Hour 2: ‘What’s More Likely,’ Messi’s GOAT-ness, Brockman’s Top 5, plus Flavor Flav

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1:25Rich Eisen:How do you feel right now, Chris? A little nervous. This is the Rich Eisen Show. Chris saying on this show that if LeBron joins the Miami Heat, have fun in the play-in tournament, and that we should all begin to ready ourselves for LeBron to be a non-factor this season. Earlier on the show, NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero. Coming up, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Flavor Flav. Emmy Award winning actor Eric Braden. And now, it's Rich Eisen. Our number two of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. Flava Flav is going to be joining us shortly on this program from Las Vegas.

2:07Rich Eisen:He's got his She Weekend. That is something he talked about on Women's Sports Now on Thursday. I believe Sarah Tiana was not on Women's Sports Now on Thursday because she was actually at the event in Las Vegas. She was, yeah. Yeah, she was there yesterday. What did she report? Did she report back? Yeah, she reported back that it was a great time. A lot of fun. Talked to Flav while she was there as well. Right. And a host of the other athletes who were there. Yeah. Okay. The gold medal women's hockey team, bobsled, skeleton. Her piece will air next week on Women's Sports. There you go. 6 p.m. Eastern time, ladies and gentlemen.

2:41Rich Eisen:That'll be what's happening on that front. 844-204-RICH, number to dial. I got to say this, man. I don't know if you're in the same way as well. Okay. But I cannot stop watching videos of Messi's assists. Oh, man. Over and over and over again. To the point where I think I've seen every second of it from the original shot that started it hitting the right post like smack dab. to Messi then chasing down the loose ball and stepping on the defender's foot from England to the point where that video sends me into a wormhole of it's exactly what caused Egypt to lose a goal because that foul, that same foul that Messi committed to get to the loose ball to set up, to send into the box, to create this nonstop algorithm for me to be seeing this incredible pass.

3:50Rich Eisen:I saw a video where him stepping on the defender's foot is exactly what Egypt was called for long after they get the ball to go all the way down the field and scored what looked like to be, at the time, the goal of the tournament. It's weird that Messi never gets called for anything. And so that had another life or an algorithm to that one. They never viewed him possibly being offsides on the first goal. Or they did and never said that they did or they never did and we never returned to it in the broadcast. And everyone then blames Fox, but I think you can attest this is a world feed. That's the world that sets all that.

4:32Rich Eisen:You know what I mean? And they're just calling someone else's speed. But VAR does look and sometimes not. Let you know that they've looked. Which the NFL does sometimes. Because all the refs have the mics just like the NFL. Or at any rate, I mean, I saw that part of the conversation. But then him to get the ball back and the two English defenders thinking he's going to go to his dominant left. And instead, he goes and fakes that way and then goes right with two touches of the ball. I said two touches. I said two touches. Before he then swings his apparently non-dominant right leg. And, I mean, I've seen it slow motion.

5:24Rich Eisen:I've seen it in regular motion. I've seen it with theatric, dramatic music behind it. I've seen it with just the - Left side from the right side. I've seen it with the American announcers from Fox call it. I've seen it with the Argentine radio guy without the video of him losing his mind. I've seen it with the - Yeah, that one's great. I've seen it with the English broadcasters calling it. Oh, Telemundo, Andres Cantor. Him screaming his head off. Oh my gosh. You've seen it with a fox. Honestly, it's like a Dr. Seuss video. Pretty much. and I can't get enough of it and maybe that's why it's being fed to me more once it gets in your algorithm I mean right I need a clean line that's why you get all those red shoe diary reels in your feed you just look at two of them and then they just won't stop taxi cab confessions over and over you know I'm going by the way I think I went back to Showtime and HBO red shoe diaries Red Shoe.

6:30Rich Eisen:What'd I say? Red Shoe. Did I say Red Shoe Diaries? Yeah, yeah. Did I say Red Shoes? You said something else. Okay, whatever. David Duchovny. David Duchovny. Yeah, I was just gonna say. At any rate. Taxicab confessions? How do we get on that from Messi? I mean. Oh, yeah. Well, anyway. Algorithms. Algorithms. Yes. Now, no lie, in about an hour, I want all of us to check our phones and see all this stuff is now gonna be in our feed just because we said it. We said it. They heard us. It's crazy. It's crazy. It's true. and um good thing the world cup's not being played today because it is a smoky situation in the metropolitan area very in the whole northeast i know you know i was texting hopefully this clears by sunday man it's not it's not i was texting jake yesterday he's at the phillies mets game and he told me he was like i'd be i wouldn't be shocked if they called the game i said it's that bad well you heard the umpires called the players over and said if you're going to start hacking up let us know yeah my mom said the same thing yesterday in the middle of Pennsylvania she said they just smell like terrible everything's burning so hopefully all that clears the uh third place game is Saturday in uh Miami so that's removed from all that stuff and again I made a mistake saying yesterday that that the golden boot's been settled that Messi's gonna win and that he will also have the uh all-time record for most goals scored in in World Cup history as a career and hold that over Mbappe but Mbappe uh I'm imagining is gonna play because do you play people in a third place game?

