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- [00:02]
Covino
Hey, thanks for listening to the Covino Enrich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday from 5 to 7 Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.
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Rich
Find your local station for cavito enrich@foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. Oh man. Everyone feeling a little tired today. Little hungover. Feeling like ass streaks.
- [00:28]
Covino
Yeah. But not nice ass streaks like deflated flapjack asstreaks.
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Rich
Oh, not like. Like Bianca Sensory's tricks.
- [00:34]
Covino
Yeah. Not like her treats like that lady I saw online at cvs. Those sad miserable ass streaks. Anyway, hope you had a nice weekend and Eagles sort of weekend. Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles. They clobbered the Chiefs yesterday and that's what made it so. Well, not overwhelming, not underwhelming, just whelming. Just made it such a whelming game. We're going to give you all our observations today and more. It's Covino and Rich. We're back in Los Angeles doing it.
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Rich
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- [01:17]
Covino
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- [01:49]
Rich
All right. Hey, let's get into this. Our observations from super bowl weekend. There was a lot and you said the word whelming. Not underwhelming, not overwhelming, just whelming.
- [02:02]
Covino
Is that a word?
- [02:04]
Rich
I think it might be. It is now.
- [02:06]
Covino
Yeah. I was whelmed at best at everything from start to finish. It was a mediocre, boring night, especially when you invest so much in the football season. Every week we come here speculating. You're so fired up about every matchup and it comes down to a wet fart that we got last night. And that's how I felt about it. I mean, fart. Yeah. Because the Chiefs were never in it.
- [02:31]
Rich
Yeah.
- [02:31]
Covino
Unless you're an Eagles fan. Unless you're an Eagles fan or a Chiefs hater. There was nothing to be really excited about. And then I was excited about halftime and Even that was. Well, there's two extremes here.
- [02:43]
Monsieur
Don't do it.
- [02:44]
Covino
No, no, no. I didn't hate it. There's people that hate it. I think they're equally as wrong as people say. And they loved it. You know, I get it. I understand. We all grew up with hip hop, so to act like you didn't get it. No, we get it. Okay. And I know his popularity. We' old by any means. I understand. Even that was whelming to me because it's a Super bowl performance. I wanted excitement. Maybe my expectations were off, but still whelming. And then the celebrations were equally as well. I didn't see anyone that thrilled to win the super bowl, but I think.
- [03:14]
Rich
Your whole day was whelming because just for the.
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Covino
Doesn't matter.
- [03:17]
Rich
You got to put this in perspective.
- [03:18]
Covino
No, it doesn't.
- [03:19]
Rich
Was a little under the weather after a week of super bowl fun in New Orleans.
- [03:22]
Covino
That means my perspective was more accurate than yours. Because you're hobnobbing with people having a fun time.
- [03:27]
Rich
Correct.
- [03:27]
Covino
There's nothing fun about the correct.
- [03:29]
Rich
You sat at home by yourself.
- [03:31]
Covino
No, I was there with Theo, my dog, and he's my dog. And that means I was counting on the game to be entertaining because again, invested an entire year watching for that. That's why I'm like, oh, man, boom, boom, boo doo me. I was waiting to be entertained. I wasn't, like, hoping it sucked. I was waiting to be entertained. There was nothing about it.
- [03:54]
Rich
There was not a moment in that game where you felt it was a game. That sounds ridiculous, but Philadelphia, total ball control. That's what she said in the first half. Like, there was a point where it's like, they had the game plan we talked about. Danny, I'll give you credit. All along, you. I keep the ball out of my home's hand. There was a time where it was like, is Philadelphia the only one on offense? The first three possessions by the Chiefs were three now. Four plays and three now. Like, I'm here.
- [04:26]
Covino
Patrick Mahomes here. Exclusive on the Cavino and Rich show. I just want to say I'm sorry for one of the most embarrassing performances by any qb. And, you know, it just wasn't our night. And any goat conversation between me and.
- [04:39]
Rich
Brady probably on pause for now. Pump the brakes on that, right? Yeah, pump the brakes.
- [04:43]
Covino
But we'll be back.
- [04:45]
Dan Beyer
Have you guys did this was the entertaining part to me late last night and starting this morning with the TV sports shows. Have you ever seen the media turn on a player so quick as they turned on Patrick Mahomes, that's what I find.
- [05:00]
Rich
Eye rolling.
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Covino
It's not his fault, though, about the.
- [05:03]
Rich
World we live in. Sports media, I guess, you know, it's a fickle world.
- [05:07]
Covino
That's why I disassociate. Disassociate myself.
- [05:10]
Rich
He wins that game. By far the greatest dude on the history of. In the history of sports. He loses, let's pump the brakes.
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Covino
Go.
- [05:18]
Rich
You know, that never happened to Brady or Montana or anyone, like, so.
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Covino
Well, that's because if you live in the world of hot takes, you have to, you know, put it in reverse immediately. And we don't live in that world. We live in a sports world. But that's not our angle and never was, never will be.
- [05:34]
Monsieur
My question is, if the narrative for the past, like, year or so has been that the refs are responsible for him winning, shouldn't we just credit the refs for him losing then?
