The Drive with Josh Graham - Live from the NSMA Awards

I live from the Marriott downtown Salem side of the national sports media Association award weekend festivities with a lot of great gas to get estimate Hall of Fame and up the Peter King from NBC Sports West Durham from the ACC network and the voice of the Syracuse Orange back part conference realignment is back Yukon set the leave the American conference for the Big East in a move that is just as absurd as it is predictable. But before we get to some of the local schools that could be candidates to replace the huskies. Let's spell this out very clearly the team that has been under 500, and basketball. Each of the last three years feels like it's in a league that isn't among gets quality there too good for the American athletic conference.

They need to go back to the biggies because they're getting beat at home by East Carolina.

Do I have that straight all know we need to go back and play with our old friends make sure we face Villanova.

That's 12 of the last four national titles need to go back and compete with teams even though our program has fallen off since Kevin Ali held up the trophy in 2014 not now at Stan Hurley's program and I want to give the guy a fair shot because he's only going to do your two but it's obvious that Yukon is giving up cash and quitting on its football program. With this move, the biggies, the TV deal that they're getting for essentially just a basketball conference is not nearly as lucrative as the American conference is deal. The AAC is being pushed by former TV executive league Commissioner Mike Carrasco just got a new TV deal which, according to reports is going to be unaffected by this move with Yukon so there likely to be giving up annual television revenue in the category in the department.

A ballpark of millions of dollars because they want to play basketball at their old friends now to make money playing in the biggies.

There were reports by CBSSports.

That's us since the conference changed from what it used to be a 2013, the American branched off and in the Catholic seven or eight as it was called at the time they created their own league in The name. It's been lucrative for them, just not as lucrative as what many believe to be the best group of five football conference some would even argue better than the pack 12 in football the last two years.

The money is better in the American but they're giving that up because they were essentially quitting on their football program here at a time where they been struggling the last five years Bob D'Arco couldn't get it off the ground after Randy yet so went to the Orange bowl and then went off to Maryland where that didn't work. Now he's back and he's in a comfortable spot and I was talking to some folks who cover the huskies building relationships there over the years since they been playing games in the state. East Carolina is in the state of North Carolina. Of course, and since I'm getting from this Yukon is completely content.

Having average football. It's good to be independent, probably just like were seeing with UMass but I wouldn't be surprised if it five years. They are at FC acid in 10 years they're not playing football together look in that same league with the American athletic conference has Wichita State one a regional region to get into the final four. Way back in 2013.

They are paying a basketball coach Greg Marshall over $3.3 million per year.

How does Wichita State do that football then what they'll do for the football program to keep 100 kids in the in the program. Now you can go back and dig 1960s. Photos of Bill Parcells playing football for Wichita State. But that's a very long time ago, Wichita State doesn't play football anymore and so with some help from the Coke brothers and a lot of the fundraisers women's World Cup is still going on actually is going on.

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I score the first goal is just tell us what happening right exactly for the gold women make a map and I'll give you a give a spot in the quarterfinals of the women's World Cup Pinot hi guys good to hear voices here in the Marriott and Marriott back what what what was that intern harassment unit, Marriott meant you were the Marriott now recall US women's national team there off to play in the quarterfinals on Friday against the hosting French national team is not running the reason favorites run with that revenue. No, now it's working out repayment. You know she's been mega soccer celebrity for the last five years, maybe eventually will get that there's bursar's office address revenue West Durham to join us in just a bit to drive this broadcast is being sponsored today by the fine folks at pie guys pizza more. They have a pizza named after us. It's called the grand slam, but we been talking enough about the grand slam. We instead want to push a new secret menu item that's just for sport solicitors. The Philly cheese steak pizza. Do you know what's on it, you guessed it, Philly steak with peppers and mushrooms and onions ricotta cheese. It's not on the menu so I don't think you can actually order online at pie guys… But you can call them, you can visit them right off of Louisville Clemmons Road and the Kinnaman Village Commons pie guys pizza and more a great sponsor of this broadcast from the Marriott – Darren Vaught was messing me up earlier telling us actually the correct front pronunciation that it is Mary instead of Marriott, but I've made it this far, I'm sticking with Marriott. That's what I'm going to do like saying that this places the Marriott is just like being the guy who says it's actually pronounced Dr. soy's it's Dr. Seuss. I'm sorry. Her name might actually be career cherry berry or Sherry Barry. But she's cherry buried me just the way it is.

Facts be damned. 336-777-1600 if you wanted on today show on Twitter at sports are dryad. It's already been a very eventful weekend at the NSA may the Hall of Fame ceremony tonight. The award ceremony a little bit later on had a chance to catch probably the wildest baseball game I've ever been to. Yesterday it was seven did nothing at the seventh-inning stretch the – were trailing the Lynchburg hellcats and the – were trying to stage a rally at seven to wanders runners on the corners and the batter. Whoever it was at the plate got cold.

