00:00All right. Good afternoon. Uplifting stuff, Rico. We'll continue that conversation later.
00:05We've got a lot to do today. We're going to mix in a little college football, but not in the
00:09normal way that we trope on about it.
00:12We do have an interesting question about where Bryce Underwood fits in the top 100 players.
00:20I have a comprehensive list and paychecks are a part of it.
00:24Very interesting note on the quarterback market. We're going to get to it at three.
00:28But I wanted to do this to start. Rico and I had this moment of shock yesterday as Jeremy Otto
00:35waddled on in here and did what he normally does.
00:39He was ill prepared because he had a great news story that he viewed as just a throwaway.
00:45He walked in and went Nagasaki on the update and Rico and I stopped him.
00:50I'm DJ scratch style. ESPN was getting rid of the ticker during college football Saturdays.
00:59And we had our moment and I talked about a copious amount of other things and people ESPN could get
01:05rid of before you touch the blessed ticker.
01:08Right. I mean, the ticker is at the right hand of the Lord.
01:10If I'm watching Tennessee and Georgia, I need to know if North Texas just put up another touchdown on Navy.
01:17That's college football. It's what we do.
01:19But I wanted to add to the topic because I'm a big believer networks do things that they think we
01:29want that we don't want.
01:31Myths. There are sports television myths.
01:34Myths. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to present 10 sports TV myths.
01:40You, Corbin, David, you're the arbiters of justice.
01:44It's either a myth or it's real.
01:47Meaning myth, you agree with me.
01:50Okay.
01:51Or no, Mike, it's real. People want this.
01:54Gotcha.
01:54And the bedrock of it is the ticker.
01:57I don't think there's a person out there that wants this.
02:00Yes. The ticker is part and parcel with our Saturdays watching the sport.
02:06Yep.
02:07Okay.
02:07And then I finally realized why the ticker is going to go away, Michael.
02:12To have more people download the app.
02:15Got it.
02:16That's why.
02:17Well, I have the list.
02:18And now, David, I won't be insulted.
02:20You could put the most insulting music to this you like.
02:24Or we're going to go standard.
02:26All right. I like it.
02:26All right, gentlemen, are you prepared?
02:28Let's go.
02:29Here we go.
02:29Now, number one on the list, sports television myth.
02:35The more people we put on a panel, the better.
02:39What is it with all of these shows with four, six, eight people at a desk?
02:47More is not better.
02:50Total myth.
02:53Corbin, I'm going to allow you to go first.
02:56Rico just said no.
02:57I'm not even doing this.
02:58I don't want to poison a jury.
02:59Corbin, you can go first.
03:00So before I get on this, I do want to say about the ticker.
03:03Never forget seven years ago.
03:05We wouldn't have known during Florida and Miami that Andrew Luck retired out of nowhere.
03:09Never forget.
03:10But that's what I'm saying.
03:11I know.
03:11I miss it.
03:11Oh, I will miss it.
03:12When it comes to the panel, yeah, no, this is a myth.
03:15Too many cooks in the kitchen.
03:16Let's just give me three and I'm fine.
03:18All right.
03:18Cap it at three.
03:19David, I'm with him.
03:21A myth.
03:22We see college game day has 18 people on it.
03:24We don't need it.
03:25NFL live 18.
03:26We don't need it.
03:27So myth.
03:28Now Rico's going to poison the jury.
03:30No, it is absolutely a myth because it gets to the point where, why are you here?
03:35Like you look at certain people like, okay, why are they here?
03:38Oh, their, their segment's going to come two hours from now.
03:41We call it A.J.
03:42Hawk syndrome.
03:43Yeah.
03:43Why are you here in front of a fake bookcase and you don't talk?
03:48Right.
03:48Oh, you know, we'll, we'll, we'll bring him out in a few hours.
03:51Okay.
03:52You're paying this man for 10 words.
03:54Here we go.
03:55Sports network myth.
03:57Number two.
03:57I like this.
03:59Ex-athletes provide great analysis.
04:03They do not.
04:0490% of these guys cannot formulate a cogent thought yet.
04:08Let's put more of these people on more panels to say less.
04:17I wholeheartedly agree with the myth two for two, because what gets me is, okay, you retire
04:24and now you got ex athlete guy.
04:26And I guess they're waiting for that one big story for them to say something that happened
04:31in a locker room.
04:32But other than that, they give you nothing.
04:35And it's like, why don't you give somebody who actually prepared and went to school for
04:39this and could actually give some insight, someone entertaining, someone that'll keep
04:44eyeballs here.
04:45Not here.
04:46See you struggle through the English language as Matt Ryan Corbin.
