Archive for October 2012

NBC NFL analyst Rodney Harrison joined the show to talk about the big stories in the League. Here are some of his takes: — Harrison said a lot of guys in Philly are being looked at, not just coach Andy Reid. “Everyone’s on the hot seat out there,” Harrison said. –Harrison weighed in on Chargers…

Pac-12 Network studio analyst Rick Neuheisel joined the show to talk about the big stories around college football. Dan asked Neuheisel what would happen if Notre Dame, Alabama, Oregon and Kansas State all go undefeated. Who would play Alabama in the BCS championship game? “I think Notre Dame gets the nod,” Neuheisel said. Dan asked…

MLB Network and Turner broadcaster John Smoltz joined the show to talk about the World Series. Smoltz said the Giants are impressive because of their resiliency. It doesn’t matter what happens, they bounce back. “Winning that first game was like winning two games in people’s minds because of how good [Justin] Verlander has been,” Smoltz…

NFC EAST New York Giants – 7-0 Philadelphia Eagles — 3-3* Washington Redskins 3-Awesome Dallas Cowboys – 0-7 NFC NORTH Green Bay Packers — 5-2 Chicago Bears — Jay Cutler Smoking Minnesota Vikings — 3-5 Detroit Lions – 3-4 NFC SOUTH Atlanta Falcons — 4-2 New Orleans Saints — 4-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Huh-What?…

For bad headlines of Pablo Sandoval’s three-home run night. Panda-monieum? C’mon, we’ve heard that one before.

NBC Sports broadcaster Doug Flutie joined the show to talk about pro and college football. Dan asked why teams are biased against drafting shorter quarterbacks. “I would think after Drew Brees, it would not,” Brees said. He said he’s seen “100 guys” who are tall and athletic, but once the game starts, they can’t play. But…

NFL Network host Rich Eisen joined the show to talk about tonight’s Vikings-Bucs game and the rest of the Week 8 matchups. Eisen said the Vikings need to win tonight because they have a rough road stretch ahead and haven’t proven they can win away from home yet. Eisen said that the Sean Lee injury…

FOX’s Brian Billick joined the show to talk about the big storylines in the NFL. Billick has serious problems with the Thursday Night games. “I don’t like it all from a competitive standpoint,” Billick said. He said the road team has no time to prepare and he thinks it’s unfair they put so many divisional…

FOX’s Ken Rosenthal joined the show to talk about World Series Game 1 Rosenthal weighed in on Justin Verlanders’ performance. “For whatever reason he could not get in sync,” Rosenthal said. “It was really odd to see.” Rosenthal had interesting comments on Tim Lincecum being in the bullpen. “He said he likes it,” Rosenthal said.…