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January 31, 2020 5:51 pm

On this edition of The Drive with Josh Graham Dan Bonner calls in to discuss ACC basketball, a little Sharin' with Daron, and The Movie Game.

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This is dry when Josh Graham drive weekday afternoons. This support is it's the final football Friday of the season for Greg Olson's parting ways from the pampered.

I think there are two obvious locations you could land him that minutes but here's my official prediction for Super Bowl LIV which you can listen to right here on Sunday. I'm picking the better team, not the better story. So the 49ers they're going to beat the Chiefs. I would love to see Andy Reid get a Super Bowl.

I think The homes is more one of the more likable players wishing go through the NFL in the last 5 to 10 years, but sometimes we get too worried about narrative that we lose sight of just a couple of obvious facts the 49ers they have a better offense.

Statistically they have a better defense. Nobody is going to dispute that. I think they're a little bit more versatile and history has taught us the better team wins, even if that better team doesn't have a better quarterback.

The few exceptions we've seen Beecher Brady and Bella check.

Whoever overcame the odds last year against the LA Rams did the same thing. Maybe against the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks this decade. But putting them aside when John Elway was at a talent disparity in the 80s is team not only lost they got rolled Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins the same way Jim Kelly multiple times with the Buffalo Bills. Everybody's talking about the Kansas City quarterback, but there are two quarterbacks in this game Jimmy garrotte below deserves more credit than he's getting. I was going through the numbers and here's what I find to be crazy and nobody is talking about this garrotte below. Even though he only threw eight passes in the NFC championship when a is also a magic number in another way. He is eighth in passer rating among quarterbacks this season.

69% completion. Robert, 69% pretty nice when you look at Kyle Shanahan's record as a head coach, this being his first head coaching stop. This is third season garrotte below arrived in San Francisco. Halfway through his first year.

Shanahan's record with garrotte below has them in the Super Bowl without garrotte below four and 20 I heard that on at the got her tell her talking about that a few weeks ago. Also they been waiting with out key elements in this offense we've seen in the last three years. They can't win without garrotte below, but a one pretty well. In fact, they didn't lose again when Emmanuel Sanders wasn't on the team for the first half of the year.

Both their Pro bowl tackles were out at one point and they continue to win.

They were without George Kittle for a stretch of this season. It hasn't mattered. Garrotte below. Even though we didn't play in the Super Bowl with New England. There hasn't been a quarterback we've seen who is more prepared for success who's had better tutelage than garrotte blows had in his 5+ years in the league.

Just think about it. Could you picture somebody with more support than garrotte blows had going into the week even more than Steve Young who surpassed Joe Montana even more than Aaron Rodgers is the past Brett Favre garrotte below learned under Brady. He was on the roster for two Super Bowl win he learned from Bella check and McDaniels then where does he go when he becomes the starting quarterback Kyle Shanahan. You get to work under one of the greatest offense of minds of the last decade. It's a perfect situation for garrotte below and he's thrived. Lastly, San Francisco is more battle tested yet has been more dominant than Kansas City. The NFC a lot stronger than the AFC. We discussed this all year long.

When you look at the opposition they've had in the playoffs. Green Bay and Minnesota are better teams than Tennessee and Houston. And not only has San Francisco beaten those teams, there was little doubt in both those games.

Unlike the two games Kansas City play down 24 nothing at home in Houston down 10 nothing at home in the championship game to Tennessee. When was the moment you felt doubt that San Francisco was going to win there was at one look at the divisions they play.

You could argue the NFC West is the best division in football, three teams with winning records. Seattle 11 and five, the LA Rams were in the Super Bowl last year, nine and seven. Meanwhile, in the AFC West there wasn't a team other than the Chiefs that finished at 500 or with a winning record. So the facts are sitting right in front of you.

A lot of what I just said it isn't opinion, it's just fat Kansas City statistically empirically a better offense a better defense. History shows us that the better team beats the better quarterback when there is a disparity there garrotte blows better than he's getting credit for an San Francisco, they are more battle tested yet.

They are more dominant than Kansas City did we learn from the national championship game. I know I did. I thought Clemson was going to be LSU because I was leaning on the coat and I was leaning on the quarterback and not looking at just how dominant the LSU Tigers were LSU was just the better team. That's why they want.