04:50Yeah, it's a myth, but I do want to say there are some athletes who have gone into broadcasting
04:54that do a very good job, but I don't think anyone is yearning.
04:56It's not a blanket statement, but the fact that as soon as somebody, Aaron Rodgers will
05:01have a job.
05:01Anybody who leaves will have a job.
05:04Aaron Rodgers will take over AJ Hawk's spot on the Pat McAfee show.
05:06Watch it.
05:07Lamar Jackson will retire and the next day he'll be in the booth somewhere.
05:10God help us.
05:11David.
05:11I absolutely enjoy hearing Charles Woodson and Desmond Howard and Gronkowski.
05:17Rich Eisen.
05:18Rich Eisen.
05:18I love hearing these guys.
05:20Love it.
05:21Jake Butt.
05:22Let's do it.
05:23I know you're lying through your teeth, but we're just going to move on.
05:25Okay, sports network myth number three.
05:29People need and want hour-long blocks of WNBA coverage as well as WNBA dominating SportsCenter.
05:38Who on earth is settling in at 3 p.m. besides destitute unemployed people and watching an hour
05:45of WNBA today and then you want baseball highlights and what do you get?
05:51Ah, yes.
05:52An hour of Monica McNutt and inane WNBA highlights of balls bouncing off the bottom side of the rim.
06:01Yeah.
06:01Just so you know, I actually thought about for a blitz, WNBA team or AFL team.
06:08Okay.
06:09Is this a myth or not?
06:11No, this is a myth, Mike, that they want the WNBA to become this be-all, hey, if you
06:18like the NBA, you're going to love this.
06:20You will not.
06:21Corbin?
06:22I think it's a myth.
06:24I'm fine if they want to do stuff to cover the WNBA, but at least understand, at least
06:29prioritize which sports will actually bring in people to watch at those primetime slots
06:33during the day.
06:33David?
06:34This pains me, but this is a myth because it's very rare, very little people that actually
06:39want to see that show, including me.
06:41Like, I'm the only one, though.
06:43All right.
06:43The deep dive, like, okay, are you showing Caitlin Clark or not?
06:47Let's just get to the game.
06:48Sports myth number, what is this, four?
06:50Four?
06:51Yeah, you're just waiting for three.
06:51All right, four.
06:53The myth.
06:54Networks think we need rules experts interrupting the broadcast to still get the call wrong.
06:59Let me ask you, what man has ever woken up in the morning with a raging portion of Morningwood
07:05screaming, more Blandino, babe?
07:08Like, Blandino and Sterator and Pereira.
07:13They don't even get the call right.
07:15Just get them all gone.
07:17Show us the replay.
07:19Have the analyst that's next to the play-by-play guy tell you what they think, and boop-a-doop
07:25-a-doop,
07:25we're done.
07:27I actually like this one.
07:29This is not a myth.
07:30Damn it.
07:30I like, no, because I like when they tell you what the rule is, so when they get it
07:36wrong, you're like, but wait, if that's the rule.
07:39Now, the compromise, how about you set them in New York, and they're in the place where
07:44they're looking at reviewing stuff, and they can actually interact with the people.
07:48But I like when you have somebody to say, guys, that's not the rule right there.
07:52The rule should have been this.
07:54Corbin?
07:54I would say it's become a myth in time, because back in the mid to late 2000s, when we didn't
08:00have all these angles, sure, I need an expert to tell me.
08:03But now, they show 17 different angles.
08:05I can see with my own eyes if it's a penalty or not.
08:07David?
08:08Yeah, I don't need it.
08:10It's a myth.
08:10I don't need Pereira.
08:11I don't need anybody telling me what the rules are just to get them wrong.
08:15I don't like to hear that at all.
08:17It's not that they're getting them wrong.
08:18They're getting them wrong.
08:20No, it's just like the referees on the field are like, wait, who threw that ball?
08:24Aaron Rodgers?
08:25Okay, I got to give them that one.
08:26You can clearly tell that they just woke them up, too, because they're groggy before they
08:30say a single word.
08:31All right, Sports Network TV myth number six.
08:35The more an announcer yells, the more exciting the game is.
08:38It is not.
08:40But goofballs like Eric Collins, Noah DeWig, Eagle, and yes, Gus Johnson ruin the games
08:47they call.
08:48They don't make them better.
08:50First of all, it's just a great haircut for Noah.
08:53That's a sky piece.
08:55We don't know this.
08:57Yeah, this is getting ridiculous because now it is.
09:00This is a myth because it's now you're trying to outdo each other with the catch phrases
09:05and all of this and yelling and everything can't be this exciting.
09:09No, Eric Collins, you're calling K-State and UCF.
09:12You can't be yelling this way, sir.
09:14They just flipped the coin.
09:15Okay, let's power it down.
