Hour 3 – Heisman Voting Criticism, Christmas Cruelty

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 3: Heisman Voting Criticism, Christmas Cruelty

Date: December 15, 2025
Host: Dan Patrick (with the Danettes)
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show features lively discussion around the most recent NFL and NCAA football events, a deep dive into the integrity of the Heisman voting process, and a humorous, self-reflective conversation on parenting, competitiveness, and “Christmas cruelty.” The show mixes insightful sports analysis with signature banter and stories from Dan and the Danettes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NFL Roundup & Arizona Cardinals’ Woes

[01:45–07:11]

• Cardinals’ Playoff Elimination & Irrelevance
  • Dan reflects on the Cardinals’ extended playoff drought and quarterbacks carousel.
  • “The Kyler Murray experiment is over. Feels like that's just a healthy scratch... he'll get another opportunity because he's young and talented. That's just a question of, will he listen to somebody, will he let somebody coach him?” (Dan Patrick, 04:47)
  • Comparison drawn between Murray and Michael Vick: both had immense raw talent, but questions remain around their long-term dedication.
  • “Guys like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods—they put in the time. Tiger was maniacal... At that position [QB], you must.” (Dan Patrick, 05:15)
• Cardinals’ Franchise History
  • Marvin and Paulie agree that the Cardinals have mostly been sports afterthoughts, with just a handful of playoff appearances.
  • “Besides the Kurt Warner years, I can't remember a time where you had to watch out for the Cardinals.” (Marvin, 06:27)

2. Heisman Voting Criticism & Committee Integrity

[07:16–11:26]

• Callers Weigh In
  • A caller asks if the Heisman committee ever revokes votes for unserious selections (e.g., obscure candidates getting first place votes).
  • Dan: “They don't ask us for our reasoning. I think there's too many Heisman voters—close to 900.” (08:55)
  • “Why are you voting for that guy?... I'm honored to be a voter. I took it seriously... You want to make sure you uphold the integrity of this.” (Dan, 09:21)
  • Paulie shares that the award remains vaguely defined: “There's very little rationale of who should be the Heisman winner. It just says 'the most outstanding player in college football.'” (Paulie, 11:09)

3. Show Banter: Nicknames & Hanukkah Sports Names

[11:30–13:42]

• Callers share creative nicknames for show members; Todd runs through Jewish-themed sports puns for Hanukkah.
  • “I've got here: Teddy Hebrewski... Amanora Saint Brown... Zionism Williamson.” (Todd, 13:06)

4. Best & Worst of the Weekend: Sports & Culture

[14:34–16:13]

• Callers and hosts talk about memorable sports moments, including:
  • Mahomes' and Micah Parsons' injuries (significant for NFL playoff race).
  • Arizona Wildcats’ historic start.
  • Ongoing debate: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
  • “Die Hard is a Christmas movie. I have no problem with that, it all takes place at a Christmas party.” (Dan, 15:47)

5. Changing Attitudes: Smoking in Public Spaces

[17:17–19:09]

• Nostalgic/funny reflection on smoking sections in restaurants, bars, and airplanes.
  • “Smoking in airplanes is still mind-boggling. It was like row 30 was no smoking and 31 was smoking—as if that’s an invisible barrier.” (Paulie, 17:29)
  • Dan shares about his father’s smoking and early death: “My dad smoked Camel, non-filter, three packs a day. Died at 54 of lung cancer. Who saw that coming?” (Dan, 19:09)

6. Producer Antics: “Minimum Kindness” and Text Etiquette

[23:55–25:36; 39:28–44:06]

• Todd gets teased for his blunt, “minimally kind” texts after teams suffer bad losses, e.g., texting Nick Wright immediately after the Chiefs’ elimination.
  • “If I wait till later in the evening, then it’s ‘oh, I wish you told me sooner’... So I gotta make sure I navigate that.” (Todd, 24:45)
  • Frank Caliendo called Todd out: “Not everybody gets my tone or sense of humor.” (Todd, 25:36)

7. Heisman & Hall of Fame: Positions with Dual Honors

[25:44–26:33]

• Trivia: Only 10 Heisman winners have also entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame; 7 of them are running backs.
  • “One quarterback, one defensive player, and one wide receiver have a Heisman and a gold jacket.” (Caller, 26:22)

8. NFL Officiating Accountability

[27:52–29:13]

• Caller upset about poor officiating; Dan explains the current system:
  • “They’re graded after every game... That might prevent them from doing playoff games, which is extra money, but I don’t know what you want them to do. Full-time referees, everybody keeps talking about that. I don’t know what that means...” (Dan, 28:47)

9. “Christmas Cruelty” & Parenting Stories

[44:06–49:51]

• Dan humorously reflects on being highly competitive even with his kids, and the concept of “Christmas cruelty”—making his kids race for presents and cancelling his daughter’s birthday parties multiple years in a row due to misbehavior.
  • “If they didn’t beat me in a race, then they got no gifts for Christmas.” (Dan, 46:13)
  • “My daughter knew this was on thin ice... four consecutive birthdays canceled... She was the Buffalo Bills of birthday parties.” (Dan & Paulie, 47:07)
  • On tough love at breakfast: “She took an egg—boom. Off the forehead. Three times. My son has grown up to be okay.” (Dan, 49:00)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Kyler Murray’s Development:

