The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - GM Deshaun & Texans vs Packers

Episode Date: October 22, 2020

So much larger than life. Yeah. Lunch timers is the Matt Thomas show. 1202 in H-Town. What's happening in lunchtivers? Good afternoon to you. And welcome to a Thursday edition of the Matt Thomas show.

With Ross and with Brendan. I'm Matt. Very nice to have you folks with us, guys and gals. We have a very busy show today. We'll go to Milwaukee at 1 o'clock to check in on the Packers. The Goodland! Miliwake. Algonquin for the Goodland, yes.

130. Dr. Roto's with us for his weekly visit. You think the kids out today are getting that reference? Algonquin for the Goodland? That movie wasn't... Well, let's ask a kid. No idea. Jesus.

Seriously. Well, that movie came out like three years. years before he was born. But it's an iconic movie. You've never seen Wayne's World? Wayne's World. I'm familiar, but not enough to get a reference. Okay, that's fine.

Well, we're going to do is at 1250 today. We're going to play that. You're going to find it. I know you can find it on YouTube. Look up Alice Cooper, Milwaukee. It's 1250. There's a non-zero chance to my personal audio. But anyways, go ahead.

We're going to Milwaukee. Rotel at 130. Yes. Dana Hoggerson at 2 o'clock. Wow. The return of non-Florida stories at 230. Oh my goodness. And believe it or not at 250.

Show's over. That is a show. So that's how major market radio goes. Yes. And I'm going to tell you something right now that I don't do a lot, that I don't like to do. Yes. Is apologize to people when I made mistakes? Is it time to make an apology?

It is time for me to say, I'm sorry. So without any further ado. Well, I don't know if I can do this, man. I used to always chastise you by being able to doubt. That's why it's in your hands now. Let's see how this works. We're going to call Adam Wexler. And I don't think, first of all, nobody knows the reason why I'm calling Wex, except

me and maybe Wexor. I don't even know if Adam Clanton knows the reason why I'm calling him. Oh, hey. I got this on my first try. Soundbite ready to. Hello. Wex, Matt Thomas, Sports Talk 790. How the hell are you?

Tremendous. I have to tell something to the audience. I could have just told you privately, but it's for radio, so why not tell the whole world? I owe you an apology. I'm all ears. Do you know why I owe you an apology? Haven't the faintest clue.

Okay. Yesterday, the show ends at approximately 257. And Wex comes in with his computer, his bag, and his iPhone with a little holder. So he's like, you know, you would videotape something if you wanted to or watch something in a stand, whatever it is. Tripod. iPod. A tripod. I asked you what you were doing, and what did you tell me at the time?

Deshawn Watson's about to meet with the media via Zoom. So I didn't want to miss it. I want to hear what he had to say. Yeah. And I responded to that by saying, why would you care what he says for 10, 11, 12 minutes about how much your respects the Packers, how he's not giving up on the season, everything is great. We're working through this.

We got a good offense. I mean, just the generic, boring ass, 15 to 20 second sound bites, right? That's how you presume my comment to you on that was, correct? You got it. Instead, Adam Wexler, in the middle of this 12 to 15 minute conversation, we get this. Some boys are getting traded. That was something that we squashed. I've been a part of it.

We weren't too big of a deal. So I know a lot of people probably thinking that Randall was saying he's getting traded. He's not going anywhere. Nobody. Wex, I have been in media in Houston and across the country almost 30 years. Okay. It's going to be 30 years next July. I have never in my life ever heard of an athlete,

good, bad, and different Hall of Fame average athlete ever tell the media that, no, there'll be no trades. We got this thing. We've already squashed that. So for that, my friend, you heard it almost as the moment he said it. And for that, I apologize because I thought you being on that Zoom was a ginormous waste of time. And frankly, with that kind of radio soundbite gold right there,

it was absolutely amazing. And I apologize for making that mistake to you. Well, I appreciate the apology, although there is no need. But it was good to find out that Deshawn Watson is the assistant to the regional general manager. Wex. And we're going to talk about this with everybody here in the minute. Do you know how preposterous that generally speaking, when an athlete would ever say that, how in any other part of the world of sports,

it would be universally ridiculed. Do you understand how crazy of a quote that is from a professional athlete? It's pretty out there, but this team that is in the position they're in with the front office that they currently have, it seems to fit right in. It does. I just wanted to say hi. Looking forward to the A team 3 to 6 on Sports Talk 790, and once again, from all of us, just me, I'm sorry.

Well, I appreciate it. As you say to me on your way out the door, I'll say to you here, entertain me. I will. Thank you, buddy. Adam Wex at 3 to 6. Rossi. That is one of the most preposterous things I've ever heard in my entire life

that an athlete would say, no, we're not training anybody. We got this. And so everybody is like, and here's the problem, and I should have asked us to Wex, if you're on that Zoom call, would your jaw have not just dropped and like, excuse me? you you just said as a group there'll be no trades how nuts is that it uh it was surprising this is the way that he was very nonchalant about like like just talking like he's it was almost like an interview with the general manager the boy didn't get traded that was something that was

something that we squashed at the enterprise we wasn't too big of a deal so i know a lot of people probably thinking that ran i was saying he was getting traded he's not going anywhere nobody there go okay so let's put everything on the table. Normally, if an athlete says that, that's, first of all, I mean, we love you as an athlete, whoever the athlete is, but that ain't your job. If the general manager wants to make a trade, the general manager is going to make the trade. If a team wants to go in a different direction, you can't control it about you unless you have a no trade clause. But if your teammate gets moved, yeah, you might be pissed. Yeah, you might be upset. But there's probably a reason for it. Either

you're trying to get better or you're trying to tank and get worse. The reason why I think this probably hasn't been more widely blown up as an oh my God sound bite moment is one reason, one reason only. They don't respect Jack Easterby at all. The players on this football team sports RV know what a blank show this team has been with the Easterby O'Brien administration. And so instead of that. of saying I talked to Jack, I told him I think we should stick together or hey, you know, I think

it's in the best interest for us to kind of hang and fight through this ourselves. He went on upon himself and said, them boys ain't getting traded. Then boys ain't getting traded. This won't be on my watch. Look, I said Jack straight. Like, I went into his office and I let him know what the deal is. It seems like that's just how he's talking. And you're absolutely right.

And then normally a player would say, well, it is what it is. I try to control it. I don't want our team to break up. I want these guys here. They work hard. They're good teammates. And I want them here for as long as I'm here. And I can't wait to have a successful future for them.

Next question. And it just goes along. And again, I don't know if the media on the Zoom call had a follow up. I don't think they did. You know, this was happening as we were leaving this show. So again,

maybe I would have had the same reaction. But now that I've had basically, I don't know, 18 hours to think about this. it's crazy nuts and shows you the complete dysfunction that is happening on Kirby. But going along the lines of what I was telling you earlier, so two weeks ago, Cal's having lunch.

Oh gosh. JJ storms in and says, it's either me or him, and Cal said, okay, I'll keep you. Those players are running that organization. Jack Easterby could be high-fiving these guys, hugging these guys, fist-bumping them.

Texting them after affirmations. Texting them, calling them, sending them DMs on Instagram. I don't care what the hell he's doing in terms of communication. They don't respect him. That's why this job, Ross, whoever gets the general manager's job, has to convince Cal that Jack Easterby can't be a part of this. because if you don't respect who's in charge now and you hire someone

that Jack is involved with and that Jack gets to stick around, how is that team going to respect that new general manager and that new coach? I wouldn't. Well, I mean, Deshawn Watson doesn't have to respect somebody, but I think just about everybody else is going to have to respect the GM

because they're an asset at that point. Deshawn Watson's about the only person that's untouchable and maybe Laramie Tunsell as well. as far as untouchables on this roster. But, but, Deshawn's going to be in the locker room. He'll talk. He'll say,

hey, guys, whatever Jack's saying, it's fine. We got this. Yeah, well, if Zach Fulton wants to disrespect the G&X GM,

he'll just get cut. So, I mean, he doesn't have that option. But I'm talking about in terms of not, like, walking up and saying,

Jack, get out of my way. I'm just saying that you, you don't have to be cruel to somebody to not respect him, and yet still not respect him.

You may have like, hey, this guy's, My boss is a nice guy, but I don't respect his acumen. I don't respect where we're going. We're just going to be who we are. I mean, I don't like him, but it just don't respect him. And I think that's got to be permeating through the Texans locker room.

And that's why if Cal is smart, when the decision is made to hire the new general manager, that Jack Eastby will be nowhere near this hire, and I don't think it's going to be the case. I just thought to me yesterday was crazy that he would go out and say what he said about that Randall Cobb's not going anywhere. He's good. What? De facto GM? So is that what...

Maybe he's had conversations with teams. Well, here's the thing. Is that what you do with the Texans? You have to do more than one thing? Like Jack, I mean, Bill was the head coach and the play caller and the O.C. And the general manager. Yeah, they like flatter structure, Matt. Does Deshaun have to be the quarterback and the de facto GM at the same time?

Hey, Matt, this is the corporate world in 2020. People are getting laid off and you've got to take on more responsibilities. So basically how you keep your... your job is by doing multiple things. Yeah, I think they're going to start asking you to do the sanitation around here. Well, I work KTRX during hurricane coverage. Yeah. I do astro stuff.

And now you're going to have to pick up the trash cans, Matt. Whatever it takes. 1213, sports talk 790. Are you all flabbergasted, excited, couldn't believe it? What was your take when you heard that yesterday? And we just played it for you right now. 713-212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-790.

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A wave. Busting the waves since the stroves were in the dome. Who are you going to call? Wave Busters. Houston Sports Talk continues. With the Matt Thomas. Show. Time is 1219.

Matt Thomas Show with you, Sports Talk 790 with Ross and with Brendan. We appreciate y'all spending some time with us today. 713-212-5-790. 7-13-21-2-5-7-90. Do you watching the World Series yesterday? I watched a little bit of the beginning. A gut-thought I had, gut-feeling I had was that game one,

and I said the whole world's maybe the lowest rated ever, despite the fact that Los Angeles Dodgers are playing, game one, lowest world series game one ever. Yeah, well, everything's been having low, historic low rates. What is it, the lowest rated NBA finals ever? Yeah. Or at least since... But we're home more, right?

What do you think? I think people are just... I tell, I'm telling you, sports took off all this time and people lost interest, some of them. Let's get it back. What can we do? We take some time to get back the interest. You know what I think a lot of it is? I think people want to get inside the game.

There's a disconnect when you can't go. Yeah, but that doesn't affect ratings. No, but I think if you... And aren't there fans at these Arlington games? Yeah, but they're... It's like 10,000. They showed the game one I was watching, and they showed the Sands a couple of others. There's a lot of Astros fans there.

Well, they probably bought the tickets ahead of time. Yeah. So why not? Vacation Arlington seems lovely in October. Hopefully they're social distancing from Dodgers fans. Eesh. I do you... I know that everybody hates the Astros, right?

Yes. But can I hate the Dodgers? What's to hate about him? They're just cocky, the red head with crazy hair. What's wrong with Dustin May? I think he's amazing. I think he looks like a baseball version of Caratop. He's got a high leg kick and throws 100 mile an hour two seamers with flowing red bushels of hair.

He's doing the hair bit because he wants to seek attention. I know that it would come foreign to you. But I'm just saying, yeah. I think he's not. Maybe he just like, I have long hair because I like it. he's doing you think he's doing he's looking in the mirror going god i'm sexy i don't know if he does that yeah some people do and they're not and that's just called delusions of grandeur

yeah i know your hair has worked well for you i don't know why but it has i knew my hair well first it was out of laziness and then i just kind of liked it so i kept it i do it for me matt that's good i'm glad i'm glad you're honest and true but do you think it didn't hurt the didn't the lady seemed to like i know the lady's like pull your hair and stuff. It's really, even the ones in Lake Charles after, you know,

10 or 11 cocktails. No, there's a strict rule, no pulling. Really? Hands through, yes. Wafting through?

Absolutely. No tugging. Anyway. I still think the Dodgers are winning in five games. I, you know, because L.A. kept throwing massive threats at him.

