The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - The Matt Thomas Show 1-3-20

Episode Date: January 3, 2020

The Matt Thomas Show w/ @SportsMT, @SportsRV, and @ProNickLow 1/3/20Are you fired up for Bills v Texans? (0:00)Horrible Chris Gordy Parody (23:49)We make our picks for Wild Card Weekend (31:57)Goodbye Will Harris (42:45)Rockets Legend Carl Herrera Joins Matt on a Flashback Friday (1:05:25)

Much larger than life. Yeah. Launch timers is the Matt Thomas show. Oh, shut up. You're not ruining it for me today. There's no chance, Nicola. No chance, no way, no how. It's playoff time in Houston.

And Will Fuller ain't ready. to play. I feel like we could write our own parody right there. Speaking of that. Speaking of that, Gordy's got his parody, locked and loaded for 1230 this afternoon. Cannot wait.

There is a fever in the air. And now it's not allergies. It's not the influenza, infiltrating work and school in your place of worship. There's a fever in this town, sports RV that is all over the city of Houston. Is it the illness?

No, no, no. No, no, no. No, it's not of the NBA flu. No. It's what the city of Houston has been craving for since last January. And that's 335. Playoff disappointment. No, no, no.

Both of you, what does it matter with you guys? Not good. What is the matter with y'all? It's the Buffalo Bills. It ain't New England coming here. It ain't Kansas City coming here. It ain't Baltimore. It's Buffalo.

I think Buffalo's better than New England this year. You're going to get the town riled up, even though the Buffalo lost him twice? Yeah. All right. Let me just, let's just do a little, let's just see how riled up everybody.

How riled, like, how are you going to do this? Like an applause meter, like at the Toyota Center? All right. Let's put the Texans fight song in very low. Oh, boy.

And I'm going to call people. Let's just call, we'll just give you guys a chance to call. 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. And I'm just going to say, how fired up are y'all? And y'all can go, I'm fired up, oh, hell yeah! Or you can say, it's okay.

These two negative Nellies in front of me here have no energy, no fire, nothing in their bellies right now. I think Houston's fired up. Okay. Let's see. Even with this god-awful fight song. This song is so bad. This song is awful, and it never gets any better.

A hell! For all pro, D'Andre Hopkins yet again. Congratulations to him. And Brian Anger. Oh, nice. That's what it is. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-mm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Got a big Rockets game tonight.

Joel Embed, I think,'s going to play. But it's all about tonight. it's all about tomorrow as the city of Houston is ready for AFC early Saturday football. All right, turn out the crap. It's awful. What else? What's something is really going to get folks going on? Let's get rock and roll part two. Okay. Don't worry about Gary Lutter.

It comes with a weird connotation. It's, it's tainted. It's like, you know, you have something that's got a bad aftertaste. It's got a bad aftertaste. Are you sure? Yeah. I don't think about it when I hear it. I know Gary Glitter's got issues or did.

It's like Diet Dr. Pepper. It's mostly like Dr. Pepper. It's just got a little aftertaste. What do you want? Two-something. Rock and roll Part 2, fine. Let's just do Rock it. Come on. Here you go.

Anything but Moni, mooney. That song sucks. Ironically, still very popular. No, it's not. First to 10 for the Texans at their own 17-yard line. Deshawn. Oh, stoppage and play. start. Oh, no, we don't want

pre-snap penalties. Carlos Hyde up the middle for two yards. That's not true. Carlos hide up the middle for one yard. Deshaun Watson under control roll out to his right. Down the feel, he looks, and he finds, Will Fuller is actually on the field. It's a catch at the 40-yard line for a gain of

23. But he's in plainclothes and out of bounds, so it doesn't count. Sorry. Deshaun Watson drops back screen to Duke Johnson and a fumble. Oh, stop. That wouldn't happen. No, Duke's got good hands. Yeah, and Bill's not going to use Duke in the passing game as much as we want. First to 10 for Josh Allen and the bills at their own 20-yard line.

Seven-step drop for Allen. Pressure comes from the backside. J.J. Wack brought him down at the 12. It's a drop of eight on the play. Oh, there's a penalty marker on the play. Before the pass, holding defense five-yard penalty out of it. Oh, no, no, no, no. No pre-stant penalties. No penalties on snacks. Sacks or on snacks. Okay. We're making our predictions at 1230. Okay.

No, I'm saving mine for the Sports RV show tomorrow at 11 a. You can promote the hell out of all you. Tomorrow at 11 a.m. here on Sports Talks. It's the sports RV show. Jay, how fired are you up for tomorrow afternoon 335? I'm going to buy up in a hot pepper with a firecracker and a end. I'm going to hop up on Monday. Nice.

Are you going to come at Bill O'Brien like a spider monkey? he's going to hang it. Oh, that's it. Now we got somebody that's, is he a Buffalo resident? He said he just flew in from Buffalo. And he put on 790, God love it. Smart.

But it says Houston. He must be a... He's in Houston current. Oh, he's at that strange-ass area. Is he going to set a table on fire and elbow drop it during tailgating time? Travis, are you ready for the bills and the Texans tomorrow? I sure am, man. I sure am.

I'm really excited for it. And the Texas are going to win, right? Who is that? The Texans are going to win tomorrow, right? I'm sure hoping not, man. But let me tell you, I called in. You're driving around Houston. I just got down here with my buddy,

and I heard your co-host say that he thought the bills were better than New England this year. And so that led me to call you guys up. Yeah, that's right. Bill's mafia is coming. But I love the matchup. I love Watson versus Allen. I think the defense matches up with the offense. I'm a little bit nervous about all the receivers.

But I love that Trey White is going back up against Hopkins. I think it's a matchup worth watching. We're excited as well. I would have thought an opposing Buffalo Bill fan calling the Houston radio show would be like, y'all better get ready because you may not know about us, but you're going to come to appreciate us about 7 o'clock on Saturday night. Yeah, are you going to get way more vicious when it's time for tailgating? You said Bill's Mafia is coming.

So, I mean, are you going to be acting? crazy and tailgating. Are you part of the Bill's Mafia? Yeah, man. I am part of Bill's Mafia. I've, uh, so I had, uh, had student tickets from my dad that I've been going to about five years old. I've been blessed enough that he's taken me for the past 23 years. And, uh, so Bill's Mafia is all, uh, we're going down to Christian's tailgate. Uh, okay. And Bill's Backers group, uh, set up. And, uh, they're closing down the street at 12 and then, you know, the party starts at five. But, uh, yeah, man, once the game starts tomorrow, especially the tailgating. Um, I'm excited to bring

Buffalo tailgain down to Houston. Let's go. The most important question is, have you ever jumped from the top of your car onto a table that was meant for food on a tailgate? No, man. I just enjoy watching them and laughing with the rest of you guys.

Have you ever lit yourself on fire? Nope. Nope. Never went down that road. Have you ever vomited in the middle of a making out with your girl? No. No. I just stand around watching everybody else go to that lane. Yeah, it just seems like there's a lot of tables getting broken, fires, fornication. The bills, tailgates are just...

Yeah, why? Is it because of the cold weather? What else is there to do in Buffalo? I've never been. It might be way more adventurous than you may think it is. Because usually I always tell you, hey, that's a good town, that's an underrated town. I've never been to Buffalo. Well, yeah, that's true.

The Buffalo Braves haven't been there in some time. I've never... You didn't call games from the Buffalo Braves up there? I've never done a Buffalo Bulls football or basketball game. I've never been there for a hockey game. Never needed to go for BA. But Buffalo fan, like for instance...

So you were in the business, though, when... Does that Bill's Oilers game? That was in Buffalo. Oh, yeah, 26 years ago. I was in a business. Okay. But you weren't...

Do we need to go through that? No. We should. It was on Twitter. I don't want... That's my earliest sports heartbreak. It's just... The first thing I remember,

the first sports gut punch it is in my memory is that game. And I also remember my dad being very, very upset. It was the lowest moment of my young broadcast career. Because I was a producer for Patrick, our lieutenant governor. He's moved on Lieutenant Governor, and I'm here with you. He does a show for Fox Radio.

No, no, that's a different Dan Patrick. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this. Too bad. This reference is 28 years old. Well, it works perfectly then. So I'm watching the game And it's

35 to 3 Matter of fact, I think Bubba McDowell gets a pick six early in the third quarter And I'm thinking about Who are they going to play next? And then Frank Reich is throwing touchdowns to slow white receivers

Dan Bebebe Don Bebe Don Bebe He's still alive, right? Oh yeah Okay Everybody's still alive, I think Not every

I'm sure some people are dead Yeah And then touchdown Marve Levy's not alive And then touchdown And then touchdown Thank God Sean Jones on in here What a terrible dream

What a nightmare! Okay So I'm producing Dan's show in the morning And We talk about that game Ross I am not BSing you Yeah For six consecutive months

Wow six months it's where we had people that were calling saying we were on a we were on a we had one guy called and said we were skiing in Denver and watching the first half at the Denver airport and they were thinking about where they were how excited they were going to have to have a big win against Buffalo and then landing remember at that time you didn't have internet or phones or anything on the plane so you couldn't figure out what was going on right and then you land two hours and 15 minutes later and the world ends Ross, I am not BSing you, six months about one football game. Wow. That's impressive. I thought it was impressive when sports radio talked about one draft pick for three years. Oh, the 2000, yeah, the Vince Young draft. Four years.

So you do that, and then the next season comes in, and you win 11 in a row as part of, I think, a 12 and 4 season. You get the home wildcard game, division. playoff against old-ass Joe Montana, old-ass Marcus Allen, the games of the Astrodome, you can fix this, you can erase the terrible memories. And then Kansas City beats the Texans at the Astrodome with Nicole Brown Simpson there. After they got up, they got up like 10-0-5, right? I don't really remember that game much at all. And that was, but that was the real, like the 92 team that lost to Buffalo, they weren't

really great, right? Wasn't the 93 team one that, like, we might go to the Super Bowl. That was a divisional playoff. He might go to the Super Bowl and play the Cowboys. They won the AFC Central, they used to call it at the time, and they had a buy. Yeah, that was like Super Bowl fever. That was, please fix this. This was Bill Buckner underneath the glove.

Okay, you're coming back the next year to win this whole damn thing. And then old-ass Joe Montana and Marcus Allen. Old-ass Joe Montana, old-ass Marcus Allen. Oh, this show sucks so far. Well, you did this. I told you not to go down this road. give me something motivational give me back

Oh how about when we come back When we come back Better ass songs And the Gordy parody At the bottom of the hour Oh wait I thought our predictions Are at the bottom of the hour

What? We'll do both Parodies only like 90 seconds Yeah's true Can't carry a whole segment Unless it's just so good We can react in silence to it sometimes For a whole second

That's true 713 212 5790 713 212 5 790 This is Craig Ackerman And the Rockets Get the job done.

Oh, here's another new catchphrase I have for you. Good gracious. Good gracious! You're listening to the Matt Thomas show on Sports Talk 790. Is this song firing you up at for the Bill's Mafia coming into town? I hope that the Bill's Mafia does come into town and do a bunch of rowdy stuff. If any of you all know anybody from Bill's Mafia, get video them laying out a bunch of food.

potato salad brisket koslaw the sweet Hawaiian rolls they take the food off no they don't yes they do they do well how about this how about them chugging getting a big big bottle of ever clear knocking that back and then elbow dropping somebody on another person's car yeah if you're knocking over my brought worse we're gonna we're gonna have to rumble at the tailgate do you know essentially what it what bills mafia is it's the WWE right they just wrestle kind of well they think they're in the WWE and here's the problem and I don't

I don't mean to be, I don't, there are two things in life I hate, stereotypes and women that are from Buffalo. You don't think Buffalo women are? I have never in my life ever seen a, I mean, do the Buffalo Bills cheerleaders, are they hot? The Buffalo Jills, I think so. But is that every hot girl in Buffalo? Indy Klukeloos. Bring Indy in here, okay, Andy will tell us to do. Andy freely, come in here.

Yeah, we don't need a breakdown of the defensive line versus the offensive line from Andy. We just need Indy to tell us if there's hot chicks in Buffalo. Andy, you played games in Buffalo, preseason, regular season for both the Redskins and the Oiler, no, in the Texans and the Philadelphia Eagles. Are there hot women in Buffalo, tell the truth. The fact that there are a couple of big-lipped Nigerian-American looking half-breeds in Buffalo says that there are some hot ones that I may or may not have deposited my deposit. Oh, what? Why? No, do not use the word deposit on this radio show. Why not?

Because it just insinuates that you were a player. player? I don't want to be a player anymore. I just crush a lot. I'll give you $5 if you tell me who said that. Him? Yes, Matt. Okay, I was going to say, I'll take five bucks right now.

This is somebody famous? Of course, very, very famous. Matt, you have zero chance. Don't worry. Okay, who is it? It's the guy who's big pun. Who? Big pun?