  • “He could go to a team and maybe surprise us because he still has that talent.” (Dan, 05:57)

• On the Cardinals:

  • “If we talk about them, it’s usually not positive.” (Dan, 06:38)

• Heisman Voting Integrity:

  • “There’s nothing wrong with getting... 45 members of the media and you could have conference calls... You want to make sure you uphold the integrity of this.” (Dan, 08:58)

• Humor on Parenting:

  • “My daughter—four consecutive birthdays canceled. She was the Buffalo Bills of birthday parties.” (Dan, 47:09)
  • “If they didn’t beat me in a race, then they got no gifts for Christmas.” (Dan, 46:13)

• On Competitiveness:

  • “Winning is the only thing. And then she goes, are you being serious? I go, yes.” (Dan, 44:07)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Cardinals Elimination/Kyler Murray Analysis: 01:45–07:11
• Heisman Voting Critique & Caller Q&A: 07:16–11:26
• Nickname & Hanukkah Segment: 11:30–13:42
• Best & Worst of the Weekend: 14:34–16:13
• Smoking & Public Health Reminiscence: 17:17–19:09
• Producer/Todd’s Text Etiquette Stories: 23:55–25:36; 39:28–44:06
• Heisman-Hall of Fame Trivia: 25:44–26:33
• NFL Officiating Discussion: 27:52–29:13
• Dan on Parenting & "Christmas Cruelty": 44:06–49:51

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains Dan Patrick’s trademark mix of knowledgeable sports analysis, light ribbing among co-hosts, and self-deprecating humor. There are genuine, thoughtful moments (as in the Heisman voting conversation and discussions about competitive drive), buoyed by funny, relatable, and sometimes touching stories from family life.

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For Listeners Who Missed It…

You’ll come away from this episode with:

• Insight into the often-flawed Heisman voting process and the challenges of maintaining award integrity,
• A critical look at underperforming NFL franchises like the Cardinals,
• A peek into the culture of sports media production (and comic perils of bad timing with guests),
• Hilarious, sometimes brutal stories about competitive parenting at holiday time,
• And plenty of classic Dan Patrick Show banter—equal parts smart, sarcastic, and heartwarming.

Transcript

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[Marvin]

Marvin, are the Cardinals on the short list of like most irrelevant franchises of all time, besides the Kurt Warner years? I can't remember a time where, man, you got to watch out for the Cardinals this year.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I would think so. We don't talk about them and if we do, it's usually not positive. Or we'll say, hey, the super bowl is at the home of the Cardinals. Cardinals aren't playing. But the super bowl is, you know, in Glendale. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Yeah, I'm just looking back at their history and like you said, six playoff appearances in 40 years plus, and they just bounced around with quarterbacks that have like a Sias and then Plummer, then Jeff Blake, then Kurt Warner, which was great, and Matt Leiner and then just. It's very mishmash.

[Dan Patrick]

You also had UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen.

[Paulie]

Josh Rosen, one and done.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Aiden in Utah. Good morning, Aiden. What's on your mind today? Morning.

[Caller]

Dp. Yeah, Denver beat a good team and looks great. I am more than. I was worried about the offense last 13 weeks and then Bo Nix turned into the next John Elway. So that's great. I. I wanted to talk about the other. The Heisman ceremony. The Heisman winner and the runner up played for Indiana and Vanderbilt. What a time to be alive.

[Dan Patrick]

Dad. Once in a lifetime, in my lifetime, if you would have said, you know, by the way, you're going to have the two top Heisman Trophy vote getters at Vandy and Indy. And I'd be like, Indiana and Vanderbilt, huh? But they put up great years and they were great stories as well. Robert in Sacramento. Hi, Robert. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, good morning, guys. Thanks for taking the call. Dan, with you being a Heisman voter, I'm curious of your perspective on this. And then if you can give some perspective on how the Heisman committee reacts to things like this. But you look at the voting and you got a guy, the quarterback from, from Georgia Tech getting two first place votes. How is that not a mockery of the voting system? And does the heism committee look at that and say, okay, you don't get a vote anymore because obviously you're not taking it seriously? And how do you feel as a voter who Takes it seriously and see these guys do that. But we get it in every sport. I get it. But isn't it just, doesn't it just bring it down a notch just a little bit? I'll take your answer off the air, but kind of bugged me a little bit this weekend.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, they don't ask us for our reasoning. And I think there's too many Heisman voters. They're close to 900 Heisman voters. I think that they have to lessen that. And, you know, I, there's nothing wrong with getting, you know, let's say 45 members of the media and you could have conference calls like, you want to make sure you uphold the integrity of this. And, you know, why are you voting for that guy, you know, the linebacker, Texas Tech, Rodriguez, he got some first place votes. I'm fine with that. You know, Robert, Robert Griffin Jr. III, he came on, he even said during the broadcast, I think he should be the Heisman Trophy winner. Okay. If you can back that up, great. That's your vote. I don't think you can say, what is it, Hayden? King Haynes. King's King. Good quarterback. Yeah, yeah. And good story. But could I say he's the best player that I saw this year? No. Did he put up some interesting moments? Yeah, but it's tricky because, you know, you're asking everybody to kind of follow what the rules should be, and that is watch as many games as possible. How many people do that? Sometimes you have to go out of your way to watch some of these candidates and maybe you don't have the time to do that. I'm honored to be a voter. I was an honor, it was an honor to be a voter with the NBA awards. I, I, it was a privilege. Every single year I got to do that and I took it seriously. And the same thing with the Heisman. I mean, Paulie, you know, I'd go back and for, I'd grind over this stuff, you know, is Toby Geart, you know, a top three player, you know, man, tied tail, you, we'd have these discussions and, and, but I think you need to have that. So you don't have some. And what will happen is somebody might cover Georgia Tech and then they might do somebody a solid. They might do that for him locally. Hey, it's not going to impact the Heisman. This wasn't a close race. But yeah, sometimes you want to say to somebody, how could you come up with that? Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Yeah. I'm looking at the Heisman website right now and there's Very little rationale of who should be the Heisman winner. It just says the most outstanding player in college football. Not about wins, losses or anything. Also, There are over 900 voters. They're in every state. They're try to. They try to balance them regionally as well.