Strike three contested the call. I think he said that is BS to the umpire he gets thrown out, leading to an angry Justin generously – manager who comes down to third base line and he gets thrown out 7 to 1.

It's getaway day thrown out of the game and then what is he do, close out the umpire as it was places that you know I'm gone and it's prolonged and I think it actually worked out well for the – because what happened the next inning they score 5 score 2 more to Tiant while mightily baseball weekend with a bunch of state award winners and the national sport winners in the in the town you have Peter King throwing the first pitch he bounced it to work and have to ask Peter King. The hard question about what happened there when he joins us here at the Marriott side of the NSA may awards festivities here in Winston-Salem so that's happening. Dr. Emerick was good to be inducted as well into the Hall of Fame just spoke, moments ago and the entire ballroom was packed with people who are just leaning on every single word he had to say hanging on every single word how revered that man is your future.

Your doctor to find many men in this industry who is revered the way that Dr. Emerick is earlier today the data going show was on the air.

Darren Vaught was filling Dan Bob Ryan sitting down at our set that were currently at right now and then the fire alarm goes off, leading to us having to get evacuated by the time we get to the doors.

They say you know what you're going so the good news is were all safe.

But even better news is the show was able to go on and that's what we intend to do later on with Lester on the set to join us in a bit will continue to talk about what's happening with UConn and the potential teams that could fill into the American athletic conference with their departure. I'm hearing a lot from Appalachian State, Frantisek, why not a football only membership Charlotte has that big TV market and since you already have a North Carolina team in the conference.

Why not draw back on the history of cornbread Maxwell and Charlotte final four appearance and recent basketball success in bringing the 49ers, who recently started a football program in the last five years. Those are things were talking about the day and again your thoughts welcome on Twitter at sports are dryad. One of the leading voices of the soon to launch ACC network is West Durham and he's going to join us on site next on the drive to live with Josh Graham for 609 20 may awards today festivities have been going on about nine to say something here real quick Lester 30 years since the memory book. Jerry Lucas is ever been brought up publicly today, Tony Khalili, one of the great voices of all the college board. That's right, and Mike Emerick brought up within a two hour span and I just checked my Amazon apparently it's going top 10 today people are doubly thinking of DEXA number 17 but let me let me I'm sorry Howard hi Josh what you just did. Right there speaks to the beauty of this event where you can have Paul Carini walk by from the West Virginia radio network behind you. Steve Holman, who was on with our earlier show David.David Glenn Glenn show statewide voice voice of the Hawks and legendary Moore's law to now we have you here. Everybody's just together and it seems like weakens like today remind you how small this industry can industry is awesome. You know I've had a blessed career. Hope to have a few more years of a blessed career grateful for the friendships to my very best friends of this flow of 31234 my best friends in life will be in the building tonight.

Stan called the Wake Forest bill also known since 1988, five including Holman, who have known since 95 papers Lauderdale who loves you baby that's right for number one, number five from number one prelaunch brief Lauderdale, but no go off then cotton.Fisher metal prayer for my best friends in this business and for my best friends. And will be in this building tonight and that just shows you how closely the industry really gently with your dad and what he means to this day.

What are your earliest memories of the national sports media Association, which previously was the NSS that I came to the first my dad. It won several times what I went with. I was a rising senior in college was finishing my junior year that you are driving a Ford Escort that had a really bad engine and I drove to Salisbury from Elon to come to the awards. My dad found me a ticket to come to the awards banquet at Catawba and I joke with Don about this in April. We play golf together, Don and Paul kills voice of Ohio State join Tyler. My brother and I we play three days of golf together and in the sandhills and I told Don I saw you walk across the stage at night with John Ward, legendary voice, the Tennessee balls Al Michaels was the national sportscaster the year that night and told me to be an accountant.

He said your dad says you want to get this business stay the hell out of it to go be an accountant will Grimsley the great Associated Press sportswriter was there. Jim McKay you got to point the Ford in a metal ball and 35 minutes on I was out I was already in and I was really in it will also Don Fisher.

He was a great voice of Indiana Saul John Ward, the legendary voice of Tennessee Asante would Ledford also all these people in the auditorium at Catawba College in light always in I made our soul in it was a blue my car broke down on the way home was the back of the story, but you know and what I want. For the first time in 1999 in Georgia along with Tony Barnhart is one of my dear friends. You guys know Tony was a sportswriter euros a sportscaster leader and it was amazing and I was fortunate to win 10 more times and I don't know if I'll ever want to do but I love archers being a part of the board. I'm excited about the future.

I think that we have two great events with this. I think the legacy light is fantastic.

Josh, but in all honesty, I think, really, today is the most important date of the Association has in the calendar year because tonight is celebrating today is about and I believe that all of us and I can say this at 53 all of us now have been in the business of been fortunate to have a career mostly guys here feel compelled to come back and help and contribute and answer questions and talk to. It's not an easy industry.

