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3:00But there's more turds to polish on this day as opposed to some other days. So our lead story is from Indianapolis where Indiana Jones has been tagged. You can't tag Indiana Jones. Why would you tag Indiana Jones? Well, the Colts, if you didn't hear, maybe not. Maybe you missed it here was the deadline day to tag players and a few players around the NFL got tagged. The most interesting one we start with that. And that is Daniel Jones who was given what they say is they rarely used the rarely used transition tag. So he got that tag. You're it. There you go. The Colts are going to give Daniel Jones 37.8 million 37.8 million. That's the by now rate for Daniel Jones there. And instead of the franchise tag which we've paid him like an extra six million dollars on top of that.

4:00And so that opens up the possibility since it was not the franchise tag. Instead it was the transition tag. It's all just red tape bull crap bureaucracy. But it means that there is there's a way. Could could Daniel Jones, could Daniel Jones leave the Colts? Yes. And the compensation would go to Indianapolis. So Jones can sign an offer sheet with another team next week. March 11th. I know you're excited about that. Mark that on your on your calendar app on your phone. March 11th. They're the Colts have we'll have five days. Five days to match or allow him to wild all go off into the wild blue yonder get out of here. Daniel Jones now has been sculley used to say it is interesting to know that in the picking up. The tag on Daniel Jones means they decided not not to give any kind of tag they could not do two. And give one to Alec Pierce, the wide receiver who they're trying to sign to a contract.

5:07So that is a good jumping out point. Let us discuss the question for the class. And you're part of the class thumbs up or thumbs down on the Colts picking Daniel Jones over Alec Pierce. That was the choice. So I've got SpaghettiOs, antibiotics and one eight hundred flowers. And we will combine all of these things together. We're going to make some chimichungus. Alright, so hey, thumbs up thumbs down. I'm going thumbs down. And I go another thumbs down. And then if I can get more thumbs down, I'll get more. But capital D down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down. To me, this is football malpractice. It is. You should not be doing this. What are you thinking? Seriously, what do you think? Andy, now I understand the backstory. We talked about it. Andy traded a gaggle of draft picks. They got saucy.

6:07They got sauce gardener from the jets. And so they box themselves into this awkward situation where they were stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea. And so they're this financial broom closet. And they felt they were forced to double down on Daniel Jones, but they were not. So it's a total panic move. When you think about, you look at the resume of Daniel Jones. And what even when he didn't, Andy, there's a lot of people that are selectively telling you that Daniel Jones was amazing for the Colts. And so again, they were right there, devil on one side, the deep blue sea on the other, and they chose to toss out the anchor. No, you're not supposed to do that. Now, you're not going to hear this a lot of plays of the daytime guys. They're suck ups most of them. So the reality is this, Daniel Jones was on a prove it deal in 2025. He didn't prove it. He didn't. And so why are you rewarding him with this, this 37.8 million dollar contract? It's Fugaisi is what it is, right?

7:15And so what exactly did Daniel Jones prove last year? Okay, let's go through it. So he proved that as the season went on, he got exposed. Right? That for a while, he was a smoking mirror show. And then eventually, Daniel Jones turned into the same stumble bum that we saw with the giants. It was the same stumble bum. You know, he's fine for a few games there at the beginning of the year. And then the wheels on the bus came off. The wheels on the bus. They didn't go around and round. They came off. They did. They did. And so Jones, he's wide angle wins in his career. Look at his pro football reference pay 32 career wins. In the NFL is a starting quarterback, seven years, 32 wins. And then snap crackle pop as in Indian, he wasn't playing well before that. And four or five games that were El Stinco, and then he got hurt. And you're going to reward him with 37.8 million because you're afraid he's going to leave.