- [05:42]
Covino
Yeah, the Eagles were dominant, man, Eagles are dominant. They just got all the calls. Yeah, they were dominant last night. The Chiefs never had a shot. You know, they. They played large. And if you want to look at the positives, here are the two positives that I took away as far as the game, the story, the storyline. The fact that they lost, came back in a story of revenge and perseverance is incredible. I think that's for the history books. Yo, man, Jalen hurts lost the super bowl, came back and clobbered the team that beat him. That is like a story of motivation and that I love. And as far as the super bowl halftime show, I think the takeaway here is they went artsy and took a chance. You know, maybe creative and artsy isn't what the super bowl needs, but they went for something different. Anyone under 40 loved it. Anyone over 40 really didn't. And it's generational, and that's okay. I. I like the fact that they took a chance on it. Not everything has to be dancing sharks because that's equally as eye rolly. You know what I mean? Like, I don't need dancing sharks either, but, you know, at the same time, I don't know how deep I want to get for my halftime show.
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Spot
Maybe just Left shark under 40, first of all. And second, I was. I was whelmed by Kendrick Lamar, who I like. I like. I have literally his songs on my phone right now. Yeah, it just. I don't think translates to the stage of the Super Bowl.
- [07:11]
Rich
As I heard someone for fireworks. As I heard someone say monsieur, you know, Kendrick Lamar, that would have Been a hell of a, you know, Grammy night performance. Yeah. But the super bowl halftime show warrants a spectacle.
- [07:23]
Covino
Yes.
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Rich
And, you know, like a hit where.
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Spot
Everyone jumps up and you're just so excited. There was no surprises. We knew SZA was going to be there. What was the surprise?
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Rich
The casual. The casual Serena Williams fan.
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Spot
Serena Williams.
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Dan Beyer
Serena C. Walking on her ex.
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Spot
Samuel L. Jackson.
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Covino
You don't get it, man. That's Drake's ex girlfriend.
- [07:41]
Rich
It took me two seconds to connect the dots, and I'm like, oh, wait a minute. Is that Serena Williams? Wait a minute.
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Covino
Oh, Drake.
- [07:46]
Rich
But listen, the super bowl halftime show, we've been saying it for a year. It's clearly they're going after a younger demo, which, listen, they already got. Hey, they already got, you know, you. If you're older, if you're like our parents generation, they got you. Or you're going to be, you know, eventually dead in the next 20 years. They don't need you. They need the younger demo. Kendrick Lamar is a fine choice, but if you were looking like Monsieur said for that everyone jump out of their chair moment, you know, they not like us as a monster hit.
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Spot
Yeah.
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Rich
But other than that, if you were a casual music listener, you might not have known any other song. Any other song. That's. That's the truth. Because he doesn't cross over to mainstream like the Kiss FM in your hometown and the. And the Z100 and that's the Y100.
- [08:31]
Covino
You could look at that as a positive, like, not everything needs to be that way. And they took a chance. I'm not sure if it worked. But again, much like everything in the United States, it's kind of split down the middle. Depends who you ask.
- [08:45]
Monsieur
If you put like a huge country artist up there who has wide mainstream success, I probably wouldn't know most of the songs.
- [08:52]
Covino
Yeah.
- [08:52]
Monsieur
Because I don't follow.
- [08:53]
Covino
I probably say same thing.
- [08:55]
Rich
Like, I hate.
- [08:55]
Monsieur
Yeah, you're never gonna make everyone 100 happy. So it's like, just put up a good product. And I thought it was. I enjoyed. But as a visual and musical performance, I enjoyed it.
- [09:07]
Covino
Oh, I thought it was. I thought it was really interesting. I actually did. I wanted more. Okay, this is interesting. I like where it's going. I like Samuel L. Jackson, Uncle Sam trying to dictate where the storyline went. And Kendrick Lamar is still doing his own thing. The symbolism. I get all that. Very cool. But it wasn't that exciting, which was the mood of the entire night. So maybe it's very fitting for a WHELMING game, as we said.
- [09:30]
Rich
How about this? How about. Let's not take Covino's word for it. Sitting by himself with his dog. Let's not take my word for it. Having a party at my house.
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Covino
Hold on.
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Rich
Let's go to a guy that's Bella Burton.
- [09:39]
Monsieur
Should we take his word for it?
- [09:40]
Rich
Let's go to a guy that's still in New Orleans.
- [09:41]
Dan Beyer
Hold on.
- [09:42]
Covino
Hold on. Hold on.
- [09:42]
Rich
The game. Damn. Byer.
- [09:45]
Danny
Hold on, hold on.
- [09:46]
Covino
What up, Dan?
- [09:48]
Danny
That's my drop. That was not me starting to say.
- [09:51]
Covino
Live from New Orleans is our very own Dan Beyer. He was there. I saw all of his coverage on social media. Some great pics. Has. How's it going, man? And how was it from your perspective, by the way?
- [10:03]
Rich
Is all the green confetti out of your hair?
- [10:05]
Danny
There's. I. I did not get hit with green confetti, but there may be some making its way back with me.
- [10:13]
Dan Beyer
Ziploc bag.
- [10:14]
Danny
Yeah. Who knows? The super bowl halftime show did not translate to the crowd that was intended in attendance. It did not. It did not work in that fashion.
- [10:25]
Covino
So it does make you wonder, though. It's like, you know, do you cater to the consumer? But at the same time, and I say this all the time, I actually learned this in marketing class. Marketing 101 tells you that, you know, Coca Cola is not advertising to you. Everybody knows what Coca Cola is. We know what it is they're advertising to younger people. And that's the NFL's way of gaining a younger audience. They're bringing Kendrick Lamar in here, even though he's not that young. He's been doing it since the early 2000s.
- [10:49]
Rich
He's in his late 30s.
- [10:50]
Covino
Right. But again, it's not for you. We need to understand that. But it's interesting to hear that the vibe in your living room, or at least in 50% of the living rooms, was the same as the vibe in the stadium. Not that exciting.