It's a hard industry. It's getting harder. You gotta be a lot more of of other things to other people now. This industry is not just a simple as I only get ready for the game and I want to do the game. I want to sound good and hope the type sounds good. You know you gotta be concerned with you and are you writing the blog house, your social media. What's the preparation like is it being sold. What's the revenue house that you know think about it it's a lot of different things now. So I think a lot of us who been fortunate in this industry, Tony Carini, Bill Roth may mount up by Don Fisher thinking about the college guys are here program is something Eric read the voice of the Miami Heat who got to know just in the last two years.

I think the world of Steve Holman who love literally known since 95 when I went to Atlanta. That's all a big part of this today and the people here tonight only we were at the church of Mike Emerick and therefore our, it did seem like a Josh, did you see that room. It was packed to the church of Mike Emerick because why he's the best in the world.

He's the most gifted announcer. The industry has a hockey guy Toronto Brind'Amour did a helluva job but I'm not hockey guy yet.

I turn the Stanley Cup finals on every year and life goes up, here we go document were to sit here and learn. You didn't become an accountant. Well, actually, most days I wish I had some days I'm glad you're in tonight. Yes, awards eight items or less written expressly show petitioner only allowing Ryan McGee wishes you the best of luck yeah yeah Betty and SMEs in Omaha BC social media food.

He's having some fun yeah, and enjoy that Omaha McGee and you were talking about the ACC network a little earlier on today launches coming up in the end of August and I wonder if someone is doing play-by-play is one of the leading voices of the ACC network and you're getting you and Mark Packard your own television show radio simulcast say that slowly again so it still stinks and because I'm not really sure. I believe in what you think your dad would say, if you look at the path that you've taken really tell you what Billy said TV never really let the faces of the TV network. Well first of all, having to be proud. Second of all, I think it would be to be real happy ESPN of the ACC are entrusting people you grew up in the league. To do this you know of a market. I've been very fortunate. Marcus spent his entire career in this league and at the end of the day. What is happened. We were fortunate 60 months ago that Mike Mezvinsky and Steve Cohen at Sirius XM thought to be a good idea if we do show it's great that we had never worked together so you know at the end of the day we've had a lot of fun in the last 16 months as people know her morning shows. Been fun. We tackled some serious topics we covered games we talk to coaches we become fans of other things to remain lacrosse and certainly women's basketball and things like that. I think my dad would be happy.

I think he would. My mom was thrilled. Although she continues to color cable operator of a regular basis by small you know it will Josh we can laugh about have few jokes but the reality of it is I will delete always love the league may always born to love the league market are pretty serious about the way we want to do it the right way we want to tell stories. We will have good gas we want to examine certain issues. Look at teams and games and things like that but it's not just common ground football basket will still be a lot of things and I think I were excited about what you think is going to distinguish the ACC network from some of the other networks that have been launched the last five or six years.

Well first of all, with anything like this. You're going to find out about people you didn't realize that were competing, and whether they have a unique background or unique story to tell. You certainly get here that but I think what you're really going to be surprised about is has seasons of all how much content there really is across the board and the leak. Think about that and Dan Rather coverts when he went when he was at Georgia Tech and I was still working there doing the games we talked about the north-south nature leak okay only the pack 12 really hasn't north-south deal about geographically and remember when they expanded they went to Utah on the Colorado right when the ACC expanded they were at Louisville Notre Dame but first they went north and south Miami Boston ultimately Syracuse was out of things like that as you start to come to think about all that the ACC has more top 25 television markets in its footprint in any teleconference in the country.

It's a big difference. There's a lot of stories to tell the released cities as lustful as the tolls are placed in the history of the institutions, some of it is good.

Some of it is tougher. People live through especially the part in the 1950s and 1960s the Big Ten or rhinos was the first leg to integrate with the ACC dating white around they got involved the maturation. Some of the schools and membership in the conference.

Look at we talk about Syracuse and Louisville and some of the Notre Dame coming to this league.

When they did with. There's also something to be said about why Virginia did start of the league in your water and showed up your two South Carolina left things like that.

I think we have an understanding of the history and I think that's one of the things that I had a interesting phone call a couple weeks ago with John Dall who is the vice president, docs and films of the just about, where the history of the leak was where the league history could be chronicled with some of these features in college. I grew up in the Charlotte area. He's a guy that you know has a has a real good feel for certain storylines and obviously couple different documentaries are coming out here. The coach K-1 on opening night and next year the tournament document reader currently working on the documentary to talk about last March, so I'm excited to see that but also say what I like being on this team. Like all the people he brought him excited to see the rest of the team as it comes together to very well-rounded when you got all you guys like Matt Jamie Eric McLean hers lick her legs apart. Eric would you, Roddy Jones, who obviously, I did every football game ever played in house that make you feel all old Dr. Jean Becker Hoff about that talk about James Winston course starts the box Florida Sarah James Watson and of course Derek Brooks to celebrate. You know that's a blessed career and I got counseling among those students know these awesome that's that's fun for the West have a lot of fun expanded wrestling items or less tonight. Come and start linger and throw it up next cam touches on another box to move your seat and the cat would do it right. Right. He teaches us just how much comfort is worth to him, comfort plus Drive 609 20 Marriott D'Angelo Raleigh Brownlow.com. The reason I want to know how good of a job because he plays outcast referencing of viral video of all the NBA first round no idea what they look like Destiny's Child like I think you very well contents always brush you have the oldies station anymore.

