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so hang on just a second. Maybe 1000, but you know, let's say, should we do this right now? Are you, are you ready for this? Oh, we're so ready, John. Anyway, okay. Right now we're going to take one winner, caller number 10, 415896KNBR, 415896562627, and you will win two tickets to see Bay FC versus Racing Louisville at Paypal Park on September 20th, finished by, furnished by, not finished by, but furnished by BFC, find official rules at the sportsleader.com. If you don't win, never fear, you can get your tickets now at bayFC.com, bayFC.com. But if you're caller 10, you can win 415896KNBR, two tickets to see Bay FC versus Racing Louisville Paypal Park on September 20th. As always, good luck. One more quick thing. I was talking to Susan and I said the Niners are out of it, and George Kittle continued to play that was two years ago. That wasn't last show, it was two years ago. That's what I meant to say. I didn't say that.

People called me out on it and went, oh yeah, okay, you're right. Clearly wasn't last year because they were 12 and 5. The year before Kittle didn't have to play did. There were a number of players, Fred Warner, etc., etc., that's the comp I was making with Logan Webb. Now that we've got that clarified, let's give you the things you need to know right now for today's newter here is Kyle Shanahan. Don't ask Kyle Shanahan what day it is when he's in Australia because he doesn't know. Take a listen. We did our totally normal routine. I'm not sure because we're, like I said, we're a little confused with. When I look at my clock and it says the time, and then I try to see my family's time, and it says the time, but it says yesterday. I don't even get how that's possible. So I feel like I'm in the future. And then also when we play on our Friday, which I think is the Thursday in the US, for such creatures of habits. So I call today Tuesday. No wait, so I call today Wednesday, which is the first day we put in a game plan. But I think it's Monday, however though it's Sunday in the present. So like, I'm going to mess that up all week if you guys ask me. But today is just our first day of the game plan, which is a Wednesday.

We'll put in some on a Thursday. Friday is the final part of the game plan. Saturday we walk through when we play on Sunday, which is a Friday in Australia and a Thursday in the US. So don't ever make me do that again. I think he's a little bit confused right now in Australia. It is 1224 PM here in the Bay Area. It is 524 AM on Wednesday, September 9th in Melbourne, Australia. I'm not trying to sound like an Australian. It is pronounced Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia, 524 AM on Wednesday. That's all I know. So whatever that is, that's what it is. So we do know. But yeah, Kyle's very confused. All the all coaches do because this happens all the time. If they play on a Thursday, they'll they'll get confused to play on a Saturday. They get confused. They're going to have to figure this out because they play in the NFL this year every day. But today Tuesday, they don't play on a Tuesday. They plan to Wednesday, they plan on Thursday, they plan a Friday, plan a Saturday. I was playing on Sunday, playing on Monday. They play every day, but Sunday. So they're, or excuse me, every day with Tuesday.

So they're going to have to, they're going to have to struggle. They're going to struggle all year. All the coaches based on what Kyle just went through right there. By the way, if you like this, I'd love to get your opinion on it. Do you like it? Bob and I talked about this for years and years and years. And we would bring it up at least once a year, where you're a traditionalist and it's Sunday Monday and Thursday's not going away. So everybody can complain about Thursday's all they want. Sunday Monday, Thursday. But I've read a piece last week and I'm trying to think who wrote it. But they're basically because the NFL is always like this. If there's huge numbers for the kickoff game on Wednesday, I can guarantee you that there will be a Wednesday kickoff. Because it's usually Thursday. There's going to be a Wednesday kickoff game. And there's going to be a Thursday international game. So Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and then Thursday again, et cetera, et cetera. And I think it was, was it, who wants to be a millionaire or something? And they had it like one day a week. It was two days a week, three days a week. I think at one point, wasn't, who wants to be a millionaire on like four days a week. And then at some point, we all just went, it, like that's enough of that. Like this, too much regis. Not going to do it.

