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Well, that's right, you heard the man. It is that time of week. My name is Bernie Frodder. We aren comedy live from the tiraq dot com studios here in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, tyrack dot com We'll help you get there. And unmatched selection, fast free shipping, free road hazard protection, and over ten thousand recommended installers tyraq dot com the way tire buying should be. Well, the football extravaganza continues. The twelve team playoff quarterfinals make way for what will be a very raucous NFL Week eighteen. Later on the show, you may ask yourself what's at stake in the NFL Week eighteen?

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Nothing, just seeding, viewership, draft, position, playoff opportunities. I'll break it down for you. Look in the same way Sinatra things New York, New York. But I want to dive into the twelve team playoff. I got a little I got a little bone to pick with some peeps. You know, about a week ago, there was a three or four day period where the group Thinke Echo Chamber and the naysayers and the whiners and the punnits, they all got together and course, like the King family google at Knuckleheads, all they wanted to do was to decry the new twelve team college football playoff games are blowouts, wrong teams are in blah blah blah, neatly ignoring that prior to this year's format, the last twenty semi final games, fourteen of them were decided by a margin or fourteen points or more. Eight of them were decided by a margin of twenty points and more. But I digress. But it was just noise, and the noise passed because if you watched Thursday, the slate of games proved this was the perfigure to debut the twelve team format. Yeah, the perfect year, I'll explain. Do you know that under last year's format, Ohio State wouldn't have even been in the four team playoff and the previous two team model would have excluded Texas. Now both scored big wins Thursday in different fashion because you survive in advance, and now each hold the best odds to win the whole thing in respective order. Is it fair that either is here after losing to Michigan and losing to Georgia in their last respective regular season games. I don't really care either, might be the best team I think Ohio State is, and at this time we're going to find out for sure on the field. Number two, Arizona State, defying all the odds, also proved they belonged in this field. With a smaller tournament, we would have never gotten Thursday's double overtime banger against Texas, which might have the best college football game in a body year. Imagining not getting to witness Camp Scatabo literally punking and rallying for two hundred and eighty four total yards and the biggest stage in college football would have been criminal. Oh, by the way, I might touch on this in the midnight hour, What the hell? How did Texas avoid that obvious targeting call that was a non targeting call older respect The dude led with the crown of his helmet made contact with the crown of the helmet of the receiver. It was textbook targeting, and yet they didn't call it. That would have moved the change fifteen yards up Texas. Arizona would have been looking at, you know, moving up a few yards and having a field goal to win the whole thing. But again, I digress. Let's take this point further, heading into the tournament. The only team everyone agreed on as being elite that no one would have left off their list. It was Oregon. They were undefeated, and they had beaten three teams in the tournament, Penn State, Ohio State, and Poise State. And Ohio State rode them like a stickhorse. Now, I was told, and I told a couple of people, one of my moles and Columbus said, the first time Ohio State played Oregon, their DB's were so freaked out the first two series and how much speed Oregon had all over the field that they were in shock, and it took a minute to wake up. But they knew what they were up against this time. And Ohio State can match anybody skill for skill anybody, and they did on Saturday or Thursday. And Ohio State has an league defense, but you already knew that. So and by the way, it was in the Rose Bowl, the granddaddy of them all. So it's difficult to reconcile that. How Ohio State lost to Michigan a month ago and they got a team full of terminators, most notably Jeremiah Smith. Where if you ever saw Julio Jones as a freshman, you're seeing Julio Jones all over again. That's how good this guy is. Again. You want to complain, You want to whine, you want to bitch. Ohio State would not have even been in the fourteen playoff last year based on the criteria they used. Oh And also, by the way, remember this format has at least created a pathway for schools to have a chance and duke it out on the field, win, loser, draw. Another takeaway, give it up to Notre Dame. I think most of us underestimated Notre Dame because you couldn't get the Northern Illinois loss oude of your head. How did they beat Georgia? It was a classic fist fight in the phone booth, Ugly physical, low scoring. It could it beat Notre Dame out Georgia. The overall stats aren't real flattering. Riley Leonard threw for ninety yards. That's the lowest by a winning team in college football playoff history. However, three things stood out that made sure that Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish punched their ticket to the my final game against Penn State, now number one. Notre Dame won the trenches. They physically dominated Kirby Smarts Georgia team and the line of scrimmage. You can count on one hand, it maybe one finger, how many times that's happened during Kirby Smart's tenure at Georgia. Notre Dame has always sent plenty of linemen to the NFL in recent years, but the program seemingly would fall short physically when given a chance to compete against set teams. That's not for debate. Didn't seem to bode well for the quarterfinal matchup against maybe the arguably the most physical team in college football over the last eight years. Notre Dame won that argument convincingly. Second thing, Notre Dame forced turnovers. Notre Dame's played fourteen games on the season, they forced at least one turnover in thirteen games, the only one without a takeaway Ye you guessed it against Northern Illinois and we two simply put, if you let the Irish take the ball away, it's going to be a long day, long day. Sack fumble recovery that gave the Irish credible field position, wasted no time in catching a get on that chance and ensuing touchdown that pushed Notre Dame to a thirteen to three league just before the half. That was a backbreaker. That was a shocking turn of events since not long before that Georgia led three nothing and then score was tied three to three. That puts the Irish at one hundred and forty points checked out, one hundred and forty eight points off scored turnovers this campaign. That's like fifty more than the next best team in the FPS. What else did Notre Dame do made plays on special teams? Now Georgia has shown its resolved, durous time this season. They've trailed in a lot of games. No lead is safe Georgia when they needed to one, but the old Mike Tyston, nobody's got a plan to they get punch in the mouth. And the punch of the mouth was the opening kickoff in the second half, a ninety eight yard touchdown run, the highlight of the special team's unit all of a sudden twenty to three, and go back and watch the film. Notre Dame almost blocked every punt they saw and they repeatedly kept the bulldog pinned give it up to Notre Dame. One final takeaway from the CFB playoffs so far the SEC. Now, I've been a defender of the SEC how can you not be. They've had five different schools win a national championship since nineteen ninety eight. They've been a fixed year, and got Sankey is still a fixed year. He's still as visible as ever, but his generally forceful football machine that you would call the SEC is failing to produce. First, the league got just three teams in a twelve team playoff, regardless of all the hysterical complaining that produced from coaches. I'm looking at you, Lane Kiffin. Yeah, feel free to beat Kentucky when you're a fourteen point favorite. Feel free to beat Louisville when you're a twelve point favorite. Yeah, how'd that work out? South Carolina Illinois three year on the field, all right, But the three teams that got combined. Check that. Check that. The three teams that got in are a combined two and two in the tournament and kind of a shaky two and two. Tennessee got blown out by Ohio State in the first round game forty two to seventeen. Georgia. Of course, they had their season ending, you know, injury to Carson Beck, but no excuses, paging Cardell Jones. Look it up. Look beyond the playoff. The SECS had multiple other bull stinkers. Alabama, which had the most people lobbying for it as a playoff team, was awful. They looked horrible beating Michigan as a fourteen point favorite. And Jalen rolls, I'm Jalen Rose, be nice. I could speak English, Jalen Milroe, and Jalen Rose isn't either. You're not a major league quarterback. Whoever plugged you in the first round needs to talk to Stevie Wonder because even he could see that you're not a first round quarterback. You may find you may land on a roster, you may have a job at the NFL. I'm not saying that you're not a first round quarterback. South Carolina another team deserved a playoff bid. They told us they did. Lost to Illinois. They had they were a nine point favorite. Oklahoma, remember they're in the SEC now. They Louston Navy and Texas A and m lost the USC. Other than that house the play Missus Lincoln. It's not like this league is in danger collapse or anything. But look, for a while it was, you know, the SEC's world, and we were all just visiting. Not so much coming up. We have a hell of a weekend slate, and it starts with a pretty damn good doubleheader tomorrow where there are real legitimate playoff implications between these two matchups, even though you know, obviously Cleving's not going anywhere, but Baltimore has a you know, incentive to win that game. In the Cincinnati Pittsburgh game should be a slugfest, and they both have their motives. We're bringing our guys, Joe Gibbs, NFL Rep Stats a genius when it comes to finding those situational angles when certain referees are assigned to a game and oh, by the way, they have tendencies to call, you know, call certain penalties on certain teams in certain situations. And how you juxtapose that with teams that have a proclivity to maybe commit to me holding penalties or you get to drift him. Bernie Frado, we are a company line from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirect dot com studios. So keep it locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

