By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes with Thomas Chambers
George and Ted’s not-so-excellent adventure. Plus: Bucks, Ducks And College Programs Giving No Fucks; The True Story Of Costa Rica’s Weird-Ass Bullfights; Wild Card Weakend, and The Hero of 2015.
SHOW NOTES
* O.J. Simpson.
* Roland Harper.
* Michael Bush.
* Gale Sayers.
* Daughter Gail.
* Latin School of Chicago.
* The Illuminati.
3:55: Our Men In Costa Rica.
* Chile.
* Costa Rica.
* San Jose.
* Punta Islito.
* Spray-on sunblock.
* Costa Rica Bullfights: The Funniest And Most Entertaining Tico Festival Tradition.
* Guaro.
11:40: Bucks, Ducks and College Programs Giving No Fucks.
* Assessing Jameis Winston:
* Assessing Marcus Mariota.
* Kyle Orton Retires. Would Bills Take A Shot At Cutler?
Tennessee Prepping For Possible Cutler Deal.
* Jaguars Fire Jedd Fisch. Go get Trestman?
Trestman Spotted On Clearwater Beach With Josh McCown.
* The Regression of Colin Kaepernick.
* The failure of college football to adequately train players for the pros.
* Cardale Jones.
* 25 Years Ago, Randall Cunningham Was The Biggest Thing In The NFL.
28:35: Wild Card Weekend.
* The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #31: Sweet Action! A Special Report On Sports Gambling.
* Cardinals Got Screwed.
* The Myth of Bruce Arians.
* “Nobody Knows Anything.”
* Doug Marrone Opts Out Of Bills Deal.
37:00: The Bears Have Already Blown It.
* Outsourced to Accorsi.
* Interviews scheduled – with Ted Phillips and George McCaskey!
* Jerry Football.
* Ted Phillips’ Presence A Hindrance In Fixing Bears Operation.
* Bears Coaching Opening No Better Than Raiders, Say NFL Execs, Coaches.
* Greg Bedard.
* Dave McGinnis is alive!
* Ernie Accorsi is the most important person in the Bears organization – and he’s not even in the organization!
1:01:42: Bulls, Blackhawks, All is Well. Bulls even Weller!
1:02:08: 2014: The Year The Bears Became The Cubs.
* Goat of the Year: Jay Cutler.
1:04:28: The Hero of 2015: Gar Forman.
* But the spotlight will shine hottest on the Cubs regardless of performance.
* “There’s no glory in 78 wins instead of 73. Who cares?”
1:09:56: Touting Thomas.
* Cardinals at Panthers (-6.5): The money’s on Carolina.
Tom’s Pick: Carolina.
Steve’s Pick: Arizona.
Key: Lindley.
* Ravens at Steelers (-3.5): History’s with Pittsburgh.
Tom’s Pick: Pittsburgh.
Steve’s Pick: Baltimore.
Key: Bell.
* Bengals (-4) at Colts: Luck not enough.
Tom’s Pick: Cincinnati.
Steve’s Pick: Cincinnati.
Key: Green.
* Lions at Cowboys (-7.5): Everything that’s wrong with the NFL.
Tom’s Pick: Dallas.
Steve’s Pick: Dallas.
Key: Murray.
STOPPAGE TIME: 41:46.
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Posted on January 2, 2015