And to me, I've always said this, if they could get the schedule straight, and I know the players will hate it and all that kind of stuff. But they play four or five days a week. You know, they're not going to play on Saturday because that's college football. They don't want to play on Friday, which is high school football. But I could see them at some point playing every day of a Friday Saturday. Just give, give high school football their thing their night, their day. Give Saturday, you know, college football. It's their day until, obviously, that's over. And then they take over Saturdays as well. But I always think that they're throwing up a trial balloon. And it's going to get huge numbers. It's the kickoff. Like I've read a piece like, if this is successful, then they'll do more of this or something like that. I think maybe Shepter said that. Somebody said that. And I'm thinking, why wouldn't they get huge numbers? It's the kickoff. It's a C-ox in the, in the Patriots. It's West Coast, East Coast. It's, it's football. I mean, it's starting tomorrow. It's going to get massive numbers. And Thursday in Australia, between the nighters and the Rams, it's going to get massive numbers. Because it gets massive numbers, no matter what it does. Because it's built in. You got, you got a fantasy team. You got a, you know, you got a betting thing.

There's only 17 soon to be 18 of these things. So you got everyone matters. Like there's always a vested interest in football. Even like a Thursday game. Remember when they would do those terrible uniforms would be like tennis seevers is Jacksonville. Color rush is what they were called. Yeah. Color rush. And they're going to be like, it's like, yeah, it's Tennessee. In Jacksonville, no one cares. Like when they were both really bad, well, Tennessee still is. But, but Jacksonville is pretty good. And when they were just, it was like, okay, here's it. We're throwing you a bone. They've thrown me a freaking bone. Yeah. So they do it. And there would still be huge numbers. So they, I read this piece and they were like, well, if Wednesday is a huge number, they're going to do this every year. And then who knows? And they'll take this day. And that day. And this day, except for Friday and Saturday, they're basically going to play all the days. And I'm just like, yeah, they want world dominance. That's why they're doing what they're doing. Anyway, Kyle can't figure out days that way. My, my theory on this, John, is that they're going to go, they're going to get rid of another preseason game. So there will be an 18 game season. Everybody will have two buys. And you'll only play a Thursday night coming off a buy.

And so the Thursday night, we'll get two games. We'll get more Saturday. We're going to get a ton of it. It's just going to be football all the time. Football. Yeah. All the time. And it'll, it'll get huge numbers. And everybody else is going to get really mad. That's what I'm going to do. And then we're going to get a lot of it. You're going to be like, let's give some time. And it'll, it'll get huge numbers. And everybody else is going to get really mad. Like, you know, business is business. It's not like I'm supposed to support, like, oh, let's give baseball a break or let's give the mb. Like, Christmas is like NFLs, like, oh, yeah, you think you have this star studded lineup. How about We Do Games? I'm Christmas, too. And we just crush your face. They're like, yeah, okay. Not to mention that there's every streaming platform in the world that would vie for a day. And we're like, okay, all of us on it's Amazon Saturday or whatever. And like, we just have to have that platform. It's just money. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. All right, number two and this is getting interesting. This has changed over the last like 15 or 20 minutes So number two on the list that you need to know right now in the nooner Michigan beat Western Michigan. Oh, one on the clock one second left on the clock But our guy Mike Prairie doesn't agree with this and I think the Mack might have overheard this and now they're actually changing their tune

So this is what it sounded like hail Mary number two Michigan down 12 7 and here's what happens when they put a second back on the clock On third down deep drop Then I unloaded towards the end zone into the crowd J. J. B. Cannon touchdown Michigan All right, so that happened on NBC and oh by the way hey Michigan you beat Western Michigan You don't rush the field when you beat Western Michigan just saying Even if it was with one second left, you didn't think you were gonna win still I don't think well anyway, whatever you do you now this from the Mac after for well You let me play Mike Prairie first because this is what's relevant I think this is what the Mac was like well Mike Prairie said this He's the rules guru. Here's our good friend Mike Prairie on why that one second shouldn't have been put back on the clock The official replay officials have been told that if there is a discrepancy

Use the television footage Do not use your footage in the command center use the footage That 10 million people are watching Not the one that's three because if the basic premise of replay Joel back in 99 We said look at don't overturn anything That people that are watching TV don't see Don't use video that they can't see because conspiracy theories are gonna be a bound everywhere And so the the replay officials have been told and I get it this panic situation You've never had it before Take a deep breath Look at both If there is a discrepancy Go to the TV and use the television shot so really Really when it's all said and then that's what should have happened and there shouldn't have been Another play All right, so it looked like originally the athletic director the head coach everyone was being nicer western michigan