Nothing, just seeding, viewership, draft, position, playoff opportunities. I'll break it down for you. Look in the same way Sinatra things New York, New York. But I want to dive into the twelve team playoff. I got a little I got a little bone to pick with some peeps. You know, about a week ago, there was a three or four day period where the group Thinke Echo Chamber and the naysayers and the whiners and the punnits, they all got together and course, like the King family google at Knuckleheads, all they wanted to do was to decry the new twelve team college football playoff games are blowouts, wrong teams are in blah blah blah, neatly ignoring that prior to this year's format, the last twenty semi final games, fourteen of them were decided by a margin or fourteen points or more. Eight of them were decided by a margin of twenty points and more. But I digress. But it was just noise, and the noise passed because if you watched Thursday, the slate of games proved this was the perfigure to debut the twelve team format. Yeah, the perfect year, I'll explain. Do you know that under last year's format, Ohio State wouldn't have even been in the four team playoff and the previous two team model would have excluded Texas. Now both scored big wins Thursday in different fashion because you survive in advance, and now each hold the best odds to win the whole thing in respective order. Is it fair that either is here after losing to Michigan and losing to Georgia in their last respective regular season games. I don't really care either, might be the best team I think Ohio State is, and at this time we're going to find out for sure on the field. Number two, Arizona State, defying all the odds, also proved they belonged in this field. With a smaller tournament, we would have never gotten Thursday's double overtime banger against Texas, which might have the best college football game in a body year. Imagining not getting to witness Camp Scatabo literally punking and rallying for two hundred and eighty four total yards and the biggest stage in college football would have been criminal. Oh, by the way, I might touch on this in the midnight hour, What the hell? How did Texas avoid that obvious targeting call that was a non targeting call older respect The dude led with the crown of his helmet made contact with the crown of the helmet of the receiver. It was textbook targeting, and yet they didn't call it. That would have moved the change fifteen yards up Texas. Arizona would have been looking at, you know, moving up a few yards and having a field goal to win the whole thing. But again, I digress. Let's take this point further, heading into the tournament. The only team everyone agreed on as being elite that no one would have left off their list. It was Oregon. They were undefeated, and they had beaten three teams in the tournament, Penn State, Ohio State, and Poise State. And Ohio State rode them like a stickhorse. Now, I was told, and I told a couple of people, one of my moles and Columbus said, the first time Ohio State played Oregon, their DB's were so freaked out the first two series and how much speed Oregon had all over the field that they were in shock, and it took a minute to wake up. But they knew what they were up against this time. And Ohio State can match anybody skill for skill anybody, and they did on Saturday or Thursday. And Ohio State has an league defense, but you already knew that. So and by the way, it was in the Rose Bowl, the granddaddy of them all. So it's difficult to reconcile that. How Ohio State lost to Michigan a month ago and they got a team full of terminators, most notably Jeremiah Smith. Where if you ever saw Julio Jones as a freshman, you're seeing Julio Jones all over again. That's how good this guy is. Again. You want to complain, You want to whine, you want to bitch. Ohio State would not have even been in the fourteen playoff last year based on the criteria they used. Oh And also, by the way, remember this format has at least created a pathway for schools to have a chance and duke it out on the field, win, loser, draw. Another takeaway, give it up to Notre Dame. I think most of us underestimated Notre Dame because you couldn't get the Northern Illinois loss oude of your head. How did they beat Georgia? It was a classic fist fight in the phone booth, Ugly physical, low scoring. It could it beat Notre Dame out Georgia. The overall stats aren't real flattering. Riley Leonard threw for ninety yards. That's the lowest by a winning team in college football playoff history. However, three things stood out that made sure that Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish punched their ticket to the my final game against Penn State, now number one. Notre Dame won the trenches. They physically dominated Kirby Smarts Georgia team and the line of scrimmage. You can count on one hand, it maybe one finger, how many times that's happened during Kirby Smart's tenure at Georgia. Notre Dame has always sent plenty of linemen to the NFL in recent years, but the program seemingly would fall short physically when given a chance to compete against set teams. That's not for debate. Didn't seem to bode well for the quarterfinal matchup against maybe the arguably the most physical team in college football over the last eight years. Notre Dame won that argument convincingly. Second thing, Notre Dame forced turnovers. Notre Dame's played fourteen games on the season, they forced at least one turnover in thirteen games, the only one without a takeaway Ye you guessed it against Northern Illinois and we two simply put, if you let the Irish take the ball away, it's going to be a long day, long day. Sack fumble recovery that gave the Irish credible field position, wasted no time in catching a get on that chance and ensuing touchdown that pushed Notre Dame to a thirteen to three league just before the half. That was a backbreaker. That was a shocking turn of events since not long before that Georgia led three nothing and then score was tied three to three. That puts the Irish at one hundred and forty points checked out, one hundred and forty eight points off scored turnovers this campaign. That's like fifty more than the next best team in the FPS. What else did Notre Dame do made plays on special teams? Now Georgia has shown its resolved, durous time this season. They've trailed in a lot of games. No lead is safe Georgia when they needed to one, but the old Mike Tyston, nobody's got a plan to they get punch in the mouth. And the punch of the mouth was the opening kickoff in the second half, a ninety eight yard touchdown run, the highlight of the special team's unit all of a sudden twenty to three, and go back and watch the film. Notre Dame almost blocked every punt they saw and they repeatedly kept the bulldog pinned give it up to Notre Dame. One final takeaway from the CFB playoffs so far the SEC. Now, I've been a defender of the SEC how can you not be. They've had five different schools win a national championship since nineteen ninety eight. They've been a fixed year, and got Sankey is still a fixed year. He's still as visible as ever, but his generally forceful football machine that you would call the SEC is failing to produce. First, the league got just three teams in a twelve team playoff, regardless of all the hysterical complaining that produced from coaches. I'm looking at you, Lane Kiffin. Yeah, feel free to beat Kentucky when you're a fourteen point favorite. Feel free to beat Louisville when you're a twelve point favorite. Yeah, how'd that work out? South Carolina Illinois three year on the field, all right, But the three teams that got combined. Check that. Check that. The three teams that got in are a combined two and two in the tournament and kind of a shaky two and two. Tennessee got blown out by Ohio State in the first round game forty two to seventeen. Georgia. Of course, they had their season ending, you know, injury to Carson Beck, but no excuses, paging Cardell Jones. Look it up. Look beyond the playoff. The SECS had multiple other bull stinkers. Alabama, which had the most people lobbying for it as a playoff team, was awful. They looked horrible beating Michigan as a fourteen point favorite. And Jalen rolls, I'm Jalen Rose, be nice. I could speak English, Jalen Milroe, and Jalen Rose isn't either. You're not a major league quarterback. Whoever plugged you in the first round needs to talk to Stevie Wonder because even he could see that you're not a first round quarterback. You may find you may land on a roster, you may have a job at the NFL. I'm not saying that you're not a first round quarterback. South Carolina another team deserved a playoff bid. They told us they did. Lost to Illinois. They had they were a nine point favorite. Oklahoma, remember they're in the SEC now. They Louston Navy and Texas A and m lost the USC. Other than that house the play Missus Lincoln. It's not like this league is in danger collapse or anything. But look, for a while it was, you know, the SEC's world, and we were all just visiting. Not so much coming up. We have a hell of a weekend slate, and it starts with a pretty damn good doubleheader tomorrow where there are real legitimate playoff implications between these two matchups, even though you know, obviously Cleving's not going anywhere, but Baltimore has a you know, incentive to win that game. In the Cincinnati Pittsburgh game should be a slugfest, and they both have their motives. We're bringing our guys, Joe Gibbs, NFL Rep Stats a genius when it comes to finding those situational angles when certain referees are assigned to a game and oh, by the way, they have tendencies to call, you know, call certain penalties on certain teams in certain situations. And how you juxtapose that with teams that have a proclivity to maybe commit to me holding penalties or you get to drift him. Bernie Frado, we are a company line from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirect dot com studios. So keep it locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Right back on the Bernie Fradle Show, Fox Sports Radio Cony live from the tire Act dot Com studios here in Las Vegas. Will take you up to two am Pacific FAVEM Eastern. And that's welcome in a gentleman, A fan favorite on the show's been here many times because it's an incredibly unique perspective research and knowledge on how referees may or may not impact an NFL games, certainly the wagering side, not intentionally, but by their habits, by the repeated proclivities to call certain penalties or certain situations. Welcome in, Joe Gibbs, NFL ref stats, Joe, how you doing, Buddy good? How you doing good? Man? So before I dive into the Saturday doubleheader and beyond, I really want to get your take, ever so quickly, Joe. There was an obvious targeting call non call in the Texas Arizona State game which might have very well shifted the outcome of that game. And also a very obvious non non offensive pass interference call in the Penn State Boise State came which prevented a Boise State player from retrieving an interception. When you see these things happening even in a college game. What goes through your mind?