8:21You should drive them to the airport. And you're afraid he's going to leave this insanity. It's absolute insanity is what it is. And he's not head and shoulder. This is the main issue. Like if there was no one else who was as good as Daniel Jones, he'd be like, okay, I get it. He's not head and shoulders above everyone. He's at same level. You look at who's available. The contemporaries on the market, the quarterback market. And if you did the Cola challenge, let's do the Cola change. Do the Cola. You got to a tongue of I lower Kyler Murray, the little fella, the Munchkin, and Daniel Jones. Those are the three quarterbacks side by side. I call them the Spaghetti O's quarterbacks. Now, why do I call them the Spaghetti O's because they're overwhelmed, overmatched, and overpowered on a regular basis. Thought of O's. Lot of O's there. Different cans. Same crappy product. Same flat soda. So that's the Cola challenge there. And the culture like, no, no, we have to have our flat soda.

9:23We don't want someone else's flat soda. We love our flat soda. Daniel Jones, baby. Oh my God. Meanwhile, why receive a Alec Pierce, who broke out all your unlike Daniel Jones, like he did it all year. He didn't do it for five games or eight games and then disappear. He did it the entire year. He was consistent. He was reliable, put up big stats. He was legit in his breakout year. And so the Colts, they could have punted on Daniel Jones, no loss there. He's not that good. And locked up Pierce. Now they're trying. They say to lock him up. Good luck on that. More than that in a minute. And so instead they said, no, no, we really want fool's gold. That's what we want. So the Colts, they picked fools gold. Congratulations. All right. Now meanwhile, staying with the theme of the hour, as I have just treated Daniel Jones, like a piñata, there are reports bouncing around the echo chamber here that say, wait a minute.

10:23Wait a minute, Minnesota, they don't have a quarterback. They need a quarterback. What are you going to do? And that the purple people, leaders might make Eek and Roswell, Minnesota vomit in his mouth. And they are said to be exploring the possibility of going after vanilla, Vic. That could be the move right there. Vanilla, so question. How believable. How believable are the whispers that the Vikings are going to make some kind of offer to try to pry away Daniel Jones, not that they would have to pry away that much because I'm assuming the Colts, they'll come to their senses here and say, well, we're not going to give them that contract. Whatever the Vikings offer. So I give this the very premise that the whispers are true. So the Vikings are going to make this run at Daniel Jones. I give this side. I, and the reason that I give this side, I, is we know that Minnesota has a blank square on the quarterback bingo card. They don't have any right. They've tried hope. They've tried cosmic intervention. They tried JJ McCarthy, which apparently he's now outside the bubble of trust. So he's out. The bubbles burst and

11:43that's it. Pop goes to the bubble. So what do you do? What do you do? Well, you go shopping on the clearance aisle. And this is the NFL's version of the rummaging through the dented can aisle at high V. You're going to throw all the dented cans there and all that stuff. But Minnesota, they have the pick of the litter. That's the goodness. I'll be Benny Bradson. You got the pick of the litter. Congratulations there. Of course, the pick of the litter is all the cracks. Damaged and warped quarterbacks as we have laid out here. So you've got the pick of the litter. You're going to need antibiotics because you're going to get cat scratch fever is what you're going to get. And as for Daniel Jones, they would have to pay if my math is correct. I'm using my other math, about 40 million a year on average, a little bit more than the Vikings thing, paying about 40 million dollars a year, which would be like paying for a thick steak at Ruth Chris steakhouse. And you're paying that price and you're getting a microwave hot pocket. No, I'm not here to knock the hot pocket. I've had them. Some of them are good. Some of them are horrific. But it's not the same as a nice steak. But wait, there's more. Oh, we're not done. No, you'd also to get Daniel Jones, you'd have to give the Colts compensation. A lot of compensation. That would be again, we just laid out all these guys who are about to say they've all got warts and moles and all that stuff.

13:12That would be shrewd dumbness if you decide on Daniel Jones. Now, if you do the mallermath on that, the maller odds that Danny Dimes ends up in the Twin Cities, I'll put that at plus 500, which if you're not good with math, that implies based on mallermath, about a 15% chance, about a 15% chance, which is higher than it should be higher than it should be. It should be because the golden rule. Is in play here. And the only reason I'm going around 15% is the golden rule, which is it's not what you know, it's who you know. And it is true that Kevin O'Connell seems to be calling the shots there in Minnesota. He had Jones in the building for a cup of coffee and they hung out together for half a season. So there's a common bond. And to that, I say, whoopty damn do. That's what I say. I'm leaving a 15% chance on that. Now, last word here, let's circle back. We talked about Alec Pierce, the wide receiver, who was hanging out there in Indian in the Colts decided that they wanted to tag Daniel Jones and said, well, you know, I want to keep you. But yeah, okay.