They were shown What you know they did the split screen you probably saw that on social media that there was one second on this But now the Mac the conference so clearly western michigan is out of this thing but the Mac now says that the replay protocol was not properly followed you just heard uh mic per us say that In the western michigan michigan and the league is filed a formal appeal with the ncwfbs oversight committee To be recognized as the winner so they want to be it and you know what? I don't know how people feel about this all the all this stuff all this drama that goes on whether it's lane kiffin or davo Swini or what's going on at North Carolina or And iL stuff or anything i am more intrigued by college football But i've ever been in my life all this crazy stuff and yet the product on the field like oh i was state This weekend against texas and it's archmaning and all like it It's unbelievable to me how it continues to deliver on the field and it be in it's this complete dumpster fire off the field Western mission is not going to be named the winner because that would open up a door to all sorts of stuff They're not they're just not going to do it whether mic per error who's probably right because mic per error is right

He he's like that you know you're playing a game with somebody and he read the rules He was like now you can't make that move you like what do you mean? Nah the rules say this like he knows he's right he just said it He just said he just used he said that's not the clock that used they used around clock Even if they showed that there was a second that's not what you're supposed to use According to mic per error and i believe him So wester michigan or the mac probably saw that and went one mic per error smart They're not going to get it that never happens I can't remember a time in which after a game was played It was actually reversed like years and years and years and years and years and years ago Colorado beat Missouri and they got a fifth Fifth down member Charles Johnson the quarterback for Colorado went into the end zone against Missouri in the last play of the game Clearly had a fifth down if if a play was going to if a game was going to be overturned That would be the one it didn't get overturn So this is not getting overturned and finally One other thing that you got to know Rafael devers is not of this earth Here he is again yesterday in the five four win over the Cardinals The pitch There was this one deep right center field what a shot way back there

It's off the bricks right near the four fifteen marker the caram is juggled by Walker coming around three being waved Home by pedis is Turner Hill and he scores all the way from first on a laser beam off the bat Of rafi devers On a freaking laser beam that's 36 doubles and 35 home runs has it been done since Jeff Kent years and years and years ago Way to go Rafael devers. He also has 92 RBI's He is very possibly going to go 40 home runs and 100 RBI's and there were people out there who wanted him to be gone Trade at the deadline. Yeah, he's been pretty good. All right. That's what you need to know right now Let's get into a little bit of QB talk plus we will update the poll lots of people have their opinion on the poll Very good stuff. We'll get into that coming up next plus I don't know that's going to make him mad anymore the disrespect continues for one Brock pretty will explain next only here on the sports leader You

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Stair into John Lone's eyes if you dare watch this show on the sports leader dot com now back to fair and biased They're called the 49ers in a nod to the Californian gold rush which began in 1849 Gold rush began just two years later. So perhaps this was always meant to be Amazing more from channel nine later. I think we have some more from channel nine if not we're gonna have to do more That's my favorite new follow australia's channel nine melbourne Melvin I'm not trying to do some kind of an accent Uh Thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it fair bias radio on your Tuesday. Hope you had a great long weekend Can I just real real quick do this? I don't know what it is how You go out on a Friday night. It's great. You want to say it tonight. It's great But when you get the extra day, I don't know what you did Tim on the Sunday night and I I know this is gonna be hard to believe but I've read I'm raining in pretty good because the next day now I get I get way too hungover

So I think to myself. Okay, let's just rain it in and I didn't on Sunday night. We went to this place It's it's not been he haunted but it's kind of like that and they're doing the food in front of you You're having a good time and everybody's whooping it up So you might have an extra one or two and we had a great day was Sunday night and I just like I woke up Monday Man, I was like come on. I don't know why Sunday night just feel when you get that extra day You just feel like you know, just go crazy. It's a little bit of going crazy on Sunday night It felt nice Yesterday was not a fun day for me, but it was Sunday was nice watch football all day Had college football games every day even the SMU floor to state last night I watched watched all the games hung out and then late on Not late, but like six seven o'clock went upstairs and said hey, you know, we don't work tomorrow I want to we do some and we went out late had a good time and Everything else, but yeah Sunday night. Did you uh were you good on Sunday night Tim? Where did you uh? Partake oh my come on john. You know what I did 100 beers of course Now I went to three day weekend. There was a couple of college games still going on Sunday night