Granted, they were hitting him where Tampa Bay was defended. Sounds eerily familiar. I'll give you what I don't like is Cody Bellinger. The guy looks like he's high out of his mind the entire like and no matter when he's on camera when he's in the dugout when he's on the field when he's out the plate the guy just looks like he is just in the clouds and of

course he talked to crap about the astros yes and carlos cret told him to shut the eff up right if you don't have the facts codes shut the bleep up yeah by way how many cool guys are named cody i don't know who's the coolest cody you know i i only think i know of like one or two cody's in my entire life and they're fine but i'm I mean, it's just not one of those, you know, I don't know, Cody seems like a very California-esque-type name. Yeah, Cody. Yeah. What's up, Cody?

Like, they should be on an episode of an MTV reality show. Yeah. Wasn't there a Cody on step-by-step? Yeah, he was kind of a doofus. Yes, exactly. That's who I think of when I think of Cody's. Got step-by-step. Great show.

Suzanne Summers. Prime. Prime Milt. Oh, my goodness. That's her comeback, Prime. Got that right. All right. 713-21-2-5-790

7-1-3-21-2-5-790 So we played the soundbite of Deshawn Watson Am I making too much of this Or is what I heard yesterday One of the craziest things I've ever heard an athlete say about a team It was shocking

But I think that doesn't mean That there's no way that any trades are going to be made I think the Texans should make trades Absolutely Especially when we've been talked about in JJ Watt I think J.J. Watt should be moved I think JJ Watt doesn't want to say it because he's meant so much of the city of Houston. But could you imagine JJ, and we're going to ask our guest to Jason Wildy from ESPN Milwaukee coming up at the top of the hour.

Would J.J. Watt like to finish his career as a Green Bay Packer? I mean, he is Wisconsin through and through. That's true. Right? I'm assuming they could use him. I don't have an end. Yes, they will ask him. Would Jason join us at 1 o'clock?

Absolutely, they could. Every team could use a J.J. Watt. Now, does he want to renegotiated contract if he goes to this place? Does he just want to make sure he's not cut? Because look, as long as JJ Watt is a Houston Texan, they're not going to cut him. You don't cut a legend because you're trying to save some money. You can trade a legend because you can sell it as well. We're obviously going in a different direction.

We want to make sure JJ is going to a place where he maybe can win a ring in the next year or so. Yeah, that makes it the perfect destination. He's going home. He's going to a contender. And you're going to save some money. and you're going to get some draft compensation, which you need desperately. Now, again, what that compensation is,

look, first round picks just aren't giving out that much, except for Stefan Diggs. I wouldn't expect him to move for a first round pick. What if I got a... A third and a fifth, a conditional fifth. Would you do a third and a fifth for JJ Watt? Yes. Will the Texans do a third and a fifth for JJ Watt?

Well, the fans... Because remember when DeAndre was traded, there was this initial shock that you and I had about that. and then they said, well, if they get a first round pick out of it, or it's a really good haul, it's easier to swallow. There was that five-minute window. Correct. Where we didn't know what the trade was going to be.

And then there's the audio of us when we find out it was for, what was it for a, David Johnson in a swap. In a swap. And we go, it was me going, and you and I going, what? I felt like Stone Cold Steve Austin. What? We just said what for like 12 seconds? And it was, it was complete, wasn't rehearsed.

It was completely organic. It was what? So I'll say this. And you know what? We may have to ask the peeps. Would you all be okay? If a team offered you a second and a fifth round pick for JJ Watt, would you be okay with JJ Watt being traded?

A second and a fifth. Absolutely. I would. I would. Would the audience be up for that? Oh, you know what that happens when the music gets played. It's time for an insta poll. If the Texans were offered a second and a fifth round pick for JJ Watt,

would you be comfortable in training J.J. Watt to any team? I'm going to assume, Ross, it would not be in the AFC sound. Even then, I don't care. one and five. That's true. 713, 212.12. 5790. 713,

212 5790. A second and a fifth round pick for J.J. Watt. Would you do it? And remember, the instapole doesn't line. 713. 212.

5.790. Line 1 on the insipole. Would you trade J.J. Watt for a second and a fifth? No, I want to stick to the ninth round pick. Wink, wink. Did Cody Ballinger just call it? Yeah, that is Cody Ballinger.

And I'd make the trade at 420. Okay, that doesn't count. Line 2, Instapol, would you trade JJ Watt for a second and a fifth? Yes, I'd include Sheila Jackson Lee as long as we don't trade Ross. Okay. Well, thank you. Yeah, Ross, you're not tradable. Wow, that's how that makes me feel great.

I figured you liked that. Line 3, would you trade JJ Watt for a second and a fifth round pick? Absolutely, yes. All right, that's two yeses. See? I told you people wouldn't be that upset. Now, maybe Texans Karen would be pissed off, but she's mad about everything. Line four, would you trade JJ Watt for a second and a fifth round pick?

No way in hell. No, Jay. That's two boats for yes and one no way in hell. 713-212-5-790. Line one, Instapult, would you trade JJ for a second and a fifth? Hell yeah. All right, that's three. One more.

Line two, would you trade JJ for a second? Second and a fifth. I traded him for a six-pack of Zima. Oh, I'll take that as a yes. Wow, Zima. Yikes. I never had a Zima before. I had a sip of it when I was in, I mean, on my 21st birthday. Not in high school.

Well, you almost, you almost, uh, not in high school at all. Self-reported yourself. Don't drink underage, kids. So Zima makes its big thing 20 years ago. And then it came back. Came back with putting Jolly Ranchers inside the Zima. And now... Is they a thing?

No. And now everybody's getting clawed up. White Claw was the thing of the summer. Are white claw is still a thing? Seltors in general are very popular. I've never had a seltzer. You never had one seltzer? No.

They're quite refreshing. Let's go get seltzer next week. This is the problem with the seltzers. And well, this is why they're perfect for college kids. You don't even realize you're drinking alcohol. They sneak up on you're like, did I just have three of those? And you stand up and you're a little wobbly. Can you describe to me what?

I'm in all seriousness. Can you describe what a seltzer tastes like? It just tastes like almost like a vodka soda. but you can tell less with less vodka taste. Like, do you put tonic in your stuff? If you had a cranberry tonic, well, yeah, exactly, kind of like that. If you had a cranberry soda and vodka, but you could hardly taste the vodka, you'd be like that. Club soda has no taste for me at all.

It doesn't sound appealing. Exactly, yeah, it's club soda. It basically tastes like fruit juice and club soda. That's pretty, and it gets you drunk. Faster. Yeah, it's pretty quick. And it's probably what less calories? It's 5%.

Yeah, it's about 100 calories, and I think it's like 5% alcohol. Hmm. All right, next week, you and I believe Miller-Light, Coors Light, and all those are about four and a half percent. Okay, so you night next week are going to have a seltzer. When are we doing this? I don't know. We have so many things we need to do. You've been saying we're going to barbecue.

Matt, you just keep me on a string. Okay. You're going to do all these things. 301 sometime next week, we're going to go get barbecue and have a shelter. You don't come through it. Any of your promises. I know. I'm a fraud.

All right, 713, 212-790. 719. And again, the insubol-2-5-790. And again, the insubal doesn't always tell the truth, but most time it does. What was the final score? Four to one. Wow. I would do it.

Absolutely. I don't do it for a third and a few. Is there anything that would be like if I don't think, look, the Texans wouldn't train him for two fours? No, I wouldn't think so. Anything involving a second or third round pick, wouldn't you? What about two thirds? I'd still say yes.

Me too. Because third round picks eventually, unless you're a Texan, usually make it in the NFL. J.J. Wads playing better. He was on the field for the Texans on Sunday. They gave up 42 points. I'd do it. 713, 212, 570, 1230. The Matt Thomas show continues after word for the Shell Federal Credit Union.

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Eliza won. Back to Kenny. Another three. Kenny tries one more. Clutch City. This is Kenny to Jet Smith, and you're listening to Sports Talk 790. Thank you, Kenny. 1235 on 790. We'll go to Milwaukee in 25 minutes to get an update on what's happening with the Packers. Did you find the Alice Cookew.

Super Al-Gaqwin thing. Yes, I have. We'll play at 1250. Can I get everybody in the mood for it? Because I think my guess is, if I played it before our guest joined us, he's like, you know, aren't you guys sick and tired of hearing Houston? We have a problem? He's probably tired of hearing about that, too.

We're not going to play the Laverne and Shirley theme song. Oh, maybe we could. Shlamel. Shlmazzle. Something, something, something incorporated. Play that at 1252. Let's get all that out of the way. Well, it's like when you go on to a show on another,

Don't they always play Houston or gone back to Houston? No, they don't. They do play the Houston. We have a problem, stuff. Okay, so next segment, Brendan, we're going to go with Algonquin update from Alice Cooper and the Laverne and Shirley theme song. I would say one of the top 20 theme songs in television history. Did you realize, Matt, the full moon is on Halloween this year?

Hmm. I'm going to a Halloween party this year, in fact. Are you? I have not been in a... You've been whining about not being invited to Halloween party for years. Years, and I'm going. The problem is it's right before, or right after the Cougars game. So I'm dressing up as a University of Houston fan at this party.

That's lame. I don't disagree. I told you, who are they playing that day? Central Florida. Hmm. They are the knights? Correct. Why don't you dress up in a night outfit and then go back out and then go to Halloween as a night?

I'm still trying to get you to wear a Navy outfit for the Navy game. That's just not going to happen. I think you should. I know you think I should. It's just not going to happen. It's Halloween. You're on the sidelines. You're playing Navy.

You should go in a night and a Navy outfit for this game. It's not Halloween. Saturday's not Halloween. It's almost Halloween. It doesn't count. It's Halloween either Halloween or it's not Halloween. People have their jackal lanterns out. You think people will dress up with the Navy Houston game?

No, because fans are not a lot except for the midshipment. The what? The midshipman. Okay. The brigade of mids. That sounds wonderful. Okay. Okay, so yeah, we got the camera.

So what's going on with this party? Is there going to be a costume contest? I think people are dressing up. It's for couples and their kids. So it's going to be a... Oh, that sounds like you. Well, you don't live in the suburbia life, my friend. That's true.

You would think everything's suburbial life is. So once the kids go to bed, that's when the key party starts. 713-212-5-7-0. Oh, you said suburbia life? Is there a pineapple in the door? I don't know. That's in Santa Plantation. Sorry, Doctor.

you there, Sienna, but it is what it is. Oh, what was it? Oh. So we play the Kenny Smith soundbite. Stan Van Gundy has been officially introduced as the New Orleans Pelicans coach. Wonderful. That leaves three spots open.

And the players, I've heard the players, horses say the players are already sick of his voice. Is that right? It isn't, it isn't a, it isn't a soothing voice. Imagine him getting mad at you, how high-pitched and scratchy that thing gets. They used to do the, like when they do the, what do they call it, inside tracks or whatever with Stan Van Gundy, all the players just stand around, like looking at each other while he screams at them sounding like a choking to death raptor or something. He was so good on the TNT broadcast, too.

You wish the TNT broadcasters could make the same as coaches, but they don't, not even close. I'm sad because now it just means more Reggie Miller and C-Web. Chris Weber just looks like he sits down, puts the headsets on, and does no preparation at all. He used to be really good. And Reggie Miller's just been awful since day one. I think the further away you get out of touch with the game and maybe the more you mail it in or something like that. Because he was a C-Web, like his first couple of seasons was really good.

And that's why I think sometimes you have to move analysts around to kind of get a fresh approach. Yeah, now it's Reggie Miller's. I mean, he's been terrible the whole time. Yeah, he's never been good. What were his keys to a win on a Rockets playoff game? I think one would score more points. It was something like that. And you know, his partner is one of my favorite people on Earth, Kevin Harlan.

but I've never been able to eloquently say that America and look Kevin understands Kevin knows that people don't like Kevin Reggie Miller great jump shooter maybe the one of the greatest three-point shooters in the history of the game Hall of Famer for sure but not a Hall of Fame analyst and overrated as a player

I think really never could create his own shot never average over 25 a game I think of great jump shooters he comes very short on the list to come around like 16 curls it's like okay yeah he's run a Duke offense like he's JJ Reddick Still made the shots, though.

Yeah, I know. I don't think he's overrated at all. Okay. I don't think he's in the top 10 of any way's list. Yeah. By the way, he has top 75 at 75? Oh, wouldn't he 50 of 50 or no? I guess he wasn't.

