Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Will the Bears trade a core offensive player this offseason? (Hour 4)

Episode Date: February 2, 2026

In the final hour, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote discussed a variety of Bears topics. After that, Cubs left fielder Ian Happ joined the show to discuss the club’s additions this offseason and to look ahead to the start of spring training.

This hour is brought to you by Vasectomy Clinics of Chicago. On the fake, Williams. It's a classic on Fox. Bears. Welcome back to Rahimi Harrison Grotie here on 104-3, the score. That's right. We launched FM today. That's the way it's going down.

And one of our very first guest today was Cole Commet. And he was awesome. We talked about Chicago and the whole FMness. and the whole scorness of the city in which we live. And what is striking Marshall about Colt Comet? And he's always been mature since the day that he walked into Hallis Hall, but he does speak differently now than he did, obviously, in the first two years of his bear's career,

where he was really just trying to get on the field, trying to improve, trying to make a name for himself, trying to be productive. And now he is like this perfect veteran player who succeeds on the field, you know, not necessarily flashy. There was some flash, obvious flash from Colquomet this year, but he's just a good football player out there. And he knows he understands the league.

He understands how the real world works. And it's very interesting hearing him talk about the way the world works, the way rosters work, the way free agency works, the way the salary cap works. And he is ultra aware of it all. The veteran that he is at the age of 26, is really kind of awesome when you really think about it. Because there's a lot of 26-year-olds that don't understand their industry,

the way that Colquette understands his industry. I know, look, NFL stands for not for long. He is on his second contract, something that he talked about. But I was not taking it back, but I was impressed by his attitude towards everything as we had that conversation in our first hour. And one of the parts that he is so realistic about, again is, you know, not just guys leaving the team like easy free agent exits. There are players that are under contract like Cole Comet, like DJ Moore, whose names may be

popping up in potential trade talks. And here's the question I asked Cole Comet a little bit earlier. We talked about changes for the teams. Every roster is going to be different going forward. Do you get nervous thinking about that, that anybody can be a exposed to potential trade. Like DJ Moore, his name pops up sometimes. Your name from time to time pops up sometimes. Anybody who has value to make other parts better, how much of that do you watch and how much of that do you think is real

heading into the next season? Well, it's definitely very real. I know it's real because I've seen it happen before. I mean, that's just the nature of the business in this league. So, I mean, maybe, you know, you say nervous or something. scared. I would say like my first two years in the league, you're like, it kind of catches you off guard of just how, uh, of just how ruthless this business can be. But, um, I think at this point in my, in stage my career, you're kind of accepting of it and understanding that this is just

part of the deal. And, you know, especially like a guy like myself or, you know, you're talking about DJ or other guys who have played a little bit and you're on a second deal. Um, you know, unfortunately, as you age, you get, you get more expensive and, um, you may not fit in the, you know, that piece of the puzzle that I was talking about. And that's just the nature of the business. So however it works out, it works out. You know, for me personally, I felt like I did a lot of good things this year in the role that I was in and had a lot of fun playing with this team.

And, you know, like I said, after the game against the Rams, you know, it is going to be different next year despite who's here. But I think going forward, you know, this is an organization that you want to be part of. And I'm sure they're going to have no problem bringing in the guys they want to bring in for agents-wise and selling them on a Super Bowl run this upcoming year. Sounds like a guy who wants to continue being a Chicago bear, but he gets it if he isn't.