You've not heard of big pun. You get mad at me because I can't name every single cricket song. Or, cricket songs. Big crickets. If I take the lyrics from a big pun, and I've done this, I don't know if you know this, Matt, and I'll get out of y'all's hair. I don't want to crash. Yeah, don't bring on my hair.

I feel like wedding crashes right now. I've done this on my show because I do feel the Beatles are the most overrated group in the history of groups. You can shut your mouth. I took the lyrics from the Beatles, and I took the lyrics from a Justin Bieber song, and I just read them, and I asked my listeners, who wrote it better, and Justin Bieber, one. Well, your audience is stupid then. The Beatles are the greatest band in the history of music. No, they're not. They have 40 number one hits. They've got a lot of hits. There's a difference between being successful and being great.

That's true. That's true. Jerry Springer was successful. Is he really great? I still watch the show. Just because you want to see who's the baby daddy. And you want to see the fights. That's Mori Poets. I watch the fights. I do watch the fights. George Strait has more hits than the Beatles George Strait's one of the greatest too but the different John... No, he has more country hits than the Beatles. Not more... No, he has like 60 hits.

Yeah, but those are country hits. Those aren't Billboard hits. They're not hot 100. I'm talking about Hot 100. No, those George Strait ones are country ones. I'm pretty sure. Yeah, the Beatles have more number one hits than any other band, right? Correct. There has to be... They have to be the number one all the time. What's your favorite Beatles song?

I have too many to tell you. Okay, give me one great one. Hey, Jude. is a great one. Let it be is great. Eleanor Rigby is amazing. In my life, I could go on and on and on. I'm not even a big beetle-mania fan, for those, as you know, Indy because you're a big beetle fan.

That's the early Beatles. That's like 62, 63, 64. I'm more of 60, I'm like rubber, sole, revolver, and on. Okay, do this if you have time. Anything goes Friday. We've got plenty of time. You know, Ross will be more... Okay, what do you want to pull?

He'll be more neutral. Ross, can you pull the lyrics from a Justin Bieber song, and we won't read the whole thing, and I have the lyrics from a Hey Jude song, and we'll just read them, and we'll say, who wrote it better? We could do Instapol or whatever, but I have Hey Jude up, and when Ross has any Justin Bieber...

And I'm not a Justin Bieber fan, but this is going to be proof that they are overrated. you want me read the hey jude about like carl Herrera is on the show at one 30 today migo's going to be on the program how about jason bebers love yourself okay while he's pulling that up i got it i will read and i'll read with passion the hey jude lyrics and then ross can read the jude go go ahead indy

hey jude don't make it bad take a sad song make it better remember to let her into your heart then you can start to make it better. Hey Jude, don't be afraid. You are made to go out and get her the minute you let her under your skin, then you begin to make it better. One more verse.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain, grammatical error, don't carry the world upon your shoulders for well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool. By making this word a little colder. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. A lot of naws.

nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, no, this is not even... Do you want Justin Bieber love yourself now? Yeah, let me hear his lyrics. For all the times that you reign on my parade and all the clubs, you get in using my name. You think you broke my heart, oh girl, for goodness sake, you think I'm crying on my own well-in. This sounds like a fifth grade poem. No, this is genius compared to what I'm going on. And I didn't want to write a song because I didn't want anyone thinking I still care.

But I don't, but you still hit my phone up. And baby, I'd be moving on and thinking you should be something. I don't want to hold back. Maybe you should know that. My mama don't like you, and she likes everyone. And I never like to admit that I was wrong. And I've been caught up in my job and didn't see what's going on. But now I know I'm better sleeping on my own.

This sounds like Myspace. That was strong. It was not strong. What the hell are they talking about getting under your skin to make it better? The relationship between John and his son, Julian. Go get Eleanor Rigby. There is one for you. Go get Eleanor Rigby.

Okay. We have the bills in Texans playing tomorrow, by the way. No, let's talk about this. This is way better. All the lonely people. Oh, look at the lonely people. Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been, lives in a dream, waits at the window,

wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door. Who is it for? All the lonely people. All the lonely people. Where do they all come from? Mm-hmm. No, no, this is not Hold on

Was that beating just Ross? Yeah. Okay, I have a better one. You ready for this one to go against that one? Y'all ready? Yes. Oh my God, Becky.

Look at her butt. It is so big. She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriend. But you know, who understands those rap guys? They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute, okay? I mean, her butt is so big. I can't believe it's so round.

And it's like out there. I mean, grow. Look, she's just so black. I like big butts and I cannot lie. Oh, no, stop. There's too many lyrics in this one. This is a jam. Now, would I rather listen to this or Eleanor Rigby?

Probably this. Indy is so proud of himself. It's just awful. If I've got two radio stations next to each other and Eleanor Rigby's on one and this is on the other, I'm listening to this. I'm listening to Ball-Headed Hull in the other station. Nice. Because you know what I do, Andy, I say, what you see, Reese?

What you see? I see some ball-headed hoes. Texans and Bills. Speaking of ball-headed hoes, Don, I misdied. That was a nappy-headed-old. He said Nappy-Headed. He said just the opposite. He was.

RIP. May he rest in peace. And also, breaking news, Marveleavy is still alive. I said he was dead in the first segment. You know, Don Shull is still alive. Okay. I don't know why. Somebody had to do a story that he's turned 90 years old today.

Good for him. All right. Let's do this. Are we doing old head coach alive or dead? Believe it or not today. Me and it wouldn't be the worst thing. Carlos Correa. Carrella drills this one.

790. Get your strokes on the radio. And that ball is gone. Sports 790. It's your home. A fastest baseball. Do not worry. We've got lots of to get to today on the show,

including all the playout games, which we will make a prediction on momentarily. We've got Will Harris going to the Nationals? I know. And in every reply of Ken Rosenthal's tweet was, If you can't beat him, join them. No, it was they had more money than anybody else was wanting to offer. I'm just telling you what the reply said.

Well, replies can be dangerous, my friend. They were. So we'll talk about him. We'll get to the Texans. and we got Carl Herrera coming up at 130 because Rockets are playing the 76ers tonight. It's a flashback Friday. You know what that means?

Yes. Mustard uniforms. Do they actually have them this time? They didn't pack them last time. That's right. But since they're not traveling this time, they've got them in the equipment room for sure. And if they don't, they can buy them from the team store.

That's actually true. Although they'd all be wearing Hardens. That's true. Those uniforms are so good. I love them. When the Rockets hopefully win a championship, game seven, they're wearing those uniforms. Hmm.

And they've got it. What if they clinch it in five? Okay, fair enough. Whatever. They should just wear it for every clenching game. They should wear it for every game. You know, that's how the Nationals did. They wore those red uniforms.

No, they were the blue uniforms with the word nationals across the front. They wore those every game. Okay. I remember a bunch of Astros fans were getting wrapped up in what color. They wanted to wear orange. Remember they wore orange on Game 7 and it didn't matter. Yeah, it didn't. matter.

Uniform. So stupid. Uniform wearing karma is the most overrated thing. It doesn't matter. I just do it because I think it's my favorite uniform of all time. By the way, there are a lot of people when we travel around the league that want the Rockets to go, if they're going to go retro, to put the blue jammies on next year. No.

I agree. They're awful. No. You have to pretend that never happened. That was really the, I wouldn't say a dark time in Rocket's history, but it was far from fun. that's like if you and you and somebody get really drunk together or your significant other and you have like this crazy drunken fight and you say things you don't mean and you wake up in

the morning you pretend that never happened you don't address it you don't even apologize no you just act like you both act like you blacked out and you don't remember yeah that's what that those uniforms are or basically every December 31st the thomas household well me too wayne and downtown on seven on a hello wayne hey matt and uh enjoy your show that you usually try to call in at last time Thank you. Listen to you and Ross and all that. Hey, I was going to ask. I had two things.

First off, I always talk about the Texans, giving the reset. And I always thought it wasn't a very creative name. I don't know. I'll have two questions and hang up and listen. But could they ever try to reset and, like, revamp the whole kind of not a very creative name, Texans and try to get the Oilers? No. Somebody else owned that? No.

No, the Titans own the Order name and they're not giving it up, and I don't want it. The Oilers are dead. Oh, okay. Yeah, unfortunately. Okay. And I was just going to ask if Eric Gordon was going to plan on hang up a listen, thank you. Yeah, he's playing.

Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. I would like them to switch, actually. It would never happen. It's a zero percent. Zero percent. I would mind.

I don't want no part of it. The holders are dead. Okay. Dead, dead, dead. Right. Hold on now. Well, the Browns went to be the Ravens, and then they started a new franchise and called them the Browns.

Oh, God, look how that's turned out. What are you talking about? They got Baker Mayfield, O'Dell Beckham, Freddie Kitchens. No, no, Freddie Kitchens. No, no, no, they're going to win the ASE North. None of it. They're got all the talent.

No. They're up and coming. No. Oh. No, they've been to, I mean, basically a massive disappointment from the moment they've returned. Yeah, but that doesn't happen. That's because there's a Cleveland Browns. They've got bad ownership.

Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, Ross, this is all, it's only a minute three. Oh, man, he mailed. Did he mail in the playoffs? Nick, how does Gordy get away with doing 63 seconds? we've got better Bill O'Brien sound bites that are better the longer than this there's only one way to find out ladies and gentlemen I'll play it I present to you a chris gordy playoff football friday parody if you want to get a win here in the playoffs to

shawna the offense need to take off so to give houston fans a big thrill you need to go out and beat the bills if you don't like people calling you lame they go out and win a damn playoff game It will give Houston fans a big thrill. You need to go out and beat the bills. Oh, I learned memories of the past. You know, I really shouldn't give a ride's ass. Frank Wright out putting on a show that happened nearly 30 years ago. But if we're talking about this year, Houston is playing in another gear.

With D'Hop, Carlos Hyde, and Deshaun, the playoff win won't take too long if you want to get a win here in the playoffs. Deshawn and the offense need for. take off. So to give Houston fans a big thrill, you need to go out and beat the bills. Based off of that, Bill's 27, Texans 10.

That was one of those ones that was what do you call the segment, Matt? The awful Chris Gordy, horrible Football Friday parody. Horrible Football Friday parody. Woo! really you're you're flushing it wow yep um i can't even recall somebody tweet us what's the

original what is original da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na- yeah i couldn't really i couldn't totally pick it up i can't remember what it is i can't place it what is that song in real life i don't know somebody tweet us we're supposed to make our predictions this segment but i think we got to wash ourselves with that matt and do it next segment yeah we're going to going to have to, we're going to have to clean our palettes. Yes. I, I pressure, you know, it's probably my fault.

I pressure Gordy because these things are usually just, you, you hum at the office, you tell people about it, you say, hey, you listen to Matt Thomas show today. Gordy did a parody, and it was just one for the ages. I think he's getting better every week. Thanks, Bill. I don't know. We'll figure it out. Somebody tweet us and it's time for a break, Matt.

Sinko and Rosenberg will get to you. Plus our playoff predictions. We're doing with point spreads, right? We'll do with the point spreads. Ross, Nick, myself, you. 713-212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-79. If you want to reach out to us via Twitter,

you can do that as well. at SportsMT, at SportsRV, and at Pro Nick Lowe, as today here on the Matt Thomas show, we ask for one very important thing. Cut you shot! Thanks, Al. We ask you, who's going to win the game? Call your shot!

We ask you, do you believe the Texans can be better than the bills for three and a half hours on Saturday afternoon? Call your shot, punk. Thank you, Clint. Hey, it's Carmelo Anthony. The Matt Thomas Show. Continues. On your home of the Rockets.

Sports Talk, 790. Yes. We must say farewell to Will Harris. We'll do so in the 1 o'clock hour. So everybody that wants to say goodbye to a guy that's not going to wear a nationals gear. How odd is that? I'm going to sneeze. Say something, Roth.

Follow SportsMT on Twitter. We're trying to get him to 30,000 followers eventually so we can have a party. In Vegas. I've given up. Where are you at, Matt? Well, you can't give up. I have. Never, never, never, never give up.

All right, here we go. Time for us to make predictions on the NFL playoffs. They mean absolutely nothing, but just at least we have it on the record. One of us or all of us will to brag on our predictions on Monday. Let's start with the evening game on Saturday. The New England Patriots, the number three seed in the AFC. We'll take on Tennessee and Derek Henry, rumbling,

Vand, Stamberlin. Okay. God, I just did a Chris Berman. How do you feel about that? I feel dirty. Well, at least the Raiders aren't in the playoffs. The Titans. I have been the leader of the,

they're not the year yesterday's Patriots, but they're far from garbage. The loss to Miami really was bad. If the Raiders, I mean, if the Patriots are really going to go down as the end, at the end of the dynasty, I don't think they're going to do it on their home field. I will take New England minus the five to win the game, and I'll put it at about 28 to 20. Wow. I actually am going to go with, I heard Nick Lowe talking about this game

in the last segment of The In the Trenches Show, and I'm with him. The Patriots Decline is real. They've lost three of their last five games. the office is bad. They've got a lot of injury issues. And the Titans have been the hottest team. And every year we predict the end of the Patriots, I had to predict it last year.

