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Bonus issued is now a throwable bonus bets that expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fandal.com, gambling problem. Call 1-800-522-4700. - Shoot ya boa. Tower number four, the cheap ag nation on 105-3. The fan, I hope you're having a fantastic day. It's a big college football weekend. We're live at the globe for baseball tonight with the Rangers hosting the A's. They are on the field warming up in preparation, pregame coming up at 6.30, the first pitch, 7 o'clock. This building is buzzing with Kumar Rocker excitement, we've seen a lot of tollos, and they're talking about Rocker and DeGrom for next year. We just gotta get a vaulty back. We'll talk more Rangers here coming up with sands before too long, but joining us now from covers.com is a college football expert, Doug Farmer here in the G back nation on your home of the Cowboys and a good afternoon to you, Doug. How the heck are ya? We got ya, Doug. - Can you hear me mad dog? - Doug, can you hear us? - I see him, I see him on the zoom. - Yeah, he's looking, I like his background there. - It's a nice, I mean, look how many bobbleheads he's got. - Yeah, he's ready to stream. - I mean, is he maybe trying to listen for us in a way that we're not feeding our voices to? Is he listening on the zoom? - Can you hear us, Doug? Could you nod your head up and down if you hear us? He's not nodding his head. No, I mean, he's not even blinking twice and he's telling us to know that he's in danger. - Well, that's a bummer, dude. Let me get his number over the list. - I see him in Doug's number. - Yeah, let me get you Dougie's number. Should I just say it over the air here? - No, no, I'm just kidding. - I got in trouble once for that in my first couple of weeks. The legend Tom Bigby was not happy. - A lot of great college football match-ups. Which one are you most interested and intrigued by this weekend, Brian? - My LSU Tigers are playing against USC in Las Vegas. - Okay. - And the one thing we were not ever gonna run away from is one of these potential 50-50 games of losing against a really good team. - Yeah. - We've done it the last two years against Florida State. We have not yet figured out how to play somebody that we can maybe get off to a good start. So, yeah, I'm intrigued. I was gonna ask Doug about, he is a Notre Dame grad. I'm intrigued with Texas A&M in Notre Dame. - Yeah, it's a big one. - Down Aaron College Station. I think that's a really good match-up. - A lot of people excited about that. A lot of LSU folks here in town, Brian, how's the team looking overall? - Yeah, I'll tell you what though. You know, Doug Nussmeyer is the quarterback though. You know, his dad is the- - His kid. - Doug Nussmeyer, yeah, the kid. But I'll tell you what, excitement about that because you're trying to replace the Heisman Trophy, you know, winner here. And are you good enough? I mean, skill positions are fine. The offensive line should be fine. The defense is always the question with LSU. A 43-point favorite. This game's tonight at six o'clock. - Yeah. - Boomer sooner, excited about everything going on. They are, of course, Clemson and Georgia. - That's a good one too. That'll be a really, you know, Georgia's favorite in this one, I think double digit favors. Clemson might be a little bit down is what people might think about Clemson. - Well, they were the one team. Like, Dabo is anti-transfer portal. So they didn't add any talent from that standpoint, but I believe we have Doug. - Yeah, Doug. - Yeah, he does. - Covers.com, joining us now here in the Jeep Bag Nation, Doug, how the heck are you? - I'm doing pretty well. We've got a full day of college football ahead of us. How could I not be? - Yeah, which game are you most looking forward to? - Oh, come on. You don't pick your favorite child. Let's love them all. But I do see some of these. And I think there are games like Boise State, Georgia, Southern, and to me, we're gonna learn so much about the group of five race. In that there are that kind of game all across the board. Even though the ho-hum wants to me, they can inform us on this season. - Well, Doug, you're a Notre Dame grad. I'm surprised you didn't jump in there and talk about this trip. You're about to make a college station. - I might have gone there, but I don't even worry about them all that often anymore. I do find that game very intriguing. A left tackle injury moved the spread, a point and a half. I don't know that that is appropriate, especially for a left tackle who had played in only one game, a bowl game against a depleted Oregon State defense at that. I have been very surprised by that aggressive move based on one injury to an unproven player. - Are you buying what Notre Dame's selling this year? And they come in at number seven in the country. Do you believe they actually have what it takes to be legit? And it is Riley Leonard, a real quarterback. - Do they need to have what it takes to be legit with this schedule? - I know that's not the most fun or the sexiest way to talk about a football team. But with this schedule, they've got all the time in the world to prove what they're selling. I do think Riley Leonard's the real deal. His Duke tenure was underappreciated because he was so injured. He was in his last 18 healthy games. He accounted for 40 touchdowns, 23 passing, 17 rushing. He is a full-blown quarterback. And in a Mike Denbrock offense, they're going to utilize his legs. And I think that's going to open up an offense in a way that we haven't seen from Notre Dame in quite some time. - Doug, that comment took me back though. I'm not used to golden domers fading their concern for the team. They seem to always be obsessed. How do you explain that? - I, first of all, I might have gone there, but I'm not the fan that many are. I just know it too well. And second of all, I'm seeing the value. It's not even optimism. It's just the value with this schedule, and we saw Florida State last week. That was supposed to be the only other game that Notre Dame was worried about. And with what we saw from the Seminoles and the offensive defensive lines, Notre Dame's going to worry less still worry, of