- [11:04]
Danny
Well, remember, guys, when the NFL, they struck a deal with Roc Nation years back and that changed the super bowl halftime show, where now we've had artists based either in hip hop or R and B ever since. Really, that agreement was. Was made. So you had the weekend Super Bowl 55. I think he's crossed over to be, you know, mainstream. We had the great Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg show that I think everybody loved in la. And then you had Rihanna, Usher, and now Kendrick Lamar. And so I think that at some point you do need songs. And that was the tough part of last night is I Don't know if Monty said it or who said it, but there's only one, maybe two songs you know, of Kendrick Lamar, maybe. Rich, you said it. So nobody's singing along. And that was a point that I've made to many people last night and today is that they played Mr. Brightside by the Killers in the fourth quarter and all of the Eagles fans were singing it, right. And they played Sweet Caroline. And you know, we know what happens when Sweet Caroline's played at a sporting event. Everybody's singing it. Nobody was really into it last night, however, was it the.
- [12:12]
Covino
When they hit worst that I have seen, a minor. It gave me a little. They gave me some chills, man, because.
- [12:17]
Danny
Yeah, but that was the only point.
- [12:18]
Covino
I know, but still, everybody, that was what, the death of Drake's career? As the, as the stories go. But yeah, that was kind of cool. But interesting to hear your perspective, Dan. I thought maybe more excitement at the stadium.
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Rich
I don't think most. Your. Your dad didn't get that reference. My point is next year, San Francisco.
- [12:36]
Covino
They clearly, clearly aren't caring about your dad. And I think what Dan is saying here is that with Roc Nation, we're not going to get Metallica next year either. They're from the Bay Area.
- [12:46]
Rich
Nation is going to give you a younger, more rhythmic, hip hop leaning, urban leaning, radio like audience. That's the truth. Right. So if you're looking at the last five shows now, San Francisco, you might say, well, isn't Metallica from the Bay Area?
- [13:05]
Covino
Yep.
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Rich
Is that the year they do go. Does Roc Nation go rock? Do they maybe say is like a Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, maybe go back a little more mainstream? Like, where do they go?
- [13:14]
Covino
No, I think where do they go from here? They do a mix of all that. What says you, DB that was the.
- [13:20]
Danny
Tough part about last night. As you mentioned the special guests. We knew SZA was going to be performing with him. There was nobody that came out that did a song or did a verse or did anything with him. The special guests were, as you said, Serena dancing and Samuel Jackson speaking. Yeah, and there is something out, like we've talked about it on the show, like ladies and gentlemen, blah, blah, blah. You're like, oh my gosh, like that. That's the coolest thing.
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Covino
I thought it was a big surprise that they fit 150 people in one little car. A big surprise.
- [13:50]
Rich
Yeah.
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Covino
And as half. As a half Mexican guy, I find that to be cultural appropriation.
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Monsieur
Wasn't even a Tacoma.
- [13:56]
Covino
I know. So I, you know, I took A little offense to that. I'm like, yo, that's. He's making fun of Mexicans, I think. Joking, joking, joking.
- [14:02]
Danny
50, remember Super Bowl 50? They had Coldplay and then they brought out Beyonce, and I think they also brought out Bruno Mars. So you had Cold Play, who you thought could carry the whole show. And they're like, you know what? Let's add Beyonce to this. And let's also throw in Bruno Mars, who, by the way, were the performers in previous Super Bowls. Not too far from that. In 47, Beyonce did it. In 48, it was Bruno Mars. So, like, you even have that, like, level of it. Like, there is something neat of where all the stars get together. The heck, the biggest super bowl controversy ever came with Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson. Right? Like, there's a crossover to what? Yeah.
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Monsieur
What happened?
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Danny
Anybody got video, by the way, just to refresh our memories? Yeah, that pops. That stuff does pop.
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Monsieur
I'm convinced. I'm still convinced to this day of my lifetime. Other than, like, the big ones, like Prince, obviously, Michael Jackson, which was huge. The 2001 Super bowl show was one of the greatest. And because it touched all generations, you had Aerosmith, which was a legendary band everyone knew. You had NSync, which was for, like, younger people coming off of the late 90s, early 2000s. You had Britney Spears, who everyone loved. Then you had Mary J. Blige come out for a little bit of the older school hip hop. Then you had Nelly come out, who was contemporary hip hop. So I feel like a show like that, that touches every little generation, has something for everybody, is something that we need. You know, just like I thought the. The show with like, Dre, Snoop, Eminem, all that, even though it was more hip hop, skewed, dude, it touched every generation, and that's what we need.
- [15:33]
Rich
NFL is not hurt, and they could do whatever they want.
- [15:36]
Covino
Stick with what you said though, Spot. You're never going to please everybody. Because sometimes.
- [15:39]
Danny
True.
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Covino
When you do all that, get Metallica and Chris Brown, it feels forced sometimes. You know what I mean? Like, that sounds dumb to me, you know, so, you know, the NFL took a chance. I'm okay with it the whole night. Like I said, it matched the vibe of the entire night. When you think about it, everything was just okay. And when you saw the reaction of the Eagles actually winning, the most excitement. We had to do our research because I was like, jalen hurts. I get it. He's a very poised, level headed dude. But you do want to see him hoisting the trophy like we won. Yeah. You want to see excitement? Watched an entire season to see a somber celebration. I don't like processing. I'm still processing.
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Monsieur
A little lethargic.