[Dan Patrick]

Coleslaw in Colorado. Hey, Coleslaw.

[Caller]

Good morning, Dan. 5, 10, 167. I got some nicknames, few things. For Mendoza. We have.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, wait a minute, wait a minute. Why don't you tell us how you got your nickname?

[Caller]

One time I woke up in a bathtub full of coleslaw. No, I'm kidding. I was at Steak and Shake in Indianapolis, and my friends were giving nicknames. I said, how much coleslaw do you think they have back there? And they're like buckets and buckets of coleslaw. Shaw. So it stuck. Last name is Shaw. So we have Bulldozer Mendoza. This is my Todd impersonation, Bulldozer Mendoza.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Caller]

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[Dan Patrick]

All right. Thank you. Coleslaw. Fritz, you got your Hanukkah names?

[Todd]

I do have Hanukkah names.

[Dan Patrick]

How many names do you have?

[Todd]

I have about a dozen or so. I'd say actually more like 20.

[Paulie]

How many days of Hanukkah is it?

[Dan Patrick]

Eight.

[Todd]

Eight days of honest.

[Dan Patrick]

Two. Eight names. Let's do eight.

[Todd]

Okay. I've got Ronnie Latka. I've got John Candelaria.

[Dan Patrick]

Now, once again, if I don't react, it's because I've heard all of these before. Okay, okay. All right.

[Todd]

Former Pirates pitcher John Candelaire.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, I know the candy candle.

[Todd]

Like you like the candles. Menorahs.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

Hanukkah. Yeah. Tennis legend. Legend, Yeah. I think a legend.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

I've got here Teddy Hebrewski. Teddy Hebrewski.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, I like that one.

[Todd]

Okay, that's four. I've got Amanora Saint Brown. Amanora Saint Brown.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

Star of David Ortiz, Jerry Judy, and Zionism Williamson. That's what I had for.

[Paulie]

Jerry Judy's too easy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Jerry Judy would not be one of my starting receivers. No, he would not. No, no.

[Todd]

That was. Dreidel Bly was in.

[Dan Patrick]

Dreidel Bly. Yeah. And. And Hanukkah.

[Todd]

That's probably the best one.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I'm just saying, Jerry Judy as a football player.

[Todd]

Yeah. He had a lot of drops in the town.

[Dan Patrick]

One of My favorite. No. The jets have fired their defensive coordinator, Steve Wilkes. Christian Watson. This according to Rob Demofsky covers. The packers went to the hospital. CAT scan doesn't have any long term injury. They have the big game against the Bears coming up on Saturday. Let's see. Packers coach Matt LaFleur, he said that with Micah Parsons, it doesn't look good, but they don't have official confirmation on tearing his acl. Let's see. I think that's it. That's some of the football insiders. Adam in Michigan. Hi, Adam. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

How's it going? Good. Good.

[Caller]

Hey, best and worst. Start with the worst. Lifetime Broncos fan loved yesterday.

[Dan Patrick]

That was great win.

[Caller]

Just hated seeing Micah and Patrick Mahomes go down. Don't like to see the Chiefs go out that way. So that's a real bummer for the league. But best of the weekend, my Arizona Wildcats. First AP team ever to rack off five top 25 victories in their first nine games. Maybe this is the year old Daniel comes around on my Wildcats.

[Dan Patrick]

I watch Michigan against Maryland. That's a good team because Maryland played really well. Michigan's good team. And they don't just win, they win big. Phil in Iowa. Hi, Phil. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

56 and a salty 132. Worst of the weekend again. The Mahomes injury. It's terrible. Horrible way to end 2025. I mean, it's not over, but might as well be. Best of the weekend. I was flipping through holiday movies last night on Peacock and Die Hard was in there. So I suppose we can put that debate to bed, right?

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah. Die Hard is Christmas movie. Yeah, I have no problem with that. I mean, it all takes place at a Christmas party.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paul, it's like Christmas adjacent. Christmas and the holidays aren't the focal point of the movie. Like, hey, we're gonna be late for Christmas. Or there's an incident at the in laws house, but it's full of holiday songs the entire time. It revolves around Christmas.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. I'm okay.

[Paulie]

Christmas adjacent.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Christmas adjacent. Yeah.

[Todd]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Maybe a new category there. I mean, it's not Christmas Story, Ralphie.

[Paulie]

That's the focal point.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, because it's all about Christmas and the.

[Paulie]

The BB gun, the Red Rider.