The only station to pick up. Now that's a good point and so I simply asked me to spur my Twitter mailbag last week asked about like forcing music on your kids, and what's the approach to this and I think it's an interesting question because I member as a kid I listen to what my parents played.

My mom played in the car things and miles so I don't know how you have a list of the talking head. Okay see their ego.

They can kind of carry what they want for themselves. The only the only thing they will log get mad about is a put regular wrecker on down there like no all the first-round draft picks knew what good burger was recognized that I didn't get either. I don't know any of it is cool the lighting is that of all the loading using easy bake oven bake oven will be what he's at least saying like a microwave. I was like honey now. Not exactly cam Newton he went he was flying coach because he couldn't quite figure out his travel plans, so I'm assuming some person to do that every time around Camden. Yeah, which during the off-season, not so much.

You are worthy as I was on that plane, but there was haply usually there are seven or eight people that surround Camden has got people he he is there for fashion. That's why he's there for the world copies in France flying back so first maybe second, probably third travel plan falls apart. He's flying coach. He's not. And I'll see now I know I'm strange when I say staying there. If I'm cam and I'm saying give me another day and I'm in a fly first class. I have a lot of money right another day might have things to do, but but I have a strange opinion. I like window seats versus aisle seats.

It seems like cam no sitting leg room with the island your psychopath sleep sleep on the window. I get them for me and island like touching me right field. I feel cramped. You do not have to get out of your seat and you can lean on. I can get as far away from the person sitting next to me as possible. Your smaller than what he wants and I already acknowledge that it's a strange take that most people probably would prefer the weight room yeah I'll versus the wind I'm with you on so that's fun. I put mail in your now that's just a peanut butter banana and many say much. This is different. You know, I give up seats right give it the seeds for a couple of reasons are one, it's the right thing to do. Guys now that he lives in the right 65, 240 pounds okay for first C there were no first-class seats. I think on this plane he was on will like he was in college he sent this in France. This is in France. Is there an international conference, it looked like it was looked at the video like real quick.

I can't say it's occupied a lot of my time today.

I just saw the hide all of my time I got I got I got a couple of questions. The first one is like why it's okay with the dude doesn't need the $1500 and tells me that the guy has money, rich is rich.

There were me, and I was offered $1500 for can I take I take it seem like the right thing to do massive situations where, because of the way I cheap out on Expedia and like spit out seat numbers for my whole family I've had situations where people were like no I'm not changing seats with his kid. I have my aisle seat. People are very like to give up a family. I have turned out to have the right multimillionaire quarterback have a little legroom that he did not get advance estimate is just Josh. Now here's here's this big football mobile me know from a man your parents with the kid for campus is upsetting people I have third, I would feel more know him because he can't control his control deceit.

Yeah, what sound like he couldn't because it was like the second or third option. I'm bored.

I'm confused by like it's likely the first class in the bucket who screwed up like what's going on their part two that were like oh my goodness. Cam knew how could you not organizing to the sky to be French writers of the 1500.like somewhat arbitrary me like I was like weight carrying around 1500 is he offering to like them in cash yet he would rate it would yeah hardly specific like some weird qualities got delayed it before right, he will immediately try to negotiate. Like why did he not keep betting that's probably why probably suffering LIKE Peter King might have inside information on this last of about when he joins us Hall of duct tape from your first question, make sure to get there I get there with Elsa as Peter why he keeps talking about Russell Wilson like the wrong way with the wrong way you keep talking about how Tom tell Brandon one around that store even in an SMA several years ago we participated asked us what happened. We told still to go with story half ounce.

The first pitch yesterday will ask you know yes and fortune not cam Newton. Here's the other part of it that I don't think being discussed and okay I'm not the person who criticizes ever.

What outfit you're wearing and postgame press conferences, 10 hour flight wearing that jacket that's comfortable and doesn't seem comfortable at all. You got that drip.