7:58Rich Eisen:I mean... It's for pride at this point. Yeah, it's pride. Obviously, England-France, rivalry. They share a tunnel. You know, I mean... You want to go for the record? You want to get that mark? Why not? Why not play? I guess. Yeah. They share a tunnel. I don't know. They share a tunnel. I don't know why I'm laughing about that. Listen, this is our analysis. This is the way we analyze this. Flava Flav's coming up yeah let's take a call and then we'll do a little more likely in advance alright let's go to Terzo in Iowa our long time listener and friend what's up how are you Terzo what's up Rich hey Brockman man I love you man but you are the biggest LeBron hater and you've hated on him forever love you guys getting played from it but you have hated that man for his entire career.

8:54That is absolutely positively untrue. The last 10 years of his career? I don't think about LeBron ever except in the context of this show. Well, that's what we're talking about. Exactly. I used to have his shoes. That's the context of the show.

9:11Rich Eisen:I loved LeBron before he went to Miami. Okay. Whatever. That horse is out of the barn, pal. That horse is out of the barn. Sorry. Yeah. Hey, so Rich, I just want to emphasize, man, And, like, as you guys have been saying, that Messi pass was unbelievable. We were in Carl's. Our buddy T-Bone had a bet for – T-Bone! He had a bet for Messi to – or for Argentine to win in regular time. Oh, wow. And as soon as that goal – as soon as that goal winning, that whole entire bar erupted. And T-Bone doesn't watch soccer at all on the slightest. Had no idea what he was doing. And he was the most excited person I've seen.

9:51It was awesome. The World Cup has been awesome. It's just so much fun. I hate that it's going to be over, but I can't wait to see the final match on Sunday. But it's going to be awesome. Hopefully, like you said, it clears up. Because, man, I want them to play that match, and it's going to be fun to watch.

10:13Rich Eisen:Thank you, Terzo. Greatly appreciate it. See you, buddy. So in Iowa, what's more of an American way of viewing the World Cup for the rest of the world to hear and say that's as American as it gets? Then two things. As we get to what's more likely, what's more American to the rest of the world? A guy who's celebrating a bet in an Iowa bar named T-Bone. I'll take that one okay full start alright alright T-Bone who doesn't know much about soccer T-Bone Iowa Bar celebrating yeah alright or what I'm seeing sometimes on my threads people saying why won't the World Cup put their big games in primetime like what's their issue and it's like it's called the World Cup and And if it's at 3 Eastern and noon Pacific, that's 9 o 'clock in Europe and 8 o 'clock in other spots, 10 o 'clock in Africa, midnight.

11:26Rich Eisen:And, you know, you could keep on going on around, you know, the way the rest of the world views it. You know, it's not called the Eastern Time Zone Cup. Just saying. What's more American, that or T-Bone in an Iowa bar? Before you answer this, I got to tell you how iconic this is because Kutcher, you know, is from Iowa. Yes, sir. He has a cousin and his name is Willie T-Bone Taylor. Hey. Right. So when I hear T-Bone. Is it the same? I don't think so, but he was a meat cutter from Iowa, as he used to always say. And he'd come into town. He'd visit and me and Ashton would always throw house parties for T-Bone just to give him like this Hollywood thing.

12:03And he would just, he'd be in a kitchen with a bottle of beer. people like TJ. Okay. I'm having the time of my life.

12:10Rich Eisen:So then what's more likely? It is the same T-bone or there are many T-bones? There's got to be multiple T-bones. Great question. Shout out to T-bones. It would be amazing if it was the same guy. Here's the thing. You know how many people watched the 2022 World Cup final? You want to take a guess? The one in Qatar you're talking about. Yeah, the last one. The last World Cup final. Want to take a guess? 95 million. Worldwide or Fox? 95 million. 1.5 billion people watched the World Cup final. We're estimating nearly 2 billion is going to watch this. You know how many people in America? 350 million.

12:42Right. Okay? The World Cup. This is going to be the most watched event ever.

