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. 


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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!

More important than the damn Emmy, I like it stuffed in the can, Bonus videos

More Important Than the Damn Emmy 
Dan must have caught the green eyed monster bug and gotten it from McLovin on Monday. You could hear it in Dan’s voice before, during and after the interview and into the next segment after break regarding Jack Taylor, shooting guard, for Grinnell College. For that kid to do something that Dan was never given the opportunity to do – a green light, to shoot as often as he got the ball, to get national recognition, to receive no assists, to score 110 more points than he had scored before in any college game, it was all too much for Dan to handle. His true frustration was with the coaches – let the other Grinnell kids play and for Faith Baptist – execute some defense! Danny Jaw Face was out and all over the place. Seton even told Dan he was better than that. For a forever frustrated baller, the numbers and recognition this kid received were more important than "the damn Emmy" Dan had on his desk. The audio replay of the game call from the college student announcer was just. plain. funny. I wonder who that student was aspiring to be. Being a low funded program, getting a souvenir for the man cave is going to be slim. Looks like Dan is going to have to settle for autographed, game worn socks. Woof!

This person in white brought out the
green monster in Dan 

I Like It Stuffed in the can? 
How do you like your cranberry sauce? Gelled or traditional? Dan likes his in the can – ba da boom. An audience member offered a more Fritzy-esk poll question: Stuffing – wife, mother, mother-on-law? Two of those three are just sick.

Yummy or Yucky?

Dan Patrick Show bonus videos:
Thanksgiving Coffee Break with McLovin and Seton Pays Up on His Bet. Both are guaranteed to at least make you smile.

www.danpatrick.com

It’s a Beer and Wings Kind of DayGet the wings on the plate, sauce on the side and a cold one ready in a frosty mug. Here come Dan and the boys!

Paulie - annoyed with the disruption
Dan - focused on what's on TV
Fritzy - food focused
Seton - the photographer (Thank You!)

So Sad, No Dad - Get Well Soon Dan!

So Sad, No Dad

It’s feeling like its going to be an ultra short week for viewers of The Dan Patrick Show.  Dan was out sick today.  For those familiar with the show, they know that Dan must have really been sick to not have come in.  Mid to long time audience members remember the day when Dan came to work sick and would lay down during commercial breaks.  That’s the dedication Dan has in making this the Super Bowl every day.

So what may happen the rest of the week?  I hate to think it but…if Dan isn’t better tomorrow, that’ll be a bust. Then there’s the Thanksgiving turkey - encore presentation. Then Friday will be black for more than just retail stores, as Dan and the boys are out there with the other crazies getting the best deals on holiday gift giving and stimulating the economy.  Sadly, by my math, that would mean only one Dan day this week if Dan isn’t back tomorrow.

It’s ok that radio airtime was filled by a sports radio show anchor, Seth Evans???  Sorry Seth, I don’t know you. I’m sure you’re a good person/analyst but you just couldn’t keep my attention.  I need more than just a normal sports show.  The TV encore presentation was the colorful pants edition, but it’s just not the same as the real thing. Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing baby, ain’t nothin’ like the real thing.  At least when there is a planned Dan absence they are able to have the guest host in the man cave. The Danette interaction brings the show closer to atmosphere and content when Dan is there.

Sending well wishes Dan’s way –

Wonder what the Danette’s did today while Dan was out sick?  Here’s a quick look in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7ZfmNX4fk&feature=youtu.be

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.

Sing it loud, sing it proud, don't poke the bear, NASCAR what? who?

Is there really any minor heart procedures?
Did Jim Harbaugh’s family think it was minor? The heart is a major organ that keeps you living last I checked. A derm-abrasion is a minor procedure. For the second procedure, if things go wrong, you just don’t show your face in public for a few days. For the first procedure, if things go wrong, you could die. It’s scary how those in medicine use minimizing words for actions that could have maximum effects.

