The Best of The Dan Patrick Show

Summary

Summary of "The Best of The Dan Patrick Show"

Release Date: December 6, 2024
Hosted by iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Introduction

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Happy Gilmore 2: Behind the Scenes with Adam Sandler

Dan Patrick kicked off the episode by sharing insights from the final day of the "Happy Gilmore 2" movie shoot in New Jersey. With high morale on set, Patrick recounted his experiences working alongside Adam Sandler and other notable personalities.

• Interaction with Adam Sandler

  • [02:09] Dan Patrick: "I got a chance to do my scene yesterday. My thanks to Ryan Leaf who sat in the chair yesterday, but Sandman will probably join us..."
  • [24:16] Adam Sandler: "You did good work last night. I just think I was a little shocked to the amount of Eminem..."
  • Patrick humorously shared anecdotes about wearing a mustache on set and stealing a sweatshirt, which Sandler appreciated, complimenting his appearance and performance.

• Cameos and Collaborations

  • [26:03] Dan Patrick: "I was shocked that, you know, Rory McElroy's in it. Bryson DeChambeau..."
  • Sandler hinted at cameo appearances, including brief mentions of Eminem and professional golfers, although specifics remained under wraps due to non-disclosure agreements.

• Release Date Speculations

  • [27:55] Adam Sandler: "It's not coming out then. I don't know 100%, but I think around July."
  • [34:02] Dan Patrick: "I think July will be Happy Gilmore, too. John Daly said he thought of his March or April..."

Patrick expressed enthusiasm for the film's release aligning with Masters Week, highlighting the movie's strong ties to the world of golf.

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Detroit Lions’ Aggressive Fourth-Down Strategy

A significant portion of the episode delved into the Detroit Lions' bold approach to fourth-down decisions under Coach Dan Campbell.

• Current Performance

  • [12:54] Dan Patrick: "In two games against Green Bay this season, the Lions are 6 for 7 on fourth down with four touchdowns."
  • The Lions lead the NFL in fourth-down attempts (144) with a 55% conversion rate, ranking 13th in the league.

• Strategic Analysis with Matt LaFleur

  • [13:23] Matt LaFleur: "Don't ride the wave. You know, we could be up two scores, we could be down two scores..."
  • LaFleur, Packers' Head Coach, criticized the Lions' high-risk approach, emphasizing the unpredictability it introduces during high-stakes playoff scenarios.

• Implications for Playoffs

  • [45:37] Matt LaFleur: "They have 13 guys on IR on defense... They're playing with all guys off the street or practice squad guys and still Beating the Green Bay Packers in a game like that, it's incredibly impressive."
  • Discussions highlighted concerns about whether the Lions might "peak too soon," potentially undermining their performance in playoff games despite a strong regular season record.

• Potential Risks

  • [44:57] Dan Patrick: "And I wondered about that. If Dan Campbell is saying, let's give somebody something to think about in the postseason..."
  • The conversation underscored the tension between aggressive strategies that yield immediate gains versus sustainable success in elimination rounds.

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Team Rankings and NFL Power Dynamics

The episode also featured an in-depth discussion on the current NFL team rankings and the potential trajectories of top-performing teams.

• Current Top Teams

  • [16:04] Dan Patrick: "I think if you're the best team in the nfc, you're the best team in the NFL."
  • Patrick ranked the Detroit Lions as the top team in the NFC and one of the best in the NFL, acknowledging the balanced prowess of the Philadelphia Eagles.

• Respect for the Kansas City Chiefs

  • [16:15] Dan Patrick: "You hit the Chiefs? Out of respect? Yeah, out of respect for Andy and Patrick Mahomes. They're in the top five."
  • Acknowledgment of the Chiefs' elite status, factoring in the respect commanded by their leadership and star players.

• Challenges Ahead

  • [12:54] Dan Patrick: "Buffalo is in there as well. Certainly the Lions are. I can't diminish what they've done..."
  • Patrick discussed the Lions' challenging remaining schedule, including an upcoming game against Buffalo, and pondered whether being the best in the NFC translates to Super Bowl success.

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Quarterback Performance and Team Composition

The conversation shifted towards the role of quarterbacks in team success, with a focus on Brock Purdy and comparisons to legendary players.

• Quarterback Evaluation

  • [57:12] Booger McFarland: "And so you have some young guys that are going to be able to ascend to that top tier. I think Jaden Daniels eventually will be in the Lamar Patrick category..."
  • McFarland analyzed Brock Purdy's role as a "game manager," comparing him to John Stockton's dependence on Carl Malone, underscoring the importance of team synergy.

• Contract and Team Strategy

  • [58:32] Dan Patrick: "I have to say to him just what you said, what the packers did with Jordan Love..."
  • Discussions highlighted the financial and strategic dilemmas teams face in compensating quarterbacks who excel in managing games but may lack over-the-top performance.

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NFL Playoff Structure and Potential Chaos

The episode concluded with an exploration of the proposed 12-team playoff format, examining scenarios that could disrupt the expected outcomes.

• Potential Disruptions

  • [60:29] Booger McFarland: "I think the committee just might put Alabama in."
  • McFarland speculated on teams like UNLV and Clemson upsetting the established order, emphasizing the tension between team records and brand appeal.

• Committee Decisions and Fairness

  • [63:41] Booger McFarland: "Well, if you want to do really chaos, let's go. UNLV beats Boise..."
  • A critical look at how the playoff committee may prioritize marketability over merit, potentially causing "chaos" in team selections.

• Future Recommendations

  • [64:05] Dan Patrick: "I would want SMU in, but I know it's a TV show, so I Alabama..."
  • Suggestions were made for future playoff formats to balance automatic qualifiers with performance-based rankings to maintain fairness and competitive integrity.

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Conclusion

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Notable Quotes

• Dan Patrick (02:09): "I got a chance to do my scene yesterday. My thanks to Ryan Leaf who sat in the chair yesterday, but Sandman will probably join us."

• Adam Sandler (24:16): "You done good work last night. I just think I was a little shocked to the amount of Eminem."

• Dan Patrick (12:54): "In two games against Green Bay this season, the Lions are 6 for 7 on fourth down with four touchdowns."

• Matt LaFleur (13:23): "Don't ride the wave. You know, we could be up two scores, we could be down two scores..."

• Booger McFarland (57:12): "And so you have some young guys that are going to be able to ascend to that top tier."

• Dan Patrick (16:04): "I think if you're the best team in the nfc, you're the best team in the NFL."

• Booger McFarland (60:29): "I think the committee just might put Alabama in."

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Conclusion

This episode of "The Best of The Dan Patrick Show" offered listeners an engaging blend of behind-the-scenes movie insights with Adam Sandler and in-depth sports analysis. Dan Patrick provided a comprehensive look at the Detroit Lions' strategic decisions, NFL team rankings, and the evolving dynamics of quarterback performance. Conversations with industry experts like Matt LaFleur and Booger McFarland further enriched the discourse, making this episode a valuable source for both sports enthusiasts and general audiences seeking thoughtful commentary.