course, but worry less about it. This schedule sets up for Notre Dame to enjoy itself. - Doug, were you? Okay, handicapped in the University of Texas, they're a soray into the SEC. How do you think that they will fare as they make this journey? - I think they are one of the three or four most talented rosters in the country. And to that, of course, helps you out. Now the SEC, it becomes such a grind. You've got so much ahead of you to worry about that having that good of a roster isn't always good enough. That said, they got a better draw than their big 12 to SEC counterpart. Oklahoma really took the rough end of that schedule. Texas, yeah, they've got to go to Arkansas. Yeah, they've visited Kentucky. Yeah, they have to go to A&M. That's the close of the season. But they're better than all those teams. I will be surprised if Texas is not rematched against Georgia in the SEC Championship game. - I like that. I like that a lot. Dougfarmercovers.com with us here in the GBAG Nation. Big 10 side of things. Are you as high on Oregon as everybody seems to be? - I am not in that I am higher on Ohio State. I think Ohio State wins the big 10. I think Ohio State wins the national championship. So that tells you that, well, I think Oregon's really good. When I said there are three or four rosters that are separated from the rest of the country, Oregon's one of them. But I think Ohio State is that much better that alone means I am not as high on Oregon as most people. I am always enjoying Oregon football in the Dan Laney era. He's a man after my own heart, the way he approaches fourth downs. That kind of aggressive play calling will always make me hope for you. I just don't know that it's going to work out against the Ohio State defense. - It's Dougfarmer and it's hard to get as high as those folks out there in Oregon. You know, when it comes to their level of passion. - Were you talking about football or something else? - Are we talking black tar on that one? - Hey, will the expanded playoffs make this whole thing even better? Will it dilute the big impacts of the Saturday match ups? How's this whole thing going to play out? If you say there's only four teams that stand above, why do we need these other ones? - Well, we saw why we need these other ones. We saw it last year. If you go unbeaten in college football, you're supposed to get a chance in the national championship. But we've always known that only half the country can actually believe that. What Florida State was in that half of the country. Florida State was a power five team, went undefeated and got left out. That is why we need the expanded playoff. Is it going to make the whole thing better? I'm very staunchly feeling, yes. I started out talking about this Boise State game this weekend when there are two touched out favorites. I'm curious to see if they try to throw the ball at all, or if the quarterback decision was foreshadowing, they're just going to hand the ball off to Ash and Jean TLC's and which lowers their ceiling. And that is a playoff factor now. And the fact that I can have a worry about a Boise State offense and it genuinely means something for the playoff, how can you not find that more fun? - Doug, I'm curious. When you start very bullish on, you said Ohio State, so you must think that Will Howard can carry this thing the entire season. What's giving you that thought? - Well, first of all, he doesn't need to. He has these skill position players around. I think my analogy for Will Howard has been, he gets to be the celebrity chef standing at the pass on the kitchen, all his line cooks are doing the work. He just has to arrange the ingredients. With his skill position players, he doesn't have to do a whole lot. He just has to get the ball out. And he's got time to get up to speed. Their first month, I call it Michigan ask, because the last few years we've all seen the September schedules from Michigan, that frankly, they make the conference USA schedules look tough. Well, Ohio State has one of those this year. He's got four weeks to get up to speed before Iowa. And Iowa's kind of a nice tune up before Oregon. I think Will Howard will be fully up to speed by them. And that Ohio State defense, that's really for me why I am so high on them. It's not 2021 Georgia ask because nothing is. But that's the only thing that can really compare it to. They return 90 defensive starters on the edge tail of bounds. And the 11th starter is a veteran middle linebacker. How much better can life get? - Doug Farmer covers dot com here in the nation. We got a Sunday night LSU USC SEC Big Ten matchup. One of the classics. What do you got in this one Doug? How good can either one of these two teams be this year? - I spent the last two hours working on this game. And I have come away with this. This bread should be closer to six. It's LSU by four or four and a half. It should be closer to six. LSU is just a little bit better on both sides of the ball. LSU Nussmeyer has more experience winning the, what was that? The Reliac West Bowl against Wisconsin. That's the kind of thing you want to see from a young quarterback and now they know they have it. He's got four returning offensive linemen. He's got a couple of skill position players. And yes, USC quality quarterback Lincoln Riley system. It should be great, but they're missing just those pieces of confidence and offense that LSU has. And then on defense, I'll believe in the USC defense the first time it shows up. The USC defense to me is the same as I was offense. The day we see it, I'll believe. Until then, I refuse to grant it any credit. I refuse to give Lincoln Riley that deference. Those edges on both sides of the ball tilt just enough to LSU that I think they compound. And it should be a six point spread, not four or four and a half. - Is that one of your best plays of the week then? - It is in part only, it is. It probably would be no matter what. But when you've got a Sunday standalone game like that, you've got to find your position on it. You can't just sit back and watch. What are we doing here? - Okay, how about Miami and Florida? - There are ever so often you can see the two cars barely net each other down the road. And