09:18Oh, my God.
09:19It was his.
09:20I know.
09:21Let's go to the telestrator.
09:22No, let's not.
09:24Corb.
09:25I love Eric Collins, so I got to disagree with this.
09:27Oh, no.
09:28Watching Hornets games on League Pass.
09:30You are such an effing loser.
09:33All right, David.
09:34It's a myth, and I'll go a step further.
09:36This is Gus's fault because Gus, naturally, when he was doing it, it was fun.
09:41Now, everyone's trying to do it, and they're going over the top.
09:44All right, sports myth number seven that the networks think you need that I don't think
09:48anyone needs.
09:49Kirk Herbstreet's damn dog.
09:52Enough.
09:53Enough.
09:54You don't bring a dog to an office environment.
09:56I'm sorry your dog died.
09:58I don't need a monologue on the air about it.
10:00I don't need you bringing the dog everywhere.
10:02No, the dog doesn't get a press pass.
10:04It's not a human being.
10:05I love dogs, but enough, Kirk.
10:08Good God.
10:09This started off as a great human interest story, and then it just became ridiculous.
10:14Here he is on the plane.
10:15Here he is at North Carolina State with his lanyard on as a media.
10:20Oh, look.
10:20They gave him a dog toy.
10:22Shut up.
10:22Oh, he's the greatest one.
10:24Next.
10:25We could pass on that.
10:25Corbin.
10:26Listen, it's a myth, and the one part that rubbed me the wrong way is when his one dog
10:30passed, and immediately the next week, the dog's body was still a little bit warm, and
10:34he brings out the other one.
10:36Had a new dog.
10:36Looks the same.
10:37You've been replaced.
10:38All right.
10:40Sportsmyth.
10:41Network number eight.
10:44Networks think you want it.
10:46I don't think you do.
10:48Exploiting sick kids when you're just trying to enjoy your day.
10:51Looking at you, Rinaldi.
10:53You've just sat down with a pulled pork sandwich, and the next thing you know, you're bawling
10:58into it because little Bobby didn't live to see the Virginia Tech game.
11:02I don't want to hear about dead kids.
11:06I'm just here for Enner Sandman.
11:09No more Rinaldi.
11:10No more sadness.
11:11I want to have fun.
11:13Iowa Wave included in that as well.
11:16Those kids are alive.
11:17Can we stick to the myth?
11:19This is definitely a myth here, and I'll say it because I always forget Big Noon actually
11:24starts at 12.15, and so when I get close to noon, I want to turn to it, and then
11:29it's
11:29a Rinaldi story, and I'm like, oh, no, and I'm stuck.
11:33You sit down.
11:34Maybe you got an Italian mix and some chips, and you're excited.
11:37Up next, now you're battling stage four cancer with a poor kid.
11:42It takes away from the game day experience.
11:44You're right.
11:45I'm going to give you this one, Michael.
11:47Okay, Corbin.
11:48They get too in-depth with the stories.
11:50I'm fine with like, hey, little Billy wanted to be here, but unfortunately couldn't make
11:53it.
11:53They go in-depth.
11:54They show pictures, and I'm like, oh, my God.
11:56I can't stomach it.
11:57Right.
11:58Him on the life support machine.
12:01Can you just hold up one finger and say, go stay?
12:06Touchdown, Michigan State immediately after.
12:07All right.
12:08I'll give you the last one because I had a couple of more, but all right.
12:12Here's the last one.
12:13I want all of them.
12:14I can't.
12:14We don't have time.
12:15The last TV network sports myth, and if you have thoughts on these, 248-539-9797 or just
12:21Ticket Texas.
12:22That's fine.
12:24Opinionated play-by-play guys.
12:26No one's asking for this.
12:28Your job's to call the game.
12:29You have an analyst.
12:31Their job's the opinion.
12:32Nothing annoys me more than dry, white toast, aka play-by-play guy, now wants to get catty
12:39with it.
12:40Like, Sean McDonough sometimes will just start just ranting on stuff, and it's like, dude,
12:46that's not your job.
12:47You call the game.
12:48Analyst has opinion.
12:51Yeah, no, these people need to get nuked.
12:53I'll be completely honest.
12:55It just takes away from the moment.
12:57Understand what your job is, and do it properly, please.
13:00No, Rico, Beard is in shock.
13:01No, I would say, I didn't realize that went on.
13:06I guess if it's a blowout game, I don't care because I've probably turned away anyway, but
13:11yes, in a tightly, hotly contested game, just do your job.
13:14Just tell me what just happened on the field.
13:17David, last word.
13:17Maybe not nuked, but just replaced, something like that.
13:20And those are your nine TV network sports myths after they ripped the ticker from us, 97-1.
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