And just to be very clear, there is nothing out there. There's nothing like real in terms of any Colquomet trade talk right now. The cap hit for 25 and 6 NFL seasons projected to be 11.6 million. As part of that four-year, $50 million extension that Cole Comet signed in 2023,

he's considered a potential cap casualty or trade candidate this year, cutting him would free up significant space while leaving relatively low dead money at $3.2 million. So he's just an example of a player like him, like DJ Moore, like Tremaine Edmonds, like others that you have to be realistic about and the money they're making

and what it could potentially free up for the team, which has to eventually make difficult decisions. And it really does make you wonder, because you talk about his dead cap money with Tremaine Edmonds, if they got rid of him, they'd be left with $2.4 million of dead cap. These are saving significant portions of money. And it's just a matter of how important are these players to the future plans of the Bears,

understanding that they're going to have to draft new players eventually anyway because drafted players, they're cheap. That's the whole point. If you can get a serious rotation of our guys, we're using four or five of these guys from every draft class as real players in our offense and in our defense and beyond just special teams, that's where you get a little freedom. And remember, they're still on the rookie contract of Caleb Williams. When they get to Caleb Williams' second contract, that's when it really becomes a tough proposition to keep all of the playmakers that you want to keep on both sides of the ball. See Patrick Mahomes. See Patrick Mahomes.

See the Kansas City Chiefs. It's such a great example for people who kind of casually listen to us when we talk about that and the value of the quarterback. They maxed it out. They did under what they could afford with Patrick Mahomes, his rookie contract. They've won Super Bowls, but they've hit a wall. Not that they should be able to rise back up, but it's just the way it works. And that's why we talk about how important it is to get this done while Caleb is still in his rookie contract. While we're at it, if you look at Colston Loveland, in his role.

rookie contract, which could be part of what would make Cole Commet expendable. Though, if we're really talking about Cole Commet seriously here, Ben Johnson should want that guy, should want that specific type of player in this offense, because that's what he had in Detroit as well, and it worked. I mean, Cole Commet is all you want in a play, like in the more traditional inline, why tight end, who proved he can make some big time catches as well. Here's why I don't think Cole Commet is at risk. Maybe you restructure his contract in some way, but he's only making $11 million next year.

That's not like this giant chunk of money. The cap is going up, as we just heard a couple of days ago. And he's not one of the guys, like, Tremaine Edmonds is making $17 million next year. That's a lot of money. That's a good person in a circle. DJ Moore, $28.5 million next year. That's a lot of money. But he's not, that's a lot of dead cap also.

if you, well, you wouldn't just get rid of DJ Moore. You just wouldn't. He's too valuable for what they be. Their number one goal for the wide receivers, what's that again? The number one goal with this off season. Do you catch the football? Last I checked, DJ Moore does a pretty good job of catching the football. Right, in a world where the bears weren't very good at catching the football.

Yeah. Yeah. So it's more likely that a guy like, I don't know, DeAndre Swift, maybe, because he's a free agent at the end of next season. Yeah. There's other places you can do something. But I'm really interested more than the whole will he get cut, traded thing. Whose contracts will be restructured to get you more free cap space right now? Yeah, like who would agree?

Would Jalen Johnson agree to doing something like that? I don't know. I mean, that's a proud man who worked his ass off to get to that point. So I don't begrudge any player who's like, no, I don't want to do that. But that's a fair question. Another thing that we spoke to Colquette about is the fact that, hey, practically breaking news for a lot of people who maybe still haven't heard that Declan Doyle has taken the offensive coordinator job in Baltimore. He will call plays there. He spent the last year as the Bears OC where he did not call plays under Ben Johnson.

And this was Cole Commett's reaction to Declan Doyle leaving the Bears. Declan Doyle taking the job with Baltimore. What do you think of that? and what does that loss mean for you guys? Yeah, well, we're super happy for Declan and really anybody this time of year that's able to go out and take advantage of the situation they were in the year prior. And, you know, that's kind of happening with coaching right now and with players that'll come up here soon with three agency and teams kind of getting their roster set and somewhat ready to go for the upcoming season.

You know, it is kind of like a puzzle piece. And, you know, with us being in a salary cap league, there's pieces of the puzzle that fit well into the next season and pieces of the puzzle that don't. So, you know, I'm sure Ryan and Ben will are going to be all over that this time of year figuring that out and all those things. But, you know, yeah, it's obviously a big loss for us losing Declan, EB, two great coaches and guys that provide a lot of value to the offense side of the ball this year. And, you know, I know even though Declan doesn't call the place for us, you know, the amount of work that he did on the offensive side of the football was immense. And you could see that in day-to-day and practices. And I'm sure it took a lot off of Ben throughout the week for his duties as a head coach.

