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Hey, this is Rob from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. October is our month, so once more we devoted all of it to spooky topics like scarecrows, spooky lakes, and lost tombs. Now join us for the final week of Halloween shenanigans as we look for slasher killers in the Greek traditions of Heracles and discuss a couple of spooky short stories in our annual Grimoire of Horror episode. And don't forget our Friday Weird House Cinema episodes as we cap off a month of horror movies with 1981's The Monster Club. Listen to Stuff to Blow Your Mind on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey everybody, it's me, W. Kuma Bell. This season on my podcast, Who's With Me, I speak with Bruce Lee's daughter, Brandon Lee's sister, and my friend, Shannon Lee. Back to your initial point of stewarding my father's legacy and giving my energy to that. You're lending your life to stewarding somebody else's life. Listen to Who's With Me with W. Kuma Bell on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Is there an epidemic against literature? More specifically, Black literature. I'm Jacqueline Peace-Thomas, and on this season of the Black Lit Podcast, we're outside asking why. You don't want a whole bunch of little elevators, Malcolm X's and Martin Luther King running around. And when you look at a lot of different cultures, you're like, we need to know where you came from. And considering this is Black Reading Month, the only real question is, what are you reading next? Listen to Black Lit from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You broke me. You do not deserve happiness. I'm Andrea Gunning. On this season of Betrayal, Carl thought he was living a normal, drama-free life.
Until the messages started. Someone's not going to make it out of this alive. Every piece of evidence pointed to the wrong guy. He was not going to stop unless we stopped him. Listen to Betrayal Season 6 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to Stugats & Company Live podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday from 3 to 5 p.m. Eastern, noon to 2 p.m. Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for Stugats & Company Live at foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.
Bruce Feldman going to join us in about 15 minutes, talk some college football with him as we head into a big college football weekend. But it is Thursday, and we like to think on a Thursday. So give me the imaging because it's a Think About It Thursday. You know that segment, Talk About It Tuesday on Hockman, Crowder, and Salero? This is like that, but bigger and better. And 48 hours later, this is Think About It Thursday.
This is Taylor's attempt to counter-program a local show down here in South Florida. Hockman, Solero, and Crowder. What do you have for us today, Taylor? You laugh every time I say Solero. Yeah, Solana. I do it purposely. So this one is in honor of Joe Buck's massive contract extension at ESPN. Six years, $108 million contract extension. Joe Buck, friend of the show. It would be nice if we could get a couple of M's, maybe. Yes. Are they paying him for past performance or future? All future. And nobody is better than Joe Buck. Oh, nobody. Getting me? Except Sean McDonough. But that actually brings us to the Think About It Thursday because I saw a post on FanDuel. Yep, Stu?
Let me take that back. Push. McDonough, Joe Buck. There are two favorites. Thank you. And Mike Green. And Kenny Albert. Stu. FanDuel puts up a post. Yes. Save two announcers. The rest are gone forever.
Oh, wow. They have nine announcers in this graphic, so we're going to go around the room here. I'm going to read the announcers. Time out. Just slow down for a second, okay? Because this has been a topic I've been waiting for my entire life, okay? So just, can you set it up again just quick? I need to hear it again. There was a post on social media from FanDuel. Yes. Save two announcers. The rest are gone forever. Okay, so two announcers who we're going to call all the games for the remainder of time. Yep.
Okay. And not calling the games together, but maybe if you're watching a basketball game, you're like, I want this guy to call this. If you're watching a football game, somebody else call this. Or maybe you just want to alternate weeks so you don't get tired of the same person. So it's only play-by-play guys. It's not analysts. It's only play-by-play guys. So we get two. Okay. The nine names. I hate this so much. I got to write it down. So do I. Because we're going to have to leave someone off that we like. Damn it. Go. You're going to have to read seven off that you like. The nine names listed, everybody. Okay. I'm writing them down. Mike Breen. Breen. Jeez. He's great. Mike Tirico. Hello, friends. Jim Nance. I want to keep those three.
