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Sam home lives to live from the ranch. I shared a studio in Los Angeles hello Rich Eisen resides in bonuses.

The rich, and shall vinyl our program still plenty of time for you to get mobile phone number 18187424 conversation never stops on twitter the BW Weber Weber to be 20 minutes will expand the conversation you fully lined up for week one of the other fell kicking off the spicy matchup between the bills and the Rams. Looking forward to my latest conversation with Eric Edelman about Apple.com and 40 minutes. Wrap up the program with gusto talking just a sent hello to big word holiday. Additional the program just a little bit a baseball when Aaron judge gets to 57 home runs 58 home runs. Let's say gets the 6263 is this country going to care more than they demonstrated so far. Now at 53 home runs and counting going to pivot into that not more than five minutes to keep the radio on or however you're consuming the program. I will talk a lot more college football as well. In addition to the quality college football conversation we had one hour ago to start.

I went over to the program would be few technicolor football news.com first outer shell we were joined by longtime NFL insider Jason Cole, author of many books including Elway relentless life reminder if you miss any portion of the program. You can check out any time by downloading the podcast college football continues on this Labor Day Nana fell made the decision not to long ago to back off Labor Day start the season later, which I think makes sense because even though we are all dedicated to the power, the NFL, the beach is more alluring.

Barbecues might get your attention, more doubt, there was an NFL game on tonight.

We would certainly watch but NFL decided to push things back by a handful of days. I like everything the league decides is proven to be an astute move because you get a gargantuan rating connected to the bills out the Rams coming up on Thursday. Ratings talk can be myopic. It's too insider industry but for Lehman or layperson listening.

If you hear someone talk about ratings, it's just another metric to reflect a level of interest so if you're thinking about anticipated games coming up about something. I football think is going to do a monster number with Tampa Bay at Dallas any time the Cowboys are on a prime time. They get a huge rating but now you throw Tom Brady onto the field in prime time and it's all the more sensational. So let's spend a few minutes on Brady, then it's not just good radio it's the laws. The filling post to give me the FCC handbook about talking Brady that I have to move the Bella check and then we compare what they've done without each other on Brian Weber and for Rich Eisen to me about twitter to BW Weber Weber with two bees, just over 15 minutes from now will check in with Eric Adam of NFL.com Tom Brady seems to embody the phrase we hear a lot in professional sports. But it's also connected to business leadership you've ever had to endure a seminar with a bring in a consultant. Remember most consultants after consultant turn down your radio. I dealt about 30 seconds. Most consultants are people who got fired at their last job trying to reinvent themselves telling you how to do your job okay. Turn it up right now. If you're a consultant I'm sure I'll be ready for consultant when next five years. Right. That's my time horizon, but you hear this notion a lot.

Darden business school life squandered a graduate degree in business to be working on a holiday and I'm delighted to be in for riches really is always a blast. Here's a cliché, but has a degree of truth. After all, that's how these bromides become shopworn phrases control the controllable's. Keep your eyes on the prize. Whatever phrase you want to use stay in your lane. Hasn't Brady summarized that for the majority of his career and doesn't that make what is occurred over the last month all the more intriguing because as I mentioned the U.S. Open. The speculation surrounding Brady is an unforced error. He could've framed this in a much more explainable way he could've opted to stay a training camp. Clearly there was something pressing on Mica to speculate nor taken over to page 6 of the tabloid media out there say well there are issues at home.

This is a sport show plus rule number one as a filling hostess don't do anything to destroy the main host Brandon.

I know Howard riches worked to establish his platform and reaches the face of NFL network.

He has a relationship with Tom Brady. They are Michigan men. After all, so I don't need somebody tweeting at Ridge hey who was that loud guy over enunciating trying to denigrate Brady, but I have to do my job and I think it's fair to wonder if Tampa Bay has some issues on the road at Dallas on Sunday night what the conversation is going to be like. And because Brady is the face of the league and yes that face appears to be slightly different. I could hazard a guess as to why but if the bugs have issues and they should because Brady will not have Rob Gronkowski unless he talks about retirement again before the deadline to return kicks in.