No doubt about it. And that's why it gets a little bit difficult to know exactly and precisely what he's leaving behind, where the bears might be hurting in Declan Doyle's absence. And Marshall went on to ask that question. What was Declan Doyle's role as you got through the season? What would you say his day-to-day-old? Dave was like. Yeah, well, I mean, that almost be hard for me to even say just because I'm not there in those meetings once we leave the building. But, you know, you can tell with things in

terms of getting the scout team correct, getting all those cards ready, dialed up, ready to go, whether it's scripting the practice. I'm sure Declan had a huge say as to what plays we're going to have up and what looks we were going to get throughout the week of practice. And then, you know, on Fridays and Saturdays, when we'd go over our film from Fridays on Saturday morning, you know, Declan's the guy going over that tape with the whole skill group. And, and then kind of leading us in the walkthrough on Saturday before our main mini walkthrough as before we get to the hotel. So, yeah, DECL was very hands-on with all of us.

And that is a big role. And I know I understand and I somewhat understand what people on the outside and they say, oh, if you're not calling plays, like really, what are you doing? These guys do a lot of stuff in terms of prepping for the game plan and getting us ready to go for practice throughout the week that really shows up big time. on Sunday. And then, I mean, another thing Declan was great at is, you know, I'm sure Ben as the head coach, there's a lot of things got to handle on halftime.

Declan's the one addressing the offense at halftime. Kind of going over the openers, they're going to be coming up in the second half and telling us what we need to do, what they're seeing, and how we can make adjustments. So, yeah, Declan was definitely a very valuable piece to us offensively. Cole Komet earlier on Rahimi Harrison Grotie on the score. He used to check out the entire interview. Yeah, we're talking about. course we still got the Odyssey app.

Yeah, people keep asking if the Odyssey app is in FM. I don't know. That's a good question. The Odyssey app is always crystal clear. It is always crystal clear. It is always crystal clear. So like 104.3 FM. That's right.

That you can hear in any country. That is for sure. But I love what he said, Colcomette right there, towards the end of that quote, that he had something to do with addressing the offense at halftime. That's big, that he's hands on with the players. But there's also the part where he had to handle the cards. He had to handle the tape.

That is grunt work, my friend. I think the biggest reason from getting this job is working with Ben Johnson. Plus, he speaks interestingly, intelligently, and progressively about football when we ask him questions, when he gets his shot at the lectern once a week at Alice Hall. I think the organizational aspect of this is important in that to work under Ben Johnson, knowing all the duties he had as a first year head coach, mind you, he had to delegate. and when you're delegating on offense, that's his baby. Let's be honest.

I mean, the whole team is his baby, but you get what I'm saying because he's had some of the most explosive offenses in the NFL over the last half decade. And so Declan Doyle's ability to get what Ben Johnson needed him to get, and whether that was in the interview process of understanding this is a guy I can work with, obviously came highly recommended after having worked with Sean Payton before Ben Johnson. It's going to be interesting to see what he goes for this time around naming an offensive coordinator. It is an important position. I know we downplay it because we're like, oh, he doesn't call plays. But I think it's a very important position. And Ben Johnson, I trust him to get the right guys. The main reason is, last I looked last year, he had the right guys in the right position as far as coaching staff.

Yeah, he did. No doubt about it. And look, yeah, there are in-house Canada. candidates in Antoine Randall L. J.T. Barrett as well, one of the intriguing guys on the outside that I think if Sean McVay would allow Ben Johnson to come to his tree after all the tree wars that were existing is Nate Shieldhouse, the Rams passing game coordinator who is garnering interest. So if teams can come poach the bears, the bears can go poach the Rams. I think that's an interesting guy too. Wait, wait, wait. You're suggesting they go after Nate Schillhaus? Yeah. Best game coordinator of the Rams? I... You don't like it?