And you can only save two. I don't want to just have two. The next three. Yes. Kevin Harlan. Harlan. Jason Bonetti. Jesus. Al Michaels.
Do I get Al Michaels how he is now, or do I get Al Michaels of all time? He is definitely getting paid for past performance. I will tell you right now, I love Al Michaels. I think he is one of the best to ever do it. But if I'm paying going forward, sorry, Al. Past performance Hall of Fame. I've already crossed him off, yes. Past performance Hall of Fame, him and Vlad Guerrero. The next three names to complete the nine. Gus Johnson. Wow. Oh, wow. Ian Eagle. Ooh, the bird. And then Joe Buck. Oh, my gosh.
I'm going to go out. Well, this is tricky because Mike Breen, I mean, I'm certain all these guys can call any sport and do it very, very well, but he's a basketball guy. I'm just thinking about the guys who can call multiple sports and do it very, very well. I'm not saying Mike Breen can't. I just haven't heard him do it, you know? I'm sorry. Give me Mike Breen on an NFL Sunday, and I'm sure it will be amazing. Yes. Bang! Man, I need Nance, so I have to keep. How many do we keep? Just two? Save two. The rest are gone forever. Save two, cut seven, huh?
I need Nance because there is no way. Listen, you guys know my favorite weekend of the year. It is Augusta. It's the Masters. And there is only one person that should be calling that event. And that person is Jim Nance. Plus, he's good at college basketball. He's great at football. Jim Nance is certainly one of the guys I'm keeping. That's one. Do you have one yet, Mike? I'm going to go the ESPN route. I'm going to keep the Swiss Army knife. I'm going to keep Joe Buck. You've done it. Not on there, huh? No, you make this crap. Disrespect. I think he was already gone forever. What are you thinking here, Taylor? I have my first keep or my first save. I like this. First save, yes.
As a Knicks fan, I live and die with the Knicks. And I'm living and dying with Mike Breen. Were there names you guys crossed off? The Fordham guy. Mikey, were there names you crossed off as Taylor was reading the list to you? Because I did it without Michaels. And I say this respectfully. I did it with Benetti just because of the other names. And I did it with Mike Tirico.
Yeah, I crossed off probably. I've got one spot for three guys is how I'm at right now. Okay. Let's go out to Sherman Oaks because we have piqued the curiosity of one Iowa Sam and EP Jason. Iowa Sam, what do you have for us? So of those nine, I am keeping Jim Nance and Ian Eagle. Wow. Got right to it. The bird. Thank you.
Feel good about that one? I know you do. EP Jason, what do you got? Guys, before Taylor even read the list, I wrote down Bob Costas and I said, I will pair one of the nine with Costas. So what an interesting omission. Again, he's like 90. I understand the list now, but I'm a big Costas guy. Love Costas. I love Kevin Harlan. If I'm going to sit down to watch a game, Kevin Harlan, I'm going to ride every single time. And I just kind of owe it to my generation to include Al Michaels on this list. Give me Kevin Harlan and Al Michaels.
You don't know what to your generation. Your generation will be just fine. Ricardo, what do you have for us? I'm going to go Ian Eagle, for sure. And even as a Heat fan, I'm going to go Mike Breen because he had that famous call with Ray Allen hitting the shot in game six. Wow, no baseball guys. It's a perfect bang. I thought for sure you would have thundered him with a Marlon play-by-play guy. Down the list. He's on your list, though. Can I give a hot take here? Yeah. If these are my two announcers for the rest of my life. Yes.
Gus Johnson is a little bit too much for me. He's great, though. He is great. He is so great. He is so great, and he rises to the moment every time when you need a big moment. But I feel like if I was going to the Gus Johnson well every time I was watching a sports team, the only thing I do in my life is watch sports. I could not have Gus Johnson calling every game. Put it on the poll. Is watching sports the only thing you do with your life? I'm with you. So I do need a second name. Yeah, we all do. Me, you, and Mikey. We all need a second name.
