The Josh Innes Show - Who Had The Worst Holly Rowe Take? Part 3: Rich Eisen

Episode Date: September 17, 2026

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I'm going to give one more look here. See if I can find this. Oh, Rich Eisen's, oh, Christ. This is seven minutes? Oh, for fuck's sake. Do you guys, like I'm asking you guys if you want to, you don't know, you're not listening right now. You're not watching this. It's not live.

So this is seven fucking minutes. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. Because I have to confirm whether or not Rich Eisen's is the worst take on the Holly Row thing. Because right now, Linda Cohn is my leader. Despite the fact the Matt Jones guy from ESPN gave us the whole breakdown of how like women have it difficult in sports and shit. The Linda Cohn one is still my favorite and still number one because Linda Cohn wants everyone to know that the coach is at fault because Arch would have never laughed at that. AI video if the coach would have never given them the opportunity to make an AI video by blowing off the interview.

Okay. So there's that. All right, here's what I'm going to have to do. I'm going to kind of do a reset here. I have to make this another episode because this is seven goddamn minutes of my life that I'll never get back. But I'm going to do this because I'm committed. All right. So let's see here. Rich Eisen's, I love it. His message. Like, it's not his opinion at this point. It's Rich Eisen's message. to people. All right, so let's play a couple

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All right. Here's Rich Eisen. Let's give it a listen. It gives me no pleasure to talk about this. Okay. Hell, the first six seconds of this might make this number one. My man, sighs. I take, like, I want to go back and I want to see what Rich Eisen had to say about, like,

like Ray Rice or something. Like, I'm genuinely curious. Because remember Ray Rice legitimately hits somebody. Oh, let's see. Rich Eisen on Ray Rice. Let's see what he said. What was his take? Delivering a thoughtful and measured editorial on NFL network

that helps steady the network's early coverage, blah, blah, blah. He was among probably who expressed deep disturbance upon seeing the release of the video of Ray Rice. Yeah, because that was a dude literally punching somebody in an elevator and then dragging her out. this is an AI video that the only person who did something wrong here, I guess, was the person that made the stupid fucking video. Okay, but anyway, so we're six seconds in, and I'm chubbed up for this one. Look, this one's definitely going to overtake Linda Cohn's dumb take, which of course was that it's Steve Sarkesian's fault that Arch laughed at this because if he would have never ran out on the interview anyway, there would have never been a video. Oh boy, there's seven minutes and four more seconds of this.

I am, I am igneous rock. Let's go. I love the Manning family, but I have to do my job. Got to do my job. That's Hollywood. We're 10 seconds in. Sorry, we are 13 seconds in. And my man has already put himself on a pedestal.

I love the Manning family, but I've got to do my job. Eat shit. This guy is the greatest. Okay. This dude, I mean, you would have thought he's fucking Walter Cronkite here. I mean, my guy's trying to bring down, you know, big tobacco here. Okay. Linda Cohn, we're 13 seconds in.

And I think you're off the hook on Saturday night. She's doing her job. And I know there was a parent kerfuffle at halftime with Steve Sarkees. where there was a technical error and he was made to wait and he didn't stick around. He's got to go to the locker room. He's got his hands full. Ohio states all over his team and as well it was into the fourth quarter. Yeah, that was with the lower rub.

Right. And they win and Holly Rowe is standing with Steve Sarkisian. I don't know if this was still residue from the halftime or not. I love the mannings, but I've got to do it. I can't imagine anyone has anything against Holly Rowe, who is one of the, the best professionals in this industry. Yeah, it was really chaotic after that game. I got it.

He just, it seemed like he was just, but whatever. He didn't stick around for the interview. He said, like, go hook him or hook him right over and left her standing there. And she gave a look to the camera that did go viral. See, that's another thing. Like, no one's pointed out that, like, she made it a bigger deal than it had to be to. too. Like she knows that shit on the fly is going to happen. Like she knows that there's a chance that something goes wrong with the headset.

She knows that there's a chance that the coach just blows her off and doesn't answer the questions. Like she knows this. So like no one's pointed out the level of self-importance that comes along with giving that look back to the camera. Like, did you see what he did to me? Like, no one's pointing that out? Linda Cohn, we're not pointing that out? some AI stuff got made I'm not going to show it

but there's an he's a noble man I'm not going to show this shit this is filth flaren floren flore and flore and filth AI video out there in which Steve Sarkisian slaps Holly wrote so hard she goes to the ground again it's AI but okay

so hard she goes to the ground and it was brought up to Arch in a post game, in a press conference, I believe, yesterday. You know what? And I know we've got the sound bite queued up, but. And also at some point I need to find out, I don't know if you guys knew this, Arch Manning is 22.

And so, you know, shame, but he is 22, which apparently is not adult age anymore. Everybody can go seek it out. I appreciate our staff cutting it, because I asked for it, but I'm now going to, you know, you'll seek it out. I think everybody's seen it. Arch found it funny. It's not funny.