He seemed way more comfortable in the pajama how cam about the drip we remember the pajama picking posted on Instagram balance Weimar completion of yeah you I'm not going to ruin the caption for you, but you look it up yourself. There used to be a time where travel was a glamorous thing on a plane and that's how they would go going there was a big glamorous to TRY to bring that back, you appreciate what cam strengthening our Reading GQ once they're there deftly times where I'm in the airport not airplane when like I missed the memo. Like I I'm just trying to comfortable if you had the money you would turn down can write like I don't really care because I get. We talked about this like I don't need the legroom side probably just sort what if cam calendared and said to this guy. How about I give you my would not be more elaborate and apparently his work. Apparently, in the 2000 really sorting to one of cam's YouTube channel. If he thrown in the hat also for sure money you can spend cam Newton's hat honestly kind. I'm still probably sell it for money if he had more money. I asked him if he had in his carry-on. His romper around him and drop him if he has a rock him throwing the romper. Maybe you have a seat that ever take off for the Donald Duck Donald Duck loafers in there to my suit and my millennium falcon cufflinks at least one town like one of those raccoon tales Jeff Fox to have her doing it for doing the list of cam Newton outfit items that stick out the most when he said brainless hat time and time and said he was inspired by hundred 3000 okay Sharon like degrees. It's great also. He had the role that he wore with the headband last year that looked like he came straight from the shower.

Yes, I would have asked if he had his Brian fellows look handy and I would have definitely taken to sell or maybe just keep that one brought me so much joy that Brian fellows like I think was my favorite family with the barbershop quartet. Yes, lobbying publicly for him to wear monocle all it feels like it's inevitable.

Right, Roy Hibbert could lend him is Caroline not just wear monocle like just keep going. Embrace that lean into it. Try to think of other cam Newton outfit Staples as he did look like the dude from the top hat like the look from the guy from Raiders of the lost Ark that his face melted you had that out okay yeah another reference that is a little before never seen writers left film buff. You see, I have seen how just messing with have you here, you know, we never get to. We cross paths from time to time. You guys are in Raleigh were here in the Triad ACC media need to come together. I was told there was an initiation process.

When I first got here.

I don't know who's in charge. What's that I don't know unfamiliar and different kind of initiation that I can't talk about on the same rights of working to get to that like fight club.

Also, we have a segment called let's get crazy will retake crazy Texan takes we suspend journalistic integrity for 15 minutes.

I don't know what Jim has called the no judgment zone judgment, freezer space, it's the radio version of the judgment free zone which I mentoring makes fly over the place. Enjoy the ceremony tonight. You guys being here. Thanks. That's Lauren Brownlow that's Joe will be as I crazy I asked him for 620 Sharon on Monday and show hanging out with us now.

Sharon later on we got to be on vacation the rest of this much like David Glenn so later on we expect case for more friends three tomorrow. You can expect David Jackson voice state in that chair while semi Mr. Scott Hamilton's could have a couple couple days with Ian Friday old friend was guy Scott Hamilton has he ever done anything around here that person to be on the as for what we have following tomorrow.

It'll be stand cotton hanging out with Larry Sorensen company tomorrow. Should be a lot of fun on tomorrow's show Wednesday it'll be Thursday Dave Goren, the executive director of the national sports media Association post awards weekend will be hosting spring right on the radio works great. Stay with Dave's house gases. Now some people, and Friday.

It'll be Desmond Johnson is ready whole form ready to Desmond Johnson.

That's what we got the rest of the week, but we've got let's get crazy to do for those who are unfamiliar with hotcakes. So if you're coming in with soft stuff, bring it somewhere.

Somewhere else were not judging text now were not to judge people who have an opinion that we might disagree with its judgment free zone for radio safe spaces. Joe OPS eloquently put it.

Moments ago suspend journalistic integrity and responsibility for a 15 minute stretch just to get crazy Q the prints okay good hotcakes don't curse and yes you have a cake that we deem to be will be ruled by one of the best software yes it doesn't have to be in the world to support the outside of it, such as where I'm headed. Cool ranch tomatoes are better than the original.

That's not hot of the body.

Every body has the original when it comes to food products are always the past, not in the Doritos case better than original and you know what that further Cap'n Crunch berries crunch berries better than the original Cap'n Crunch 90+ on both. I just think me and you are similarly look similar and we have been mistaken for each other here in Winston-Salem is 1/3 party, John Kerr radio network apparently looks just like us to. So there's three of us that looked exactly identical. Just like the movie parent trap parent trap, picture I am a twin myself, actually not Josh.John between myself and so I had a conversation about twin movies the other day so I feel like we do have very light interest is would you agree with that, though, that crunch berries are better than the original Cap'n Crunch and rain Doritos. I do not agree with the thing like this project.

Your hypothesis is actually accurate. Everything maybe that's real know what he likes Me if there's Cap'n Crunch there any grocery store you go to Cap'n Crunch crunch berries and clean about her crotch to be alive in the aisle flowing with crunch.

All those items equally gross, berries and routing know a lot better than anything serial that might require a different sound altogether.

Once crunch is nothing crunch berries we found that Cody will grow. I love it I love nothing more than wandering around spoiling movies from 50 years ago. Yeah, I crazy people Jeopardy weeks and stuff that makes her hate Kobe Forrest Gump dies wow crawled all right, go to the phone in Greensboro.