It wasn't an indictment on Clemson just like this isn't going to be an indictment on Kansas City and Andy Reid. If they lose it's just going to be San Francisco be in the better team this year you could tweak the show at sports of dryer 336-777-1600 is the phone number, things just got awkward here in the Law offices attended to be wellborn studios very quickly because Robert Walsh is the producer of the show. Apparently has a strange way to honor Greg Olson which will get to in a second and Aaron. Gabriel doesn't work doesn't root for any sports teams other than the Kansas City Chiefs. I have never seen Aaron in this studio not wearing his chief jacket, so I've gotten a lot of mean looks. I think it's the reason why he sitting in the control room with Robert rather than in the studio because if he was in here. I bet there would be fist fisticuffs to be a fistfight that takes place here.

Aaron, how are you feeling today to two days out from your team playing in the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years him call the closer did some more more excited I am fighting you might hear right now.

Oh so little restraint to know dear Julio, if Andy really loses the Super Bowl. He will be lambasting will, but not by the show. I can control what everybody else does a lot of dumb stuff out there and there's good to be dumb takes regardless of what happens in the Super Bowl, but is not to be any judgment of Andy Reid any career defined of Andy Reid as a result of what happens Sunday on the issue in this fear little national market.

You know what the narrative will be your absolutely right and that's that's another reason why like San Francisco with the pressures on Kansas City. There is no pressure on separate Cisco and this spot they are still an underdog today do not know will get to my best bets. The final best bets of this football season and a little less than 10 minutes. I've got some the cheer you up, so Greg Olson he parks ways with the Panthers. Have you heard this yet Aaron were about to play here. I just found out that it was assumed it was retirement when I saw him trended and I found I just parted ways, yet he's parting ways with. I have a so he's about to play somewhere else. I'll get the two locations I think are obvious spots for Olson but whenever Greg hangs it up. He's going to be remembered in part as a rapper for what he did 15 years ago with the seventh floor crew. That's what it was called a bunch of Miami players at the Brandon Mayweather Meriwether was involved in this. I think John Beeson was involved in this. I don't know if they were punished as a result of this rap song, but it's incredibly vile. It's dirty. We can't play it on the radio but Robert wants to bring it to the audience because it should be celebrated. So he made a radio edit for the seventh floor crew and specifically Greg Olson's famous verse from Robert. He said very nice woman that she was so she was.

She read what you proofread women you frozen the December survey. There are so many people that have tried to ask Greg Olson over the years about his third leg line and he just won't go there. Now he's a parent so I don't think he wants to talk about that at all. But man that's that's pretty good stuff right there. Yes, there something I actually heard it before.

Oh treat women with respect.

This didn't know about that idiot that was my is it about the way for beautiful work. Here are the two spots I could see Greg Olson going to I think the patriots and the Bears make the most sense the patriots there close to a contender. Tom Brady returns which I think he's going to even know he posted that very cryptic photo yesterday.

Somerset is he paying homage to Kobe walking into the football field.

Is he walking away from the field, walking onto the field as this man is going to remain a patriot, what stadium is that it was very cryptic but if he returns to New England and they add Greg Olson and maybe add somebody else in the draft that's a team.

I think that still has a shot to compete for a Super Bowl. It seems Olson would be a perfect player under Bella check all the great titans that have thrived in that New England organization.

The Chicago Bears or another team.

They drafted Olson he's beloved over there because Chicago got to know the type of person he is, but that's another team. Great defense need to adjust things all offensively. Who knows, maybe cam Newton joins them over there and that's a team that could maybe make a run in the NFC North. Those are two that stick out to me. A Super Bowl is the only thing left on Greg's resume that he has not attained to this point he already has her Hall of Fame resume. He's fifth in career catches among titans only titans that were in front of Shannon Sharpe Tony Gonzales Antonio Gates and Jason Witten those of the only four titans that have more catches in their career than G rec. He was a Walter Payton man of the year finalist in terms of playing in a Super Bowl. He did that but winning the Super Bowl would make him a first ballot Hall of Famer to get something he wants to take one last crack at he doesn't want to be on a rebuilding team. And it seems obvious Carolina is now a rebuilding team. A new coach look equally retiring, and maybe cam Newton to be on the way out joining Greg Olson. There's no way he's going to choose Washington. I see that runaround is getting it reunited with Don Rivera if he's leaving Carolina he's gonna leave his home in Charlotte. He wants to play for a winner and Ron Rivera just as it ready to do that yet. In his first year in DC. A wildcard could be the Chargers. Let's say cam Newton goes there, which is being speculated. In addition to the Bears, do you know what else is in LA Robert Hunter Henry Hunter Henry is in LA I was thinking about NFL network and Fox headquarters if he wants to have 1 foot into the TV career like he already is. Don while living in Charlotte that would make sense, like Vince Carter who wants to pursue a media career when he's finished playing in Atlanta the last couple years where Turner's base so that's another location.