He wouldn't have been. No, because he was still active. Well, Dominique Wilkins never made it, right? Or who is the big name left off 50-50? Was it Dominique? It might have been, yeah. And people were shocked that Shaq was in there. Obviously, he's earned that.

We were. Yeah. Reggie's got to be in the 75 or 75. Of course. I think so And by the way, I think I was wrong I think active players were still a part of that, correct? I don't think you had to retire to be in that top 50.

Yeah, because Shaq was in it. Yeah, so I stink right then. All right. So my point I was thinking about this with the Kenny Smith intro and then the Stan Van Gundy announcement is the Rockets, Oklahoma City, and who else needs a head coach? I feel like there's one more team that needs a coach.

Chicago's got theirs. The nets have theirs. Nets have theirs. Maybe there's just two people now. I'm looking at a list and yeah, it looks like those are the only two vacancies right now. I wonder if it's a lot of, not necessarily in fighting, but in discussion among the rocket circles about whether it's JVG, whether it's Silas, whether it's John Lucas, or if they're negotiating with somebody and the negotiations are slow. And remember, it's not just about the salary or the link. of years, it's about the staff and what's around you.

Because, you know, Mike Dan Tony last year was given assistant coaches. He didn't choose any of them. Now, he liked them and he worked with them. But sometimes that's a huge sticking point with coaches, especially ones that are taking new jobs, is that I want to hire my guys. And sometimes it doesn't work that way, ironically enough. You would think in every other sport, like for instance, the Astros may have needed, they said, look, Brent Strom, you're going to be here.

for Dusty Baker, but maybe one or two guys you want to bring in. Football coaches typically always bring in all of their staff. Very few holdovers. And basketball runs very, very weird. Sometimes they're handed to you, and sometimes you get to choose them. I don't know. If I was becoming a head coach of a basketball team, especially if I was taking over a project team or whatever team I was taking over,

I don't want to have the people that I would, my lieutenants, my core guys. Like, if I move on to national, Brandon's with me. I mean, he is there through thick and thin. Gordy is there with me as my lieutenant. I got a Justin King who's behind the scenes. I've got, I could get a Joe George. I mean, that's a good surrounding cast of people I want right with me. Or if they tell you, you're going to use our guys or you're not coming.

Oh, that's fine. Exactly. And that's what happens. Yeah. And it's all negotiating. It's all about if you want the job, this is what we'll do for a staff. Or you get to bring your staff in, but you only get to spend a certain amount of money. 1243 on Sports Talk 790.

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Well, is there anybody more Houston than Matt Thomas? No way. Back to the Matt Thomas show. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, chlamio, chlamazel, Haas and F Incorporated. This was a show it Give us a chance We'll take it We're gonna make our dreams come true

This was a show of my childhood Now when they went to California Kind of ruined it for me This feels like a reboot needs to be made of this show too Don't you know? Yeah, LeBron and Shirley left Milwaukee He went to California And Penny Marshall said before she died

That ruined the whole vibe of the show May she rest in peace Missy, rest of peace. Cindy Williams still alive. The Big Ragu, I believe, are still alive. I'll take your word for it. Lenny and Squicky, I believe, are still alive. Okay.

I'll take your word for it. Number of episodes of Laverna and Shirley watching your entire life. Probably one and a half. One and a half. So you watch half, like, this sucks about. I mean, I had to be a kid. It was probably a reruns.

All right. So let's fast. So we're knocking all this stuff. by the way, because we don't want to be that talk show host that brings up Milwaukee crap to Milwaukee person. Well, we're still doing it, but we're just doing it early. And we're doing it, hopefully, so he doesn't hear it. So here's what we're going to do.

Sometimes the guests flip the show on a little early, just to get a vibe for the show. Okay, Jason Wildy is our guest from ESPN Milwaukee. He'll be with us in about 10 minutes. Okay. I'm going to sell him as, hey, I know that a lot of people, when people from Milwaukee come on, they play Leverin Shirley, we're not that, we're not going to have you, we're not going to play Alice Cooper from Wayne's World talking about the great city of Milwaukee. So, do you come to Milwaukee often?

Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans. In fact, isn't Milwaukee an Indian name? Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced Miliwakei, which is Algonquin for the Good Land. I was not aware of that I think one of the most interesting aspects

of Milwaukee is the fact that it's the only major American city to have ever elected three socialist mayors Does this guy know how to party or what? Great movie Wayne's World 2, not as good It was all right That's when they put on the concert, right?

Yes First one, spectacular Where you all dot your what is it cross your T's and dot your lowercase J's. Yeah and who was it me? Is that Mia Carrera was the girl that he was in love with? Yes, Carrere. Carrere? And whatever. Whatever happened

to her? I don't know. She was a hottie back in the day. It's probably a Packers games. I will say this. Tia Carrere. Tia Carrer. Who's Mia Carrer? I don't know. I think I'm making her name. Porn stars or something. That's not nice. Not on the microphone. No. Off air, that's fine. She's 53 years old.

And she looks? I don't know. Okay. I don't know when this picture of her was taken. Let's see. She's been in a lot of TV stuff. She was in A.J. In the Queen as Lady Danger?

Yeah. What is that show? Never heard of it. Oh, it's a RuPaul show. Well, I'm not a big RuPaul TV watching. She was in an episode of Blue Buds. With Tom Selleck? Isn't that a police drama?

On Fridays. When nobody watched TV on Fridays. She was in Family Guy in 2016 as Hawaiian woman. So her career is really... It's stalled out a little bit. Since Wayne's world, it had been nearly the same. I get it.

Yeah. She was in the direct-to-video Tom and Jerry movie SpyQuest in 2015. Okay, we're done with her. We're not doing a believe or not on her. Wait a second. Well, if you want to, but I don't even think 90% of the audience knows who she is. Well, let's just say things have gone south for her since the 1990s. Okay.

Well, again, re-bullets will fix people's lives. A lot of these notes in her acting credits in the last 20 years, direct to video, direct to video, direct to video. But isn't everything direct to video now? Isn't the new Borat movie going right to Amazon? That's true. Rudy Giuliani was apparently getting into some hijinks. What? What do you mean hijinks?

Like, he was a skid or something? He was involved. I'll just let you figure that out. He was trending number one yesterday. You didn't see that? How did I not know this? So Rudy Giuliani was involved. Okay.

So when I think of hijinks, knowing Borat or Sasha Barron Cohen, like we all do, he must have found him in a compromising position. Would that be fair to say? Yes. On Amazon Prime. There you go. When does that drop soon, right? So are we losing movie theaters? I don't think so.

Well, I guess they're going to come back at some point. That's the question is they're not just, if they're sitting there, empty, they're not making any money. There are bills to pay. There is rent. It's just, the industry is too big to go completely away, I think. I don't know. You mean to tell me you don't think in five years that everything that we want to see in terms of first-run movies can't be downloaded to our phone or to our computer? Yeah, of course we could. But I mean, going to the movie is about an experience, Matt. You go there, you step on the sticky floors, people are coughing on you.

But if we don't get movies for two or three years, we're going to lose a generation of people that don't know what that's like or particularly miss it. Does anybody miss going on the movies? Because let me tell you about the movies for me. $8 popcorn, $5.00 Cokes, and $10 entry fee. For $23, I can see a movie. Or I can download it on my phone or my computer for $7 or $8. I win.

The big screen experience, Matt. I definitely miss it. He misses it. You really? I'm surprised by you saying this. Well, so just honestly, I struggle with attention span, right? If I watch a movie at home, I can't stay off my phone. Okay.

But it's not hard for me when I go to the movie theater to stay off my phone. I enjoy a movie more when I go to the theater. Yeah, especially because I will say this. They do those big couches now or those long chairs. You can prop your feet up and whatnot. And also that you can go, most movie theaters don't have more things than just popcorn and dogs. I mean, they're like, you can get chicken fingers and nachos. And they get wasted at most of them.

Yeah, well, the animal draft house, right? Yeah, well, they're even, uh, AM, has their little bar called McGuffins. Mawandans. McGuffins. That's what they call it? Yeah. So you told me the chairman of AMC said,

let's name a bar inside of our hotel or our movie thing. And we're calling it McGuffins? Well, McGuffin is a, it's a movie term. It's like a plot device that moves the plot forward, but isn't exactly totally explained. God,

the knowledge you bring on this show. I have never heard of that term before. There's your stupid thing. There's something stupid that I know. You were asking about that yesterday. Oh, that's right. He is the king of knowing stupid stuff. just very broad, everything stupid.

Thank you. Mcuffin. I appreciate that, Brennan. That's a compliment. I mean, that's what you're here for. Is words I don't know. And yet, there's a lot of them. There's actually too many, frankly, despite my age.

Yeah, so there was a posity of words that you don't know. Yeah. Actually, there's not a posity. A true no one, no one, Eclature. See, that's way back in the day. Way back in the day, Matt, this was, was this 10 years ago? This was like the first year of the show.

Matt didn't know what nomenclature was. And you brought David Obert in studio and asked him, do you know what nomenclature means? And he knew exactly what it meant. And he was like, yeah, what are you stupid? It was good times. That's the original Matt Thomas word doesn't know word. I think it's an understandable word to not know. Thank you.

Like, I, I, it's fringe. But I'd let you get away with that one. Thank you. Thank you. Where were you 10 years ago? Probably the fifth grade. All right. Seven one three.

I was in high school for the third time. 7.13, 212, 5, 790. So here's the bit. We're going to have Jason Will Deon from ESPN Milwaukee, and we're going to sell him that we don't do that generic Milwaukee, Laverne and Shirley, Alice Cooper stuff. He's going to say, God, thank you guys, because I go on radio shows all across the country,

and I got to hear that all the time. So that's coming up in our number two that begins next on Sports Talk 790. This is the Matt Thomas show. All right, time is 102, Sports Talk 790. Hour number two of the Matt Thomas show. We are happy to be joined by Jason Wildy. He is a ESPN Wisconsin radio host in the great city of Milwaukee. He is Athletics Wisconsin's Packers guy, and he joins us here for 10 quality minutes.

Talk about the game between the Packers and the Texans here on the show. Jason, first of all, it's Matt and Ross. Thanks for joining us, and I just want you to know that, you know, we here in Houston get tired of hearing Houston, we have a problem. It's those cliched stuff. So I wanted you to know I wasn't going to play any Laverna and Shirley or any Alice Cooper, Algonquin stuff. I just wanted to be you and me to be a pure, happy days.

None of that stuff. I just wanted us to be you and I talking regular stuff. I just wanted you know that I appreciate the struggles that you probably go through on occasional basis. Yeah, no, I was certainly not going to go to the Apollo 13 line on you guys. And I'm more concerned about delivering on the promised 10 quality minutes. I hope I can deliver. Well, your boss, Brad Lane says you're decent. So that's why I want to make sure that I figured I

at least get 10 minutes. I'm not looking for three hours. I'm looking for 10 single minutes from you. All right. Before we get to the game itself, I have not been the chairman of this, but I am someone that has brought this up, especially with the way that Texans have not perform well. I believe it is in the best interest that J.J. Watt gets traded before the deadline. I know that the de facto general manager, Deshaunne Watson, doesn't believe it to be the case. But I believe that. in the Texas best interest in terms of drafts, getting some picks,

relieving themselves of some cap space. And oh, by the way, JJ Watts's been pretty good for this franchise. And they're not going to win a Super Bowl this year. Probably not next year. Would the Packers have any interest in JJ, J.J. Watt? Well, I think everyone has interest if the price is right, right? And the question would obviously be what the price tag would look like.

I believe all of his guaranteed money in his contract has run out, right? He's got this year's, I think his base is $15 million. Next year, the base is 17 and change. Look, they could obviously use a player of his caliber. I know he's battled injuries the last couple of years. But frankly, there's two guys on the Texans roster that the Packers, if they don't want to bring them home, they should want to bring them home. One is J.J. Watt, who obviously grew up here.

The other one is Randall Cobb, who I think is the third leading receiver on the Texans right now. I mean, the Packers-wide receiver group, Rogers masked at the first four games. They were able to survive without Devante Adams for two of those games. I still think their depth is poor at that position. They don't have a true slot receiver, which is what Randall was for so much of his career here. So, hey, I'm on board, Matt. Let's bring them both back. And what do you guys want for them?