I have changed my mind three times since I made my first pick. Seven for me. Yeah. No, I was sure. Like, I was like, nope, that's the name. I'm going with that one. Well, wait a minute. Nope, I'm going with that one. I've done it three times. All right. So my final spot, it comes down to three names here. It comes down to, to pair with Mike Breen, it comes down to Jim Nance, Joe Buck, and Ian Eagle. And I think for versatility, he could do baseball, and we know he could do football. I'm going with Joe Buck. That's what I did. Yeah.
I agree with EP Jason. I think Kevin Harlan is the most underrated play-by-play guy in the history of the business. I'm serious. He is so good. Yes. He is. I mean. But doesn't get enough credit for being as good as he actually is. Football, basketball, doesn't matter. He's amazing. I'm going to go Kevin Harlan as well. So I have Nance and Harlan.
I'm going to change my mind a thousand times. I'm going to be thinking about this while we're talking to Bruce Feldman. I know I'm going to get a text at like 10 p.m. tonight that Stu Gottsch just says, you know what? Maybe Tariko. It depends who gets mad at me. Oh, I left Buck off the list. You might get a text from me after watching the Amazon game and saying, maybe not Al Michaels. Yeah, again, again. EP, Jason, let me tell you something. You don't need to watch tonight's game to say to everyone, maybe not Al Michaels. Respectfully. Spoiler alert. He's mailing it in.
I told you you're getting these guys at their peak. Al Michaels is on the list. Oh, no doubt. No doubt. Yes. You need a second, Mikey. No. Well, you got to ask me because once you ask me, I have to make a decision. I am right now. You're the only one who hasn't selected a second broadcaster. Iron Eagle. It's Iron Eagle. Right now, it's Iron Eagle. Again. I'm proud of you. Be sure to catch live editions of Stu Gatz and Company live weekdays at 3 p.m. Eastern, 12 p.m. Pacific.
If there's a million times more digital intelligence than there is biological intelligence, it's hard to imagine humans being in control in that scenario. I'm Walter Isaacson, host of the new podcast, The Builders. Right now. living through an AI arms race. So I went directly to the people shaping that future. Elon Musk, Dario Amadei, Alex Carr, Feifei Lee, Palmer Luckey, because I wanted to understand what the most consequential builders believe, what they fear, and where they think this is all headed. Silicon Valley is always saying the cliche thing about the way to predict the future is to create it. Well, yeah, it's up to us. But when you say us, who's us? Is it 400 people that you know in Silicon Valley? Is it me down here in New Orleans? They're brilliant, controversial, and they're already shaping the future. The question is...
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The show is a collection of silly, serious, and irreverent musings of the day. Hilariously balanced with more than just a pinch of sarcasm. Whether it's on the left or the right, if somebody does something or something. Bruce Feldman from The Athletic is joining us right now. And I'm going to start in a ridiculous place here, but I have to ask this question. Because if there is one, I have a feeling I know some of the people who are in this group chat. So I am wondering, Bruce, is there a group chat?
where former Miami Hurricane alums, they get together and they have talking points. They share talking points with one another. And if so, is Bear and Mike Ryan in that group chat? I've only heard about this group. I wouldn't be surprised if there's somebody in there who bets on Major League Baseball games that aren't in the pennant race or that somebody's in there with a very stylish mustache who's got to become a big TV star. That was a great answer. Thank you for giving it to us. What has surprised you the most about this college football season so far, Bruce? Good question.
You know, I got to admit that Oregon has looked really shaky, and I did not expect that. They got beat at Oklahoma State. They really got beat downed by the Cowboys. And Oklahoma State was coming off a bad loss to Tulsa, and they took it to them, and now they play USC. It kind of feels like a loser leaves town match, which is kind of the old pro wrestling kind of vibe, just because everybody's like, all right, Lincoln.