I'll throw out as well. I've got seven Super Bowl prop bets seven for the final addition of best bets until September.

I'll share those with you next.

On the drive proudly broadcasting to an audience that clearly deserves something that you guys are not sucker me into the story at all and I'm not just tell me of your own benefit.

Your other thrived with Josh Gray on sports home try our bedding season hangs in the balance on super Sunday AFC championship and NFC championship Sunday. We were one into which means our season record is still about 544, 43, and three man this season has been frustrating as hell. Nobody really cares about our pics except for me and last year we were batting 60% people don't care when you're right, they will let you know when you're wrong on social media and via the phone line that's been the case all year. It's been a tumultuous season, but I said all along, trust the process work and end up in a good place at the very end. I have one picked for the game and seven prop bets that were going to go into super Sunday.

What were pushing our chips to the middle of the table and if were successful. Then we have a winning year. If we flop well it's going to be our first losing season in a very long time. So let's dive in to this week's best bets which are the blast best bets until September. Please do not turn off your radio fly by Houston for the season started Carolina head football coach told us to put some money on ECU +17 at half against the NC state. He said this money on. We played that cut all throughout the year for this segment which might be part of the reason why we have been successful because Houston told us to do that and NC state will allow these Carolina that that were still on the third. As I said a short while ago. I like the 49ers to be Kansas City Chiefs, 49ers are still a point and have wondered if I'm urging you to make of that. You know, if it were legal. I would say take the money. Whether it's one and 1/2 or to what you're looking at here.

There's only been one Super Bowl in the first 53 years that has been decided by one or two points and that was the giant bill Super Bowl was Scott Norwood missing wide right Giants winning that game 2019. When the game is getting a better offense.

The better defense. Don't be full by the narrative. I'm going with the better team, not the better stories. That's why like the 49ers was going to have for my first money on a national anthem. Demi Lovato apparently singing the anthem at several different places.

One time she sank into minute and 11 seconds the over under this time around is to minute and three seconds I think it's good to be under two minutes and I'll tell you why eight of the last team national anthems have gone under two minutes. Lovato he's not somebody that needs Super Bowl her image to push her like this. She was just in the Grammys last week, so I think she just couldn't drive and do a good job. Two minutes is a lot longer than you think it is Lovato's going under 203 on the national anthem money. I don't think there's good to be any point to the first five minutes, especially if San Francisco gets the football if they do score it's good to be a slow, deliberate run centric drive so I like it. In that regard, of Kansas City gets the ball. I don't think they've seen a defense like San Francisco so this can be some adjusting. Early on, so my third bet is no point in the first five minutes of Super Bowl LIV money running the ball, you get pretty much even odds San Francisco scoring a rushing touchdown in the first half. This is like stealing money, especially if you like to win the game like I do a rushing touchdown all throughout the first.

I love this fact, it's one of my favorites on the board. 49ers will score on the ground in the first 30 minutes what's going to the exotics Zion Williamson. He plays the Houston Rockets Sunday afternoon before the Super Bowl began.

I'm taking Zion points and rebounds to exceed the number of completion for Jimmy drop below the total for that is, by the way, Robert is the number of attempts to Ruffalo and 29 1/2 after only throwing eight passes and it's now seven 29 1/2 things like Vegas right to make you take in the under their I like this one a little bit more Zion.

He's been consistent even when he doesn't play that well still puts up 14 and 10, so it's not Ruffalo attempt to its completion. I think Zion will get more points of rebound. Ruffalo complete that two more big three more to go. You know, the official of this game is Robert Hock. You will benefit the New Orleans Saints fans do not like this man. You know what he's known for yes and the bottle was, not throwing a flag. The is one of the least prolific flag growers among all officials in the 49ers and she's both top five in the NFL in penalties and discipline really bottom five in terms of how many have been enforced against the over under 12 1/2 penalties enforced in the game.

I think it's good to go under here would benefit officiating into very well coached and disciplined football teams on the field. I love this one time he killed over 5 1/2 that it's not always down the field for when you do those jet sweeps in the podcast they count as completion so I love the over 5 1/2 catches. For that reason for Tyree kill enough said money and lastly the total for sacks 4 1/2 in the game going over that.