He won't have a starting center there were issues on that offense of line. I'm not suggesting that Brady for whatever reason that he needed to step away from training camp for 11 days is good. I have a direct impact on his level of performance because he's Tom Brady. After all, but Tom Brady is created.

This issue of his own doing. By being reluctant to share more details as to the motivation for the absence. And that is his right. That's his choice. Just because folks like me at a press conference pose a question does not mean the recipients of that interrogative has to answer the question but didn't Brady seen for the first time relatable, talking about the old Brady pic number 199 up saying the modern Brady when he had a couple rings and he winds up as the face of the league, not the Brady who was a game manager, not the Brady who needed the luck of Drew Bledsoe getting hurt, even to get the starting opportunity of saying the Brady that we envision and Brady were in the sea coming up on NFL Sundays whenever he's done playing as the continued face of the league and the Fox TV both, but that press conference after the bugs last preseason game was as vulnerable and as relatable as Tom Brady has ever been in a public setting, because he's always controlled the controllable's Tom versus time.

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Well, he had input he had creative control to a degree, so nothing was going to show up on that series that Tom did not want us to see. So he made a choice at the podium. The last time we saw him. Maybe we just have a bad day, but I thought it was in many ways a terrific moment because my only issue with Brady has been Allah, Tiger Woods, before everything that change in his life going all the way back to the weekends of 2009 is Brady has seemed to perfect again not getting into the optics. Yes, he's always been a handsome guy magically got more hair and and his face looks slightly different. That's okay. People in their mid-40s do it all the time. I'm here in Southern California longer to get Botox injected before our next conversation with Eric Adam. Hopefully my lips the work Eric from NFL.com joins us in just under 15 minutes, but I thought it was a fascinating development to see Brady that human at the podium, saying on 45 am going through stuff.

Now what could happen on the field more of the same. Brady came back because clearly, in my opinion, he engineered the coaching change and just did not want to deal with Bruce Arians being too loose with the culture topples did not have much success as the head coach of the Jets name me a head coach other than we Buicks you want to go old school. I give you every failed jet head coach Joe Walton, Rich co-tied on want to but I don't think it was an indictment of Bowles head coaching abilities that he didn't shine with the Jets because were talking about the Jets. After all, but I think it's pretty evident that Brady wanted somebody more buttoned down the run the franchise and he and Byron Leftwich will control the offense as according to reports was the case last year. Bruce Arians is belowground the league, but perception was.

He was more of a caretaker, but as we come up with all of the significant elements that working to be watching with interest.

How things play out early in the season to me what Brady does in the first quarter of the year is good to be telling. I'm not suggesting it's time.

He's finally falling off the cliff. We been waiting for that for what five year seven years, but given that he stepped away.

Given this is on the precedented territory. We've never seen anybody 45 years old, starting in the NFL. If I talk about quarterbacks past the age of 40. In the past across the NFL unthinking George Blanda looked hundred and 17 years old is Brady having won a Super Bowl couple years ago that was a strange game last year.

Bugs have to feel like they should. One that gave how in the world in the postseason was Cooper cup that wide open. I realize Cooper cup is transcended. Receiver, but that was an indictment of topples his defense.

You know what Matthew Stafford trying to do after the box had that miraculous comeback in the didn't help the Makers put the ball on the ground, but the box clearly have to walk away from the experience thinking what we could be in Cincinnati in the Super Bowl. If we had gotten through the rest of the postseason so in no way is this an indictment of Tom Brady nor a over the top summation that the championship window was closing but I do think because he has created this level of interest as to why he was not there, and where he is emotionally for the first time robotic Tom Brady has allowed us to wonder about his general mental state, and I'm sure given how savvy he is and his team is you want to guess that the will be a sitdown interview on NBC heading in the Sunday night football probably would like to Ricoh in a controlled setting, and Brady will say exactly the right thing, but ultimately it's good to be his level play the does the talking on Dallas for all their issues as playmakers on defense and will see what Michael Parsons can do this for Dallas is Mike McCarthy is overmatched as a coach. They just can't get out of their way.