Right back on the Bernie Fradle Show, Fox Sports Radio Cony live from the tire Act dot Com studios here in Las Vegas. Will take you up to two am Pacific FAVEM Eastern. And that's welcome in a gentleman, A fan favorite on the show's been here many times because it's an incredibly unique perspective research and knowledge on how referees may or may not impact an NFL games, certainly the wagering side, not intentionally, but by their habits, by the repeated proclivities to call certain penalties or certain situations. Welcome in, Joe Gibbs, NFL ref stats, Joe, how you doing, Buddy good? How you doing good? Man? So before I dive into the Saturday doubleheader and beyond, I really want to get your take, ever so quickly, Joe. There was an obvious targeting call non call in the Texas Arizona State game which might have very well shifted the outcome of that game. And also a very obvious non non offensive pass interference call in the Penn State Boise State came which prevented a Boise State player from retrieving an interception. When you see these things happening even in a college game. What goes through your mind?

What goes in my mind? I wish I knew more about these these referee crews, you know, big picture. I mean, we're just seeing a glimpse of it from one game. We don't know them from one game to the next, so you can't get a good grip on them week to week and then really take advantage of it. As far as the two goals you're speaking of, you know, the offensive pass and appearance on the on the Boise State, I mean, not good, but it was early in the game. You know that you can overcome those things. But the targeting call in the Arizona State gaming that was a real bad non call. I get at the referees they want to stay out of the way in those high leverage, you know, late game situations. But I mean, the targeting rule, in my opinion is it's a dumb rule to begin with.

What goes in my mind? I wish I knew more about these these referee crews, you know, big picture. I mean, we're just seeing a glimpse of it from one game. We don't know them from one game to the next, so you can't get a good grip on them week to week and then really take advantage of it. As far as the two goals you're speaking of, you know, the offensive pass and appearance on the on the Boise State, I mean, not good, but it was early in the game. You know that you can overcome those things. But the targeting call in the Arizona State gaming that was a real bad non call. I get at the referees they want to stay out of the way in those high leverage, you know, late game situations. But I mean, the targeting rule, in my opinion is it's a dumb rule to begin with.

I don't like it.

I don't like it.

But having said that, by the letter of the law, you know, from what I've seen throughout college football this season, that's targeting. I I've seen less call than that, So it's just a bad miss. It cost Arizona State most likely the game. And that's I mean, that's.

But having said that, by the letter of the law, you know, from what I've seen throughout college football this season, that's targeting. I I've seen less call than that, So it's just a bad miss. It cost Arizona State most likely the game. And that's I mean, that's.

He led with the kid led with the crown of his helmets.

He led with the kid led with the crown of his helmets.

Oh, there's no doubt, no one's it's targeting. There's no if send bots about it. It's just.

Oh, there's no doubt, no one's it's targeting. There's no if send bots about it. It's just.

What just happened. Because it went to a replay booth. They review all suspected targeting calls. How could anybody in a crew that's paid to do this look at that and say, ah, hell, let's just not call it. You know, I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I can't read minds, but it's like, geez, we don't really want Arizona State to win. It's not good for ratings. I hate to be a jackass like that, but is that what happened?

What just happened. Because it went to a replay booth. They review all suspected targeting calls. How could anybody in a crew that's paid to do this look at that and say, ah, hell, let's just not call it. You know, I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I can't read minds, but it's like, geez, we don't really want Arizona State to win. It's not good for ratings. I hate to be a jackass like that, but is that what happened?

Bingo Boni, that's it, That's exactly what happened. Because who do you want in the next round? You want Texas massive fan base, huge name or Arizona State. I mean, does that answer your question right there? I think you've hit the nail on the head.

Bingo Boni, that's it, That's exactly what happened. Because who do you want in the next round? You want Texas massive fan base, huge name or Arizona State. I mean, does that answer your question right there? I think you've hit the nail on the head.

All right. I think that's fair. All right, let's move along to the NFL. I know you and I have talked about this. It's just a matter of time before somebody could commission you to do this in college, which would almost a possible because there's like three hundred games every weekend. But be that as it may. Big weekend, Joe, Big week And let's start out with Cleveland Baltimore. Your buddy Scott Novak is on that crew, and uh, and I know, you know you have got some thoughts because Cleveland's catching twenty points, which I don't you know, I know there, I'll tell you what you take it away. I'm stammering. You don't lay twenty points in the NFL period, you don't do.

All right. I think that's fair. All right, let's move along to the NFL. I know you and I have talked about this. It's just a matter of time before somebody could commission you to do this in college, which would almost a possible because there's like three hundred games every weekend. But be that as it may. Big weekend, Joe, Big week And let's start out with Cleveland Baltimore. Your buddy Scott Novak is on that crew, and uh, and I know, you know you have got some thoughts because Cleveland's catching twenty points, which I don't you know, I know there, I'll tell you what you take it away. I'm stammering. You don't lay twenty points in the NFL period, you don't do.

It right right right. When I actually did the preview for this game, I think the points bread was eighteen and I hadn't paid attention since and I saw earlier it was up to twenty. But whatever, Yeah, so no back. These guys they more of an offensive offensive penalty crew. Fifty seven percent of that penalty is on the offense, which is third in the NFL. Third down, they only call thirty five percent of the penalties on the defense. So you kind of get the idea that these guys tilt one way and that favors the defenses, the Browns offense, you know, with a crew like Novak's who does look the penalty the offense. Brown's number one for pre sint penalties per game their offense. He counts as sixty three percent of the team's penalties. I mean, they're a bad team. I didn't know who the quarterback is.

It right right right. When I actually did the preview for this game, I think the points bread was eighteen and I hadn't paid attention since and I saw earlier it was up to twenty. But whatever, Yeah, so no back. These guys they more of an offensive offensive penalty crew. Fifty seven percent of that penalty is on the offense, which is third in the NFL. Third down, they only call thirty five percent of the penalties on the defense. So you kind of get the idea that these guys tilt one way and that favors the defenses, the Browns offense, you know, with a crew like Novak's who does look the penalty the offense. Brown's number one for pre sint penalties per game their offense. He counts as sixty three percent of the team's penalties. I mean, they're a bad team. I didn't know who the quarterback is.