12:47Rich Eisen:Right. I saw a video of the ref learning he's been chosen. Did you see that video? No. Yeah, he's like in a meeting with all these other refs and their uniforms and their shirts and their pomade and all this stuff. Like the draft? And he learned he – I saw this video last night. The ref draft. He learned he's going to be the ref, and he starts breaking down crime. Wow. And they're hugging it out like, congratulations. Oh, he's from Slovenia. Yeah. Cool. I'm, like, wondering, like, you know, is it a conclave? Is it a refereeing conclave? Is that what it is? They lock them in a room? White smoke.

13:17Rich Eisen:Well, let's not make the white. The white smoke is all over New York, New Jersey right now. Oh, man. You know? That's a big deal. I know. Big deal. Each one of those guys that gets those, like, final. You get to ref the World Cup. Yeah. You're the one who's telling everyone to play on or, you know, making a little rectangle. The big watch. You know, the big watch. Oh, my God. Is there a special, like, spray can? You know what I mean? There's got to be. Is it a gold spray can? Did you see the other day when the guy didn't have it? Is it a special foam? What did somebody just flip him shaving cream?

13:48Rich Eisen:He had to borrow one from the line. Barbacil? The line just came out. Dude. How do you know that? All right, let's get to it. It's What's More Likely. Hit it, please. Go for it. What? What's More Likely. Never say never, but never. What's more likely presented by Pella Windows and Doors. Christopher, you have at it, sir. Hey, everybody. Happy Friday. Great to see you. What's going on? See you, everyone. How about this one? We've been talking a lot about one of those guys today, and the other guy is one of our great friends. I mean, they're both great friends. But they're coming back from injury.

14:20More likely, future Hall of Famer to play week one. George Kittle or Patrick Mahomes?

14:29Rich Eisen:I don't care if I'm going to get in any. I don't think I'm going to get in any trouble for this. I saw them both recently on a dance floor. Oh, interesting. Where was that at? New York City. Okay, got it. Studio 54? Studio MSG. Were they at 1 Oak? Guys, I don't want to say anything more. I've just seen them both on a dance floor recently. Both are playing week one. Really? Oh, wow. Kettle went through a wardrobe change. Wow. Yeah. I think both are playing week one. Even in Australia? I know being on a dance floor and playing in the National Football League. Different. But they both involve footwork.

15:09Rich Eisen:I mean, I saw a kid at WrestleMania. It didn't look like he had a limp. He was doing the Obafemi wall. I really think both are playing week one. So I know I got to give you what's more likely. It's likely both are playing. I mean, that's obviously great. But they're both coming back pretty significantly. Well, I mean, it's best for business. This is the first international game in Australia, Rams and Niners, and then the first Monday night game to finish off week one. I mean, with all due respect, which means now I can be disrespectful. The NFL isn't putting that game in week one if they think it's going to be Justin Fields versus Bo Nix or Justin Fields versus Jared Stidham.

15:52Rich Eisen:Running back Justin Fields. You see that? Okay. What else, Chris? Hey, we had our friend yesterday from Seattle call. Did the Seahawks win loss? Undefeated. Whoa. Is it more likely that either the Seahawks or Rams are undefeated on Christmas when they meet? Or one of them misses the playoffs? Oh. I'll go either the Rams or the Seahawks are undefeated on Christmas when they face the playoffs. You're not missing the playoffs, man. And unless, listen, obviously we, but all things being equal and knocking on wood that we're not talking about something, you know. Ravens missed the playoffs last year?

16:32Rich Eisen:Stop it. They did. Well, I mean, Lamar didn't play a lot of games. Okay. So, yeah, man. Yeah, man. They're not missing. Rams and Seahawks, you know how there's a lot of change every year? The seven that made the NFC playoffs last year. Half. Every year. I got it. Will not include the Seahawks or the Rams. Okay. Like them Fufu over there. Half. What else? Half. TJ, this one's for you. Oh. Impromptu Cowboys win-loss yesterday. That was a treat. That was a treat. I missed that. Was that two days ago? Two days ago. I just felt good. 14-3. Wow. Yeah, you were feeling good. We were riding high off of some internet, you know, notoriety.

17:14Rich Eisen:That's right. You were looking good. You had a fresh cut. Benny Blades hooked it up. LeBron wound up putting you taping for him on 154. Then again, he didn't give us props either for not, you know, crapping on them either, but whatever. Is it more likely the Cowboys go 14-3 like TJ predicted? Yes. Or the Sixers win the East? Both things could be true. You want to take this one? I can't answer this question yet. Because LeBron's not there yet? I don't think our full roster is filled. Doesn't LeBron root for the Cowboys? Isn't that his team? Yeah. Okay. One of them, teams. He's like me. He's got a lot of teams.