Stop making excuses. Stop giving explanations. Just win a game. Win a big game. And so there's that. I think, you know, that part of the Oregon part, if they somehow start out with two losses, it doesn't matter that you beat Portland State 98 to nothing. You know, you got to, you know, it felt like this was a year where, all right, does Oregon finally win a national title? I feel like that was a, you know, it was a big, right now it's a big headliner in terms of everything else. But, you know, it's still really early in the season. I mean, honestly, last year I thought Clemson was going to be a lot better.
I'm surprised at how much they have struggled. I know they came back to win and beat North Carolina, but it's just like, man, that program just seems to be sinking back to mediocrity pretty fast. Bruce, on the topic of North Carolina, I'm a North Carolina grad. The Belichick tenure has been largely a disappointment that's been marked by scandal more recently. What would you say the percentage chance is that he's North Carolina's coach this time next year? 40%. Too high for my liking. Yeah, you know, I think there's a better chance that he's not back. Like, as you know, being a North Carolina guy, like when Mack Brown was there in the second time,
They were not great, but they were not terrible. They were terrible last year. And because of the people Bill Belichick put in place, most notably his right-hand guy, Mike Lombardi, as the GM, the highest-paid GM in college football, they became a laughingstock. Right. And even when they won two games, you know, back when Larry Fedora was there, it was like it didn't feel the same way just because now you're taking the greatest coach in the history of the NFL. Never been in college. You're sticking him in there at 70 something. He just had a lot of drama. And it feels now like they're a much more competent operation. Obviously, they had a nice win over TCU in Ireland. You know, they let one get away last week at Clemson. But it feels like they're like, you know, if you told me they went six and six and went to a bowl game, I'd be like, that doesn't surprise me. But again, you're North Carolina. You're paying him twice as much as you paid Mack Brown for lesser results. And then you have to keep in mind.
In this investigation, whatever happened in the personnel department that they looked into, not just with Lombardi, with people that Lombardi brought in, Bill Belichick's responsible for those decisions, whether he knew what was going on or should have known what was going on. Let's continue down that path. I like this. Percentage chance. Percentage chance Mike Norvell is back at Florida State next year. 12? I love that you're giving yes. This is fantastic. 12% on Norvell, huh?
Yeah, and that's optimistic. I mean, if you watch them play, there'll be some decent things in there, but it's like it's Florida State. We're pretty far down the road with Mike Norvell. The only reason why I would say it's as high as it is, and again, it's not even in the teens, is it's a lot of money. And Florida State isn't Texas A&M where they have oil billionaires tripping over themselves around. It's still Florida State. And he's not a terrible coach. It wasn't that long ago where Alabama was looking at him and Kalen DeBoer as the guys they were considering to think he could be the guy to replace Nick Saban.
But it's just kind of falling apart. It doesn't feel like there's much alignment. It doesn't feel like there's much buy-in. They do have some talent in spots, but man, they look really bad on defense. And it just feels like it's regressing. And they're staring at that, you know, three and four, possibly two and five start, you know, and then a bye week coming off of Miami. Maybe they hit the reset button and go, all right, what's our plan B to get us kind of back? Because as you guys know, like it's different than when Jimbo was rolling. Somebody, you know, who's connected to Florida State had pointed out a couple of weeks ago. He was like, when they had it going, Al Golden was the head coach at Miami.
Jimbo could get whatever he wanted out of South Florida. Now you've got a recruiting maniac who's in at Miami. And by the way, John Sumrall is at Florida, and he's way more competent and it feels like they're on the right track. So now all of a sudden, you're third. You're not first. And to have a coach on the hot seat for that long, all right, what's the exit strategy and where are you going with it? Was that recruiting psycho Mike Ryan? He's not going to answer. He's just going to smile. I don't know who you're talking about. Miami is working the portal better than any program in the country. Is that fair? Is it fair to say that? Yes.
