Giving Thanks for Football and More

Thank You

First Responders – you do something I would not be able to do putting your bodies and emotions on the line every day to help your communities stay safe and aid us when in need.

American Red Cross – for being there in times of disaster and need.  Many of the victims of Hurricane Sandy are not going to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with their normal traditions.  They’re having to do the best they can with what they have left, or what they are being offered this year.  My wish for them is that before next Thanksgiving their lives are back to being their own.  The need is still there. 


Website:  www.redcross.org 

Text: To donate $10 text REDCROSS to 90999

Phone:  1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

Mail: American Red Cross, PO Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA 50340-2018 
        Make sure you indicate where you want your funds to go.

Men and women of our military - you risk their lives abroad and can not be with their families today.  I wish God speed in getting you all back home safe and sound.  You keep our country the land of the free and we will remain the home for you, the brave. 

Organizations, non-profits and volunteers - they support so many necessary causes both human and animal.  I can not imagine what our world would be like without you.

Faith, family and friends - I hold all dear, past and present, thank you for being there when I need you.  To those that have and do shape my life in education and experience both good and bad, thank you.

Readers and followers - I wouldn't be here, on this page, without you.

A full day of football coverage - from the time that I wake to the time I rest to help distract from those things about gathering with family that aren’t so great, thank you.

Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

May your Thanksgiving be more or less
Looney as mine!

Gamblers love company, prison uniform anyone?

Coming to you from the NYC long weekend studio -

Prison Uniform Anyone?
Are you one to fall for the latest marketing ploy? The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping so with the jersey the players wore during the SNF game. Certainly neither McLovin, nor I would wear this prison uniform replica so why would you? Wear it to the wrong state or city you may be getting more than you asked for in return for your investment.

Without the name, do you think chain gang
or football member

Peter Makes New Friends
What will get you lots of unwanted attention? Tweet your personal phone number. We’ve heard or seen this done before either accidentally by the owner or intentionally by someone holding a grudge or pranking someone. Most recently, Peter King did this to himself. 350+ calls and 270+ texts later he has changed his number and upset PR people across a nation.

Peter is lonely no more

Someone Made Dad Mad
Another way to tick Dan off – don’t watch him on TV when he uses your material from the show during major network time. This is what happened Sunday. Dan dropped the "Little Buckaroo" tag on the Buccaneer highlights expecting he would get a thank you from Fritzy. Nothing. No text, no email, no phone call, not even an acknowledgement when he came in this morning. What did Dan get from Fritzy? A text about Faith Hill and Byron Leftwich’s legs. What was Fritzy doing when Dan bestowed this honor? Listening to the Broncos game. No surprise, but Todd should have watched or listened to the taped broadcast before he got to work in the morning. You never know when dad will throw a life test your way. Don’t look for this opportunity to come along again anytime soon Fritzy. Dad was sulky and mad most of the show.  Good job bro.

Text-worthy legs

I Want You Back
Could we see another new hairstyle from McLovin? Don’t be surprised if you do. Dan was complimenting Seton again today on how well the bet cut looked on him, comparing him to Brad Pitt from one of his movies. The green eyed jealousy monster came out of McLovin once again. What will McLovin do to get Dan’s attention back?

If you turn out the lights, are
these McLovin's eyes?

Coffee Table Idea
Quickie interview with new Cup Champ, Brad Keselowski, as they were going up against the hard break. Brad did manage a total of three hours sleep after taking a little too much advantage of his sponsor’s product, Miller Lite beer. He had that raspy alcohol voice that made him sound as if he had been a long time smoker. His only thought during the race was, don’t screw up. Gotta wonder if that went out the window after a few gigantic glasses of beer. Did you see any of his post race interviews? Maybe the end of that motivational speech Ray Lewis left on his phone said …and party like a rock star after you take the championship. Dan wondered how much of what Brad does is to be an entertainer. All Brad knew was that when he is an entertainer, it tends to get him in trouble or cost him money like it did last week, 25K. Maybe he got into trouble last night, maybe today, he doesn’t know yet but he’ll be able to afford it a little more now after he gets his cut of the 5.6+ million dollar check coming his way from winning the championship. What is a red flag like for a driver in comparison to the average person? Like sitting in the parking lot at the grocery store and you’d rather be checking out what’s going on elsewhere than go inside. Roger Penske, the car owner, will be keeping the winning car for his museum, so nothing coming to the man cave there. Dan was interested that they recycle the cars that will no longer be used and then crush them. Maybe a nice car cube table for the green room would be useful.

Just a the remote and a few
magazines and you're good

Gamblers Love Company
Always entertaining, Shae in Irving with his love/hate relationship with his Cowboys and his weekend gambling stories. Comical how he tried to get Dan to come back to the fold. Shout out to the sneaky good audience member who got a sign calling out Shae in Irving on ESPN College Game Day.

You called me what?!? You did what?!?

The audio open this morning brought back fond memories of yesterday reliving the second life of the Eddie Curry jersey. Long may the jersey wave over the skin of all those that wore it. Thank you engineers and editors for the great remix. 

You could only hope to look this good in this jersey

He’s had enough and he’s letting everyone know.  Jay Glazer is fed up with ESPN not giving him credit when credit is due for breaking stories. As Dan has educated us, if they don’t outright steal the credit when they don’t break the story, they avoid the story as longs as they can or they’ll just call you "a source". Check out what Jay has to say about that: Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer
Hey @Sportscenter just to clear up confusion, my last name is not spelled S-O-U-R-C-E. Unless my mom got it wrong all these years. Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer
Crazy how so many of us in the biz seem to have the same last name. i must have a ton of siblings mom never told me ... http://tmi.me/zb5SW   Keep up the good fight Jay! P.S. Love me some Subway J

He may be smiling now, but don't call him  S-O-U-R-C-E

Who’s at the top of the heap?
DP! www.athlonsports.com rated The Dan Patrick Show the #1 sports related radio show to listen to of their top 15. Was there ever any doubt? Of course not. There is only one. Everyone else falls by the wayside.

No one beats the man at the top of his game

Collin Klein shared how he feels about putting his personal beliefs out there in similar fashion as Tim Tebow, LoLo Jones and others. It makes me wonder, I’m sure there have been athletes throughout time that have held strong to their religion and beliefs but only a couple over previous decades in sports that have come forward until we were into the 2000 mark or so. Is there a new comfort in revealing your personal morals and standards if you are a devout in your religion and personal beliefs if you are a celebrity because we are more accepting of people’s differences? If that’s the case, why were we not more accepting before? Is it their drive to bear witness? I’m just glad we can all get along on most things, most of the time.

Collin Klein - not afraid to answer questions about his beliefs

McLovin loves his family after all! Today we learned that McLovin finally did a will with Legal Zoom to protect the interests of his family. Dan has been after him for years to get this done. What finally made him do it? Not a push, but a shove from his wife. Good going Sara!

Have you gotten your Legal Zoom will?

Has it gotten cold daily where you live? It has here. Think about those who have lost their homes that helped keep them warm both inside and out. Show them some love.

American Red Cross:

Website: www.redcross.org


Text: To donate $10 text REDCROSS to 90999

Phone: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

Mail: American Red Cross, PO Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA 50340-2018
Make sure you indicate where you want your funds to go.