[Ray]

Red Rider.

[Dan Patrick]

You got to shoot your eye. My mom used to say that all the time. I never got one, by the way.

[Ray]

Got a compass in the stock.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I. I remember one of my brothers got a slingshot and then it was he's Going to put somebody's eye out, probably mine. Since I was the younger brother, I was going to still. I don't know how this happened. Sunday morning we're going to church and my brother who had a BB gun said, stand against the tree. And I stood against the tree and he shot me in the thigh. I was like, how stupid am I? And then my mom was like, oh, stop crying. I got shot with a BB gun. Well, you never should have stood there. I don't know. My oldest brother told me to stand there or he's gonna beat me up. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paul, what year do you think child safety became a big thing in our country? Which is a weird question to ask, but nobody wore seatbelts in the 70s. Smoking in vehicles, smoking in airplanes.

[Dan Patrick]

Smoking in airplanes is still mind boggling.

[Paulie]

Remember it was like row 30 was no smoking and 31 was smoking. As if that's invisible barrier would protect your lungs.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Because my wife and I sat in the last row non smoking, going to London for our honeymoon. So the guy behind me is smoking haters. Could. I mean, just thinking about ashes and starting a fire on a plane. I can't get through this flight. I gotta smoke a heater here. Yeah, more of a. I loved.

[Marvin]

I went to Red Lobster once with my family when I was a kid and they were like, smoking section or not smoking, people smoking. This is wild. I can't believe that was a real thing back then.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I don't know when that changed. Now there are certain bars in New York that. And I do think if you say we're a smoking bar, then okay, at least you're told that it's a smoking bar. Like I understand it. You know, I grew up with parents who smoked and two brothers who smoked, but felt like it was the 90s when it all came crashing down where they're all of a sudden nobody's allowed to smoke.

[Paulie]

In the late 90s, I worked at a bar and you could still smoke, but it was very unpopular. I think it was early 2000s, they outlawed smoking in bars and restaurants.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, because you'd always see people outside the bar. They'd be out there like nicotining up and then they go in to have their drinks. Yes, Todd, as socially acceptable as it.

[Todd]

Was, at least for us growing up, I still couldn't believe they had them like in the lobby of diners and in restaurants, a candy machine, you could put money in and pull the handle and like a box of cigarettes would come out of the bottom as if you were getting like a Coke.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Hey, but it had the warning on the side. So yeah, Surgeon General. Yeah. As my dad smoked camel non filter three packs a day. Nice. And died at age 54 of lung cancer. Who saw that coming? No. Everybody take a break. More phone calls coming up. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, is Cavino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio. Now, in addition to hearing us live weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, we're excited to announce a brand new YouTube channel for the show. Yup, that's right. You can now watch Covino and rich live on YouTube every day. All you gotta do search COVINO and RICH FSR on YouTube again. Go to YouTube search COVINOENRICH FSR. Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe. Hit that thumbs up icon and comment away.

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[Dan Patrick]

Fritz, he just sent me the timeline of the text that he sent to Nick wright. I got 4:33pm Is that. Is that right?

[Todd]

That's the time I sent it. I would hope that I wasn't that incentive that three and a half hours after kickoff. That had to be a decent amount of time after the injury to and I and I put very nicely to him. You know if you're up for it. Trying to be sensitive to his chief fandom so.

[Dan Patrick]

Well it's not that far after this was a one o' clock game.

[Todd]

Yeah but it wasn't like second while Mahomes is on the field. I think he was a little dramatic like While he's being attended to. Hey, how about. Can you come on tomorrow? It's been three months.

[Dan Patrick]

Was the game still going on?

[Todd]

I don't know if it got to the final buzzer yet, but it was. It wasn't like, right immediately after went down. I wouldn't do that.

[Caller]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

It sounded like. And Nick was saying that maybe you were not being that sensitive as he loses his quarterback.

[Todd]

Yeah, but then you run the risk. If I wait till later in the evening, then it's. Then it's like, oh, I wish you would have told me sooner. I already got booked up, so I got to, like, you know, make sure I navigate that.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yeah. Paul.

[Paulie]

Dan. The I team is checking on the timeline, as, of course, you know, we will. I had the game just wrapping up the final minute of the game. So the game is still active. Some people are asking about the tone of Fritzi. Did he offer any solace to Nick? His favorite player and team was out of the playoffs.

[Todd]

I was going to put sorry about your Chiefs, but I don't think he would, knowing that I'm a big Bronco fan. That would seem totally fake, which I've been called out, Frank Caliendo, among others, about being fake kindness or minimal kindness. So I just got right to the point that if you're up for it, I thought that was more than enough sensitivity as opposed to saying, hey, how about 10, 20 tomorrow?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

Congratulations to your Chiefs being out of the place for the first time in a decade.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Frank Caliendo weirdly called you out. Not having any sensitivity when you send text messages.

[Todd]

Not everybody gets my tone or sense of humor. You've been there. I don't know what that's all about.

[Dan Patrick]

Sam in la. Hi, Sam. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Hey, thanks for taking my call, Dan. Good morning. And lieu of the Heisman Trophy winner, I did a little research. I don't know if this is a stat of the day, but it's primarily a quarterback award. The Heisman Trophy. Not all the time, but I looked at the exclusive, smaller list of athletes who had the Heisman Trophy and the gold jacket from the hall of Fame. Of those numbers, what do you think? What position? Dan. And Dan answered without looking it up. Do you think has the majority of Heisman trophies and gold jackets? What position?