It's not gonna be It's gonna be Bailey Zappi, which I think is a big, big time upgrade from DTR.

It's not gonna be It's gonna be Bailey Zappi, which I think is a big, big time upgrade from DTR.

Yeah, it's just.

Yeah, it's just.

Look, it's not a serious franchise. I don't know what to say about it except that, look, we all know what's gonna happen. If Baltimore was going to try and get in and get out with a win. Divisional home teams haven't done well with Novak. They're twelve and twenty and one against the spread thirty nine percent in his career. Again, Baltimore is looking just to win and look move on to next week. So are they going to cover twenty? I have no idea. I'm not going to bet the game. They could win twenty three to six. I mean they could win thirty to nine. I don't know. Novak's going to look the call against the offense more so than the defense. That's all like tell you, the Browns offense is a joke. One of the most penalizes in the league. Baltimore with the motivation they're at home, whether they cover, I don't know. I don't know.

Look, it's not a serious franchise. I don't know what to say about it except that, look, we all know what's gonna happen. If Baltimore was going to try and get in and get out with a win. Divisional home teams haven't done well with Novak. They're twelve and twenty and one against the spread thirty nine percent in his career. Again, Baltimore is looking just to win and look move on to next week. So are they going to cover twenty? I have no idea. I'm not going to bet the game. They could win twenty three to six. I mean they could win thirty to nine. I don't know. Novak's going to look the call against the offense more so than the defense. That's all like tell you, the Browns offense is a joke. One of the most penalizes in the league. Baltimore with the motivation they're at home, whether they cover, I don't know. I don't know.

Well with DTR I think they would have had a better chance in covering, but I think you get out on top and your cruise in. They didn't get out. Nobody's hurt. And it caught my eye is you had, like Baltimore like one and six at home against the number, and that's typically when they're laying around a touchdown. Now they're basically laying three touchdowns.

Well with DTR I think they would have had a better chance in covering, but I think you get out on top and your cruise in. They didn't get out. Nobody's hurt. And it caught my eye is you had, like Baltimore like one and six at home against the number, and that's typically when they're laying around a touchdown. Now they're basically laying three touchdowns.

Right.

Right.

Here's the miss normal about Listen. I don't know who's going to play and who's not, but you only dress forty six in the NFL, and it's not like the preseason when you're playing guys they're gonna be working at NAP Auto Parts next month. These are all NFL players who know they're getting twenty points. They're not gonna like it. And Miles Garrett, I think, is going for some sack record too. So that's that's just an acid.

Here's the miss normal about Listen. I don't know who's going to play and who's not, but you only dress forty six in the NFL, and it's not like the preseason when you're playing guys they're gonna be working at NAP Auto Parts next month. These are all NFL players who know they're getting twenty points. They're not gonna like it. And Miles Garrett, I think, is going for some sack record too. So that's that's just an acid.

If I if I was the better anything, Bernie, it would actually be the under in this game. This is more of an undercrew again, I'm not sure how much Cleveland scores. Baltimore is probably going to get that. You know, twenty three, twenty seven, you know you're going under forty one all.

If I if I was the better anything, Bernie, it would actually be the under in this game. This is more of an undercrew again, I'm not sure how much Cleveland scores. Baltimore is probably going to get that. You know, twenty three, twenty seven, you know you're going under forty one all.

Are Let's moved to the night game, which has certainly more interest. John Hussey has, I guess, a little different track record when it comes to divisional home teams.

Are Let's moved to the night game, which has certainly more interest. John Hussey has, I guess, a little different track record when it comes to divisional home teams.

Joe Oh absolutely does.

Joe Oh absolutely does.

He leaves.

He leaves.

He leaves the pack as firing as a home field advantage referee. So here's some numbers. Now, this is not a misprint. Divisional home scene since twenty sixteen with John Hussey forty four and fifteen straight up seventy four percent, forty seventeen and two against the spread seventy percent. That includes this season six and one straight up and five and two against the spread for divisional home teams. So this is an excellent home field advantage crew. They don't call a lot of penalties. They're going to try to look to stay out of the way, which I like, that's my preference with any officiating crew. But when they do call penalties, they've sort of shot away from the offensive holding full start penalties. That put more emphasis this year on those defensive holding, defensive pass and apperance penalties. It kind of favored Cincinnati in that respect because they're they're one of the best teams that Number one with the Vikings, they correct Number one is a beneficiary of automatic first downs by a penalty. That means the offense. They talk about penalties against teams, but they don't talk about how many penalties a team benefits from. Well, the Bengals and the Vikings are number one, and so the Bengals.

He leaves the pack as firing as a home field advantage referee. So here's some numbers. Now, this is not a misprint. Divisional home scene since twenty sixteen with John Hussey forty four and fifteen straight up seventy four percent, forty seventeen and two against the spread seventy percent. That includes this season six and one straight up and five and two against the spread for divisional home teams. So this is an excellent home field advantage crew. They don't call a lot of penalties. They're going to try to look to stay out of the way, which I like, that's my preference with any officiating crew. But when they do call penalties, they've sort of shot away from the offensive holding full start penalties. That put more emphasis this year on those defensive holding, defensive pass and apperance penalties. It kind of favored Cincinnati in that respect because they're they're one of the best teams that Number one with the Vikings, they correct Number one is a beneficiary of automatic first downs by a penalty. That means the offense. They talk about penalties against teams, but they don't talk about how many penalties a team benefits from. Well, the Bengals and the Vikings are number one, and so the Bengals.

Can throw it.

Can throw it.

They can put some pressure on the Pittsburgh defense. You got a crew who will throw some penalties along the way, some penalty flags and for defensive pass and appearance, illegal contact, defensive holding. Look, I've been against Pittsburgh the last three weeks. It's been a murderer's row. You know, Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Cincinnati's running hot. I like them last week against them.

They can put some pressure on the Pittsburgh defense. You got a crew who will throw some penalties along the way, some penalty flags and for defensive pass and appearance, illegal contact, defensive holding. Look, I've been against Pittsburgh the last three weeks. It's been a murderer's row. You know, Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Cincinnati's running hot. I like them last week against them.

But we spoke about it, Joe.

But we spoke about it, Joe.

You're paying a Bengals tax. They're laying three points down the road in a game. Pittsburgh's motivated to win because they'd rather play Hu the following week. And I agree with everything he said about the Bengals offense, but that defense stinks and their game management and situation will play. They're not a buttoned up team anymore.

You're paying a Bengals tax. They're laying three points down the road in a game. Pittsburgh's motivated to win because they'd rather play Hu the following week. And I agree with everything he said about the Bengals offense, but that defense stinks and their game management and situation will play. They're not a buttoned up team anymore.

No, they're not.

No, they're not.

I mean Borough mosks to one of the issues. I'm riding the hot hand. I mean, I'm gonna ride the hot hand with Borrow until he loses. And the last time Cincinnati lost was against Pittsburgh back in week thirteen. I think it was actually had Pittsburgh that day plus three at Cincinnati. I think it was forty four to thirty eight finals score. That was a loss on the Bengals lost. The football game was at versus Pittsburgh week thirteen.

I mean Borough mosks to one of the issues. I'm riding the hot hand. I mean, I'm gonna ride the hot hand with Borrow until he loses. And the last time Cincinnati lost was against Pittsburgh back in week thirteen. I think it was actually had Pittsburgh that day plus three at Cincinnati. I think it was forty four to thirty eight finals score. That was a loss on the Bengals lost. The football game was at versus Pittsburgh week thirteen.

You do bring up a good point. You can't be one hundred percent sure of how much motivation as Steelers have this that's face to the Cincinnati's gotta only win and they need about four things to happen, and they're not likely to happen at all. It would not be I think this is a tight game. I just think this is a very tight game.

You do bring up a good point. You can't be one hundred percent sure of how much motivation as Steelers have this that's face to the Cincinnati's gotta only win and they need about four things to happen, and they're not likely to happen at all. It would not be I think this is a tight game. I just think this is a very tight game.