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Covino
You know what? We had to do our research, Sam. And we looked up the Disney World commercial. You know, Jalen Hurts. You just won the Super Bowl. And he does the I'm going to Disney World. And that was the most excitement I saw and it was emotional and I love that. I just, I wish we had more of that. But again, it goes back to what Spot said. We're never gonna be fully satisfied or fully pleased. You know, overall it was, it was a, it was an eh, sort of night.
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Rich
I don't like poised people.
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Covino
Yeah, I wanted excitement, but I'm not.
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Rich
A fan of the poised. I like excitement, I like emotions. In fact, the fans. Jalen Hurts made me roll my eyes like this guy actually looks like he just, you know, won a 50, 50, 50 lottery to schools at his kids school. Won the Super Bowl.
- [17:02]
Monsieur
The game was such a pummeling though. That's why I, it wasn't, it wasn't like a last second decision.
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Covino
It was like this game was in.
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Monsieur
The books by pretty much halftime, let's be honest, third quarter. And so by the time the like, yeah, we won.
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Dan Beyer
When it's 34 to nothing, I mean, you know you're going to win the entire second half. In fact, db, I was going to ask you at home, watching, it felt like after the Cooper DeSean interception, the game was pretty much over. Did it feel that way there in the stadium?
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Danny
Well, Danny, you must be on X. That's exactly what I tweeted. I go, I think this is over at that, at that point, because it was. Kansas City had done nothing and they did not. You mentioned earlier the early part of this game, Kansas City didn't even try to run. The Eagles had had 18 rushing attempts compared to Kansas City's one. So even when Kansas, Kansas City did have the ball in the limited fashion, when they weren't down by the 34, they were only down by 10 or less in certain parts. They chose to throw the ball. And I think that that was a big, big problem. Not that they were going to win the game and run over Philadelphia, but Patrick Mahomes is not going to beat the Eagles by himself. And I think the Chief's game plan forced him to try to do that. And we saw how it turned out.
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Rich
When, when Kansas City couldn't put anything together at the end of the first half and you're like, I'm able to put some points on the board. You're like, all right, it's 24 nothing.
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Covino
You still thought they'd make an adjustment.
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Rich
Well, you thought 24 nothing. Everyone in my house who was watching was saying, all right, Casey gets the ball. All right, they'll drive and they'll get the two point conversion and then it'll be 28, 24, 8. A two score game. And when Kansas City came out in the third and it was a quick three and out, I'm like, yo, this is not like we're not even going to get an ounce of excitement. Like, this is like the most boring. Again, at no point were you like, this is a game.
- [18:52]
Monsieur
Like, where were those magical Mahomes drives that we're used to?
- [18:56]
Spot
It happened when Nick Sirianni was getting Gatorade on him.
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Covino
And by the way, he did it.
- [19:00]
Danny
By the way, his Gatorade bath came before the two minute warning.
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Spot
And that's when the Xavier worthy touchdown, I think happened.
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Monsieur
Once you put out Kenny Pickett, I.
- [19:08]
Rich
Had no problem with that. And by the way, decided, you know what's, what's interesting is three minutes left, but it was, the game was over. They could have poured Gatorade on Sirianni with three minutes left in the first half.
- [19:20]
Danny
I'll tell you, I'll tell you this. I like that Patrick Mahomes being in the game. There was a play where he almost had his arm taken off like Brock Purdy did against the Eagles in the NFC Championship game. It's about with nine minutes to go, he fumbled and Philadelphia recovered. I had no idea why Mahomes was still in the game, guys. And then I realized, oh, there's super bowl records to break. Travis Kelsey broke Jerry Rice's all time record for most receptions in Super Bowls db.
- [19:45]
Rich
It's so funny you would say that. I said that to our buddy Bo, who's in the editing room today in Monsieur, before we went on the air, I said the bummer for me is that because there was so much garbage, essentially yardage and time at the end, Mahomes and a couple people padded their postseason stats. And the stories being not like historically, it'll be like, well, Mahomes did throw for 300 yards.
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Covino
Yeah. Look back at the score too. Unfortunately, that's what they'll see.
- [20:11]
Rich
Yeah. You know what one person I did change my mind on because Jalen Hurts was so boring. I really, you know, by the way.
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Covino
I don't think it was just him. I thought everybody and it could have been, you know, because they clobbered him. But it could have been a sense of relief too, you know, but everything. I think everybody's reaction was sort of like not excited.
- [20:32]
Rich
I really changed my mind and we're allowed to do this, guys. This is not a. You know, you don't have to be a stubborn ass where you make your opinion and that's it forever. I sort of saw a different side of Nick Sirianni with his kids last night and him crying post game. And he went from guy I grew up with. I didn't personally grow up with him, but growing up on the East Coast, New York, New Jersey, he just feels like, I don't know, like a guy you want to like slap in the face. Like he's got that look like a.
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Dan Beyer
He used to be number one on your most punchable face list.
- [21:04]
Monsieur
It's called a hate to face.
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Covino
Does it count when it's coming from a guy with a punchable face like Rich Davis?
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Rich
Shut up.
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Covino
I'm just wondering.
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Rich
But no, like a guy like Nick Sirianni, when they win, he's got this arrogant look. Very Jersey. Oh, very Philly. So what I didn't like about Nick Sirianni had nothing to do with who the man he is. I just didn't like his vibe. Seeing him with his kids being superficial.
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Covino
Holding his son saw a human side.
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Rich
And seeing his other kid there and him showing some tears like, you know what I'm the jerk for, you know.