Even the preseason with all those penalties and Ezekiel Elliott has become just another guy because we've learned over the last decade, all running backs all of our interchangeable on Brian Weber infrared Chazen Timmons will talk one of the with Eric Adam of NFL.com since I spent 10 minutes on Brady, let me meander through the next few minutes, focusing on Bill Belichick and if I'm going to compare and contrast critiques leader lining up the resumes as of late advantage Brady. He's one of Superboy got to the playoffs again last year Belichick steam snuck into the postseason and got annihilated by Buffalo with a quarterback that we had.

We know we set around. Many of us are using the Royal way there. Many of us in the media had questions about Matt Jones based on his physical limitations coming out Alabama.

You can argue this is a stretch, but I think you can understand the point here. He played behind a offense of line that might have had some better players than the patriots had to use on their offense of line. Last year, given the quality of that roster for Alabama we saw Mac fade down the stretch and we can criticize him or lack of belief from the coaching staff in that bizarre when the game of Wendy's and understatement gigantic windstorm blowing through Western New York and I game against Buffalo in which they effectively said the macula foldable units can hand off and that was actually the right play. So Bill Belichick other than the Cleveland years. Remember Bill Belichick did nothing until Tom Brady came into his life. Bill Belichick has earned the benefit of doubt still I do not understand at all and if you're paying attention, but I know preseason football was supposed to be irrelevant, but I love football and I watch as much as I can. I'm here in Southern California we still get the Raiders games on TV even though they're in Nevada now Matt Jones. If you're just looking for body language had a lot of frustration in the midst of that preseason game between the Raiders and the patriots and maybes being hard on himself.

Or maybe he's already had that moment of clarity. I'm not getting much help from the coaching staff. New England has the smallest coaching staff in the league chose lots now not one but two are held by songs of Bill Belichick putting the thought foremost in your head that that end in NFL often stands for nepotism and when Josh McDaniels took the raider gig. Not only did the coaching staff take a hit in terms of intellectual capital, especially with the offense of skill level that McDaniels has as a respected play caller. He took a bunch of folks from the staff and the organization.

In addition to Ernie Adams who introduced what we now call analytics to the patriots years before it became prevalent and the revered and respected line coach the offense of line coach and Dante's Carnegie is so Belichick had a decision to make.

I need a play caller were marketed to did he scour the league well the NAFTA reads Bill Belichick did he consult with his GM.

The NAFTA is the GM did he decide I'm going my own way and some people think that there was a financial motivation that Belichick's trying to do Matt Patricia's solid because Patricia still getting paid by the Lions if Belichick had knee and Patricia as a coordinator. The offset the money coming from the Lions would've been diminished so ataxic to full patriots save money by giving Patricia a much more vague job description, consultant, advisor, not a consultant or grooming habits clearly with appeared beyond that. Patricia still gets the money from Detroit and clearly Belichick at this stage of his career only wants to work with people he trust.

I understand that but is not a narrow way of viewing your possibilities, especially since we talked about all the limitations of Mac heading into a make or break year in many ways your two tells the story for a lot of quarterbacks and what you give them his quarterbacks coach is Joe Judge last that much of Joe. Judge was overmatched as the head coach in your football giants and his expertise if he has any is as a special teams coordinator who should be the play caller.

Apparently, Matt, Patricia and I know he's a rocket scientist literally I'm aware of his academic background, but I got major question marks and back to key elements to track week one. It is the patriots in South Florida vector only there to get their next 48 hours because Belichick is mindful of even the great patriot teams struggling with the humidity in Miami to care about the gambling perspective Miami, a three point favorite can be really interesting to see if to what can stay healthier. Your lease raves about his accuracy from new head coach Mike McDaniel coach about coming over from the 49ers moving away from the defensive mindset of that staff led by Brian Florez and of course Derrico can stretch the field last year Miami swept the season series from New England and Miami to be better.

I think the bills are clearly not the class about the vision board of the AFC.

I have them slightly better in Kansas City so Belichick has something to prove in the moments. Yes, he can walk away as the greatest coach of the century. But it's just bizarre to me and let's see wants to prove one more time that he's playing 12 dimensional chest that he would go with these decisions on the coaching staff on Brian Weber infrared Chazen you can up a board of 184-4204 Rich 1-844-204-7424 straightahead much more NFL to get to all the RAM to be the first team to repeat a Super Bowl champs go back to back in 18 years.