Let me see if I get back to Goody and get a deal done for it. Well, we brought up a second and a fifth. And I would do it in a heartbeat. I don't know if Green Bay would, but I would. Will you throw in Cobb, too, or not? Do I need to give up another pick for that? No, you can have him, because to be honest with you, Jason, we weren't thrilled when he signed here

because he had had a very pedestrian season in Dallas and, frankly, was way overpaid for what he signed with here. And that was part of the conundrum that is the awful administration of Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby. So if you want to take that contract, you're more than welcome to have it. I'm intrigued by that, though, that what you just said, because Brian Gutickens, the Packers' GM, was in the process of interviewing with the Texans when the Packers offered him the job. And then the Packers kind of baked and switched him. And initially, he was going to have power over hiring and firing the head coach.

Then they decided not to do that. He had to contemplate that decision, but he had already pulled out of the Texans running. So you do, you know, I love those stories, the what if stories. And I do wonder what the Texans roster looks like. And corollary question, what the Packers roster looks like. Maybe some other GM doesn't draft Jordan Love. And maybe Aaron Rogers' future is secure in Green Bay or more so than it is these days if Goody's not the GM here. So we all kind of figured out that when Love was drafted, that Aaron was pissed and that maybe there was some going to be a friction-filled season.

you get off to a fantastic start, and then the Packers lay the egg against the bucks last week. So where is the state of the team right this second as you cover them on a daily basis? Yeah, I think this is a really crucial week for them. And look, you guys, I would never presume to know the Texans as well as you guys do. But from afar, I don't think they're as bad as their record indicates. You guys can correct me if I'm wrong on that. But anything with DeShon Watson, a quarterback and what he's done in the last month or so. I was looking at his numbers in the last couple of weeks. I mean, I don't think the Packers

can have some sort of superiority complex and come in there and think they just roll their helmets on the energy stadium turf and win this game. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but I think that this is a team that needs to bounce back from an abysmal performance, frankly on both sides of the ball. Rogers had the pick six, which he rarely throws three in his career. Then he throws another interception, but they were up 10 to nothing. They're down 14 to 10. And then the defense still gives up 24 points. They haven't been able to generate a pass run.

They weren't able to do it against Tom Brady. So now you're facing a quarterback that is not 73 years old and has the ability to do all the things Watson does. I think that's a, this is a huge challenge for a defense that we had Rex Ryan on our show this morning. And he said, having worked with Mike Patton, that he doesn't recognize the defense they've been running. So that is a pretty big indictment of how ineffective the Packers defense has been and how it's been covered for by a strong offense to start the year.

Jason Wilde from ESPN Milwaukee with us here on the Matt Thomas show. All right. So to tell you what I think of the Texans, and I've never been a huge fan of them since the get-go, they're one and five. I said yesterday when we looked at the schedule again, they're seven, they're going to finish, I think they have a really good chance of finishing seven and nine because I think, again, they're scoring a bunch of points, and the schedule softens up. I don't think they're going to beat Green Bay this week. But my question to you is, is Green Bay, has they shown the signs of can they get into a 38, 35 type of football game and win it? Because we saw the Texans get into one of those last week against Tennessee.

If they convert a two-point conversion, they win that type of game against Tennessee. They don't ultimately lose. So I'm curious if a slug fest is in the game plan for Green Bay knowing that they may be down 10 with five minutes left to go and does Aaron have enough targets to put together a late fourth quarter comeback? Yeah, I think it all depends on a couple of things. One is this scheme has been very effective. They have done a great job this year and year two of Matlafleur's scheme of scheming guys open. And they need to because they don't have the talent across the board. The example I always use and, you know, maybe some of my Packers fan friends that I know are down there in Houston, remember this. There's a cover of Sports Illustrated in 2011 when Rogers

was on his way to his first MVP, and he was surrounded by all these weapons. And if they did that now, they would have, it would be him and Devante Adams sitting at a table because the rest of the guys just don't elevate to that level. But the scheme has gotten guys open. It did not happen against Tampa Bay. That's why you saw Rogers holding the ball, you know, throwing interceptions. So I, they have been in shootouts already, 3730 with New Orleans, 43, 34, 34, with Minnesota. soda, but their defense is certainly up to the task of making it a shootout.

That I know. Whether their offense can match it depends on how effective Rogers can be and whether Matt Lafleur comes in with a good game plan. He admitted last week that his game plan was not very good for Tampa, and it showed. That's saying something quite honestly that a coach would come and admit something like that. Was that coach speaker? Do you think he generally meant, wow, we just were ill-prepared for how good that

defense at Tampa Bay really is? Yeah, I will say this, and I've been doing this. This is my 25th season. I started when I was 10, of course. Yes. But they, they, I have not had a coach who has been as specific about saying, I need to do a better job, right? We all know the cliche.

We need to coach better. We need to play better. We need to execute better, blah, blah, blah. He was very specific. They have a, they have a player named Tyler Irvin, who's their return guy. He's also their motion guy. They've done more motion this year than I've, ever seen them do in any of their previous iterations of an offense.

And Irvin missed the game last week with a wrist injury. And the floor admitted after the game that not having him took them out of all the things they like to do with motion and that he can't allow one player's absence to wreck his game plan. And he basically admitted to it. What's amazing is he had two games where he didn't have Devante Adams a three-time pro bowl wide receiver. and he was able to alter his game plan effectively to make up for him, but not effectively to make up for the absence of a guy

who didn't even join their roster until December of last year. That's astonishing. That is, that's crazy. Before I let you run, I do want to get one Mike McCarthy comment in because obviously you covered him for a long period of time. The world of sports, and clearly we've got some Dallas Cowboy fans up here, are wigging out about the comments that were made about him not being prepared. his staff not being prepared, ill-informed, not able to adjust.

Were you shocked by those comments coming from some of those unnamed Dallas players? I don't know if I was shocked. I mean, there's a couple of things that prevented that. First of all, players get frustrated. Second of all, players don't want it to be the player's fault, right? I mean, if you say it's the coaches don't have you prepared, it takes a little bit of the heat off of you. I do think that with an off-season where they didn't have any time on the grass

and it's a new staff with the new system. I know Callen Moore has been there. It seems to me that their defense is the problem. They're scoring a bunch of points. They're getting a bunch of yards. They obviously didn't do it with all the turnovers the other night. But I can see how they would have concerns, especially on the defensive side of the ball. I'm a little surprised if Mike McCarthy's offense was ill-prepared because, again, he's not even the play caller.

And I'm a little confused as to what the dynamic is for them offensively. and whether the criticism is of Mike Nolan and more, if it's about the environment as a whole with McCarthy. Obviously, there wasn't a whole lot of specifics from those comments, but I wasn't completely shocked. Let me put it that way. Last question, and it's about the life that you live up there in Wisconsin. When I lived in Minnesota, I was able to go to see two games at Lambeau Field

because it was a bucketless place, but they were both in September, and the temperatures were in the 60s. Just tell the audience the coldest game you ever were at in your life. I think I want to say it was a January playoff game, but, heck, I don't know how many years you've been going to Green Bay and how many games you've been at Lambo. But give us the worst, coldest, miserable, snowy, windy experience you've ever did covering a Packers game. So the worst coldest game I've ever covered was not at Lambo. It was actually at Soldier Field. There's certainly been great snow games.

TV loves snow, right? Oh, for sure. There was a playoff game against Seattle that they played in the snowstorm. It was great. It was scenic. It was toward the end of Farve's career. It was in 07 before they lost in the NFC championship game. Those games are great.

They're just so picturesque. And there's certainly been cold games here. But there was a game in that same 07 season where Brett Farve and the Packers went down to Chicago, and they got it handed to them. And the wind was whipping off. off of Lake Michigan so badly. And this was, I'll tell you what, this was a crucial moment for the Packers to decide.

People don't talk about about that 0-708 time. But he looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. And he had such a longstanding reputation for being great in the cold. He never lost when the temperature was below 32 degrees. And that day, the wind show was minus 40. And he would be the last guy off the sideline. Last guy taking his jacket off. They would go three and out, and then he'd be right back on the sideline,

putting his jacket back on. He was miserable. It was a miserable walk from the parking lot, so I understand how he felt. But that was when it became very clear that he could no longer be great in the cold. And it explains why he went to Minnesota and had such a great year playing indoors. Yeah, for sure. 09. They just totally changed the dynamics.

Yeah, indoor does matter. Hey, it was nice visiting with you. Tell your boss, Brad, I said, hello. Jason, thank you very much for the time. And maybe we'll visit a game when the Texans and Packers play in Super Bowl, I don't know, 67, 68, somewhere in that range. Any friend of Brad's

someone that I question their judgment. I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you, Jason. Really appreciate it. You got it. Jason Wilde, ESPN Milwaukee with us here at 116. Dr. Roto is 15 minutes away. So get your fancy football questions ready.

He'll be with us shortly. You can join us right now. 713-212-5-790. Matt has eye trouble. He's having trouble seeing Dallas win anything anytime soon. Sorry about that, friends to the north. Back to the Matt Thomas show. 122 Sports Talk 790.

Thanks again, Jason Wilde, ESPN Milwaukee, for joining us. Did you hear what he said about J.J. Watt, that he would love to see him wearing Packer gear, but guess who also would look good to Packer here? Randall Cobb. So Randall's name has been brought up in trade speculation, and Deshawn Watson said, no, he's not going anywhere. Let me ask you this, SportsRourby,

if you're Jack Easterby and you hear your quarterback say that, do you try to stay in good spirits with him by saying, yeah, we're not training anybody, Dee? We're just joking. Or do you go, Deshaun love you? you're our franchise quarterback. We're going to pay you a boatload of money, but we're paying you $0 to be the general manager of this football team.

You call him into the chapel and you hold hands with him after sanitizing. Yeah. And then you pray about it. Is that what you do with him? Is everything involved with Jackie's been involved with prayer? I think so. It's a lot of praying. He's probably praying and he gets to keep his job.

Which I don't, you know. Cal said he's going to. He sure did. I think he's Cal McNair's spiritual advisor. so he's going to be around for a long time. No, I think that Cal is buying into everything Jack is saying without, he's buying the sizzle, but there's no stake. You okay with that?

Yeah. Because even if Jack is the salt of the earth, most amazing human being, do you know what he's not qualified to do? Football decisions. But he's the GM right now. Intern. But he's the GM right now. If there was a trade to be made before the end of the season,

he would be the one that would be making that trade. Or I guess Deshaun Watson would be. Deshaun Watson vetoing all these trades? I mean, this happens a lot in life. You somebody, you bring somebody into a company, and he's very positive and good spirits and works well with others, but may not be qualified to be a leader. May not be qualified to run in a particular department.

It'd be like someone being a good, I'll use our radio station next door, KTRH. Somebody's a good news reporter. It doesn't make them a good news director. You know what I'm saying? Okay. But at least the news reporter would have a sense of news. Jack Easterman has been around football a lot of his life,

but he doesn't know the intricacies or at least I don't think he does about how to massage a salary cap. What's fair market value? Clearly he doesn't know that. He doesn't know what trade value is. If he learned it from Bill O'Brien, he still doesn't know what fair market value is. is when it comes to trade capital or draft capital as well. So the first thing when I heard Deshaun say what he said yesterday was this is a team that doesn't respect its current general manager.

You can respect Jack as a good person as a guy that is always in a good mood, ready to motivate. Top 10 chaplain in the league. But that doesn't mean you trust him with the keys to your football operation. I don't. I don't think they should. But how do you trust that he's going to bring somebody in that's going to say, Jack? You're the chaplain. You can worry about food and nutrition and weightlifting and making sure we have social distancing and we stay COVID free.

But stay out of my business. Do not under any circumstance try to tell me that this young man that plays college football at UNOV is worthy of a third round draft pick. Or, hey, I think this free agent is worth this amount of money. Or I think you can get a this and a this pick for said player. how does the new guy take the job and tell and tell Jack to move aside? He doesn't. And that's why even though you have to have somebody as a GM, even as an interim basis, it can't be the guy that got you in this mess to begin with.

He and Bill collectively as a duo put the Texans in the mess they're in right now. How do you do it? How do you separate yourself unless you go to Cal and say, Cal, There are five teams in the NFL that want me. And I would love to be the general manager of your football team. And you've got a lot of work. There's a big mess that I can try to fix and clean up. But I can't have Jack used to be involved.