I think if the 49ers are by Rob Lowe is going to be pressured. You have enough to pin their ears back if the Chiefs are behind. I don't think I've seen anything like this ever front I be surprised if anything less than three sacks in the game so simple math says this is going to go over 4 1/2 so I like that is my final crop that were Super Bowl LIV money on a recap 49ers +1 1/2 just the straight against the Kansas City Chiefs.

I like Demi Lovato going under 203 for the anthem.

No points of the first five minutes, 49ers rushing touchdown in the first More Zion Williamson points and rebounds the Jimmy Ruffalo completion under 12 1/2 penalties enforced Tyree kill going over 5 1/2 catches and total sacks going over 4 1/2.

This is where we went, big baby. This is where we separate, not just have a winning year but have what looks on paper to be a pretty good season Mike, what do I think he just did you know it one more time for good measure. Robert were about here joined by Bilbo Panthers.com in just a few minutes he's been running around with Krista McCaffrey all week long. Greg Olson. He parts ways with the Carolina Panthers and Manchester stand up guy. One of my favorites to catch up with in the locker room. Greg, I remember he told me this right after the regular-season finale against the New Orleans Saints.

It seemed emotional. I thought it was because he was good to step away from the game, but no taking hindsight now. I think it was more about knowing this was probably good to be his last game as a Carolina Panthers. I think we really learn that this community was all about. Back in 2012 your vote for everything as a family, with our son churning on has really been ingrained here in this community about people that supported us people exported our foundation supported our family doctor go on and on about just how how amazing that's been how appreciative I am of Charlotte and Carolina community in general.

Bilbo the papers.com CMC all week long in Miami. He will give us Super Bowl LIV, report and reflect the less you'll be disappointed. You're on the drive with Josh Graham. There is a controversial Super Bowl halftime show. Add in a very unlikely source that is going after the NFL that we will talk about in just a few minutes were now being joined by Bill Voth of Panthers.com and was in Miami. He's been with Krista McCaffrey all week long.

There's a very interesting piece that he helped author yesterday where Marshall Faulk was saying that Krista McCaffrey is a better version of him that I strongly suggest you check out for his other stuff follow them on Twitter at Panthers Bill and again watch and read his stuff@panthers.com Bill joins us from Miami.

What's the craziest or funniest thing you've seen following McCaffrey around all week, Bill following around the weekly, will you live, you, Bill and I really hope you like Christian Christian understands he should be in the following right now. He likes some of the calico.

He doesn't arrive Smith Schuster where it like you know it to keep you doing it because he knows he needs to do it but it still does not his favorite thing in the world.

What's the thing that he loves about it like people trying to pry into things and get actual answers about him critical coaching like that so I don't think you like having to talk about football reveal anything football you dispute is very old-school like that. So some guys are okay with trying to be some sort of transparent but are trying to get Christian talk about football answers that they could be revealing about the football team still like pulling teeth. Did you find what Marshall Faulk to say I raising it all because usually it's hey my generation. It was a lot harder to play ball. These guys they wouldn't survive in my generation. Whether you were talking about football or basketball. But with Faulk he was. It's very high praise he had for McCaffrey there did it surprise you at all.

Why but I don't. I I'm not sure if you write this is a long way to go. I think you he would admit to it.

You got a long way to go before you can really be in a legit conversation with Marshall for the sake that he is already better than him.

I made maybe in some respects I give a martial status bar and out of the backfield sort of pass catcher brought just like you completion homes. A lot of people are saying you the greatest ever seen in many say that and maybe you can end up to be that, but you still just until you get that larger body of work that I think he can be hopeful maybe there's that potential there, but we hear Cory really know you seen both sides of the media spectrum when it comes to Greg Olson's career bill you were an independent television reporter and work with the website covering the Carolina Panthers. Now you're given more access with the stuff that you do it Panthers.com so you have unique insight into what makes him kind of different than the other guys you've covered, I I've mentioned it a couple of times and you've got to know them a lot better than I did. He is somebody you never backed away from tough questions was always honest, always respectful, always polite in your mind what makes Olson different than the other dude we may be of lost. Bilbo will try to catch him in just a bit, just as I was talking about somebody who doesn't shy away from any question. Seems that's a weird one to to lose somebody with while were talking about the Carolina Panthers. TMZ is doing what TMZ does.