Oh it's gonna be closed. If you told me it wasn't going to be a tight Genvil, I wouldn't believe you. Every Cincinnati gang seems to come down to the wire and Pittsburgh it's a divisional game, it's going to be close. I mean, I'm I'm riding with Joe Burrow.

Oh it's gonna be closed. If you told me it wasn't going to be a tight Genvil, I wouldn't believe you. Every Cincinnati gang seems to come down to the wire and Pittsburgh it's a divisional game, it's going to be close. I mean, I'm I'm riding with Joe Burrow.

All right, Joe, let's move along. A game I have real interest in, and I'm being serious, is Denver Kansas City. When I saw that Kansas City was catching ten and a half, I grabbed it before they changed their mind. Interestingly enough, it's stayed around ten and a half. It's not like Carson Wentz hasn't played in this league. I don't think you're gonna see any Kelsey, You're gonna see any Mahomes. You're gonna see plenty of Chiefs players that are good enough to give Denver a run. And Andy Reid as a dog, he's like six and zero against the number the last six times he's been a dog ten and a half, giving Andy Reid and the Chiefs ten and a half. The real question is how does Sean hockey Ley and his crew factor into who that might favor.

All right, Joe, let's move along. A game I have real interest in, and I'm being serious, is Denver Kansas City. When I saw that Kansas City was catching ten and a half, I grabbed it before they changed their mind. Interestingly enough, it's stayed around ten and a half. It's not like Carson Wentz hasn't played in this league. I don't think you're gonna see any Kelsey, You're gonna see any Mahomes. You're gonna see plenty of Chiefs players that are good enough to give Denver a run. And Andy Reid as a dog, he's like six and zero against the number the last six times he's been a dog ten and a half, giving Andy Reid and the Chiefs ten and a half. The real question is how does Sean hockey Ley and his crew factor into who that might favor.

All Right, so, Hockeyley, these guys lead the league for offensive penalties sixty percent of their penalies called on the offense. That's obviously number one in the NFL. And then that combination, that dastardly combination of false starts and offensive holding. These guys ranked second overall as a percentage of their overall penalties. So there's a quick focus on the offense. Chiefs offenses generally pretty disciplined. Prestat penalties a minimal offensive holding is their issue though, so they could have some issues there. I'm not sure who's sitting for the offensive line if there's someone resting, but that's a bit of a problem. Denver has their issues on that front as well, so probably even down in the end. But divisional matchups, this is a key. Sean Hockeyley in his career twenty six fourteen and one to the under sixty five percent in divisional games. The Chiefs, you know, played a lot of games with him seven to two straight up, five and four against the spread. But they've been favored by six and a half points on average in those nine contests, and as you said, they're getting ten and a half tomorrow.

All Right, so, Hockeyley, these guys lead the league for offensive penalties sixty percent of their penalies called on the offense. That's obviously number one in the NFL. And then that combination, that dastardly combination of false starts and offensive holding. These guys ranked second overall as a percentage of their overall penalties. So there's a quick focus on the offense. Chiefs offenses generally pretty disciplined. Prestat penalties a minimal offensive holding is their issue though, so they could have some issues there. I'm not sure who's sitting for the offensive line if there's someone resting, but that's a bit of a problem. Denver has their issues on that front as well, so probably even down in the end. But divisional matchups, this is a key. Sean Hockeyley in his career twenty six fourteen and one to the under sixty five percent in divisional games. The Chiefs, you know, played a lot of games with him seven to two straight up, five and four against the spread. But they've been favored by six and a half points on average in those nine contests, and as you said, they're getting ten and a half tomorrow.

I don't mind p and howf and wins.

I don't mind p and howf and wins.

I actually think it's a pretty good backup. Yeah, I mean, it's can swing it.

I actually think it's a pretty good backup. Yeah, I mean, it's can swing it.

And so then he got the.

And so then he got the.

Eagles right to the edge of the Super Bowl seven years ago, but he got hurt, and then uh, he.

Eagles right to the edge of the Super Bowl seven years ago, but he got hurt, and then uh, he.

Got hurt, and then he had some issues, But I mean, he's still got the talent and you're playing in a perfect system with any read I don't know. If Kansas City goes out there and lets him swing it around and plays to win, oh absolutely, that ten and a half of gifts, I just don't know. As with a lot of these games, you just don't know. You're kind of guessing. But yeah, if Kansas City is playing at least yeah, if they're not completely mailing it in, the ten and a half to me, is the way to go for sure.

Got hurt, and then he had some issues, But I mean, he's still got the talent and you're playing in a perfect system with any read I don't know. If Kansas City goes out there and lets him swing it around and plays to win, oh absolutely, that ten and a half of gifts, I just don't know. As with a lot of these games, you just don't know. You're kind of guessing. But yeah, if Kansas City is playing at least yeah, if they're not completely mailing it in, the ten and a half to me, is the way to go for sure.

All right now, before I'm gonna I'll tell you what I'm gonna I actually am going to jump out of Orderer. I wasn't gonna do this, and we'll just do kind of a once over if obviously, if we can only watch one game all weekend, it would be Minnesota Detroit on Sunday night, and people have to know how important this game is. The winner is the number one seed. The loser is the number five seed. As you probably know Joe in the last fifty number one seeds, twenty six mated to the super Bowl, and nine one it out right. The loser has to win three straight playoff games on the road to get to the Super Bowl. That's only been done five times. The last two quarterbacks to do it were Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Where am I going with this? Detroit Minnesota Again, You've got a crew here that focuses on certain emphasis. Take us down the road because I think the same referee it's working Saturday's working Sunday.

All right now, before I'm gonna I'll tell you what I'm gonna I actually am going to jump out of Orderer. I wasn't gonna do this, and we'll just do kind of a once over if obviously, if we can only watch one game all weekend, it would be Minnesota Detroit on Sunday night, and people have to know how important this game is. The winner is the number one seed. The loser is the number five seed. As you probably know Joe in the last fifty number one seeds, twenty six mated to the super Bowl, and nine one it out right. The loser has to win three straight playoff games on the road to get to the Super Bowl. That's only been done five times. The last two quarterbacks to do it were Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Where am I going with this? Detroit Minnesota Again, You've got a crew here that focuses on certain emphasis. Take us down the road because I think the same referee it's working Saturday's working Sunday.

Right, No, no, no, no, this is the Brad Rodgers crew on the.

Right, No, no, no, no, this is the Brad Rodgers crew on the.

Brad Rodgers Okay, I'm sorry, okay, yeah.

Brad Rodgers Okay, I'm sorry, okay, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, no no, but yeah, these guys, there's two areas. That's there's more than two, the.

Yeah, yeah, no no, but yeah, these guys, there's two areas. That's there's more than two, the.

Two that I really focused on this week.

Two that I really focused on this week.

They co ranked number one for defensive possins appearance. They also ranked number one for offensive pass interference and over the past three seasons, no crew has called more offensive pass interference penalties than these guys. Now, it's not a high volume, high volume penalty, so it's not going to be called, you know, three times a game or anything like that. But if anyone's going to call it, these guys. So my point is they focus on the perimeter more so than most and so you think about the talent on that field on Sunday night. So I'll be curious to see how they go about enforcing this stuff. If they're going to sort of sit back and let them play a bit more, which I hope they do, or if they continue the way they've sort of conducted themselves this season and throw excessive flags.

They co ranked number one for defensive possins appearance. They also ranked number one for offensive pass interference and over the past three seasons, no crew has called more offensive pass interference penalties than these guys. Now, it's not a high volume, high volume penalty, so it's not going to be called, you know, three times a game or anything like that. But if anyone's going to call it, these guys. So my point is they focus on the perimeter more so than most and so you think about the talent on that field on Sunday night. So I'll be curious to see how they go about enforcing this stuff. If they're going to sort of sit back and let them play a bit more, which I hope they do, or if they continue the way they've sort of conducted themselves this season and throw excessive flags.