Looking forward to our latest conversation with eric@homeofnfl.com Friday info Rich on this Labor Day edition of the rich doesn't Brian Weber, infrared Labor Day on the rich doesn't show that Maureen told them only 442 rich 182047424. Let's talk more NFL with Eric Adam, a new member of the NFL media team working NFL.com Eric Richards the face of NFL network, and NFL network alumna use does the morning show here in LA so congratulations on the new opportunity and how you doing.

Thank you very much. Ouch. So far (figure Roma care). I can't wait for it to start and there are so many intriguing elements to dissect, so I was just talking at length about the outlook for Tom Brady and the box didn't have a chance to get much in the Dallas so I'll defer to you. Somebody's got to win the NFC East, which as you know has not had a repeat champion since 2004. Is this the year the Cowboys and that trend or do you prefer the Eagles of a major pick between them had that are legal but I do think it will be close to me or a lot of people are saying a lookout start owing to write the ability got you on game got game to get the box and Bengals to clean that you know I did of being among the good talker club in the NFL by the handle out. It does get a little bit interactive epidemic on the road for a couple big one that got the RAM to Beagle on for 56 or something so you minute the top first two games even if they are at home. The idea that the defense was such a take away machine last year that really helped propel them.

I think the question that the offense of line receivers document have the heavy lifting by himself. I'll help you see the land without knowing a viable pocket early in the truck powers that the young blocker left tackle.

You know that your son Jacob Peter Smith got no prelaunch pulsatile act. You're not that important. Spotted windows of the thyroid Flickinger involved in a little pretty large and job that actually got great that you have been pretty clear to the court altogether.

Jill hurting the big tractor course but I do think they have a pretty terrific rostral stay in the division before he hurt his knee against the Rams. Carson Wentz was building the framework of an outstanding career more injuries along the way.

Seems like maybe some self doubt. At least that was the reports coming out in the last year. So now he's moved on to team number three how much confidence you have that he can jumpstart his career in our nation's capital hard not to be a little bit concerned RB last year with when he worked in the attic. A lot of people quietly felt like Boyd. There may not be a better situation for right right you got it back.

You know it u media environment right at McCarthy third became the easy target.

If you will, in Philadelphia, whether he was going to blame an automated start with the quarterback obviously but it really did become the scapegoat for a lot of things out there, especially after helping felt part with Dr. Peterson and whatnot so after after last year. I want to say I'm a little more gun shy about about what Carson wants to do in the league because it clearly was it all a bottoming out for him and a lot away brigade came loose with the culmination of that they had a chance to get to point out they didn't, they missed an opportunity to get back football team in the Jaguars. Kitty Kitty revived career sure opportunity there.

You know you got a head coach and Ron Rivera who you think yielding a big savvy account of guiding young quarterback and helping them through some tough times it out, but perhaps weapons by future Brian Robinson questioned upfront you know concerned about how much the defense can give you especially early on without you young is a lot thing happening all the sudden look interfacing, pick one that had been Jaguars being that the tickets and went through the different club a year ago felt obviously doctored up in a one game they could start over and wanted be fine but yeah I do have my reservations. I really think there's going to be a II want to see at least half of much better consistent football you feel like you said probably the IBP favored heading of that injury out in LA 2013 rhyme, liver cancer, rich Labor Day installments rich eyes and show to cross unify with Eric Adam of NFL.com Eric we talk so much about the bronze Browns connected to the Sean Watson situation have a talk that much about matters on the field and now it's the Baker Mayfield bowl coming up Sunday in North Carolina. So with Watson gone for at least 11 games and then they a lot contingent on making sure he completes the behavior modification sessions. What's the outlook for Cleveland with Jacoby percent under center.