[Dan Patrick]

Running back.

[Caller]

You got it. 70% and there's only 10. So seven of the 10, one quarterback, one defensive player and one wide receiver have a Heisman Trophy and a gold jacket.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, thank you, Sam. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Here comes that. What? Stat of the Day, brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick Show. We did best and worst of the weekend. Apparently I blew by. Marvin had a worst of the weekend and I didn't get his worst of the weekend.

[Marvin]

It's all right. And it's somewhat serious too. Actor and director Rob Reiner found dead yesterday.

[Dan Patrick]

Him and his wife.

[Marvin]

Him and his wife in their LA home. He directed some of my favorite movies. Stand By Me, the Princess Bride.

[Dan Patrick]

Man, this is Spinal Tap. Did he do that too? He did, yeah. And they have his son in custody. 33 year old son who reportedly killed his mom and dad. Yes. Paul.

[Rob Gronkowski]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

Rob Reiner's run is. Is fascinating. Spinal Tap, the sure thing. Stand By Me, Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men, the American President. I mean, that's in a 12 year span.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

And before all of that, all in the Family, which was a major hit playing Michael Stivic. That was. That was pretty huge before he even got to producing and directing.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Kevin in Michigan. Hi, Kevin. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, thanks for taking my call.

[Dan Patrick]

Best and worst, Kevin.

[Caller]

So best and worst. The best is probably not for me, but for my wife. After watching the Lions and the debacle of that game, I told her I'm done with NFL for the rest of the year. So she's pretty excited about that. The worst is probably going to be that horrendous call that Mike Pereira couldn't even answer. So my question for you is, when are these refs going to start being held accountable for some of these horrendous calls that are actually changing the outcome of games?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but what, what are you suggesting that they do? They. They're graded after every game. Are you going to suspend them?

[Caller]

They're not being held accountable, though. It's just a slap on the wrist and they move on to the next game.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, that might prevent them from doing playoff games, which is extra money, but I. They're graded after every performance, so I don't know what you want them to do. Full time referees, everybody keeps talking about that. I don't know what that means. When you're a full time referee, as opposed to this. Are you practicing more?

[Rob Gronkowski]

I got.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't. Are you going to a flag football game? Like, do you drive around neighborhoods and you go, oh, a backyard game there? Let me go there. That's motion. Illegal motion. Hands to the face. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Yeah, there's really nothing you could do. They've got the sky judge, they've got replay. They've got more officials on the field than they've ever had. I don't know what the fix would be. Nope, no pun intended.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, don't do that word fix. Scott and Scottsdale at Scott in Scottsdale.

[Caller]

Hey Dan, you saw my thunder earlier with respect to the Cardinals. As a long time long suffering Raider fan after having moved from California, I adopted the Cardinals slaps and plates on both my truck and my wife's car. Only to now drive out of my parking lot every morning and see my neighbor or go to the gym or the market and just get chastised by the locals. Or even smart enough not to have done as much. I should have thought that through a little bit more obviously. But I still have time. As a matter of fact I have today off so I'll be doing down there and probably changing those out as quickly as possible. But it's ridiculous. That Murray situation has to go down as one of the worst. You get the kid out of UCLA a few years prior to him. I don't know who's making decisions over there, but there's as many are.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you Scott. Good luck. We talked about this last year. I focused this year on the Broncos and also the Commanders. When you win one score games, when you win in the final couple of minutes now, it says a lot about your coach, says a lot about your quarterback. But it's really hard to live with that razor thin margin of victory. The Chiefs will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2014. Last year the Chiefs were 120 in one score games including the playoffs. In fact you go back to 2023, they won 17 consecutive games by eight points or less. This year they played eight one score games. They won one.

[Ray]

Day, start of the.

[Todd]

Day, start of the day, start of the day, start of the day, start of the day, start of the day.

[Dan Patrick]

You take Mahomes for granted, he'll somehow figure it out. Yes.

[Ray]

You know that's those numbers that you just listed off is exactly how I got to them not making the playoffs this year because last year they barely squeaked by all these teams and then in the off season did absolutely nothing to upgrade the team. It's just like well chances are they're not going to start blowing people out with the the same group. So. And chances are they're probably not going to be able to squeak by all those teams again a second season through.

[Dan Patrick]

And that's was my logic with the Commanders. They won A lot of these games in the last couple of minutes and I didn't have them making the playoffs. Now Jaden Daniels got injured. Obviously that impacted their season. Steven, Syracuse. Hi, Steve. What's on your mind, Dan?

[Caller]

First time, long time. I got this image as I saw Mr. Mahomes being escorted off the field as he's walking down the tunnel. I thought it would have been cool if a kid with a Coke would have given him a drink and Patrick hands him his jersey.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, one is make believe and one is real.

[Paulie]

The mood may not been right.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, they paid Mean Joe Green to limp off the field and throw the kid.

[Ray]

That actually did happen. Just Patrick doesn't like cameras around because he's that selfless of a person. So it did actually happen. We just. He said, no, no, no, no, no cameras don't release that.

[Dan Patrick]

It was Nick Wright who was there ready to give him a Coca Cola. Jeff in Baltimore. Hi, Jeff.