I was wrong. They won the Super Bowl, but I'm going to go with it again because I have to be right eventually, right? No, I think the Titans are playing better, so I'm going with the Titans to upset the New England Patriots in Foxborough. Give us a score. 23 to 16.

Okay, so close game. Yes. I just, look, it's just easy for us to end the Patriots domination. I think it ends on the road the following week in Kansas City. But I will go with that. My Vrabel's going to come into town. And do what? Show us his mustache?

Show us his mustache. Nick, what do you got? I have the Titans winning, but I think it's also going to be a close game. I'll give the Titans 24-21. So I guess if you're betting, you'd take the Patriots. Oh, so you would take New England? No, England's minus five. Oh, are they minus?

I thought they were at plus. No, they're minus five? Yeah, they're the home team. Yes, you'd like Tennessee 24-20. Yeah, okay. Tennessee 24-21. Sunday, New Orleans, home for Minnesota.

The Saints minus seven and a half. This could be, I think, the most lopsided game of the weekend. Well, the spread says that. I will go with the spread. I think New Orleans, first of all, I don't think they lose back-to-back playoff home games. I think officiating, the officials are going to give them every benefit for the doubt because what had happened last time. And oh, by the way, Minnesota on the primetime scene is awful.

I will take New England, I should say New Orleans to win the game. I like it, 3117 New Orleans. It's at noon, so they should be, Kirk Cousin should be fine, right? He's only bad at Monday night at 7. I'm with you. The Saints are just clearly a better team. It's a fortunate for Minnesota that they have to, go up against such a strong three-seat, a 13-3 team.

I will take the Saints to win this one. I will think, I think it's not going to be super high scoring. I'm going 27. I still have the Minnesota covering, 27, 21. Oh, so you have Minnesota plus a seven-and-a-half. Yes. Okay, I got you. But they will lose the game.

All right, and what do you got, Nick? Saints are going to win by more than seven and a half. I'll put the score at, ooh, I think the Saints are going to walk all over them. 31 to 21. Okay. So I have the three. I think it's the least competitive matchup. I have won by two touchdowns.

Seattle, who, if not for a delay a game penalty, might have had the home field advantage. Instead, has to go to Philadelphia in a matchup of four versus five. Seattle, on the road, minus a point and a half. That seems about right. I think it's a fourth quarter drive for Russell Wilson. This time he'll be successful. And they'll hand the ball off, maybe even a Marshawn Lynch.

I like Seattle, 24, 22 over Philadelphia. So I will take Seattle, given the point in a half, but by just a smidge. Yeah, this is an interesting one. You have the Seahawks basically limping into the playoffs, losing three of the last four. Eagles have won four in a row. My brain says Eagles. you know what I'm going to go with them in the home team in the upset they're they're on a role wins is playing well myel Sanders is going to play I'll go with the Eagles in a slight upset

in a close one in a shootout 30 to 27 all right and Nick uh Russell Wilson the Seahawks will be ready once the playoffs begin they have been on a downslide at the end of the season but they're going to handily beat the Eagles I'll give it 28 24 That's not handily. That's handily. Not really. Not unless it's 28.0. All right.

And then last, but definitely not least. Well, unless you're the NFL networks. Unless your network that carries the NFL games, you think they're least. Call your shot! Nick, you're going first. The game's going to begin with, once again, a failure to score on the opening drive. and give the ball up bills are going to take the lead

and they're going to keep it bills 28 what did I say earlier I think I'm in 2821 call your shot Ross this is going to be an ugly game

how you know remember how ugly Buffalo Jackson it was a couple years ago it was like the game that just punted one after the other after the other might not be quite that ugly. I think there are going to be a lot of field goals. I just don't like, the more

I think about the Bill's defensive line against the Texans' offensive line, I don't know and how much Bill insists on establishing the run. I think it's going to be a grind-em-out game. I think the Bill's and Josh Allen are going to do just enough with a

couple of shot plays. I'm thinking 23, 19, Buffalo Bill. call your shot. I have wrestled with this one. Now you've got to go on record, Matt.

I've got to go on record. I've not wanted to. I said at first blush I had Texans, then the Wolf Fulner situation made me think twice. That's another reason I'm picking me this. And then that, you know, I don't care. J.J. Watt can have all the most amazing practices of his life being hit real time is going to be a difference. But at the end of the day, for me,

I'm going to take the team with the better quarterback. and I'm going to take his escapeability. I think in a very, very, very tight game. Wait, you think Josh Allen's better than Deshawn Watson? I didn't call on your shot! That's the best one.

Houston 20 Buffalo 14. Houston Covers. Holy smokes. Call your shot! I've written it down.

I cannot change it. It's in Penn. Texans win by six. I hope you're right. Andy Kalu told me he said, I don't know if I'm taking out of turn. Is there mass Armageddon if the Texans lose this game on Monday in Houston, Texas? Nope.

Not from the building. Not from the building. Not from NRG. Maybe from the fans, but. Well, they're always going to be that way. But I'm talking about is NRG, what's energy going to be like? Is Cal McNair going to come down from the ivory towers and say, I'm tired of this BS.

This isn't my dad's team. It's my team now. And I'm not letting this happen again. From our search on Ticketmaster during in the trenches, energy is going to be quiet. How many empty seats? I mean, you can sit anywhere you want. I mean, 80% of the tickets that are up there are resales, so people trying to dump their tickets. But there are still a lot of unsold tickets.

Well, Bill's Mafia. You come into Houston. Trust me, you'll be able to get a good spot in your tailgate. You'll be able to jump off your car, set yourself on fire, drink a bunch of Everclear. and maybe see your team win, but not as I see it. Houston 20, Buffalo 14. Call your shot. Ross says at Buffalo 2319, Nick 2821 Buffalo.

Time for you to call your shot. 713-212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-79. It's Marvin the Martian. Call your shot. Thanks, Marvin. It's not a dated reference. Carl your shot.

When's the last time you thought about Marvin the Martian? You know, we recorded these in April of 2011? I thought it was longer ago than that. We've been, you know, 10 years tomorrow will be the anniversary of this, of me being back on the station. Oh, wow. Do you want to call my show? I'll call you.

Reminis? Yeah, why not? Okay. Carl is at volleyball, but I'll call with 8,000 volleyball and whistles in the background. That's fine. 713-212-790. Amigo, Carl Herrera in one half hour. you can join us next here at 713212-5-790.

Is the Matt Thomas Show. 102 on Sports Talk 7-90 with Nick and Ross. I'm Matt. It is very nice to have you with us on this. Anything Goes Friday. So I do a lot of envisioning what's going to happen. I did that with JJ Watt and what he's going to do in the football field. I've also envisioned what Monday show is going to be like.

The negative is we've been there and done that for so. many years. Let's flip it. What are the Texans going to feel like when they do eat Buffalo? And what is the city and the community going to feel like when they beat Buffalo? And when New England beats Tennessee, which would then send the Patriots to Kansas City and the Texans would then have to go to Baltimore for the second time. Realistically.

Dead Man Walking. How do you sell the hottest team in the NFL going against the Texans in a division? round playoff game where the Texans have never won a divisional playoff game. The hottest team and the best team, in my opinion, and on the road and the last time you went up there, you got spanked. That would be a tough sell. You also hope that the Titans upset the Patriots, and you had to add or Arrowhead, which is not great either. But better?

I think catching, I think Kansas City's, I'm going to say right now, I believe Kansas City's winning the EFC. I think Baltimore, I think Kansas City can go to Baltimore and win the United States. the championship. That was, do you have the preseason predictions on that? Somewhere.

We should, we should compare to our preseason predictions to what happened. I got them somewhere, I think.

Okay. I got, I would, I have Kansas City in the West, and I flip-flop constantly in the NFC. I had the Chargers

winning the West. It's okay. It's fine. I had Cleveland making a wild card. NFC, I'm leaning towards New Orleans.

Although, as we were talking about this with Chris Gordy, you heard the horrible parody with. If the Saints win this week, which if they believe they're going to do,

they're going to have to go to New England and play. I don't know what the Saints are like in 21-degree weather with snow. Because that's what they're going to get. There's no way that's... You know, the NFL, I told us to go before. They have to go to Green Bay. Yeah, you said New England. I'm sorry, you have to go to Green Bay.

I was like, well, same difference, weather-wise. Maybe even colder in Green Bay. The fact is, the NFL loves terrible weather. They think it adds to ratings. And you know who it started all of that? that Oakland, New England game way back in the day during the, uh, the, uh, the tuck, the tuck, uh, the tuck roll game. Yeah, I love snow games.

America does. Yeah. I remember the, wasn't it the Giants and the Packers played a game where it was like minus nine wind chill at kickoff? Yeah. I mean, there, there have been, the NFL's doing it. It's not coincidental. They're putting Green Bay on at 430, 4.45, 5 o'clock, whatever that is,

in divisional playoff games next week. They want to be cold, they don't care if it's windy, they want no sunlight which they will not get, and they probably want some snow and or sleet. How is a Saints team that is so ridiculously comfortable playing either in warm weather or in a dome going to go up in the middle of January with a packer team instead of a week off and try to run the football and throw the football down the field with those kind of conditions? That's why I'm a little hesitant to take New Orleans because they might not be stopped by Green Bay. the weather Green Bay might stop what New Orleans is trying to do.

It's going to be interesting. So who's your – so who's the NFC? I just downplay New Orleans. I want to stick with whatever my preseason prediction was, which I think was the Saints. I'm not sure. San Francisco to me is very intriguing. Their defense comes up big when necessary.

Did you have the Cowboys, I think? Yeah. That's why I'm going to probably lose them and lose the predictions. Hopefully I did lose it. I'm not about losing or winning. Right. So who are the picks? If I've demanded you give me,

which I'm going to do right now, I'm demanding you tell me who's going to win the conferences. If you're demanding to tell me who's going to win, I am going to go with Niners. I'm going to go, even though I just told you how horrible New Orleans could be in Green Bay. I think the football gods are on New Orleans side for what happened last year. I'll take New Orleans and Kansas City to play in the Super Bowl. I think that's a fun.

That would be a fun matchup. That would be first to about 70 to wins on that one. The weather will be, the game will be played down in Miami, which you would think, the only thing it would be anything would hurt them would be weather, would be rain. I like, I could see San Francisco.

I'm not anti-Baltimore. I just think that Pat Mahomes got, they got so damn close last year. and, you know, for as awesome as Lamar Jackson is, won't this be his first playoff game, too? Yes. Two really pressure-packed back-to-back weeks after an off week, after really not playing the week before?

I mean, Patma, was that Patma's first time in the playoffs last year? They made the championship game and went to overtime. I mean, I don't think that means a whole lot. Yeah, it's true. I just think Kansas City win at their best can go into Baltimore. Baltimore not be afraid of playing there in winning a football game. Yeah, they won't be. They wouldn't be.

They shouldn't be. But again, if Baltimore goes... You know what? I would like Andy Reid to get over the hump. He is a guy that has had to deal with, you know, he's been to one Super Bowl. That was it. That would be cool for Andy Reid to get over the hump and win his first Super Bowl. Can I get that monkey off his back?

Okay. So are you taking Kansas in the AFC as well? It's got to Houston Texans all the way, Matt. No, you know. You have them losing the first round. You're right. You must be consistent on the show. I got the Baltimore Ravens winning the Super Bowl.

So you have Baltimore beating San Francisco in the Super Bowl. Yes. It's a rematch of the Harball. Har Bowl years ago. Yeah. John's still doing his thing. Jim can't beat top 20 opponents. Well, you know.

And then he gets angry with reporters after the game as well. That he does. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, something came down yesterday. What was it about? Dinner time you would say, give or take?

Were you on the nightcap when this happened? The Will Harris thing? was after the nightcap. Okay. So, it's time for us, Ross, to make mention to,

I think, frankly, a sad day, right? Yes. 8. 54 p.m. was when Ken Rosenthal

tweeted out, tweeted it out. The thrill is gone. The will. Is gone. Against the teammate now and how he

Kendrick. He had a great postseason. Overall, yes. One lousy pitch. He had a great season. Except for this one. Stans to win if the Astros hold on. This pitch is lifted down the right field line. A long way out there and it hits the foul pole for a home run.

Howie Kendrick, an opposite field homer for the nationals. And they lead three to two. Opposite field, Howie Kendrick. Howell the world did not a home team win a single game in the first. that World Series. Crazy. Historical. So Will,

Will got paid, by the way, Ross. Three year deal, $8 million a season to be a set-up guy. Will, LSU?