Let's get crazy.

I will not know what I had my notepad right here from Caleb while Kobe white what you make that the same exact wow crawled crazy crazy crazy. Joshua and I both appreciate movies with similar interests that's already been established.

I went to the theater and saw Toy Story 40 know Toy Story is the greatest movie franchise of all time is the rules so will be damned Lord of the rings get out of here way that no other rules that will 677-1600 on Twitter at Triad. We can't question what you're saying that even though we really badly want to tell us about the story, for without spoiling the way as they do with every new Toy Story movie. They find ways to introduce new compelling characters but still allow you the nostalgia name is Corky and it's a nominal story really is the best thing I got will have all your going to tonight MBA award which by the way, or three months too late to get started on that when all the regular frail young rookie of the year tonight over the fan favorite overwhelming favorite anyone thing for you right about what your betting and I'm not able to look at the biggest line live a life like that here today Toy Story to the tape I brought I brought him environmental grief will think a lot going think a lot about Kim today, rescue us, please be a new mom is been hired as the coach of Beijing boreal fighters and Chinese basketball is so good at that is the phone number out of crazy segment often dies about working next hour.

Look forward to catching up with Peter King were sponsored being here. I got more Bill Clements Road. Our parent at the SMA awards weekend brought to you by our friends out. My guys order the grand slam pizza or the brand-new secret menu item for sports of listeners Philly cheese steak pizza since your later in the week as well to do are throwback Thursday baseball segment. I don't know what would be on Monday, Wednesday way back Wednesday, Friday flashback Friday you could do something every day memories Monday morning and put the apostrophe and therefore the old memories Monday. Please memories Monday memories, memories, memories, Colorado rock these guys.

I live in Colorado for a little while. I Peter King is a noted Colorado Rockies Yesterday Wearing a Colorado Rockies at Cell Throwback Rockies Bring Them Here Memories Monday on Twitter at Sports of Tribal Sharon As Well and That's All Coming Your Way Wow Role Is 609 20 with Josh Graham Broadcasting Live from the Marriott Downtown Winston-Salem It's the SMA Awards Weekend and There Are a Ton of Noteworthy Broadcasters and Sportswriters within Walking around This Hotel All throughout the Afternoon. Ahead of the Hall Of Fame Awards Night Tonight and Were Now Being Joined by One of the Hall Of Famer's That Are Going to Be Recognized That It Not Being Peter King Who We of Course Know from NBC Sports Welcome to the Triad. How Are You Doing Thanks Very Much, Josh. Great to Be Here and This This Event Has Grown.

I First Came to This Event. Saulsberry in 2010 and It Is Monumentally Different All Applause.

All Credit Goes to Dave Goring.

He Is a Great Job with This Organization Dave Goring to Be Hosting the Show.

While Not on Vacation Little Bit Later on in the Week, but He's Got Everything Squared Away for Tonight Were Looking Forward to the Event at the Joel Coliseum Just a Little Bit but Understand, I've Understood You Got the Full Winston-Salem Experience Is Saulsberry Recently in Recent Years, but You Got Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and You Also Want to Winston-Salem – Baseball Game Went to the – Yesterday and We Went to the Brewery. Darn.

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We Did Go to Foothills Foothills of the Ballgame. Then We Went to a Brewery, Not Far from Downtown, I Forget Which One but Anyway Know Something Know Something No No No Not Know Something, but in Oh Then Something I Forget, No Worries, and It Was but Anyway That Was Fun and Then We Went to Fratelli's for Dinner on Sunday Night and I Had My Customary Krispy Kreme's for Breakfast This Morning so Life Is Good.

You Don't Become a Hall Of Fame Sportswriter without Asking the Hard Questions so I Expect You Can Answer the Hard Questions to Peter.

I Got to Know What Happened on That First Page Yesterday Was Grim Scene I Mean I Warmed up.

They Let Me Warm-Up I Went Out Of the Cage on the First Base Side and I Warmed up and Everything Was Going Good, but in the Cage.

Unfortunately, There's No Mound and so I Went out on the Mound and I Threw a 48 Foot Fastball. I Got to the Catcher. The Poor Guy from the from the – and I Said Hey Sorry for Bouncing It Because I'm Use to It NBC Sports in SMA Hall Of Fame. So Let's Get to the NFL Gerald McCoy Was the Big Signing Last Month for Carolina and They're Trying to Unseat New Orleans, Which Signs Derek Cook in the Off-Season That Even Though They Lose Mark Ingram They Have with Tapia's Marie in the Backfield Thereto and through Bre's Back. I Still Pretty Decent. Last I Checked, When You Look at What the Panthers to Defensively and of Course It's a Big Assumption, but the Help of Camden Seems to Be Pretty Good Right Now. Do You View the Carolina Panthers As a Contender There Definitely Contender. I Think the Biggest the Biggest Two Issues Have They Done Enough on Defense and Are the Good Enough Defensively to Play a Competitive Knockdown Drag out Game with the Saints and Clearly Breezes Is I Don't See Him in Decline at Any Point, and I Do Not Know What Cam Newton Is Right Now. I Mean, I Think, from Everything We've Heard He's Going to Be Fine, and He's Going to Be Back to Being the Efficient You Know Explosive Quarterback He Was.

