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Don't you want to make yourself less angry this year? No. I'm waiting to see if you're going to be less angry. You too, I like it. Welcome to PTI, boys and girls. In today's episode, the Steelers nip the Ravens. College Football's final four is set and Pete Carroll leads a list of NFL coaches to get the boot. But we begin today with the number one seeds in the upcoming NFL playoffs. Seattle got the number one seed in the NFC by smothering San Francisco in San Francisco on Saturday. Denver got the number one seed in the ASC by dispatching the Chargers yesterday. A Chargers team that rested multiple starters, including Justin Herbert. Will Bonn, which number one seed looks stronger to you? Oh, Seattle. Seattle. You know, I've been on Seattle since the trade. That's right. That's right. No, no, no. Seattle looks like the real deal. Seattle, a week after the 49ers scored 200 points in that shootout with the Bears, Seattle said, have some of this. And they're starting to look like the Legion of Boom. They are. They're starting to not necessarily the same style. Don't have the big hitting in the secondary that those teams, Richard Sherman's teams had. But I tell you what, Tony, I like Seattle. And I know a lot of people out there, me included, were waiting for Sam Darnold to sort of turn into Sam Darnold. But that hasn't happened. And I'm not rooting against him. I think Sam Darnold, even some games where he hasn't played great, he hasn't taken his team out of it. So I'm not looking for a redux of Minnesota last year. And I think if Sam Darnold is pretty good, Seattle can win the whole thing. Yeah. So I'm going to agree with you on Seattle, because it's the correct answer. They look stronger at the moment relative to their opposition than Denver does. Relative to that. Yes. And what they did, they obliterated a 49ers offense that had scored over 40 two weeks in a row. And in fact, in fact, had gone 37, 48, 42 in three games. They held them to three. So yeah, I would say that I have, I'm not going to talk about confidence, but I would say Seattle looks like that team. But there is a caveat here. And there's a caveat that we have talked about all year long, which is every time we identify a team that looks like the front runner, particularly in the NFC, they lose the next game. They go, oops. Green Bay, Philadelphia, the Rams, the 49ers, even Seattle losing to the Rams eight weeks ago. Same thing happened. And by the way, the defense was great, but they only scored 13 points. And that's all they scored was 13. So I don't have a lot of confidence in Seattle, except for this one weird sociological fact. In two, stay with me on this one. In 2005, there was a new Pope, Pope Benedict. That year, Seattle went to the Super Bowl. In 2013, again, a new Pope, Pope Francis. That year, Seattle won the Super Bowl. Hello, Leo. I'm just saying hello, Leo. This could happen again. But this pope was from the South Side of Chicago. I understand. So we're not having that Seattle stuff. I don't want to hear about them. They're interesting. Like I think people look at it, and they don't want to believe that Seattle is a legit number one. And Denver, I'm trying to look at Denver and do I believe if Denver and New England play, no matter where that game is, that it would be in Denver, that Denver would somehow have an advantage. I don't know. I think bone X is better than people are giving him credit for being. I look differently. They have to be done differently at the AFC because of the surprise teams like Jacksonville, like New England, like Houston. Okay. So to me, and I root for Buffalo, I know you told me this morning you think Buffalo's going out in the first round. Right. Right. So other than the Chargers, who I don't think are a team that can win the Super Bowl, it would not surprise me if any of the AFC teams got there, or if they went out early. I agree. Or if they went out early. I agree. For different reasons, any AFC as well and beyond the number one seeds, we had a number of compelling, really compelling outcomes among them. The Steelers beaten the Ravens in that frantic finish, featuring the Steelers missed extra point, and the Ravens missed 44 yard field goal. They would have won the game. And the Eagles surrendered the NFC's second seed to the Bears by losing to your commanders. Not mine. Well, not mine. Tony, outside those number one seeds, the biggest result to you was what? So the temptation is to say the Steelers beating the Reds to get into the playoffs. A game that was pretty dull for a half, and then had one of the great fourth quarters anybody has ever seen, where both teams scored two touchdowns. As you say, an extra point is missed by a guy who hadn't missed since 2023. Right. Setting up the possibility of a game winning field goal. The Ravens get in position for that. The kid misses a 44 yard field goal. And I think a lot of people heard that voice in their heads saying, well, what if they had Justin Tucker? Okay. But let me go back to the Steelers for a second. He's fallen off before his fall off. I don't think the Steelers are going to win any playoff games. I don't think they're a threat. Much as I don't think Carolina, which didn't even win over the weekend, is are going to win any playoff games. Carolina Tampa Bay has to sit there and watch as