Transcript

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[Marvin]

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[Dan Patrick]

Today is the final day of the Happy Gilmore 2 movie shoot in New Jersey and morale is high. I got a chance to do my scene yesterday. My thanks to Ryan Leaf who sat in the chair yesterday, but Sandman will probably join us. I know that they are still wrapping things up but had a lot of fun yesterday. Long day on set and we posted some pictures on social media. Sandler gets a big kick out of me wearing a mustache and he said, danny, you're not going to play yourself. We'll put a mustache on you. Yeah. Nobody's going to be able to tell the difference there. Like, that's an actor I did. Oh, that's Dan Patrick. Didn't even recognize him. Sandler said you got to have a mustache. So I got a mustache. And I play a sports anchor. Yes.

[Ross Tucker]

Marvin, were you in character? Were you in character the entire day?

[Dan Patrick]

Pretty much. I tried to be, yeah. Which wasn't difficult. I just had to be me pretty much. But it was. There's. I get a lot of camera time right now. I'm curious what happens once we get closer to them putting the movie together. And I think. Now, I don't know this for sure, but there's already been some talk. John Daly mentioned that the movie might be out in March or April. I thought it was going to be July, so maybe I can pin Sandler down. But it might come out in time for the Masters is what I'm thinking. Because it obviously is a golf movie. There's a lot of cameos there. Yes.

[Marvin]

Eaton says one of those things where you shot a lot of footage.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Marvin]

Not really sure what's going to end up in there. What's your bit? What's been your experience with that so far whilst in your career?

[Dan Patrick]

Usually a lot of it gets cut. Yeah, a lot of it gets cut. Because they probably are going, you know, maybe you could throw in another scene where Sandler's on screen a little bit more, or Julie Bowen from Modern Fan instead of me, which I get. I understand that, you know, focus groups tell you those kind of things, but Sandler gave me a lot of lines to read. I. I know that.

[Marvin]

How'd you do?

[Dan Patrick]

I think I did pretty well.

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I played a sports anchor. I did it pretty well. I mean, it's a stretch, but I was able to do it.

[Marvin]

Feels like you should be able to just dive right into that one.

[Dan Patrick]

I did. I did.

[Marvin]

Make it your own.

[Dan Patrick]

I said if you. If you put a tie and a suit on me, I'm in character. Like, I'm ready to go. And so then they throw out these wild lines. Danny, how about you say this? Danny, how about you say this? And then you do all of those things? So it was a 7am to 7pm day on set in New Jersey. Is it Munaki? Is that right? Yeah. Munichi or Munaki?

[Marvin]

I think Monaki.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And then I had a scene out in Florham Park.

[Marvin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I had never been there before.

[Marvin]

All right, let's go.

[Dan Patrick]

Don't need to go back There again, let's go. But I got to do it. So I. Two different. Two different sets that I had to be on with my character there. All right. Yes.

[Marvin]

One more question. Were you acting like yourself as a sports anchor, or were you doing an impression of someone else?

[Dan Patrick]

I was trying to. I was trying to mock the SportsCenter anchor. Yes. So I was going a little bit over the top and a little more serious and maybe not my snarky self there, but it. It's okay. They didn't even give me the script for Happy Gilmore, too. I still haven't seen the script. I get there. Sandler's explaining to me what my role is or how my role fits in. I go, sandman, why didn't you send me this script? Because Danny can't trust anybody. I go, I'm in the movie. And then he goes, I know. Danny can't even trust you. And I go, okay. So all of a sudden, you know, he told me, danny, there's a plot twist. And I'm going, come on, Sandman. It's a Sandler movie. Wow. And then all of a sudden, I was like, whoa, damn. There's a plot twist here. There is a true plot twist that I was shocked at, but there are a lot of cameos. We'll see if Sandler will spill some tea when he joins us a little bit later on. All right, whole question today. Seaton for the first hour.

[Marvin]

Well, this has been the. Probably the hottest topic this morning in studio, even in the back room. Is Ace Ventura a sports movie? Yes or no?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yesterday, in between scenes, I'm in my Double Banger, they call it. I was in my. My, whatever, my mobile home or something, and I flipped on tv. There wasn't much to watch. And I see Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, and I go, okay, I'm gonna. I'm gonna watch a little. Then I ended up watching the whole movie because there's a lot of time in between scenes. And I thought, is this a sports movie? Because there's a kicker. There's Dan Marino. They're like. It's sports themed around the dolphins. And I said, if Die Hard is a Christmas movie, Ace Ventura Pet Detective is a sports movie. Yes. Yes, Marvin, if you say so. Oh, you disagree?

[Ross Tucker]

No, it's just a backdrop.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, it's not.

[Ross Tucker]

It's not like the dolphins are in the backdrop. It's not about a court. I mean, it is about a quarterback, you know, but it's not. No.

[Dan Patrick]

Just no. Okay. It's okay. It's okay. You can Say that. But yeah, when I watched it and Courtney Cox looks gorgeous, so. And Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey, you know, it's, it's a lot of fun. Like, you forget, sometimes I watch Dumb and Dumber and you realize how funny he used to be in Living Color. He was. I mean, really a brilliant comedian. You don't see him in those roles anymore. Yes, yes.

[Ross Tucker]

Sorry to go on a little riff, but.

[Dan Patrick]

To go on a little riff, right.

[Ross Tucker]

1994, Jim Carrey. 1996, Michael Jordan, 2013, LeBron 94, Kim Olajuwon. He's had one of those types of years where he had Dumb and Dumber, the Mask and Ace Ventura all in the same year.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. Can anybody rival that in recent history? Are you talking about one year or are we talking about three years?

[Marvin]

I feel like Tim Lincecombe from 2010 to 2014 or so had one of the most dominant stretches a player could possibly have and then completely disappeared.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, is there anybody else who had that window? Yes, Marvin.

[Ross Tucker]

Joe Pesci from maybe 90 to 95. Goodfellas and Home Alone came out in the same year. My Cousin Vinny. Oh, Lethal Weapon, Dang Casino.

[Dan Patrick]

All in that five year window.

[Ross Tucker]

I think all in that window.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Terrell Davis. That's Sandy Koufax.

[Marvin]

Like, you know, and especially too, because Joe Pesci really showed his range throughout that time in all of those roles. He really, you know, just.

[Dan Patrick]

He is one of those actors, when.

[Marvin]

You see him, so many diverse performances right there.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, look at Joe Pesci play Joe Pesci in another movie there.

[Marvin]

Just give him a suit, a couple of, you know, witty lines.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, when was Truman with Jim Carrey? Was that in a like a five year window here? Is that what we're allocating, a five year window of unbelievable hits, acting performances?