14:26So we are told the Colts are again, very motivated to get Pierce and his contract done as we're about a week away now from the start of NFL free agency. So the question. Who's going to be bidding? Who's going to be bidding for the pending free agent wide receiver, late of Indianapolis here, Alec Pierce. So this is one of those stories. I call it a one eight hundred flower story. Now, why do I call that because this is going to look like the bachelor NFL edition of the bachelor. Imagine if you will, Alec Pierce standing there in a nice tuxedo and there's a bunch of teams and not every team, but a bunch of teams that are lined up and they all went and got the roses. And they say, Hey, Alex. And will you accept this franchise tag rose and and then he'll say yes or no and all that. And he would be crazy at this point, not to test the market. So all you have to do is wait a week.

15:30And then you are able to take bits on it from it. Of course, there's a legal tampering. Pierce is going to already know they probably are now his agent knows who wants to pay him or not. But he did have the breakout season as we talked about Alec Pierce last year in Indianapolis. And you got to think his agents phone and the text messages and all that will be blown up like a mom and pop pizza shop on Super Bowl Sunday. Like, there'll be a lot going on and really comes down. It doesn't want to stay in Indianapolis. Okay, fine. You could stay there. Or you could do some dumpster diving with the Raiders or the Titans. A couple of crappy teams like that that have money. Bad teams with cap space and no shame. You could say, what about the Patriots? They don't have any receivers. They're any good. And they got to the Super Bowl or the Buffalo bills. They don't have any receivers. They're any good. And they got Josh Allen that they need help there. No, meanwhile, Pierce is sitting there like a guy at auction. Do I hear 30, 30 million, 30 million, do I have 31 million, 31 million in the back, 31 million man back, the brown hat and back. All right, 32 million, 32 million, go on twice, go on three times. So 32 million.

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18:41I'm Clayton Nackered and in 2022, I was the lead of ABC's the bachelor. Unfortunately, it didn't go according to plan. He became the first bachelor to ever have his final rose rejected. The internet turned on him. If I could press a button and rewind it, all I would. But what happened to Clayton after the show made even bigger headlines. It began as a one night stand and ended in a courtroom with Clayton at the center of a very strange paternity scandal. The media is here. This case has gone viral. The dating contract agreed to date me, but I'm also suing you. Please search for this is unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm Stephanie Young. This is love trapped. This season an epic battle of he said she said and the search for accountability in a sea of lies. I have done nothing to get hurt by the bachelor. Listen to love trapped on the iHeartRadio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

19:48I'm Nancy Glass, host of the burden of guilt season two podcast. This is a story about a horrendous lie that destroyed two families. Late one night Bobby Gumpride became the victim of a random crime. He pulls the gun tells me to lie down on the ground. He identified Germaine Hudson as the perpetrator. Germaine was sentenced to 99 years. I'm like, Lord, this can't be real. I thought it was a mistaken identity. The best lie is partial truth. For 22 years, only two people knew the truth until a confession changed everything. I was a monster. Listen to burden of guilt season two on the iHeartRadio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

20:48So our lead this hour, we go to Arizona now back in the day while I was doing some work here at Fox Sports Radio for a number of years. I ran a gossip sports gossip website. That was my that was my thing. I was fudging around with that. Did that for a number of years had some success with that. Got some some critical acclaim, whatever that's worth. Obviously nothing because I'm not doing it anymore. Although I can't buy my website back for like $10,000 or whatever it is, but anyway, yeah, it's ridiculous. But back in the day when I when I did that job, we had a mantra in the newsroom that when I was putting that together aggregating, a rumor is just a fact that has yet to be discovered. And today's rumors are tomorrow's news. Well, that's been proven correct again. If you have not heard by now a story that we talked about as a rumor over the last couple of weeks has turned out to be reality. The cardinals have said, bye, bye. And they have informed a Kyler Murray that he will be fired that he's done.