Wasn't he looking at head coaching jobs? Oh, you think he's too good for it, huh? Yeah, I think his next step is probably as a head coach. Okay. Because tell me what... Yeah, you're right. I see what you're saying. Because he's been doing the job.

So it would be a lateral move if the Illini guy. He's not calling plays if he comes here. That's a good. But doesn't McVeigh call the plays? That's true. Yeah, right. So why would you do it? Yeah.

It's a colder here. here. I mean, we got better. Fans are way better here. Do they have fans? Do the Rams have fans in L.A.? The Rams have more fans than the Chargers? I can tell you that. That is for sure. That is, and the guy that

Declan Doyle will be working for comes from. He got out. That's Jesse Minter. He was the defense coordinator of the Chargers. He got out. He's now the head coach. So it's a great job. It's a great job for Declan Doyle because he can run the offense and Jesse Minter can take care of the defense and if it works out, that's going to be great for both

of those guys. If the defense sucks, then Declan Doyle is going to take over the NFL and become the head coach of that team. Could happen. Okay. Coming up next, do we have Ian Hap? I think we've got Ian Hap coming up next. Yes, we've got Happer.

Ian Hap, friend of the show, friend of FM radio. We'll talk FM with him because that's kind of why he's coming on. he's busy, but he said, yeah, I'll come on and hang out with you guys. But we've got Cubs questions to ask. I want to make sure that he's making Alex Bregman comfortable and Tyler Austin, Edward Cabrera, and all of the new Cubs. Ian Hap next on Rahimi Harrison Grotie on the score.

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Gold Glove Award winner. The Cubs have won the ball game. They have won the National League Wild Card Series. Battled against San Diego. Not surprisingly, it went right down to the final at back. Host of the compound podcast. We got playoff baseball, we've got end of the year. Where do you want to start?

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Huge day here at the score, Rahimi Harris and Grotie. Because we went FM today. We're always a.m. We're up there. We're out there. The people can hear crystal clear downtown. If you've got buildings, if you're on Lower Wacker, I might go down to lower Wacker just to see, just as he was good. Absolutely.

Just to see how it all works at FM. Yes, we are 104-3, the score, and it feels so good. And yeah, one of our friends of the program is Ian Hap. He joins us now on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline, Circa Las Vegas.com. Circa has a lot to do with what's going on here as well. So we thank them. And we thank you, Ian, for being here on this big day.

What's going on, man? Thanks for having me. Glad to do it. Yeah, you sound good. You sound good. Listen to that. Sound crisp. Yeah.

Very good. Ian, I understand you left your workout just a little bit early to come join us, so we appreciate that, first of all. But how's it going for you, man? I mean, are you feeling like, hey, spring training is, it's almost here? Oh, yeah, it's close. I probably got a weeker show before I'm down in Arizona and with the boys. It's an exciting time of the year, and we get the best two months ever in Arizona.

Yeah, yeah, that's a good time. It's a great lifestyle. I've lived adjacent to it at times and my time covering the Cubs and seeing how that all works. It's really a beautiful thing. Another beautiful thing for the Cubs this year. Ian Hap, I don't know that you've been on the score on Rahimi Harris and Grotie since the Cubs did sign Alex Bregman. Your reaction to having that player on this team, which won a playoff series last year? Yeah, it's an exciting addition for us. He just, he has such a playoff pedigree, been on winning teams his entire career.