[Marvin]

Yeah, I feel like his window is actually long, like wider than that or longer than that because he, he had like eternal sunshine of the Spotless mind, which was also. He went into like being an actor. Yeah, a little more.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Ross Tucker]

MARV Truman Shows, 1998.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so is that in the Wind? Are we looking at five year windows here with great actors?

[Ross Tucker]

Yeah, maybe. And what about Eddie Murphy? Okay, Trading Places, 48 Hours, Coming to America, Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2. Underrated sequel.

[Dan Patrick]

Pretty good.

[Ross Tucker]

Fairly decent stretch.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Pretty good window there.

[Ross Tucker]

The Golden Child. I like the Golden Child.

[Dan Patrick]

No, that's.

[Ross Tucker]

I like the.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Marvin]

Going for it on fourth down is a good idea or bad idea.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm looking at the numbers here and a lot of times we'll say we've said this before. Down through the years, the decades I've covered sports, that team has to learn how to get over the hump. The Pistons, they couldn't get by the Bulls and then they got by the Bulls, never looked back. Get by the Celtics, then you get by the Celtics, you never look back. Or the Bulls couldn't get by the Celtics. I mean we, we've seen this with a variety of teams. Normally it's basketball, sometimes it's football. But here are the Lions again going forward on fourth down. And you go back to last year's NFC title game, you're up 24 7. But this is the philosophy of this coach. I don't know if I can say don't have that philosophy. Once you get to a certain situation, if this is who you are, this is who your team is, this is what your team is geared for, then do it. You live by it, you die by it. And there's a feeling almost as you're a high stakes gambler. Dan Campbell is sitting there at the craps table or blackjack and he's probably doubling down when you go what are you doing? Or he's taking a hit on 16. Like there's just moments and the high can be the highest of highs in the low can be obviously a loss. But you look at the fourth down situations. In two games against Green Bay this season, the Lions are 6 for 7 on fourth down with four touchdowns. The four fourth down touchdowns, most by any team against an opponent in a single season. In 24 years.

[Hoda Kotb]

This is the out of the day.

[Dan Patrick]

And since Dan Campbell took over as the coach, that's 2021. The Lions lead the NFL in fourth down attempts. 144th down conversions, 77. So that's a 55% success rate. But that is 13th in the league over that span. Here is Dan Campbell, the Lions head coach on his brand of football.

[Matt LaFleur]

Look, I told the guys knew Players knew, coaches knew.

[Dan Patrick]

Listen, this is.

[Matt LaFleur]

Don't ride the wave. You know, we could be up two scores, we could be down two scores, and. But just because we're one or the other, we got to play our style.

[Dan Patrick]

Of game going in what we felt.

[Matt LaFleur]

Like we need to do, what I felt like we needed to do. And so that meant the risk was there and, you know, and you fell in negative territory.

[Dan Patrick]

You got.

[Ross Tucker]

You know, you're trying to hold them.

[Matt LaFleur]

To a field goal.

[Dan Patrick]

But I knew that was. That was how I wanted to play that team with where we were at. Here's the packers head coach, Matt LaFleur, on why his team lost.

[Matt LaFleur]

You got to play better.

[Ross Tucker]

So I think there are some areas.

[Dan Patrick]

That we can really look at this.

[Marvin]

Where we have to improve upon. You know, situationally, like third down, that was critical, and then not coming away with a touchdown there at the end.

[Dan Patrick]

In the red area, that was tough as well. But I think really, offensively and defensively.

[Marvin]

The third and fourth down was probably.

[Ross Tucker]

The difference in the game.

[Dan Patrick]

Packers are now 9 and 4. The Lions are 12 and 1. They still have a pretty tough schedule the rest of the year. They have a game with Buffalo coming up really soon. But the Lions, are they the best team in the nfc? Are they the best team in the NFL? I think if you're the best team in the nfc, you're the best team in the NFL. It's just a weird feeling I have, and I know that we talk about this, players talk about it, coaches talk about it. Can you peak too soon? Can you peak too soon? And I want to talk to Ross Tucker and Booger McFarland about that, because it sometimes is two schools of thought that you see these teams who all of a sudden pick up momentum, may not win their division, but they're going to go on a run and they're going to win five in a row. Going into the playoffs, they've been fighting for playoff survival. Those are the teams who go far. They do damage. Sometimes you build up that lead, and then you have some meaningless games at the end of the season, which may happen for the Lions. And then we see those teams have a hard time getting it started, turning on the, you know, flipping the switch, and that might happen to the Lions again. I think the Eagles right now are better than the Lions, but it's only because I look at the Eagles as not as banged up as the Lions. The Lions are bringing in defensive players like they're trying to piece this together. Aaron Glenn, the defensive coordinator, has done a Wonderful job there. But it still feels like that team has got to outscore you. It's about their offense because I don't think they can rely on their defense being stout week in and week out when we get to the playoffs. But the Eagles feel like the most balanced team in football, at least right now. Yes.

[Marvin]

Where do you put the Chiefs in your sort of power rankings of teams? If Lions are 1. Right. Eagles are 2. How far back do you get before.

[Dan Patrick]

You hit the Chiefs? Out of respect? Yeah, out of respect for Andy and Patrick Mahomes. They're in the top five.

[Marvin]

You still have the Bills.

[Dan Patrick]

Bills. The Bills have been a better team.

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, whether you say, well, what are they going to be in the playoffs? You know, they can't get over the hump in the playoffs. I understand all of that. This is regular season right now, the eye test. And you can make a case. Can make a case the Steelers might be better than the Chiefs, playing better than the Chiefs. I know that there's always that asterisk and that asterisk is Patrick Mahomes, everything. And then there's the. But if they get in, when they get in, who do they play? And are they hosting playoff games? But just the eye test doesn't mean how this plays out. At the end of the year, I picked the Lions to win the super bowl. But if you said that Philly won, Kansas City won, now Buffalo, I would be a little surprised if they were able to piece those games together. But, you know, here's a team that's already clinched their division. You're going to have home field advantage, but are you going to be able to turn it back on once the playoffs start? Because you'll have that opportunity to have a first round by. So those are the things that would concern me now as we head into, you know, the final five weeks of the regular season. What is going to happen? Who's healthy, who's getting healthy? You know, any chance Aiden Hutchinson is able to come back for the playoffs? Maybe the Super Bowl. But I still look at the Eagles as maybe the most balanced team in football. Doesn't mean they're the best, but they're the most balanced. And with what I see, eye test wise, they're probably best in the nfc. Yes. Yeah.

[Marvin]

It's interesting when you start looking at those teams too, like we were just talking about, you have some combination of Lions, Bills, Chiefs, Eagles. Right. Then you have, say, another combination of Steelers, Vikings, packers at some point. Now you're looking. You still haven't mentioned the Ravens. Ravens are probably some they're still a top 10 team for sure, but they don't scare you as much as as maybe they did at the beginning of the season.