21:50And he's out. And he is going to be able to go to another NFL team when the new league year begins a week from today, his reign of terror in the desert will come to an end. And they will drive him to Sky Harbor Airport there in the Valley of the Sun and say, get out of here. Now Murray posted a happy goodbye note to the fans in the Valley of the Sun there on social media. It was 99 words, the 99, 99 words. And now some fans ran to defend Kyler Murray upset that he used one word in particular. Now there were three paragraphs, but 99 words, three paragraphs. And there's one word in particular that upset people. He used the word failed. And that was the money quote, he said, I wanted nothing more than to be the one to end the 77 year drought for this organization. And I am sorry, he said, I failed us close quote.

22:54So that is a good jumping off point. And let's discuss the question Kyler Murray says that he quote failed the Arizona Cardinals and a number of jock sniffers running to defend Kyler Murray is that valid or invalid that he used the word failed Kyler Murray. So I've got pyromaniac memory foam and KFC. And we will combine all of these things together. And we are going to play connect three is what we're going to play. So number one number one number one number one. So we ran this through the very technical, very technical Malor lie detector, the Malor lie detector. And we determined there were no lies detected, no lies detected. None Zippo Zippo. The guy Kyler Murray was the number one overall number one of the 2019 collegiate draft.

24:00Now when you are the topic, is it fair or unfair to expect that you're getting the team that's drafting the players getting a quarterback who's a Hollywood star? Is that fair or unfair? I believe it's fair. And I'm the one with microphones, so I'm going to go first. You can call in later if you want. I believe that's fair. Now did the Cardinals get a Hollywood level quarterback? No, under any measurement, they did not get a Hollywood level quarterback. What they got was a Bollywood quarterback. That's what they're not Hollywood, Bollywood, hooray for Bollywood. That's what they got. Kyler Murray saying that he failed. That's even an understatement, right? It's like a pyromaniac arsonist showing up to the fire and going, boy, somebody really burned this place down. I wonder what that was all about. Yeah. Franchise quarterback is supposed to elevate everyone and he didn't do it.

25:01And to be fair, he needed a booster seat so we knew going in. It was not going to be easier for Kyler Murray finishes 10 games under 500. Not exactly a franchise savior. And he wouldn't even have 500 quarterback, right? And the playoff resume. And if you had been drafted, whoever you might be, if you had been drafted with the top pick of the 2019 NFL draft, you would have the same number today as Kyler Murray of playoff win. He didn't win a single playoff game. Squad douche. In terms of playoff wins. None. And you know, he, I don't want to kill him. And I am going to be Benny Brightside. He said, well, you can't be Benny Brightside. You've been ripping Kyler Murray. That's, I was right. And I'm sure the Arizona Republic will write a retraction and apology to me in the. Do they still even have that newspaper? I don't think I feel like all newspapers are out of business at this point. But if they're still around, they can, they can say, you know what? That guy, Malor was right. Maybe we should pay more attention to that overnight guy on Fox. He couldn't do that. I'm going to say, you know what? I'm going to say, you know what? I'm going to say, you know what?

26:22I think I was on the Dan Patrick show. And he was waiting for his dad to answer. He didn't know what to say. And his dad was like there. And his parent was along and answering the question. I said, oh, my God. This is terrible. And that was a sign of coming attractions is what it was. So no playoff wins. He did lead the league in one category. So I will pump the tires on Kyler. Congratulations. Seven years as an NFL starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. And he led the NFL in sacks taken. So contract, you know, impressive. Not everyone can lead the NFL in sacks taken. But there you go. And that and I don't know that we'll see another quarterback that has a more impressive signature moment playing quarterback in the NFL in Kyler Murray, who famously, and it's one of the all-time great moments of my career. And I've known this a long time. The study clause, the homework clause in Kyler Murray's contract, where he literally, literally had to have it in writing. The team had to, they felt it was so important.