Apparently, cam Newton and Greg Olson. They had an emotional get together last night, had some drinks having some fun and it just us feels like a little bit of the end of an era when you consider that cam is one of the is the last captain remaining from that 2015 Super Bowl team Olson, Don Kalil gone look equally gone.

Thomas Davis gone that I already mention Ryan Kalil. I didn't. He's gone. Charles Johnson gone. Olson gone cam/so it's it's just a little bit different.

It's just different. To imagine what the Carolina Panthers are going to be without any of these guys. Ron Rivera obviously gone through so the page is completely turned and I had no problem talking about Krista McCaffrey. Just like Marshall Faulk did not because he's good to be one of the foundational figures for the next decade the same way it was cam Keithley and Rivera probably to be temper McCaffrey and fill in the blank bat rule certainly to be involved in that bills.

Now with that, so we're just talking about Greg Olson and with him decided to part ways with the Panthers and the axis that you been given to him over the years as an independent reporter and working for the website and given more access now, what makes him different. I think we come from, like things are going well like will hold on a quarterly footprint… I always appreciated and be able to back in a more reasonable way things are going well, or are not going well safer sample will.

It will not check off of this disaster that surrounds you look about it. If you really, really good at providing that perspective on what ever happened during the vaunted perfect stuff and legal 2014 and your great work to try to hurt Greg next Monday. Greg talking. It was such a perfect homework.

She didn't let perfect off the hook completely eviscerated but but but it was like yeah got 30 she had a good way of saying things that really think you digestible being able to say things without thinking of the time and always being able to be that spokesman. It really be levelheaded and that special before we let you go Bill and let you get on a plane back to Charlotte away from all the madness that is Super Bowl week in Miami where you're currently at any lien on the game a lot of Christian religious or secular you have any lien on the Chiefs and not you know why don't that game but I would remind you right now, 17, 18 warriors, where they would come down in court euros for the Catholic down somewhat more pressure on the category you scored but what was the Seahawks a few years ago when the Broncos often are in all cylinders going all the occupants of the children clearly on leaning towards lean towards the chief which might mean that the 49ers elect Olivia and McCaffrey are best. Thanks for squeezing assent way I think Smith does not have papers.

Bill on twitter, otherwise known as Bilbo, who striking the right tone. I always appreciate him, even though we were to Panthers.com. You'll just give you straight answers straight thirds of it about the Panthers is about the Panthers as Bilbo you know I wish you would do that more often what what when I misspeak it points this conjecture to me it's fine like four hours a day on the air.

You know, it just happens. We say anthers instead of answers with trying to say. Panthers was I trying to say answers a lot of things on my mind, including this ad from PETA Wolf, Pete and me now or is is going after the NFL because they just posted a Super Bowl commercial that apparently Fox in the NFL snow and the caption of it again from PETA. Is this this is the Super Bowl ad. The NFL apparently didn't want you to see and pressured Fox sports to snub. It envisions a world where was does the right and every being. And pays homage to Movements rejecting injustice that I can't write that tweet hashtag in speed theism. What that just took a massive left turn real quick and free people I like, oh, yeah, respects respect the right for every being. Yeah, rejecting justice hashtag spiritualism pay homage to What is for the even more hilarious like the source of his pain and know that the animals don't have smart phones like they did actually protect cannot watch this right. I think I should explain what the commercial includes yes it's the national anthem playing faintly in the background and animals all across the world. There are bears, dogs, rabbits, they are all taking a knee including snakes and ball. I know they don't have these mama said they had knees and be taken on me. It's just incredible that this ad is a big old grizzly bear was going on. Number I will dig deeper But it was a hard manager, Joe Barnum up watching this right now.