But the thing is, whoever that person is isn't going to say that because they're going to get along with Jack. Because Jack is going to have to. Because Jack is here, right? Jack, I mean, it's already come out that Jack is going to be back in his position. Whatever that, yeah, executive vice president of football operations. Whatever that means. Whatever that means. and everybody's got different definitions for it.

That's why, how am I supposed to be excited about the new general manager and the new coach when it appears that Jack Easterby's hands will be all over this? I mean, maybe he's not going to have a whole lot of power as far as day. I mean, the general manager is going to have to have final say over the roster over the 53 man, right, and the practice squad and all that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. But again, help me through the new.

general manager of the Houston Texans has been vetted by, was that in Corn Ferry, the firm? Okay. And then Corn Ferry goes to Jack Yisabree and says, here's our best four or five guys. You should interview them. Jack's going to like one of those four or five guys more than the other three or four. Dang, you got to buy like a Christian cross and some rings or something like that for that interview.

Maybe they prayed before the interview. Exactly. And again, we're not trying to make fun of religion here. No, I'm not. I'm just saying that Jack is really into it. So maybe, and when you're, you know, your boss is really into something or your interviewer, then you maybe want to go and act like you're in the debt too. Well, it's like, um, say, excuse me, Mr. Easterby, before we start, can we just pray first?

Oh, that'll get him serious. That's what I'm saying. Well, like Mike McCarthy, there was a, there's a story out about him being, he went into Jerry Jones to get the Dallas Cowboys job by selling this thing about analytics. And he said he was like, that was just kind of what he wanted, what the Cowboys wanted to hear. Exactly. Mike McCarthy said that he watched every play of every team. It didn't, like at his introductory press conference, like, yeah, I might a lie about that. We've all done that, though.

If I've interviewed for a job, you know what they want to hear. And good savvy interviewers to the, no, that that's coming with the territory. And they're being BS, yeah. Yeah. That's true. Yeah, I told them here, I was going to work hard and come in early every day and just be dedicated. That worked for 10 plus years. And, of course, that's been true.

And that's why I've been here 11 years. Jacob, before we get to Dr. Roto. Hi, Jake. Jacob. Hey, what's going on? Hi, good. Hey, just curious, and I'm no Texans' apologists by any means, and I haven't really followed super closely.

But why are you so confident that Jack Easterby couldn't be a part of the future? And I'm not trying to be a joke. No, no, no, no, no. That's okay. It's fair. Because he has no experience, and the little experience that he's had ruined the football team that you like to watch every Sunday. Yeah, I, the reason I ask the question, and I'm not saying he's,

going to be a general manager, but I know quite a few people through my life who has been very successful in one certain career path, and then they change career path into something completely different, and are still able to manage the operation and keep things going moving forward. I guess my whole point being is he may not know anything about football operations, but are football itself on the field. But as far as operations of running a team or running an organization, it's slightly different. and he could be a good play caller or whatever as far as calling names of who's going to run what. Not necessarily.

No, I'm not asking him. Yeah, I'm not asking him to build the draft. I'm telling you what I'm, what I see as examples of a Jack Easterby Bill O'Brien relationship have been getting rid of JD cloning and getting nothing in return, selling off a first and a second and two first and a second round picks for Laramie Tunsell and then way overpaying him. Now, he's been very good, but still, they had no control of that. And they made one of the worst trades in the history of the National Football League. So I've got three examples right off the top that says that he probably shouldn't be dealing with personnel and or decision-making at the highest level. And again, I'm okay with people changing their careers, but these general manager's jobs, there's only 32 of them.

There's only 32 vice presidents or presidents of football operations that hold incredibly important decision-making skills. and at this point, everything that he's touched has taken the Texans a step back in terms of becoming a relevant, legitimate Super Bowl contending team. Well, how do we know that Easterby had anything to do with those trains? Because Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby had been side by side. They have said it numerous times. They collaborated on everything. They were the two most important people in the office when it came to that.

Thank you for the phone call. Do I know what his day-to-day operation is? because he doesn't tell us and doesn't speak to the media. But every time, help me out, Ross, did Bill O'Brien and Jack Eastby every time they've ever spoken, have said Jack and I have worked through this. We talked this out. They have been inseparable since Brian Gaines left as general manager.

That's the way they've described. That's the way they described it. So unless it's something different, and unless Bill O'Brien lied or Jack used to be lied, I have to take him at their word. Dr. Roto for some fantasy football advice straight ahead. 131 on Sports Talk 790 with a word here for a balconies.

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First round turned out to be a big photo. Give me the news. Let's get to the good doctor on Sports Talk 790. Good doctor. How does Southwest Florida feel about Ryan Fitch? Patrick, no longer starting for the Miami Dolphins. I think everybody's a little shocked. I've got to be honest with you.

It's not like we didn't expect two to be the starting quarterback at some point, but maybe it was after Fitz was going to have one of his usual, you know, four interception, two fumble games, but he's been pretty good this year. So I think it was not that it happened, but it was bad timing. All right. Let's get to what's happening on this week's Slater of the NFL. First, we'll go Thursday night football Giants against the Eagles. We throw the records out when it comes to our fantasy football.

Who is sitting and who is playing this week? I'm trying to decide what's a bigger train wreck the Thursday night. I gamble the debate. It could be both. I'll tell you. I'm thinking for the Eagles, we're going to go with Boston Scott, and then we're going to get a little bit nervous there because I don't like anybody else. For the Giants, I can live with Evan Engram because the Eagles have been very generous to tight ends.

Outside of both those, and then maybe the Eagles defense. I think the Eagles defense is a good start. outside of those three things, I wouldn't even touch this game. All right. Now, to the better and sex your games on Sunday. Travis Henry, my goodness. Derek Hendricks, excuse me. Travis is good, too, but Derek's really, really, really good.

Can the Steeler defense slow him down at all? Or is this? I mean, you're going to play him every week regardless, but for the fantasy folks, that he just went ape crazy against the Texans this past Sunday. Well, I mean, look, he exposed the Texans who have a terrible run defense. And it's just a bad matchup.

I mean, the Texans did a great job. I think they kept the game as close as they could, but you can't stop Derek Henry. You're not going to win that game. Steelers have a better chance of stopping Derek Henry. So, I mean, the thing that people don't realize is that Ryan Tannehill is a really, really underrated player. He's been sensational.

So you've got Henry, you've got A.J. Brown. You've got Tannahill who are all playable for the Titans. But for the Steelers, you've got Deontay Johnson back. You've got Chase Claypool, who's been unstoppable. You've got James Connor. I think Ben Rothesberger has a great week this week. I think the Steelers are going to expose the Titans' week secondary, which is what the Texans did last week.

I just think the Steelers are just a better team. How bad had things gotten for the skill players for the Dallas Cowboys with Andy Dalton, the quarterback? Well, look, I mean, we thought there was going to be a drop-off between Dak and Andy Dalm. We didn't expect what we saw him, and that was one off a cliff. Look, Dalton can't play any worse. I don't think it's possible.

Washington's going to put pressure on him, but Don't have got to stay in there and make a place. I mean, he's got as good as skilled group as there is in the NFL. I mean, you've got to find CD land. You've got to find Cooper. People want to drop Michael Gallup right now. I mean, I've got people sending me tweets that they want to get rid of the Ziciel Elliott. Yet let's not panic after one game. If it's two or three games, then it's time to panic.

Josh Allen and the bills have come down to Earth a little bit. Are they slowing down fantasy-wise as well? Maybe so, but when you play the Jets, it's a get-well game. So, I mean, I think you want to get Allen in your lineup. You want to get Stefan Diggs in your lineup. You want to get Singletary in your lineup? I mean, picking on Adam Gase's, the Vegas Sharps are loving that move right now because the jets are terrible. Maybe with Sam Darnold back, maybe they could put up 14 points, but with Joe Flacco, maybe like six.

All right. Browns and the Bengals play. Numerous Brown players, despite a four-and-two record, yeah, they got beat badly by Pittsburgh last week, but they feel like their 0-and-6. How are they performing? Are they performing like a four-and-two fantasy football team? I mean, look, what they do, they do well. And when Nick Chub was there, they ran Kevin's Defancy's offense. I don't want to say to perfection, but they ran it pretty darn well.

They ran the ball, and they did some play action passing. When you lose Nick Chubb and you lose a guy who's getting 20 touches a game, now you've got to throw the ball more. Well, when you start throwing the ball more, you're exposing Baker Mayfield, who really wasn't worth the number one overall pick. I mean, there were times I like Baker Mayfield, but I don't think he's really that good to be quite honest with you. Plus, you got Jarvis Landry, he's not 100%.

You got a disgruntled Odell Beckham. I really think the two good plays for the Browns in this game are Austin Hooper and Cream Hunt. Those are two good plays. For the Bengals, I really like T. Higgins. I really like Tyler Boyd. The Browns don't normally cover the slot receivers very well. Boyd should have a good week. With the Falcons won in their first game last week at Minnesota, have they warmed up fantasy-wise for folks?

I mean, you'd have to hope so. I think this is a really good week from Matt Ryan, obviously for Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley. I'll give you two players, though, that people are probably overlooking. Todd Gurley, I mean, the Lions have a terrible run defense. So Todd Gurley should have a good week this week. He wasn't great last week. I think he rebounds. And the Lions are notoriously bad against slot receivers.

I mean, look at what the Keel and Cole had like 140 yards against them last week. Russell Gates could have 80 yards in a touchdown this week. All right, a couple of the daytime games. Niners of the Patriots. New England has really cooled off offensively. The Niners got their mojo back after beating the Rams this past week. So where are we on both these teams that they play in New England this Sunday? Yeah, this game may rival the Giants and Eagles for poor games.

I don't like any fantasy players in this game. I really don't worry. He moister, who I normally like is on the IR. You're going to see a little jerk, McKinnon, but I think the Patriots are going to stop him. Kittle, you know, you know that Bill Belichick is going to do whatever. can to make sure the kiddle doesn't beat them. And then Cam Newton is just, honestly, take away Cam's running ability. Ask yourself this question.

If Cam didn't run, would he be a bottom five quarterback in terms of passing? I think he would. So Julian Adam is almost unplayable right now in fantasy. Is there anybody in the receiving core worth playing from them? I really, nobody from me, honestly. Okay. One more. Buccaneers at the Raiders.

Boy, Tampa Bay just ran up and down against Green Bay's defense. which we're kind of looking forward to seeing here first hand in Houston over the weekend. Is there any thought of a potential letdown traveling across the country playing the Raiders who play very well in Las Vegas and the Bucks could be due for maybe a natural letdown after that big win against Green Bay? You know, you might think so, but Tom Brady's there and he's not going to let that happen and they've had some letdown games already this year, so I'm not sure we're going to see one here. I'll say this.

This is a bad matchup for the Raiders because the Raiders want to run the ball at Josh Jacobs. And the Bucks have one of the top run defenses in the NFL. The other problem is that Chris Godwin, who's back and looking a lot better, there's a complete mismatch with a Lamarco's joiner is one of the worst slot corners in the NFL. So when you can take away what the other team wants to do and your best player is a mismatch against the Raiders, I think the Bucks are going to win this one pretty convincingly. All right. Let's get some questions. And if you got anything you want to ask Dr. Roto, do so now. 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5. 790 questions for Dr. Roto.

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Bears Rams Roto sounds like really good defense against a pretty explosive offense, although the Rams are kind of held in check last week. What do you think about this matchup? You know, the Bears are pretty darn good defense. They're not winning games with their offense. Nick Foles, David Montgomery looks like he's running in quicksand. Even Alan Robinson couldn't do much last week. Robinson's going to see Jalen Ramsey again.

So it's going to be a tough game. The Bears are going to have to play great. defense and the Rams are one of those frustrating teams where some weeks they put up 40 in some weeks they just can't seem to get it done. So I don't know. I think the Rams should pull this one out. You know, in terms of the running backs between

Henderson and Brown and Acres, you don't even know who to start. I'll tell you who to start. You start Cooper Cup and you start Robert Woods and then after that it's all potluck. All right. Let's get to Green Bay in Houston. The Texans back to back weeks of 30 plus points. So that

means I would think that you go go pretty deep in your receiving core for fantasy players. The question is, even though David Johnson is rushing less than four yards of carry, he is fine in the end zone once a week. It feels like the last couple of weeks. Meanwhile, Green Bay, really, Aaron had a terrible game with a bunch of pick sixes. So who is sitting and who is playing among these two teams? I mean, look, the overrunner on this game is 57.