[Dan Patrick]

The Chargers might know who they are better than the Ravens do for some reason, yes, but it's because the Ravens don't play defense. Like you have to have one of those great games like you go out there and you got to score. You can't kick field goals. You got a field goal kicker who can't kick right now. So that's the fun part of this. You're trying to piece together a Rubik's Cube. How much time do you have before we get to the postseason? Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app.

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[Marvin]

Buying should be Matt LaFleur said, well, when we're down there in the red area, we need to be. I feel like I've heard that a little bit more lately. The red area.

[Dan Patrick]

I think that's something you find on your body. Like down in the red area. Oh yes, John.

[Ross Tucker]

I went to the dermatologist for that a couple of times.

[Dan Patrick]

I'll give you a little cream.

[Ross Tucker]

You're fine.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you.

[Marvin]

Is that a red area?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. I haven't heard the red area before.

[Marvin]

I feel like if I sat here on the show and I was just like, well, you know, they're down in the red area. Social media would be like, you don't know anything.

[Dan Patrick]

You're stupid. You're so stupid.

[Marvin]

How did you get this job?

[Dan Patrick]

As we make the smooth segue to Adam Sandler, Happy Happy Gilmore 2. Set to call in, I believe. Oh, Todd's on the phone with Sandman now. This is where Todd does his impersonation. Like, he'll do.

[Marvin]

Oh, let me get Danny for you. Danny's gonna be ready for you.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right, here we go. All right. Daddy, did Todd, did you do your Sandler impersonation to Sandler?

[Ross Tucker]

I did not.

[Dan Patrick]

Go ahead, go ahead.

[Savannah Guthrie]

Turkey for you, Turkey for me.

[Ross Tucker]

I saw that on the Thanksgiving special when he was playing his guitar with Kevin Nealon. I just love that stuff.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. I love it. Hi, Sandman.

[Adam Sandler]

I love you. Good, good, good. Hi, Danny. How are you feeling?

[Dan Patrick]

I'm good. Okay, I have. I have to tell you that I stole my sweatshirt. That first scene that I'm in, I have it on today.

[Adam Sandler]

Oh, no, Danny, no. They were looking for it on boarding.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, guys, calm down. Danny, you got it. I know that you guys get caught up in wardrobe and you can't take anything, but it was the next to last day, and I loved it so much that I decided I was just going to take it with me. I also, I told these guys you were on the phone. I don't know if you're talking to your wife. I'm done with my scene. I'm leaving last night, and I grab a chair and you're going, danny, what are you doing? And I go, I'm taking a Happy Gilmore 2 souvenir chair.

[Adam Sandler]

Yes, yes. No, no, no. There was no doubt. You deserve the chair. You did good work last night. I just think I was a little shocked to the amount of Eminem. Just.

[Dan Patrick]

Are we allowed to talk about some of the people in the mood? Like, what can we talk about here since the movie wraps today?

[Adam Sandler]

Yeah. Are we on the air right now?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, we are.

[Adam Sandler]

Okay. Yeah. We can't talk about anything. No, no, no, no. Yeah, you can say who was there? Shooter was there. He was hanging out, right?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Shooter McGavin. Okay, but can I talk about some of the cameos?

[Adam Sandler]

I don't know if they. They're going to yell at me no matter what because they asked me not to do any press. But. But what? Yeah. What do you want to say? What do you say? And I'll tell you if it's good or bad to talk about.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, can I talk about Eminem having a cameo?

[Adam Sandler]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Adam Sandler]

Yes, you can. You know, Eminem was cool. He came By. And he was. He was great.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, wait, how do you reach out to Eminem and what role does he play in Happy Gilmore, too?

[Adam Sandler]

I can't tell you.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Adam Sandler]

I know Eminem for a time, and he's. He's a great guy. And he came in, was funny as hell and was just. It was just. I think we just hung out a day with Eminem, and he just shot and shot and was insane. Said. Said a million things we can use and a million things that we just. We're glad we have them on tape.

[Dan Patrick]

Jack Nicholas, Yes.

[Adam Sandler]

Jack Nicholas, Yes. We. He came by for a couple of days. All the. All these great golfers came by, and we. Yes, they did a great scene. And we all. We all hung out, and he was amazing, and he hung out with us, and his wife was awesome. And we.

[Dan Patrick]

We.

[Adam Sandler]

I. In the scene, I sit next to Jack, so I got. I got to talk to him. And he was. He was so nice to me, man. He was. He was. He did literally to me. I talked to him on the phone, and I was right before, like, maybe a couple weeks before we shot. And I was. It reminded me of growing up so much and what he meant to my dad and what he meant to the whole world.

[Dan Patrick]

Pretty cool.

[Adam Sandler]

I. I was like. I think the only other voice that. On the phone that would make me feel. What I'm feeling was Johnny Carson just kind of felt like this. He's calmed you down. Everything he had to say was so sweet and calm. And you felt like just, just, I better listen to this man, because he just knows everything.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, here's another thing. I'm not sure if this is true. I think John Daley brought this up, that the movie was coming out in March or April. I thought it might have been a blockbuster Fourth of July weekend. But I'm wondering if you're trying to have it aligned with Masters Week, where you have Happy Gilmore to come out.

[Adam Sandler]

It's not coming out then. I don't know 100%, but I think around July. Okay, July, not July 4th, but we're trying to get it done in time per July. Yeah, you never know what's going to happen. We're just. Just finishing today at the last day. You were phenomenal yesterday, Danny. Seriously. We all talked about you. Just you. You were just so smooth. And everything you said was funny. As funny as hell. We're going to use it all over the place and. And thank you. And you look handsome as hell in the mustache. You look like a strong. You look like you're hitting the weights hard, buddy.

[Dan Patrick]

But you know what, Sandman? I just had somebody say I look like maybe a younger, thinner Andy Reed.

[Adam Sandler]

I wouldn't, I wouldn't say thinner, but yes. Wow.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. I, I don't know if you should be calling me out. Chunky Cole Medina.

[Adam Sandler]

Yeah, no, Andy Reed, by the way, is a handsome bastard. Nothing wrong with that. And he's a superstar and he's funny on those commercials. He does the twinkle and steal some nugget or something. I think he eats my home's last nugget or something.

[Dan Patrick]

How much pressure do you feel with the build up and trying to deliver on something like this?

[Adam Sandler]

Well, you know, a lot. A lot, a lot. I want, I want it to be great. Me and Hurla, he's next to me right now. We're in the trailer going over the movie, just talking about the thing and what, what, how we're going to put it together and. Yeah, yeah, it's on your mind. You just, you just. We got a lot of good stuff and we just want to make sure that it all comes together and keep. Keeps it going from start to finish. And that's, that's the goal. We'll see. We'll see. We're definitely nervous, but we feel some sort of confidence.

[Dan Patrick]

We're talking to Adam Sandler, the movie Happy Gilmore 2, probably in July. They wrap it up today. I did get yelled at by one of your producers, Eli. I found out that you can't use the F word in the movie.