Yes. Two L's in his name, not like I like to usually just put one on it. Will Lutz. He has one L. And now he's Funky Goatee.

Vaguely looks like Bobby Hill. We're going to miss you, Will Harris, Trill Harris. Who's the 8th inning guy now? Cutters and Curves. That's

Will Harris. We would have him on every year at the fan Fast and he'd be like, I'm just going to go out there and throw cutters and curves and hope for the best. And then you get the obligatory Chris Gordy question about Coacho. Oh gosh. And then Gordy tries to buddy up with him and make LSU references the entire time. That's okay. That's what Gordy

does. He's going to do that with Bregman as well. No question. Anything Louisiana related, Gordy will throw it in there. Yes. I think we were having, I think one of the days you were out we had Will Harris on. Yeah. I did the entire first two and a half hours of show solo with Nick help with Nick's

nice. And in 2.30 hit the break. And Will Harris on the show. Well, Harris is coming on. Guess who comes strolling in the studio to come hop in on the interview? Chris Gordy. Did he walk and say, Ross, I got this? Oh, hey, I'm here to help the show.

What's up, Ross? Oh, I've been busy. I was doing paperwork. Sinko in Rosenberg, the thrill is gone. Sanko, how are you feeling today? I'm pretty upset about that, Nostra Thomas. Hey, Roster Thomas. Happy New Year.

What's up? Happy New Year. I don't know, man. That's how I was calling about. But, you know, wasn't that, like, A.J.'s boy? Didn't they have, like, a special relationship? They shared socks and stuff? I don't think they shared socks. I did a special relationship because every time that A.J.

went to him, he was pretty good for him. Yeah, he was real good for me, except the Hinder thing. But I don't think you let him have enough rest, because he was on the night before, if I remember correctly. But anyway, you know, to get to somebody who's that close to Hinch, I was thinking that Jeff, Mr. Jeff over there, he must have something really big up his sleeve to let somebody like that go. So look out for that. I hope you're right, my friend. The other thing is, if that's true, who's left on the market that would be a big name for him to sell out Paris like that?

And on an unrelated note, is it true that Sonny's going to go to their Christmas format in February this year? No. Who said that? That was a joke, guys. Ghali. Oh. Well, I mean, okay, hold on. Ask it again. Sunny. $79.9.1. Yeah, I know it. Yeah. Is it true that they're going to go to their Christmas for that? He's a knee slapper.

Slapper. You just get the song off all. Okay. Well. You cut it off when the joke was told. Sunny. Thank you. This is Joe Green. Sports Talk 790 is your home for Houston Rock is basketball.

This is the song that we were going off of the Gordy parody, huh? You have Jimmy's soul if you want to be happy. What year was that? Good question. Doesn't matter. You know, are you listening to the lyrics of this? If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife.

So from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you. So basically have an ugly wife and a hot side piece. 1963. Wow, why would Gordie go to this, of all things? I mean, hot girls are high maintenance. Maybe he's on to something. I wonder if he has like a weekly parody email,

like a here's song you can use. But he writes his own lyric, clearly. All right, let's get to some serious talk here for a minute. We got Carl Herrera joining us at the bottom of the hour for a little flashback Friday. Rockets and 76ers tonight. Wonderful. Then we have Brian T at 2 o'clock. We'll get some handicapping up at 2.30.

Today's edition of Believe, hell yeah or not, is all things about the 2019 Buffalo Bills. Wonderful. I know for a fact we've never done 2019 Buffalo Bills because the Texans didn't play them this year during the regular season. Oh, I thought we're going to do head coaches alive or dead. We can do that too. Whatever's easier for you.

Chuck Knoll, alive or dead. Dead. That's correct. Okay. Will Fuller very questionable for the game. He's not playing. Sam Wyshal I ever dead. He died yesterday.

I know. Jordan Thomas added the injury list. Uh-oh. That's fine. Jalila Die, Will Fuller, Jonathan Joseph, Jacob Martin, Bradley, Roby, Kenny Stills, Laramie Tunsell, and JJ Watt under the partial limited participation. That seems okay to me. They're not practicing today. They're going through walkthrough.

So let's just run through a few things. Does the turnover battle, is that going to mean everything to this game? I mean, isn't it normally the case of most football games? Teams have turned the ball over? I mean, I'll say this. The Texans barely won, even though Tampa Bay, it was actually more of James Winston was throwing the football to them the entire time. So turnovers didn't make that big of a difference.

There's one small example of that. How do the bill stop the Texans? Is it limiting first down carries? Because you know that's what Bill likes to do to establish the run. But the Texans Ross have won games when Hyde and Duke have gone for two, three yards on first down. Yeah, I mean, I'm just looking at the last real game they played, of course, not counting last week. That would be the Buccaneers game. And before that, the Tennessee game.

That's true. The Buccaneers game, they edge that one out with a pick six, with five turnovers, and they won by a field goal. The Tennessee game, I mean, I guess they, for the most part, took care of business in that one, especially in the fourth quarter when they got up late and all that type of stuff. I don't know. It's just hard for me to put a finger on this team, and I just feel like, I honestly think in a neutral field, Now, obviously, if you look at the three points, the neutral field they have them is even. I think the bills are a slightly better team than Texans, so I'm going to go with them.

But you're not doing it because you think the bills are going to come in here and play the game in our life. No. What you are doing is you're going every time you expect the Texans to not let us down, they do. And I think a lot of people, and I'll throw you in the mix on this, were so devastated by how poorly they played against Denver that they lost a lot of people. that week. That's when I said I was out. That's when I said, how can I trust a team that will do this? Not only lose the game, get down 38 to 3 and just get beat up and down the field. And it wasn't an accident. They were getting, I mean, the Denver Broncos were getting chunk plays all over the place and they were just running up and down the field on the Houston, Texans.

And of course they've rallied since then, but I said, you know what? Even if they rally since after that, if they went out, which they didn't, only because A.J. McCarran played the last game, that I still wasn't going to buy in because I've seen, I've had the rug pulled from under me in the Bill O'Brien era too many times to buy in. Rightfully so. Thank you, Bill. I'll say this. What if Deshaun has another game like he had against the Colts slasher in the playoffs?

Look, we have done. We as a collective group. Will Fuller played that game, didn't he? Yeah. We as a collective society brag on Deshawn Watson a lot. That's another thing we can talk about if you'd like. But I think we in Houston value him a little bit more than the rest of the country does. I would probably disagree with that because every time you put on a television,

it's look at that Deshaun wants and he's so dynamic. The number one criticism, if you were to take a transcript of people talking about Deshawn, what do you think the number one thing is they complain about? Hold on to the ball too long. But other than that, how often does he get criticized for really anything? throws a good deep ball. Spells of inaccuracy. Occasionally.

I mean, a deep ball, he's pretty good. He throws into pressure probably way too much. He makes bad. Sometimes he tries too hard. That's another thing. His greatest asset is also at times his greatest flaw. Yeah. But I think that probably comes to the territory of most quarterbacks like that.

How many great escapeability could... I mean, for instance, we spent years... years bragging about how great Brett Favre was as a gunslinger and a guy that could make the tough throw in the biggest adversity, in the biggest pass rush. Well, he was also a guy that also threw a boatload of interceptions. How many quarterbacks do we praise for all the little things they do, but yet understand they also have quirks in their game too? I mean, the only quarterback I can think of,

look, Tom Brady, I don't even put in the category of discussion because he doesn't do anything wrong. Ross, even when he takes sacks, he figures out of way to at least most times get back to the line of scrimmage. Or when he takes sacks, he usually is able to make up the next play. If it's the second and 17, he gets 18 yards on third down. He's just had this inaneability. I'm not even counting so much this year. But just generally speaking, he never puts, the Patriots rarely, rarely ever lose because of a bad Tom Brady game. I think the same thing could have been sent for Peyton Manning and his prime with the Colts. very rarely did you ever go, God, what was Peyton Manning doing

throwing three picks in that game? Deshawn needs to get into that category where if the Texans are to lose any football games and the chances are they're either going to lose this week or next week. I don't think a lot of people have them envisioning going to them playing for the championship or going to the Super Bowl, and hopefully they do because that'd be something we were just unfamiliar with. But I want it to be not because Deshawn didn't have a fine game. I want Deshawn to be put in that super mega category.

where he's regardless of opponent, regardless of field, regardless of what else happens, that I can trust Deshaun Watson to go 25 or 31 for 243 and three touchdowns. And I feel like in some of his worst games, he's quite a bit of the reason why the Texans don't win those games. I think there's enough times where he doesn't really help them a lot. He doesn't really hurt them a lot. And that's just, that's not what great quarterbacks do. Great quarterbacks rise to the team above.

And he did it a couple of times, especially early in the season. He was fantastic against Atlanta. He had a really good game against Chargers. Those are early. He hasn't thrown for 300 yards since week seven. Have they been explosive offensively? I mean, has there been other factors contributing to that? Like, for instance, we talk about Minnesota and New Orleans a little bit.

Nobody thinks Minnesota's going to win. It's not because they don't think that the running game is good or they've got receivers. Nobody trusts Kirk Cousins. and by no means am I saying that Deshaun is at that level right now. But I'm ready to, I'm ready for Deshaun to take the next step. And if he can do that, Ross, I think they will comfortably beat Buffalo and will give his team a chance to win either in Kansas City or in Baltimore. But if it's just regular old Deshaun where he does throw the couple interceptions

and he does take a sack when he's supposed to get rid of the football, then they're going to be in for maybe a loss at Buffalo versus Buffalo. And if they win this week, it's going to be quite an embarrassing trip either to Kansas City or to Baltimore. He's been above average to good, and we want him to be great and elite. And he hasn't been that level. Which you can win with an above average or good quarterback if you're great at other places. They're not expecting that of Josh Allen tomorrow. Right.

Well, we're just discussed right here. What about Deshawn? is not what's being discussed in Buffalo Sports Radio today. They're like, just don't screw it up. They've got two great running backs. They've got a couple of receivers. They've got a front four that puts a lot of pressure in the quarterback. Their secondary is very solid.

Buffalo wants this to be a 21-17 win where Josh Allen doesn't cough up the football trying to run for a first down or throwing a coverage with the ball being deflected, throws a by on a receiver and costing the game. I think expectation levels for the two quarterbacks are significantly different in this matchup. Yes. And a lot of that is because I mean the Texans defense

isn't going to carry the day. There's nobody going to say, you know what, wow, this Texan defense bulls on parade, they're going to come out and shut everybody down. It hadn't been like that for what, six, seven years.

Yeah. So you have to win on something. And Deshaun Watson is going to be asked a lot. If their Texans are going to make a playoff run, I don't think there's already going to flip a switch and JJ Watt is going to come back and they're going to be a lockdown great defense. I think it's going to have to be Deshawn Watson.

All right. 129 is the time. It is the Matt Thomas show on Sports Talk 790. It's flashback Friday at Toyota Center tonight with the 76ers and Rockets. We'll visit with Amigo next here on 790. Killer Bees. Brighman, Brantley,

Baltoeve, the Correa, the Springer. Sports Talk 790. home of the Astros Time is 132 I had a chance to emcee an event not too long ago

with some rocket legends one of them is joining us right now on a flashback Friday for tonight's game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Houston Rockets Gene Peterson

nicknamed him Amigo many years ago and it sticks because he is first of all a swell fella second of all one of our favorite rockets of those championship years Carl Herrera with us on the Matt Thomas show. Amigo, how are things?

Great, man. How are you doing? Very, very good. I looked up your age. You're 53. You look like you could play 15 minutes in the NBA. Could you do it today if you needed to? No, I could give you a good hard 10 minutes, but the next day I won't be able to get out. That's funny.

All you guys say that. It's nice to your voice. How much do you enjoy watching this brand of NBA basketball? I know it is certainly a lot different than when you and Dream and play with your rear ends of the basket, that kind of thing. But today's NBA is a lot different. What are the pluses and minuses in your mind about it? Well, it's really, you know, the difference.

I mean, it's more faster. I mean, guys, you know, play a little bit above the rim. But it's basically, you know, four or five guys out of the paint. You don't have the big guys on there anymore. As few teams have a big guy that could play, you know, to the back to the basket, hook shot, things like that, which it was my forte.

And really, you know, it's not a set play anymore. There's more trees, it's more up and down, basically. And sometimes it's hard to see game like that, especially when we get to the point of the playoffs, which we don't see that much of a defense.

We don't talk about guys that could stop other guys, because, you know, the way basketball is stipulate right now, Not only in the NBA, but I think all around the world, basketball have changed so much. And I think it started in South American Games, Pan American Games, where you see Argentina, Brazil, having that European type of basketball. I think the NBA have to adjust to play that way.