I just don't know. But those are the numbers with these guys.

I just don't know. But those are the numbers with these guys.

As it attains to sort of that key element on the outside, you know, the offensive and defensive pass and apperence penalties. The big picture with this guy. Brad Rodgers's divisional home teams nineteen fifteen against the spread in his career fifty six percent. He's actually twenty and fourteen the over individual matchups for his career, So this is a real high total. I know that.

As it attains to sort of that key element on the outside, you know, the offensive and defensive pass and apperence penalties. The big picture with this guy. Brad Rodgers's divisional home teams nineteen fifteen against the spread in his career fifty six percent. He's actually twenty and fourteen the over individual matchups for his career, So this is a real high total. I know that.

I'm not sure where you sit.

I'm not sure where you sit.

There's one thing I want to dive into, is that you mean to cuts you off there close to the stat that the Vikings offense is number one in the league beneficiary.

There's one thing I want to dive into, is that you mean to cuts you off there close to the stat that the Vikings offense is number one in the league beneficiary.

Yeah, I'll get to that in the second.

Yeah, I'll get to that in the second.

Yeah, go ahead and go ahead and do that, because do it now, because I want to juxtapose that against the inconvenient truth about the Detroit defense right now.

Yeah, go ahead and go ahead and do that, because do it now, because I want to juxtapose that against the inconvenient truth about the Detroit defense right now.

Yeah, So, as I mentioned with Cincinnati, like they correct number one for automatic first downs, via penalties. Well, they correct with the Minnesota Vikings offense. So those two teams, again very similar, makeup good quarterbacks. Obviously Borrows better than Donald, but you've got these elite wide receiver talent on both teams. They can throw the ball down the field, put stretch on the opposing defense. And a byproduct of that is, you know, beneficial penalties. And I saw it last week with Cincinnati they got five automatic first downs via penalty versus Denver. The Vikings will probably do the same thing.

Yeah, So, as I mentioned with Cincinnati, like they correct number one for automatic first downs, via penalties. Well, they correct with the Minnesota Vikings offense. So those two teams, again very similar, makeup good quarterbacks. Obviously Borrows better than Donald, but you've got these elite wide receiver talent on both teams. They can throw the ball down the field, put stretch on the opposing defense. And a byproduct of that is, you know, beneficial penalties. And I saw it last week with Cincinnati they got five automatic first downs via penalty versus Denver. The Vikings will probably do the same thing.

Here.

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The Lines defense is ranked second surrendering automatic first downs via penalty. So you look at that and you're like, let's not good for Detroit. The positive to the Lines is only twenty percent of those are current a third down, and that's the key down. The league average is thirty one point eight percent, so on the money down on the third down. The Lines don't commit an excessive amount of penalties surrendering automatic first downs, So that's a positive. And the other one is pre snap penalty.

The Lines defense is ranked second surrendering automatic first downs via penalty. So you look at that and you're like, let's not good for Detroit. The positive to the Lines is only twenty percent of those are current a third down, and that's the key down. The league average is thirty one point eight percent, so on the money down on the third down. The Lines don't commit an excessive amount of penalties surrendering automatic first downs, So that's a positive. And the other one is pre snap penalty.

This is huge, This is really this gets.

This is huge, This is really this gets.

Lost in the shuffle, but the Vikings ranked six for pre snap penalties per game. You know, false starts, illegal motions, delay games, things of that anature. The lines rank thirty second and they're the best in the league. They're like a well oiled machine. Offensively, the penalty is a minimal, so they play ahead of the chains. They're not getting into those long downs and that's what allows them to control the clock, and then it allows them to at least keep their defense on the sideline and minimize the exposure against opposing offenses.

Lost in the shuffle, but the Vikings ranked six for pre snap penalties per game. You know, false starts, illegal motions, delay games, things of that anature. The lines rank thirty second and they're the best in the league. They're like a well oiled machine. Offensively, the penalty is a minimal, so they play ahead of the chains. They're not getting into those long downs and that's what allows them to control the clock, and then it allows them to at least keep their defense on the sideline and minimize the exposure against opposing offenses.

By the way, just what I wanted to share with Cincinnati. I digress Cincinnati, and Nolly has to win. They need Denver to lose, which is very possible in Miami to lose. So it's a tall order. They have to go three and ozero. So you juxtaposed the Vikings as beneficiaries of their offensive prowess, which it pertains to offensive penalties and the Lion's defense. In December and January, they're allowing thirty two points per game, and the last ten Super Bowl winners average only sixteen point seven points per game. So this is a team that since Thanksgiving ranks last or dead last in five key metrics. Points allowed yards per play, yards passing yards per game allowed, rush touchdowns allowed on opponent's passer rating. They drank last or thirtieth in every one of those categories, and they're going up against a prolific offense. Four let your run handicapped the game ever so quickly. Do you feel like the Lions just have their number and they will away to do it? Or you saw what happened against San Francisco. The Niners put up four and seventy five yards thirty four points, left seven points on the board with back kicking and proty through two terrible picks, and the Lions struggled.

By the way, just what I wanted to share with Cincinnati. I digress Cincinnati, and Nolly has to win. They need Denver to lose, which is very possible in Miami to lose. So it's a tall order. They have to go three and ozero. So you juxtaposed the Vikings as beneficiaries of their offensive prowess, which it pertains to offensive penalties and the Lion's defense. In December and January, they're allowing thirty two points per game, and the last ten Super Bowl winners average only sixteen point seven points per game. So this is a team that since Thanksgiving ranks last or dead last in five key metrics. Points allowed yards per play, yards passing yards per game allowed, rush touchdowns allowed on opponent's passer rating. They drank last or thirtieth in every one of those categories, and they're going up against a prolific offense. Four let your run handicapped the game ever so quickly. Do you feel like the Lions just have their number and they will away to do it? Or you saw what happened against San Francisco. The Niners put up four and seventy five yards thirty four points, left seven points on the board with back kicking and proty through two terrible picks, and the Lions struggled.

The Donald control a couple of bad picks on Sunday night as well. I mean, he's not immune to that.

The Donald control a couple of bad picks on Sunday night as well. I mean, he's not immune to that.

So look the lines.

So look the lines.

I wrote this in the run off. I said, look, they're gonna have to control the line of scrimmage, control possession and win win thirty four to twenty sixth somewhere in that range as far as time of possession, that's exactly what they did against San Francisco. Maybe get a beneficial tone over here or they if they come to that, they're in major trouble. If time of possession is equal, the lines are in major trouble. They have to win the time of possession and control the claw.

I wrote this in the run off. I said, look, they're gonna have to control the line of scrimmage, control possession and win win thirty four to twenty sixth somewhere in that range as far as time of possession, that's exactly what they did against San Francisco. Maybe get a beneficial tone over here or they if they come to that, they're in major trouble. If time of possession is equal, the lines are in major trouble. They have to win the time of possession and control the claw.