So Vegas is loving the points here. So there's a last week, David Bacchiori got injured, and Aaron Rogers was frustrated, and it got ugly. I hate to say it, but he's going to feast this week. He is. I mean, I want to start Aaron Rogers. I want to start Devonte Adams. I want to start Aaron Jones. I mean, he's not Derek Henry, but he's going to run for 100 yards in a touchdown for sure.

I think so those guys are must. In terms of the Texans, you know, this is a David Johnson. It should be a David Johnson week, right? I mean, we want to see this guy get that 100 yards in a touchdown. If it doesn't happen this week, there are big question marks. I like Brandon Cooks again this week. I think the guy who actually don't like – I like him in seasonal, but not if you're going to play daily fantasy sports is Will Fuller.

He's going to see Jair Alexander, who right now may be the best cover quarterback in the NFL. And I think Fuller has a down game. So the Texans, if they want to compete, they're going to have to figure out how to do it without using Will Fuller who's going to be negated. All right. Let's get some phone calls for Dr. Rodo. We'll start with Sam and downtown at 152. Sam.

you're on with Roto. Go ahead, please. Hey, Dr. Roto. I have a question. I have Tyler Lockett and Tyree Kill. They both have been kind of shaky these last two weeks, especially Lockett. And I have picked up T. Higgins on the waiver. Should I start Higgins this

week over Lockett, just on how bad that Brown's defense is? I can live with that. I'm never benching Tyree Kill, and I think Mahomes is going to have an explosive week because he's been pretty quiet the last couple of weeks. So I don't want to bench Hill, but I can bench Lockett for Higgins. Higgins has been a pretty darn good player. He's getting a ton of targets in that offense.

All right. Let's go to Allen and Spring on 790. Go ahead, Alan. Yes, Dr. Roto. I have a question. I had David Johnson, but I picked up Justin Jackson. See, should I play there? Or Higby or Fault as my tied-ins. Yeah, I mean, I don't know if you can play Fent yet because Fenn is still injured, so we don't know if he's going to play, so I guess you'd have to play Higby. I'm playing David Johnson. a great matchup for him. I mean, this is the opportunity of Green Bay Packers. Did you what Ronald Jones did? I mean, Ronald Jones is just not a great running back. So I think Johnson should have his best week of the season.

All right? So Miles Sanders against is going to be out in tonight's game from what I understand, right? So I went and picked up his backup. How do you generally feel about guys that just are partial ball carriers just to kind of take the edge off the league guys and then put him in a prime spot? I think what's the backup's name in Philadelphia? Awesome Scott. Look, last year, week 17, Boston Scott went crazy, had like over 130 yards and two touchdowns against a giant. This guy's legit.

The thing was when Sanders was injured early in the year, Boston Scott got injured too. So he wasn't that explosive. So I think people were let down by him. Boston Scott coming into this year, people regarded him very highly in PPR format. So I think you're going to see the real Boston Scott tonight. All right.

Montgomery, White, Kirk, and Green, two of those four will start today for the Orlando's football team here. Not Orlando the football team, but Orlando, the listener. Yeah, I'm going to start Christian Kirk for sure. I think he's playing very well. That should be a high-scoring game. I don't really like Montgomery this week. Who are the other two? Who was Green and who is the other one? Let me pull up here. Montgomery, White, Kirk, and Green. I mean, I can make an argument for James White. He's fine, but I mean, I think Green is trying to get traded. And if he's trying to get traded, he's actually going to play hard like he did last week. I may start AJ Green.

Speaking of that and trying to get traded, is Odell Beckham Jr. going to play hard this week? Look, there are a lot of disgruntled guys out there. And I'm not sure you could ever make Beckham happy, but you certainly can't make him happy with Baker Mayfield in a run-first offense. How is that ever going to work? It's not. I think that there are guys out there right now, like Antonio Brown coming back. If he's playing for a ring, he signs with Seattle and shuts his mouth and plays football. If he's coming back to the money, then he goes elsewhere. where he'll get a ton of targets. Leviom Bell signed with the Chiefs.

He wants to win. So I think the question with Beckham is, do you want to win or you want to be a pain in the butt? Before we let you go, we ask you one person, sometimes two, that will absolutely crush in fantasy football this week. These players we speak of are affectionately known as Dr. Roto's lock and or locks of the week.

I've got two locks this week, and they're both wide receivers. The first is Kenny Goladay going up against the Atlanta Falcons secondary. that's a complete mismatch there. I really like Goladay. And I really like Terry McLaurin. I mean, the Cowboys cannot stop anybody. McLaurin went 7 for 74 against James Bradbury. And Bradbury's been a shutdown corner all year.

So, I mean, the Cowboys, once again, you always want to pick on the bad secondaries. So Goladay and McLaurin are the locks the week. And there you go. That's from Dr. Roto and his locks of the week. Good doctor. Where can people find you over the next handful of days? You can find me at sI.com backslash fantasy.

and you can find me at Twitter at DRROTO. Great stuff, as always. We'll do this again next Thursday. Thanks to the time. We appreciate it. You got it. All right. That's Dr. Roto from Sports Illustrated.

We have been very proud of have his affiliation with us for several years and with us every Thursday for a full half hour here on Sports Talk 790. We're going to say how today. Now, Holgers is a head football coach of the Houston Cougars. Cougars can take on the Naval Academy and his visit will be brought to you by the joint chiropractic, the official chiropractor of the University of Houston. And we'll talk to him about the last week game against. BYU and what's ahead with the Naval Academy.

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That's why you must listen, noon to three, to win things like that. 157, Sports Talk, 7.9. Is the Matt Thomas show. Here we go. The final hour. Matt Thomas Show time is 201. We are happy to be joined as we are weekly by the head football coach of your school, my school, America's School, the University of Houston. Dana Holgerson with us here on 790, brought to you by the joint chiropractic coach, How are Things? Good, Matt. How are you doing? I got no complaints, friend. Obviously disappointing it with how things turned out against BYU. You've kind of had this central message along during the week about you play great for three quarters, especially I thought the second quarter was outstanding after the slow start. And then things kind of fell apart in the fourth. How long does that take for you to push that message along to the kids about how this has to be,

not being coach-speak, but literally a 60-minute football game? Yeah, we've talked about it a good bit this week, obviously. You know, we're getting outscored 38 to 10 in the first quarter. So that's kind of disturbing. Now, the good news is we've played really well in the second quarter. We've had really good half-times. We've came out and we've played really good third quarters. Against Tulane, we played a good fourth quarter against BYU.

We didn't. I'm just kind of chalking that up to a pretty seasoned, mature, talented BYU football team more than anything. The closer that thing got to the end, the more that they elevated their play. And we can learn something from that. You know, if we want to get to a point to where we're a really good football team, then we've got to play a complete game and not only start fast, but do a good job of finishing. So I've got some ammo, you know, so we've talked about it all week. And, you know, at some point, if we want to get to where we want to be, we're going to have to play a complete game.

Is that changing that philosophy? Is that done in practice? Is that done in the types of plays you want to call earlier in the games? What exactly – and it's not an exact science, obviously, but what kind of the thing? things can you do as a coach to your kids besides just say, look, let's get out there and pretend it's down 10-0 or it's a fourth quarter of a game? How do you approach putting that sense of urgency in early in contest? Well, it ain't play calls because I can assure you I'm going to call the ones that I think are going to work. I don't purposely call ones that I don't think

are going to work. So in saying that kind of jokingly, I mean, obviously we're all in this together and we just all got to do a better job of executing. But I think that's too. things. One, I think you talk about it a lot. I don't know how you practice that. I mean, we talk about it, and we can say we need to start fast here in the beginning of practice or the beginning of the period or whatever it is. But you only get so much time to go out there and you've got to maximize all your reps that you have when you go out there. I just think you've got to talk about it and then you've got to play football. I mean, I can't keep using this excuse, Matt, but our first opponent had three games advantage on us and our second

opponent had three games advantage on us, and the one we're playing this week has three games on us. Now, I think that evens out at some point, but, you know, improvements from game one to game two and improvements from game two to game three are significant. And then it kind of levels out after that. So I'm just excited about being able to play again here this Saturday so we can get a week better. I'm going to let you brag on your kids a little bit. The COVID testing isn't easy. It's a routine. Now with the road, they've got to do it two, three times going in. I mean, it feels like it's been a pretty seamless process, you know, in terms of no positive testing. in a long period of time.

That has to make you feel good that your kids have taken this very, very seriously and that they've not allowed this to stop y'all's football season. Yeah, I can't use that as an excuse because everybody's dealing with the same thing, right?

So, you know, some of this stuff's classified and, you know, we're not able to really talk about it just because you can't. But, you know, whoever's here, we coach, you know, and whoever's available is going to play. There's guys that weren't available,

last week that, you know, that we can't sit there and cry about it. I mean, we just got to have the next guy come up and get ready to play. I mean, we've talked about that since July. You know, we knew it was going to be like this, and everybody's dealing with the same stuff. So don't feel sorry for yourself if you're down to, you know, a couple of guys that aren't quite ready to play, or you're missing a couple of guys that you really feel like you need to be able to play

or whatever it is. Just don't worry about it. Get your practice done. You know, we're really honestly not able to practice the way that we want to just because each and every day is different. I mean, you may have eight kids call in sick on a Tuesday and not be there for practice, and there's nothing you can really do about that. Those eight may be back. It doesn't mean they're positive. They're just not feeling good.

Yeah. And so, but you've still got to get out there in practice, you know, so don't use that as an excuse not to be successful. Get out there, get your work done. Everybody's got problems. Everybody's dealing with it. And at the end of the week, hopefully you've been able to prepare the right way and play the right way to where you can win a game. You mentioned practices are different. I've known having talked to you and other coaches on campus a lot over the last decade or so that you try to mix in some Navy triple option when you can.

How much has that changed because of the fact that you've had so many different lineups and different people that are available to go? Have you been able to really give the kids a good sample size of what they can bring besides obviously working on at this? week? I think if we had two months to prepare and unlimited amounts of bodies to go out there and practice against it, I still think our defensive coaches, and every defensive coach, for that matter, would go into the game not thinking they had enough time to be able to prepare for it. It's just so different. It's just so foreign that, you know, I don't know. Maybe it's good that we don't have very much time to prepare for it because you can maybe over-prepure for something. like that. I don't know. We have not been able to practice the way that we want to, but

I doubt they've been able to practice the way that they want to to get ready for our game as well. So, you know, it's just, it's not just the triple option. I mean, what they do defensively, I mean, we can't give them all those looks. I mean, there's not enough time in the week to give them the amount of looks that they have with their fronts and their shifts and their their blitzes. I mean, what they do defensively is every bit as hard to prepare for is what they do offensively. So don't know, don't care. Do your best. And, you know, whether it's on the practice field, whether it's in the meeting room,

whether it's at home at night, studying video, you better get as much information to them as you can. And you better keep doing it all the way up until kickoff. You have a great fraternity of friends in your coaching business. Has there been anybody that you've been able to lean on that maybe has the secret to at least trying to contain it? Because look, if you have a great quarterback, athletic quarterback like Navy had last year, It's tough. This fullback Nelson they have is really good for them this year. But is there anybody that has divine intervention that you can lean on to say,

all right, you see a play. And you look, you've been around a long time. You've seen it yourself. But is there a great mastermind of trying to stop a triple option? Well, if there is, I don't know who that is. I mean, if that was the case, everybody would employ that guy every week and get the secrets and all that stuff. You know, I tell you, you just got to be disciplined with your eyes

and what your assignment is. I mean, everybody on defense has, you know, a job to do, and it's, you know, I saw, you know, our defensive coach is talking a lot about, you know, your job is one-eleventh of what we need to do on every play in order to be successful. You don't have to do half the team's job. You have to do your job, and you've got to be disciplined, and you've got to make sure that your eyes are in the right spot, and you play good assignment football, you know, and if you do that, then at the end of the day, it's about getting off blocks, and it's about

making tackles. So I'm glad we don't have to tackle the quarter. that they had last year. That guy was the offensive player of the year in the American draft pick and is currently playing in the NFL. I'm really just an unbelievable player. He made them go. They still pose problems. You know, they got the running back back. But, you know, it's always, it's a good week to focus on just good discipline football, which, you know, based on last week, we're not very good at. We had way too many stupid mistakes and, you know, way too many errors that can cost you a football game.