They can still give the ball to Nick job and they've got a stellar defense led by Myles Garrett. Yeah, I think that the dog figured out to be a big part of ghetto bullying the payment you were going and keeping them afloat a minute and I don't want to discredit Jacoby respect talk situation for you know it came at the end it's raining Over to Indianapolis of your trade. When Angela ghetto in its most confusing part you see thrown in week one Time. However, it was early in the game to get it up starting 15 games in a tough spot to be in pretty accordance out pretty well and that other situations where I can. Dr. Locke's retirement when when he was forced to play together started to work in New England when we Brady suspended earlier putting some awkward tradition plucked among carpal one that I think for the most part, handled himself well if you guys go to to the promised land. Probably not, but that's where the owner actually falls on that you know that that one game that we seen. It will flourish. At times a lot you the defense that the loading up in the drafting adding pieces and layers of the new front office there lock up here while that the really going to be the biggest bang in if I could put aside the emotional aspect of affected bakery muscle guidance that look is not a ox versus Baker thing. It may be more important on an individual level to him going up against his old punitives of the Brown based on their former quarterback felt it if you can put aside the distractions go out and take care of business when a game on the road, then you have the Jeff q. week to say they click kickstart to knowledge. You have got to get ahead of the sticks that you will and you know you're buying time Watson comes back in. Obviously the nonfootball aspect that story far more important, but I think that the counter where they're at what you hold your men with get to the point where discharge should be eligible to have difficulty we can be about point Eric animals NFL.com as our guest of the rich doesn't show Eric.

We know that the NFL is built on parity just about every year somebody goes from worst to first bangles in the last year made to the Super Bowl. How much you buying the buzz surrounding the lion Summit sailor to win the division. I still think it's the Packers, but right were all looking for a chic pick for somebody to rise up and maybe it's the hard knocks effect or just the cult of personality with Dan Campbell. A lot of people are buying into liens. I think you cut like the emotional aspect, but better made them a little bit of a fan favorite this year, and a little bit about it are dark horse candidate if you will become a come out of nowhere.

Just the kind of a fluky nature of the last year were you that yourself why you have 50 didn't have bad luck. No luck at all… Probably factors that as well. Do they have the incredible offense.

Right now I would say no, but they have plucky players in a very good offense of line your dock plate verse study football down the stretch that could end up being a solid unit, especially when they get Jamison Williams help you at some point defensively, you know, obviously I think of starting a secondary unit that has to get better back there but it's clear you know a lot of the personalities and sort of a locker revived in the energy that's been building around that program. I think it's fair to say that there to be consistently competitive to be a lot of football games have enough to come to finish those games off the way they haven't been able to. The last couple years stretch last season that could be the biggest question here. Your you're catching you know a year where to mate out and traded out of the division.

There's a regime change in Minnesota. Not really sure what to act out of first. Your coaching staff you know obviously the bears are account of the transition as well felt the timing. Also, help them in. Yeah I would you.

I don't know that there to win 1011 games but also would completely shock.

Neither can we see far bigger reversals of fortune in a one year span. The matter if the lines were to go tenant. Seven what sake she would be the most on anything in the world like you think there to be much better, and a final slot on the open coming up on Thursday and let's focus on the rams. We know that repeating a Super Bowl champs is one of the hardest things to do would all sports. So as you assess the rams chances to go back to back.

Where do you think Matthew Stafford is physically heading into the season the ramp saying now that he is playing without limitations coming off the elbow injury yeah Bob gotta be a positive thing.

I would think right a minute. I think they would hedge a little bit more. There really was some concern in the I think the unusual nature of the injury in August on McVeigh, referred to as more of a baseball injury, force them to, shut everything down and say all right.

Let's make sure we have this done correctly before the start of the few Galactic we want to do it over work tomorrow.

You're under working for that matter and give it a regular realize you got dropped so I think they figured out what the best plan of attack was in terms of having control during practice and are not playing in the preseason all those different things. She's like they've handled it very well. Hard to know one throw one player one hit could drop the undercut everything but at what they done up to the point it seems like everything is trending in the right direction to go out there on Thursday lighted up and two weeks from now we could talk about inflation felt hard to really project beyond matter, especially with the mystery if you will, around the injury, but I think her Thursday August against Super Bowl caliber opponent in the bill. You should be good to go and will will be fun to file two years ago. They put on quite a shocking Orchard Park. If you could get half as good a game is what we call them will be as perjury. Eric, as always, we value the insights.