[Adam Sandler]

Well, you never know. You never know. Maybe, maybe if it makes total sense that F word is going to be so Eli, I'm going to. Eli just got fired.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, the movie ends today, so you can't.

[Adam Sandler]

Oh, that's it. Yeah, yeah, I just told. This is the last goddamn day you don't trust. Oh, by the way, Eli got fired in case his parents are listening. I love Eli.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, great. Once again, it was fun. Great to see you. A lot of the familiar faces there and I know you've been told not to talk about the movie, so thank you for at least volunteering. If you wanted. If I wanted you on the show today. So thanks for joining.

[Adam Sandler]

I wanted to be with you, Danny, just to celebrate how great you were last night and all the boys say hi to him and have a holiday.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, wait a minute, hold on. There is a little bit of a problem.

[Adam Sandler]

What?

[Dan Patrick]

I'm sure you had a lot of golf galleries get a lot of people extras there. And you have been nice to get the Danets into movies. And I waited for the invitation to hand it to them. So they could be.

[Adam Sandler]

The Danettes are in the Waterboy. If we do the Waterboy again, they're in that. I didn't want that. I know none of them like golf.

[Dan Patrick]

So I was like, that is true. Is there going to be a sequel to the Waterboy?

[Adam Sandler]

Okay. I don't know in what order, but I think next sequel. I know no matter what I say, people are going to think I'm serious. So. But I'm going to start off with, we're doing a sequel to Bedtime Stories next. Then a sequel. No, I don't know what I'm doing.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Okay. So there's no sequel to Waterboy. You're just joking.

[Adam Sandler]

I mean. No, I don't know. You never know. I. Probably not, but Boucher tackling anybody at age 58, a little weirder than him hitting a golf ball. You know what I mean? Boucher would be dead. Would be dead right now if he hit anybody in the NFL.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Yes. Seaton.

[Marvin]

Sounds like Adam is writing the son of the Waterboy.

[Adam Sandler]

Oh, that could be good. That could be good. And who's playing the Sun?

[Dan Patrick]

Timothy Chalamet?

[Marvin]

Barry Kehoe.

[Adam Sandler]

Oh, yeah. All right, well, we'll figure it out.

[Dan Patrick]

I can't imagine. Okay, so Sandman played pickup with Timothee Chalamet in on a New York City playground. What kind of game does Timothee Chalamet have?

[Adam Sandler]

He's a very smooth operator on the court. And I played ball with him. I played ball with him a few times out in la, too. He's cool. I think I remember Timmy came over to the house. He had some good three on threes. It gets heated up, man. The kid likes to win. He's good.

[Dan Patrick]

How were your daughters when Timothy Chalamet came to your house?

[Adam Sandler]

They were. They held it together. He was so cool to him. So. So that they held it together. But it was a nice. It was a good three days after still smiling. You know what I mean? It felt good.

[Dan Patrick]

Thanks again. Thanks again for the opportunity and talk to you soon. Safe travels.

[Adam Sandler]

Way to go, Danny. Thanks for your time. Love you, boy. See you soon.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Adam Sandler. I did get close to texting Sandman a while ago to say, hey, if you need extras. But I thought, no, he has invited you guys in a couple of movies, and I was waiting for the invitation for you guys, so I didn't want to. I didn't want to push my friendship boundaries there with Sandman. Just So you guys know Marvin could have been in a movie.

[Ross Tucker]

Oh, that's all right. Josh demelle looked out.

[Dan Patrick]

He did.

[Ross Tucker]

We were in the beginning of Buddy Games. Oh, yeah. It's not Happy Gilmore too, or anything.

[Dan Patrick]

No, it's not. No, it's not. So yeah, Eminem's got a cameo there. I was shocked that, you know, Rory McElroy's in it. Bryson DeChambeau. It's weird. They brought together the PGA Tour and the live Tour for a movie. So you had DeChambeau and Koepka, Rory, and they were all together and there's no media around, so they actually probably got a chance to, you know, have a heart to heart talk about the live Tour and the PGA Tour. So I guess July will be Happy Gilmore, too. John Daly said he thought of his March or April, and I think of that as a John knows nothing about movies. John is in the movie. But I thought that is a unbelievable turnaround and thought I'd ask the Sandman.

[Hoda Kotb]

Be sure to catch the live edition.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Hoda Kotb]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Matt LaFleur]

Yeah. You know what's so funny about that, Dan? They're 12 and 11. I'm wondering what they know about Adam Sandler. I think it might be way cooler to tell my wife and friends that I got pumped. I actually replied to. To you guys on X at Ross Tucker, NFL. And I got a new poll question of the day for Seaton. Should I be honored or offended that I got bumped for Adam Sandler? There's already 130 votes. 74% say honored, 26% say offended. So far.

[Dan Patrick]

Hmm. I would say you should be honored. You should be honored to me.

[Matt LaFleur]

I don't care. I'm just in a hotel room in Detroit. And it's a way cooler story now. Like, I'm gonna tell everybody. You know, it's a way cooler story that I got bumped for Santa than if I just came on at 10:20. The only issue, Dan, is I scheduled. I was on the radio in Chicago before I came on. Fritzie texted me no less than 10 times while I'm on the radio on my phone in Chicago. Can you. Can you go later? 1040, 1105. Sandler. Oh, he's on a break in his thing like. Like Fritzie. How about just one text with all of the information as opposed to the ding coming in every three seconds as you say three more words and hit send.

[Ross Tucker]

I would say to that that I didn't mean to ding up your phone and I wasn't. Certainly wasn't aware that you were on in the middle of an interview on some. On a radio station.

[Dan Patrick]

But even if he's not on an interview.

[Ross Tucker]

But things were also changing. I was getting different notes from the Sandman about when he was available. So that caused me to change the update on what I had to share with Ross while we were moving things around. I certainly wasn't meant.

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't mean to be a pest. Thank you, Todd Ross. Can a team peak too soon?

[Matt LaFleur]

Yes. No question.

[Dan Patrick]

Can the Lions be peaking too soon?

[Matt LaFleur]

I don't think so because of how injured they are on the defensive side of the ball. I mean, they have 13 guys on IR on defense. Nobody else has more than seven. After Aleem McNeil, who's a stud, by the way, after he went out, Dan, they didn't have a single guy playing last night that was in the too deep on the defensive line for their opener. Think about that. That is nuts. They're playing with all guys off the street or practice squad guys and still Beating the Green Bay packers in a game like that, it's incredibly impressive. I mean, I'm watching Quan Alexander and Jamal Adams make some plays. They just signed both those guys this week and it's a Thursday game. It's incredible what they've done. And I would say in particular the offense is awesome. But for them to be good enough on defense to win these games with some of the guys they're playing with is super impressive.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I just wonder about that, the attrition, when does that catch up to them? So far they've managed it. But this is where I go back and I said at the start of the show, I like the. I think the Eagles are the most balanced team in football right now and maybe the best team in football right now. Buffalo is in there as well. Certainly the Lions are. I can't diminish what they've done. I just have to look at the bigger picture here and that is at some point in the postseason you're going to have to stop somebody that you're not going to win all these shootouts. At least I don't think you will. But what would be your biggest concern with the lions?