27:23It was such a, such a loser. And he was so lazy that they had to put it in the contract where he was contractually obligated to, you know, do his job and to like watch tape and study for the opponent and all that stuff. And some of you are upset. Well, you know, these people said, oh, you didn't fail. He didn't fail. That's obvious. But did the good news is for Kyler? Is that while he flopped playing football in Arizona, with the joystick, he was one of the great gamers in the state of Arizona, top 10 gamer when it comes to Call of Duty. First ballot, Hall of Famer, Video Game Hall of Fame. Now, I know they give you a gold jacket when you go to the pro football hall of fame. What do you get when you go to the gamer hall of fame? Like, is it a golden joystick? Is there something like a cartridge? Is there, I don't know what it is? All right. So keeping the drum beat going and going and going and going. So what is the forecast? You pull out the Doppler 2000 radar.

28:25What is the forecast for Kyler Murray who has now been ex-communicated from the Cardinals? So what's next on the forecast? So the forecast, if you look right now, the forecast is the, he's getting the day spa send off. It's a nice spa day for Kyler. Go to the spa. Have a good time. Imagine, if you will, a world where you are fired from your job, your tossed overboard, and you land in a velvet lifeboat. That's Kyler Murray. Remember, sports is not reality. Like, reality is, and what I mean by that, it's a different cartoonish. It's a different world. Not only when somebody loses their job. You're like, oh, man, I'm bummed out. That sucks for that guy. He's going to have to go unemployment. He's going to have to find another job. What are you going to do? You're going to go to the express employment website and all that. So that's norm. But in sports, the Cardinals will be paying the little munchkin,

29:2836.7 million to not play quarterback. Do you understand how much of a absolute loser, a Jack Wagon, one has to be for a team to give you that kind of severance package that you're so useless, Kyler Murray, that the Cardinals would rather pay almost 37 million to not have you, that you're that much of a bad influence in the locker room, and you're that pathetic on the field. It's wild. That is a severance package wrapped in a memory foam mattress, is what that is. And the Cardinals didn't just throw him off the ship. They tossed him overboard. They gave him a charcootery board in that boat, and they gave him a spa, you know, the robe from the spa,

30:28and just everything. I mean, this gave him everything. And the crazy part is that now he wasn't good. And we documented that. And now there are teams that are like, wow, this is great. I saw some NFL punnets that Kyler Murray is clearly the top quarter back available. Really, what is the measurement on that? How are you measuring the Kyler Murray, who doesn't even like football, is not good at football, is the top guy available, clearly. Really? What kind of fentanyl are you on, sir, if you think that seriously? Like, what are we doing? But there you are. So, well, Kyler Murray is always out as one man's trash, as another man's fantasy reclamation project, but the saying that he's clearly better than the other quarterbacks. I don't buy that. I don't know, anyone with an IQ above 20 could buy that. The Vikings, again, every quarterbacks being connected to the Vikings, Daniel Jones, Kyler Murray, they should have like seven quarterbacks on the field.

31:30Yeah, that's it. Just go with four. No, no, you have three offensive linemen. You can have seven quarterbacks, one wide receiver. Now, you might go with five quarterbacks, and then four offensive linemen, the rest would be pass catchers. I mean, there's different ways you can do it. But my God. So, the jets... Now, that would be perfect. You imagine Kyler Murray with the jets. The Raiders. They're going to have Fernando Mendoza, supposedly, if they keep the first pick in the draft, and they need a bridge quarterback, of course, Kyler would be a very small bridge, but that's fine. And the island of misfit quarterbacks right there. And even this scares me a little bit. The Rams have been mentioned, but only because the Rams hired Cliff Kingsbury as a Sean McVey loyalist. So Cliff Kingsbury, there's a connection. There's not what you know, it's who you know. And so Cliff Kingsbury is with the Rams coaching staff. Unless he gets a better job and then leaves.

