know the NBA ratings have leaked a little bit. I think part of it has to, has to do probably with the fact that, you know, maybe they want, people want to see more basketball the way it was played. I'm not sure they do though. I don't know, Dan. I don't know if they, if I had the answer, I would let you know. But I mean, to me, you don't need any tremendous new iteration of it or evolvement of something. A tweak here and there is enough, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

[Todd Fritz]

Can you see load management coming to the NFL?

[Seton O'Connor]

No, because I think, you know, I think, I think that would be a very bad thing is that guys are hurt. I mean, look, there are enough injuries. Guys are playing through injuries to begin with. No, I think, you know, if somebody wants to go to a game, they, they want to see the team that they are buying tickets to see and not some sort of, you know, small, small sample or small part of, of what it is that their, their team is supposed to be providing. I, I don't see it. Even if you go to 18 games. I think, look, I think this load management within the games these days too. A coach, you know, if a running back needs to have a little bit more time to get fully healed, maybe he won't carry 20 times maybe he'll carry seven or eight. So there's load management right now, I think within the game.

[Todd Fritz]

Great to talk to you as always. Thanks for joining us.

[Seton O'Connor]

I wish you I'd sing Auld Lang Syne to you, but I forgot the words. Memory But I forgot the words. All lang.

[Todd Fritz]

Can you sing?

[Seton O'Connor]

Can I sing? Hell no.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay, just one.

[Seton O'Connor]

Dano.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

Dano.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

Dogs will be screaming in the, in the distance if I. Hey, nice to see my picture up behind your, your right shoulder.

[Todd Fritz]

There it is.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah, that's. That's a movable feast up there, isn't it?

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, yes it is. It's in a prime spot now.

[Seton O'Connor]

I love it. Right tomorrow.

[Todd Fritz]

But I and Eagle could be up there, you know, next week.

[Seton O'Connor]

It's great, man.

[Todd Fritz]

Thank you. Al.

[Seton O'Connor]

Take it.

[Todd Fritz]

That's Albino. Hall of Famer. He was on the call with Herbie last night. Broncos Chargers. All right, it's coming. Most valuable Dana will be announced. I'm going to check with Mario. He is the one tabulating all the votes. There's also the most valuable backroom guy. There's also a meat Friday spread out there courtesy of Traeger and Fritz. He takes a pie to the face. All of that in the next 10 minutes.

[Seton O'Connor]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Savannah Guthrie]

Hi everyone, it's Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. We love this time of year. There's so much to celebrate.

[Paul Pabst]

That's right, nobody does the holidays quite.

[Todd Fritz]

Like today all season long. Join us for special performances with the brightest stars.

[Savannah Guthrie]

Plus festive recipes to whip up the perfect holiday feast. And great deals on the hottest toys and gifts for everyone on your list.

[Todd Fritz]

So join us every morning on NBC.

[Savannah Guthrie]

To make TODAY your home for the holidays.

[Todd Fritz]

Great way to wrap up this year. This is our final show of the year. My thanks to all of our great sponsors. Certainly Traeger with Chad from Traeger and Julie. They came in just for this and they created another masterpiece. So by thanks for that partnership with the great folks at Traeger. During the live look in as we were eating I mentioned that Marvin and Seaton were not most valuable Dan in I think a lot of people were surprised that Marvin was not Amongst the final two. The most valuable Danette for 2024 and will receive tires from TireRack.com the official tire expert of the Dan Patrick show. He garnered 36% of the votes Your most valuable. Dan. It. Yes, Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

By the way, the. The whistle this year has. Is a little underrated show element.

[Todd Fritz]

Seaton's whistle.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah, I really enjoy it, personally. Back to you.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay, so if I say. And he garnered 36% of the votes. Todd Fritz is the most valuable. Dan, the least valuable. Danette. He garnered just 18% of the vote. So it went Fritzi with 36%. This guy got half the votes. Say hello to Paulie. Well deserved, Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

I'm on the podium getting something much deserved. Do I get, like, a tire?

[Todd Fritz]

A tire? Yeah. We can maybe a lug nut.

[Fritzy]

The suggestion has been made that the LVD's car get put up on blocks.

[Todd Fritz]

And the tires removed.

[Fritzy]

Yeah, that was weeks.

[Todd Fritz]

How do you think I'm giving these tires away to Fritzi?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, I'll Uber home. Okay. So Fritzi had 36%, Seaton had 24, Marvin had 23%, then Paulie at 18%. We also have a pie bet to pay off. Should we do that now for the audience, or do we do it in the plus block? Do we want to do that after the show?

[Dan Patrick]

I'm thinking plus block. That's. That's kind of the way we've been doing it. And then I don't have to be covered in all that stuff while we're wrapping up the last segment.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, but the people on radio don't get to experience what that sounds like when the pie smashes you.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm going to do whatever you guys want to do.

[Todd Fritz]

All right. I'm going to. How about we do a plus block? All right, Fire. Okay, we'll do that.

[Fritzy]

Plus block pie.

[Todd Fritz]

Now it's time for the most valuable backroom guy.

