00:00Wow. Welcome on a Friday. Rico day off. TJ at 3 o'clock. I've got a million different things to
00:09get to. But I wanted to kind of level set before we talk about the actual Lions game. And I
00:16have opinions on both Michigan and Michigan State. I know. That's probably a bad idea. The easy deflection will be,
00:22well, we just don't care. But we'll get to it.
00:24But I have a question that's a little bit more abstract. David, when I say this, I'm just begging you
00:32not to scream at me because I know what you're going to do. And I know what a lot of
00:37people will do who don't put thought into this. There's a knee-jerk reaction to what I'm going to say.
00:42I'm asking you not to have that reaction. I'm going to ask this question. And by asking it, you know
00:49how I feel.
00:50Now, the Lions play the Patriots in Germany, Sunday, 9 a.m. Are we sure we like 9 a.m.
01:00football? Like, are you sure about that? Now, before, I know what you're going to do. More football, good football.
01:11Work with me now.
01:14Maybe I sound a little old school, but Sunday mornings are meant for, like, church or going to get bagels
01:19or heading to the gym or having a little bit of a, maybe get in the kitchen and cook family
01:23supper for later in the day.
01:24And then 1 p.m., we get our football. We sure we're all on board with this? Because you know
01:31I'm not.
01:33And it's on the same day that Jerry Jones is basically telling you without telling you, hope you're ready for
01:39an 18-game schedule next year. Awesome. Let's water the regular season down even more.
01:44But I mean it when I say this. There's absolutely 100%. There is not one single good reason to have
01:52football on at 9 in the morning on a Sunday morning. There's not.
01:56And that's coming from a dude, I don't have kids. I don't like kids. I don't want kids.
02:01But for a vast majority of you, you have kids. You know what Sunday mornings for? Family.
02:07Having football on from 1 p.m. to midnight is plenty. That's 11 hours. Plenty.
02:14Any adult with any level of responsibility can't watch 11 hours of football. It's not possible.
02:19Not unless you want a divorce. It's just not possible.
02:25So, the need to have 9 a.m. to midnight? Zero.
02:30But you're told it's good for you.
02:32Just like Jerry Jones is telling you right now.
02:35It's best for everyone involved.
02:38Jerry. No, it's not.
02:41It's good for your pocketbook. It's terrible for players.
02:45And the product continues to suffer as the seasons get longer.
02:49And it's the same thing here.
02:51Well, more football is good.
02:54Not at 9 in the morning, it's not.
02:58It's just, look, I wanted to see if we could have an honest conversation about this before talking about the
03:03game.
03:04And I don't have a whole lot to talk about with the game.
03:07I think the Patriots stink.
03:09I give you reasons why the Lions should win in a pretty professional manner.
03:12We'll talk through it.
03:15But, look, I'm not 100.
03:17I'm 46.
03:18I don't need football on a Sunday morning.
03:20If I wanted that, I'd live in Malibu.
03:24Like, morning football is a cute thing in your 20s or maybe your early 30s.
03:29And you do a boys' weekend in Vegas.
03:30And you do an NFL Sunday out there.
03:33Oh, we got football at 9 a.m.
03:37That's not this.
03:40Are you actually geeked to start your day with the Lions?
03:44I just need to hear it.
03:45I mean, David, you're a family man.
03:47Lord knows you'll be at the AV room down at Greater Life.
03:51Even Paul Serra, who is a football junkie, even Paul Serra mentioned it to me going,
03:59you know, you're right.
04:00I love football noon to midnight or 1 p.m. to midnight.
04:03But, man, 9 a.m.
04:05I said, Paul, I don't think anyone actually wants it.
04:11It's just you're being told you're going to love it.
04:15I do not.
04:16I would much prefer these games didn't exist.
04:19And we take on the Patriots at 1 o'clock.
04:22But I want to throw a number.
04:23I'm being very serious with you when I ask it.
04:25Your Sunday mornings, you got something to do.
04:29You got somewhere to be, someone to take care of, things to take care of.
04:34Come on, we have lives.
04:36And whether you're a parent, whether you're going to church,
04:40whatever denomination you may be,
04:42or whether you just want to have a damn cup of coffee and stare at the ceiling.
04:47I don't think any American actually wants these games.
04:51But much like everything else, you're told what to like.
04:55You're conditioned what to like.
04:57And eventually, you like it.
05:02People don't think for themselves.
