00:02all right let's get to business on a football friday and before we dive right into more lions
00:08lunacy uh we have a couple of major major announcements one is a question for rico the
00:14other is just a major announcement now i'm going to ask this question because david did not believe
00:19me oh boy so you are a cinephile you you're a real movie guy so david was in here you
00:28were
00:28speaking with doug and gator out in the bullpen area and we played a promo now i don't know what
00:32the hell this movie's about but it sounds just goofy enough that i think you'd watch it so it
00:37was a what was it called david matchbox the movie and i said oh no doubt rico's going to see
00:43that
00:44and david's like hell no he's not there's no way i said it's it sounds like it's about the toy
00:50cars
00:50it is okay rico's seeing that john cena and jessica settle this because i got lunch on it with david
00:57are you going to see this movie no damn it okay i owe david lunch i know i could you
01:03know you had a
01:04better shot at the tigers being in the world series fair uh and they did not make the playoffs
01:11that's why i knew he wasn't going to see it wow david the whole concept it's like wait is this
01:17about
01:17the cars oh we've run out of plots in hollywood okay no okay nothing to do with race i got
01:24it wrong
01:24um wait are there any black drivers david maybe i should be watching unbelievable keith i'm i'm just
01:31for you buddy just simply remarkable uh also i just want to say people our mission is to get rico
01:37to
01:37six it is it's not founders day it's founders weekend this is a massive weekend for rico and
01:44the founders you mean msu homecoming yeah no uh as i was told in the literature it's founders fest
01:50two k two six uh later in the show rico's gonna give us a tour of the black museum also
01:56what's on
01:56the founders tailgate menu i have found out paul there's a specific special founders only tailgate
02:04tomorrow uh and then we do want to know at what point you storm the sideline and repossess the
02:10headsets from fitzgerald and staff we got that i'm excited they fall down by three scores mike just
02:15watch out listen you're rolling we're coming through the tunnel are you crested tomorrow no
02:19damn it okay it'll be 80 degrees man i'm not wearing a quarters though well don't they make
02:23a crested tank top or something on the founder's site what the hell are we doing they do but it's
02:27the msu homecoming so i'll probably wear in green and white the hell with msu it's about the founders
02:32i'm happy this is gonna be a big day big i can't wait to hear about the tailgate paul wanted
02:39to
02:39join but i told him that's not allowed i really feel like mike you should just join no you should
02:44join and see what it's really like that founder's lifestyle it might be too much for me i don't know
02:49you don't know if i can handle you fit it thank you oh man they go to the cigar bar
02:55all the time
02:55i've been invited i've been invited to many cookouts all right now let's you know what you come up
03:01tomorrow no i'm not and you're there i'm not we're waving the fee you're you're right there oh is
03:06a fee for the tailgate well not for us but yes oh david david he put a white tax on
03:13that one huh
03:14that's what it sounded like we're shipping and handling all right you want to come in you my
03:20friend you will we will we will roll you right up you go past the line oh i like it
03:26there's a line
03:27to get in this tailgate yeah wow wow paul's pretty highbrow stuff brother you didn't realize you're
03:35doing a show with royalty the founders don't mess around michael you'll be right there we'll put you
03:40in the middle of the photo my guy whitey gonna be there whitey will be there if he's suited up
03:45that cat's got to get to a horse track i gotta tell you i will let him know all right
03:49well let's
03:49let's get into the the stupid stuff today aka the lions i have no energy for this today i'm doing
03:55this
03:55because i am a a public servant i have no energy for this come on man this is the get
04:03right game this
04:04is the dumbest crap on the planet they're going down to arizona and they go they're storming the field
04:09they're coming back with a w okay cool story i'm gonna i'll give you a quote from dan campbell and
04:16then i'm gonna ask you guys a couple of questions three o'clock tj joins us and we're having our
04:21first
04:21ever edition of the langy awards the quarter poll awards okay and and we're not going to give tj any
04:29warning he's just going to have to roll in and do this so your questions of the day um we'll
04:36give you
04:36in a moment i want to read a quote from dan campbell and remind you yesterday was all about
04:42kelvin shepherd and shep saying well a lot here's dan campbell quote regarding the defensive issues
04:53talent has nothing to do with our issues on defense particularly in the secondary
05:02dan why don't you just have kelvin lay down in the parking lot of rotunda and back the truck over
05:08if talent's not the problem then what is you're basically telling me your defensive coordinator is
05:17now if you don't want people to read into things that way don't say things like that rico i go
05:24back
05:24to this none of it feels connected jack campbell who i like a lot yet he's been terrible this year
05:32campbell continues to earn points he just talks real you know what can't you know what jack campbell
05:38said no we stink right now thank god the offense is carrying us thank god we have a top five
05:45offense
05:46what did kelvin shepherd say yesterday it is insanely disrespectful to say that anyone carries it
05:52you got a player contradicting the dc you got the coach saying something that any able-brained person
06:00is going to read into going if the talent's not the problem the coaching is okay let me help you
06:06out
06:06here you want to know why you get the truth from jack campbell because he's a founder he is not
06:11a
06:11founder he can be if he wanted to i'm sure there was an iowa chapter i will say this he
06:17is the safest
06:18of the three he just he just re-upped his deal he ain't going nowhere so he has security we
06:24can
06:25speak his mind don't you know who can't speak his mind the defensive coordinator except that's all
06:30kelvin shepherd did no kelvin went out there and gave hopium he went out there and did everything but
06:36a rah-rah speech he went out there and said you know don't doubt me we're gonna pull this out
06:41and
06:41we're gonna do he he went fire and brimstone preacher because he's trying to preach for his
06:47job he is trying to convince people it is not my fault and campbell he knows but campbell basically
06:53is saying it's your fault by saying talent's not the problem funny how that looks huh um now and again