17:53Rich Eisen:He's got a couple. He's got a lot of teams. Cowboys and the Browns. Yankees, Cowboys, Browns. I get that. Ohio State. The Ohio State. Your interest should not just be in one place. Me and LeBron, we're like. All right, I'll say it. Cowboys go 14-3 is more likely. That's disrespectful. No, it's not. Orange and blue skies, baby. You know what? Actually, I saw a video during the break. that Jadlin Brunson is at Fanatics Fest being asked to sign a Giants helmet, and he refuses to do it. You know why? He and Cat root for the same team, apparently. I mean, he's a Villanova kid. He's an eagle, huh? Also, I don't know if this is just...

18:34Rich Eisen:He's from Chicago. Well, he moved around a lot. He wanted to write the word birds on the helmet, is what he said. So, no wonder he and Cat get along. Brunson's autograph is going, at least from what I saw, for the most money like a fanatic should know how to pay to get people's autographs. Why not? This is the top pressure. Orange and blue skies, baby. MVP of the NBA Finals for the champion New York Knicks. All right, let's get through these, guys. World Cup Finals Sunday. Is it more likely Messi scores in the final or LeBron mentions us again before he decides on a team? Messi scores. I think back to back.

19:09Rich Eisen:I think we're out of LeBron's mouth and feed right now. Well, you don't know what he's going to say later. So yeah. I'll say it's more likely that Messi scores in the World Cup. Okay. Alright. How about this one? LeBron still waiting. The all-time goals king of the World Cup. Yeah. And the all-time leading scorer in his final World Cup game. More likely to be the bigger number. Team LeBron goes to their games over 500 this year. Okay. Or crying emojis in his IG story about us. So he's got to be 22 games over 500. 52 and 30. 52 and 30. next year. Or crying emojis. Ooh, look at you. This is good, Chris.

19:49Rich Eisen:This is really, like, this is next level good. Yeah, I want all you people to say what does Brockman do? You get off my man's back. Thank you, TJ. And he can make a layup. You know what? I'm gonna go LeBron's team is gonna be 20. It's fitting. 23. Game's over 500. Yeah, yeah. That's what I'll do. That's where I'll go. Yeah, yeah. Chris, your thoughts? One more. I'm more likely to be the higher total this year. LeBron points per game. Yeah. Or crying emojis in his IG story. I'll go crying emojis, right? He had 21 last year, though. But that's less than 22. That's less than 22. That's why I say I will go with crying emojis.

20:25Rich Eisen:Oh, you'll go with emojis. Higher total. I'll do that. Because wherever he goes, maybe he's just going to say, I'm going to take a role in which I don't have to score as much until it's playoff time, and then I'm going to win a championship because I'm LeBron James. LeBron James. LeBron James. You want to smile at the camera in case we're on his Instagram? feet again look as good as you can yeah chris come on this is for the 154 million okay i got named and i wasn't even here yeah yeah you were in the story what was that all about i wasn't even here he's two friends that's what's more likely brought to you by pella windows and doors when it comes to your home hello windows and doors always have the winning game plan that's why your neighbors trust them visit pella.com slash eisen what time is it oh game time well i mean No, Flavor Flav.

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22:51Rich Eisen:All right, we're back here on the Rich Eisen Show. It's very rare that you can know the very last date and day that you saw somebody. but I last saw this man on February 5th, 2012 because he was right in front of the NFL Network set at Super Bowl 46 between the Giants and the Patriots in Indianapolis wearing his clock and rooting for the G-Men. Ladies and gentlemen, in the midst of She Weekend kicking off in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ladies and gentlemen, Flavor Flav here on the program. Yeah, boy. Good to see you. Wow. Hey, let me tell you something, man. First of all, I just want to say hello, everybody.

23:37Hello. I'm going to be here with you. You know, thanks for having me, Rich. Of course. You know what I'm saying? And I just want you to know, Rich, you just now hit me in the head with a brick. I'm being serious. Because let me tell you something. Yes, sir. That was my first time ever going to a Super Bowl, number one. And number two, I took my godson, Rashad Walker, with me to that Super Bowl. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget it. When the Giants won, I got to go out on the field, and I got to meet Coach Tomlin because Tomlin was the coach there. Wow! That's it. That's Coach Coughlin.

24:25Rich Eisen:We caught it on NFL Network. you know and I'm it was wild man and then you know obviously we got to she weekend and it was kind of you to zoom into women's sports now on Thursday to talk about it um here big show for us uh at Rich Eisen Productions um that I'll never forget it we're sitting on the set of NFL Network watching the game okay we were in an end zone seat and all of a sudden Michael Irvin says to me is that Flavor Flav down there? And I'm like, hold on a second. And then Marshall Falk comes over and goes, that's Flavor Flav down there. And Mariucci goes, why is he wearing a clock around his neck?