[Matt LaFleur]

Well, so two things. One is reader is going to come back. Alee McNeil's coming back. I had an Zelone on the Ross Tucker football podcast Wednesday. He's coming back from that broken forearm. So they're actually going to get a bunch of these guys back before they get into the postseason. That will help. And the number one seed is just huge. I mean, being able to not have to play that first week so you get more people healing. And I can tell you last night, and I know some people said on the television broadcast that maybe they couldn't hear the crowd. It was loud, really loud. I thought it affected the Packers a little bit. My biggest concern, Dan, about the Lions is fourth down variance. Right. You know, they're very aggressive and they were three out of four last night and it's a big reason why they won the game. And on a lot of those instances they are going with the numbers and what the percentages say. But the percentages and the numbers don't know. It's the NFC Championship Game and they don't care. You know what I mean? Like they don't care. So, you know, let's say it's 50% on a lot of fourth down conversions, right? Well, they were 75% last night. They were three out of four in three playoff games or maybe four. I wonder which one of those it comes back to Bite them. They threw the ball, Dan. On two fourth and goals, they threw it. You know, a lot of bad things can happen there. A D lineman can bat the pass down, golf can have a bad throw. Good defense by the packers, the guy could drop it. When you're in a situation, this is not the Eagles with the tush push on their fourth downs. They're throwing the ball on some of these fourth and goals. They were both touchdowns. They're in one of the playoff games. It's not going to happen for them. They're going to, they're going to go one for three on fourth downs and it might be what costs them.

[Dan Patrick]

And I wondered about that. If Dan Campbell is saying, let's give somebody something to think about in the postseason by what we're doing in the regular season on some of these fourth down calls, that we're not going to be predictable. The predictability is we're going for it, but there is no predictability in what play we call there. That's the only thing I thought of there. But if you played on the Lions and you're on the offensive side of the ball, being a lineman and you know Dan Campbell's going for it on fourth down, what does that do for a team when they get in a huddle and you, you basically know when we get to third, we're getting to fourth down as well?

[Matt LaFleur]

Well, there's two awesome aspects of that. Number one, we saw this a bunch last night. It enables them to be willing to run the ball on third and medium, which really helps the play action, pass game, really helps out the offensive line. They're not afraid to run third, four, five and six. They'll run the ball. They ran for a first down a couple times. They didn't, but they got closer. Then they went forward on fourth down. So that's a cool aspect of it. And then the other thing is just the belief and faith that that team has, I thought a couple times started the second half, then after the, they stopped them on fourth down and the packers went up twice in the second half. And I thought, okay, what a valiant effort by the Lions. But they're, they're outmanned and it's just not going to happen for them. I think because of how much Dan Campbell believes in them. I think it reinforces the self belief, the confidence. We talked to David Montgomery, Ian Eagle and myself after the game and he said Dan Campbell told them all week, almost every fourth down, if it's close, we are going. So those guys, they just know that Campbell believes in them. And even if they don't get one, they, they know they're going for it and they know their coach believes in them that they're going to get it. I think that's a big reason why they're so resilient and they keep coming back even when the packers take the lead like they did.

[Dan Patrick]

Curious your opinion on Aziz Al Shair, the three game suspension on Trevor Lawrence and will we see a modification of the rule or a possible rule change with this play?

[Matt LaFleur]

I think they need to strongly consider what they're going to do with the quarterback slide. I never thought of this until I heard Rex Ryan talking about it earlier in the week and I'll give him a lot of credit for that. It's not a smart decision by a quarterback unless you Tom Brady it and do it super early. But that kind of goes against human instinct, right? Like human instinct is to get as many yards as you can and then get down. But when you slide feet first, the thing highest off the ground, the last thing to get down and protected is your head. You're making yourself very, very vulnerable. Now. I thought Al Shire could have done a better job of avoiding that collision. And I will say this though, anybody's ever played will tell you everything out there happens so much faster than it does when you're watching on tv. I mean it happens in an instant. I thought he got one game for basically his the hit and his track record. You know, he's had some other questionable hits. I thought he got another game because of how bad it looked for Trevor Lawrence and carted off and all that. I thought the third game honestly was because of his reaction afterwards and like the riot that it started. I actually really thought they would reduce it to two. I'm surprised that they didn't.

[Dan Patrick]

Always great to talk to you and thanks for joining us. And my pleasure.

[Matt LaFleur]

I don't know on Happy Gilmore 2 will be released.

[Dan Patrick]

It's probably it'll be in July.

[Matt LaFleur]

I know that. I feel like John Daly doesn't know what he's talking about. I know at least that.

[Dan Patrick]

And you're probably going to get bumped from the guest list of being able to see the movie. So just letting you know you might get, you might get bumped again. Ross, thank you.

[Matt LaFleur]

I love that movie. We watched that 50 times in college. Love it. Thank you.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Dan Patrick]

I saw some flakes today. No, not the Danets, snowflakes, winter's coming, rain, sleet, slush, ice. Are your tires ready for the challenge? Whatever winter means to you, TireRack.com has the tires that will elevate your game all season tires, all all weather tires. And if you live where it snows a lot like here in Connecticut, dedicated winter tires. Go to tirerack.com use the tire decision Guide. Get a personalized tire recommendation, the right tires for how and what and where you drive. Choose from the full lineup of Goodyear tires ship fast and free to you or one of over 10,000 recommended installers. Also, you get free road hazard protection for two years. Mobile tire installation available in a lot of areas. Have you heard about this? They bring the tires to you at your home or your office. Install them on site. It is a game changer. Go to tirerack.com dan to see their Goodyear test results and special offers. That's tirerack.com dantirerack.com the way tire buying should be he's Booger McFarland of the mothership covering the NFL and college football and of course, the first ever 12 team playoffs selection Sunday. That'll be coming up presented by AT&T @ noon Eastern this Sunday on the Mothership. Booger joins us on the program. Booger, let me start with last night with Dan Campbell. Here we go with fourth downs again. We saw it last year in the NFC title game. Your thoughts on this is the MO of him or his team and this is the way they're going to play no matter what the situation is.

[Booger McFarland]

You know, Dan, anytime you have a job, I think the number one thing you can be is be yourself and be authentic. And I think the one thing we can say about Dan Campbell from the moment of his introductory press conference where he said he was going to bite knees and scratch elbows and everybody laughed at him. He's been unapologetically himself. And so last night was just him continuing to do that. And we may not agree with it, we may not like it, it may cost his team like it did last year, but I can live and die with the guy that's going to be himself because I'd rather be myself than try to acquiesce and be somebody else. So I'm okay with it. His team loves it. And you know, here's the thing about it though. When he makes a mistake, he can own it. And I think that's the respect that he gets from his team. They love the gambling, but they also love the fact that when he makes a mistake, he'll stand in front of them and own it.