Obviously, we've had just similar timeline. The big leagues we were drafted the same year, came up around the same time. and so we've overlapped quite a bit, but he's a competitor and a huge addition for us. It feels very different than when you guys kind of went up against the trade deadline and not much happened for the Cubs and to understand like the financial restraints that may, or constraints, I should say, that maybe we're happening for the Cubs that seem to have now been unlocked in a way

with this free agency signing and the understanding that more could come. Does that have you more optimistically? than ever about where this team is? Yeah, I think we had a really good run last year and a great group. And one of the exciting things about when you can keep a group together is just the experience growing together. You know, getting to watch Pete and Michael Bush

and some of these guys continue to develop and, you know, learn how to play for full season. The big league has been really fun to watch. So this group that we've had together, for a little bit to continue to add pieces and grow together has been a lot of fun and our coaching staff too, just consistency

of that year every year has been great. Looking at the personality of this team and you mentioned how that you came up with Bregman at every step and now here you guys are together as I think some would characterize you guys as grinders. Nico Horner

is like that as well. Danesby Swanson seems to play like that. Bush a lot of guys. Is that the identity of this team right now? You guys are like the gym rats of baseball it feels like. I think we have a group that loves playing,

loves being at the field and talking baseball and being around it and thinking about the game. That's a really fun thing to be around, especially when everybody shares those same characteristics. But, you know, our identity last year was just doing all the little things right. Obviously, we played great defense. You saw that. We won the team Gold Glove,

which was a really special award. But the attention to detail on the base running, guys taking extra bases, guys beating out balls in the infield to the next base to help out their teammate and keep rallies going, just little things like that and the awareness of the attention to detail of something the council really cares about and has trickled down to the group. So it's a fun branded baseball and it was a lot of fun to be a part of last year. And the council part, since you brought him up, I mean, there has to have been a ramping up period that occurred with Craig Counsel as well.

He's going into his third year now with the Cubs. He's got a better hold on things. He's got a better idea of what makes you guys work too. So how much is he responsible, Craig Counsel, for the identity of this team and a team, again, that won a playoff series last year? Yeah, he does a really good job of setting the tone on expectations and kind of what's important to him

and should be important to the group. A lot of that was kind of, the base ring that you saw last year and the attention to that. It's one of the most controllable parts of the game, so really caring about that was a big part for counts. But I also think, you know, for anybody coming into an organization in the first year, you're trying to get a feel for everything that's going on. And then you saw in his second year just some changes,

whether it's staff-wise or identity of the team-wise. So it's been fun to have him get comfortable in Chicago and see his love for Wrigley Field and the first. fan base. You get to see that for people over the course of a couple of years. It's a pretty special place and people get to experience it and see that all summer long. It's really cool. We are celebrating our first day on FM here on 1043, The Score with special guest, Gold Glover, Ian Hab, joining Rahimi Harris and Grotie. And Ian, every offseason is different, right? And I know you guys work on some stuff similarly and then some things you really get specific on.

Is there something that you really wanted to focus on this offseason for yourself and your development and maintenance? Yeah, a lot of maintenance. You know, I've been lucky to be pretty healthy through my career. So a lot of reinforcing some of the things that have kept me on the field and kept me available. A lot of running this off season, a lot of speeds, a lot of running, and just working on some form and technique stuff. But getting in the gym to start running earlier. And I think just as you go through your career, you know, there's not. little thing is that year and you're out that you want to tweak and that was a big one for me this

year how was the fan fest this year how was the cubs convention how to go you've been doing like you said you've been around a long time now man you've been to a lot of these how was this year it was pretty electric i was lucky to be in chicago for the kind of the full week went to the bears game but just the mix between the energy of the city from where what the bears were doing the 16 team back to celebrate 10 years and kind of the energy from our season. That was an unbelievable mix, and the fans were so, so excited, and it was really fun to see. Yeah, man. I mean, you've gotten this, being around here as long as you have, nobody has a better sense of what Cubs fans are like and how much pride they have,

or the level to which it goes when things are good. You know, the Cubs fans are always there, Bears fans are always there. but that level, Ian, that you didn't even know could exist, does exist, right? And you felt that you felt that probably with the Bears game too, didn't you? Yeah, it's just electric. And the city, we're so lucky, though, fan base that's behind us no matter what. But I tell guys all the time, you know, there's nothing like winning here. And when you're in the middle of the summer and you're in first place and you're playing good baseball, you know,