And in fact, whenever they go to where the national team out to play that same style of basketball. Do you think it's because kids of today, and we'll go back even 10 or 15 years, Amigo, that they were 6-7, 6-8, 6-6-9, that were maybe a thinner frame, they're like, wait a minute, I don't want to go in there and bang. I want to go out and shoot jump shots. I want to make three-point baskets. Do you think the kids had a lot to do with it? No, I think it's the way the structure is the game right now. You know, it's more protection for the players. You know, like you said, we don't ban like we used to.

not a physical game like you used to anymore. And, you know, I love to go back into that defense, not only talking about guys in the offense, which is what people love right now. People love the trees and the dunks and stuff like that. But, you know, you would love to see a guy like Dennis, you know, this day's playing also, you know, getting 20-something rebounds, stopping one of the great offensive players of the other team. And we need that again. We need to have all the players was prepared in the position to have a function in the game. So I think that that is gone away from the game these days. I think it's kind of difficult.

Like, for instance, tonight, Clint Capella is going to go against Joel M. Bede. He doesn't go against a lot of bruising-type centers like M. Bid would. Who was your toughest defensive matchup when you would go out there? Give us some names for those of us that are old-school fans of you and the Rockets of some of your type of matchups. that I had to play defense against. Yeah. You could call, you know, that tough guy named Barclay.

Oh, yeah. You know, he could have played out. He could shoot threes. He could play back to the basket. He was in a jump shooter all the time. But, you know, he was a guy who could get up and down the court and play to the back to the basket. So, you know, every night I was facing guys in that structure that was even big and stronger

than me. So I had to adjust my. game and be quick, try to deny the ball the most I can, and try to bring down the scoring and just be active out there, just make things happen. Visiting with Amigo, Carl Herrera with us on the Matt Thomas show. I like to ask you guys during those championship years, where you keep your rings? So I'm going to ask you, where are your rings right now? I don't use them anymore.

I had a situation back in Venezuela where that was shot. five years ago and one of the Marines was stolen. Wow. You know, yes, that was a big situation for me. Thank God I'm still here. Absolutely. The doctor says it was amazing just because, you know, I keep myself going to the gym. I keep myself strong and, you know, that helped me a lot.

And I made a move when they shot me, that avoid, they shouted me directly to my heart. So they took one of my ring. So I try not, these days, I try not to use any jewelry at all because this is dangerous right now. I don't doubt that at all. How do you get back to Venezuela very much? I haven't been back to Venezuela any year. I've been back in the States for a year now, my wife and I. And you're trying to minimize going on there because we know all the situation in South America and Venezuela especially,

which these guys, they knew who I was, and I was sitting in a restaurant, and they still did what they did. So you tried to minimize not going out that much and just, you know, staying to myself and to my family. That's very sad to hear, Amigo, because you obviously were the very first Venezuelan ever to play, and I know that you went back to your country quite a bit and coached and played with some other teams. What do you know about Venezuelan basketball right now? Do you keep on track, maybe via the Internet or on television? Yes. I've been speaking to them.

They had some elections the month of December for the president of the Federation. We've got a new president. And one of the things he warned me, they called me and they wanted me to go back and try to help get strongly the basketball on there, be like an ambassador for the national team, join with China. and, you know, the same way the NBA has a joint bank with China, with merchandising and everything, they want me to go back and try to help them. And I think about doing that, you know, just going back slowly, but being, you know, be careful with anything that could happen.

Oh, you are not lying there, my friend. Carl O'Rerra with us here on the Matt Thomas show. So you've been back here in Houston for about a year. Is that correct? Yes, sir. What do you been knowing? Where would people find you around if they want to come out and not, not? necessarily hang out with you, but what do you do with yourself now that you're in post-retirement? Well, I'm thinking it's, I'm thinking it easy these days. I want to try to go back into the system with the Rockets. I will love to, you know, help and, you know, with the big guys, with the

defense, everything. So I'm available for that. I think the guys know, you know, I've been around. I've been to some of the games. I've been doing some of my parents' and, you know, just taking it easy for this year, but being available for that. I would love to go back and help them be in the system. There is one player on this year's team that I love that is, I would think, would relish with Rudy in the old school system, and I think that would be PJ Tucker. Do you agree with me on that? I mean, for a guy that's 6-5, he is not afraid to go against many taller guys and bang with him down low and get those rebounds and get him in the most important parts of the game. Yes, I think it would be a lot of help, you know, get.

and the knowledge of seeing the game in a different perspective, but not going away from what they're doing these days in the game. But I think, you know, he's a hard-in-law's guy that every team meet a guy like that, you know, to give his body every guy every night and to do the thing, the dirty work I might say. All right, so I see you sometimes. I see Mario had some games. I see Dream. If you guys were to play a pickup game, how would it go? I think it will go slow But we'll have a lot of fun We'll have a lot of fun

They will go slow Believe me I don't know if Dream and Max Because I know Max stays in shape I mean he looks like he's still fast Oh I know With a shake and everything But I think we'll have a lot of fun

You know reminiscing like going back Not only to the games That we participate Winning a championship But at practice I mean when we practice It was tough I mean every time we practice

It was really hard. And we always prepare ourselves mentally and physically for any opponent, you know, any night you come in and give the fans a great show, not only an offensive part, but, you know, let them know that we were there to defend our colors and the city. Yeah, I'll say this. I forgot to mention Max. He's come to town. I'd had Rudy on the show a few weeks ago. I'm glad y'all are thriving.

You're enjoying retirement. You're all, none of your fat, which is congratulations for you on that. I do, I'm going to tell you something. If you guys would play a game of horse, I can get 18,000 people at Tona Center to watch it because it would be unbelievably fun. So tonight you got a big responsibility. You're going to shoot the free throw before the game, correct? Well, I'm sorry. I was supposed to do it, but my wife got a little ill.

Oh. And I excuse myself from that, but I will need for any time to be there, not only shooting the shots, but, you know, having fun with the fans. and, you know, just being around the team. I'm just trying to remember, what was your free throw percentage when you were playing? Were you a 70% guy? I close. I was a 60-something percent.

Okay, well, I'm just telling you. In college, I was the 90s, so, you know. Have you been over to the Fortita Center yet to see the Cougars? Yes, sir. I was there two weeks ago, and I saw them play. It was the first time I was there in a long time looking at the game. I got lost. I would say it was because I was there.

No. I felt bad that they lost, but they have a young team. I know last year they lost two or three guys from last year's team, and that hurt them a lot. So they're trying to bounce back from that and try to stay strong and play hard. And you know what? That arena is beautiful, too. You would certainly rather play there than Hafeins, correct?

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. But you know what? Halfeynes had an atmosphere that the flat, five flamajama left there. And it was something about that arena that when you went in there, I mean, it was something that, you know, take over you as a player and as a fan. And people enjoy, you know, when the surroundings get real dark and the lights just, you know,

focus on the, on the court. I mean, I love to play in that place. But now, you know, I went there and everything has changed. But it is beautiful. Look real nice. It is beautiful. Well, we hope that your wife starts to feel better and we would get you to the TOTA Center to shoot that free throw down the line.

Amigo, it's always a pleasure to visit me. It was good catching up with you at that event. We had a few months back, and we look forward to seeing you in TOTA Center a lot over the next handful of months. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Matt. Hi, to all the fans, and let's root for the rockets for the night, and let's win this game.

I like it. That's the Amigo. Carl Herrera, one of my all-time favorites with us here on the Matt Thomas show. Five, four, three, at two. Lays Joe Green. Thomas show continues three corner nothing but on Sports Talk 790 on your Rockies

Matt Thomas show rolls along here on Sports Sports Talk 790 Ross v. We are Matt Thomas with you guys all the way up until 3 o'clock. Coming up later on the show we will have believe it or not as normal the category today. Buffalo Bills players and I'm digging up some interesting things

about some of the Buffalo Bills player, so that'll be fun coming up later on. I've been talking a lot about the Texans and the Bills matchup. We've all been on record now. I have the Bills. I wanted to change it. Can I change my score by the end of

the show, Matt, or do I have to lock in one of it? What did I say? 23 to 19? You have, I have 20 to 14. Nick's got 28, 21 Buffalo, and you have 2319 Buffalo. I want to switch that to 1916 Buffalo. Lower scoring.

Stephen Houshka field goal at the gun to win it. It's going to be a lot of field goals. Kami Fairbairn is going to shine in this game. Can I stop one thing real quick? Can we have the, if the Texans lose the bills, oh, no, we lose to Buffalo again? Can we eliminate those tweets from the world? It's two different entities. I'm with you on that.

I'm asking you that. Can we do that? I'm not going to make a reference. You have my pledge. I will not make a reference to the, unless the Texans literally get up 35 to 3 and blow the game, I will not make a reference to the Buffalo game. Can I change my score to 4335? No.

Just kidding. You got a shoot out there going on. It's Allen. It's Watson. It's an NFL shootout Saturday 3.30 on whatever, what network is it on? You know what this game is so good? It's on two networks. Oh.

It's on ABC and on ESPN. Okay. That's good. I guess that's part of their deal. They put them on both or something like that. Yeah. Do you combine the ratings in that scenario? Who doesn't?

Let me ask you a serious question. I know that a lot of people are cutting the cord. Yes. But they're getting one of the other. What part of America doesn't have ESPN? Somehow, some way, get to an ESPN game. I mean, no, there is a lot of people who are cord cutters who rely on the, you know, you get an antenna.

They go, they're going back to the rap. I'm a rabbit ears, especially for football, because most of it's on Fox and CBS. I thought everything was it digital by now. I mean, it's not literal rabbit ears. I have an antenna as well. Okay. So you're saying that it does make sense for- The picture is perfect.

It does make sense for ABC to put the game on and on ESPN. I have a friend of mine who's a cord cutter. He asked me for my password all the time, and I say, you know what? Suffer the consequence is cord-cutter. Yeah, by the way, you guys that are bragging about cord-cutting. They mooch. They moochers. You're not a cord-cutter, you're a moocher.

And then you know what? There's nothing wrong with that. That's fine. But just call a spade of spade is what I'm saying. Yeah. I'm not going to... No, I have no multiple people of cord cut and multiple people who have asked me for my password. And I kind of feel like a bad person for not giving it to them.

But I'm like, you've got to suffer. If you're going to cord cut, you got a cord cut, buddy. Do you know what today's kids are doing? What's that? And I have a kid, because I can say today's kids. One of them is buying one package and one's buying the other and they're flip-flopping. See, I'm okay with that. If you want to make a deal, we can make a deal.

Okay. Like, for instance, I was very much against us getting the Disney Plus package. Yes. But Cam's like, well, we get the ESPN plus stuff, you know, the extra stuff. Yeah, you can get the bundle with Hulu. That's what I did. I actually canceled Netflix, and I got the bundle with Disney, Hulu, and ESPN. Yeah. And that is a great package. For 13 bucks. Because Hulu gets all the NBC shows for some reason.

So in return, he gives out his password, and in return, he gets NBA League password. from his buddies. Because when he lives in Lubbock, they don't get Rockets games out there. They get Mavericks games. Oh, yeah. You get Spurs games in Austin is horrible. Right. Speaking of Netflix, and I know you didn't ask for this, I put on Twitter last week about this show called You. Yes. And I want... You know how great it was and how excited

you were? The first season was fantastic. Binge, binge, binge, binge watching. I get ready to start the second season, and I did so last week. In episode two, it got really, really gross. I don't want to get... I'll give you... Okay, what genre of gross? There's a lot of genres of gross.

Okay, two things that happened. Now, if you do not want to know where the two things that happened, turn away for like 10 seconds. 10 seconds. One, three, four, five. Wait, you've got to say it. Oh, okay, here we go away for 30 more seconds.

Number one, a guy's finger gets cut off. Oh, okay. That's fine. Okay. I mean, like, no, like the guy puts his hand down and then slices the finger. It happens. That was gross. And then the next thing, this guy, this guy carves up another guy and puts him through a meat grinder.

Oh, some Dexter type stuff is happening. What's wrong with that? They did it in Fargo. Not great. Yeah, they put the guy on the wood chipper. There's a spoiler alert. They put him on wood chipper. Well, guess what?

I'm not watching that either. So I begged off on you. Okay. And then everybody said, you're stupid. Don't do it. Yeah, you must qualify. Now, see, I know you. So I know you, so I understand you hate that type of stuff.

So I'm understanding of that. But I went back, finished the episode, and watched the next three, and I'm glad I did. I'm halfway done with season. You're back. Yeah. And it was worth it. Okay. See, you can't be so skittish, Matt.

I don't understand why you're so skittish with the TV and movie violence. What makes me mad is that there was no reason for that second part of the show of the episode. Did you see a lot of violence as a child, Matt? Do there's something we need to get to the bottom of? I just don't like it. And again, there's a lot of things I like to watch. Violence is just one of them. What is that?

I just said, there's a lot of things I like to watch. Okay. One of them is not. All right, let's get a quick call before the top of the hour. We say hi to Brian T. Smith. Kelly and Jersey Village on 790. Hi, Kelly. Hi, guys.