But That's One of Those Things That You Have To See First so I like the Signing of Gerald McCoy but I'm Not Sure Gerald McCoy in 2019 Is As Impactful As He Was in 2015 so Those Are Some of the Questions I Have. And Also I Think I Think the One Other Thing about the Panthers Is Are They Going to Have Enough Pass Rush They Get to Be Able to Bother the Quarterbacks in This Division Enough, but I Think They Have Improved and Cam Newton Seems to Have Gotten Better and Will See in a Month or so at Training Camp When It Comes to the Pass Rush.

Obviously the Panthers Agree with What You Just Said Because Grandpa Brian Burns Why You Bring a Guy like Reserve and in General As Well, but I'm Fascinated What You Think about What We See in the Last 12 to 13 Months from This New Owner and David Tapper Seems to Want to Move Headquarters That's Can Happen to South Carolina and on Top of That Doesn't Mind Being Outspoken Is the Richest Owner in the NFL among Ones Obviously Is the Newest What What You Find Interesting about the Ownership Situation and How It Seems to Be in Stark Contrast to What Proceeded David Tapper Well I Think the Smartest Thing He Did Is to Basically Steps. Step Back and Say I Don't Know Enough about Where We Are and What Were Doing Right Now to Make Any Decisions on My Head Coach.

I Thought It Would've Been Ridiculous to Fire Ron Rivera. That Isn't to Say Ron Rivera's Paul Brown. I Think Ron Rivera Is a Very Good NFL Head Coach. But Obviously They Got to Be More Consistent Than They Have Been, You Know, in the Very Recent past. I Think David Tapper Has Come in As You Would Come into Any New Business That You Might Know Something about.

He's Obviously Got a Little Bit of a Background and You Might Know Something about It. But You Don't Know Everything You Need to Come in and Take a Full Temperature, Which Is Why I Think He Was Smart to Say Okay Listen Were Basically This Year to Stay the Course and Were Going to Do What Ron Rivera and Marty Kearney Think Is Smart and so I Think That Is a Thing for This Organization. Now I Think Is Six and 10 Season, and All Bets Are off. Then I Think David Tapper Says I'm to Blow It up and I'm to Go Do Whatever Try to Get Dabo. I Have No Idea What What the Folks at Clemson Rhyolite, and I Don't Have Any Idea I Could Say Go Get Saved and I Might Might My Whole Point Is I Think He's I Think He Is the Kind of Person Who Essentially Knows What He Doesn't Know and Is Willing to Say Let's Let's Take the Temperature This Place and Let's Let the People Who Have Accomplished Some Very Good Things Here. You Don't Go 15 and One in This League. You Don't Get to the Super Bowl by Guessing You Know Get There by Being Really Good and so I Think They Made to Write This the Right Decision. I Think He Made the Right Decision and Going Forward. I Think He's Going to Be Prepared to Act on What He Sees in SMA Hall Of Famer Peter King of NBC Sports with This Here from the Marriott Downtown Winston-Salem One of My Favorite Things Ice All over the Weekend.

Cam Is on a Commercial Airplane and He on Video Asked Diane and I Will See to Take a Seat for $1500 K If I I'll Give You $1500 I Could Say in This Aisle Seat.

It's a 10 Hour Flight You Flown Your Fair Share. I Wonder Is $1500 Enough, Can I Ask. I Need to Know the Answer to This? What Is He in First Class on This Flight and He's Just in a in a Window Seat in First Class or Was First-Class, but It Doesn't Look like It's First-Class It's Three Why Well Well I Mean Look. If I Were Cam Newton and Look I Don't I Don't Know Everything about His Finances but I Would Do Whatever I Pay 15,000 If I Had Cam Newton's Money to Not See It Either in a Middle or Window Seat for a 10 Hour Flight and I'm Incredulous That If He's Not Flying First.

I Mean First Must Not of Been Available or Something or Some Other Flight Must Not Have Been Available but I Saw That I Thought It Was Cute and I Thought the Guy.

The Guy Handled Himself Pretty Well Meaning He Was Involved. I Guess He Wasn't Bombastic, but He Just Said No I Want to Do It. What Message Are You Looking to Convey Tonight at the Joel Coliseum Street, You Know, Essentially Josh That Now I Am I Am Here for a Couple Reasons. Number One I Think Everybody in This Room Tonight Is Can Say Hey It Takes a Village Peers Who Was Hugely Responsible.