Yeah, the Mensa thing and Cooper Barcay and just the other thing that they're doing is some teams are really good in the portal and some teams are pretty good at the high school recruiting. You know, Cristobal and the Miami operation are A-plus on both of those. Yes. You're seeing the offensive linemen. You're seeing the guys in the trenches. I don't want to just say it's just the offensive linemen because it's defensive guys. But then you're seeing like, you know, like Malachi Tony's found gold. You know, I don't know why he was only a three-star. But, you know, you bring him in and he's a tone setter. And then you see other parts on the roster where they have some of those guys. And I think that's the part where, okay.
I don't know why it took this long for Miami to get this up to speed with it, but it's like, as far as Miami goes, they seem to have like the ideal coach. I don't want to say the perfect coach, but the ideal coach for this NIL era because it's really hard. um because of the all the shuffling that goes on with rosters to get continuity in the trenches especially on the o-line well you got a guy who's who's elite at evaluating o-line and he's got such a relationship with his o-line guy that they're able to really put it together um it doesn't guarantee that they're going to win national championships now but it definitely gives them a way better chance to be in the discussion and if you're in the discussion and in that then all of a sudden i feel like it breeds into something because you know again you guys know this well being down there like all of a sudden you know and part of it is malachi tony a big part of it but i think miami became very cool in the last i don't know you know 12 months yes maybe not even 12 months and i think now all of a sudden it doesn't take that much for you to light that light that fuse and it's definitely lit now bruce back to fsu for a second i take pride in 2026 not getting fooled by reports fake reports on the internet Did I get fooled by a report by you that Jimbo Fisher really wants the FSU job and FSU brass is looking into it? I think that Jimbo Fisher has definite interest. That's what I'm told. And on the Florida state side, I don't know what Florida state is going to do financially when they start kicking the tires on. Okay. Let's say, and this is a guy you guys know well, and I know well too, and he's a good coach and he has ties to Florida state. That's Manny Diaz. Manny Diaz is doing a really good job at Duke. If you want, if you, if you decide Manny Diaz is your best option, you know, how much is that going to cost you to get rid of Norvell at 50 million?
And then all of a sudden, if Manny has some buyout and bring him in and go forward, and then all of a sudden you have to factor in, clearly they were not, from what I'm told, they were closer to USF than UM or UF when it came to their portal spending this past offseason. So what is the economics of that? And I think the part that I would imagine is going to be tough for them is on Jimbo. can people can he talk his way into the job right right can he do that where it's like okay on some sense financially it makes sense but does it really make sense to say because we've seen we've seen some version of this where it's whether bobby petrino comes back to louisville and it worked for a little while until it didn't or you know macron wasn't a disaster at north carolina um you know rich rod is you know rich rod to me is a little different than some of these other guys you know but because rich rod what he's doing at West Virginia. Now let's, you know, he's off to a good start this year. It doesn't mean he's going to go, you know, 10 and two, but I think that there's some of that where you can see a little bit of momentum. I don't know how, you know, I think it's a tough sell on fans, but do you, if you're a Florida state, do you look and go, okay, maybe we can bring in Glenn Schumann, who's an unproven head coach, but has done a good job as Kirby's defensive coordinator. You know, again, I don't know if you can sell them on, Hey, Kenny Dillingham is going to come down here. You also don't know what jobs are coming open that are competing with you. And that's, you know, last year, a lot of jobs came open this year. We'll see. Can you imagine them ever going after Deion Sanders?
No, not at this stage. Unless Dion had it going where, like, you know, remember, they just lost, like, 42-7 to Northwestern. And the part that's a tough sell with Dion, even if Dion's healthier this year than he was last year coming off of, you know, all his physical ailments, is he's not going to be the one doing the home visits and the recruiting. And that's the part where it's like, I don't know if you can bank on a guy no matter how strong his ties are to the school. Because, again, just keep in mind, who are the two big coaches you're going up against right now? Cristobal and Summerall. And you better be all on it on recruiting. And I just think that's a tough sell that you're going to skip from Dion.