It's not funny at all. If you see it, it's not funny. And, you know, he's 22. He's in the spotlight. And I know his dad and his family, his uncles, his grandfather, I fully expect to see and hear an apology coming soon. It's the other people in the room. See, there we go.

So we've given Arch Manning the, again, what, now let me, here's a question. What if the people in the room that were laughing were also 22, bum, bum, then what? Like, what if the me, because you guys keep hammering the 22, the 22, what if, like, reporter John that's laughing is like a 19 year old student reporter then what bum bum bum the reporters yucking it up holly row is your colleague what's the matter with you you should be seeking out her phone number today and apologizing to her for yucking it up just look at what happened with callaway and the good good people what man there's There is nothing funny about somebody hitting a woman.

My goodness, I can't believe I've got to say this sort of thing. So it's the other, it's, it's, I don't know who's in the room. Honestly, I don't. But that to me is what hit me the hardest. Oh, he got hit hard. Yucking it up. Also, bad choice of words. The reporters.

If we're being fair, right? If we're focused on how terrible it is that this videos of somebody getting hit, I mean, we have to acknowledge it's saying, That's what hit me the hardest. You don't know what getting hit hard and AI is like, Rich. The colleagues of Holly Roe, whose journey is the stuff of legend. Right. You know, Hall of Fame, Stage 4 cancer, flying around the country, battling cancer, coming back from it.

So everybody involved in this owes her an apology. Stat. Fast. because we should be talking about how great Arch Manning has looked. What a massive win that was. I mean, to be fair, Arch Manning looked like shit for most of that game. I don't think even, I don't think Rich I hasn't even watched the fucking game. Because Arch looked like shit outside of the fourth quarter.

I don't know just talking about that because of who they beat. And also, you could. I like when people say, well, we should be talking. I mean, you could. You could just say, I'm not talking about this dumb shit. We're talking about art. I mean, you have that right. It is your program, Rich.

Like me. And that's number one. You know, and he could be the Heisman winner. And, you know, he's going to go on to some great things, I hope, for everybody's sake. I mean, I hope so. But after laughing at that video, I'm afraid to say that I think he's eventually going to be somebody that rides a train from town to town, slaughtering the townspeople. I understand that he's 22, but laughing at this AI slop is a gateway to becoming a serial murderer. So I have very little faith that Archmanning is ever going to become anything after the,

family. My gosh, do I root for that family? And but the reporters in the world, how many times do we see this stuff these days? I like that people try to find any way to not blame the people that are truly involved in it, right? Our friend Linda Cohn decided that it was Steve Sarkesian's fault that Archmanning laughed at this and it became the story it became. And now Rich Eisen is blaming the people in the room for laughing. They didn't bring it up.

They didn't laugh at it first. but somehow they're horrible humans for it. Archmanning's not because he's 22, and my God, do I root for that family. But he's 22, so it's not really his fault for laughing at it. The disrespect, and then the reporter just go on and ask another question. What's he supposed to do? He's like, now hold on, let's cut the shit here for once.

I like to stand up and say something. I don't want to hijack your press conference here, but I want to stand up and say something to that guy right over there that's laughing. Smitherson, you're a piece of shit. and I should hope that you never have to deal with any of that kind of shit. And I hope you never have to have AI slot made of you getting slapped. That is pathetic. And I'm ending this press conference.

Well, you don't have that right. You just write for the Austin American States. But I don't care. I'm ending this fucking press conference. Arch, get out of here. You're just 22. It's not your fucking fault. Get out of here.

Or yuck it up. It's not funny. It's terrible. You know what also is not funny? The NFL Sunday morning show on the NFL. that work. I mean, look, I'm not saying that it is funny either, but if Rich Eisen, if anybody knows what's comedy, it's, you know, Rich Eisen when they put on those lone wolf hats and howl, that shit is next level comedy. And this isn't virtue signaling or being woke. There's a

video of a coach slapping a reporter and knocking her to the ground violently. There's nothing funny about it. It's not real. And the reporters, the colleagues of Holly Roe should know better. Archie shouldn't know better because he's only 22 and my god at 22. I mean, he's basically in goddamn diapers. But those reporters, they need to know more. And Steve Sarkeesia needs to know to not blow off an interview. I'm Linda Cohn. All right. I said my piece. Oh, I bet you're not done yet, though, because there's still three minutes left in this video. So I feel like you haven't said your piece. Let's wag that finger a little bit more, Richie. Boy, that pissed me off. And I thought to myself. Oh, wait, hold on. Hold on. He said his piece, but he has not. He's got two minutes and

12 seconds left. He's got shit to say still. His peace has not been said. Slop. It's gross. It is, it is, but I don't know what's funny about it. The other reporters in the room, like, if Holly Roast ain't in the back of the room, are we yucking it up? No. We are not. I just answered that question. I guess I'm wondering how many other women were in the room. It sounds like zero. I said before. Oh, wait, there's more. I expected an apology to come from everybody involved,

and Arch Manning came through. It came through. And then I like when people demand apologies. Like, is there anything less authentic than a demanded apology? And then these people pack themselves on the back when they force an apology that is clearly a bullshit apology. Like, these people are psychotic. Like, I demand an apology.