[Caller]

Thanks for taking the call. Yep, best and worst. Army Navy best, obviously, for obvious reasons, but I have a worst from this, from that game as well. I have a friend of mine who lives in Baltimore, her son flies one of the Chinooks that, that actually did the flyover of the game on Saturday and she sent me the actual test runs because the young man sends a video of the test run that they're gonna do and how they are for me as a family. So I tune in Saturday and I, if I'm not mistaken, the worst thing is I think CBS blew it. And during the national anthem and even after, I think they cut and went to commercial, never saw the flyover.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I'd have to get some of my best people on that, but I'm going to trust your observation there, Jeff. I, I don't remember the flyover. I remember President Trump was trying to flip the coin, but other than that, I don't remember too much of the beginning of that. Jake in Texas. Hi, Jake. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Yeah, good morning, dan. First off, 5 11, 247 at 11% body fat. I know a lot of ears just perk.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Caller]

So best and worst. Best. How about those? Fighting Texas Aggie volleyball team taking on the number one Nebraska Corn Hustlers down. Yeah, that was great.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Not a huge volleyball fan, but I'll tune in. I'll tune in. And worst man, didn't really hit me till Saturday or Sunday. This battered Aggie syndrome leading up to the game stress DEFCON 4 Around here, we're just cranking it up by the minute. So hopefully those Aggies can pull out a win. If not, it's been a good season.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll take it.

[Caller]

You know, this. This doesn't happen much around here, so hope you have a good one.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Good luck. Good luck. Interesting. Best and worst of the weekend. Yes.

[Marvin]

Marvin, you'll take it. You know much money they spent.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

They're not okay with just a playoff appearance. What do you mean they'll take it?

[Paulie]

They're hosting Miami.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. You don't just make the playoffs. You got to win a couple of games in there. Brooks in Florida. Hey, Brooks. Best and worse of the week.

[Caller]

Yeah, Dan, I got a best and a bestest for you. Best is DJ Lagway apparently entering the transfer portal. I think it'll be good for him and for the program. And bestest is going to be the Panthers losing to the Saints. And my Bucks can take all the help that we can get, so I was happy to see that one go down.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And I warned you, you know, you're gonna, you're now gonna count on Carolina winning a game. If you're a Panther fan, you're hoping not expecting them. And that's when I said, hey, the team that is considered the inferior team usually wins these games. It's crazy in the NFC South. And that happened. Carolina losing. And now it comes down to basically Carolina versus Baker Mayfield Jr. III in Tampa and two of the last three games. Take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

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[Todd]

Sensitive. I did that to Ray a while back. His Lions lost a really bad game, like deep into the playoffs. They're getting ready for the super bowl almost. And I'm like, how are we doing on that one sheet for the questions for tomorrow's.

[Ray]

Game? I happen to have that text right here, Dan. As a matter of fact, Ray sent it to me in the.

[Dan Patrick]

Back. Oh, he.

[Ray]

Did? Feels like this is a good time to remind everyone to say, hey, tough game today. Great season, though. Lewis Riddick at 10:20. Cool for the one sheet.

[Dan Patrick]

Essentially. How horrible. So big day. Ray is producer of the gambling show and he does our above the noise. He does a lot of great things around here and he comes up with a one sheet. That's all the information and suggested questions we're going to ask a guest. So the Lions just lost. Was that to the Niners in the NFC title.

[Todd]

Game? It wasn't Week 6 against.

[Dan Patrick]

Arizona. No. It was a painful loss. It was NFC title game. And you sent him a note just after the.

[Todd]

Gang. That was a bleep move by me. Looking back on that, I don't know what I was thinking because if it was the other way around, I would be beyond furious. If the Broncos looks like a divisional player for an AFC.

[Ray]

Title. 9:53pm.

[Dan Patrick]

Eastern. And then Frank Caliendo, who's one of the nicest people you ever meet, we're out in Vegas and he's saying that you lack sensitivity when you text.

[Todd]

People. I think he reads through my over niceness and he's decided that, that there's something phony there that like, that's just a little too nice. And sometimes I put it, you know, I butter it up a little too much where it looks like it's just phony.

[Dan Patrick]

Or. No, he was saying that Frank Caliendo went out to dinner with like, I don't know, famous people. Then he rattled off like three or four really, really famous people. And then you wanted to have him on and he's telling you, hey, you know, just had this great.

[Todd]

Dinner. I think that's a. That's another.

[Dan Patrick]

Thing. That's.

[Todd]

Right. I said something like, wow, that sounds like a fun thing to be a part of or something. I thought I was saying something nice and he took it as sarcastic or I don't know what he took.

[Dan Patrick]

It. I don't think he embraced it. Instead of saying, boy, I'D love to hear more about that story. You were like, oh, yeah, it sounds nice. Hey, can you join us at 9:20.

[Todd]

Tomorrow? And it sounded like, I think part of my response, it sounded like to him like, nice to name drop. Anyway, are you coming by tomorrow? What? I need to know if you're.

[Dan Patrick]

In. That is true. Frank could have been name dropping.

[Todd]

There. He totally.

[Dan Patrick]

Was. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Yes. Todd's career of automated niceness seems to be gone because with Nick Wright he didn't even say, hey, sorry about my homes, tough break. Could you join us tomorrow to wrap up the season with the.