Hey Joe, great stuff. Man, and you know the playoffs are right around the corner that you know, referees will be all the more important and visible as they've always been in the past. Do you remember the sideline call Bengals and Chiefs four years ago? Joe? Remember that My great stuff was always Joe gets a rest, Bardy. We'll talk soon, Okay, Bennie, have a good one. See you, buddy. That is Joe Gibbs. Follow him on Twitter at NFL Refstats. His knowledge and tracking of referee their proclivities, their habits, what they're likely to do on the road at home divisional games, non divisional games, offense defense. It's amazing the work he does. Coming up, we're gonna set up the midnight hour, and I even hear what Siquon Barkley has to say. We have three really good topics. Callers have been phenomenal twenty one minutes away from midnight literally from where I sit in Las Vegas, and of course perhaps where you said, or certainly midnight figuratively as we have listeners around the world, and then signifies you've kind of got the last word. Really looking forward to some of the opinions tonight because a couple of polarizing subjects, and not everybody always agrees on these things. Football fans, be sure to tune into Fox Sports Radio every Saturday morning beginning at nine am Easter in six am Pacific for Contdown to Kickoff, presented by BETMGM Brian Nolrich Ornberger, betting analyst here at Smith that have you covered three hours before college kickoffs? Every Saturday morning, listen to Countdown to Kickoff presented by bet MGM Radio on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio app. We set up the men at our topics coming up. B'm Bernie Fraddle. Come to your line from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, tirect dot Com studios. Don't go away. You're listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Or back of the Bernie Fraddle Show Fox Sports Radio. Come to your life from the Tarrack dot Com studios here in Las Vegas. We're thirteen minutes away from a fresh edition of the Midnight Hour. The callers had been fantastic seven nine nine six six three six nine. We like to put out, you know, things that are in the ether, that are topical, that require sometimes some critical thought. Uh, the one topic I'm not sure how much this, how much lift this will get. It appears the decision has been made, and it appears that for now, Eric Dickerson, who seemed to be greatly worried about losing his rushing record, is safe. And of course, in this day and age of sound bites, the chief protagonist, Sakuon Barkley, had some quick thoughts about the decision that was made. Just give it a.

Hey Joe, great stuff. Man, and you know the playoffs are right around the corner that you know, referees will be all the more important and visible as they've always been in the past. Do you remember the sideline call Bengals and Chiefs four years ago? Joe? Remember that My great stuff was always Joe gets a rest, Bardy. We'll talk soon, Okay, Bennie, have a good one. See you, buddy. That is Joe Gibbs. Follow him on Twitter at NFL Refstats. His knowledge and tracking of referee their proclivities, their habits, what they're likely to do on the road at home divisional games, non divisional games, offense defense. It's amazing the work he does. Coming up, we're gonna set up the midnight hour, and I even hear what Siquon Barkley has to say. We have three really good topics. Callers have been phenomenal twenty one minutes away from midnight literally from where I sit in Las Vegas, and of course perhaps where you said, or certainly midnight figuratively as we have listeners around the world, and then signifies you've kind of got the last word. Really looking forward to some of the opinions tonight because a couple of polarizing subjects, and not everybody always agrees on these things. Football fans, be sure to tune into Fox Sports Radio every Saturday morning beginning at nine am Easter in six am Pacific for Contdown to Kickoff, presented by BETMGM Brian Nolrich Ornberger, betting analyst here at Smith that have you covered three hours before college kickoffs? Every Saturday morning, listen to Countdown to Kickoff presented by bet MGM Radio on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio app. We set up the men at our topics coming up. B'm Bernie Fraddle. Come to your line from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, tirect dot Com studios. Don't go away. You're listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Or back of the Bernie Fraddle Show Fox Sports Radio. Come to your life from the Tarrack dot Com studios here in Las Vegas. We're thirteen minutes away from a fresh edition of the Midnight Hour. The callers had been fantastic seven nine nine six six three six nine. We like to put out, you know, things that are in the ether, that are topical, that require sometimes some critical thought. Uh, the one topic I'm not sure how much this, how much lift this will get. It appears the decision has been made, and it appears that for now, Eric Dickerson, who seemed to be greatly worried about losing his rushing record, is safe. And of course, in this day and age of sound bites, the chief protagonist, Sakuon Barkley, had some quick thoughts about the decision that was made. Just give it a.

Listen, acting if I wanted to play, If I want to go for it, I said on Sunday, I probably didn't care too much for it. When I slept on it, it was like this opportunity to implant my you know, my name in football history. May never get another opportunity like that again. So I'm down. But at the end of the day, I don't care for putting the team at risk. He's a head coach for the reason he makes the decisions, and whatever decision he wanted to make, I love him. If you want me to play, I'm gonna go out there and make sure I get it. And if we don't, I'm okay with that too.

Listen, acting if I wanted to play, If I want to go for it, I said on Sunday, I probably didn't care too much for it. When I slept on it, it was like this opportunity to implant my you know, my name in football history. May never get another opportunity like that again. So I'm down. But at the end of the day, I don't care for putting the team at risk. He's a head coach for the reason he makes the decisions, and whatever decision he wanted to make, I love him. If you want me to play, I'm gonna go out there and make sure I get it. And if we don't, I'm okay with that too.

So it's a highly personal decision. Obviously, there's risk reward aspects to this thing. It's it football is a team game. So truly, in an ideal world, you did you put the team first? Which appeers the cooler heads prevailed. You know, as Woody Hayes one said, two things can happen, Three things can happen, and two are bad. Uh so you know the risk of injury. He may or may not get the record, and he would need one hundred and two yards to break the record. Or he may get the record, the Eagles could lose win whatever they have designs on winning a super Bowl, and therein lies I think the deciding factor as to why cooler heads prevailed as it were. But if he would have said, hey, I want the damn record and played, you know I don't. It's their business, but we want to hear from you. Eight seven seven nine nine sixty six three sixty nine. Should Saquon Barkley play, I think he would have been likely he would have broken the record. And then there are issues of okay, but he's playing more games than Eric Dickerson play, And then well but what if he breaks the record but gets hurt? What if he doesn't break the record and gets hurt. What if they end up not winning the Super Bowl? Whatever the case may be you see you take this where you want to go, especially people from Philadelphia. How do you feel about this? Eight seven, seven, nine, nine, six, six three sixty nine. Should Sequon Barkley play? Should he play? And to hell with it? Man Dan Campbell threw care to the win last week. The one got hurt. Most times they don't. So sometimes you hold mental pictures of what you don't want to happen in sports and act as if it were. And that's not always the way to go. But look, I get it. This is a highly charged situation. I mean, Eric Dickers is going to touch the football for forty years and he's still pissed off about it, So it's not a non subject. The second thing is, okay, the CFP playoffs underway. You heard in my opening monologue. I want to know what your biggest complaint is, if you have one, what changes would you like to see? Because I understand the committee's meeting next month to talk about potential changes next year. One of the things everybody's talking about is they don't like the seeding format and they don't like the fact that you don't receid. Remember the top five rank conference champions received automatic bids to the playoff, whereas for those top teams also got first drawn buys Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, and Arizona State. Guess what they all lost? They all lost in the quarterfinals. And here's really the kicker in Sader's are now saying that the likelihood that the committee will make changes for the college football playoff format is slim. Here's why because apparently the way that the group that meets on these issues is currently formatted, the way that the bylaws as it were, are are structured, is that they are in a period right now where any change has to be unanimous. So this is why you could throw a monkey wrench easily into changes next year. Part of these part of this group, this committee involves a group of five commissioners, including the Mountain West, where you've got Boise State not only in the College Football Playoff, but they got a first run by. And you ask yourself, if you are the commissioner of the Mountain West, are you saying, oh, what the hell will concede our first run by if our team wins the tournamentos the rules you made? Do you think he's going to do that? So I think somewhat unlikely frankly that there are changes next year. Although this needs to be discussed, they should recede. There's no way Oregon should have had to play Ohio State in the quarterfinals. That would be like an I know, just go play along with me. They'd be like Kansas City having to play Detroit in the first round of the playoffs. I know they're in different conferences, but it's the same thing.