The boo boo is right about here

In a rare invitation from the show, there was a NASCAR driver appearance. Not from any driver, but one that has been invited on the show before, five time champion, Jimmie Johnson. I think I can count on one hand and one finger the number of different drivers that have been on the show over the years – Johnson, Stewart, Earnhardt Jr., Patrick, Kenseth and Hamlin who got on only because he called in on his own and donated something to the man cave. The season is 11 months long, pre-season testing through championship week, and there are roughly 150 drivers, and 150 crew chiefs (like a head coach to you stick and ballers) so you would think that the show could muster up more than 5 NASCAR interviews in one year. Okay, the ratings and the attendance aren’t the same as the top sport in America, the NFL, but it does do better than MLB, NBA, the 2011 NHL and the multitude of soccer leagues USA ratings. Come on man!

Dan trying to get Chad Knaus' attention
the wrong way

Okay, I’m done with that mini-rant. Johnson did elude that there was a darker side to his vanilla personality when it comes to the desire to retaliate against an opponent. If there was a world out there without witnesses, audio/video equipment and major sanctioning body fines and penalties he might handle on track confrontations differently than a smile and a positive spin for the media. The 2012 Sprint Cup Champion, whether it be Johnson or Brad Keselowski, is scheduled to be on the show Monday.

Can the brash kid from Michigan be the next
Cup Champion?

Fritzy was feeling pretty cocky today. It is Fritzy Friday you know. When Dan was doing his interview with Jimmie Johnson, was Dan saying Jimmie with an ie or a y? Was he saying Johnson or Johnston? Watch out Fritzy, the mighty fall pretty hard. Don’t poke the bear…

Fritzy's new weight loss plan -
poke the bear

Huge fail from Fritzy followed. He had in the run down and on the chalkboard Mitch Kupchak, GM of the Lakers, when the actual guest was going to be Mike D’Antoni, Head Coach of the Lakers. Ok, he misread the email. He did have a few things right. 1. It was someone from the Lakers. 2. Their first name started with Mi. Other than that, not even close. What’s worse is that for the first 90 minutes of the show Dan was promoting the wrong person appearing on the show. What ever MVD points Fritzy did have are now in the negative column.

Hi, my name is Mi____

Against the Grain started out shaky and stayed that way. Two-a-Days played a sped up version of the theme song, which I actually like better. McLovin was thrown by the music change and then couldn’t concentrate because Casey was buzzing Seton with the clippers behind him. Was McLovin concerned that Casey might come after him next?

"It's only hair"

Seton has one of those heads that can adapt to many looks.His normal head is one of an 18 year old with occasional bits of stubble. The look Seton got today from Casey, host of The Box Score, really didn’t resemble Whitey Herzog, but more of a 16 year old who cut his hair like someone from a progressive boy band. Time to climb back into the snugly tiger outfit and sing. Fritzy was allowed to join in and started by talking in character during the instrumental intro of Eye of the Tiger and repeating "There is no tomorrow, there is no tomorrow, there is no tomorrow" building up to Seton singing the first verse and chorus. Slight problem, Fritzy got Seton so amped up Seton started signing a few bars too soon. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it was singing either from Seton. It was more like lyrical talking. Fritzy was getting into his ‘80’s falsetto music and grooving along with the song reliving his glory days.

Rough cut
Somebody's gonna need a beer

Just another great day in the man cave for the highlight reels. It’s not your typical sports show, its family.  What did you learn today?

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Text: To donate $10 text REDCROSS to 90999

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More unrest in the man cave, stab your sword, women of Buffalo

From the pre-show run down meeting:
If Dan fell asleep, how would he want it to be handled? We didn’t learn the answer to that question. There must be times that this may have occurred. Maybe during one of the lengthy against the grain segments that had no visual aids? Let’s take a trip down memory lane to one of McLovin’s more entertaining ATG segments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDW21Gadjmg

The video open was an ode to those having quality time with Fergie’s bust, most prominently Fritzy. Hopefully Fergie didn’t see that open. If she did, hope it didn’t creep her out too much.