I didn't mean for this to turn into what percentage of an ACC coach would be back. I got to throw one more out at you. Dabo Swinney. Oh, good one. Yes. Excellent. I'm going to say like 85%. The number's really high because they don't have a lot of money to throw around. And everything I've heard is like Dabo, no offset in his deal. You know, he has won national titles, as we all know. So, you know, I think it could be the, it could be the, you know, slow leaning into the warm bath and you're going to ride it out with him. You know, like this is what you got.
I think they could try to convince him, go, hey, we've got to change up some things we're doing in terms of staffing and maybe how we approach NIL and how we approach the portal because this is not working in this era, especially if they go 5-7 and miss a bowl and take another step back. It's one thing when you're like, oh, they're not winning national titles, but they're still a 10-win team, and they did make the playoff. you know, two years ago, but it's now, it just feels like that gap is falling. They massively underachieved last year. And I think the writing is on the wall, but that's the problem when you spend a fortune on a head coach's salary and you can't get out from under it. I think their best hope is that Dabo looks around and goes, eh, I don't want to really do this anymore. And I don't know what he wants to do then, but you know, that's, that's what they're on the hook for. How do you feel about Florida's chances quickly here against Mississippi this weekend? At least they have them at home, you know? Yeah. And they have them coming off a huge emotional game. I actually like, like the Gators. Really good D line. I feel like Jaden bought.
by the end of the weekend, won't be the most underrated offensive player in college football, but right now I think he is. I mean, he is a monster who fits with exactly what Summerall wants. They're well coached. I think if there's a chance, if there's a time to get Ole Miss, it is this week. And I think, I'm sure the swamp will be wild. I'm picking the Gators. Bruce, as a journalist and a best-selling author, is Kamario Taylor at Mississippi State the best story in college football right now, where he's doing it for his hometown team right down the road?
Yeah, I think so. I mean, it's hard to find the right comp, you know, like, because they were really bad the last couple of years. And all of a sudden now, again, they beat Minnesota on the road. It's a nice win. They beat South Carolina. Nice win. It's not like they went into Baton Rouge and took them down or beat Georgia. But he is a spectacular player. I think what's worth noting is Mississippi State is an SEC school that, you know, they can throw some money around. And I think if you're looking at Kamario Taylor's potential first pick of the draft in 2028, I know Mississippi State can afford to pay him now, even if other people are, you know.
saying oh you know nickels maybe not the guy next year we could throw a lot of money at this guy or whatever i think mississippi state because of his ties to the school because he grew up a fan i think that is a that is a cool subplot and we'll see because right now you have two quarterbacks in the state of mississippi from very different you know starting points, are among the most compelling players in college football this year. Have you recently seen Kamario Taylor and Mike Ryan in the same room together? I have not, but Mike Ryan's going to need to pay a fortune to get him out of Mississippi. Bruce Feldman, check out his work. He's outstanding. He's with The Athletic. You can read him there. You can listen to him there very quickly, and we appreciate the time, sir, on the way out. You have been doing this for a long time. You are one of the best we have at doing this. College football, reporting on it, talking about it. I am wondering if I told you at any point before last year that one day Indiana would be on top of the college.
college football world you would have told me what you're high no way Indiana they were losing this program in the history of college football and then the 65 year old guy comes in here and talks a lot and backs it all up it's it's a mind-blowing story it's probably one of the best things about college yes I gotta be honest with you Bruce there's a good chance I'd be high anyway I mean just I'm not judging you we appreciate it man check him out at the athletic you can read him there you can listen to him there Bruce Feldman he is one of the best we have in this business thank you for doing it sir my pleasure thanks guys Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation catch all of our shows at foxsportsradio.com And within the iHeartRadio app, search FSR to listen live. If you missed any of today's show, be sure to catch the podcast. Just search Stu Gadsden Company live wherever you get your podcasts. Please follow the podcast, rate it five stars, and provide a review. Again, just search Stu Gadsden Company live wherever you get your podcasts, and you'll find today's full show and a best of version posted right after the end of the show. And also check out our original podcast, Stu Gadsden Company, God Bless Football, and with Stu Gadsden Hockman, and soon to be a new one.