It might be the lariat if you're blind with rage from every mention of cabinet that's fine I'm not somebody is going to judge you for that. However, if you can't see the funny PETA creating an ad with animal that don't have knees taking on the like. The might not be the sole for you.I but it is a routable commercial routable distance back. Because the links that they've gone through since being formed in 1980. I believe it has made the world a better place and I love animals but when they're saying that the Georgia bulldog is being mistreated by the University of Georgia. Despite the fact he flies privately has his own hotel room. Nobody has to sit in a house on the sideline while it's raining. It makes the rest of it look ridiculous like focus on the stuff that actually matters PETA not like that or trying to get us to stop saying kill two birds with two stones with feed two birds with two stones who will ever say that answer. Nobody nobody is ever going to say that so PETA just taken an hour on this one like Fox and the NFL. I think you're actually making the right call here just like who is this for why does this exist. This is going to drum up and get people upset for no reason whatsoever like is this for Robert that's what that's what I'm asking who you are, the dogs get to see this on Super Bowl Sunday hypothetically before they ousted it and all these dogs in solidarity taken knee just incredible. What I get called a left-wing liberal all the time because hey, maybe It should be like forever while Eric reads aloud the point. But man if I get on the other side. I'm fine with that too. Just completely fine. You don't know who I voted for because your business is really matter back on the dry use sports to drive with JavaScript on sports hub triad for Super Bowl LIV Miami from Bill. Both of Panthers.com just a little bit McCaffrey's offense of player of the year and those within them with him all week long civil get that little bit later on Darren thought will join us in just a bit as well and studio were now being joined with the big weekend coming up in the ACC by one of the premier voices of ACC basketball that we've gotten to know for many many years. It is Dan Bonner kind enough to spend some time on here with us in the triad band when I take a look at this weekend I'm to be at Louisville NC State tomorrow Dukes an action against Syracuse. I thought at the beginning of the year. Louisville might be the signature team Dukes had a lot of great moments as well. Florida State has all that debt now that the sample size is large.

Out of those three at the very top of the league. Who do you think shakes the best to make a run in March really good question built all the way. They are the way they play defense there would be a very difficult matchup for anybody in the NCA tournament, particularly if the second round game where you only have one day to prepare for so again there often.

Sometimes a bit shaky but I think Florida State I would be really tough matchup. Louisville they have all American war and got a lot of guys who could score so that makes them talking.

Once you get all the players back once when Belmore's back and get a chance to put everything together. They may have all the most room for growth, ultimately they may have the best run the best chance to make a lot of the NCA tournament but I think any one of those three teams teams. To go deep into the exit.

Turn West Durham was in with us. Just a few days ago we were talking about the return of the ACC tournament to Greensboro for the first time in five years.

It's coming up in a little over a month as someone is been a part of the league.

As long as you have what something that makes Greensboro the ACC tournament. There different than the other sites because bringing up last. He says it's just a different feel in the building when the tournaments in that place and I think what is right for my what I was on the team at Virginia back in the early 70s. That's where we always had. I never experienced the tournament player and anyplace else other than Greensboro so Greensboro is the place I always associate with the ACC tournament not fenced any other places that have just seems to me that the County greens project gets more involved in the other places in our particular lumbar going to the big city Atlanta or DC New York.

Any of those places. Just one more event in the number of events that come through but a great growth different than Greensboro. The people really seem to draw like like it to a point where the great I that probably is just from my perspective as having only played in the tournament to Greensboro.

Dan Bonner with us here as we take a look at North Carolina tomorrow.

The Tar Heels will be home against Boston College and we literally just got this information when Williams, a short while ago. These are quotes from him on: Anthony status. He said yesterday, we allowed him to go 515 and he probably went 25 to 35% of practice.

I didn't time anything when he was asked if he was going to play.

He said probably it's just going to hinge on how he's feeling in the morning if he tells me he's feeling good. He's going to play against Boston College now is a former player. I'm sure if you were ever asked. Hey, do you want to play again. You want to play tonight.

You're probably going to answer yes.

When he does get back on the floor. Dan what it what you think is still to be North Carolina's biggest issue because Gotto acknowledge on the front it: Anthony coming back is in a fixed everything as it thinks all you know North Carolina wasn't defeated going scorching the earth with: so all I think that they still have have the same issues that they had before, although they were working out on you know Garrison Brooks has become more than service boy choir after his career as a role player Brandon Robinson the young man who are coming into this year, had played 101 games with Caroline and average 2.2 points again. But obviously he shown that that he has developed that you can make life so Carolina has found some answers and now they got a blend: Anthony into the mix.

I don't think that they're going to scorch the earth with: Anthony now any more than they did before, but I think that it North Carolina has righted the ship, whether they got it or not, to earn their way into the NJ term and I think that's highly unlikely just because of the holy Doug, any thoughts on what's been one of the sadder basketball stories we seen in the last week I was at Virginia Wake Forest Sunday when the news broke that Kobe Bryant passed someone who's lived pretty much a life of basketball Dan Bonner. What was your thought. Now that we've had time to process the news well you know obviously when somebody that you particularly somebody in your world world died suddenly and expectedly, there is a very tragic thing you feel for the family. People who was a close friends, but the thing that strikes me about the whole thing if you go through any of these media guides for any other college teams not everywhere almost all of them have a section about the players in your favorite player and my guess is that 90% of the answers to that question are Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant is the person for most of the kids played college basketball today all 1835 generation I get my college basketball 35.