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Covino
I like what judging had to say about this team loves each other. He said that multiple times throughout the night that they're what team is all about how they didn't want to let each other down. And I think we proved the question of the week. There was greater motivation from trying to get vengeance in this super bowl than trying to three peat because it looked like they had winners fatigue. It looked like the Chiefs were never really in it. They didn't know how to really make any adjustments. They didn't seem pumped about anything. Their body language, I hate that. So again, I think that the greater motivator was the fact that the Eagles had been there and lost to them and they weren't going to let that happen again. And I think although we've painted a really boring picture, the great takeaway here is is perseverance and the comeback story of the Eagles. And I think that's inspiring. Dan Beyer, who's on site. Before you go, man, any other observations you want to leave us with?
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Danny
I think your Sirianni take Rich is. Is very on point there were a lot of people that came up to him after the game, and I'm curious to see if he'll be more grounded in his way, in his ways, moving forward now that he is a Super bowl champion. Because there's responsibility that goes with that. I am also just curious on the Jalen Hurst Jalen Hurts love fest and how far it takes him in Philadelphia before we go back to the usual Philadelphia ways. We have until the opening week of week one and then we'll see if it starts to change at all.
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Rich
It is funny, Dan, because the Nick Sirianni narrative for me, and I'm sure a lot of people went from, oh, yeah, this guy too. Look at him crying. He's got his kids and you know. But the Jalen hurts being very ho hum about winning. You know what it reminded me of? Remember when Paul Skeens won rookie of the Year?
- [23:23]
Covino
Oh, my God.
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Rich
And Livy Duns. All of a sudden he's just standing there like a dud. It's like I can't vibe with those type of people because I'm a very excitable person. So I'm like, if you win the Cy Young, if you win the super bowl, if you win something, show me something.
- [23:35]
Covino
You know, it's that age old question of, you know, act like you've been there before. Like they never won, though. So be excited about it. You're allowed to be excited. But then again, that's kind of what makes him a great quarterback. He's a poised, calm, cool, and collected kind of guy. But I thought the whole team was again, maybe relief rich. Who knows? Yeah, Dan Byer, thanks for your insight, man. Have a safe trip back. Dan Byer, live from New Orleans. We had a great time with him out there and a great week in New Orleans. If you missed any of our shows.
- [24:03]
Rich
Catch the podcasts, get all that confetti out of your crevices before you get home. Yeah, he'll be finding that everywhere.
- [24:10]
Covino
All right.
- [24:10]
Rich
Hey, now, last night when you watched.
- [24:12]
Covino
The super bowl, yeah, you watch the game, obviously, but you also watch for all the ads, and some of them were fun and some were really heart tugging because they hit right here. And that rocket mortgage one was really great. Take me home country road, Take me home the sing along. But again, it just reminds you of the or what should be the American dream. And they're bringing that back. You know, as a homeowner myself, you know, it's a good feeling to know that the American dream still lives and that's what they're trying to bring back, you know, you want to feel like you, you, you own something. This is yours. You want to take a pride in that for you and your family.
- [24:51]
Rich
That was the heart tugging commercial of the night.
- [24:54]
Covino
Yeah.
- [24:55]
Rich
Shedding a tear with all these people. Yeah.
- [24:58]
Covino
You know what, Rich? I was glad I was alone in my home just because I didn't want anyone to see me crying.
- [25:04]
Rich
And then they cut back to the stadium and everyone's singing along to Take Me Home Country Road.
- [25:10]
Dan Beyer
You guys, I, I was really crying.
- [25:14]
Covino
No, but that's the thing, right? Like they want to bring back that dream and make it a reality again. Because when you think of the American dream, you think of that. It's one of the first things you think of to own my own home.
- [25:26]
Rich
And Rocket making that possible. So, hey, just, just a reminder of how last night of all those commercials, Rocket really hit you right there in the heart with Take Me Home Country Road.
- [25:42]
Covino
So do we have the post super bowl blues, Post NFL blues? Are we shifting our focus to the NBA? Are you ready for baseball?
- [25:51]
Rich
I don't know.
- [25:52]
Covino
Kavino Enriched live from the Tyrack.com studio rockets own the dream ad with Taking Me Home Country Road was what we'll remember from the game. Cause Rocket is reminding us we all deserve a shot at the American dream of owning a home. And that's kind of a big deal.
- [26:08]
Rich
No doubt Rocket delivered with that ad last night.
- [26:12]
Covino
Now, before we chop it up and get everybody involved with things to make you go super bowl edition, Rich, were you kind of surprised? I know this is going to sound dumb, like, hey, that Samuel L. Jackson guy was really great. I get it. He's one of the greatest actors of all time. The highest grossing actor. Right. He's in the most movies that made the most money. But with the pressures of Super Bowl Live like that, you're not impressed. Like here's my mindset, though not a little bit. When Jon Hamm did the introduction and when Bradley Cooper did the introduction, you don't think those are really. I know they're famous and they live under the spotlight, but we're talking Super bowl with 100 million people watching. You think you'd be able to deliver in that pressure?
- [26:56]
Rich
No doubt.
- [26:56]
Covino
No doubt. Your heart wouldn't be beating a little faster. You're just the coolest guy. You don't think it's a nerve wracking situation?
- [27:03]
Rich
Maybe guys like me have that regular heartbeat like a Jeter or a Montana, and you're a nervous ninny.
- [27:08]
Covino
I'm sure Ninny. The most hyped up guy I've ever met in my life who can't sit still.
- [27:13]
Rich
I don't.
- [27:13]
Covino
I'm sure you would have been so cool in that situation.