it's too late for you to stop them. So you just pull out your lawn chair, crack open a beer and see how it goes. I am not touching that game. I want to just enjoy the spectacle because no matter who loses that game, it is going to be a catastrophe for the program. That game is, there is no version of that game where both programs walk away feeling you know things are okay. One of those programs is going to go down into a meltdown mode Saturday night. And I'm content to sit there and open a beer and watch those cars crash into each other. - Travis Hunter for Heisman? Can he win more than five games? - I know you don't believe he can. (laughing) - You need North Dakota State to make some questionable coaching decisions to get by North Dakota State. I, Travis Hunter is underappreciated. What Travis Hunter is doing should be talked about ad nauseam. The Heisman is not going to go to a team that is five and seven. It's that simple. And five and seven might be optimistic. They might be four and eight. It's that simple. It's not Travis Hunter's fault. They have no offense to defensive lines. But it's still a truth. The line that I keep going back to is Deanna is very proud to tell everybody he was bringing in that Louie. What do they have on the offensive defensive lines? Plastic grocery bags. - Hey Doug, you know, you talked about the playoffs. Is there a team that's on the outside that you're really kind of bullish on that can maybe make a run to get into the top 12 that we're not thinking about maybe outside the top 25? - Outside the top 25 might be a bit of an ask. And I need to pull that up to make sure I haven't memorized the AP top 25. I don't worry about the AP top 25. The name I wanted to say is ranked number 12. I believe pretty strongly in Utah. And the added aspect with the college football playoff, look at teams like Utah and realize well, if they win the big 12, which isn't if, they're already in the quarterfinals. They will presumably be better or evenly matched. So you have a team that in this conversation, let's say it's a 50-50 chance of advancing out of the quarterfinals. That right there is always something to think about from an odds perspective. It's like the easy bracket in March Madness. Whenever you see somebody in that easier regional, their title odds should shift. I think the conference champion aspect of the playoff creates a similar dynamic and you need to try to highlight the under appreciated team who could win their conference to me that is Utah. I'm very high on Utah compared to the world. And even in the national title picture, because they will have that entrance into the quarterfinal if my big 12 believes are rewarded. You're the man, Doug. Enjoy your college football weekend. Thank you so much. Hey, we're just getting started. We've got 14 of these. We're going to enjoy each one of them. Let's go. There he is from covers.com. Doug Farmer here in the G back nation, just an absolute beast. When it comes to breaking down your college football match-ups and headlines. OK, coming up next. You know, it's Friday. It is time for that one segment of the week where you're encouraged to call in while a toxic kid in the process catching a buzz. We do have what you're drinking, what you're thinking coming up. But also, Eric Nadell is going to join us for his thoughts on the Texas Rangers. Then we'll get into your phone calls. Then it'll be time for LA live here in the G back nation. The seasons may be changing, but the deals and the sharpest rides are unbeatable as ever. 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The fan, we got your what you drinking, and what you think in phone calls coming up at 5.30 L.A. Live at about 5.40 or so. It'll be our first what you drinking and what you're thinking since the fateful passing of Kenny and Quinlan, a legend who is full of life and enthusiasm taken too soon, even though he did live a pretty full life. Kenny and Quinlan will be missed, and we're looking for somebody to step up with a fresh mango margarita in two shots of rock and roll tequila. If you don't mind obliging us there, that would be fantastic. But it is time for the Expressway. The Expressway is brought to you by the on-time experts. And the Eric Nadell Show is brought to you by Tylock George Eye Care. It's Corey Seger, Silver Slugger bobblehead night tonight. And they have delivered three bobbleheads to our broadcast position. All have you know, I'm not a big bobblehead guy. I used to have a great bobblehead collection. So if you're a tollo and you're entering the premises at any point in the next hour, what's the left of our show before we hand it off to Jared Sandler? You want this Corey Seger bobblehead? You just come up and ask me for it. Wow. Yeah. Now to the people. No code word, no secret, safe word that they need to say so that you know. It's just hey, just come over here and ask for it. Just give me the high sign. You want the Silver Slugger Corey Seger bobblehead. I don't blame you. He's probably my favorite ranger ever. As Eric Nadell joins us now, brought to you by Tylock George Eye Care. And how the heck are you doing tonight, Eric? I'm doing great, Kevin. Now what if the Corey Seger bobblehead was Corey holding his dog like they did with the Otani bobblehead in LA? Would that interest you? Man, that might be too cool to pass up. I don't know, the Silver Slugger bat is pretty nice. If there's a bobblehead to come, this is probably already the one. How's your bobblehead collection looking these days, Eric? Well, we did a major decluttering during the pandemic. And that reduced my bobblehead collection by about 90%. We actually had a really good collection in the booth at the old ballpark. And before we moved over to the new ballpark, we decided we would just start a whole new collection in the new ballpark. So we invited people to just come and take the bobbleheads from the booth at the old ballpark. So I have some very unique bobbleheads. I don't have that many. I'm very proud of a satchel page bobblehead that I have. I have a bobblehead of Eddie Goodell, who is the St. Louis Browns player who was three feet tall or whatever it was who Bill Beck used as a pinch hitter. I