Thanks so much for making yourself available on a holiday.

Congratulations again for making the move that is omitted right here to report crime. I enjoyed talking with you. Thanks much. Eric handle terrific analysis check about NFL.com to see them on NFL network while you there. As we see Rich Eisen. The original broadcaster money bet on himself in 2003. People say what they're leaving ESPN to go where I gets worked out just fine for Rich and here's the best news Rich is back tomorrow rested ready to go with the crew rock middle to faux teaching Jefferson get even better news, you'll have to put up with me for one more second so I will do my best not to destroy the program and the brand that riches works so hard to establish in the remaining 20 minutes together going to wrap it up with just a still turn off your radio or audio device just a few thoughts baseball is our judge now has 53 home runs.

Why does nobody apparently also the New York tri-state area care and this holiday weekend still belongs to college football more board takeaways from some wild games over the last 48 hours Clemson Georgia Tech coming up tonight in prime time and will think about the big picture with all the consolidation talk is that in any way impacted your fan. Brian Weber always having a great time with you in for Rich.

It's the Rich Eisen ship that I winding down that mean God is warming up that tomorrow.

Can you only lined up one of NFL advice on can officially lead over hit a button I could do a little while but not all fear that technically proficient but Rich could ignite the countdown the kickoff, especially because he's based here in Southern California he'll be part of all the pregame coverage on NFL network of the bills and the rams. What a juicy way, that is to kickoff to get a full season, and as our last guest pointed out, I want to thank our guest because I'm occasionally lousy with clock management at the end of the program so want to make sure I get to this now.

We had three outstanding conversations reminder from is any portion of any program.

Check out the podcast just took you across the NFL with Eric Adam of NFL.com last hour we talked college football preview technicolor football news.com. Our number one, we were joined by NFL insider Jason Cole, author of many books, including Elway, a relentless life. Eric was kind enough to point out when the rams went to Western New York couple years ago it was home wild game one of those insane how in the world were that many lead changes available and attainable in the final minutes so that's the ceiling of the bills, and rams have to live up to and things of change mightily in terms of perception for Buffalo if you care about the view from Las Vegas only Josh Allen emerged as depending on where you shop as you do your sports investing but Lotta books have Allen as the leading contender to be the MVP winner in the bills.

As the team to beat in the AFC. Think about the last time we saw Buffalo and that playoff game for the ages and I was driving home to Los Angeles of the scalded game in Arizona didn't want to mess around with planes so I was in the car and because Rich has a great relationship with Westwood One. I will give a plug to our brethren, I was is that Kevin Kugler call that playoff game between the Chiefs and the bills. Kevin was magnificent.

I felt like I was there at arrowhead Stadium and what a phenomenal way that was to remind us of the excitement of playoff football and I do Buffalo fans love the outcome, but it feels like the bills have laid the foundation, there's often a learning curve other than the bolts out of nowhere, not the Los Angeles Chargers show your lightning bolt but a team like the Bengals come from worst to first to make it to the Super Bowl. I don't see the weakness Buffalo and the rams have to handle the board of expectations. There's a reason why nobody since the patriots 18 years ago I got back to back. Rich will break it all down starting tomorrow, and among the reasons I enjoy listening to this program is much as I do them watching it with the new home on Roku coming up this month of September is that Rich is comprehensive because Rich still loves baseball. I have not spoken Rich directly in several years, but I know what NFL network he was watching baseball games when we worked in the building together because Rich grew up as a diehard fan of all the New York team so Rich would, I think, give me the permission because there are eight minutes left in the program just to point out what seems to be a divergence between what's happening, and audio appeal.

Ear candy is what a former boss of mine called it. He said your rambling too much play more sound irritating. That's why have the wacky sound effects on your local morning zero because somebody figured out long time ago, in less you have a fascinating host like yours truly get a break up the monotony of one person speaking but there seems to be a disconnect and the audience is never wrong between national interest and what's going on and I realize like most things in baseball. There is a negative connection motivating this.