I just don't think Dan can pull off a C cup

As the world becomes even more PC:UCLA has a problem with the USC tradition of the drum major Tommy Trojan planting the sword mid-field before the pre-game show. Should the sword be planted at the game, the USC band will not be allowed to play at half time. Really? It shows a lack of respect? Don’t you need a bit of a lack of respect to feel a competitive edge and go out there and beat the other team? Over all of the years and all of the games that this tradition has occurred you choose to defeat your opponent this way? Is this the only way you can get it done? Let’s just all hold hands and play ring around the rosy. Just don’t take away what truly matters to Dan and the Danettes – the USC song girl outfits.

The latest sports victim to political correctness

Drum Major Ed Carden of the USC Marching Band plants the sword in the UCLA logo before the 2008 rivalry game at the Rose Bowl. (Jeff Golden / Getty Images / December 6, 2008)

If UCLA thinks planting the USC sword is disrespectful, I can only imagine what they would think if UCLA pulled off what the 2004 Yale students did at a game versus Harvard at Harvard. Take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4kai4FL0MQ

In a rare on air appearance, Two-a-Days gave us a SOTD. Shortly after Seton was called to the box at the top of the hour. Dan asked him before going into the box what was wrong. Typical kid to parent response – "Nothin’." "Why the sad face? Is it because you didn’t have a good first hour?" Sulky Seton went into the box to become Mr. Positivity and turn his frown upside down. It wasn’t because TAD did a stat of the day. Actually for his first time, he did better than Paulie who’s on mic regularly and has done SOTD a few times. The only bumming Seton is doing about SOTD comes from suggestions from the audience that he had tried, being a man of the people, that just didn’t work out and he took the heat. He says he has a good s-o-u-r-c-e (Jay Glazer?) for stat information and will be returning back to that game plan.

SOTD complications make
little Seton tired and grumpy

Seton’s going into the box at the top of the hour created another problem during the next break. Dan caught Seton coming out of his bathroom. You do not use Dan’s bathroom unless he gives you permission first. The staff bathroom was busy during the break and Seton really had to go the break before but couldn’t because of his box appearance. Seton’s solution, use Dan’s bathroom. Dan’s solution, next time pee outside. McLovin wondered if Seton thought he had the liberty because Dan and Seton had a private lunch yesterday. "Two men don’t go out to lunch together." Uh, yeah McLovin they do all the time. The lunches are just titled differently – "business lunch" or  "watch the game".

Maybe Dan needs a new sign for this door

More unrest in the man cave?So Seton had a private lunch with Dan Wednesday and is having another one today. From Dan’s Boss’ Thoughts segment: The Danettes are able to speak off the record about other Danettes to Dan. He does encourage them to address the issue directly with each other because DP does not want to be a go between and he doesn’t want there to be gossip. Well the gossip amongst the three remaining Danettes had already started. Are they talking about one of us? What are they talking about? Will this count against the rest of us being able to go out for beer and wings on Friday? So what do you eat at a private lunch? A shared basket of a dozen wings, two cheeseburgers and eight beers. We’ll see tomorrow if today’s private lunch plays a role in tomorrow’s show.

Can beer and wings solve the Danette issues?

Fritzy is loosening his grip on mock headlines when it comes to Sven in CA. Today Sven went 2 for 3 with Fritzy actually clapping at the last one. Fritzy has been too busy today pulling pictures of Samantha Steele from ESPN’s Game Day since he learned that she’s Christian Ponder’s, Viking QB, girl friend. The IT guy was in not long ago and there was only one computer that had issues. It’s never a good sign when you get the blue screen with white writing. The IT guy can thank Fritzy for being able to drive his nice, shiny Mercedes.

If your girl looked like Samantha,
would you mind answering questions about her?

It’s not Reggie Bush but McLovin who has some beef with the women in Buffalo. This was proven by audio that Two –a-Days had pulled out of the archives for an I Team report. I don’t know. I think for someone, who looks and acts like McLovin, he’s being far too picky. 

http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2011/08/23/one-city-the-other-ny-city-women-of-buffalo-76-photos/#close


The new Coffee Break with McLovin featuring Wild Bill, the cameraman, was sweet. As you would expect, Wild Bill steals the spotlight.

A little coffee banter with the wild one

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.