My Mom My Dad My Brother, You Know, Editors, Professors in College so I'm to Talk a Little Bit about the Village That Got Me Here, but I'm Also Going to Talk a Little Bit about How You Better Have Something inside You That the Love of This Business This Better Not Be a 48 Hour a Week Job Because Some Weeks You Work and Work 48 Hours and Some Weeks Are Going to Work 68 and If It Really Really Bothers You 68 Hour Week You Need to Go Do Something Else and in My Experience in My Life. I Still Think I'm 62 Years Old. I Still Think I Got the Greatest Job in the World.

I Love Working I Love Doing What I Do and I Have To Tell You That I've Run into A Lot Of People in This Job Were Exactly like Me Who Don't Say How Much Time Do I Get off in This Job. They Say What Are the Stories I Can Do. That's What Gets Them Excited and Still Gets Me Excited to and That's Where I Think That's What I Think You Have To Have Deep down inside You. I'm Sure Doris Burke Has, and I'm Sure Doc Emerick Has It Does.

Doc Emerick Ever Complain during the Course of the Hockey Season When He Does He Game He Gets Back to His Hotel and at 11:45 PM and He's Gotta Get up at 445 for a Flight to Get to the Next Game Know He Does That Is the Business That He Chose and He Loves It and I Feel Exactly the Same Way.

I'm Working until Write My Monday Column until about 445 Every Sunday Night for I Don't Know. I Would Say 22 Straight Weeks from Labor Day till You Know the End of the Football Season and at Some Points It at 315. When I Simply Cannot Stay Awake and I'm Working on My Standing Desk in New York City and I Say, What Am I Doing, but Tell You When I When I Go to Bed.

I Feel Really Good about What I've Just Done so That's the Whole Thing about the Message I Want to Get across. We All Have People Who Helped Us Get Is Here but at the End of the Day We Better Have a Deep and Abiding Passion for What We Do. Or Else We Cannot Stay Here and the People in This Room Tonight Wouldn't Be Here Unless They Had the Deep and Abiding Passion for What They Do When You're Talking about the Source of That Passion Help Bring You to Where You're at. Thinking about Connecticut or Where You Were Taught by Greg Welling Three Sport Athlete Yeah Well I Stunk at Everything, but It Helps. I I Really Am Referring. I Think Mostly to My Mother and My Father Because My Father Was a Newspaper Junkie and We Used To Get up Every Saturday and Sunday Was an Iron Work Release to Get up Early on Saturday and Sunday Morning and Go by the Newspapers in Town Where We Lived in Connecticut and and My Mom, Who Was of a Stickler for Reading, Susan Being Big Reader and She Basically in Fifth Grade I Started a Little Neighborhood Newspaper and She Was a Secretary and She Typed It up for Me on a Little Mimeograph Machine so You Know, without That without You Know My Dad Really Start to Get Me Interested in Newspapers and My Mom Basically Coming Home from Work and in Me Saying Hey Mom Can You Type This. This Little Community Newspaper up Which I Was Doing in Fifth Grade I Mean What It What to Kids Who Don't Have That Kind of Love in Their Lives.

Do and They End up Doing Something, but They May Not End up Doing the Things That They Were Passionate about When They Were in Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Grade, so I'm Really Lucky I Had a Great Great Family.

We Didn't Have A Lot Of Money but We Had A Lot Of Love in the Family and We Had A Lot Of People in the Family Who Made It Possible for Me to Be Sitting Here Tonight Peter It's a Pleasure to Meet You. Thank You Long Time. Best of Luck Tonight. We Look Forward to Hearing Your Speech out. Joel, Thanks Very Much That's Peter King and SMA Hall Of Famer from NBC Sports.

Always Good to Catch up with the Hall Of Famer's National Sportswriters and Sportscasters of the Year Here at the and SMA Awards Weekend Were at the Downtown Marriott Winston-Salem, and This Broadcast Being Sponsored by Our Friends at Pie Guys Pizza and More Located in Clements. Great Sponsor of the Show There Is a Reason That Were Here, and They Have a Grand Slam Pizza. I Mean, If You Haven't Tried This Thing yet. But You Got That Buffalo Chicken Base Are Buffalo Chicken and Bacon on Top and a Texas Pete Base in a Brand-New Secret Menu Item Just for Sport Sub Listeners. It's the Philly Cheese Steak Pizza, so Drop by and Tell Them Hello, Tell Them We Sent You Again Thanks to Peter King for Dropping by and Also a Reminder That I'm Not Good to Be in the Rest of the Week.

Tomorrow You Will Have Stan Cotton On-Site Will Be Hosting the Show with Larry Sorensen on Wednesday. It Will Be Darren Vaught Filling in Thursday. Dave Goren, the Executive Director of the NSA Night and Friday. Desmond Johnson Will Be in This Chair so I Gotta Get onto the Joel Coliseum Get All up to the Joel for the Awards Weekend and the Tapping Event. The Hall Of Fame Ceremony Were to Make Our Way to the Joel Has Been Johnson Will Close Us out on a Monday Drive