[Dan Patrick]

I thought the packers were going to win last night going into this game, and for no other reason than I didn't have a reason. I just thought maybe it's the packers, like they, they're starting to get a little bit of that momentum that we saw last year. Second half of the season. Josh Jacobs has been wonderful. What is it that Green Bay is missing right now, in your opinion?

[Booger McFarland]

Well, you got to remember Green Bay is still one of the youngest football teams in the league, if not the youngest, I think. And so I think all they're missing is just a little bit of experience, a little bit of toughness. You know, the quarterback is continuing to grow. You know, the Detroit Lions are a veteran group man. Jared Goff has been around the block and spoke to everybody one time, you know, so like, like these people are seasoned up in Detroit. And so I think the one thing the packers are missing is just a little bit of experience, a little bit of toughness, and they'll get that. I, I remember in Tampa, everybody kept saying, what are the Bucks missing? What are we missing? And we were just missing our time and just a little bit of experience and just the right mix. And so I think the packers time is coming. I think Matt LaFleur is one of the bright minds in football. I love their young defense. They've paid the quarterback and so it's just a matter of time. But Detroit, their time is now. Because as we've seen with San Francisco, if you don't capitalize when your moment is there, that moment will be gone in the blink of an eye. It's like, I think the 49ers window is closed right now. The Lions have to capitalize on theirs. The packers window is just starting to open, and I believe it'll be open for the next four or five years.

[Dan Patrick]

If you're the Niners, what do you do with Brock Purdy's contract?

[Booger McFarland]

It's kind of like I did my wife. I strung her along for nine years until I finally got the courage enough to, to ask her to marry me. And she still brings it up. And you know, in all seriousness, I think if you're John lynch, you have to kind of maybe do the Jordan Love deal. Maybe you give him like a 2 year, 40 million, something like that. I don't think Brock's representatives are going to accept that, but you got to at least try because the moment they give him 55 million a year, I think their window is absolutely closed. Because he's not the type of quarterback as we're seeing now with all the injuries. He's not the type of quarterback that can ride, make everybody around him better. He's the type of quarterback that if all the pieces are there, he is a tremendous game manager. And when all those pieces have been there, he has been outstanding. But you know, Iuk, no McCaffrey, no Trent Williams, they get their brains beat in by Buffalo because Purdy is not the guy that can rise anybody up. He needs the pieces around him very similar to John Stockton. Like John Stockton is a Hall of Fame point guard. As long as he had Carl Malone, you take away Car Malone, he's just another guy. And so I think that's what Brock Purdy is.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I don't know if Stockton would be just another guy, but I understand what you're saying. I mean, Stockton, he wouldn't be, he.

[Booger McFarland]

Wouldn'T be who he is with Carl Malone.

[Dan Patrick]

He wouldn't have 15,000 assists. But not all 15,000 were to Carl.

[Booger McFarland]

I got you.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't. You can't put John Stockton in with Brock Purdy. But I, I know what you're, I know the analogy you're making. But you do need other players. Brock needs more players on, you know, without McCaffrey, his record is not good at all. I just don't know of how much credit do you, how much do you pay somebody who's a game manager? That, that's what I think it comes down to.

[Booger McFarland]

Well, essentially that's what the quarterback position is. Outside of Patrick, Josh, Joe Burrow and Lamar, everybody else is a game manager. Like that's what everybody else is. And so I think Brock Purdy, although he may be kind of lower to middle end, other words. I'm gonna give you an example of a high end game manager. So like Jared Goff. Jared Goff is a high end game manager. I don't think Brock Purdy is to that level just yet. Jordan Love is growing to that point. And so you have some young guys that are going to be able to ascend to that top tier. I think Jaden Daniels eventually will be in the Lamar Patrick category eventually. And so you got to pay him the going rate. Dano. I mean the going rate is 55 million a year.

[Dan Patrick]

I can't do that.

[Booger McFarland]

Okay, well then who's going to be your quarterback? Then?

[Dan Patrick]

I have to say to him just what you said, what the packers did with Jordan Love, even though Jordan hadn't really produced anything, they wanted to keep him and still see if he was going to be a franchise quarterback.

[Booger McFarland]

Brock Perry, he says no.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you found him at the end of the draft. I'm going to ask you to find somebody again. They've done a great job at finding players in the draft, but at 55, then I can't, I can't keep everybody. Does McCaffrey even play anymore? Booger? I don't know. Debo is banged up all the time. How long does Trent Williams continue to play? You bring up the point. The window is, if not closed, there's a, just a little breeze coming in and it's, it's, it's, it's not a lot. Not a lot.

[Booger McFarland]

Well, well, here's the thing, is that this is a business and you have to capitalize when the iron is hot. And his iron will be no hotter than it's, than it's ever been after this season. I think if you're his agent, I think you're gonna, you're gonna go in asking for 55 million a year. Five years, 275 million, 120 guaranteed. If you're John lynch, you got to make a decision. Because if you start over and try to go find another quarterback, you're probably going to be without Trent Williams, you're probably going to be without McCaffrey, you're probably going to be without Debo. Fred Warner may still have a few years left, so the 49ers team that you know now, by the time you find that young guy will be different. And so you have to balance. Do you pay him now or do you start over and realizing that you're going to lose your nucleus? That's why John lynch is making a big buck to San Francisco. He's got to make that decision.

[Dan Patrick]

Booker McFarland, ESPN NFL college football analyst and the 12 team playoff reveal. That'll be Sunday at noon on the Mothership. You more all in on the Chargers or more all in on the Vikings?

[Booger McFarland]

I trust Jim Harbaugh more than I trust Kevin O'Connell, and I think the world of Kevin O'Connell. But I just know what Jim Harbaugh is doing is tried and true. He brought in Jesse Mitchell to run the defense. They got the number one scoring defense in football, all right? So that allows them to do what he said he was going to do when he got the job. I'm going to take the load off of Justin Herbert. He doesn't have to be a superstar. He doesn't have to put the cape on every Sunday. I just need him to put the cape on when the time is coming. And so if you see their formula, play great defense, they're going to run the hell out of the football. They're going to make Herbert put the Cape on four or five plays every Sunday rather than 50 plays. I trust that method more than I trust Kevin O'Connell and Sam Donald. Because there's a saying that my buddy told me years ago, water eventually finds its level. I don't care where it is, it's always going to find the level. Sam Donald, although he's having a tremendous year, I think you and I both know what Sam Donald is and eventually he's going to find his level. And so I trust Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh more than I trust Kevin O'Connell and Sam Donald.

[Dan Patrick]

Give me the scenario that's going to totally throw the 12 team playoff into chaos by Sunday afternoon.