Yes, very soon. A new college football show coming out, debuting, I think, tomorrow. I'm very excited about it with our friend the Bear. Mikey, our thanks here to Bruce Feldman and Brady Quinn. Both were excellent. We appreciate their time. I noticed you very distracted while we had Bruce Feldman on. You were not into it. I don't know what you were doing. What were you thinking about? I can tell you what I was doing. I wasn't nearly as distracted, but I think that you and I were both focused on the same thing.
I did not even realize Bruce Feldman was there. He was in front of me on my screen. He was talking. He was probably saying very smart things about very important topics. But all I could think of was to think about it Thursday because I have been killing myself going back and forth. Like I have.
both included Ian Eagle and gotten rid of him, I think 13 times in my head. And I think I want to switch my answer, but I don't. All right, really. So I spent the entire time, I mean, I was talking to Bruce Feldman and he was speaking and there were words coming out of his mouth, but I didn't hear him because I was texting apologies to Jason Benetti and to Ian Eagle telling him I left him off a list of nine play-by-play guys. I can only choose two for the remainder of time, but they have to call all sports. So have you revised your list again? Because it's only two, Mike. You keep two, you cut seven. That's it. The names again, if you're just joining us, I believe they were Mike Breen, Mike Tirico, Jim Nance, Kevin...
Harlan, Jason Benetti, Al Michaels, Gus Johnson, Ian Eagle, and Joe Buck. You can only keep two of them. They call the games for the remainder of time. All the games. Regardless of the sport, those two guys are going to call the remainder of games for the remainder of time. I went with Jim Nance because I need him on the Masters, and I went with Kevin Harlan because I believe him to be the most underrated broadcaster in the history of our industry.
So I am very okay with my pick of Joe Buck just because of what you said. It is all sports, and I believe Joe Buck is one of the few that can do any sport. He has done almost every sport, and I trust him. He allows the moment to breathe on television better than anybody, in my opinion, in that sometimes he knows to just shut up and let you watch, let the crowd noise do its thing. Yes. I'm just trying to imagine Joe Buck calling hockey. I'm not saying he wouldn't be great at it. I'm just trying to imagine it, you know?
Until he tries to do play-by-play of a sport and can't, I'm going to believe he can do it all. Okay, that's fair. I mean, he can certainly do golf. He's done it before, so that takes care of the Masters for me. But I don't want, listen, for me, that's the most important weekend of the year, so Nance has to be there for me. Like, it's the only guy that has to be there for me is Jim Nance. I don't want to hear anyone else calling the Masters other than Jim Nance, period. End of discussion. I don't look at the Masters the way you do, so I'm okay losing Nance for that reason. And I don't do it disrespectfully. I'm sorry, Jim. I think you're wonderful at what you do. Yes.
This is decision time. So it's really coming down between Ian Eagle, Kevin Harlan, and Mike Breen for that final spot. Mike Breen just accepted my apology, just so you know. I'm not sure I'm going to apologize to him because I might keep him. I might just say, hey, I had a little bit of a hiccup. I went with Ian, but I'm thinking, but Kevin Harlan is so good. He's so good. Mike Breen, final answer. Mike Breen, final answer. Mike Breen is your final answer. This is weird because why is Sean McDonough not on the list? I'm confused by that. And this is not disrespect. I'm not trying to be disrespectful to Jason Benetti. He's a fantastic play-by-play guy for the White Sox and nationally as well. And I love him. He's a friend.
like mcdonough should be on the list no he should be there yeah who are you taking off i just told you who don't put me in a bad spot for a second time but eddie i mean jason is really good he's so good i know i hate this let me try it with analysts because if we have two guys calling yeah no i want to try this do we have music for this i need music i need some music i always want music so if you have two guys calling all the sports games for the remainder of time they need help Sure. Somebody who played the sport. An analyst. Can fill some time. So I have nine analysts, okay? You have to drop seven. You can keep two. All right. How do you keep Kevin Horvath off the list? Honestly. It's hard. Listen. He's the best of the best. Like top shelf, man. I agree. That's how I look at those nine, by the way. There's like a top shelf. It's like a bar. And there's Joe Buck. There's Mike Breen. Thank you for that, by the way. He's so good. All right. Here are the nine analysts, okay? This is a lot more difficult.