How are you today? We're amazing. Happy New Year to you. Well, I'll just get into it. I'm calling because all of Houston is saying that the Texas are going to lose. And I think it's because we have like a close traumatic stress disorder with our Texans

and they love to disappoint and so everyone's just like, fine, I'm not going to get my hope that we're losing. But I'm the opposite. I really feel we're coming through with a win tomorrow. I'm actually going to be there. So I'm super excited. My first texting game ever.

Santa Claus was really nice for me this year. So Santa drop these tickets off. to you. Yeah, well, it's my brother-in-law, but we'll call him Santa, so. Fair enough. But the Texans like to disappoint, and all of Houston's like, oh, we're losing, that's why I know we're going to win tomorrow. We can't do that.

I'll call back on Monday because I really feel like I'm going to be right about this. I hope you are. I think Deshaun Watson had a rucko at the playoffs last year. He's a smarter player this season that we've seen. and plus we if we go on our ratio winning to lose one winning to lose one we should win with one right i'm not i'm not big on trend guy Kelly have a great time tomorrow remember if you find any buffalo bills fans they're probably going to try to jump off their car on top of you so be very very careful okay is that what they do yeah their bills mafia's nuts they just like to tackle people

for no reason but they jump off cars onto you Yes. Not a tables, mostly. Yeah, mostly tables, sometimes humans. Holy smokes. Thanks, Kelly. We'll see you later. Have a great time.

That's a good one. Your sound by playing has gotten a lot better. Thank you, Matt. You're welcome. Is the Matt Thomas show. Final hour of the Matt Thomas show on Sports Talk 7. Our time is straight up 2 o'clock. Alongside Ross Villal, Nick Blow, I'm Matt Thomas.

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Mighty, the best. Brian T. from The Chronicle. Happy New Year, Brian T. Smith. How are thanks? I would like to wish all of your listeners, Happy Thanksgiving, Matt. Why happy Thanksgiving? We're getting a treat? We're getting a turkey treat tomorrow?

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. You don't follow sports news. You can see Dan Snyder yesterday. Wish all the Redskins fans and media, happy Thanksgiving. Is that because somebody in the PR department sent out the audio late, I guess? No, it was an official press conference. He started by saying when they introduced Ron Rivera. Back noon.

I figured Nick and... Here it is. For a self, happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Apparently that was a reference to the Redskins beating the Carolina Panthers. and then Ron Rivera getting fired right after Thanksgiving. I don't think so. Okay. What do you think about Dan?

Dan, I don't know. At least we hear from Dan. What does Cal's voice sound like, Brian T? I don't know. I'm not sure if I should stay on the air. I mean, let me do it. Let me play some sound bites for you. Tell me if this sounds like Cal McNair.

Is this fair? You guys are really set me up. This is a new year. I'm taking the high road and everything. Oh, stop. Nobody wants to hear about the new year. Nobody wants here. Let me, let me, is this sound like this?

Hey, brother, it's the holkster, and it's just the preseason, brother. Did Cal McNair put that off there? Yes or no? That is not what Cal McNair sounds like that. Or this. This is Bill Clinton, and it is the preseason. All right, we're done. And I would never lie to you.

Just ask Hillary. Oh, that's too funny. He, uh, you know, if Cal McNair kind of sounds like a, a Texan guy, a Texan guy, a Texan from the suburbs with a with a with a with a boat in the yard is the silver spoon in his mouth or out of it what is that is the silver oh no comment no comment no comment I'm just kidding cow you're listening he's a he's a he's a nice friendly guy we're all we're all joking but you know what I'll say this in all honestly I respect the hell out of him because unfortunately bob in the last few or four or five years old would only speak when they won and wouldn't speak

when they lost at least Cal's consistent doesn't speak at all He's been consistent. Look, Cal McNair has got to do with Bill O'Brien every day, and I'm sure that takes a special kind of CEO. I think we can only imagine what it might be like to work with Bill O'Brien every day. So, you know, back-to-back, ASEC South champ, 10 and 6, hosting a home playoff game. Texans are in a perfectly fine spot to do some of the playoffs, right?

You know what? That sound bite of yours, which is legendary now in our city, has to be updated, you know, four years out of five, you know? You know what I'm saying? By the way, by the way, I'm not. give you credit, too. Four out of five, Brian. Four out of five.

Last Sunday. So they lost to Tennessee in a game no one cared about. And you're up there asking like, you know, hey, this team's been inconsistent, but you've had some good wins. He wouldn't let you praise them. You know, I got to say, and I'll be, I'm always honest with $7.90, Matt. The same way I'm in the Chronicle every day, Houston Chronicle.com. That is the same thing he did on Christmas Eve and whatever was, 2000. and I think it was 16.

And he completely, and he cuts a lot of people off. You know, he's either in a good mood or a people. He's not a good mood. He's either in a normal mood, which is not good, or a really bad mood. Doesn't matter, Brian. For whatever reason, he was in a bad mood after the game. He was short to McLean. He was short to others.

And he cut me off in 2016, even though I was trying to praise him in my own way. And I said, you guys had some very impressive wins, and he didn't want to hear that. No. He took offense. to me mentioning their inconsistent. Never mind that Bill O'Brien said a couple weeks ago that their inconsistency was their biggest problem this year. He didn't want to hear it.

He wanted to take up for his team, I guess, or for his coaching resume. And, yeah, he threw down a little again, and then he was, you know, normal, slightly grumpy Bill O'Brien the next day. So you know what? It's just living in Houston and the Bill O'Brien era. This is how it goes.

Doesn't matter, Brian. It doesn't matter, Brian. I didn't mean to interrupt you. Yeah, but you do. did. You interrupted BTS a lot. All right. So I asked you last week about we had the JJ Watt rumors about what the storyline is going to be. And I gave you a variety of scenarios. So I want to ask you a week later, as you get your crystal ball out, as you lay awake at night, what are we going to think about J.J. Watt, say Saturday 7.30 p.m.

Yeah, again, it's such a hard read. I mean, he sounds confident. He sounds like he understands, And he does that it's not that JJ's careers on the line. I mean, right now, JJ is a Hall of Famer. Maybe not first ballot, but he's a Hall of Famer, right? But what is JJ done in the playoffs in the last few years? What do we think about JJ anymore? We don't think that he is the multiple defensive player of the year, that he's a one-man wrecking crew, that he's the biggest name in the city of Houston,

all those things. I mean, he's still up there, but injuries, there's no question about it. I mean, major seizing ending, seizing altering injuries, Matt, three out of the last four years. So if you're JJ Watt, this is your shot to do something. But if he's coming back too soon, will he be able to do anything? We have no idea. But I don't think he gets on that field, and he won't get on that field unless the doctor's given the green light. They've obviously given the green light.

And usually when J.J. Watts plays, he makes an impact. And I said this earlier this week. I said this 790 last week, Matt. He's just got to have one play, right? I mean, the conditioning will be there. Win the turnover battle. He's going to have one big play where he alters the game, and that'll be enough. On the other side of things, Ross and I last hour were talking about expectations of quarterbacks, in particular the two here.

Josh Allen, I think if you were to grab Buffalo Bills, players, executives, fans, anybody that follows a team, they're just like, don't make the young quarterback mistake. Don't throw a ball on the behind. Don't have a ball deflected. don't take a sack when you're not supposed to or cough the football up. I think the expectation levels for the two quarterbacks in this game are completely different. And I would even say, even if Deshaun has an amazing game tomorrow, that we're going to start to build a long-term legacy on who he is in the month of January based on what he does in the month of January.

What do you think about how Deshaun's got to change who he is for the next handful of games, provided there are two games at least? I you know Matt sometimes you and I 100,000 percent agree and this is one of those times I mean

Deshawn is only 24 and we are in a time and I'm writing on this in Saturday's Chronicle we were in a time where the league is changing and it happens every you know 10 years

20 years it was it was Brady Manning Brady Manning it was Joe Montana was John Elway with Brett Barr whatever it was well this looks like

it can always change but this looks like it's going to be Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, and Deshaun Watson and the AFC for the next decade. I mean, we're starting 2020, and that's the one thing that I feel the most certain about. The Texans might be up and down. The Texans might have a new coach in a couple years. Andy Reid has playoff questions on and on.

But you look at these three quarterbacks and how they have changed the game. They're changing the game. Mahomes' MVP on and on. Deshaun Watson's got to find his way to the top, just like Lamar Jackson does, just like Patrick Mahomes does. Bill O'Brien can't hold Deshawn Watson back. The Texans can't hold Deshaun Watson back, but Deshawn Watson can't hold himself back.

He wasn't great in the playoffs at home last season. I mean, the Texas took that loss hard. Andrew Luck was a better quarterback. So if he's going to do it, and he has every tool, Matt, I mean, there's no question of my mind that Deshaun Watson is right up there with Mahomes and Jackson, but this is the time when the great ones take the next step, and Deshawn Watson has got a perfect opportunity. in this game, and maybe next week at Kansas City or Baltimore.

All right. I think we know what's going to happen when they beat Buffalo, if they do, and if they surprise you to Baltimore and Kansas City, I think there will be a new level of respect for Bill O'Brien and this non-general manager-led team and maybe Jack Eastbury, whatever he's doing. So we already know that. Let's flip it. Let's say they lose tomorrow.

Yeah. Tell me about, and this is maybe a. either between, in this, your opinion only, what they should do and what they will do about the structure of the Texans organization if they lose yet another wild card Saturday, early afternoon game in Houston, Texas. Yeah, that's where it's really interesting to me. And this is the full season big picture, right? I mean, this season unofficially kicked off at Bill O'Brien and Jack used to be in the power play in Kirby Drive. The Bryant game pushed out. Brian Gaines now in personnel for the Buffalo Bill.

keep inside the energy stadium press box last week scouting. If they lose, they don't care how they lose. It could be the biggest heartbreak loss ever. If they lose, what, 95% of fans, and I mean this very literally bad, 95% of fans are going to want Bill O'Brien fired, not Sunday morning, Saturday night. That is just a fact. They have been frustrated with him. They are frustrated with him highly.

The second it goes bad, They are ready for him to be gone. He's also done some very good things, right? But he's never been great. The team's not been great. If they lose this game, and I've said this, I mean, Cal McNair has to take a true hard look, and he has to say, why in the world does my head coach who can't win a home wildcard game have all this power? Why have we given all this power?

If they win, they still got to win a division game to really make it count. I mean, that's the next step for this team. but if they lose, I don't think anyone really knows where it goes. I mean, maybe they hire GM. Maybe there's some type of change. The one thing I don't think is Bill O'Brien. I think the only way Bill O'Brien would get fired, it would have to be 41 to 7. It would have to be utter humiliation, and I don't see that happening against a Buffalo team

that hasn't been known to score the ball. But as you say that, why would the score matter if it's the same end result? Right. Right now. And you're exactly right. loss is a loss. And if I'm Cal, if I'm a Texan fan, if I'm a seeking ticket holder, a Chronicle reader, a 790 list,

I'm saying the same thing. If they lose, you are one and four in the playoffs, you've lost three home wildcard games, you have your quarterback, you have all the power, and you still can't win a home wildcard game, we're never going to do it with you, and why are you the GM and the coach

and the play caller? They would have to change something. I don't see O'Brien getting fired. But hire a GM and go find an offensive coordinator if O'Brien's holding Deshawn Watson back. I've got Houston 24, Buffalo 14. What is your prediction? I'm feeling 2017 in a tight one, Houston, Texas. Okay. I think all of us are kind of in that same little category there. BTS, looking forward to reading your coverage of Deshawn tomorrow and the game coverage on Saturday as well, and we'll visit again next week.

Matt, thanks having me on. Happy New Year. Thanksgiving to everyone in Houston. Yes. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Sports Talk 790 and Brian T. Smith. 2.13 is our time. All right. So speaking coaches, we forgot to mention this. Jason Garrett officially out yesterday, it sounds like.

Who should be the new coach of the Cowboys? Let's think about that. We've got some handicapping help coming up at the bottom of the hour. If you miss Chris Gordy's parody, we're going to play it again. And we've got, believe it or not today, hell you're not on all things about the Buffalo Bills, 213. It is the Matt Thomas show. If you'd like to join us, 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90.

Tyler White here. Back to Matt Thomas. And it is gone. And sports talk, 7-90. Home of Astros baseball. I checked Twitter, like, latest, what's going on, Ross. And congratulations to 43-year-old Cameron Diaz having her first child. Wow.

She's married to some dude named Benji Madden Okay I asked you if you knew who that was and you didn't I have no idea who Benji Madden is Here's the problem with celebrity marriages I got a problem with the name Benji Well I got worse news for you Go ahead and explain why you hate

Benji Why? I don't have a reason I mean it's just I don't know it's not a good name It's weird are you Ben or you Benjamin or are you Benji If you're going to be Benjamin Is a dog name If you're going to be Benjamin Just go by Ben

You know, nobody wants to call you Benji or Benny. Apparently, he is the guitarist for Good Charlotte. Is Good Charlotte a good band? His name is Benjamin Levi Madden. He's, I think he's 47, she's 43. He's 40. Oh, man, she married somebody younger? Okay, good for him, Cougar.