[Booger McFarland]

Okay, well, if we want to do really chaos, let's go. UNLV beats Boise. UNLV is going to get in, but probably won't get a bar. Let's go. Let's go. Clemson beating smu. All right, Clemson beats smu. So now SMU has two losses. So you have a two loss Clemson. Excuse me, a two loss SMU compared to a three loss Alabama. They got to take one. Other than that, I think the other ones are pretty set. Like the winner of the Big 12 is getting in. Both teams in the SEC are getting in. I think they're going to be four teams in the Big Ten, Oregon, Penn State, Indiana, Ohio State, all four of those are getting in. It's just a matter of seating. Notre Dame is in. They're going to be either the five or the six seed. And the winner of Arizona State, Iowa State is getting in. So that's pretty much like that's kind of set right there. The real chaos comes with UNLV winning because if Boise wins, I think Boise gets a buy. Dano. And everybody's going to say, how can a group of five team get a buy? So that's one. And then if we have to compare a two loss SMU to a three loss blue blood in Alabama, all hell will break loose and my head will probably explode because I think the committee just might put Alabama in.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yes.

[Booger McFarland]

To me, yes, that would send, that would send the wrong message.

[Dan Patrick]

But you can't imagine a scenario if there's two SEC schools that get in and four Big Ten schools get in. I think that they can solve this a little bit if they look at, all right, automatic qualifiers and then we have your ranking like the ranking should still matter, so that way we can decide who's going to get a first round bot. I think there's tweaks to this. I don't know if you have a couple that you say, all right, next year this should be done. This will prevent this or these things from happening.

[Booger McFarland]

Well, it's the same thing that Reese Davis has said. I'm okay with the conference champions getting in, but once everybody's in, let's see that 1 to 12, top 4 get a buy and then we, and then we see them from there. I think that's what you should do. Yes, that's number one. But let me ask you this. If it comes down to 11 and 2 SMU or 9 and 3 Alabama, who is Dan Patrick putting in?

[Dan Patrick]

I would want SMU in, but I, I know it's a TV show, so I Alabama, Alabama at Notre Dame to open up the first round of the playoffs. They would love that. Smu, you know, they bought their way into. They made a great business decision. I just don't know if anybody cares to watch smu. I got to factor that in, that people are going to want to watch Alabama.

[Booger McFarland]

Yeah, but why are you factoring that in when.

[Dan Patrick]

Because they will.

[Booger McFarland]

Yeah, but the committee is not supposed to do that.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, you know that booger. It's a TV show. All of this is a TV show.

[Booger McFarland]

Well, if it's a TV show, then why are we putting UNLV or Boise in there?

[Dan Patrick]

They don't want to. They have to. This. You have a decision to make. Like you have to put in UNLV or Boise. I don't have to put in Alabama or SMU if they, you know, SMU loses. It's a TV show. It is. They want matchups, they want sold out crowds. They want, you know, when you go to a bowl game, the fans are going to. I mean, come on.

[Booger McFarland]

I get it. I will. I would just argue that although SMU is not a blue blood, SMU is probably one of the richest institutions in America. You know that as well as I do. Alabama, we all know what that brand is. I just hope that they do the right thing this year. Now, next year, I think War Manual is probably going to have to get together and to your point, they're going to have to make some tweaks. Just like anything, you know, the first iteration is not perfect. You make some tweaks and then we get it to the point. But this year, I truly hope this year that if Clemson wins and the game is fairly close, other words if they beat SMU by 10 points, I still think SMU should get in. And if. And if they don't do that, there'll be some good TV on Sunday. I'll leave it at that.

[Dan Patrick]

The. That's a tease. The situation with the Raiders, to me is fascinating because I think they have. They. Antonio Pierce is their head coach, but it feels like that's really tenuous because if they would happen to get a chance to get Shador Sanders, like, what would happen? First they have to get Shador to then get Deion because you can't get Deion and then he's not coaching his son. I think there's something there. Booger. Now, I thought that national signing day that, you know, Deion brought in, he flipped some recruits. I mean, he did a great job, which would lead me to believe and I hope he stays there. But I. They're just too many people talk. And then you bring in Tom Brady as, you know, a minority owner there. And I don't know about this.

[Booger McFarland]

I think Shadua to the Raiders is something that I believe is going to happen. Deion to the Raiders. I don't think it's going to happen because if Deion goes to the Raiders, you would have to get Deion there first based on the hiring cycle. Because if they're going to move on from Antonio Pierce, they would do that, what, January 15th or whatever that day is. Black Monday. Deon the draft not till what, end of April. And so that time gap there, I think would probably prohibit the quote unquote package deal from happening. Yeah, I think Brady's. Brady's influence is probably going to lead to Antonio Pierce not being there. I think Brady's influence is going to lead to Shadur being drafted franchise quarterback. We're going to get an offensive mind in there and we're going to, you know, go from there. I think Brady. Brady buying in was, hey, if you want to help us run the organization, put some skin in the game. He put skin in the game. Now he gets to make decisions. And because now he's got his money where his mouth is and so I'm with you, I think should do it to the Raiders. Somehow some way is going to happen. Deion. I don't think so because Deion is. It's kind of like this. Deion can influence and control the University of Colorado the way he wants to, very much like Nick Saban did at Alabama. Nick Saban in the NFL did not work. I don't know if Deion in the NFL will work. To the level that is working at Colorado. Therefore, I think he's going to be at Colorado. I think he's going to build a juggernaut. He's going to be in the Big 12. He's got a, he's got to win a couple big games a year. I mean, this is not even his best team. They're nine and three this year. And you could argue that if they get a break against Kansas or something like that, they could be in the playoff. Like he was really one game from the playoff. And so if you're Deion, you load up. He had a really good recruiting class and Deion will be in the 12 team playoff next year. Why would he go to the NFL and get his head beat in? Because the NFL game is not about recruiting. It's just about draft order, salary cap, all those different things. I don't think he wants to deal with that.

[Dan Patrick]

I agree with you that. And this is why being in the Big 12 to me, I like if I'm a school, I would want to be in the, if I'm coaching, I want to be in the Big 12. I don't care who I'm playing each week, as long as I'm beating them each week, I got an automatic birth. I'm in. I mean, instead of banging around in the SEC and the Big Ten, all of that, I mean, Dion can run that. Although I give credit, Arizona State's been a wonderful story this year. So that in Iowa State is always there as well. But great to talk to you and thanks for joining us as always. Have fun on Sunday. I would say play nice, but I don't want you to.

[Booger McFarland]

No, you know, I just want the right thing to be done and just like I did last year with Florida State, somebody's got to stand up for teams that because I play a game that it's not about what we think, it's about what you see on the field. Football is a show me game. Dan and I just turned the tape on and watched the teams play. And I want the teams that play the best, that we've seen play the best. Get in. I don't want to go off what, what would happen if we did this or did that. No, no, no, let's go off what actually happened. It's like last year when Florida State went undefeated. They should have been, they should have been in the 14th playoff. This year, if SMU gets penalized for making the conference championship game, I'm going to be very disappointed.

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