But that group in their Kobe Bryant was the guy was the best player on the guy with the lightning rod. The guy people paid attention to when they were growing up. So it's obviously shot. Also people who followed him that closely flight the people who followed music of certain age when John Lennon died. People who are outside that realm. They really don't feel it is much as people were in that world.

Very tragic and sad thing is I say I like your first family. Dan appreciate you squeezing in times of the Triad today have enjoyed your work so long at Ray, many around many around here feel the same exact way. So glad you are part of the ACC network as well and we hope to catch up sometime soon. Thanks and much of the time you guys. Dan Bonner from the ACC network joining us. One of the signature voices of the league.

Krista McCaffrey.

He was on first take earlier today and man. Things got awkward very fast. I think Stephen a Smith has been off of the show at time because at times because of what's happening with Kobe Bryant and this is been a tough week for so many in the media, though it was Bulger McFarland debating with Max Kellerman about running backs the best in the league while Krista McCaffrey was sitting there. Here's how that sounded. I want to pound the rock seek might be a top five back most of this year. Glastonbury McCaffrey, so I've had the best year and I'm not the most talented yeah it's been a rough year for blog what are the odds that Bulger McFarland is the color analyst for Monday night football for next season 2% Robert, would you go higher, not at all. He is been atrocious as a graces to Bulger should go for it on fourth down and go home.

He was better than them. Whitten was yeah exactly that not saying a lot man. The only thing worse than maybe the Monday Night Football booth this year might be Monday Night Football booth last year, but both of those things probably exceed what first take. Does every single day man that show like that is the antithesis of what I want sports media debate yelling about what running back is better. While one of those running backs in the conversation sitting right there just incredibly awkward, but I mean I take any of them, but I probably go McCaffrey just because he could catch the ball.

All I want my running back to pound it in the ground. McCaffrey like wait a minute I didn't just trust for thousand yards this year.

What what we so that was pretty awkward to say the least. Will catch up with Darren bond a bit as I mentioned Bill both on today show Brenda marching to join us in the athletic Carolinas as well. If you miss any of the shelf best a podcast is unsound, I tuned up podcast and Google play.

Just search the driver, Josh Graham, which is broadcast live in the Law offices of Timothy D what would studios learn about all the waste and while working up you online@timwilburn.com. You'll know when you need us stand on the ACC basketball from there are. There was more clarification, more clarification on Coach K's outburst this week with the Cameron crazies but less apologize. That's what working to begin sharing with Darren next really appreciate you listening and thanks you from the bottom of his twisted little congratulations he won over a complete imbecile drive with Josh Graham on Pforzheim Triad title I alignment as it is time for the movie again. Sharon Baron von I know it is our final football Friday of the season Super Bowl LIV on the horizon, but we like to have a little bit of fun once a week, usually there's a theme to these movies that are given out.

It's the Rotten Tomatoes movie game Darren you used to be really good at this, but now she was on the other foot, friend.

Yeah, I mean you know it's it's partially the luck of the draw a little bit right depends on the movies depends on the day my mood I can be really good at this area. Gabriel really struggled first time he played this game.

Are you ready for a bounce back effort thing I'm feeling good coffee stretched parquet me. The only way to be only way to be Aaron.

He put down his lifesaver gummy's and now he's here in security under rated candy.

By the way, severely underrated, but he didn't walk in like were sitting here Darren, and he's not Sharon any of those. This is Sharon with Darren and Aaron not given us any what you doing this not Sharon. Also, this is the first Super Bowl featuring two red teams ever in the history of the Super Bowl were all wearing red in the studio today. Aaron has a scant couple and I got my Carolina hurricanes stuffing Darren. I will even know what that logo is it's it's Texas PP cell 336 or doing let's go nowhere Texas piece from right Robert want to call it Carolina.

Do you know yeah I know it's what you want to do in his Carolina feet. Is that why they did story time for some kind of moving around our with Josh Graham and show me ever condescend Robert guys laser research going to move again today and it was a special behind us, I hate this stuff so much love I know you love it, but I just ran at all. Anyway, those in Miami, so I picked all the movies that Take Pl. in Miami. The rules are stated.