they get hosed by Atlanta. So you get you get Tampa Bay had lost seven. I understand. But they won that game. So you have Carolina winning a division, getting a home playoff game with an eight and nine record. How do you think that sits with the Rams and with the 49ers? It's terrible. Every few years. Well, okay. So if you're asking me what's the biggest result, I might actually say the Eagles losing. The Eagles decide to rest players. They lose. They play Washington. The team doesn't even belong on the same field with them. And they lose that game. That allows the Bears, your Bears, who also lost to keep the number two. And if I'm not mistaken, it sets up the possibility of the Eagles having to go to Chicago in the second round, whereas they could have had that at home. It's been some eventful games between the Bears and Eagles in the playoffs in Chicago over the years. The fog ball, double-doink. Oh, is that? Yeah. Oh, we're sort of one-in-one in those situations. Tony, the biggest outcome was Steelers' Ravens. It was because of the drama and the people involved. Aaron Rodgers, Lamar Jackson, Mike Tomlin, Harbaugh. The people involved in what their futures could be or not. I was hanging on every single development of that game. And I think that the Ravens ought to feel bad, because they should have been in control of the game. It should have been more than 10-3 when it was 10-3. Yeah. Yeah. They, of course, missed the field goal at the end of the game. I feel bad for him. Both kickers, because they got to live with that stuff. Kickers have to live with it. It's worse than missing a big putt, because it's still your putt is just you. You've let your entire locker room down the entire city, Steeler Nation, Raven Nation, whatever that garbage is. I think that was the game. The Bears and Eagles are interesting. One, the Eagles can win wherever they play. They don't need home field. They don't. No, I agree. I think the Bears do. They've proven that over time. They've proven it. They can be champs again. And then we're all of these people who spent all season dissecting every little thing about the Eagles, where they're going to hide then. I'll just tell you this one thing, and it's way off topic. The New York Jets are a terrible team. They had no interceptions this year. They have a defensive head coach. It's the Davis that ever. How is it possible? The Davis that ever. 17 games, no interceptions. The Bears have one dude with seven or eight interceptions. That's unbelievable. One guy. When I heard that, I honestly couldn't believe it. Let's move to college football and the ongoing playoffs. This week, we will see Miami play Ole Miss and Indiana play Oregon. Miami got there by beating Ohio State soundly. Ole Miss beat Georgia in a thrilling game. Indiana pounded Alabama, 38-3, and Oregon shut out. Shut out Texas Tech 23-0. Will Bonn, which of the four final teams have the most impressive win? Indiana. And I could say Miami. Miami's legit. If you want to answer my, anybody want to answer Miami? Give that as an answer to that question. I'm fine with that. Because Miami, wow. Miami, who certain people didn't even have in the playoffs. No, the college football committee didn't have them in the playoffs for five straight weeks. But you wanted to know their name in there. Yes. Do I think Miami's legit? Of course I do. Okay. But if I'm Notre Dame, I'm thinking, wow, we could have done this too. Well, they couldn't. So, beating Ohio State like that. Going out early, 14-0. But Indiana. Yeah, you're right. Clubbing. That's Indiana. Battering Alabama. And you knew what was going to happen. Two weeks after they said, oh, it's fine. Kaylan DeBoer, he's fine here. He's not going to Indiana, to Michigan. We don't want him to go anywhere. You knew when they got beat down like that, that debate was going to start anew. So you're right. It's Indiana. Indiana was the only buy team to win. Indiana is the only buy team over two years. Seven out of eight lost. Two years to win. So something is wrong there. You cannot ask a team to sit out for 25 to 30 days and then play a team, a top 10 team, that just won the week before. So you got to go to 16. We don't want it, but you got to go to 16. There's no other choice in this. It's definitely Indiana. Much like you, I'm sure. I root for the story because I'm a sports writer. I think a final between Indiana and Ole Miss is the proper final because the stories are so good. Indiana was the worst team in college football for what, 80 years? Right? And Ole Miss, with a coach nobody ever heard of, named Golding, I believe. If they were to win the national championship, so that the old coach, Lane Kiffin, is sitting in a chair at LSU watching it, right? Yeah. Watching it because they wouldn't tell us you because they thought it would be a better place, an easier place to win a championship. The irony that would be spectacular. It would be. It would be. But the reason I'm rooting for Miami, a couple of reasons. One, I know you and I know a lot of former Miami players. We like them. Michael Irvin is on the sidelines, hugging everybody. We know we've known these guys for forever, for any Tessa Ferdy, for a long, long time. But, Tony, Miami, once upon a time, was James Madison. I know because I covered their ascension. And so people like you who don't really want James Madison in, you don't