So we need to be more disciplined ourselves. BYU is a very, very, very, very disciplined, mature football team. Navy, the way that they are in life, poses the same obstacles, and I hope we get a week better at it. Last question. You brought up on your Zoom meeting earlier this week with the media about when Clayton Tune, when he was bad, it wasn't that bad. I think he's had a really good start for your season.

So what is the most exceptional thing you see out of him so far, and what do you still want to see from him as you get into the league? competition here again? Well, accuracy has been really good. Just him being very accurate with the ball has been really good. Completion percentage is up. You know, didn't make any bad mistakes last week, which going back and looking at the Navy game last year, I mean, shooting through for 400 yards, but we threw way too many

interceptions. So the bad just can't be that bad. We did a good job of taking care of the ball against BYU. That's improvement. him included. And then it's just about consistency with him. I think he's going to continue to get better every week. That quarterback we played against is a pro, in my opinion,

one of the best ones in the country and probably a first-round drop pick. And, you know, Tune was going blow-for-blow with him there for a while. So Tune's just now coming into his own. He's continuing to play, and the more he plays, the better he's going to be. So excited about where he's at currently. Great visit, as always. Safe travels up to Annapolis, and we'll see you on Saturday. Sounds good. Thanks.

You got it. All right. Dana Hogerson with us here on Sports Talk 790, presented to you by the Joint Chiropractic, the official chiropractor of the University of Houston. And again, that game can be heard over on our sister station, KPRC, 950, beginning at 130. So really, your Saturday's all set.

You have the sports RV show 11 to 1. You can go get a lunch break, take a little snack, maybe a half-hour cat nap, if you will. And then at 1-30, it's the Cougars. Longhorns versus Baylor coverage here on Sports. So you've got to go back and forth. No, what you just keep here on 790? Or 950 for the Cougars and the midshipman.

All right, that's true. And the what? Midshipman. Okay. Mids. Midshipman. The mids. 130 with a 230 kickoff from Annapolis, Maryland.

Looking forward to getting in some of cooler weather. Hello. What's that trip like? You fly into D.C. Well, you can either fly into Baltimore or to D.C. It was a little cheaper for us to fly into Washington. It's a little to Washington. Baltimore.

I never, what's a lot of Washington. the name of that show that's based in Baltimore? The Wire. Did you watch it? Fantastic show, one of the greatest shows of all time. And why do they choose Baltimore, do you think? Well, I don't know. I think, did the writer, did the guy who made it, he had, did he start up in Baltimore? I don't remember. Because I've been to Baltimore probably five or six times. I'd never think it's as bad as people think it is. But apparently it's one of the most crime-ridden cities in America. Well, it is what it is, Matt. Great crab cakes, though. That's what's important. Good inner harbor. Good ball. Orio's Ballpark's beautiful.

Never been to a Ravens game. I'll take your word for it. And Annapolis is one of the most amazing cities in the country. The greater David Simon worked for the Baltimore Sun. Okay. So maybe you and I need to go on a trip to Baltimore and try to find the seedy parts, if you were. Okay, we can go find all the trap houses and the project towers from the show. We're going to pack heat?

Well, you might want to, Matt. I don't know, though. I believe the Maryland gun laws are much more restrictive than they would. be here and say then here in Texas. Okay, so we'll skip the trip then. Okay. All right. We got non-grat show, though.

Highly recommended. And how many years was it on? I think it's five seasons? A lot of swearing. Well, of course. Nudity? Yes. It's an HBO show.

You know, they certainly, like, season one of any HBO show has more sex than any other season. Like, I'll say this. I gave up on Game of Thrones very quickly. That was a mistake on your part. But, well, maybe it wasn't because the, the last two seasons were kind of crappy. But that show wouldn't necessarily think you'd see lots of nudity in it.

If you said, here's a show about this, sex would not be, you would think one of the things would be a part of the show. But in the episodes I watched, all they did was have sex. Yeah, there was just too much sex and it turned you off of the show. That's not the reason why. Oh, okay. There were too many characters and too many strange names. Now, I'll be with you that.

After, like, episodes, I would, it's basically, hey, you'd have required reading after. I'd have to read recaps. I would have to look at a map of the stupid Westeros and figure out. where is Kings Landing in relation to Winterfell and where the hell's the wall and what's going on in Esos? There was a lot to figure out. It was I like dumb television. Yeah. And it was too much work to enjoy the show.

You don't like to think too much, man. That's okay. I mean, when you're watching TV. Oh, no, that's how I live my life. Don't think too much. No, I think there are a lot of people who are in like high-stressed jobs and they go home and they just watch like 90-day fiancee because they are, it's just like a release. It's something that they can dumb down. You don't have to think about it.

And you can just. I think that's what you're in a very high-stressed job. Yes. You think a lot at work. I do. And you want to go home and you don't have to think. Yeah. Like the smartest TV show I watch probably on a regular basis is probably real sports with Brian Gumble.

Okay. Because, you know, they dig into stuff. They don't do the, you know, silly story. But they really get into concussions and what's happening in the world. Brian Gubble talks like this, really high. You know, all right, Brian. Our next story. Yes.

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Yes. DJ Kowlis, Son and sunny. One little bit of baseball news. The Gold Glove Award finalists have been announced. A couple of interesting involving the Astros. For left field, Kyle Tucker,

I think he's good. I would never have put him in the Gold Glove category. Again, I don't spend a lot of time looking at what Lordus Gueriel and Alex Gordon do as defensively. That's true. Um, so I'll say modely surprised on that. Interesting.

I think of him as a solid enough guy. I think, I don't think him as a detriment. I don't think him as a guy that you have to defensively replace late in games. He's made a few sliding catches, but wasn't there a play that he misplayed that why not costing a game for the Astros? It wasn't a playoff game. There was something that didn't happen during the season. I'm trying to have it had involved in a no hitter or something,

that kind of rub people the wrong way the way that Kyle misplayed. I can't recall. Maybe it was a game where some team came from behind to beat him after the Astros had a large lead. I'm not for sure. Gold Glove finalist for shortstop, Carlos Correa. Good for him. Nico Goodwin and Goodrum and J.P. Crawford are the other ones. And, oh, first base.

Matt Olson, Evan White, and Yulee Gurriel. Really? From where Yuley started to where he is? Dramatic difference. Yeah. The plate he scuffled early on, and he was having issues at first because, I mean, it's just learning a whole new position. But he's got great hands, great instincts. Pretty good at picking the ball out there at first.

So it's good. Yeah. I'm going to assume that probably, I don't think they've announced a pitchers yet, but I would think probably Mr. Grinky. Mr. Grinky, who basically has like a plate full of them. By the way, somebody is that Grinky. I don't believe that for a second. There's no way. No chance.

No way. No how that a guy that is so antisocial. would be on Twitter. I wouldn't think so. Now, if Mrs. Grinky wanted to run it, that'd be one thing. But to try to sell it as it's him, it ain't going to happen. I don't believe it either. All right, game, their World Series is off today.

That's true. Well, finally, people are getting off days. That would have helped the Astros. Yeah, but it wasn't like Tampa had a superior advantage. It's true. I mean, they had to go their bullpen probably as much, if not more than the Astros had to go with their bullpen. So, I don't know.

I just, I have very passing interest in it. And I think, frankly, Ross, I think I'm like a lot of Houstonians. If my Houston teams aren't uninvolved in it, I'm not going to pay a whole lot of attention to it. Like, how much tonight will you watch the Giants and Eagles play? The Giants and Eagles are playing the night? Thursday night football. Let me ask you this. Would you rather be repeatedly kicked in the groin or watch the Giants and Eagles from start to finish?

Watch the Giants and Eagles first to start to finish. Okay. I got Carson Wentz and go on. and I think I have a, do I have a Devante Freeman somewhere, yeah. Boy, the NFL's like, we ought to give ourselves the Giants and Eagles, two NFC East rivals, big Northeast powerhouses, and then you realize that they're not very good. And the end, I don't know, the ratings still are good for NFL.

Let me ask you this. If there's a reason why there's an off day in the world series, because they know they would lose to the Giants and Eagles. And the debates tonight, right? And the debates tonight. Is there a is that? So you said yesterday, I don't know. I haven't been keeping up.

There's a there's a mute button tonight. I saw that. That might have been a little full paw. Oh, okay. It was a joke. Google it. Mute button debate. I'm not saying that I don't know.

I don't follow politics. I don't know if that was a joke or not. But how do you mute somebody unless they're in a separate room or they're enclosed? Because if Trump is, you know, yapping while Biden is talking, yet the mute button, you're still going to hear it off of another microphone, are you not? That's true. Like, if I turn my microphone off.

Right. I can still hear you. Yeah. You still will be interrupting me. Fake news! Are we taking the day off after the election? We could just like have a sick out. We're just going to talk sports, right?

I hope. Are there going to be riots in the streets one way or the other? Well, my Facebook page is going to lose his damn mind. Oh man, what's the last time I logged into Facebook? Like, I have muted about 25 political terms on my Twitter account. Oh, really? And you can't. Now, what I would have to do ultimately is if I get inundated with political stuff on Twitter,

I'll have mute people. But I don't want to mute people because they're friends of mine for a reason. Oh, I view people liberally. And I don't mean that in a political sense. Problem is if I mute somebody on Facebook, I'll probably wind up forgetting about that. There are some liberal people muted on my time. No, there's everybody. I'm going to go vote.

I'm probably voting tomorrow and then that's it. That's good. Yeah. Are you going to take a picture of your sticker that says I voted? How do you feel about that? Okay, it's fine when it's something civic. When it's about the country, that's fine. Go people.

Do you think people do that because they want to tell their other friends, hey, don't forget. That's how I generally feel out of others. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of things on Twitter and Instagram, especially, are vanity projects. So the question is, when I vote, if I go vote

tomorrow, which I'm not sure I am because I've got a flight to catch. Okay. Do you want to have a picture of me with an I-vote sticker? In a Navy cellular outfit, yes. No, I'm not wearing the Navy outfit. You keep pushing that. It's not going to happen. Dang it. Yes. I think you should.

Okay. And that'll remind you to go vote. Yes. It will remind me to go vote. Or you'll be very busy because you're sleeping 12 to 13 hours a day. Not usually. I think I'm just still getting a use to the time adjustment from Los Angeles. Is that what it is? Jet lagged. God, you must be rough.

Gone seven, eight days in L.A., and you're now taking two days of, to get back in the central time zone. My body is, yeah, it's very weird timings, ma'am. And it's really weird because if you go to the West Coast, you're naturally on vacation, unless you're having to work. But, I mean, I would assume that you're going to California,

you're going to Vegas, you're going to Arizona. There's probably, there's a lot of fun stuff to do. doing that area. Yeah. So you're staying up to, like, when we go to Vegas, you're up to 1 o'clock in the morning playing cards or throwing dice. Well, you're up till 9 and most people are up to like 4 or 5. Rimey.

You get mad at me for pushing stories and aren't you? Now, I did go to sleep one time at 9 o'clock. But then I woke up at 1 and I partied all night long. And that's when we went to goes to the restaurant, the, uh, to get the $5 hour breakfast. Bill's gambling, calling casino. And the woman fell in her face fell face first into a, stack of pancakes and it was glorious.

And I paid because I was up like six, seven hundred bucks from poker. Yes, you were. And that's when I decided, did I decide invest in you in a poker tournament? I don't remember if that was then. God, that was a bad investment. Matt, you're only going to cash in a poker tournament, maximum probably like 20% of the time.

So I never should have given you the money to begin with. No, you're looking for that one victory and then you're going to miss out. And I will say this. And I will say this. You didn't ask me to do this. I said, let's, your relatives, your friend said, hey, well, let's invest in Ross. And I said, I'll kick in some money too.

Yeah. And it worked out for Bupkus. It happens, Matt. It does happen. Sometimes you get sunk investments like when I invest in your craps play. Well, I will never invest in your craps play because you've never thrown a point in your life. Is that true? All right.