have a bobblehead of Nolan Ryan sliding into home plate in a rainbow colored Astros uniform. But I don't have any of these standard bobbleheads. I only keep the ones that are really odd. Hey, Eric. OK, Azerin town, what's your favorite A's uniform combination? Well, I really like the yellow top. You know, they call it gold. To me, it's yellow. I like the yellow top with the white pants. I do like their home uniforms. You know, they're white uniforms with no piping down the sides at all, really clean, you know, with athletics across the front. You know, I love their uniforms. And, you know, I'm really curious to see if they change it when they go to Sacramento, because, you know, they're not going to use the name Sacramento. So on their gray road uniforms, it's not going to stay opened. But will they even have gray road uniforms? Or will they just use, you know, a green one and a gold one? Or, you know, I don't think they're going to change their colors. I think that would be insane. But I love their uniforms. I think they're among the very best. I tell you what, I used to when I was a kid growing up in the '70s, I thought they were the coolest things in the world. With the green, with the stirrups, and then this sanitary hose that were gold or yellow, I thought those were so, so cool. The elephant on the sleeve, what is that for? Do you, I should have probably looked it up. But what's the elephant for? It goes way back to the early 1900s, when the A's were referred to, when there were two rival leagues, the American League was new. And somebody in the National League, I don't know if John McGraw or somebody referred to the A's as a white elephant. Oh. And the owner of the team, I think it was Connie Mack, as a way of basically goofing on John McGraw, decided that he would make the elephant the mascot of the A's. OK. And so he put the elephant on the baseball on their uniforms as a way of basically answering the charge that the A's were a white elephant. I don't know today how far back it goes. Over 100 years. Wow. Fantastic. Baseball, Historian, and-- Hall of Famer. Hall of Famer. Yeah. Baseball, Super Beast. I mean, you've been doing this a long time, Eric. So maybe you've become-- Yeah, I don't remember that, by the way. I don't remember that happening. [LAUGHTER] Well, I mean, over the years, maybe you become numb to it a little bit. But when you see a guy like Janko get put on waivers, I mean, do you feel that emotional tie to him the same way we all do? Yeah, I certainly do. I love him. When I came back last year after missing the first half of the season, he was one of the guys who was just incredibly nice to me. I'd never met him before. Here, I'm walking it in the middle of the season. And he was really great to me as I was going around meeting the guys who I didn't know. And I talked to him a lot. I love his energy. When I asked him the other day, the day after the catch, when I asked him if he had watched the Gary Matthews catch and his and he said yes. And I said, well, we think that your catch might have been harder because you had to reach out into the bullpen to snag the ball, where Matthews just had to reach straight up over his head. And Jakowsky said, yeah, Gary's catch was much harder. He said what he had to do with his body, the way he had to maneuver his body to reach up and catch that ball, he said, I couldn't have made that catch. He said, I'm not as limber or athletic as Gary. I could not have made that catch, which really surprised me. And he's a really humble guy. And I don't think it was him just being humble. I think he was being totally honest. But that kind of set us straight on which was the harder catch. Obviously, the game situation makes the Jakowsky catch a more important catch. But in terms of the actual physical mechanics of the catch, he convinced me that Matthews catch was harder. Both 10s out of 10, if you ask me, Eric, but I must ask you here on a Friday what you drinking and what you thinking. What I'm thinking is there were a couple of my favorite local artists who released records this week, singles this week. And I urge people to check him out. One is Garrett Owen. And another is Jackson Scribner. And Jackson's been a favorite of mine for a few years. He's done a couple of shows for me. And he's actually playing a show tonight in McKinney for the folks up there looking for something to do tonight. At 8 o'clock, he's playing at Red Zeppelin Records in McKinney. He's a tremendous local talent. He's about to head off to Europe on a tour. But a chance to see him tonight at Red Zeppelin Records. If you're up in the McKinney area, check it out. Great name. Well, thank you. Yeah. Drinking, I'm just drinking water today. It's a day off for me. And I'm trying to stay healthy. There you go, buddy. Well, live it up. Have a great weekend. And we'll catch you up with you next Friday. Thanks, guys. There he goes. Hall of Fame voice of your Texas Rangers, Eric Nadell, with you Fridays here in the Jeep Bag Nation. It is time now for a little bit of what you're drinking. And what you thinking at 8, 7, 7, 8, 8, 1, 1, 5, 3. Load up the phone calls. And we'll get you on here in just a second after we talk about what we have been drinking and thinking throughout the day, throughout the week. Currently, I'm drinking a 20-ounce Diet Coke. Second one of the day, salute to the Rangers PR staff for delivering me a separate 12-ounce Diet Coke, which I did crush as well. Here's what I'm thinking. I don't know how good the Cowboys are going to be. But what we need is the Mavs to be good from the jump. We don't need coasting through a regular season for five months. The Metroplex needs something to get excited about. I think the Stars can do this as well. But we're about to hit September. And the next thing you know, it's going to be October 20th. And we're going to be looking at opening night in both basketball and hockey. I don't think Luca has historically taken the regular season very seriously. But he needs to in order to win the MVP. And now he's got this freaking loaded roster with veteran leadership that might keep him a little bit more accountable. So I think this is the year where you have that