05:05NFL football at 9, like it, or you're a communist.
05:08No, no, no, no.
05:10I love the NFL.
05:12And I love the NFL at 1 o'clock.
05:14And at 4 o'clock.
05:16And in many cases, I have been waiting all day for Sunday night,
05:19as long as it's a good game.
05:22Not once in my life have I woken up on a Sunday morning and gone,
05:26oh, baby, I got the shakes.
05:28I don't have football until 1 p.m.
05:30What?
05:34No, that's Uncle Mike time.
05:38Or that's helping out a buddy.
05:41Or it's going to the gym.
05:43Or it's, hell, taking the dogs for an extra long walk.
05:47I don't need it.
05:48Or it's doing anything other than watching football.
05:51Yes.
05:51Because I will tell you this, Mike.
05:53It is, we joke about the AV room,
05:57but it's usually just the background.
05:59I love the AV room bit.
06:01It's usually just on in the background.
06:02I'm not sitting here focusing on it.
06:05And when my team plays or the Lions play,
06:08I really, yes, I'm watching,
06:10but I don't want to be up,
06:13focused on football that early in the morning.
06:16I'm not ready for it yet.
06:17It takes away from the buildup.
06:19I like the anticipation of 1 o'clock.
06:22I like pre-programming the Lions at 1 or at 4.
06:25Obviously, they play a lot of games of the week now.
06:27But that 1 o'clock, or hell,
06:29I'll throw on NFL Red Zone before that idiot Scott Hansen comes on
06:33because it's NFL Films music,
06:35and I might be finishing some cooking in the kitchen
06:37to get things ready for the day.
06:39That's the anticipation of it.
06:42That's why night games are so special.
06:44You've got to wait all day to see your team.
06:48But 9 a.m.?
06:51No.
06:52No.
06:53And Sunday, and I know this is probably just a personal thing
06:57just because of what I do,
06:58but yes, I have to watch the Lions on Sunday.
07:02Then because of what I do,
07:03I still have to watch the Vikings and Packers at 1 o'clock.
07:06And then guess what I'm doing?
07:07Waiting all night for a Sunday night
07:08because then my team plays.
07:10It's like, when does the family get time on this Sunday?
07:14Well, if the NFL had its designs,
07:16every man would be divorced and childless.
07:19I mean, they just want more of more.
07:20And look, I brought this up in conjunction
07:23with the Jerry Jones report
07:24where he's telling you
07:26you're getting an 18-game schedule.
07:29And I'm telling you,
07:30I hope you're ready for the Super Bowl
07:32to be played in March.
07:34It's coming.
07:37You know where I stand on it.
07:39Football has been special because there was scarcity.
07:41And no, I'm not going back to a 12-game schedule
07:44of my father's youth.
07:46Not even going back to a 14-game schedule.
07:48At 16, that was the max.
07:52Now we got 17 plus another bye.
07:55All right, we got an 18-week season.
07:56Now they're going to add an 18-game season
08:00and a second bye week.
08:01That's 20 weeks of regular season.
08:0420.
08:05Well, Mike, this is the year
08:06that the Super Bowl has fallen
08:08on the latest date ever in NFL history.
08:12And people used to always say,
08:13well, we should move it there
08:14because you get the Monday off
08:15because of President's Day.
08:16I never thought that that would actually be the schedule.
08:19It is for one year.
08:20And you know what's going to happen next year?
08:22It's going to be even worse.
08:23It's going to be another two weeks out
08:24because 18 games,
08:26they got to give the players a second bye week.
08:28And you notice the trick they've been doing?
08:31There's no more one week
08:32between the AFC and NFC title game.
08:34They take the two-week gap every year now.
08:36Used to rotate or vary.
08:38Not anymore.
08:40I mean, you are talking about football.
08:43It's just, and now it's on Black Friday.
08:46Now it's on Saturdays during December.
08:49Now it's going to be on your Christmas day.
08:51They open the season on a Wednesday night.
08:55Then they hit you with a Thursday.
08:57Then they hit you with a Friday.
08:58Well, look at Thanksgiving week this year.
09:00They have a game on Wednesday before Thanksgiving,
09:02the three on Thanksgiving,
09:04and Black Friday.
09:05Correct.
09:07Ridiculous.
09:08So, well, I'm doing the topic together
09:10because more is not always better.