32:31So Cliff Kingsbury is hanging out there. And then Kyler Murray could come in there, be the backup for a year. And it's kind of... Yeah, listen, why not? Go play for the minimum somewhere. Go to the Rams. Have the Rams leak good stories about how great you look in practice and what a great locker room guy you are. The typical bull crap that goes out in the media. And play for the minimum. And Arizona. Remember, they're picking up the tab like that rich uncle. That's got a lot of cash and likes to throw it around to show everyone the family how rich he is. And does he want... Does Kyler Murray actually want to play for a bad team? Or is he willing to go be a backup on the Rams? Take a sabbatical and make all that money and just play video games. And that's it. All right. Meanwhile, final point. Two Seattle we go. And you, sir, have just won the Super Bowl MVP. What are you going to do now? I'm going to go find a job somewhere else because this team doesn't want me in a clear act of malfeasance.

33:32And I know somewhere in the Great Pacific Northwest, J.J. and Renton is devastated and no Stradinus is going to cry like crying Craig. Because Seattle. Classless Seahawks. You just went out and won the Super Bowl MVP. Get out of here. They chose not not to place the Seahawks, the franchise tag on Kenneth Walker. They will let him walk away from the Pacific Northwest. And so instead of getting a guaranteed salary of $14 million for one year, he will run off carrying his Pete Rosell Super Bowl MVP trophy. And say that as I just played better than anyone else on my offense in the Super Bowl. And I'm now going to explore the open market. There you go. All right. So the question here, which direction? Which direction is Seahawks running back? Kenneth Walker headed as he heads to the auctioning block after. And he's auctioning his own services as we said.

34:34He's free agent next week and going where he wants. So it's nice to know that the Seattle Seahawks value the Super Bowl MVP like he is a spork from KFC. So he's not just a fork or a spoon. He's a spork. So he's a little more valuable than just a fork or a spoon. It's a multi-dimensional situation. But ultimately, just a cheap piece of takeout cutlery is what he is. And it's like, hey, thanks for the memories. Don't let the door hit you with a good, lured splitzer. Get out of here. And now you're someone else's problem. You're not our problem. Now, financially, this is not bad. Financially, this is not bad. This is a bananza is what it is. It's a seller's market. If it's a seller's market, you look at running backs. And running backs have become more and vogue in recent years as Squam Barkley in Philadelphia was the man of the hour there for the Eagles and their championship run. And then Kenneth Walker, the Super Bowl MVP. So the last couple of years has been an uptick in running backs.

35:37So it is a seller's market that said there's a shortage of goods available. So that's a positive. And Breast Hall got tagged by the Jets. So he's off the market. So Walker becomes the bell of the ball. Yeah. And it's happy days are here again. Financially, happy days are here again. It's an old show and watching on the reruns on the streaming and all that. But it's like Richie cutting him out there getting paid. Getting paid. Big money. Now listen, is Walker the greatest running back? No, he's solid. He's a solid. Not great. And it's like he was splitting chores with Zach Charbonne in Seattle. And Charbonne got hurt. So Seattle is going to have to bring multiple running backs in. They're going to draft one and then likely sign one as a free agent. And so we'll see how this goes. But good luck to Kenneth Walker who goes to market. Now, who's window shopping? Who's out there window shopping?

36:37So you got the supposedly giants. I thought they had some running backs. The giants. Kansas City. You got the Broncos have been mentioned as a possibility for Kenneth Walker. So there's a few teams out there that are really horny to get a running back. They're really horny to get a running back upgrade. They see the explosive style and all that. So Kenneth Walker. It's like the classic scene from the old movies writers say show me the money. Yeah, show me the money. Now my unsolicited malar advice to Kenneth Walker, the Super Bowl MVP, all things being equal. You take your talents and you take your GPS and you set your GPS and your talents to arrowhead stadium. And you go there, set that GPS and do not look back. Do not look back. Now see, I don't mean while they're going to try to find again some new plastic forks and spoons and some knives and see what they can find there.

