Show Notes
Episode 280, and B-Dawg is somewhere out on the ocean on a Carnival cruise, so it's Robert Horry and Rob Jenners holding it down. Bob's calling in from Vegas, where he's working the Lakers preseason game for season ticket holders. That gets the guys talking about the new ownership, what it means to be a Lakers legend, and why Bob respects teams like the Rockets that keep bringing back the older guys who never saw the big money. (Also: Bob is never getting on a cruise ship. Jaws, the Titanic, the Poop Cruise and a 6'2" shower for a 6'9" man. Case closed.)
Walker Kessler says he's been asked to be the Lakers' defensive anchor, and Bob is not a fan of coaches handing out roles. "Your role is to win games." That turns into Luka's defense, Devin Booker shutting people up at the Olympics, and whether anybody ever had to tell Hakeem or Tim Duncan to anchor a defense. Also on the table: LeBron calling Mike Breen a liar over the Embiid practice story, Paul George's rough Celtics debut, John Collins grabbing Dillon Brooks by the throat five minutes into a preseason game, and the Knicks shutting down extension talks with KAT, Josh Hart and the rest.
The WNBA Finals are set with the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream, and the Dream are stuck playing for a title in a 3,500-seat arena. The guys go back and forth on where it should have moved (McCamish seats 8,600, for the record), whether the Angel Reese haters owe her an apology, and who wins it.
Then football. Nick Sirianni kicks it short with eight seconds left and loses in London, and the Commanders sit in field goal range and let the clock run out for a tie. Bob tells the story of an inbound play at South Alabama from his freshman year that still haunts him. He was at Georgia-Alabama with his son Nick and has thoughts on the missed PI, the targeting no-call and Kalen DeBoer's sideline moment. Kentucky walks off another one, LSU turns out to be fool's gold, and Arch Manning takes some heat.
College football picks for Ohio State-Indiana, Florida-Texas, Auburn-Georgia, Alabama-Tennessee, Mizzou-Ole Miss and Notre Dame-BYU. The Big Shot of the Week goes to Ben Miller and the neighbors who pulled a 90-year-old woman out of a pond in Champaign, Illinois. And in How About Them Underdogs, Bob goes 4 for 5. The one he misses? His own '95 Rockets.
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00:00 Episode 280 and Harp's on a cruise
01:35 Why Bob will never go on a cruise
03:38 Bob in Vegas and life as a Lakers legend
07:35 Teams that take care of the old-school guys
11:58 Walker Kessler, defensive anchor? Bob on roles
15:55 Luka's defense and Devin Booker's Olympic turn
18:01 LeBron vs. Mike Breen over the Embiid story
20:27 Paul George's rough Celtics debut
21:26 John Collins grabs Dillon Brooks
23:29 Knicks shut down extension talks
26:58 WNBA Finals: Valkyries vs. Dream and the arena drama
31:15 Angel Reese and the WNBA Finals picks
33:07 Eagles lose on a short kickoff in London
35:39 Commanders run out the clock into a tie
39:08 Bob's inbound play disaster at South Alabama
40:57 Bob at Georgia-Alabama: the PI, targeting and DeBoer
46:22 Kentucky, LSU and Arch Manning
50:20 College football picks
56:43 Big Shot of the Week: the Champaign pond rescue
58:22 Game: How About Them Underdogs
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