incredibly hot start that has Mavs fans burning with excitement from the word go of the regular season. Man, that would be a lot of fun. It'd be a lot of fun if you can-- you start in stride with the clay Thompson move feeling like a good move, the Najee Marshall move feeling like a good move. I mean, is he going to come in here in shape, Luca, and be taking this stuff super seriously? I mean, my goodness, that would be wonderful. And that'll really get you excited off of what they just did. You know what we never got from this Rangers championship was ever the feeling in a regular season that where the cats me out, where the cock of the walk. Nobody can touch us. It was an incredibly disappointing final two months, followed by the greatest month run, and then back to mediocre. And that feeling that sustains months and years should be a part of your sports experience. But we haven't felt that. We haven't felt that about the Mavs. Made the conference finals, then the finals. But both years, they're just like, yeah. And your experience as a fan throughout that regular season is significantly less exciting. What are you drinking, and what do you think, in chief? I am still drinking some Dasani water right here at Globe Live Field. I can't help but be thinking about Kenny right now. And I know we all are. Everybody listening right now. But certainly thinking about Kenny. And also thinking about what happened last night. I've been wondering what's been going on with this kid. I'll never forget the local legend at Duncanville. He played quarterback Jaquinden Jackson. And many people will remember that name. An absolute monster at the position. He's bounced around in college now a little bit, but he's physically just as impressive as it gets. He's at Arkansas now. And they were playing Arkansas Pine Bluff last night. So I know it's not a-- and they just mop the floor with him. But he went eight carries for 101 yards and two touchdowns. He's playing running back now. And oh my gosh, because he was an incredible dual threat quarterback in high school. And at Duncanville, and they're winning state championships and all this stuff. And watching him in person, it felt like a Cam Newton-type domination of just like, give this dude the ball and let him single-handedly go when it matters most. Just score a touchdown for his team in a state title game. That's the type of dude that he-- I'm like, where did he go? He's bounced around? Well, now he's running back. He's changed positions. And he freaking dominated last night. Nice, dude. I love it. Brian, what you drinking, what you thinking? Yeah, I did have a bottle of water with my meow drops in it. So I was trying my best to kind of turn up, turn up, hydrate a little bit. I just saw something I never thought I would see. I saw a $60 million baseball team take infield. When you look at their payroll, that's a $60 million. All their players out there, $60 million total. And what we see nowadays with Shohei Otani making $70 million a year, you're at 240, just the price of trying to get to him. It is amazing that-- yeah, these guys-- they're like-- in this-- For context, the Rangers were at 55 in 2010 the first time they made the World Series, and they were low. They were bottom half of the event. And I never thought I would see a team that was worth-- at a $60 million payroll, but they're ahead of the Angels right now. So they know how to find them. Say what you want about that, but in this day and age, I thought I would never see that. I would never see that, but here we are today. Back to the Pimp Cup, we go. Lucius Alexander screamed up those phone calls. Do you have a second to get to drink at a thousand? Got to get my Kenny on real quick. All right, Pete, Kenny, dog. This is your time to shine. Oh. Drinking, I've had a gallon of water today. I sure did. Had to hold them gallon. There you go. Yeah. And I'm thinking I was tagged in this little list right here. And I'm thinking this list is completely unserious. Dawson and Mr. Broadus, I need you to help him, but hit this list on real quick. It's called Best Food in America. That's what somebody tagged me is, tagged me in this. Tolo. Pizza, chocolate chip cookies. Best food places in America. I guess I got by state. Number six is New Orleans. Number six is New Orleans. That's hard to believe. Kind of crazy. Number five is Texas. I think it's number two at least. Number four is New York. Yeah, good place to go find a restaurant. Now, here's where it starts to get a little crazy. Main is number three. Oh, they must like the crabs. Is that what that is? Are the lobsters? Well, it does. It's a shellfish and stuff up there. Yeah. Seattle is number two, Seattle. Chinese food, though. Good, great Asian cuisine. Yeah. OK, and number one was Portland. Dawson. Some great restaurants there. Really? There's nothing else to do, yeah. Really? A lot of good artisans and stuff, doing their things. I've never eaten in Portland, but I have in New Orleans a bunch. And for them, it's seven. I would have put them probably somewhere in the top three. The vibe of like New Orleans in Portland, not dissimilar. The smells, you know. The live music, you know. I think there are quite a few similarities. It's time now to go out to your phone calls at 877-881-105-3. And Lucius, where are we going first? First, and what you drinking and what you thinking is Mr. Rodeo Ron. Rodeo Ron, what you drinking and what you thinking, sir? Oh, come on, Rodeo. Ronnie, I'm going to put you on a whole Rodeo. Dang, Ron. I thought he was about to do something special there. Tim and Carthage in the building. No, Tim, what are you drinking? What are you thinking, sir? Wait, thanks, Luke. Hey, Gavin, Brian, Eric. Zach, I hope you're listening today, because this one needs to be shared with everybody. I don't know if I can do Kenny Justice. But I'm drinking a margarita with two shots of rock and roll tequila. And I'll tell you right now, Kenny is a legend. We all might be legends some way or somehow. Rodeo Ron, Polo, Black and Gold, and Big Jim, and even Tim and Carthage. But nobody's as big as a legend as Kenny from Quinlan. And Kenny, I only do him for a couple of years. He is a kind