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40:40I thought it was a mistaken identity. The best lie is partial truth. For 22 years, only two people knew the truth. Until a confession changed everything. I was a monster. Listen to burden of guilt season 2 on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Here we go! Here we go! Here we go! Here we go! Here we go! There we are. I agree. Are you ready? This is one big bang. It's great. A report over the weekend suggested that Kurt Cousins could be selective about his next destination that he could even, quote, wait through the offseason for some team situation to change in his favor. Ben, could you see the season starting with Kurt Cousins on sign? No, I think you'll sign. He might sign with CBS, but he'll sign with somebody. If the TV hires him, I think he'll go there, but there's enough starting jobs open.

41:40There's not enough quarterbacks. It'll be a job if he wants to get a job in Pittsburgh, if Rogers doesn't go there, Miami, Minnesota, yet again, Arizona, there's a bunch of jobs. Next, Trey Young hasn't played a minute for the Washington Wizards, but he's already been kicked out of a game after being ejected from the bench on Monday, fans in DC were loving it, going to social media to proclaim Young a legend. Yes, Ben, do you think Young is going to bring the Wizards back from the relevance? The Wizards last 150 games, I believe, before I was a live-coup. I've been around a long time, but no, I'm not going to, and Anthony Davis, the guy's always hurt next. With March Madden, his student approaching talks of an NCAA tournament expansion have revved up again, however Coach K said, that's a big mistake. You don't mess with something that is gold, is he, right? Well, it's risky, but if TV is willing to pay for it, whatever TV wants they're going to do, they're proving that in college basketball. How do we do a coop? He passes it. And put it on the board, put it on the board, we're going to win a win a chicken dinner.

42:42Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation, catch all of our shows at FoxSportsRadio.com, and within the I-Hards Radio app search F-S-R to listen live. You heard the man, it's time for love here on The Ben Mallor Show. You know sports season down, so love season is up, baby, let's go. Now, let's do this here, Lorraine, fire it up, all right, we have a bunch of random questions by random people. I love random questions. Okay, Ferg Dog writes in, says, is it okay to use AI to talk to women if you have no game? Oh my gosh, I think that's very creative. It's like Google Translate for Women. Yeah, because you will, I mean, every conversation's random anyways, so why not practice on someone

43:44who's not going to give you the ilk face every time? Good chatbot or something like that. Yeah. All right. The same is trying new moves on a blowup doll, like they're not going to judge you. All right, Douglas writes in from Mississippi, he says, I'm 43 and I've only had two partners, and I'm married both of them. One was 21 years, the second going on seven. What does that say about me? What do you think, Lorraine? That sounds like you're a one girl type of guy. Yeah, well, obviously, you know, he's not out there. You sound faithful. Yes, very much though. That's what it sounds like. Maybe you're a little afraid to try new things. Well, he's locked up now, but if, you know, the contract ends or something like that, I guess, you know, but a lot of people want to try out the ocean, you know, when they break up with the fish, the motion in the ocean and, yeah, they don't just hop into another full time. Yeah. So that's impressive. Congratulations on your commitment, all right, Kyle writes in from parts unknown.

44:45He says, I really want my wife to give me a blank, hold on a sec here. It's not not that. It's a, you know what that is, Lorraine? I said off here. Yeah. No, I've never heard of that. I don't know how to ask. Hold on. Should I even Google it? Hold on. I mean, you should. I want to know what it is. Oh, thank you. Yeah. I'm glad you're encouraging me to. I've never heard of that. Hold on a sec. Let me see. It's really sweet and innocent. Yeah. Oh, okay. Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay. Well, that's what that is. Okay. So that's, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a code. That's a code word for that. I didn't know that. Yeah. You're just going to say, Felicio. Oh. Like, so the lollipop, you know. Yeah. No. So you want your woman to do that more? Apparently. Well, make sure you take care of yourself. Okay. Make sure you make yourself delectable. Because, you know, sometimes a woman doesn't do it because, you know, certain things don't need to be down there. Um, yes. Make sure you take care of yourself.