Now, two in a row, that might be a different story. That is quite a challenge. All right, we got non-Florita stories coming up. We've got, believe it or not, in the next half hour. So what non-Florita stories are is that Ross, Brennan, and I will just give you a little story. Because everybody, it's so easy in radio to go to Florida. Because there's hundreds of stories in Florida. What can we find in the other 49 states and all of the great countries around our world?

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No, Houston Sports Talk. You got that right. This is Houston Sports Talk 790. Home for your home teams. 233 Sports Talk 790. A Thursday 230 staple is finding stories that are interesting. Usually you're involving arrest outside of the state of Florida. That's what I go to, right?

At the end of the day, you want to hear about funky people getting arrested. I would think so. I would think so. Sometimes they're feel-good stories like a drive-through strip joint. Ooh, that's true. That's true. Mine is not. Dateline South Korea.

This segment goes all over the world. South Korea news reports that a 20-something-year-old man has been arrested in the smoking room at an internet cafe. Okay. There's a smoking in a non-smoking room, I suppose. According to the Korea Times, the suspect opened up seven packs of cigarettes. he then began lighting and smoking them with both hands and throwing the butts on the floor

smoke began coming out of the partition smoking room alarming other customers the internet cafe owner is quote as saying I thought the store was burning I was so frightened that I called the police because I thought he was here to set a fire when the police arrive on the scene

the suspect who's reportedly known to allegedly use the cafe without paying said that he was filming a YouTube video. The Korean Times adds that the police are looking into charging him with trespassing and obstruction of a business. So the key is this. You can smoke an internet cafe. Just don't open up seven packs of cigarettes at the same time with both hands, smoking them, and then throwing the butts on the ground to make a YouTube video.

That's a lot of packs. I've made YouTube videos for my life, Ross. You have? I don't know if involving multiple packs of menthol was on the top of my wish list. But you've never smoked a single. Never in my life. That's the right move. Seven packs of cigarettes smoking, two fisting them at the same time.

What is you taking? Drag, throw. I don't know. Drag. We had to check out his YouTube channel, I guess. I mean, you might get a view off of this. It's the bottom of that. All right, what you got?

Me? Let's go to Las Vegas. Matt, who are your top three favorite hip-hop artists? I would have to go with 50 cents. Yes? I would have to go with DJ Jazzy Jeff. All right. And I'll go with Kumodi. Hmm.

No fat boys. That's okay. Well, how do you feel about Nuke Bizzle? I should first try to spell it. Nuke Bizzle. N-U-K. B-I-Z-E-L-E. N-U-K-E, but the Bizzle was correct.

Well, Newk Bizzle, real name, Fontrell Antonio Baines, is a rap art. out of Las Vegas. About a month ago, he released a video called EDD. In the video, Baines and fellow rapper Fat Wizza bragged about defrauding California's employment department to get rich. Baines is seen in the video holding up stacks of unemployment envelopes and throwing around $100 dollars. Well, 12 days later, New Pizzle was arrested by Las Vegas police after they found eight EDD debit cards,

seven of which were in other people's names. Baines could face up to 22 years in federal prison for allegedly applying for more than $1.2 million in unemployment of videos with preloaded debit cards on 92 different applications. Did he do this by himself or do you have somebody helping him? Well, he did have some accomplices, unnamed co-conspirators, and he managed to access more than $704,000 in funds by making cash withdrawals, usually fraudulently obtained. cards. He faces charges of access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and interstate transportation of stolen property. So Newk Bizzle was stealing money from the government, made a music video about it, and then was subsequently arrested. Using debit cards. Yes, for using debit cards. How many? 92 different debit cards. With 92 different names? This is for pandemic unemployment

assistant provisions of the CARES Act he was exploiting. You would be surprised he would take all the time to do that because obviously his career in music is flourishing. So, Newk Bizzle, his neck to mix tape is going to be from prison, most likely. What's your favorite Newk Bizzle song? E-D. What's your second favorite? All dim hoes have my unemployment money.com.

Mine is just trying to make a living. That's L-I-V-I-N. Okay. Brendan, your non-Florida story. All right. A UK mom of three says her life is being made a misery by her neighbor's constant loud sex. Okay, I wasn't prepared for this, but continue. So after leaving a note and trying to talk to her neighbor through the window, apparently she was afraid to contact her in person,

the woman decided to take it to the Manchester Council in July. The council has sent multiple letters to the neighbor, but they say there's nothing else they can do yet as it qualified. as natural sound. Just Saturday, she was able to get authorities to come to her home at 1.30 in the morning, but due to COVID restrictions, they had to stay outside where they couldn't hear anything. The council is now installing noise monitoring equipment at the property to decide if the noise qualifies as a nuisance.

So right now until this equipment gets put in, it's her word against the neighbor. Yeah, and without proof, there's nothing that they can do about it. proof that it's a nuisance. I don't know how you determine that. All right. Time for open and honest questions. You may not lie on this one. Both of you.

Have you ever been in a hotel where the person next to you has had such a loud sex? It's woken you up. Yes or no? No, I don't think so. Not that it's woken me. I've been awake and heard people some moaning in the room next door. Yeah, absolutely. It happened to me one time in my life.

You were so loud you woke up? Well, it was not them. Well, it was a little. Was it a headboard? It was the headboard. I was going to say. It was a little bit of the... It was a little bit of her, a lot of him, and a lot of the headboard.

Hmm. Sounds like they were getting pretty rowdy over there. There was another time... And three minutes later, you were done, right? It was fine. Well, I don't really... I didn't put a clock on it. That would be weird.

Another time, I was not involved in it. But a friend of mine had it. And apparently... Had it? Had it? At a hotel neighbor, they were moving furniture around in the room. Hmm. For acrobatic positioning?

Um, you could say that. The person, my buddy, came down to the bar we were at and said, I can't sleep. We said, why? Because those people were moving furniture around in the room and were having loud sex. Hmm. And the problem was, we knew who they were. Oh, how do they know they were moving furniture? You know, if somebody's moving furniture in the room next to you, you can hear chairs moving around beds, that kind of thing.

Yes. You can hear people moving furniture. Yeah. For what purpose, though? That I'll never know. But why would you want to move home? Why are you moving hotel furniture when you're having sex? I don't know.

I mean, sometimes you want to mix it up and get on the hotel couch. I get that. Do you really? Do they disinfect that couch? Probably not. So you're saying to add a little spice in life going from the non-clean bed to the non-clean, even non-cleanor couch is more fun, is more interesting? I mean, I don't know. I just would imagine some people.

I mean, I'll take your word for it. You're in a hotel room. Take advantage. Of what? The different moving pieces of furniture? Not having to, you know, no cares in the world, Matt. Yeah, but you... It's not your property.

But my man, my friend had to come down to the bar and have a drink with us because he couldn't sleep. If you hang from the chandelier, it's not yours. Anything else, boys? That's that. I think. Non-Florida stories. We don't take winters anymore? No, I think...

Brendan, I like yours. Although, again, we need like a part two to this. I want to know ultimately who, who, if the woman gets in trouble or not. I did see a follow-up to an old one that you didn't like. the one of the person who was found in a, they were alive after being thought dead. They unzipped the body bag. That person has since passed away.

Oh, are we sure? Are we sure? How can we be sure? I can't promise that, but I saw the update while I was looking for this story. All right. Well, Matt wanted it up. No, no, he's right. He's right.

He's right. I wanted the update. Banilla cream. Get the money. Dollar, dollar bills, y'all. It's a reference that goes way over your head. Way over my head. Hey, I got that one.

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When are you going on that podcast? I don't know anything about Plinko or Power Bombs. He doesn't like game shows or wrestling. I don't like game show. I mean, the goat is the price is right. I used to watch it all the time. We referenced the fact that you would make fun of how into the wrestling we got on the podcast.

I'll be sure to catch it. So it'll be dropping as a kid. They'll drop next week. We need to wait that long? Well, I'm leaving town. Oh. So it's a losers leave town match. Oh.

See? He's not half bad when he tried. So let me see if you know the. reason why they have a losers leave town match. Why do they do that? Do you think? Any idea? Because it was their travel. They would travel around and they would be moved leaving town anyways.

I don't know. I'll give you credit for that. They would normally, when they used to have loser leave town matches, they would do it because a wrestler was going to go to a different territory. And he was going to lose anyways. So instead of saying, I'm out of here by, I'm going to fight Adam Clinton. And Adam's got a new deal to go with New England wrestling. Like I mentioned today, the reason the rock.

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That's not true. Why? If they're about fantasy football, I'll listen. I like that. Is Dr. Roto your favorite segment of the week? Oh, I can't wait. Give me the news. I really don't know what I should do. My quarterback keeps getting sacked. What show record now in our league? Three and three, I think.

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correct? I'll read your statement about a theatrical term that the term is completely utterly accurate. You'll say this. Believing it's erroneous funnel bunk and made up. You will say this. Two believe it or not to a roll win your prize. Brendan, what is the prize today? A four pack of tickets to see the new exhibit, South America's Pantanal at Houston Zoo. We tried to give away yesterday with airport codes and we were unsuccessful. A lot of people got one right. Yep, but it takes two if you want to believe it or not. Jason on 790. Jason, you're ready to play Believe it or not? Believe it.

A stinger is the moment at or near the climax of the film where a plot twist is revealed. Believe it or not. Believe it. No, it's not accurate at all. What does that call, Ross? He just made it up. Okay, fair enough. Lewis on 790 Lewis, you're ready to play Believe it or not?

Believe it. A gaffer is the person who holds the boom mic. Believe it or not. Believe it. No, it's the head electrician. Why aren't we have zero theater majors on the screen here? Line three, Corey on 790. Corey, you ready to play, believe it or not?

McGuffin is an object or device whose only purpose is to move the plot forward. Believe it or not. Oh, believe it. I heard that this morning from Ross. Yes. Now, Ross, you get part two of a question R& number three. What the hell does you do there?

Is that? Did I screw up? Ozone. Is that an Ozener? We'll skip, let's skip that one. All right, here we go, Corey. Second one to win. Cougan's Law. Film critic, Anthony Coogan's theory that comedy films should never be longer than 90 minutes.

Believe it or not. Oh, I'm saying not. You win. We're finally getting away something. Congratulations. Let's go to Robert on 790. Robert, you're ready to play, believe it or not? Believe it.

Key grip. The head man in charge of moving shots with dolly's, and other equipment. Believe it or not. Believe it. Believe it. Statement number two for the win. The Best Boy, a person who assists anyone and everyone, whether it be the director, the actors, or production.

Believe it or not. What was the first part again? Best Boy. He's a person who assist anyone and everyone, whether it be the director, the actors, or production. Believe it or not. Believe it. No, it's the key.

grip assistant. Sorry, though. Everybody should know what a key grip does. We key grip noon to three. Jeremiah on 790, ready to play, believe it or not? Believe it. Foley artist, the person responsible for adding sound effects in post-production. Believe it or not? Believe it. Believe it.

Statement number two for the win. Nut. The original treatment or script for a film called a nut. Believe it or not. Believe it. No, it's actually the money used to finance a film. We gave away one prize in two days. We're just a whole lot of these things like they're gold.

And next week, you're ready for this? My friends at Raging Cajun are dropping some dinners off for winners for, believe it or not. Are we going to get something? Well, if we continue to hold them back, because we're not giving away winners on the air. I have to ramp up the difficulty on the questions, I guess. I like that. I like that. All right. Tomorrow's anything goes Friday. It's the Matt Thomas show without Matt Thomas.

some people when you say that, it doesn't bother me at all. Who does it irk? I don't know. I just ought to make that up. No, it's somebody. I love it. Because it gets my name mentioned several times in the show. That's what I thought you would like it.

Yeah. Gordy's parody tomorrow. I will call in with a review. Like at 1250. You got to call and be on hold and listen to it. Yeah, I got to listen to it for sure. I'll be at the airport, but I'll call them listen. And I'll also, when I...

You'll be masked up, right? When I get to Washington, D.C., you know what I'll do? I'll go in the I heart radio app and listen to Adam Clayton and Adam Wexer because they are together. together, the A team, and they're going to entertain the heck out of you. And then you got the nightcap at 6 o'clock, and then we've got Longhorn weekly after that. So five more incredible hours of sports talk. Straight ahead here on Sports Talk, 7-90.