[Dan Patrick]

Chiefs? Yeah. But he said he didn't want to do that because then it might.

[Todd]

Come off as and being a big Bronco fan. And I thought it was enough just to say if you're up for it. Which hinted at the fact that I'm sure you're not in a very good mood with what happened to the Chiefs and your quarterback. So that's why I started with if you're up for it. You want to join us after not being with us for three months.

[Dan Patrick]

Historically you probably would have said, hey, really sorry for your loss. Can you join us tomorrow at.

[Todd]

10:20? Oh, well, I guess the Broncos have to worry about the cheats and the.

[Dan Patrick]

Playoffs. Hey, Mahomes can't join us, can.

[Todd]

You? There you go. There's many ways to go with that would have been very.

[Dan Patrick]

Uninsensitive. My wife and aunt were asked to play pickleball with another couple. And I, I know that I, I can't, I'm too competitive. It's not good. I'm, you know, my body's too banged up. And so my wife says, well, why not? I said, hun, they play in a league. No, we're not going down this road. We've done this before. What happened? The one time we played pickleball, the two other people stormed off the court, didn't even shake our hands. Then she goes, well, you wouldn't do that. I go, if pushed to the brink, I will. Hun, it's about winning. Winning is the only thing. And then she goes, are you being serious? I go, yes. Like I was trying to get out of it. I got out of this, I said, hun, just say I can't do it. You know, I got a replacement knee and you know, my body's a mess. I mean it's a wonderland, but it's a mess.

[Paulie]

Yes. Would you rather play an hour of pickleball and then go home or a two hour dinner with lots of.

[Dan Patrick]

Conversation? I'd rather do two hours of dinner. I can't do the pickleball. And they're in a league. They probably have color coordinated outfits, and they know all the terminology. And I just. I said, hon, if you want to keep them as friends, then we shouldn't play pickleball.

[Marvin]

Yes. Marvin, I'm surprised that your wife asked you about your seriousness when it comes to being competitive. Like, you guys been married for a long time. Like, our wives know.

[Dan Patrick]

Us.

[Marvin]

Yeah. Like, doesn't. Like, sue knows.

[Dan Patrick]

You. Yes. She. She knows that this isn't good. And I tell her it's not good. I don't play board games. I don't want to play board. Even with my kids, I was competitive in board games. It's just not good. I don't want to do it. And instead of playing and then all of a sudden, you know, upsetting somebody because of my competitiveness, and I just said, no, we're not going to do that. Just send them a fruit basket or something.

[Marvin]

Yes. Also to your point, beating your kids in board games, it's character.

[Dan Patrick]

Building. Yes, I.

[Marvin]

Agree. All.

[Dan Patrick]

Right. Yeah. I mean, I. I went after my son, I remember, with Chutes and ladders, and he was young, and I. I wanted. I won, and I let him know.

[Paulie]

That. All shoots for.

[Dan Patrick]

Him. Yeah. Just ladders for me. Yes.

[Ray]

Eaton. I always let my son do well, up until a point where I'd let it be competitive, you know, be like, yeah, man, you're doing really well. Until he got out of line. He might say one comment. He might make one comment. All right, give me the ball. Check it up. No matter what it was, didn't matter what we were. If it was soccer. If it's.

[Dan Patrick]

Bam. Okay.

[Ray]

Cool. Give me the.

[Rob Gronkowski]

Ball. Check it.

[Dan Patrick]

Out. What's the score?

[Ray]

Boom. And I just rattle off. Didn't matter how many points I needed. I'd be like, 1, 2, 3. And then he would get mad. He would get the hint. And then you say, okay, see, now we could go back to playing where it's more.

[Dan Patrick]

Fun. And I'm reminded every year at this time of the year, because I did say to all four of my children, who are probably somewhere between 4 and 11 years of age, that if they didn't beat me in a race, then they got no gifts for.

[Todd]

Christmas. That's so.

[Paulie]

Mean. Santini.

[Dan Patrick]

Too. Yeah. And they didn't beat me. And they came in and. Oh, they. They're like, throwing their bodies on the floor. They're.

[Ray]

Crying. Is this right around the time that you were canceling Your birthday parties for three year olds or a different.

[Todd]

Era. Wow. It's like child.

[Dan Patrick]

Cruelty. Well, no, Molly got her 3.

[Ray]

4, 5, 6, and.

[Dan Patrick]

7. You canceled all of those birthday.

[Ray]

Parties. Was this around the same Christmas window.

[Dan Patrick]

Or.

[Ray]

Yeah. Okay, got it.

[Dan Patrick]

Noted. She was. She was born in June, so this is six months in.

[Ray]

Between. Every six months.

[Dan Patrick]

You. Yeah, I had.

[Ray]

To. Very.

[Dan Patrick]

Good. She. She deserved those. Four consecutive birthdays canceled. And that's hard to do. Where you say to a 4, 5, 6, and 7 year old by her seventh year, she said, I'm not getting a birthday party. And my wife and I go, no, you're.

[Paulie]

Not. She was the Buffalo Bills of.

[Todd]

Birthday. That's like a dynasty. In a negative.

[Dan Patrick]

Way. She did have a great run. She did. She's the Buffalo Bills. Four birthday. Four consecutive four years old. Yeah, four years. But a dangerous four years.

[Paulie]

Old. Stand by.