- [27:16]
Rich
Those things don't affect me. They affect you. I've worked with you a long time. You're always shocked by this. And it baffles me because these. Anything could happen in those moments. Was more nervous last night than any other concert.
- [27:26]
Covino
John Hamm. Yes. Because a hundred million people are watching. It's a high pressure situation. It comes with a lot of criticism. He knows that going in there. But you think Jon Hamm does that and then expects everyone to be like, dude, your voice cracked. You suck. Like, it's a high pressure situation to do those things, live under those bright lights. The super bowl is not like anything else. It's not the Grammys, it's not the Oscars. Super bowl is an international spectacle. So for Samuel L. Jackson to be that great, I was impressed. But foolish of me. Whatever. I just think it's super cool when people deliver under that immense amount of pressure. Look, these athletes, they've been playing to get there all season. These performances, it's just. It's just a little different. It's a. It's a one and done situation. Like, you don't get a recut or a redo.
- [28:16]
Rich
Yeah.
- [28:16]
Covino
But, you know, it is impressive to me. I thought Lady Gaga was equally impressive in the beginning. Like, she sounded flawless.
- [28:22]
Rich
I don't know. I always think of something and she jumped.
- [28:24]
Monsieur
Jumped off the top of the stadium.
- [28:26]
Rich
Snoop. Snoop Dogg once told me this personally. Yeah. Oh, we talked about. Do you get nervous for certain moments?
- [28:34]
Monsieur
Was Martha there?
- [28:35]
Rich
And he said, I don't get nervous for stuff I'm good at. I get nervous for stuff I'm not good at. Like, I would be if you told me, rich, go make an announcement in front of a stadium. Yeah, of course it's gonna be a little nervous, but that's what I know how to do. If you told me, can you go in the middle of the arena or stadium and start dancing freestyle? Then I'd be nervous.
- [28:55]
Covino
You're undermining how the slightest thing could have messed up. Like just a fumble of a word could have messed up. Samuel L. Jackson. But he was perfect.
- [29:05]
Rich
You know what I mean?
- [29:06]
Monsieur
You know who recently really showed how talented and calm they are? We said this. Carrie Underwood. Remember when she had to perform at the inauguration, which the entire country was watching, and something about the sound or the music wasn't going On Yeah.
- [29:20]
Dan Beyer
And she's like. She had to go acapella.
- [29:21]
Monsieur
I'm just gonna sing this acapella. The Capitol Rotunda. And she nailed it.
- [29:25]
Dan Beyer
Freak out until after she was behind closed doors.
- [29:28]
Monsieur
But in the moment, you deliver in the moment.
- [29:31]
Covino
That's what they do. But, you know, I was still impressed.
- [29:33]
Dan Beyer
You know who we talked to at the super bowl who we were impressed with? This same thing. Andrew Whitworth.
- [29:38]
Monsieur
I thought you were gonna say seal.
- [29:40]
Dan Beyer
Him too, but Whitworth. Remember, not only was he speaking in front of the entire stadium when the Cardinals hosted the Rams playoff game, but he knew he was going to be on camera in front of millions of.
- [29:52]
Covino
People, and he did express how nervous he was. But Rich Davis, not.
- [29:56]
Rich
You just proved my point. Dunce.
- [29:57]
Danny
No.
- [29:57]
Covino
What do you mean?
- [29:58]
Rich
You should wear a dunce at, like, chaperone.
- [29:59]
Covino
That's a good one. He said that he was nervous on our show. That doesn't mean. That doesn't mean you don't step up.
- [30:06]
Rich
And deliver because you're nervous. No, no. Andrew Whitworth said he was more nervous than when he played. Because you know what Andrew Whitworth knows how to do? Play football. He's not a public speaker. This is, you know, he's a rookie, essentially, in the broadcasting game. So I would assume a guy like, he would get more nervous making an announcement. Fish out of water at a stadium. Fish out of water.
- [30:28]
Covino
Fish out of water. And I've seen Samuel L. Jackson perform at a million his shadow shows. We all have. So, anyway, my bad for being impressed. Kavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. Are you ready to do little things that made you go super bowl edition? Things that make you go.
- [30:50]
Rich
Things that make you go. You know, there was. There was a hit on Mahomes that I. I didn't love because I don't want to see anyone get hurt. And since he didn't get hurt, I loved it. There was a play where he got mushed by the face mask. Like, it was I. When it happened live, I was like, did. Did he just get killed?
- [31:09]
Covino
We have actual sound audio from that clip.
- [31:15]
Rich
Yo.
- [31:15]
Covino
Thank you, Sam.
- [31:16]
Rich
The defender on the Eagles, him by the face and threw him back. It was like insult to injury and probably the worst day of my home's professional career.
- [31:26]
Covino
Did you feel bad for him?
- [31:28]
Rich
Not even a little bit.
- [31:30]
Covino
I mean, you don't want to get to the super bowl and stink it. Like, it was embarrassing at my party.
- [31:34]
Rich
We were rooting for the shutout come third quarter because it's like this game Stinks.
- [31:38]
Covino
What can we root for?
- [31:39]
Rich
Maybe let's root for the Chiefs. A dynasty having the worst game in super bowl history. And then very quickly they scored a touchdown. We're like, oh, that's over. But I know I didn't feel bad for them at all. In fact, you know, it's refreshing. I did, however, think that the NFL needs to step on it with this whole 18 game schedule we've talked about. When the NFL adds 18 games, they're talking about adding a second bi week. And when it's all lined up, the super bowl will eventually be the Sunday before President's Day. And listen, we're here working because we work in sports media, so we're going to be here regardless. But everyone else that had to go to work today, think about how we're just one week away from just having that Monday be a holiday for, you know, everyone else.