So it's a highly personal decision. Obviously, there's risk reward aspects to this thing. It's it football is a team game. So truly, in an ideal world, you did you put the team first? Which appeers the cooler heads prevailed. You know, as Woody Hayes one said, two things can happen, Three things can happen, and two are bad. Uh so you know the risk of injury. He may or may not get the record, and he would need one hundred and two yards to break the record. Or he may get the record, the Eagles could lose win whatever they have designs on winning a super Bowl, and therein lies I think the deciding factor as to why cooler heads prevailed as it were. But if he would have said, hey, I want the damn record and played, you know I don't. It's their business, but we want to hear from you. Eight seven seven nine nine sixty six three sixty nine. Should Saquon Barkley play, I think he would have been likely he would have broken the record. And then there are issues of okay, but he's playing more games than Eric Dickerson play, And then well but what if he breaks the record but gets hurt? What if he doesn't break the record and gets hurt. What if they end up not winning the Super Bowl? Whatever the case may be you see you take this where you want to go, especially people from Philadelphia. How do you feel about this? Eight seven, seven, nine, nine, six, six three sixty nine. Should Sequon Barkley play? Should he play? And to hell with it? Man Dan Campbell threw care to the win last week. The one got hurt. Most times they don't. So sometimes you hold mental pictures of what you don't want to happen in sports and act as if it were. And that's not always the way to go. But look, I get it. This is a highly charged situation. I mean, Eric Dickers is going to touch the football for forty years and he's still pissed off about it, So it's not a non subject. The second thing is, okay, the CFP playoffs underway. You heard in my opening monologue. I want to know what your biggest complaint is, if you have one, what changes would you like to see? Because I understand the committee's meeting next month to talk about potential changes next year. One of the things everybody's talking about is they don't like the seeding format and they don't like the fact that you don't receid. Remember the top five rank conference champions received automatic bids to the playoff, whereas for those top teams also got first drawn buys Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, and Arizona State. Guess what they all lost? They all lost in the quarterfinals. And here's really the kicker in Sader's are now saying that the likelihood that the committee will make changes for the college football playoff format is slim. Here's why because apparently the way that the group that meets on these issues is currently formatted, the way that the bylaws as it were, are are structured, is that they are in a period right now where any change has to be unanimous. So this is why you could throw a monkey wrench easily into changes next year. Part of these part of this group, this committee involves a group of five commissioners, including the Mountain West, where you've got Boise State not only in the College Football Playoff, but they got a first run by. And you ask yourself, if you are the commissioner of the Mountain West, are you saying, oh, what the hell will concede our first run by if our team wins the tournamentos the rules you made? Do you think he's going to do that? So I think somewhat unlikely frankly that there are changes next year. Although this needs to be discussed, they should recede. There's no way Oregon should have had to play Ohio State in the quarterfinals. That would be like an I know, just go play along with me. They'd be like Kansas City having to play Detroit in the first round of the playoffs. I know they're in different conferences, but it's the same thing.

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By the way, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankee, he's very much in support of the college football changes for twenty twenty five, including the seeding format, and so right now, the contractors for twenty four and twenty five along for changes to be made for the twenty six season. So changes were made for next season, all ten FBS conferences and Notre Dame would have to, you know, unanimously agree. You'd have to go eleven for eleven. So that's why. But we're going to talk about this on the midnight hour. What changes would you like to see happen? So it should Charles Well, should Saquon Barkley play? Do you have complaints about the twelve team format? What change would be like? Finally, the Kansas City Chiefs, who people have been railing on all year. They're lucky. This can't continue. Blah blah blah. They're headed for a three peat? Man? Is that good or bad for the NFL? You tell me you are you tired of seeing the same team over and over again? Do you have a little you know, Travis Kelcey over exposure, Patrick Mahomes a little fatigue? Or hey? Is this great? Because evil empires create dynasties which create love and hate? So should Saquon Barkley play? What changes would you like to see in the college football playoff format? And oh, by the way, if the Chiefs three peat in their quest repeat, would you like to see that is a good or bad for the NFL? Eight seven seven nine nine six six three six nine eight seven seven ninety nine On Fox the Men, that hour is up. Let's hear from you. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

By the way, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankee, he's very much in support of the college football changes for twenty twenty five, including the seeding format, and so right now, the contractors for twenty four and twenty five along for changes to be made for the twenty six season. So changes were made for next season, all ten FBS conferences and Notre Dame would have to, you know, unanimously agree. You'd have to go eleven for eleven. So that's why. But we're going to talk about this on the midnight hour. What changes would you like to see happen? So it should Charles Well, should Saquon Barkley play? Do you have complaints about the twelve team format? What change would be like? Finally, the Kansas City Chiefs, who people have been railing on all year. They're lucky. This can't continue. Blah blah blah. They're headed for a three peat? Man? Is that good or bad for the NFL? You tell me you are you tired of seeing the same team over and over again? Do you have a little you know, Travis Kelcey over exposure, Patrick Mahomes a little fatigue? Or hey? Is this great? Because evil empires create dynasties which create love and hate? So should Saquon Barkley play? What changes would you like to see in the college football playoff format? And oh, by the way, if the Chiefs three peat in their quest repeat, would you like to see that is a good or bad for the NFL? Eight seven seven nine nine six six three six nine eight seven seven ninety nine On Fox the Men, that hour is up. Let's hear from you. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Oh, Bernie, the twenty sixth day training camp for a title number, the Uncrestedented, three feet, the break the professional sports and begun. But what was precisely your question about the Chiefs Again?

Oh, Bernie, the twenty sixth day training camp for a title number, the Uncrestedented, three feet, the break the professional sports and begun. But what was precisely your question about the Chiefs Again?

I want to make well, I'll give you an example here. Here's not everybody likes to see this. Uh, I'm cool, but a lot of people I respect truck stop fungus tweets and the three pat is not good. We had our belly full of the Patriots dynasty. Now we're into the So I thought the salary cap was supposed to create an even field. So not everybody's down with the three peat. Is it good or bad for the NFL? That's the question.

I want to make well, I'll give you an example here. Here's not everybody likes to see this. Uh, I'm cool, but a lot of people I respect truck stop fungus tweets and the three pat is not good. We had our belly full of the Patriots dynasty. Now we're into the So I thought the salary cap was supposed to create an even field. So not everybody's down with the three peat. Is it good or bad for the NFL? That's the question.

Well, I think it's fantastic for the for the NFL. Bernie as my favorite, one of my favorite Ben Hogan quotes, who says the harder I work and the more I prepare, the luckier.

Well, I think it's fantastic for the for the NFL. Bernie as my favorite, one of my favorite Ben Hogan quotes, who says the harder I work and the more I prepare, the luckier.

I seem to love that or Trevino, I don't know, but it's a great, a good one. But continue on.

I seem to love that or Trevino, I don't know, but it's a great, a good one. But continue on.

The ratings for the Super Bowl were larger than the Moon landing, so that that that kind of that when the Chiefs won, and over time they eclipsed the landing on the Moon, so so that that that's cool.

The ratings for the Super Bowl were larger than the Moon landing, so that that that kind of that when the Chiefs won, and over time they eclipsed the landing on the Moon, so so that that that's cool.

Hell is, six months after the landing on the Moon, the Chiefs beat the Vikings underdogs. So you're into something and I.

Hell is, six months after the landing on the Moon, the Chiefs beat the Vikings underdogs. So you're into something and I.

Think we're going to top it again. The Chiefs will conquer the Lions in a fantastic game, and Travis Kelsey will get on one knee and retire and propose to try to Taylor.

Think we're going to top it again. The Chiefs will conquer the Lions in a fantastic game, and Travis Kelsey will get on one knee and retire and propose to try to Taylor.

Oh yeah, if you if.

Oh yeah, if you if.

You hate us now, you're really you're really gonna hate us in a couple in a couple of months. For my prediction, But what was your what was your question about the yes or no, you know I was, I was a player, and I would want to play. But I like, I don't think this is the record because Eric did in fewer games. But if I know, if I was a player, I would I would want to play for sure. And the College Football Playoff I I kind of enjoyed at the format. I enjoyed Tommy Turverbill calling out Disney and at All State yesterday. I don't think Notre Dame will ever vote for anything against their interest, and right now, I think they've got a clear Notre Dame has a clear shot most times, so there's no there's no reason Notre Dame would vote to reshuffle reshuffle the rankings. And honestly, this makes the regular season worth something. I mean, those Ohio State people are so mad that they might win national championship because they lost the Michigan I.