it's not only Wrigleyville and Wrigleyfield, it's the entire city that's, excited, lit up, Cubs, jerseys, Cubs hats all over the city. People are excited about it, and it doesn't get any better than, you know, middle of July, middle August, being in first place and that place jumping. Ian, I know it's a brand new season coming up. I'm just curious, what have been maybe the best offseason conversations you've had with your teammates about gearing back up as we get, you know, a week plus out from restarting this thing? How much contact do you have outside of, you know, Cubs Convention, obviously, and some of the other things that you guys do,

just in personal conversations with your teammates? Yeah, I mean, you keep in touch with a bunch of guys. It's been great to kind of check in on guys throughout the offseason. Pete was around over the holidays, and we got to work out together and hit together a little bit of Wrigley, which is great. And, you know, just getting to CubsCon and having everybody there and being able to, you know,

that's the first time to be able to sit down and really talk baseball with Breglin for a while. So, you know, getting to chat with him, you know, always checking it on Nico and Dan Zweed and Jameson throughout their off-season. So it's been fun. You know, you get little things, not only baseball things, but things that are going on in people's lives and vacations and those little things that are really fun to just, you know, you're with these guys more than you're with your family throughout the year. So you got to check on them when you're not with them. It's weird for us. You know, you go 250 days together and then you don't see them. It's like, guys, where are you?

What are you doing? Right, right. I mean, you guys have to coexist together. And one of the guys that I know that you love playing with is Anthony Rizzo. He's been hanging around for the 10-year thing. Obviously, he's going to do some ambassador work with the Cubs. And now he's going to do the TV thing with Joey Votto. You knew he was going to do his television, right, Ian?

Yeah, that was going to easy. That was a layup. You knew he was going to be on TV. It was just a matter of where. He'll be great at it. He's a great personality. and people love listening to him talk. So he's going to be awesome.

I look forward to watching him on TV and seeing him and Joey is. That's an electric combo together. Can you imagine the conversations at first between those two? Oh, my God. I mean, like, I always wanted to know when watching all those games with the Cubs and Reds, and like they would chat every single time

that they would pull up. I bet you've been in on some pretty nice Joey Votto conversations yourself, though, Happer, right? Oh, yeah, Joey. He was one of my favorites to talk to. He was great. And the best thing about Joey is he would remember. He'd have a conversation in the first inning,

and you'd get back on first in the fifth, and he would pick up the conversation from the first. What? That's a lot of individual conversations to manage over the course of a game, right? Oh, yeah. He was on it. He would be thinking about and have an answer for you an hour later. That's amazing.

Yeah. And I got to have some good ones with the race when he was with the Yankees. It was fun to be able to get over there. hang out with him over there and talk about where we were going to dinner that night or something. That's hilarious. So, wait a minute. Has Votto been or will he be on the compound podcast? He has been. He has been a guest. Oh, he's been a guest. Oh, that's fantastic. He was a great guy. We've had both those guys. There you go. We've had Riz probably three or four times now. And yeah, we did get Jovey once and he was great to talk to.

Oh, that's amazing, man. He's just so entertaining. And I just, I can only imagine what it's going to. to be like for those guys when they get together. As we get closer to this, I'm just curious, do you feel the buzz? Like, what is your preparation process when you're a week plus out, when you're less than two weeks away from showing up? Yeah, we do, I mean, we do a really good job of phasing kind of the workouts, you know, over the course of the offseason.

So kind of at the start of the off season, you build out your phases of, and you kind of backtrack to, right, when am I going to get to spring? And when's the first game of spring? and then you kind of plan it out. So, you know, the workouts run right into it and then through spring. And from a, you know, moving around standpoint and the actual baseball stuff, you know, you're throwing more, you're hitting more, you're getting ready. But those first two or three weeks in Arizona is when you get all that time on the field

to really get as much practice as you need in, which is kind of the best time of the year. It's a little bit more free for us. And you get plenty of exposure to it. So it's just really getting the body ready. to get through these next eight months. Yep, and yeah, man, excited that it's coming soon. We mentioned that the Compound Podcast, Ian Hap, co-hosts the Compound Podcast, which is now part of Odyssey Sports, actually.