I know why many of you don't care there and judge has 53 home runs based on what he did yesterday at the trap or if you want to have a wider historical focus look at the rental game through that lens applause that was sitting on 659 home runs one back of a rod, get a shot to get to that exclusive 700 club, but if I'm talking about.

For example, 700 and that's the most elite fraternity in baseball history Ruth Erin and bonds. The problem of coherence home run conversation is the steroid era because all the numbers are ginned up so I think it's going to be sensational to watch.

Judge moving forward will we get caught in this on NFL Sundays. We should, we did it for bonds in Sosa, but that was 1998 a McGuire course changing the sport in the moment and saving it in the wake of shut everything down with a cancel World Series of 1994, so it was more of a rhetorical observation, and I don't refer the Yankees anymore.

In fact, I'm one of those weird New Yorkers who even though the Yankees were dominant when I was a really young kid 78s and 77 loss to the Dodgers and that strike shortened year with the World Series 81. I report to mess with negativity, but I was a Mets fan, primarily because my old man was cheap. We get more tickets that she Stadium because the Mets were abysmal until 84, 85, the magic 86. I just want to see more balance in our sports landscape and look, I'm as guilty of committing the sports media crime is anybody. I just spent the last two hours and 43 minutes talking nothing but NFL and college football and go back to college football because we are Clemson with possibility to demolish Georgia Tech tonight and pride tie but for Clemson.

It's the opportunity to prove: quote they are back because oh my goodness Clemson did make the playoffs last year. What the world is going on here and that is my concern with current day college football. I know it sounds like. I love all the sports immensely. And that's probably the byproduct of being a bit myopic in my life. Maybe I should have more relationships to focus on. That was the case I could come in on a holiday right. Maybe that would be better for my long-term self-interest, but I still love sports. I guess I am a shallow person as much as I did when I got into the business in 1991 College Football Was My Way into the industry because my alma mater had a program virtually nobody cared about so because I was eager Ernest. It helped that I would work cheaply. I was able to be associated with our coaches show when I was 21 years old that gets me on TV and I got it with me on a holiday college football was long college basketball.

The foundation of my career for nine years, Houchin hosting a D1 coaches show doing play-by-play radio and TV so I will see this too loudly because I probably won't be able to come back college football as much as I love the NFL. This was a phenomenal weekend, hello, pack 12 honk. Not a great day for Utah at the swamp. Certainly a challenge for Oregon against Georgia. But to have the bands back that have tradition back more to the point to have the tonnage back is why college football is phenomenal because on the West Coast to get up at 9 AM and games are kicking off and you can ride that all the way to Hawaii football as they renovate that stadium and it looks like the plague in high school a lot so college football is special because of the traditions and because of all of the unique elements that we connect with Saturdays and that's my only pushback with the playoff and I think unfortunately many of my current issues are gonna be only reinforced when it goes to 12 teams and we know what's motivating that we could talk about equity. We can talk about fairness access for say teams beyond the power five. It's all about money. Like everything else in college football current format with four teams. We have three games well 1212 teams means 11 gave Joe that means a lot more TV money, but my issue with the current set up and maybe you will be a degree of change but I don't think so because remember when we go to 12 were talking buys for the big boys who was in the preseason top five in the coaches poll Alabama Ohio State defending champs Georgia Clemson at Notre Dame who made it to the playoffs couple years ago.

I realize Ohio State did not make the playoffs last year they been staples about playoff same thing for Clemson since the Alabama dynasty kicked it in 2009 there's just been too much repetition, I realized the transfer portal was supposed to level the playing field but that hasn't happened because the superpowers have the ability to outspend the competition when it comes to facilities that drives recruiting and boots on the ground if Alabama is interested in the player. They can put assistant coach on the private jet and they were there on a Friday and they come back on Saturday for the gift that was in the case. 25 so not telling you what to enjoy what you prefer and I'll say it again. I love college football is much as I love the NFL is like going from fundamental period of change, and I'm not sure if all the changes what people think, in addition to our guests first and foremost Rich for allowing me to sit in again all of the great people at Westwood One led by Bruce Gilbert.

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