want, you don't think there's any Cinderella quality like there is to the basketball tournament. I do. I don't think the U was ever that. Oh, the U was indeed that. I was coming to the same thing. I was side by side with you. So what are you saying? How is Schnellenberger? Nobody had that. Quickly, they very quickly accepted and paid. They stayed there. Can I ask you one question about your big 10 boy, Kirk Signetti? Yeah. Why is he so angry all the time? Why are his eyebrows in a permanent scout? Of course you do because you're angry all the time. When you ask him a question, his answer is basically this. What are you doing? Ask me that question. Oh, no, no, no. I love him. I love him. He runs it up. I love him. He coaches to win. Oh, he coaches to win. And win big. I like that. Do you know what he allegedly said when he was introduced at the Indiana Press Conference, the original one? I win. Google me. Let's take a break. Coming up were today's firings of NFL head coaches deserved. And what's the word for the sack that got Miles Garrett that single season record? Don't tell me that Vinny Tester-Burdy and Bernie Kosar and Michael Irvin and people like that were ever James Madison. Because they weren't. Big time. The program wasn't big time. It wasn't. Howard Schnellenberger made it big time. He made it. He stayed it for years. Only the fiesta bowl being a rebel and being ambitious gave Miami a place to play. As you know, managing maintenance, repair, and operations is never easy. But for the ones who always rise to the challenge, Granger has your back. From professional grade products you can count on to fast, dependable delivery. They're there to help you keep things running smoothly. Plus their technical product specialists are here to help answer your toughest questions. 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Made of his own, you know, I don't know, arrogance when they did the quarterback situation. That they did, they go out and they signed Kirk Cousins to $800 billion and then they go and draft the kid out of Washington. So Raheem Morris, no, you went for in a row. Don't don't tell me you're blaming me because these guys are playing for me. They are. They have not let go of the rope to use that cliche. Gannon, Carroll, Stafanski, yeah, you know, you understand it. This is the profession they've chosen. You know, I mean, Stafanski was a two-time coach of the year, but they look so awful. Seems like he's going to get a job right away. Pete Carroll should be saying, who I'm relieved to get the hell out of here. Yeah. So I'm going to piggyback on what you said. I'll tell you a guy that deserved to be fired. That is the Atlanta general manager. Yes. He made an unbelievable mess out of the quarterback situation. He spent a lot of money on Kirk Cousins. Then you were antagonized Kirk Cousins by drafting Michael Penex. This year they told Kirk Cousins, just sit down, get out of here. And they gave the job completely to Michael Penex, who was three and six when he got hurt. Cousins came in when five and three, including I believe the last four in a row, proving that he should have been the quarterback all along. So firing that guy was fine. I would not have fired Raheem Morris, either. I understand that they're sweeping clean. I wouldn't have done it. Pete Carroll, I get it. That franchise is completely lost. I would have changed in Arizona, but I absolutely would not have fired Stefansky, because the ownership there put him in a terrible quarterback situation for years. And it looks like Shaddour Sanders is a pro quarterback or can be a pro quarterback. It can be, but they got picks and they're going to go get another guy to play quarterback. By the way, there's a guy named Watson, who they owe $74 million dollars next season. You think he won't be first on the depth chart when they get to whatever it is? But all the TAs? Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Yeah. Here, this is for you. That's the letter. I have no good asses going to be able to pull it off. Sack record, Chone. What's the word for the sack that got Miles Garrett the single season record? My word is turtling. It appeared that Joe Burrow thought he had a shell on his head, and he just sat down. This was not necessarily Brett Farr, too, but it was close enough. Now, Miles Garrett is a great player. Miles Garrett has more sacks at the age of 30 than Reggie White did. 17 more sacks. That's amazing. He is a legitimate MVP candidate if he had won more games. But this was not an artistic sack to get for the record. So I hope he breaks it again next year with something more aesthetically pleasing. And part of me wishes he was somewhere other than Cleveland, where again, the owners had just destroyed the offense. Where the sack record itself, not him, but the record seems irrelevant because you don't you know, you really have to find Miles Garrett on a Sunday to see him play. And that's too bad because he won the great players. Maybe the best offensive player of his generation. But Tony, you know what? It's interesting. I had Uber producer Matt Kelleher, New England's own, look up the number of times Tom Brady had been sacked in his career. You realize this. How many would you say, by the way? Well, he played 20 years. How many times did you say Tom Brady sacked? 80. How about 560? No, I would never have said 560. 