Apparently. Three years. Still. Bridesmaids were her Charlie's Angels co-stars. Oh, okay. Lucy Lou and, uh, what's her face? Drew Barrymore. I forgot about those movies.

I'm surprised. When are they rebooting that, by the way? They always reboot it. It's every year or something new. We should see new Charlie's Angels movies within the next few years. We see New Charlie's Angels and we see new Wonder Woman and new Batman's. Yes. Well, here's Cameron.

Cameron is beautiful. I loved her from something about Mary that even back then. I loved her back in the Mass. The Mass was good, too. She was the jam. That's right. I'll give you that. So the name of the kid, Radix.

What? It's a girl, too, I think, right? Radix? Yeah, Radix. It's a daughter. R-A-D-D-I-X. Radix. That sounds like a debilitating disease.

Are you having issues with Radix? No, actually, do you have you been exposed to Radix? It sounds like a tool company. What do you get your hammers and your, and your nails? I get it from Radix. Well, they make lawnmores and stuff, too? Lawmore parts. Okay.

Are you missing a wheel on your lawnmower? You're looking for a better engine? I called Radix. What kind of name is that? I don't know. Rossi, you don't have kids that you know of. Radix. It's horrible.

I don't know if Radix makes the top 5,000 of my list. No, it's not. R-A-D-D-I-X. What is up with today's parents? 43-year-old parents? What does Radix mean? Like, my kids' names are very ordinary,

I would think. Cameron, Carly, and Peyton. in order, Cameron Payton. In Latin, Radix is a base of a system of numeration. That doesn't help me very much. Nick, do you have a strange name for your kids? Aria and Aurora. Oh, geez.

Aria and Aurora. Yeah, they went with the alliteration thing. Was that your wife's doing yours? Mostly her. That's my thing. Yeah, okay. I can give you a pass. I'm good with it, though.

Yeah, you've got great kids. Aurora is just too difficult to say. I mean, isn't it hard for you to scream out? Aurora! Well, it's two. I haven't really had to scream. who is the most famous Aurora in the history of the world? Answer this question for 10,000.

Borealis. Nope. Illinois. I think Aurora Borealis wins. What do you think, Nick? I have no idea. Aurora was the witch on bewitched aunt. That's the most famous one.

That's the most famous Aurora there is. In my mind, it is. In Matt Thomas's world. Stay with me on me. All right. So yesterday, after three days and many, many meetings, the Dallas Cowboys said they're going to part ways with Jason Garrett. Are we sure they're going to do this?

Somebody's tweeting that there was a Charlie's Angels reboot that just came out. We haven't gone to see it. You want to go see it after the show? What the hell? They did reboot it. They rebooted it literally in 2019. They rebooted and reboot? Yes.

Who were the Angels? They had to be hot 20-something-year-olds, right? It was directed by it. Wow. I was just joking that they would reboot. this and they did and I completely missed it. Who are they? Um, Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska. I don't know any of them. And Elizabeth. Kristen Stewart is a chick from the, uh, Twilight movies. Okay. We didn't see the one of them. We didn't see, I didn't see the new version,

the reboot or the reboot of the reboot. Wow. I can't believe they actually did that. And it was, well, we'll get another one in about eight years. Eight? I got one pencil in by the end of 2022. Yeah, it did bomb. Well, it bombed us. What was rotten tomatoes say? Rotten Tomatoes. Hold on. I'd have to find that. All right. Let's go back to this cowboy thing.

So Jason Garrett is out supposedly, we believe. Well, you know, there's these strange-ass websites that are looking for free publicity. So they're giving us odds on the next Dallas Cowboys coach. Let me give you some names of who are on the list and what you think are their chances are. Okay. Jim Harbaugh is at plus 1,200. All I'm not putting that money on that. Can you see it?

I say no. Mike Zimmer plus 1,000, the current coach of the Minnesota Vikings. No. You think if they lose in the playoffs, he's in danger at all? Yes. If he gets fired, I would hire Mike Zimmer in a second. You get hired. Jason Garrett ever get hired again?

He'll be an OC somewhere for a couple years. If he's good, then he'll come back, yeah. So before he calls it a career, will he be a head coach one more time? I will say yes, he will. I say yes as well. Gary Kubiak plus 1,000. Wow, that's really a stretch. No, I mean, he's got health issues.

Dan Mullen, coach at Florida plus 1,000. No. Matt Ruhl, coach at Baylor, plus 700. Maybe. Urban Meyer plus 600. Is that the favorite? That's the odds on favorite right now? Plus 300 is Josh McDaniels.

I mean, Urban Meyer is retired twice. Lincoln Riley is plus 500. Greg Roman plus 600. I like Roman. Do. Roman with Dak? I think they're going to push hard for McDaniels. I think that's the kind of job he would take

that would be as sexy as it gets. The Colts job's better because you're not going to have Jerry Jones hovering over you. Everybody gets stuck on this stigma. They haven't done anything in 25 years. But that's what I said, though. It's still the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, but you've got to be smart.

It's still Jerry Jones. And realistically, if you're going to be there for 10 years, Jerry Jones is not the general manager for the next 10 years. If I'm a smart coach and if the talent level is equal, And I believe in the general manager. And if it's going to be Cowboys or basically any other franchise, I'm going with another franchise. Okay, let's do this then. Cowboys, Browns, Giants.

Which are the three of the best jobs? It's the best job. Well, Cowboys have the most talent, so I'm going Cowboys. I'm talking about talent level. I'm telling you, I'm asking who the best gig is of the three. I'm going Cowboys because they have the most talent of those teams. And I think Josh McDaniels would want to take a job like that. All right, let's do this.

All looking here. And man. That was a brother for another mother. A man who will call today, I'm assuming, well, with amazing optimism of what's going to happen tomorrow afternoon at NRG. And a man that will call the show on Monday if things do not turn out well. And we'll say that he's done with his tickets. He's done with his shirt. He's done with Bill O'Brien.

He's done with Jack Easterby. He's done with Cal McNair. He's done with Toro of the Bull. but at the Texans win on Monday, they'll be even more optimism. I present to you, my buddy, Larry and Stafford. Happy New Year, MP, Ross. Hey, man, look,

M.T., before I get into that, you tell Chris Gordy don't ever play that damn song ever again that he's made up to me. It'll be next segment. Next segment. Go ahead. Oh, that was just horrible, man. You know, I'm a Chris Gordy, too, man.

But I don't know what the hell that was. But, you know what, man? I'm so excited, man. I'm on my way to just figure out exactly what my plans are for the night because I know I've got to give me at least two bottle of Hennessy. Because tomorrow, when I'm going to be in that lot and I'm going to be tailgating, it's going to go down. There has not been a playoff game in the city of Houston by the Houston, Texas,

that I haven't walked in where I was as full as a dick or some yak or some hen. So I'm here to tell you that I expect them boys to go out there and just smash Buffalo ass tomorrow. Because we're the better team. And the only other thing that's holding us back is our damn head coach. And you know how I feel about OB. If OB is standing in a way, I am convinced that somebody, Anthony Weaver, anybody, need to go upside his damn head and pop him right across his damn head and let him know

we're trying to see him run that damn football 10 out of 13 times on first down. Obie just got to get out of the way and let Deshawn Watson magic happen. Because sometimes when you got something good, man, you just got to lay back and let it ride you, doubt. Look here, M.T. It's always a pleasure to get in with you. I just had to chop it on with you because it's a feel-good Friday. And then boys on Kirby go do some work tomorrow and our haul. Bless you.

Thank you very much, Larry. Man, said the thing. Ross, you know, I just don't have the emotional attachment to the Texans. But Larry does. Yes, he does. And Larry is, you know, like our girl that called us earlier this hour. She's into it. Kelly.

Kelly, love her. We had another caller while you were on the phone there to correct you that the mother and be wished was Indora and the aunt was Aunt Clara. Oh, it wasn't, it wasn't Aurora. It was Indora? So that's not the most famous Aurora. Oh. Apparently she's not the most famous Aunt Clara either.

I'm still going with Borealis is the most famous. Aurora. Do you look her up? Roar Borealis? Yeah. Look her up. Is it safe for the computer? She's beautiful.

You'll be fine. It's breathtaking, actually. What's her name again? Aurora. Aurora Borealis. Aurora Borealis. Yeah, it should pop up. Here we go.

It's a second one. It's popping up all right. Yep. Let's take a look here. Images. No, it's just a bunch of nights guys. That's what the Aurora is. No.

She's not hot. I think it's breathtaking. We'll go to see it someday. You know, I did ask if it's bread taking. You did say yes. Let's, uh, let's, let's, are you sure the aunt's name is not Aurora? Endora is her name? Well, the mother was Indora.

The aunt was Aunt Clara. There, there was no Aurora in the show. Are there any female auroras, not name your daughter? You okay? No, I'm okay. Oh, that was good. Let's make you some money. Chris Gordy's parodies next.

229. Craig Ackerman here. When I'm not calling Rockets basketball, I'm following at SportsRV on Twitter. You're listening to the Matt Thomas show on Sports Talk 790. Time to make some money, money, money, money. You'll do that by listening to Sports Investors Weekly, Saturday and Sundays at 10 a.m. Right here on Sports Talk 790. The host of that show, along with all of his compatriots, is Paul Nolan,

but with us every Friday during the course of the football season, and he'll stay with us here. Now, Paul, I've got to ask you, how much do the following players impact how you would handicap a Buffalo Houston game? We'll start with J.J. Watt. Well, I mean, obviously, J.J. Watts, one of those guys, not just as he has a physical presence on the field and not just as he, you know, not as the kind of guy that you have to game plan against.

But he's the kind of guy who really rallies guys in a lot for him. And, you know, you know, he's the kind of guy who can really, you know, help garner that collective focus, that team first mentality, which is really what defense is. It's like a brotherhood of guys who happens to be together. So, yeah, he has an impact completely, but, you know, if he's going to get 12 to 16 defensive snaps. And let's just say he can make an impact on three of them, I don't know how much that's going to really factor in the points, Brett. I don't think it's going to move the number on this game at all, and nor should it.

Do defensive players, in general, move the needle at all? not as much as you would think, but to a degree, yes. Like, for example, if Gilmore wasn't playing, or for that matter, Chedavius White was out, he's worth 0.07 points for us. So he's worth a half point to a point in the game. So obviously with Will Fuller being a he's worth point four. Everybody's got a metrical value. So, you know, everybody's got a weight and everybody's got a certain value.

But they were all guys, and you have to average in the replacement player and how they will, you know, doing the stead. sometimes like the negligible amounts, but everything does add up. And injuries do make a huge issue here, especially this time year when everybody's banged up. So I don't think Will Fuller's playing. There's been no positive vibe coming out of Texanville that he's going to go. So you mentioned a small metric on him. It's not necessarily so much the point spread.

It might be the over-under, maybe get a slight tinge change because of Will Fuller's inavailability? Yeah, it should just because of the fact that that offense does change. look, as you probably watch every game and every snap of the Texans, you know that it creates so much more space for D-Hop and Fells, and it gives a little more opportunity for

guys to get, you know, some independent one-on-one coverage as opposed to safety over the top help. When D'Andrey Hopkins is going, there's no stopping. The last time, even like, Tradavius White, to me, is the best kept secret in the league up until three or four weeks ago. And this kid is just the guy used right on Gilmore's level,

but the last time they faced the the Texans, it was week six last year, he drew, D-Hop threw three penalties, and this kid never gets penalties against him. And, you know, for him to draw three penalties

and score a touchdown that day, gives you an idea of how important, you know, having a full complement of weapons is there because he wasn't getting safety help on any one of those penalties. So I do think it makes a difference. I do think that this,

I think this Houston team is ready to have a really good game this weekend. I think they're going to be highly motivated. really like to show him Watson. I still think he's one of the more underrated players. I think if he had a better compliment and maybe coaching staff and a little more consistent offensive line, I think he would be putting

up video game numbers if he was in a different situation. And obviously, I just think he's as raw and real a talent as there is. I do see Houston getting a little bit of a lead in this game, but I also see one of the best props on the board this week. One of the things I bet early on was

Josh Allen getting over 34 rushing yards because the one thing that's Houston defense kind of struggles with is letting athletic and agile quarterbacks run for yards. So I can see, especially if Houston gets a little bit of a lead, him keeping the offense on schedule with his legs, getting some out in space, and over 34 yards is also getting two to one. So if you bet $100 on that, you get $200 to $220 back. So to me, that to me is a really good value. And I think that's a mistake in the line.