- [32:26]
Dan Beyer
Like, yeah, today needs to be a national holiday.
- [32:29]
Covino
Agreed. There's not many things that we could claim as American that deserve this type of holiday. I really do think that this is so ingrained as part of our culture, part of the fabric of who we are. All walks of life in America, all cultures, we all unify on this one day we celebrate. It should be the day of rest. The day after Super Bowl. Make your recovering day.
- [32:52]
Monsieur
Or what makes more sense to you? Make it Monday off or Super Bowl Saturday.
- [32:57]
Rich
No, Monday off.
- [32:57]
Covino
Monday off.
- [32:58]
Rich
You got to change something after 60 years, honestly.
- [33:00]
Covino
Monday off. Because everyone day off after the super.
- [33:03]
Monsieur
Bowl, that's changing something.
- [33:04]
Rich
No, that's a BS example.
- [33:08]
Covino
Yeah, sure.
- [33:09]
Rich
Well, say, oh, you know what, Spot, thanks for being the contrarian that I want to slam your head against the table. Yesterday, Yesterday we were at the. Yeah, I want to mush you like Mahomes.
- [33:18]
Monsieur
A lot of hostility between you guys.
- [33:20]
Rich
We were saying it yesterday. We're hanging around my kitchen half paying attention to the game because it was like 40 nothing. And we said of all the things people fight about, politics, the halftime show, everything, there's not one person that would be like, that's a bad idea. Who doesn't think it's a great idea. If you made the Super Bowl Sunday followed by President's Day Monday, there's not one human that would be like, that's a bad idea. Except Spot, apparently.
- [33:43]
Covino
Well, Bill Belichick would say, no days off.
- [33:46]
Monsieur
And we say, you know, you're the only one saying you could move off President say. Because president say is just an observation. It's not like occasionally it falls on Lincoln's birthday You know, it made me.
- [33:56]
Covino
Say, speaking of Bill Belichick, Sam, the fact that he had the huevos to incorporate his girlfriend in a national ad for super bowl, to me, that shows huge investment in this woman. Some people won't even post their girlfriend on social media. This guy brought her onto a national ad for the world to see. So to me, that says a lot. I'm like, dang, she looks hot. She must have him wrapped.
- [34:22]
Rich
Every time I see them, I'm like.
- [34:23]
Covino
Hope he'd parade her around.
- [34:24]
Rich
I was gonna say, yeah, but don't.
- [34:26]
Covino
Look at that risk, man. Like, let me be proud of her. As a guy who's been through several failed relationships, Sam, there's nothing more embarrassing than, like, vouching for somebody.
- [34:34]
Danny
Yeah.
- [34:34]
Covino
And then, like, having to explain everybody. Like, yeah, I guess it didn't work.
- [34:39]
Monsieur
That's why whenever you invite a new girlfriend to a wedding or, like, a family event, always make sure they're on the end.
- [34:44]
Covino
Yeah.
- [34:44]
Monsieur
So when you need to crop the photo, it's easier.
- [34:46]
Covino
So this guy's bringing her on a Super bowl ads. That's like a. A high validation. And I'm sure they got paid, but it made me say, all right, well.
- [34:55]
Rich
Let'S go to monsieur. Someone that's never on the end of.
- [34:57]
Covino
A photo, never right in the center.
- [34:59]
Rich
Who would do that to her?
- [35:00]
Spot
I mean, I am the small one, so I tend to be in the middle, right?
- [35:03]
Rich
Yes.
- [35:04]
Spot
Just for the picture.
- [35:05]
Monsieur
You can just crop the bottom half.
- [35:06]
Covino
Of the photo instead of the sign. Do you hold the sign on every team photo because you're so little?
- [35:10]
Rich
Yeah, exactly. Mrs. Tompkins, fifth grade.
- [35:13]
Spot
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
- [35:13]
Rich
You know what I mean?
- [35:15]
Spot
It just makes it look proportioned, you guys. It's just what it is. Exactly. When you're talking about Carrie Underwood, she. The clip is. She just looks at the camera. She's like, I'll just sing, right? I'll just sing it. Oh, it's so good. So good.
- [35:29]
Covino
All right, guys.
- [35:30]
Spot
So the Eagles probably still celebrating. They're probably gonna celebrate the whole week, but they're planning to have their actual parade Friday, Valentine's Day for kicking ass and taking names yesterday against the Kansas City Chiefs. So on Valentine's Day is the official parade for the Philadelphia Eagles. Cowboys are finalizing a deal to hire former Bills and Browns offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. Luka Doncic is expected to make his Lakers debut today against the Jazz. Hawks star Tre Young is going to be replacing the. In your. The injured Giannis Antetokounmpo. In the upcoming NBA All Star Game this Sunday. A replacement for Anthony Davis has not been announced yet, and Tiger woods announced on social media that he won't in fact be playing in this week's Genesis Invitational. He is still processing his mother's death. In his statement, he says he planned to play, but he just isn't ready. Back to you guys.
- [36:16]
Rich
Thank you, Monsieur. Now, Kavino and Rich, we got a lot more next more observations from super bowl weekend. But gotta tell you, the average time to hire for more most organizations 30 to 45 are you tired of a.
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- [37:18]
Covino
I love this song. I like the Greek version better. They not like Gus. I don't know if you heard that one.
- [37:24]
Monsieur
Stop it.
- [37:24]
Covino
Come on, bro.
- [37:25]
Monsieur
Nope.