560? Wow. I have those 560. How many times did he sit? You realize that Tom Brady did that Joe Burrow thing. Yeah, that's right. 500. Okay. But did anybody ever last, did anybody set a record on a sack of Tom Brady? That's what you remember. You remember the straightest record. Yes, you remember because it breaks the record. But then, I mean, Joe Burrow needs more injuries. Joe Burrow can't just go down and say, pull the flag. That's fine. I'm just saying that from an aesthetic standpoint, what you want is somebody come in, wrap up and like that. I know you're watching, you know, Red Zone. That's my last one. Listen to Tom Brady. Red Zone's over. Do you watch a whole game with Tom Brady? I have heard of him. I think he's good. Great. I think he's very good. I think he's very good. Great. Enough female. Let's take one last break still to come. Who's the big winner of the college quarterback carousel? And what are we going to make of the once unbeatable thunder now that they've lost five of 11? Curt Warner's really good too. I love listening to Curt Warner. Red Zone is done for the year. I can't tell you the loss that I feel. I love Red Zone. Watch a game. What are you, a millennial? You can only watch. I don't want all the commercials. I don't want all the commercials, Mike. I want to see the action. 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No, let me ask you this. You think Oklahoma City wants to see him in a seven game series? Not the way they've beaten them so far. Happy anniversary, Eric Dickerson. Around this day, 40 years ago, the Rams star running back said an NFL post-season single game rushing record when he went for 248 yards and two touchdowns in the Rams 20-0 victory over Dallas in the divisional round. That 248 still the record. Dickerson also holds the NFL season single season rushing record. 2,105 yards set in 1984. Dickerson is ninth all-time in career yards. Led the NFL in rushing four different times. He was equally prolific at SMU where as part of the Pony Express backfield with Craig James, Dickerson rushed for over 3,000 yards combined in his junior and senior seasons. Well, Dickerson averaged seven yards per carry his senior season. Dickerson became a personal favorite when he nicknamed himself the Rambassador. Got to know Eric Dickerson a little bit over the years. I like him tremendously. He's underrated. But after that game you mentioned, somebody sits at Mr. Dickerson in the Rams. Let me introduce you to number 50, Mike Singletary. How'd that go? Okay. I'm just saying. When he was in college. Dickerson's underrated. Why would you ever pass the ball if he's averaging seven yards a carry? Craig James, why was he doing it? Happy Trails, the last night's game for the Thunder. Oklahoma City let its 18-point second quarter lead slip and fell to your son's 108-105 on Sunday. It was the Thunder's fifth loss in 11 games. Phoenix Guard, Devin Booker nailed the winning step back three over two Thunder defenders with 0.7 seconds left. It was the eighth time in Booker's career that he had a game winner with less than two seconds to play. After a 24-in-one start, the Thunder are now 30-and-6. Will Vaughn, what is this 11-game stretch from the Thunder telling you? The same thing I told you on the eve of the season. There's going to be no repeat. The league's too good. There are too many good teams. It's taking a while to figure out Oklahoma City, which is the best team. Right. But can you go through Houston and San Antonio and Denver and I don't know. Can I ask you a question so you don't think they're going to be 80-and-2? You don't still hold out any hope? I had no hope for that. Let's go to the big finish. Let's do it. Four college quarterbacks switch teams in a transfer portal. Which one stands out? That kid soars me from Cincinnati. Going to Texas Tech for a reportally, like five million a year. They had zero last week, Texas Tech. They need this guy. The Giants will keep GM Joe Shane despite a four and 13 season. Does that make sense to you? No, let me repeat that. No. The unrivaled second season started today. Are you intrigued? No. Let me repeat that. No. Two-time heavyweight champ Tyson Fury. Coming out of retirement to fight again for a fifth time. I know you can't possibly be surprised. No. Is he going to fight Jake Polk? I hope not. Because that would end Mr. Polk. It could be a death certificate situation. The last one. The wild refighting again. FCS national championship tonight. Montana State, Illinois State. Who got? I got to have my home state. I got to have Illinois State. Who's the most famous person we know from Illinois State? Doug Combs. You know that they are unseated and they've already beaten the number one at number one? We're out of time. We'll try to do better the next time. And I'm Tony Cornhine. I'm Mike Wobbun. We're on the do's tomorrow, local heads. And now, here's sports. I almost forgot my flag. Don't want to do that. PTI. As you know, managing maintenance, repair, and operations is never easy. But for the ones who always rise to the challenge, Granger has your back. From professional grade products you can count on to fast, dependable delivery. They're there to help you keep things running smoothly. Plus, their technical product specialists are here to help answer your toughest questions. 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