Which was nice so went to one of the local watering holes hung out with some good friends and whatnot and then woke up Late on Monday and that's really the benefit is you just wake up late and you're like all right I got a whole another day. So it was a good time. It's beautiful. It is a beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful Couple of different things before we get out to the latest quarterback rankings and uh this is Albert Burrini and they they were doing it more and more scientific now And I'm surprised. Let's just put it that way I know that people don't give Brock respect But and I think he's gonna have a great year and I'll explain why in just a second But a couple of quick things again. You can vote on LAs most hated because the Rams think they're the Dodgers now They said that in a piece in the LA times. They think they're going to be most hated now Did did did did did did did did did did did nine one six says the only way to say beep you to the NFL is not watch a Wednesday game And I'm not gonna watch it. I don't give a bleep who's playing Uh Most people are gonna watch it. I mean it's the start of the NFL season. Everyone's excited all those kind of things Uh in regards to the LA hate we hate the rally monkey that according to the 510

I shouldn't use the word hate because now everybody's using it's a hateful Tuesday. Everyone's all angry anyway Because it was a three-day weekend and now they got to go back and they got more work on a Tuesday Hard to hate the angels because the giants and Dusty Choke. That's a good point uh six uh six- oh two Dodgers USC Rams and easy UCLA grad totally understand that 408 Dodgers always number one most hated LA team hate the Lakers for their multiple Dekka Decades of dominance easier for me to say and also just demolishing the words every time in the 80s and most of the 2000s It's true. Plus the worst part about that This is why the Dodgers are more hated. This is why the Lakers are more hated And this is where if you don't think the Rams are there are more hated and if it hasn't flipped for you This is one of the reasons You went to a Warriors game for years and years and years and it's flipped now But what would the arena be like? Kobe jerseys, shak jerseys, whatever Tons of Lakers fans and you hated it right because you were you were That minority in your own home stadium and then the same thing happened with the Dodgers

How many times I mean the last couple of years it seems like almost every year like they clinched the division In San Francisco right and all their fans are there and everything like it's that's what annoys you Because you're there and you're looking next to you and it's like you're outnumbered in your own stadium That's never gonna have with the Rams like the Rams don't travel to their own stadium let alone I mean, you know the Seahawks travel the Packers travel the Steelers travel like all those teams travel You know the Niners obviously travel well and will in Melbourne And so it's probably going to be a Sea of Red In this game number one, which I think is going to obviously help the 49ers But that's one of the things that's annoying is that for years and years and years in your own stadium are like Okay, this sucks You know you'd like to think that's not happening Uh, let's see 916 says can we put Aaron Rogers right behind the Dodgers by himself? You could you can hate whatever you want and just say him that we did the uh We did the pole basically to see if not that the Dodgers were most hated because they are whether the Rams and Whether the Rams and the Lakers had flipped

But the more I think about the Lakers I mean that's years of not liking them. I don't know if it could flip that quick So continue there please all right. This is interesting to me because Let's see Krueger's coming up at 50 I have four minutes to do this plenty of time So this is Albert Breer from the Monday morning quarterback and he says this year I sent out narrowly 200 requests for votes and this is execs in the league knowing that Uh cut down week one is a busy one and some people won't get get back to me this year received 104 ballots all 32 teams had votes in this poll 30 of the 32 had multiple voters So we had a diverse cross section of league he says among the voters gms personal executives personal executives head coaches Offensive and pass game coordinators quarterback coaches So this is all people from within the NFL we received from 20 head coaches 21 general managers Dang, I mean, that's pretty impressive So 20 head coaches 21 general managers and a bunch of execs. So this is not just um, you know jackass off the street This is not some you know blah blah blah blah blah blah blah And you know me, but if you don't I'll reset this

I'm not a big list guy. I'm not a big Mount Rushmore guy you have your opinion you do you I have my opinion everybody It's fine. I don't get angry over lists and I'm not angry over this. I'm just surprised so When we talk about quarterback rankings the first four or five are always the same. I have no issue with this Josh Allen's at one. Would I put him one? Maybe And there's not enough around him with the bills anyway. I don't know if you'll ever win a super bowl But okay Josh Allen's number one Matthew Stafford's the rating MVP is number two Patrick my homes is three probably by the end of the year. I'll be at the top Joe burrow four. I might even move him up And then the debate starts the March action five. I can live with that Justin Herbert six you know what he's like. He's just he's potential potential potential potential Which is a bad word in sports and everything. It's a good word. It's not. I mean, Jim got in there yet So to me Justin Herbert is potential. He's not the sixth best quarterback in the league Dak press got seven. I get I struggle with that because he just doesn't do it In the playoffs regular season regular season not really in the playoffs. So that's I struggle a little bit with that