Your both veterans and is as is Aaron, despite his bad play before I could improve. Josh cheated last week but I did find my notepad in his office that I left there for that is that we believe that with her here, but I didn't see today. There's no way I cheated. There's no way Stephen Lizzie came in on what I want movies was in the butt. I digress I would never do that today.

I've never cheated salvaging her alarm kids get them. You can't hear the kids anyway like I said was based on the audience score I will go in this order, Josh dear and Aaron, because I said so and I'm the one in charge of you guys will host our first movie for use with what were listen to Robert Jordan so much right now going so fast I'm trying to get this all out and he's a Rotten Tomatoes, and Bill wrote last hours that we build in Dan Bonner into that spot. Robert is good, really bad ever like that might be at every body is that all right okay so I'm bringing the music down to you guys can listen to the clue for our first movie might we have listeners. Currently Robert but I don't ever heard the movie game before maybe okay what I was thinking yeah you guys are trying to guess the audience score Rotten Tomatoes.

That's what I'm talking you guys are for the farther away you are, the bigger your point totally us and it's like golf you want to keep them nice and low flow that is a first movie clip recording is Alabama going out on the I have a violin lately, tearing him out of the ukulele Terry Reno 9110 Miami say that's is it Swanson that is yes I Josh are what you get your answers in. I've never seen this movie wow is the first Miami movie that comes divide for you because when I told you what the thing was you said old big Scarface and whatnot doing Scarface. So here we are all right. Is everybody ready. I'm ready radio Josh. Josh was 27% has to be awful during what you yeah I agree that has to be awful, but to my knowledge, like Reno 911 hit a really strong stretch where it was widely accepted as being really really funny so I'm dead dead middle 50%. It was widely accepted by everyone besides my mom if she ever came and I was watching Reno 911.

No areas. My mother, Lisa Fay would've said that's around. She I'm hanging around there with with Darren. I don't think it was that good but I saw something on one thought it was pretty funny 5% Reno 911 Miami comes in at 50 10, Darren Lee pretty that's just terrible, just terrible moving second movie, a Johnny Depp movie that gets into a little racy subjects take a listen but I think it's great. This so blow is your second movie yeah class well great one. I feel I have a feeling I would rate it may be a little higher than the public is I'm giving away my thinking list score and then look at you Darren great. My favorite movie posters of all time with the shiny all around. The white letters of blow downright movie poster. I'm going very high on this. I'm going 91, one. Which got 82 and Aaron have 90%, 90%, summing up 90 blow comes in at 87% any ground. If you guys are just so close and it looks like we can have our first golden movie with me as the host of this update, Josh is in third with 28.

Aaron is in second with seven not far behind Darren who is in first with six points guys across it right. Johnny Depp recently saw the professor highly recommend not like totally cohesive in the end, but enjoyable movie with the third movie we have third movie is a classic to listen is just something stuck whether this is something about Mary.

What the hell is Brett Favre doing dolphins probably before you guys get your answers in.

I never saw this movie as a child, but I always knew the movie poster with Cameron Diaz's hair sticking up gratefully, generally dive you much deeper than that, but gratefully yeah is that hair gel is all great is good to go with 74%, 70 Aaron were all in the same neighborhood here. I had 78, and Aaron on the other end of the spectrum they go.

A lot of people like that movie 193% will guys, we will not be going to a golden movie my gosh you messed it up. Aaron Josh in third place with 41 Aaron in second place with 39 Darren. That means you come in first with 23 points going give them what was the score 61) did you know what this means their moment of Zen. Yeah, I actually have plans for this but I'll take it I will take an Oscars award winner who doesn't know what to say.

Once they went see that's well don't know his moment is parallel.

We will start it over. Now that's a good parallel because I could've anticipated that I was going to win today and maybe had something prepared but I didn't so I instead of the plug my podcast for USA baseball until invited to go listen and subscribe modify Apple to Apple podcasts, otherwise known as iTunes play YouTube covering the bases with Aaron Vaught Andrew Vaughn Winston-Salem –*from over the summer and top prospect for the Chicago White Sox was on the episode we dropped just yesterday I recorded with another potential high MLB draft pick. Today is earlier. So okay will play durable right mean when in doubt be plugging the plug person name congrats to Erin I think really what we should all do right now is just shown Josh are coming third beings are braggadocio's about the letter we liquid Bob doses next three players. Greg Olson's decision and the Panthers decision to part ways will primarily affect this is the drive