45:46And then also you can. That's a good hygiene. Yeah. And then also turn it into a game. A game. Well, you win the game. Break the game. You'll win. Yeah. Put some whipped cream on it. Have fun. Okay. There you go. A little bit. Yes. JT The Wingman says, how do you keep your Ben Mallorch? Make sure you reciprocate. There you are. He says, uh, make sure, uh, or JT The Wingman says, how do you keep your Ben Mallorch show? Happy when there is such a long time between Mallor meeting greets. That's a JT. Oh, yeah. No, that would be really. We're going to have this going to be a big year for meeting greets. I think we're going to. I think we're, if everything goes as planned, I think we're going to set a record for meet and greets in a year. I'm so. We got it. We haven't done one in L.A. in a while. We're based in L.A. So. I've been here two years. We haven't. Okay. So it's been a while. Vegas. We got to do again. If slugs on board with that. I'm going to do a high. I'm going to do Boston. I'd like to do San Francisco. If we fit all that in between here and now, like you and your Mallor girlfriend would be on cloud nine, you might even have a Mallor baby by then.

46:46All right. RPS says, what to do if I'm older lady trying to court a younger fellow. Please help. By the way, I'm 19 year old. Maltees. And he is 55. There you go. I guess a little dog. I think. Yeah. Wait, wait, wait. I just go with it. Yeah. I was thinking it was a cougar coming in. The cougars are coming. The cougars are coming. The cougars are coming. Yeah. Michael says, would you date a shorter guy, Marina? Would you date a short man? Really? It's ridiculous. OK. She likes the shorties. They're just so cute. Get shorty. Get shorty. Be sure to catch live editions of the Ben Mallor show weekdays at 2 a.m. Eastern, 11 p.m. Pacific. Attention, everyone. And the password is password. You idiot. Password. The word game of the stars. Here's Ben Mallor. Let's do it. Password. The word game of the stars. Here's Ben Mallor. Let's do it right now. Password time. Let's welcome in. We have Mike in New Hampshire. Who's going to play? Hello, Mike. Good morning. I think I need Matt's after that last second.

47:48Yeah, we'll try not to do that again. That was there's a lot going on. There's a lot going on. Yeah. All right. Who do you want to partner up with? Mike in New Hampshire got me. Bang, you got Lorraine. I got Kupalup. Let's change things up a little bit. Lorraine, you game? Sure. She sounds very excited, Mike. Let me tell you something. She's so happy, Mike. You've made her day very nice. And we have Ryan in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hello, Ryan. Welcome. Hey, how's it going? Thanks for having me. Good to have you here, Ryan. Who do you want to partner up with? You've got me as an option or the Kupalup. Let's go with you, Ben. That's right. We're in it to win it. We're in it to win it, Ryan. All right. Let's play the game here. Oh, you got no chance. You might as well conceive defeat right now. Here we go. Let's play the game. Mike, pick a number one to 10. You were up first. Mike in New Hampshire. Let's do eight. Number eight. Good one. Spell. What?

48:51Say spell. Yeah, spell. What? Magic? Ah. I think so. OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. I'm going to go with obscenity. Say it one more time. Obscenity. Obscenity. Curse. Yeah, there you go. All right. Gosh, good job. OK. OK, Lorina. Go ahead there, Ryan. Pick a number one to 10, but not number one. You guys were thinking different types of curses. Yeah. No, pick a number one to 10, but not eight. Ah, cool. Number two. Let's go with, well, keep it simple. Melody. What do you say? Cool. No. All right, Lorina. I'm going to go with harmony.

49:53Music. Oh, you got it off my clue. Obviously, you got it off my clue. All right, we're tied. That's a tie game. Why are you yelling? I don't need a yell. Because he's excited. Because he wants me to lose. He's a hater. Go ahead, pick a number. Who's next? Mike, New Hampshire. Four. Go, go. Love playing that goes. Oh, this one's hard. Come on. That is not hard. Come on. It's a charming. What? Yeah, that's a good one. Mike. Mike? Mike, you want an answer? Charming. Nice. No, let's go with, um, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh. How about, uh, love? Oh, god. Come on, Ryan. You're a lover. Come on. Passion. No. Oh, we're going to be at the world's most romantic.

50:55It was the world. There's no ties. I can't have a tie. There's no ties in radio. Tie. This is an I Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.