Drake may at eight same kind of a thing great in the regular season We're just basing it on the regular season again. These are executives in the league a lot of them Drake may at eight. I can live with that, but he's got to be better in the playoffs Caleb Williams is injured him named because he's going to be rated really highly after the season He just had but it was bringing them back can he do that again? Got a really good head coach as an offensive mind Sam Darnell does ten. That's probably too high for me Jared got at 11 he had 34 touchdowns and eight interceptions last year Had a massive quarterback rating he should be higher. Honestly now some people are probably penalizing him because they have so much weaponry And they play inside for the majority of his games Now this is where I think Brock Perth should be in this range So is is he better than Drake may not based on last year, but now we're starting around nine Is Caleb Williams better than Brock? I don't think so is Sam Darnell better than Brock. I don't think so is Jared Goff better than Brock. Well, Statwise is Jordan love of the Packers Then it goes jade dan is at 13. He was hurt last year and I'm concerned

If I'm the commanders because he's so thin bonix at 14. No way is he better than Brock Perthy And then Brock Perthy is 15th He was only put on two of 104 ballots in the top five which I get that but still that's pretty crazy so put it like this 104 NFL coaches GM's executives were asked to project the leagues five top quarterbacks Brock Perthy have aired on two ballots 14th in the league is or excuse me 15th in the league is Brock Perthy And I don't have a problem with him being behind the top five But once you hit six, I think beauties in the eye of the boulder Justin Herbert has more potential In fact Brock Perthy and Justin Herbert are the exact opposites Brock Perthy actually has production and Herbert does it with a certain extent Because he's got more upside and people just love him like they would draft him based on what he looks like his arm strength All those different things he has the highest potential and he's at six. I'd start my Brock Perthy conversation at six Dakprus got it seven Drake made it eight Caleb Williams at nine darnald at 10

Goff love Daniels nicks and then Brock Perthy and again, this isn't just some You know, I don't know who never media member This is GM's personal executives head coaches offensive and pass game coordinators 20 head coaches were on this list and 21 general managers and they have Brock 15 To me, I think and we're gonna ask Kurgo about this coming up next To me Brock Perthy is gonna have an amazing year. I think Mike Evans. I'm gonna assume all health for everybody Mike Evans George Kiddell Debel San Amiobak Stribbling it it looks like he is what he is if he's what he was in the preseason This will be the best and with Christian McCaffery This will be the best surrounding cast that Brock Perthy has and he's going into the fifth year in this offense I think Brock's gonna have a great year I think he's top 10 at least because if you're putting darnald 10 Then you've got to put Brock Perthy there to me like if Brock Perthy was on Seattle last year They wouldn't the Super Bowl still I think he's that good. You can give me your thoughts four one five eight away Can be our four and five eight five six two seven less ass Larry Kruber about it coming up next and again

This is Albert Brears list from MM QB and this is executives in the league and they have them 15 too high too low Just right. What do you think? Let's talk to Kruber about it coming up next he'll give us his thoughts Of course you will and everything else about this game in all Australia the great Larry Kruber is gonna join us next Fair and biased sponsored by our good friends at Redwood credit union for you for community for 75 years Join rc you today at redwoodc you dot org what say you Kruber will get into it next only here On these words later. I'd rather be tea bagged and posterized Chevy is called the heartbeat of America for a reason and Silverado keeps its rhythm You feel it in the turbo max engine with best in class standard torque and available Z 71 off roadpack is that keeps you rolling when the road turns rough and the most functional truck bed with best in class cargo space Their trucks that work as hard as you do