Well, now that you've apologized, This is good. I said there'd be an apology and there is an apology now. This is good. Way to step up and be a man, Arch. I know you're 22, but you're wise beyond your years. Except when you were 22 and you laughed at the video. You were immature to them, but you're just 22.

But now you're like 22 going on middle age with this apology. We're damn proud that you did it. Yes, we demanded it. And we would rake you over the coals if you didn't do it. So you're forced to do it. But we're proud that you stepped up and decided to do it, Arch. Arch is a real man because he comes from a real family. The Manning family.

That's a good man right there. That's a good goddamn family. And I root for that family. I don't root for AI slop. I'm against AI slop. I'm rich eyes and you see this finger. It's wagging at you, AI, Slop. And it's wagging at you.

I look, I've said my piece, but here's 15 more minutes of my piece. I'm angry because Holly Roe was knocked down in a fake video. I don't like it. And shame on those people. Shame. Somebody ring the shame bell for these people because this is disgusting. Rich Eisen's was pretty strong. I acknowledge this.

I still like Linda Cohn, though, because, you know, she dropped the, like in a one-minute video, she dropped like Arch's 22, like, like 10 times. And then, um, and then says, you know, it's Steve Sarkeesian's fault. This is, I'm enjoying this, just watching reactions to this arch manning thing and then reacting to them. I am the new king of reacting to Arch Manning videos. Boy, do you think these guys have to feel really good about themselves when they're done, too? They're like, see what I did there? I wagged my finger at the sports radio audience. Ha!

And then I wonder why no one listens to this shit. I really do, and I mean this sincerely. And it's that like, and I don't particularly find this video funny or anything like that. Like, whatever, it is what it is. But at what point, like, Who listens to this shit on a daily basis? Like what person is like, you know what I listen to today? Rich Eisen.

Oh, what did he do today? Well, he wagged his finger at me a little bit. And then he had Kevin Pollock on doing his Peter Falk impression again. Did you know that Peter Falk does a Colombo impression? Rich Eisen does. He has him on semi-weekly to have him on doing his Peter Falk impression. Did you know that? Like who, like, and I mean this sincerely.

And the one time I talked to Rich Eisen in person. He sat down, we were on Radio Rose and Houston. It's like he looked as smug as he does on TV. He just, he, like, you could tell he was already judging people. He just has a judgy look about him. Sorry that you were on ESPN once and you're a god. We weren't even in the golden era of ESPN, if we're being fair. But like, who listens to this shit?

There's too many shows. There are too many fucking shows. and most of them are saying the same shit and they're not in... Linda Cohn hashtag all truth or whatever the fuck or hashtag was or no filters or whatever the fuck

they're all fucking frauds they're all phony they're all getting rich working at ESPN and then they leave ESPN or get whacked and then all of a sudden now I'm honest now I'm totally sincere

when I have these opinions about shit but who listens to this like all these different shows like who's listening to Dan Lebitard and his producer talk about politics Like, who's watching this shit? Who's seeking out Rich Eisen on a daily basis? Who's like, you know what, man?

I really enjoyed that hot Rich Eisen show today. He wagged his finger at some random doofist reporter who nobody knows. And then he broke down the games in a very rich eyes and he smarmy type of way. I really enjoyed it. I'm a big Rich Eisen guy. Like, who's doing that? Who's out there? Like, I love the...

Like, that's a legitimate... Me and Meltzer used to say this a lot about different things. Not about Rich Eisen, but... Like, we would hear a show or something and go, like, who's the person that's like the diehard fan of this show? Who's the person that's like, you know what show I fucking love? Rich Eisen. I cut for Rich Eisen.

Like, who is that person? Who is that person that's like... I got to tell you guys something right now. I'm a big Rich Eisen guy. I really like it. Who is that person? Because to me, if you like Rich Eisen, like, he's... Like, he's got a certain clientele, and that clientele drives very expensive electric cars.

Like, these are not human people. Like, the people that listen to the Rich Eisen Show are not, like, just your average, ordinary, everyday bros that like to drink beer on the weekend and shit like that. These are not the Rich Eisen listeners. Like, a Rich Eisen listener is, like, not someone who works at a Fortune 500 company. It's the person that runs the Fortune 500 company and enjoys his sports talk delivered like Rich Eisen. does it. Judgmentally. Because I don't know

any actual human out there. Like that has a normal human brain. That's just a normal person, hangs out on the weekend, drinks, beer, watches ball, laughs at some inappropriate shit. Like, I can't fathom that that person listens to Rich Eisen. I can't fathom that any person

listens to Rich Eisen. Why would I want to be lectured all fucking day? But anyway, more to come.