- [37:26]
Covino
My friend Gus loves that joke.
- [37:27]
Monsieur
Sure he does.
- [37:28]
Covino
You should dump that.
- [37:29]
Rich
Not because it needs to be dumped, just because. So no one has to hear.
- [37:32]
Covino
Oh, sorry, I forgot. I did the show with Cedric the Entertainer, the king of comedy. Rich Davis live from the Tyrack.com studio. Rockets own the dream ad with Take Me Home Country Roads was one of the highlights of Super Bowl Sunday because Rocket is reminding everybody that you deserve a shot at the American dream of owning a home. It's a big deal and they're bringing it back and that's a great thing. Again, we're Covino and Rich at Covino and Rich, fresh from the Super Bowl. We had a big week out there. It's good to be back kind of exhausted like everybody else. The post super bowl blues. But now we're in the middle of things that made you go, hmm, super bowl edition. Any of your observations from the game or this Weekend, but mostly the game, you know, other.
- [38:19]
Rich
Other than, you know. I know we're showing a lot of love to the Rocket ad. Take me home Country Road. The Pringles with the mustaches and before that, Little Caesars.
- [38:29]
Dan Beyer
Prior to that with the eyebrows flying.
- [38:31]
Rich
Oh, wait, eyebrows.
- [38:33]
Dan Beyer
That was Little Caesars and then Pringles did the mustache flying.
- [38:35]
Covino
Okay, so they did Eugene Levy's eyebrows.
- [38:37]
Dan Beyer
I was like, who bit who?
- [38:40]
Covino
I think they like. Is it Levy? I think it was a callback. You know what I mean? Like, it was a callback of comedy. Kind of like. I think it was meant to be.
- [38:51]
Dan Beyer
It was done intentionally.
- [38:52]
Covino
Yeah, I think. I mean, I've seen both speculated in articles about super bowl ads. Again, much like the overall feeling of the game and the performance. Kind of a mid commercial.
- [39:06]
Dan Beyer
Some decent ones, though. The Michelob. Michelob Ultra was good.
- [39:10]
Monsieur
The pickleball thought the McConaughey one was funny.
- [39:13]
Dan Beyer
That was good.
- [39:14]
Covino
Yeah, but they've all conspiracy. The age of being excited for super bowl ads is just kind of done simply because we've seen all these on social media. They get leaked ahead of time. So, like, the same excitement, just not there.
- [39:27]
Dan Beyer
Does that have to happen?
- [39:29]
Rich
It's strategically.
- [39:30]
Dan Beyer
I know, but they. They need to change that.
- [39:32]
Rich
Well, they want to get it out there, right, Danny? So, like, for instance, the Hellman's mayo one where it was Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan saw that two weeks ago reenacting When Harry Met Sally. And then Sydney Sweeney's I'll have what she's having. If I had seen that for the first time yesterday, I would have been like, oh, you know, I was cool, but I saw it on, like, TikTok two weeks ago.
- [39:51]
Dan Beyer
You just explained why the company shouldn't leak.
- [39:54]
Covino
Exactly.
- [39:54]
Monsieur
Like, we had Seal on the show last week. We watched the ad before he came on and knew about it. But if I had seen it yesterday, I'd be like, oh, my God, I can't believe they made Seal a Seal.
- [40:03]
Rich
Get out of here.
- [40:04]
Covino
Other observations, any commercial takeaways, let us know at 87799 on Fox. We'll get your feedback. I realized last night made me say, hmm, I guess I'm gonna have to invest in some flare bottom jeans. I guess they're coming back. As of. As of yesterday, those bell bottoms were ugly.
- [40:21]
Dan Beyer
I'm sorry, were they bell bottoms?
- [40:22]
Covino
Like more of a flair.
- [40:23]
Dan Beyer
People been calling them bell bottoms, you.
- [40:25]
Covino
Know, either way, I'm wondering, wow, is this the comeback? Does this mark the start of.
- [40:30]
Dan Beyer
I wanted to see his shoes. I wanted to see what shoes he's wearing.
- [40:33]
Covino
They look like he was wearing platform shoes.
- [40:35]
Rich
Like kiwi hair. Look like platform Nikes. Yeah. You know what I thought was interesting, too? I noticed these things a lot and I immediately noticed it. And I'm, I'm shocked to, like, half the people at my house are like, oh, yeah, I guess so. You didn't immediately notice the lower third graphic, the score? It was the most simple, very, very basic. I didn't hate it. You saw more of the field. It was the most basic. Simple Phi and kc.
- [41:02]
Covino
No, simple, but bold and easy to follow graphics package.
- [41:06]
Monsieur
Like a high school AV package.
- [41:07]
Covino
Yeah, yeah, I noticed it.
- [41:09]
Rich
I saw a funny tweet. It said, who let Gronk design the graphics package? But yeah, no, it seemed very simple. And of course, people were talking about that.
- [41:19]
Dan Beyer
Oh, speaking of Gronk, remember Tom Brady running out of the batteries?
- [41:22]
Covino
Oh, that was funny.
- [41:25]
Dan Beyer
And she's like, oh, boy, Gronk again. And she walks off to change his batteries.
- [41:28]
Covino
Duracell commercial. So again, any of your takeaways from the game from last night, let us know at 87799 on Fox. And if you can't, call at Covino Enrich. It's your super bowl edition of things that made you go.
- [41:43]
Rich
So I want to talk about Jalen Hurts and what does this do for his image in your mind? Plus, another quarterback in the news, Aaron Rodgers. Thoughts on him next as well.