Paul Nolan with the freewinter's.net and Sports Investors Weekly with us for a couple more minutes here on the Matt. I'm sure you can catch his show tomorrow and Sunday at 10 o'clock. Let's go to Tennessee and New England a little bit on this one, because the Titans are one of the hottest teams in the AFC. They're only real blemish down the stretch was the loss to the Texans. Derek Henry, I guess the question would be, they're going to say hamstring is fine, but there's a difference in hamstring at 70 degrees in Nashville

than maybe what it will be in New England. How much does weather play a factor in a game like this coming up tomorrow night? Well, the weather is forgiving. There's no, you know, it's not the typical January in Foxborough, which is just brittle and miserable and damp and cold. And, you know, your bones ache in that place. And I've been there many times. You know, it's just really damp, brutal weather. But the weather will be, you know, will be fine in the 40s.

And it's not going to be overly humid and damp. So I don't think it's the end of the world here. And from what I understand, he looks good and he feels good. And they've kept them out last week as a precaution. I mean, they've brand them every which way, but I don't think his hamstring is an issue at all. That's just what we're being told from when we know. But the NFL highs their injuries better than ever, and they get away with it. And the teams are more willing now to pay a fine on a false injury report than actually report the truth.

And, you know, something's got to give with that, in my opinion. I just think there's got to be more transparency. It's as the league and gambling becomes more and more legal. I just think they have to get the officiating better, and the injury reports. just to me have to be more transparent if they really want to continue to watch their ratings grow. And as gambling grows, the ratings grow. So I think he's fine, and I don't see it as an issue to me. You know, what I see really is the issue here in this game is, you know,

is A.J. Brown, and can he rise to the occasion after kind of take him a blame last week? And, you know, the last few weeks of not having his best performances. So a tough game here. I think the line is right. We added at five. I do understand why the public is really back in this Tennessee team. This Tennessee team was very, very good to us during the year. They were a good value along the way.

But so many of the situations of places, so many numbers through history that tell us that New England in this position, especially when everyone's counting them out, is still a decent proposition. But again, I want to see what's going on Saturday and morning Sunday morning, but more injury reports, update, date, weather. It's a lot of this is just very – the lines are so sharp this time. a year. The odds makers are really cued in and keyed in. So it's hard to find values outside of the main games, but there are a lot of prop values on the board this weekend. Do you think Minnesota

being a seven and a half point dog in an indoor stadium is a fair line for that game against New Orleans? Yeah, well, we set it at eight here. I did think it was the right number. I do think that if that did go to seven, I would be really, I would tend to buy that line to six and a half and take New Orleans in that situation. These teams from a metric standpoint are so similar across the board. There's so many similarities in their DVOA and their EPA. There's so many from the metrical standpoint, they're so similar. But I do think the history is, it's history or, you know, stereotypes become stereotyped because they're just true.

And we know Kirk Cousins has always struggled when he has to rise to a, you know, a bigger occasion. Now the question really comes down to is that Viking. defense is good the last couple years, and I don't think so, and I almost feel like this is going to be a nuanced team that, to me, is kind of flying under the radar. They're a team that kind of has had two absolutely

brutal beats in the last two playoff years. I see this team coming in fully focused, but that line is a little rough at seven and a half. That extra half point does lead you to say, be careful there, but they do fit in a teaser. When you can come through a seven and a three, they are, to me,

the best teaser value on the board, with that home field advantage. I think that that's definitely a good spot for, if there people out there want to do a two-team six-point teaser. And lastly, what is the history of teams on the road giving points in Wildcar Weekend like Seattle is? Well, you know, like, for example, like this, it's funny. When you look at this game, last, you know, a few weeks back was a week 12 or 13.

My mind is the numbers are melt to me. But, you know, it started the same way. The Eagles started as a one, one-and-a-half-point favorite. it shipped it over to the Seattle Lane 2. We ended up having Seattle that day in a 17-9 or 10 victory, I can't remember the top of my head. And I just feel like a lot of what we've seen

here is a little bit of the same. Well, home dogs do very well in general in the playoffs, but this is I mean, these two teams have both so dangerously banged up. I just don't see any real value in this game at all. I mean, for me, I just maybe

again, you've got a home team plus one and a half points right now. you add six to that. You take them up the plus seven and a half. They seem to be a value in a teaser to me as well. But the odds makers have nailed the lines in these games perfectly, in my opinion. All right. Saturday and Sunday, what's on the big shows 10 o'clock here on 790?

Well, the college basketball is going really good now, and it's been some great values. We have a couple of future bets available. And, you know, we, you know, game time decisions, when a little closer to game time gets a little easier this time of year for us, especially because a lot of the good reporters, people we know in the inside telling us, you know, really who's the game time.

And those game time decisions are real for the most part, but we get to know who's looking good in the warm-ups, and is there any value by catching, you know, if God's a bid will fall as a miraculous recovery. I think he changes that dynamic of this offense to the point where I've been outside the obvious of the being, you know, eight and three this season when he's in the lineup as opposed to two and three when he's out.

I just think it's guys like that and of that ilk to make differences, and we like to kind of play this as close to the best as close to game time as possible. So 10 a.m. tune in. Check it out. That's Saturdays and Sundays right here on Sports Talk 790. Paul, happy new year. We'll visit again next Friday. Happy New Year, brother. Have a good one. You got it. Paul Nolan from freewinners.net and sports investors weekly. We go to play hell yeah or not. All things about the Buffalo Bills, 243 on Sports Talk 790. This is Carlos Correa.

Matt Thomas. That's poor stock seven night. It's your home. That's just baseball. Name the show, Ross. Is this a dream of Jeannie? No. What was the other one?

Bewitched. Bewitched. Can you name the two Dicks that were her husband? Excuse me? Yeah. That's accurate. That is accurate. Vital?

Nope. Cavett? No. Sporting goods? No. Dick York, who passed away from cancer, and then Dick Sargent, who was the second, Darren. Which one was the gay one?

Dick Sargent was gay. Okay. Dick York, I think, just died of cancer early on. So she was married to? The same one. Dicks. The two guys, their first names were Dix. Okay.

All right. Nowhere to go from that. So Chris Gordy puts out amazing parodies. This one is so old school that it may be over people's heads. It was over my head. But nevertheless, it's a Chris Gordy horrible football playoff Friday parody. If you want to get a win here in the playoffs, the Sean and the offense need to take off.

So to give Houston fans a big thrill, you need to go out and beat the bills. If you don't like people calling you lame, they go out and win a damn playoff game, it will give Houston fans a big thrill. You need to go out and... beat the bills. Oiler memories of the past, you know I really shouldn't give a rat's ass.

Frank Wright out putting on a show that happened nearly 30 years ago. But if we're talking about this year, Houston is playing in another gear with D'Hop, Carlos Hyde and Deshawn, the playoff win won't take too long if you want to get a win here in the playoffs. Deshawn and the offense need to take off. So to give Houston fans a big thrill, you need to go. go out and beat the bills. Oh, no, Ross.

Are we really going to do this to Gordy? Rush or flush? Uh-oh. 7-1-3-21-2-5-7-90. Quickly, 7-1-3-21-2-5-7-90. That's Gordy's parody. Do you rush it? Or do you flush it?

Because it's time for an Insta-Poll. 7-1-3-21-2-5-5. 790. Line one, rush it or flush it? It's one flush it. It's one flush. Line two on the instapole. Do you rush it or do you flush it? Hello? I don't think he's connecting. 7.3, 2, 1-2-2-5-7-90. Line three, rush it or flush it?

Man, I'm on school like Gorney. You got to rush that. All right, one rush. One rush and one flush. Remember what the interpol says. We've hit the over. Yeah. Line four on Sports Talk 790, rush it or flush it? Rush it. Wow, Ross.

There we go. People like in the old school. Line five, rush it or flush it? Rush it. Say it again? Rush it. Rush it. Three rushes.

The insubal doesn't lie. Line one, rush it or flush it? Hey, Matt, please flush that like it's grandpa using the restroom. Oh, right? That's a note. Hopefully, Grandpa flushes his own. Yeah, three rushes and two flushes. Line two, rush it or flush it?

Line two, didn't believe anything. Line three, rush it or flush it? My goal I don't even smell that bad. Wow. That's three and three. It is signing seventh vote. Line four on the instapole, rush it or flush it? Flush it.

Oh, man, he had a three-one lead. We're going to flush it. gordon had to be feeling pretty good about himself up 3-1 yeah all right five minutes left to go on the show what should we do we should play america's fastest growing sports game show we simply called it Monday through Thursday believe it or not but on Fridays we call it a hell yeah or not and here's how it works you'll call 713212 570 that's 719 that's 719 132-1-7-90. Today's edition of Hellyer-N-A-N-A.

It's brought to you by Woodhouse Day Spas. Brought out your gift car for the gift of relaxation at Houston Woodhouse Spas.com. The category, all things about this year's Buffalo Bills. Statements completely utterly accurate. You'll say this. Hell yeah! It's statements erroneous full of bunk and made up. You will say this.

Not two hellier-nots on the Buffalo Bills when you're prize. Ross, what's the prize? Matt, I've got a pair of tickets to see Tesla. February 23rd at the House of Blues. My buddy, Ed, we drove up to North Texas, our freshman year in college, 1990. All he had in his cassette deck was Tesla tapes. So you're a big Tesla fan? No, far from it.

But just brings up fall 1990. So you will not beat the House of Blues on February 26th. There's just no chance. Okay. Well, hopefully somebody wants to go. Yeah. And if you're a fan of Metal Rock in 1989, 90, this is right up your alley. Let's go to Matt on 790.

Matt, you're ready to play Hell yeah or not. Hell yeah. Devin Singletary was played high school basketball and had scholarship offers from Wake Forest, North Carolina State, and UNC Greensboro. Hell yeah or not. Not. Statement number two for the win. Josh Allen played his freshman year of college football at Cal Berkeley,

but transferred to Wyoming after the starting job was given to somebody else. Hell yeah or not. Hell yeah. No, Ross Medina. Oh, I guess I didn't write, type it out. It's going to be Jared Doth. That's fine. Sorry. It's my bad.

Still worked. Still worked. No winner yet. Nick's happy. That's true. Chris on 790. Chris, your favorite part of the radio show today? Hell yeah. Hell not. While in college, Micah Hyde was arrested for public intoxication after fleeing a club

where the police showed up. Hell yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Of course, simmer down now. Statement number two for the win, according to Rivals.com, Cole Beasley was only a two-star recruit coming out of high school. Hell yeah or not?

Hell not. Hell not. If I've said it once in a thousand times, you've got to know how many stars Buffalo Bill players were coming out of high school. Line number five. Nick on 790. Nick, you're ready to play, hell yeah or not? I am. During a 2018 interview with ESPN, Ed Oliver stated he regretted not going to LSU

and go get his degree there just to claim it as his alma mater. Hell yeah or not. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. That's ridiculous. That's for you, Matt. That is ridiculous. That was for you.

That sounds very made up. He made a horrible decision going to U of H. He wanted to go to LSU. Statement number two for the win. Walden High School, Shaw McDermott was a two-time wrestling national champion. Hell yeah or not. Hell yeah Hey go

Congratulations you're going to see Tesla He was The other one I almost used for him He was he was college teammates With Mike Tomlin Imagine not At William and Mary correct

That's correct All right Renee on 790 Ready to play hell yeah or not Hell yeah John Brown's nickname is Smokey It was given to him by his grandmother When he was a baby

Because of his dark skin color Hell yeah or not That's a hell yeah And it's awfully inappropriate statement number two for the win. In high school, Jerry Hughes was recruited as a running back after community at TCU head coach Gary Patterson

converted him to a defensive end. Hell yeah or not. That's the hell yeah, too. That is. Congratulations. Sorry, Nick. 200 isn't horrible. All right, real quick.

Ross, you've changed your mind. You have 1916 Buffalo. You're staying with it? Yes. Nick, you have 2821 Buffalo. staying with that? Yep. I will stay with Houston 20, Buffalo 14.

Please don't let me down Texans, or it could be a very sad Monday on the radio program. Adam and Adam, the A team, they are drinking whiskey today, right? Frank's backyard. Oh, yeah. Beer, pizza, all the good stuff. Just go by there. Get some pizza. Ross and I are going to get an impossible whopper.

We're going to do the taste test, the first of what we hope to be once every couple months. We have to do that. We have to do that versus Chick-fil-A. Right. I need them side by side. You mean the chicken sandwich from Popeyes. Yes, Popeyes and Chick-fil-A. But we're going to split an impossible operation just in case that one of us doesn't like it.

Yes. No, you're going to finish it. I'll see how the Rockets game tonight. Well, I mean, if it's awful, I'm not going to finish it. It's not going to be awful. Okay. See all the Rockets tonight, and we'll talk Monday about the Rockets and the Texans and everything here on Sports Talk 798. A team is next.