[Fritzy]

Oh, mvbrg. This is the one I've been waiting for all year.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. This is the best one. Now, there was a. It's like a committee, like the College Football playoff committee. You don't know who's on it. You don't know what they talk about there, but everybody in the back room eligible for a set of tires from Tire Rack.

[Fritzy]

And, you know, you have to know about the back room guys is they're incredibly competitive, especially with each other.

[Todd Fritz]

So there's. There's Ray, who is the producer for the gambling podcast. Dylan, of course, is on the gambling podcast. He does graphics. There's the big German who heads up the whole enchilada here, and he directs the show. You have see Rob Diehard, Knicks fan and jets fan. So he normally isn't used to winning anything. He does a lot of the videos, and he does the newsletter. You got Mario involved with the newsletter? And Tyler. Tyler, who is supposed to fix the golf simulator every morning, but he does answer calls, and he takes care of my dog. And Weeks, our cameraman. Weeks, our cameraman, who's going to be a father here soon. Going to be pretty soon. So the most valuable backroom guy for 2024, Mario.

[Paul Pabst]

Wow. And he's here on a Friday.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes. Wow. Yes. So Mario is the most valuable brg. He does a lot. He does an awful lot. And a guy that I nearly fired twice, actually.

[Paul Pabst]

True.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes. I went to Paulie, and I go, oh, there's Mario. Mario's coming out.

[Dan Patrick]

Congratulations.

[Fritzy]

Sam Darnold of the show. He's almost lost twice, but somehow got another gig.

[Todd Fritz]

How about that? Yeah. I don't even know if Mario knows that I nearly fired him twice. I. I had to go to Paulie. I said, hey, he was your student. He's got potential, but I might have to let him go. And then Paulie goes, give him another chance. And then it wasn't long after that, I said, hey. He goes, can you give him another chance?

[Paul Pabst]

You know what? Go to bed.

[Todd Fritz]

And I said, and then thank God I did. He's done an unbelievable job. But my thanks to, you know, the guys behind the scenes every single day, and they come in, a great attitude, and they do wonderful work. So thank you for all the great things that you guys do every single day. Yes. Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah, I'd like to echo that. Some of the guys behind the scenes do a fantastic job.

[Todd Fritz]

Some.

[Paul Pabst]

Oh, sorry. Back to you.

[Todd Fritz]

Wow. Fritzi, were you and Marvin going to do a duet here?

[Dan Patrick]

I think we were going to do a little. A couple of verses.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. I think this is our gift to the audience.

[Dan Patrick]

Hold on.

[Seton O'Connor]

D.P.

[Todd Fritz]

What?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't really know this song like that.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh, you don't? Oh. So Todd picked a song. Todd, you were supposed to pick a song. You guys were.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I didn't pick that song. That was rich Eisenhower.

[Todd Fritz]

He picked that don't go breaking my heart.

[Dan Patrick]

Elton John and Kiki D. Who's Kiki D?

[Todd Fritz]

That doesn't matter.

[Dan Patrick]

That's the female voice that I'm gonna do.

[Paul Pabst]

Marvin, you're about to be Kiki d. No, no.

[Todd Fritz]

Fritzi is the female.

[Paul Pabst]

Oh, no.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

I volunteered for the female.

[Todd Fritz]

Of course you did. Well, maybe we'll wait. You know, we'll wait till the new year 2025. Yeah. We'll see what we can do this day in sports history.

[Paul Pabst]

Paul, just a couple oh, this is sad. 1966, the NBA granted a franchise to Seattle. And 1994, Yvonne Lendl retired after a 17 year tennis career.

[Todd Fritz]

It was on this date in 2005. Kobe scored 62 through three quarters. Sat out the fourth quarter in the win against the Mavericks. At one point, Kobe had 62. The Mavericks had 61 through three periods. That's crazy. Crazy. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Here comes that. What? Stat of the day. Also a shout out to our intern Anthony who helped whenever I went to Maine. Did a great job there. Big Mets fan. So he's not eligible for most valuable brg. We did MBI though he would most valuable intern. He. We might. He might.

[Fritzy]

He's top two.

[Todd Fritz]

We have an intern named nicknamed Doormat. So Doormat had a good year too. Ah, let's go around the room. What we learned on the program. Todd, before you get a pie coming up here in a couple of minutes, what did you learn?

[Dan Patrick]

Reese Davis reminds us the mural affectionately referred to as Touchdown Jesus in South Bend actually called the word of Life.

[Todd Fritz]

I didn't know that seat.

[Fritzy]

No, Connor, we have an intern named Doormat.

[Todd Fritz]

Doorman. Good grief. Marvin. Mario almost got fired twice. Yes, he did. It's one of the great comeback stories of all time. It's a Hallmark movie after school special call Maria Paulie, what you learn.

[Paul Pabst]

Todd won twice today.

[Todd Fritz]

Todd, what did I learn?

[Dan Patrick]

On this program, Al Michaels would select Mike Tomlin as the captain of his debate team.

[Todd Fritz]

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