man. Can I wait for him? Well, there's a human car. We'll leave the light on for you. Cheers, Tim. Thanks, Tim. Yeah, sums it up well. Salute to you, sir. I know a lot of a lot of tolos, a lot of legends, torn up by the news that we got last week. And this is our first what's drinking and what you're thinking. It's emotional evening here on 105 through the fan. Who's next, Lucius? All right, let's try this. And again, Rodeo Ron, what are you drinking? What are you thinking, sir? I'm drinking that Jim Bean, and I'm thinking about a legend. Not just any legend, but a legend I got to call a friend. A legend that knows his sports. A legend that was funny as hell. A legend that was a father. And I'm talking about a legend with two hockey playing grandson. I'm talking about that frozen heaps. Main don't mark a Rodeo with two such a fucking roasted key left. Kenny from Quinlan. I know you're still rocking a Rodeo in heaven. We will meet again. And remember, you're not drinking Rodeo the key or Jim Bean. Listen to the 105, pretty the fan. Remember a true total legend? What else you at, baby? Amen, Ron. All said, sir. Two for two, boys. Kenny's so awesome. He really nailed that, dude. 100% for the exam. You're not drinking Rodeo the key in Jim Bean. Mixed together. Mixed together. All blended up. Oh, man. We have another one right here. Clint. Clint is Kenny's son-in-law. And he's in what you're drinking and what you're thinking. What are you thinking, Clint? What are you? Whoa. Hey, I'm just over here at the castle with two of me, his wonderful daughter drinking on some ice cold peeps, sweet tea, and two socks that rock and roll the key. Thank you. Gentlemen, just wanted to let y'all know that y'all are real special to us. And I appreciate y'all for giving them a good life. Some people who've earned that. And sorry, I'm going to pull it together in a second. Hey, y'all had this time where he was where he was the man. And for y'all to do that, not only for him, but for every one of us, it helps us get through these times of difficulty. And just want to give a huge shout out to the boys, Landon and Max and Ford, who just kicked some butt this weekend, playing some hockey, winning their first two juggling games. Nice. Go. And also, you know, just wanted to give a huge shout out to Cody and Tootsie, his son and daughter. And you know, they're very special people. And he did right by raising them. I just want to just thank everybody for helping us through this beautiful time, supporting us with Kenny. And you know what, guys, I know for a fact, he's up there watching this, listening to this radio. And y'all make us all proud. And we appreciate you taking the time out of your day. So we love y'all. And I'm going to take a shot to y'all right now. And y'all enjoy y'all's Friday and have a good holiday weekend. All right. Salud. Same to you. Cheers, brother. Great phone call. Thank you for sharing. Wow. Kenny's son-in-law, the husband of his daughter, Tootsie. Man, what he would often talk about. His limited fake Kenny with the Wuzzah. Well, that was on point. Wow. Got to send a chill down with Spine a little bit. That was awesome. And that opens the line at 8, 7, 7, 8, 8, 1, 1, 0, 5, 3. Shout out to Cody as well. Must be a difficult week there. Lost his father. Who's next, Lucius? Polo and Garland. What are you drinking? What are you thinking? Big Polo. [INAUDIBLE] Man, I'm going to tell y'all I like this, y'all. OK. Y'all may not be celebrities, but me, Kenny, rodeo, run. All of us just can't wait to find it. Just call y'all at 5, 20. All of us look at our phones like-- I don't care why I see what's allowed on top to us, our girlfriend. Who's going to talk about sports for this couple of minutes? I want y'all to give Kenny just two seconds of silence if y'all can't for a stick. The dude was a real dude. I've never met him before. But this is just a genuine dude. And Gavin, I'm not drinking anything in here, y'all, because I was in the car driving, and it hit me. Because I'm like, man, I just had a heart attack. Two months ago, I could have died, my dog on a cell. And life is so precious out here, y'all. Y'all got kids, grandkids. So welcome tonight. Let 'em look at y'all love 'em. And Gavin, you're the only two beside bike bastards that get on this radio station that talk best about Jerry Jones, talk about best about Chris Jones, and wait. Pretty tell you, I don't care if they're the boss, and they got contracts with the station producer. Jim, I looked to you real, man. You don't get it, Jones, but you ain't expecting no money. It was actually you boss. You worked $1,000,000, but you ain't expecting no money. You ain't got no money, you ain't got no money. You ain't even gonna have to put the tab out there. You ain't got to take care of what I was like. You ain't got to take your wife's off. But, Kenny, I love you, man. Oh, I think you got to go. How did y'all buy? There he goes. Bolo and Garland, thank you so much. That opens the line at 877-881-105-3. This has happened two times before. There was a Tolo over a decade ago, had a four or five-year-old son, James Cook, called him The Cooker Man. He called in, hung out with him at like two or three races at Texas Motor Speedway. He took me on the infield, took me to his buddy's great spots. They had these epic RVs and platforms and smokers going on. And one day his wife, Facebook, messaged me and said, "We just lost Cook." And Cook was like 50, maybe. Then like maybe seven or eight years ago, Patrick Fontenot, not the Patrick who works at the fan. A different guy, Patrick Fontenot, has the drops. Woo, woo, bad-ass content. But it's bad work. Yes, that's him. Yes. Wow. He passed away in his sleep. His wife messaged me and he and his family. His family still comes around the remotes. And they say hi and everything. He made the t-shirt super old school, Texas. And now, you know, this one. And it just-- it's never-- you're never ready for it, you know? And all three of them have been way too young. And then, you know, you just get that note from there, Polu and Garland, what happened to him a couple of months ago. Sure. Hi, too. And we've been seeing him for 15 years. He had a heat stroke