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Alameda and there will be beers flowing. I know that's shocking to hear wonderful beers You've been out in this is this location where that sounds good right now Tim you've been out at this location. It is wonderful correct. Oh, it's fantastic It's huge you can bring the whole family bring the dogs even there's tons of food tons of beer tons of space tons of John Lund Yeah Probably too much because I'll go 10 to 12 30 then we join in the roundtable and it's going to be All of us crew is going to be there JD's going to be there I'm hearing there might be a special guest, but we'll will reserve judgment on that I'm hearing maybe a special guest, but we'll see So make sure that put that in your back your mind could be a special guest But by the way The whole crew will be there and then some so again allmanak In Alameda starting at 10 am with fair and biased radio We'll go to about 12 30 then everybody jumps in after that then to a clock for the pregame show So come on by have some beers have a good time and like you said everybody is welcome It is a great time had by all so make sure you stop on by for that all right

Well, we're yes breaking news breaking news from Adam Shifter. I thought you might be interested ram standout defensive tackle air and Donald will not Travel to Australia for Thursday nights opener against the 49ers and will be inactive They want to give him more time to ramp up before making his anticipated return after two seasons of retirement nowhere in the house And it's great news for the 49ers that just shocks me because we played the cut a little bit earlier and yesterday He was just messing with the media saying how good he felt this and that and how he was doing You know 11 on 11 and this and this and this and that I thought there was no way he wasn't playing I thought 100% he was playing I can say it better. I thought he was playing 100% So there you go. I'm over one in my predictions this year I'm sure I'll get all the rest of them right, but I am over one. Wow that shocks me. That's for the news for the night Big news huge. Yeah, it's huge news Is it different than winning and losing probably not because I just I don't know what air and Donald's gonna be at 35

Although Trent Williams had a great point Are we playing some true? No, we're not playing Trent here in the view from Australia, but um Trent Williams said I'm older and narrow Donald So I think you're still gonna be really good if you're that talented. I mean could you drop off a little bit is so for example His Trent Williams what he was five years ago probably not But he's still really really good and what happens with these guys is they get a little bit older and they just get smarter And so they know how to do things so same with air and Donald air and Donald at 35 is not the same guy He was even when he left two years ago, but he'll go up to line and go. Okay. I know what they're gonna do here They just he's that's a big part of what he does, but anyway Either way good news for the 49ers to not have air and Donald playing Australia There you go, and if it's Adam Schaefter it is on point all right. Let's get you a view from Australia This is my new favorite TV station. I think you should follow it. I don't get any money from this But it's nine news in Australia and they they're doing all the reports and I just like Australian accents. I like when they say Brock Patti Uh, that was a terrible Australian accent and I like that they talk about their big Niner fans because they had a gold rush as well

I had no idea Anyway, here you go. Here's channel nine on Brock Patti and the 49ers Well, Friday's historic NFL match will be special for 49ers quarterback Brock Patti Who's came to put on a real show for us Australian fans the star playmaker has a daunting season open or ahead of him Taking on a fearsome LA Rams defense at the MCG. Owen Leonard reports They've slowly adjusted to the time zone and the conditions, but the geography is still proving hard to fathom I mean, how far are we from Antarctica? That's what I got to ask. Yeah, so like I mean, we're like right on top of yeah The MCG equally tough to grasp it almost felt like a out of me like there were so many people and like I don't know I just I never really seen something like that One of the best stories on this 49ers team is Brock Patti He's their quarterback the all-important playmaking position typically held by the biggest star in the team Think Tom Brady and Joe Montana once named mr. irrelevant for being the final pick of the 2022 draft

He's now considered one of the best in his k-per. We absolutely love this game and love playing quarterback and competing and doing everything I can to help take our organization and new heights Life as a quarterback isn't exactly comfortable This is LA Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald who's come out of retirement And this is his start teammate miles Garrett both weighing more than 120 kilograms on Friday They'll be charging full speed at party those guys Playing together and stuff they're really good players. So You know, it's gonna be fun to go up against them They're called the 49ers in a nod to the Californian gold rush which began in 1849 Victoria's own gold rush began just two years later So perhaps this was always meant to be but to strike gold here on Friday They'll have to cause a major upset because the Rams are red hot super ball favorites We're hearing that a lot of the Australians here Passionate about sports and everything so for us to be able to come out and play if the first NFL game out here Um in front of them is gonna be really specials. Oh, and let it non-used