[Dan Patrick]

It. Yeah.

[Ray]

Yes. At this point, I feel like you got.

[Paulie]

To. Yeah, you can't wait for.

[Ray]

That. He's start backing out.

[Dan Patrick]

Now. When you see my.

[Ray]

Wife. Maybe I shouldn't have done.

[Dan Patrick]

That. No, we do not say that. By the time we got to the fourth one, she had locked herself in the bathroom and we blew out the candles without her. Oh, my God. My wife would walk by and go, you all right? You just hear, Yep. We go. Happy.

[Paulie]

Birthday. Because there's a difference between canceling a party and having a party amongst someone where they can't even.

[Dan Patrick]

Participate. Well, it got kind of canceled. And we still had that. That one, she got to at least the playing.

[Paulie]

Field. She was there for the national.

[Dan Patrick]

Anthem. The other one, she wasn't there for the flyover. She was.

[Ray]

Not. But just somehow you found a way to make it worse. When we did, we had the birthday party without you, even though you were.

[Dan Patrick]

Here. Well, we weren't planning.

[Ray]

On. Is even worse than canceling a four year old's birthday.

[Dan Patrick]

Party. We weren't planning on.

[Marvin]

Canceling. Who.

[Paulie]

Would. I mean, who would plan on canceling it? Like, were you at the point.

[Dan Patrick]

Where after three, we didn't know if it was hanging in the balance? I will say.

[Caller]

That.

[Dan Patrick]

But. But it could have been. There could have been a subcurrent there that my daughter knew that this was on thin ice.

[Todd]

Yes. Tom, did you knock on the bathroom to make a wish in there? You got a couple of seconds. Get it out. Just get a wish in. That's all you're gonna get.

[Dan Patrick]

Today. No, didn't do.

[Todd]

That. Not even a birthday.

[Dan Patrick]

Wish. Hey, my wife's tougher than me. She's the one that, you know is like, no, no birthday. And I'd be like, damn.

[Todd]

Yes. She threw an egg at your son.

[Dan Patrick]

Right? Three of them. Three eggs. Three eggs off his forehead. Wow. But he had it.

[Todd]

Coming. That's what you.

[Dan Patrick]

Got. Yes. Gotta come on. Toughen up a little.

[Marvin]

Bit.

[Dan Patrick]

Eggs. Well, no, okay. In the context of it was breakfast and, you know, I have three other kids. My son was sitting there going, he wanted a certain kind of egg. I want this. And my wife said, you know, wait, I. I want the weight. Wait. And he said it again. She took an egg. Boom. Off the forehead. An egg off the forehead. An egg off the forehead. Wow. My son has grown up to be okay.

[Paulie]

He's. He's.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. He's done.

[Marvin]

Okay. That's what you.

[Dan Patrick]

Think. He's not. He's not scarred by eggs. You know, we go into a, you know, a diner, he sees eggs and starts.

[Paulie]

Trembling. He goes past a farm and he just starts.

[Dan Patrick]

Shaking. Poach. Poached eggs. Yes.

[Todd]

Todd. He's got exceptionally low cholesterol for some reason, which is really weird framed of eggs. I don't know what.

[Dan Patrick]

Happened. But you know what? He had it coming. He had it coming. Jake in Cincinnati. Good morning, Jake. What's on your mind.

[Caller]

Dan? First time caller, long time listener. 612 15. Best of the weekend. My 30th birthday. Falling on a Friday and getting snowed in at the local watering hole with all the fellas. Worst is being a Bengals season ticket holder. Hey, my buddies and I were at dinner on Friday night. We all agreed that you would be in our top three people to get a beer with. My question is, who are your top three? Dead or alive? No particular.

[Dan Patrick]

Order. No, it'd be just you guys, Jake. You guys would be my top.

[Caller]

Three.

[Dan Patrick]

Awesome. Well, thank you, Jake. Ryan in Montana. I don't want to have a beer with anybody. Best beer I have is by myself. Although I did have a beer with damn Lebatard on Friday. And he's the kind of guy that doesn't leave like, he just.

[Paulie]

Stays. He's not Dan. Leave the.

[Dan Patrick]

Tard. Blue.

[Todd]

Blue.

[Dan Patrick]

Nice. And then I was going to have dinner with Nick Wright, so then Dan Levitard followed me to the restaurant and sat down with us. And finally Levitard.

[Paulie]

Left. Sure you won't hear.

[Dan Patrick]

This? He'll be.

[Marvin]

Fine. What was love.

[Dan Patrick]

Like? Yeah, he didn't ask me did I grow up with love in the house or something like that. Todd, what'd you learn.

[Todd]

Today? The chief situation right now feels rebuildish. Not reloadish. And you believe Travis Kelsey is done.

[Ray]

Satan. Todd got Nick right with his minimum kindness as.

[Dan Patrick]

Well. Yes he.

[Marvin]

Did. Marvin Levitar with a third wheel.

[Dan Patrick]

And he didn't even bring his wife which that would at least helped out.

[Paulie]

Matters. Paul, Nick Wright's gonna be.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Thanks for the phone calls, emails, tweets, the all around support. Have yourself a great day everybody. We look forward to chatting with you tomorrow. This is Julian Edelman from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jewels. Sunday mornings I've got my game day ritual. Coffee, lucky socks, and now new morning uncrustable.

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