like the week before fan bowl at Hurtado. So, you know, it's just one of those reminders. Take care of yourselves. And thank you so much for being part of our fan family. Lucius, what do you think? Are the phone calls time now for LA Live? What do you say? Let's see, we got-- yeah, we got two more. Gary in New Mexico. Gary in New Mexico. What are you drinking? What are you thinking, Dow? Hey, guys. Hey, I'm a preacher by trade. So I'm not doing any of the adult beverages. So I am stone cold sober when I talk to y'all. Me too. But what you thinking? First off, prayers out to that family that lost a loved one. That's a tragic deal. I deal with that a lot in my work. Drinking some decaffeinated iced tea. And I just want you guys to know that with all the stuff I deal with as a minister, you guys are my escape. I listen to you religiously every day, and I have arranged my schedule around Crusty's corn. I love to appreciate that. I love it. And just-- here's what I'm thinking. I was listening to Broadus and y'all's discussion a couple of hours ago. And Brian, I agree with you 100%, man. I was thinking about it. There's not a single free agent that the cowboys could have signed this year that I would have been OK with. I'm OK with them not signing anybody. I wouldn't have given anybody the money that those guys got paid. And I'm not really disappointed of the guys that we lost. And again, I'm stone cold sober, man. Don't give up on this team yet. This is still the talented football team with a chip on their shoulder. So let's see how it plays out. Salute to you, Gary. Have a great weekend. I think that's the first sober person to ever agree with Brian. Usually you've got to be at least three or four deep. Oh, man, one more man. It's a preacher. I know. That's my thing. See, I've got to get better at reading the room. You guys are right. Lord, a big gym. Great way to wrap this up with big gym. Big gym. What are you drinking? What are you thinking, though? Hey, Jim. Well, there's good to talk to you. You have two toff about five fingers of Basil Hayden. So I'm covering it for the preacher, man. So he got to do one. I want to tell you, Cody and Tuzi and Clint and Maxa Melandon, you've been in our prayers all week. Kenny's was just-- I'll tell you, he's the one that got me hooked on thinking and drinking and thinking, well, I might ought to call that. He is a legend. He's always funny. Always bringing some sort of history lesson to the table. Sometimes, you know, kind of carried it a little off, but that was Kenny and you loved him for it. So I tell you, I want to echo what all these other fellas have said. You know, it is a joy to be able to participate in the best afternoon drive time sports show in the country. I know we got lots of ratings out there. You guys do a phenomenal job. You're very open. You're very transparent. You let us into your lives. And I know that it comes at a cost. And I know you all work hard. You work your butt soft. And I talk about raising your schedule. Hell, I've had to arrange my schedule a night to keep up with the brightest. He gets on there with all these fellas and I-- it's a lot of fun. But listen, you bring joy to so much of us. And we just love you and appreciate you. We want to keep this going. And hopefully, you know, we'll have some other stuff up. But hey, Clint, let's get you in here on a weekly basis, brother. Let's get that-- let's get that all paused up, ready to go. Yeah. Take the broadcast baton from father-in-law. Carry that thing, Clint. I love that. I'll drink to that time now to go into the pimp cop. We're Lucius. How's L.A. live? Hey, there's a lot of wine drinking in the Bible. I'm just saying, Jesus turned water in the wine. A lot of wine drinking in the Bible, bro. A lot of wine drinking in the Bible. You just can't do it to excess is what I've been told. That preacher that told me that he had like gold teeth and diamonds. And I feel like he had a little yak on his breath when he said it to. Amen. Let's get it to a feel good Friday. Real quick one right out to the Great Rick James. [MUSIC PLAYING] Well, all right. He's wearing it. [MUSIC PLAYING] Fire up this funk and get stabbed. I will be all right if you have a little sweet. It'll make you dance on everything. Rocking the wine. This weekend's safety briefing. Do not add to the population. Do not subtract from the population. I'll be the one. Do not end up in the hospital newspaper jail. If you end up in jail, let's have it stolen the equipment. I want to see you back here. This is LA Live for Friday, August 30, 2024. It is a feel good Friday. We made it, baby. Hell yeah, we made it. Feel good Friday. LA Live is sponsored by Kissimal Dental. And there are no Bill Garrens. He book online at kissimaldental.com. The Kissimal journey starts today. It's a payday Friday, y'all. Hey, hey, hey, hey. If you work hard for your money, put your hands up. See, the hood's been good to me. Have a real son who saw what's on the Joaquin Street. But now I'm the big chick, the girl's sick. I've got the money. $100 bills, y'all. If you learn from where I'm from. And you will know that I got to get mine in the big black trap, you can get yours in the sixth fall. You got plans for your money? You got plans for your money this weekend? I got gone. You got rits and stuff, right? Yeah, the bill I was-- Yeah, I was already talking about moving things because the mortgage is lurking right around that corner, you know? Yeah, I feel you, bro. I got pay my aunts too. It's Home Depot and Sam's. And of course, the mortgage and maybe some truck maintenance. This theory I'm on a four-year low on the Bitcoin pair, I'm going all in. Oh, don't be-- don't, don't, don't do that, bro. Again, don't do that. I'm trying to remain responsible. Don't, I don't do that. I'll go in. Hey, this weekend, Tolos, avoid the law dogs. You know what I mean when I say avoid the law dogs, fellas? There you go. You know what I mean? Yes, don't do it as stupid out there to get arrested. Ah, there we go. Avoid the law dogs. Mind your speeds. Don't drink and drive. It's really not. What's up? Keep your emotions in check because your emotions getting out of check will definitely end you