06:59people people if i'm reading into that feels like if i'm reading into that wrong you are welcome
07:04unlike rico i don't put a tax on people you are welcome to join my tailgate founders tax free damn
07:14248-539-9797 now how about this i got three critical lions questions there are three of you
07:20i'm gonna ask one two three you ready and i want to set the people up for success as we
07:26start a football
07:27friday one for rico beard is this a must win for the lions two for paul sarah will there be
07:36a coaching
07:36change during the bye week three for david hull is this team still a playoff team or are they just
07:44an
07:44average team any order you want to go and people in listener land the world is yours you answer all
07:53three two one whatever you want and what do you make of dan campbell's comments oh talent's not the
07:59issue cool so the coaching is a day after your dc had a karen-like meltdown rico do you want
08:08to go
08:08first i'll go first i like david's question but i trade no no no because david considerations
08:15yeah david i'll give you a second rounder next week how about that you get the second question no
08:21matter what yes it's a must win it is a must win because what if you're a lions fan if
08:28you're the
08:28lions team if you're the organization what you don't want is what just happened to michigan to lose two
08:34in a row and hit a bye because in that bye you can't you can't win another game to get
08:40that awful
08:40taste out of everybody's mouth so you are stuck with the final results for 14 days and similar to
08:47michigan you got a little controversy going on with your program where with michigan it's a
08:52quarterback for the lions it'll be the d coordinator who everybody would want fired but when you really
08:58look at it who you're going to replace them with okay you don't have anybody so absolutely yes must
09:03win paul sarah will there be a coaching change during the bye week yes i mean i don't think you
09:08say
09:08this your game's coming up it it really doesn't matter i think what happens on sunday
09:14if the defense is what it is i think they move on from shepherd during the bye week
09:18david hull is this a playoff team or are they just a mushy middle team i believe that they are
09:25an average team um when you had situations in the saints game where you could have taken control you
09:30did not take control not because the defense couldn't get a stop but because the offense couldn't
09:35continue a drive that happened in the game against the carolina panthers as well against the jets as well
09:42so that becomes a pattern and that becomes who you are which makes you average okay you answer
09:48those any way you want guys i wanted to throw out kind of a potpourri and here's one last thing
09:54last night is illuminating and i keep going back to this because i do think there's a smart way to
10:00watch football and then a stupid way okay the smart way to watch the nfl is to respect damn near
10:06every opponent with a rare occasion such as a tennessee titans um you do not get to laugh at people
10:13when you have the worst defense in football shout out rico beard for that t-shirt last night on a
10:19short week dallas was favored by 10 at home against a winless bucks team down a million players including
10:26their starting quarterback they started an undrafted free agent jalen daniels out of kansas
10:31they got dog walked you know why their defense couldn't get off the field dallas had the ball for
10:38about six seconds last night and they lost at home why is that relevant for you your defense is every
10:46bit as bad as the cowboys if not worse you don't get to laugh at people you don't get to
10:53take anyone
10:54lightly that doesn't mean you won't put it all together on a specific week but you know what i'm not
10:59doing i'm not going to arizona with my chest out i'm not going to sit here and act like you
11:06get to
11:06just auto dub anybody and it's also why and i'm not being mean again i love jim we just have
11:13a vehement
11:13disagreement on this it's why the schedule game is such low iq garbage oh we've got tampa with no
11:21quarterback easy game dead you don't get to do it right nobody saw bucky irvins going out there
11:28looking like vintage levy on where he that one run where it looked like he was bottled up yeah he
11:34took eight seconds to get to the line of scrimmage and then went 70 yards yeah yeah my point is
11:39you
11:40made the best point it was to start the year your defense will invite people in the games that's the
11:47whole premise of this it's not about the lions offense as much as i wish they'd get out to faster
11:52starts as much as i wish they could close games better fine rico if this defense is this bad
11:59arizona will be in the game everybody will be in their game minus again sons maybe a tennessee who
12:06might just be that bad no but but here's the problem when you play the tennessees and the miamis of
12:10the
12:10world mike they're most dangerous when they're still winless because we all know it's hard to go
12:17winless somebody's gonna slip up you don't want it to be you no but when you leave your defense like
12:22that everybody is now allowed to it comes down to the final five minutes who makes the mistake who
12:29goes forward on fourth down and doesn't get it who turns the ball over who makes the big run or
12:35the
12:35miraculous catch who gets the penalty that one team's gonna swear up and down that the referees are
12:40cheating for the other team it boils down to those intangible things because your defense can't stop
12:46anybody so especially if you're playing coming from behind no and again guys i'm not predicting a
12:51loss i'm not doing the the doom casting that's not any of this i'm making a point we have got
12:57to change
12:58the way we look at this team i try to just tell you like you don't get to think anything's
13:05an auto roll
13:06should they go and win this weekend they should but i'm not sure how easy it'll be now i think
13:13it's
13:13again you're living a very charmed existence while you're busy crying in your milk about brian branch
13:19you know other teams are out there without half their own line and and and half of their defensive
13:25starters now arizona this week guess what your d line should dominate they lost their left tackle
13:31they're also down their best guard that's major advantage for the lions so just your defense to me
13:41that takes away any of the he he's and the ha ha's and the bogos until or unless they get
13:46it
13:46turned around we'll get to your calls you got three critical questions answer we got the langys
13:51at the top of the hour and we are going to get an unbelievable preview of that founder's tailgate
13:56in east lansing in the four o'clock i can't wait to see what's on the menu very exciting it's
14:0197 one
14:01you
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