New episodes drop each Wednesday, Wednesday, with the latest discussion on the Cubs and baseball, download and listen to the Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. You should check that out with Ian Hap. He's got guys like Rizzo and Vado who come on the podcast. What is the latest hap with Connect Roasters? Connect is great. We had a booth at Tubbs Convention,

and so we were serving coffee to people. I think Jameson made sure that he got a cup of coffee before he was doing his round Saturday morning. So, yeah, we're still doing the Home Run Club. You can subscribe. Coffee will be shipped directly to you every month. So go check that out, and hopefully we'll have a couple cool things around regularly this year.

That's awesome, man. And it means a lot that you would take the time in your off-sense, season. These days are precious and few before this stuff gets real for you. So looking forward to talking to you more, Ian, and thanks for coming on, man. Thanks so much, Ian. Thanks so much, guys. Have a good one. Yeah, you too. That is Ian Hap, the Cubs gold glove outfielder. For time, gold Glover. I mean, I was going to go that direction with him a little bit and just for some reason I didn't. But it really is. What a cool thing with Ian Hap, who was like kind of didn't know what he was. He was a centerfielder. He played some second

base. I watched him play second base when he came up at the big league level in a couple of games and to have found his place in left field where sometimes you stick guys but he's done the most with it so I'm impressed with his gold glove ability. I like that this

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then we got to let you go. It works that way on AM and it works that way on FM. Whether you're FM or your AM, you can't outrun the FCC. No, you cannot. They will not let you be. They will not let that happen.

Well, it's been great. This is actually the debut that we've been talking about and most of the day today. This is the debut of 104-3, The Score FM. You could hear us now on AM and FM. So it's been a celebration

day today. It has been pulled off beautifully by everybody, starting with Mullen Hall this morning, who launched our FM side earlier today. And obviously, this isn't something that we just started working on. This is something that, from the way I understand it, for the better part of a decade, this has been something that has been on the table, the idea of, or the desire for an FM signal at 670, the score. So there's been lots of, there's been food here today, just fun confetti earlier. And I also participated in this. I took a, I took a trip to the Wiener Circle in Lincoln Park. And lived to tell the tale. Live to tell the tale. Yeah, because they got it up on their sign that we're going.

FM. They're a great Chicago brand. We're a great Chicago brand. So I did a whole thing. I did. I took a camera into the Wiener Circle. And if people don't know, like, there's, you got some attitude there. Good old fashion Chicago hot dogs with a lot of attitude and as you heard Pucci coming in a lot of swearing. So you are free to to be you I suppose.

Oh is that what you did? You kept that same energy that they were giving you? I felt like it. I was dispatched to the Wiener Circle without a script but I did have a camera. A camera person taking care of all of that and here's just a little bit. Let me give you a little piece of it right here and I'll tell you where you can watch the rest of it. Here is some of my time at Weeners Circle for 104.3 FM. More weeners now

on FM 1043, the score. That's right. It's not just a rumor anymore. It's happening. The score is going FM. I'm going to go, do I get to yell at people now? There's no better marriage in this world, really, than the score and the Wiener Circle. We're both pretty feisty. We're never serious about the shit that we talk, but we talk a lot of shit, okay? That's what we do on the daily. We talk shit. I think that's a great model. 104-3, the score.

Get your ass back here and make some hot dogs. I am so ready to do this. Yes. Welcome to the fucking wean circle, okay? Oh, man, Evelyn. She is awesome. And I did get to put together a nice Chicago hot dog for myself. I made my own hot dog.

