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Notre Dame Head Coach Brain Kelly is in hot water!  After Sunday's win vs Florida St Kelly was asked about holding on to a close victory.  He replied "I'm in favor of execution. Maybe our entire team needs to be executed after tonight.  We just didn't execute very well".  Kelly had to explain it's an old John McKay quote and that he was kidding etc.  Really? Doesn't everyone know he was kidding? ...

We are two days away from the start of the NFL season.  I break down every division, give you my picks and predict the teams to win their respective conferences.  I like the Buffalo Bills and The LA Rams to make it to the Super Bowl at SoFi stadium.  I also tell you how I think Covid will impact this season!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Labor day!  Being a holiday, no rant per se, but I want to tell you about everything going on this week.  First off thank you!!!! I just hit 750 thousand downloads for my podcast!  Friday's upcoming podcast will be a special one as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11.  I have some special guests coming on.  Tomorrow is a big day as well as I start broadcasting on Listen App.  It will...

The New England Patriots didn't cut Johnny Unitas in his prime.  They cut Cam Newton who hasn't played well in several years.  Relax!  Bill Belichick has received a lot of criticism this week over cutting Newton.  The reality is rookie QB Mac Jones outplayed him!  The former Alabama QB showed Belichick and the Pats that he's ready to drive the car! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Former USC and NFL QB Sean Salisbury had a lot of fun on the No Filter Network talking social media and football.  Salisbury's energy and passion is a treat to listen to!  The former ESPN football host talks about Cam Newton being cut by the Patriots and gives his thoughts on Matthew Stafford with the Rams.  We also talk college football including Alabama and his alma mater USC.  Sean and I will b...

Yesterday my rant was on the Kings and Ben Simmons.  Many of the comments said as long as Tyrese Haliburton isn't part of the deal.  Why the heck not?  You do realize Simmons has been an all-star each of the last three seasons right?  You do realize Simmons was first team all defense the past two years right?  Haliburton has a promising career ahead of him, but the Kings need to roll the dice in m...

Ben Simmons has made it known he is done with the 76ers according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.  The paper reported that Simmons will not attend training camp if he isn't traded.  I say the Sacramento Kings should go after him.  Why not?   What do the Kings have to lose?  They haven't made the playoffs in ages and will have a tough time making the postseason this year as things stand now.  Roll th...

Today's podcast begins with some excerpts from Phil Mushnick's story in the New York Post on Rachel Nichols and ESPN.  I talk about the network's double standards and hypocrisy.  I then move on to the NFL discussing the true value of turnover margin.  The numbers don't lie.  Protect the ball and you go to the playoffs.  I also talk about offensive lines and why the New York Giants continue to be s...

The New York Mets have been getting booed a lot by their fans for awful play.  Now the Mets players led by Javier Baez are giving the Mets fans the thumbs down gesture when on the field.  Team President Sandy Alderson and team owner Steve Cohen  have come out publicly and said the behavior of the players is unacceptable!  Ya think?  You just can't make this stuff up! Learn more about your ad choic...

Yahoo Sports is reporting the Miami Dolphins are the front runners to land Deshaun Watson.  The Houston Texans QB  requested  a trade even before 22 women came forward alleging    sexual assault and misconduct resulting in civil suits.  My question is would you trade for Watson right now?  Is he a better QB than Tua Tagovailoa?  Yes, right now Watson is better no question.  Tua's upside is huge th...

Buffalo Bills wide receivers  Isaiah McKenzie and Cole Beasley were fined by the NFL for violating the league's Covid-19 protocol.  McKenzie actually tweeted a copy of the letter the league sent him and wrote "They got me...@NFL you win".  So McKenzie who is unvaccinated  was seen without his mask on several times during the day on Wednesday.  Does he care about the other guys on the team, or is j...

Charles Davis of CBS Sports makes his return to the podcast.  He is truly one of my favorites.  We talk about the preseason and how so many people get carried away with individual performances.  Charles talks about his opening game he'll be doing with Ian Eagle, Pittsburgh at Buffalo, and shares his stories of doing games in Green Bay.  It's a fun conversation with one of the best in the business....