Stan Van Gundy. Well, keep in mind. I've got two names in my head right now. Yeah, but not only is Van Gundy in the booth, okay, for basketball games, he'll be in the booth for hockey games. Stan. I love it. Yes. Stan's very good. Listen, you know my relationship with Stan Van Gundy. I love him dearly. He is a dear friend. He did entire shows with me and Levitard on a weekly basis, and I love him to death, and he's great. And Stan Van Gundy can fill time. He knows how to do this. He's great at it, okay? Tim Legler. Second option. Tom Brady. That's good. Tom Brady. Okay.
He's getting there, Tom Brady. He is. Yeah, he is. He's an easy leave off for me right now, but he can get there. I heard some rumble there from you. I don't know, Jim. He's not on this list. Should be. Not available. Here we go. You want me to put rumble on the list? No. Keep going. All right. So you have Van Gundy, Legler, Brady, Greg Olson. Very good. Greg Olson. Very good. Dare I say great. Dare I say Greg Olson should still be in that number one booth instead of Tom Brady. And I promise you, Greg Olson thinks he should be in the number one booth instead of Tom Brady. He's excellent. He's very good. Chris Collinsworth.
Now here's a guy. I love this guy, man. Troy Aikman. Very good. Really good. I can't read my own handwriting. I can't. What letter does it start with? It starts with an H. Oh, Kirk Herbstreet. Yes, Herbie. Herbie. Herbie. Herbie. And then the last one, Mike Golick Sr. Oh, see, that's not fair. Why? Because we love Golick and Golick loves us. Why is it not fair? I don't understand. Golick's a good option. He can call all sports. He can. All right. I got my two. I got my two. Well, one of them I had in my head the whole time.
One of them I had in my head the whole time. Can I guess? You could. Collinsworth. No. Herbstreet. Yes. Really? Yes. Yes. I mean, Herbie loves me. For all of the reasons. Yes, yeah. I should hate Herbstreet as an Ohio State hater, which I am proud to say I am. Right. Every time. And he explains the game very well. He walks you through it. And frankly, he's just very, very gentle with old men. He is. You're right about that. He is very gentle with Al Michaels, is what you were trying to say. And Lee Corso, of course. Yeah, exactly.
But certainly Al. Certainly. There must be times where Herbie's looking at him and being like, Al, come on. Try a little bit. Come on. Help me out now. I know you've lost a little bit on the fastball, but come on. I know you and Black Herrera Jr. are talking about what you got paid for in the past. All right. So Herbie, as we know, been on the show, friend of the show. Herbie knows baseball. He can call baseball. I'm not certain about hockey. But Herbie is certainly a good one. Mine is Stan Van Gundy.
Stan Van Gundy, just for the reasons I explained to you before, he's great at basketball. Stan loves baseball. That's his passion. So he would be great calling baseball games. Doesn't love football. Doesn't love hockey. But Stan knows how to fill time. And that is an important part of being a sports analyst. So the play-by-play guy can regroup and gather his thoughts. Yes. You just made my decision for me. My number two is somebody who not only has experience doing play-by-play analysts, but knows how to fill time and is possibly in a Hall of Fame for broadcasting. Yes.
Give me Mike Golic. Right, and wrestling. He's just not in the Hall of Fame that he wants to be in. Who's your two? I want to say Golic. I don't want to live in a world where there's no Tom Brady. And Collinsworth is the best going. I mean, he really is. I'm going to go Golic. Because Golic, I mean, across sports, and he can fill time, and he's my friend, and I'm in the bag for Mike Golic Sr. and his entire family. This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human.