I mean what do you guys know about I like everything about Australia, but I didn't ever hear about some gold rush really Come on man. You can't compare that to the do our gold rush Anyway, there you go nine news in Australia Brock Paddy. I like that. I like their Brock Pirty pronunciations I like it and just so you know we'll play some other guys There's a Aussie reporter guy named Harry Murtock and we're gonna play that in just a second But the Niners are clearly Melbourne's team they just they they love the Niners and you know They like well. They embrace this the Rams are coming in for a Wambam. Thank you man I think they're angry with the Rams. I think that's gonna matter. I mean, it's like a home game It is like Levi South it is like so-fied stadium, but maybe more I mean It somebody texted this and they brought up a great point because we were talking you know the text line 10 or the Poll question today is have the Rams replaced essentially have the Rams replaced the Lakers as most hated Let me see here. There's right here from the 707 It says hard to hate a team that no one gives a leap about including their own city. That's a good point

Like there's a there's a Large faction of Dodger fans. There's a there's a large contingent of Lakers fans. There is not a large amount of Rams fans and like said I grew up close to the big A where they used to play when I was growing up They they played there. We weren't fans of the we were fans of the Rams growing up You know people went there. I mean they were decent Yeah, they were it wasn't like they were irrelevant like they were for a large period of time like they were when I was growing up They were good they were they weren't a rival of the 49ers I mean they were they were decent enough, but you know, you're they are right about that I'm just saying like the last few years and like I said this year and the whole reason we're talking about the Polo It was car now lake came out in the LA Times and said hey We're gonna be hated because we have all these great players now and we're the favorites and blah blah blah And then Polo question is essentially and you can go to YouTube and see it We kind of put things in order, but essentially the question is Dodgers one who's two is that the Rams is at the Lakers It's somebody else and there's other people chiming in on other teams instead of California But it's essentially have the Rams overtaken the Lakers as the number two hated

Continuing to get a view from Australia. This is the reporter. I told you about Harry Murtoff and he's talking about how many 49ers fans there are and how much Australia is Embracing the 49ers here you go Whose house 49ers house. That's what it currently feels like here in Melbourne It does not feel like a Rams home game. What so ever everyone? I know who doesn't follow the NFL in Melbourne is coming up to me saying it's a 49ers home game right? It's like Not technically this is the Rams technically the home opener for them and the fact that the 49ers have already got here a week early The team obviously it's a strategic decision But for about 10 odd 49ers alumni who are already here bright young Patrick Willis Jeff Garcia and Kwan Bolden and Williams Jerry Rice is going to be here later this week who are the Rams bringing down? Tory Holt the day before And that's about it that I that I know of I just think you know the communication from the 49ers and that they want to be here and that they want to be embedded in the Melbourne Community is is massive

Obviously there's strategic decisions behind the Rams coming a day before but From a from a face value point of view from an optics point of view the 49ers were just knocked it out of the park They'll be doing a cheerleader dance today in Fed Square That's among the bevy of other opportunities. They've got going on for fans here So if you're an average, you know, layman 40 fan You're just going to walk around and see all this red and golden guy. Oh, yeah Now they actually like who are they playing like we don't know and that's just it's crazy So bang bang non again. Let's go There you go There's gonna be Tory Holt and then you got all those in Jesse Suprulu is there Joe Nedney we played this a little bit earlier for you when we played a report earlier from of course the great channel Nine in Australia like they've got a ton of guys and will that matter? I mean well if you're the 49ers it does because what they're trying to do know the NFL is trying to do is they're trying to promote The product and a lot of people are going to be nine or fans and this whole thing about I guess the Rams have had that quote unquote territory for like 2021 And as we just read from a texturitz

They don't know in Australia how they don't have own LA It's one of the reasons why they don't want the Raiders there. It's like look the the Raiders are the most popular team in LA Not the Chargers not the Rams. It's the Raiders actually and so When the when the Rams play and this isn't just the Niners like every not every team But a lot of teams the teams that travel well Philly Pittsburgh the Niners Seattle like all those teams they take over LA not as bad as say Vegas, but they take it over every single time and they're taking over Australia as well All right, here's a couple of things from the players as we give you the View from down under is Sorry Didn't mean to do that. Here's Christopher Caffrey. He loves Australia especially the food and the coffee here you go Like Yeah, we're fired up man. It's this has been such a cool experience Obviously, there's a lot of question marks when you hear you're playing in Australia, but since we've been here man It's been it's been so cool the people are unbelievable