09:13And I'm just telling you,
09:15if there's one game
09:16that I don't focus in on,
09:19you know, and I'm not saying this,
09:21like, I think you guys trust,
09:23unlike many hosts,
09:24I watch games.
09:27Guys, if there's one game
09:29that I'm going to be open and honest
09:30with you as my audience,
09:31yeah, the Sunday morning game
09:33gets next to none of my time.
09:38Sorry, Atlanta and Cincy
09:41in Dusseldorf,
09:42I don't care.
09:44Like, there's a piece
09:45where it's like,
09:46now I have a life to live.
09:48And if I feel like taking a walk
09:49with my wife
09:49and going to get a coffee,
09:50that's what I'm going to do.
09:52You can't have all my time.
09:54Sunday mornings,
09:55and I'm old school.
09:56I know I am.
09:56You can call me a boomer,
09:58whatever.
09:58I think Sundays are for family.
10:01Sundays in the morning,
10:03specifically,
10:04come on, man.
10:06I don't need it.
10:07But I'm interested for you guys.
10:09Lions are playing in Europe.
10:13I can't call it a big game.
10:15I just think you're better
10:16than this team.
10:17I don't respect the Patriots.
10:19I'll give you reasons why.
10:20But it's your team.
10:22And maybe you're doing
10:22a little brunch reset.
10:24I don't know.
10:24Maybe you got the Bavarian pretzels going.
10:26That's fine.
10:28This is not judgment.
10:30I know I'll be judged.
10:31But this is not judgment upon you.
10:33It's a very simple question
10:35that if you get beyond
10:37the knee-jerk reaction of
10:39more football good,
10:41you bad.
10:41But hold on.
10:42Think it through.
10:462485-399797.
10:48David,
10:48text coming in.
10:49And obviously,
10:50we got a lot of people
10:51who want to talk about it.
10:52Happy to do it.
10:52We'll get to your college football.
10:54I will absolutely talk about
10:55the game in a little bit.
10:57But I thought this was
10:58an interesting place to start.
11:03David?
11:04Text here says,
11:05besides the crazy 9.30 a.m. start,
11:07it's ridiculous that games
11:08are even being played
11:09in other countries.
11:10Fans of teams are robbed
11:11of a home game
11:12that has been in
11:13Macomb Township.
11:14Yeah, and correct me
11:15if I'm wrong.
11:16Wasn't this a Lions home game?
11:18It was.
11:18It was taken away
11:19to go over there.
11:20Oh, good.
11:21Oh, good.
11:21That's nice.
11:22I have two kids
11:23under two.
11:24F 9 a.m. football.
11:26Oh, that is TJ in a car.
11:28TJ, you're doing
11:29the Lord's work, pal.
11:30Yeah, two kids under two
11:31and 9 a.m. football.
11:34As they said in Taken,
11:35good luck.
11:37Someone texting,
11:38oh, Richard texts in
11:39and says,
11:39I love it.
11:39Get up, get the coffee,
11:41have some football
11:41and watch till midnight.
11:44Sounds like he's single.
11:45I was going to say,
11:46Richard, you got any friends,
11:47family responsibilities
11:48or general interest in life?
11:50If no, check this box.
11:52Randy at work texts in
11:54and says,
11:54can't stand it.
11:55It's a stupid idea.
11:56I will be in church.
11:58See, and that's,
11:59and listen,
11:59I don't judge anybody
12:00whether you're,
12:01you're, you're very into faith
12:03or not at all
12:03or somewhere in between.
12:05I only afford that
12:06as one explanation
12:07that for a lot of people,
12:09look, Sunday morning,
12:10that's a no-go.
12:11You don't touch that.
12:13That's not for socializing.
12:15That's not for games.
12:16That, that,
12:17that's for something else.
12:19That's all.
12:20And I mean,
12:20hell, it's not just
12:21because I work with a pastor.
12:22It's just because
12:22I don't go through life
12:23with my head up my ass.
12:25Like, it's,
12:26it's insane to me
12:27to think that this has become
12:29normalized behavior.
12:31One more,
12:32and then,
12:32and then we'll,
12:32we'll keep it timely.
12:33I'm sorry.
12:34I do not mind Sunday morning,
12:359 a.m. football at all.
12:37The only deal is
12:38it can't be my team.
12:39I hate that my team
12:40plays at 9 a.m.
12:41It's cool.
12:42As long as it ain't
12:43involving me.
12:442, 4, 8, 5, 3, 9,
12:4597, 97.
12:46All.