She seemed slightly annoyed with you. I'm just going to put that out there. I've seen the video. And if you want to see the video, you can go to the top of our Twitter feed, Rahimi Harris, and it's pinned. So it's right there at the top. Yes. It's on my stories now, if you dare, go to my Instagram page. What's your Instagram again?

Mark double underscore Grody. Mark double underscore Grody. That means you need two underscores. One is not enough. You'll find it. Look me up. Where are you, by the way, Marshall? People want to find you on the gram, man.

You do a lot of stuff on the gram. You want to hear somebody talking bowls? You want the realness about the bulls? This is a bit of a rant lately. Yes. I love it. It's M. Harris on air. Yeah, give me a follow. M. Harris on air at all the platforms. That's awesome. By the way, the simulcast is presented by the official sports book of the score. Circus, Sports. Derek Stevens and the guys.

Sports betting the way it should be with no bet fees. Derek was in here today. All the dignitaries were here this morning. I know, man. I know. Feels very like after the party right now. Yeah, Coom was in here. who else was in here? Who else did they have in studio today? Oh, they had John Vincent singing the national anthem.

And he held that note like he's been known to do. Yeah, he did. That was amazing. Did they have a confetti gun? Is that what they used? Yes, they did the little pop pop. How did was, I know this is a great day. And David Hawne knows it's a great day.

Was he okay with that? I don't think he was okay with that. Right, because he has a history with Benny the Bull who once popped off on him with his little popcorn trick when the man, when Haw was on deadline, trying to work, not playing games, you know, we're not here to play your little Bulls halftime games, we're here to work, right? And he got doused by Benny the Bull, so he resents.

He has a resentment. He's like Frank Thomas. He's holding a resentment. Wait, didn't he also get him with the silly string when we were at the game? That happened. So the day of the Court of Dreams last year, you know, we were fortunate enough to go and attend the actual Bulls game after we did our thing on the

Court of Dreams Court at the United Center. And yeah, Benny the Bull came after Haw with the silly string, man. So I just wonder, while Mullen Haw, while loving everything that is going on here, the fact that while they're trying to do a radio show getting doused with confetti, I don't know, man. I give a lot of credit to Haw for playing through it, as he obviously did. Haw is definitely a grin and bear kind of guy. Bears. Well, the thing is, I'm going to give Haw some credit here because David Hall came into this day knowing how big it was that we are, it was the first day of 104.3 the score. First day on FM, he had to have known there was some, some pomp and circumstances that he's going to be going on in a physical form.

So I'm going to give it, I think Hall was probably okay with it. I'm going to assume like the attacks by Benny the Bull. have been surprises to Haw. And I think that's where Haugh doesn't really like it. You've got to keep your head on swivel. If Benny the Bull's in the area, it's funny because he calls me Benny the Bull, but I would never do him dirty. Benny the Bull does him dirty.

Put this down for five on it tomorrow. On the scale of 1 to 10, how angry was Hawed during the confett? No, don't do that. Speaking of the confetti, another cool moment because of the confetti you made me think of was Derek Stevens. Speaking of Circus Sports, was in the house and he flipped the switch, the literal switch.

He switched the flip. That's right. He flipped the switch. To get us on FM. So 104.3 FM. And here we are. He did. You know what?

Hoping to see him soon in his neck of the woods, if you know what I'm saying. We need to take a final break here and end the show. Did you have something? I'm sorry. I was just going to remind people in case you were looking for the shows on social media, got a new handle to, at the score Chicago. So if you're on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, at the score of Chicago. I had to correct that because obviously on Twitch it was one thing, now it's another. So at the score of Chicago, if you want to follow.

And again, go see Grody. Mark underscore Grody. And then I'm M. Harris on air. Yeah. You can see my day at the Wiener Circle. What I see right now is Matt Spiegel and Lawrence Holmes. We haven't been together for a while because of schedules. And Lawrence has been out of town.

So can't wait to have that reunion. We will talk to those guys next at Spiegel and Holmes and transition with Rahimi Harrison Grotie next on the score.