The foods incredible the coffee's great atmosphere you can already feel it and You know, it's just it's been a lot of fun. So we're super fired up we're here All right, so there is a Christian McAfry needs you to tell that test fired up as Christian McAfry gets But this was the star of the show. I think these were yesterday I don't know ask how she ended day before tomorrow Here is a drake green law the star of the show talking about uh and arctic and Australia take a listen I can't I can't think of it off my head, man But I mean it's just interesting being in another country like I mean how far are we from Antarctica? That's what I'm I mean, we're like right on top of Like does it it's no it's no pretty pretty bad Yeah, so isn't in Antarctica is it a lot Yeah, I've been there before Never been there so how you know of his code

Oh, he was just getting started uh drink so that's drake green law I and at Antarctica and he walked out one off of there We should have played this another order He walked out one off But here he was asked what kind of food he's tried drake green law wall in Australia It's like you said it's beautiful Yeah, the weather I mean you might get four seasons of one day like I say at one line Uh, and yeah, I mean, it's just pretty man. I mean the people here are great people just you know everybody's pretty friendly Uh, and yeah, man, I guess uh, it's just it's beautiful man. We took a couple walks in Uh, you know great coffee tried the coffee and uh, we had the food is here really good too. That's good See food and all that stuff so it's been solid Veggie who? The chips Okay, I did the veggie chips Okay, I did the veggie chips but not the deal Veggie might is a thick dark brown and very salty Australian food spread made from leftover burgers yeast extract

Like I Beer like we said we're gonna be out on Thursday We're gonna be drinking a lot of beer at all all menac in alameda That doesn't sound good to me Ever had a tim ever had vegimite yeah no and no real interest either no thanks Ever since um, you man down under a veggie might sandwich. I'm out Oh, yeah, that's it. Yeah, veggie might sandwich. That's it. But anyway. Yeah doesn't sound too good They've said that food is actually great there and uh everybody's Talk about the coffee by the way every single guy that's come to the to come to the podium is like coffee coffee coffee Coffee if you have coffee in just a couple of basic things like I don't know what Australia is you know food wise What they're known for but it sounds like it's you know, it's good. It's not like you know You go to France and people like oh you go to Italy and people like oh Doesn't sound like that or anything but I mean it sounds good I'd be willing to try veggie might if I was in Australia But it's like it's one of those things that you have while you're there I'm not gonna have haggis from down Scotland. What's the point? You know

How's he just I mean they scare the hell out of you with it I mean the best you could say because like you said like haggis or something like that people just go you know It's just tradition. It's not good But you know, I don't know. There's probably plenty of good good food to eat We got to get like Andrew Bogin on the show or something like that. I mean so it's her there's plenty of good things to eat We just you know, no idea, but there you go. That is your uh feel from down under There's a couple of dry green laws have you tried veg might How far is Antarctica? Christian McAfry loves Australia, especially the coffee There was the Australian reporter saying that the Niners fans and former players etc etc are dominating and then of course the nine news report And they're trying to basically say that hey we We had a gold rush to and then they said broccoli's name a lot of times and really cool So there you go. That is your update on Australia and down under all right We got a bunch of national news going on right now including The stories about it by the way western Michigan has completely flipped on this thing

So we got to get into that conversation as well Did not connect with crew. So at some point we will connect with crew and by the way today's Today's The lend last call nothing nothing offensive if that one young lady is listening Nothing offensive today no toilet jokes. Let's see what else do I have in here nothing now Just funny stuff. There's actually some really good stuff today It's always that way in the Monday because then you have the oh excuse me at Tuesday. You have a few days including In Lund's Oscalt today, you know ESPN started September 7 1979 So again, we were off yesterday just like when we played the coaches ramp before So we've got something to play for you on that that is absolutely great And I'm not overselling it. So what I'm pointing out here is there's plenty of quality programming left and we'll do it coming up next Thanks to Jonas John Lund with you Tim with you as well and do remember on Thursday We're going to be out on location when we're going to drink in beer with you Make sure that you're out with us at Almanac in Alameda We have the entire crew out there. We're going to have a great time So make sure that you head out there with us again that is Thursday as we help you kick off the Niners and the Rams from Australia

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