Who the hell is making the decisions at ESPN regarding discipline for talent?  Yesterday ESPN cancelled The Jump hosted by Rachel Nichols.  If you don't know the Nichols story by now you've been living on Mars.   What a joke ESPN has become.  Stephen A. Smith can disparage the Nigerian basketball team and mock Shohei Ohtani  because he uses an interpreter and nothing happens to Smith.  ESPN has to...

Can't make this stuff up...Yesterday ESPN.com had a headline that read, Is Dodgers-Padres still MLB's best rivalry?  Like when has it ever been baseball's best rivalry?  What a bunch of nonsense.  It's not even the best rivalry in the division.  Giants-Dodgers is a far superior rivalry.  I'd like to meet the person who wrote that absurd headline! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Episode 93 starts off with my take on former tennis star and current commentator Martina Navratilova celebrating the death of a radio talk show host in Nashville by the name of Phil Valentine.  I then  move on to discuss the rookie quarterbacks in the NFL including Trey Lance of the San Francisco 49ers.  Should he start over Jimmy Garoppolo? I say no.  I also debate the MVP leader of the American...

New England QB Cam Newton can't practice with the team until Thursday.  He went to a team approved  medical appointment outside of the acceptable area as stipulated by the NFL.  He has tested negative everyday for Covid,  but that's not good enough.  How about some common sense?  How ridiculous is this?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazing to me how so many San Francisco 49ers fans think Trey Lance should start week 1.  Lance is a dynamic talent no doubt....has a tremendous arm and is athletic, but he's not ready to start.  Don't be fooled by the preseason.  Jimmy Garoppolo is the team's best chance for winning early.  Look at the Miami Dolphins last season, or the Chargers.  There is no rush.  Relax would you please?   Lear...

The Sacramento Kings won the Las Vegas Summer League.  If that excites you get a life.  What should excite you is how good Davion Mitchell played.  I don't know if he'll be an all star, but the 9th overall pick from Baylor sure won't be a bust like so many other draft picks over the years.  Bobby Jackson who coached the squad did an excellent job, but winning the SL means nothing.   Time to get re...

I cover many things in this episode.  I start off by talking about two new platforms I'll be on and how you can get involved.  Then I cover the Jack Morris story.  The Detroit Tigers announcer has been suspended by the team for mocking Shohei Ohtani of the Angels.  Ohtani has since come out and said he wasn't offended.  I also talk about apologies and how they seem to be meaningless in this countr...

It has been my experience that the sports team owner is the least knowledgeable person in the room when it comes to their sport.  The same can not be said of NY Mets owner Steve Cohen.  He put out a tweet ripping his team for being so undisciplined at the plate!  He's right...the Mets have been awful!  Maybe it was a coincidence, but after the tweet the Mets scored 6 runs in their win vs the Giant...

What has happened to base running in Major League Baseball?  Houston Astros Manager Dusty Baker was right...the base running is as bad as it's ever been.  Almost every time I turn on a game I see mistakes on the base paths.  Guys have been playing baseball since they were kids and yet still make mistakes running the bases on a fairly regular basis.  My question is why?  How hard can it be and what...

Sacramento Kings fans are getting impatient.  They want some action on the trade front.  My response...relax.  It's the middle of August.  If we are having this discussion two months from now then ok.  Do you believe the rumors that LeBron James nixed a Buddy Hield deal to the Lakers?  Hield and Marvin Bagley appear to be on the market.  The question is what would the Kings get in return?  As they...

Brett McMurphy of Action Network joins me to preview the college football season.  We talk SEC and the Alabama Crimson Tide along with the Pac 12 and his favorites.  Brett also discusses with me his take on the future of college football as it relates to super conferences.  What will happen to the Big 12 now that Oklahoma and Texas are heading to the SEC?  Brett also previews the many candidates f...

Talk about overreaction.  Justin Fields of the Chicago Bears made his preseason debut against the  Miami Dolphins Saturday.  The rookie QB of Ohio St went 14-20 for 142yds and a TD.  He also rushed the ball 5 times for 33 yards and a score.  Some in the Chicago media and fans are hyping his performance as the greatest thing since deep dish pizza.  Can we relax for a second? Can we at least watch F...

After the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers kicked off the preseason at the Hall of Fame game all the NFL teams are in action this weekend.  Are you really watching these games?  Is there anything more boring than preseason football?  Didn't we learn anything from last year that no preseason is a good preseason?  You should be rooting for one thing...no injuries.  That's what makes a good pre...