in the slammer or maybe the morgue. I don't want to see you on Dallas, Texas TV or DFW scanner this weekend. Please. Mind your p's and q's and other words, don't crash out, gentlemen. Like this fella did. We have a-- But you're just real quick. What's up? If you crash out, the judge ain't going to see you Monday, right? She wants you to do it. The judge is not going to see you until Tuesday. So yeah, don't crash out. We should just tell you when it's a holiday. Yeah. You right, broadest way to keep me on my game. Yeah. Because you will not see the judge until Tuesday. So mind your p's and q's out here. Don't crash out, bro. Like this fella right here. We have a hardcore punk singer. Hardcore punk band. This is the lead singer. He was arrested at Yosemite National Park. Uh-oh. Yeah, this fool. Yeah, I mean-- John, you're right. This is an all-star crash out right here. The lead singer of a hardcore punk band named Cancer Christ was arrested. It's a 40-year-old male named Anthony Melhaff. I'm talking about this dude who crashed out. He threatened a pregnant waitress, stole some drinks from the restaurant, assaulted employees, crashed his vehicle, took off his shirt after the crash, and headed it to a bystander and said, you want to keep this, because I'm going to be famous. Oh, Jersey Swap? Yeah, Jersey, bro. After that, after the crash, he stole a bicycle. He stripped down to his underwear. And let's see. There's more right here. Let's go to KTLA, the great KTLA for this crash out report. New at 4.30, a Los Angeles man's terrorizing journey through Mariposa County, Yosemite National Park, and Madera County comes to an end. Deputy say on Wednesday, this man, 40-year-old Anthony Melhaff walked into a Mariposa County restaurant. And inside, he stole several drinks, assaulted a staff member, walked up to a pregnant waitress, touching her stomach, and claiming that spirits led him to the baby and that it belonged to him. Melhaff then took off towards Yosemite. Deputy say he crashed his car and stole a bike near fish camp. Deputy say he then went into the Tenaya Lodge kitchen, grabbed a knife, and began threatening workers. He then went to the Lodge clubhouse and told customers to leave. He was just in his underwear. Deputy say that Melhaff then stole this car and drove towards Oakhurst. And as he was driving, he encountered a Tesla. Just-- he just kept going. He just kept going. Just kept going, bro. All-star crash out report right there. That was a crash out of me, dude. Shout-out to that hardcore punk band Cancer Christ. I'm pretty sure your streams went up after this report went out. Yes? I'm pretty sure it was going up. Shout-out to the news reporter that was able to detail all that too. Couldn't keep up. That was a long broadcast. I love being off on a good drunken rampage, but you can't steal anything. You can't assault anybody. You can, you know, control people while drunk. It's extra funny, you know? But you got to draw the line right there. Yeah, he crashed out, brother. He rubbed her belly. [LAUGHTER] It's not as driven. You never want to be running around stealing things while only in your enemies. No. It's just a bad place to find yourself. Yeah. Yeah, I love the taking the shirt off after the crash, but hey, man, you want to keep this right here, bro. I'm going viral. [INTERPOSING VOICES] You want me to sign it for you? Yeah. This is game one. Game one. Game one. It's not born. Almost choked on the mic. Paul has literally got blood, sweat, and tears on this thing. Just our first two-- our two first A's fans of the day, so far as we broadcast live from the globe. Most committed fans-- Yeah. --these guys are gluttons for punishment. You know if you ever get a good team, your team is not going to re-sign your guys. Yeah. Every star player you have-- sorry, Lucius, back to you. No, you're right, man. Sorry for those guys. It never does work out for you. You're so sorry. This is really-- sorry. No, it never does work out for those guys, but what we're going to know is that it never does. We got two geombeys in Tahara. And we're going places. We got like five good pitchers. They're all gone today. Cheering house. Gone. Their televised games look so bad. Like six people out there, and they're like all spread out. Like, well, just bunch up together, man. Hey, we have a day of the dude cut three foul balls in the game. I seen that. That's how whack it is. There's another guy who caught five. That's just ridiculous. G-back the day we do it every weekday on the fan at 2.30. If you see anything floating out there, don't be afraid to hit me up this weekend. @LuckyLusiusP on social media. Lucius Alexander on Facebook. Or you can follow us all if you find G-back nation on Twitter. Hold up. Hey. 91, 91, 91. Our winner right here is LeBron James. He said Bronny, his son, who is now playing for the Lakers in some capacity, said he can't call him Daddy at work. Don't call me Daddy at work, boy. What's your working relationship? Is he going to call you Dad at practice in the locker room? No, we already laid that. No, we already laid-- no, he can't. We already laid that down. Cannot call me Dad in the workplace. Once we leave out of the private facility and the gates close, I can be Dad again in the car. If we ride together at home, I can be Dad. No, he got to call me like 2, 3, or Brian, or, you know, go if you want to. It's up to him. I mean, he's up to him. But it's easy for me. It's easy for me because I've been calling Bronny for so long. It's not like I've been calling his son, his son. So it's easy for me. It's going to be the adjustment for him. But he cannot be running down the court. And he'd be like, Dad, please. Come on, Dad, come on, Dad. Come on, Dad. That's great, man. I hope that Mike's pick up. At least a dad, at least one or two times during this season. Then he had to correct himself, maybe, you know what I mean? But I got to hear a dad, at least one or two times. Oh, let's see what else we got, man. Damn. Look at that time. Well, you guys be safe out here. Like I said, don't crash out. Don't be a crash dummy, because the judge would not see you until Tuesday. 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