Hour 3: Giants vs Cowboys Week 1 Schedule Drop Reaction, plus Craig Kilborn In-Studio

0:00Rich Eisen:If you've ever wanted real energy without choking down something that tastes like regret, Bucked Up is the answer. The flavor is the thing people keep coming back for. Insanely delicious, which is not a phrase usually associated with energy drinks, and they're built on real science-backed ingredients. Clean energy that actually works without the garbage you don't want. Bucked Up is so confident you'll love their drinks, they're giving away an island vacation just to prove it. That's the kind of brand this is. No purchase necessary. Giveaway ends May 30th. Enter and find your closest Bucked Up at BuckedUpEnergy.com.

0:37Rich Eisen:Grab a Bucked Up and fuel like a million bucks. This episode is brought to you by State Farm. You know those friends who support your preference for podcasts over music on road trips? That's the energy State Farm brings to insurance. With over 19 ,000 local agents, they help you find the coverage that fits your needs. so you can spend less time worrying about insurance and more time enjoying the ride. Download the State Farm app or go online at statefarm.com. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. This is the Rich Eisen Show. Hey, everybody. Can't get enough of the Rich Eisen Show? You're in luck.

1:15Rich Eisen:You can find us everywhere. Watch us weekdays on Disney Plus from noon to 3 Eastern. Miss the show? We've got a podcast so you can listen anytime. But here's the best part. Our YouTube channel. Subscribe at youtube.com slash Rich Eisen Show and you'll never miss a moment. Now, on with the show. Live from the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. Oh, elbow. That's what he got. Elbow by Victor. This is the Rich Eisen Show. You don't miss shots, Chris. The prize even more open and he hits a quarter triple. The Rich Eisen Show. Earlier on the show. ESPN senior writer Vincent Goodwill Comedian Ron Taylor Coming up, former SportsCenter and Late Late Show host Craig Kilbourne And now, it's Rich Eisen That's right, hour number three of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air Craig Kilbourne's in our green room, everybody His Timberwolves are locked in with the San Antonio Spurs We started the show talking about Victor Wembon-Yama's elbow that is not going to cost him another game.

2:26Rich Eisen:He got ejected in the middle of the second quarter last night, and the NBA has decided that's enough punishment for his very sharp elbow, hitting Nas Reed in the face, and it didn't hurt Nas Reed. He said it's just weakness leaving the body, something that will play that soundbite for the very erudite and one would think ponderous Craig Kilbourne. Lord Kilby is in our green room. He's going to be coming out. It's pretty cool. That is actually was in the green room. I saw him. He was in the hallway looking at pictures. I like. Oh, he's still looking at pictures in the hallway. That's the U.S. Marine Corps official slogan.

3:02Rich Eisen:What is pain is weakness leaving the body? Okay. I did not. I, I, I, I did not know that. Oh, yeah. That's some weird wacky stuff. It's interesting enough that, again, that I made a few good men reference at the top of the program. When Wemba Nyama asked Harrison Barnes, what is flagrant to me? And it made it seem like that was, at this moment right there. Remember that? When Private First Class Downey asked Corporal Dawson, what does this verdict mean? It's the same thing. It's the same thing. Again, when Bunyama's sitting down, Harrison Barnes is 6 '8", and he's able to take his arm and just put it around his neck and say, come closer.

3:39Rich Eisen:Just from sitting. Unreal. Which is why when Bunyama's getting beat up. Because there's no way to guard him. Yeah, I mean, what are you going to do? you can't front him you can't you can't do anything other than just hit him i guess you gotta give it to him a little bit so anyway craig kilmore is going to join us and then i'm going to car wash him um i've been talking about this for a while but you know every now and then um we've been cultivating this caper here ever since i i reunited with espn to create a show called this was sports center where i'm sitting down with colleagues and friends of mine from back in the old SportsCenter Day.

4:17Rich Eisen:Already have three interviews shot for it. It's going to debut in June on Disney Plus and other platforms. And I'll give you the exact dates once we nail it all down. But already shot an episode with Mike Greenberg in New York and also with Chris Berman at the Super Bowl. We did it on a stage, live audience version. You guys were there for that. It was a fun caper um and i appreciate you confirming that for for the audience and then chris fowler on his way back from the australian open in january stopped by here directly from the airport because he could sleep on planes god bless him um we shot that one uh i'm about to conduct an interview with craig kilbourne after the show for this pod and so he'll be a guest and then linda cohen is coming in to shoot one tomorrow.

5:12Rich Eisen:I'll see. And then there's a sixth guest. I'm cultivating that caper. And once that's in the can, I'll announce it. So this was SportsCenter's coming to our YouTube channel as well. It's going to be great. And Mike Hoskins, who is our recording producer, is the best in the business. And I'm only saying that because he's in charge of this show and can change the camera anytime he damn well pleases. Don't do it, Mike. that he's going to be sprinkling his production fairy dust on it. It's going to look great. It's going to be great, and I can't wait to bring that to you. Craig Kilbourne is going to come out shortly.

5:51Rich Eisen:So I just mentioned, again, that I'm now, I can't believe it, fully with ESPN. And I'm here for this show, Disney +, the ESPN app, ESPN radio, the ESPN radio channel on Sirius XM. And as of April 1st, as you know, ESPN acquired NFL Network. So I've got a Disney pass and everything like that. And so now that I'm no longer an NFL employee and people are leaking the NFL schedule, I don't care. Used to piss me off. It really did. Used to piss me off because we at NFL Network created this schedule release show. Like we actually eventized the announcement of paperwork. People thought, what are we doing?

6:35Rich Eisen:You know what I mean? Back then. People thought, what are you doing? We know who plays who. We know who plays who where. We just don't know the when and on what channel. And we turned that into something. Three hours. I mean, out of nothing. Two or three hours in the original days. I remember Scott Hansen interviewed somebody who was working at a hotel in Green Bay. Like, hey, the Packers schedule's out. Are the phones ringing for people getting reservations? That's right. I remember we sent Albert Breer to a sports bar once in Washington, D.C. when the commander schedule or whatever the hell they were called at the time came out.

7:13Rich Eisen:And people were like, really? Oh, okay, because I'm watching the Capitals play a hockey game. We were trying to do anything with it. And the thing that always drove me nuts is somebody would always leak their home team schedule to somebody locally. The Giants schedule came out. Francesa got it. Immediate. 100 % somebody from the Giants organization leaked it to Francesa every year. And I would come in and I'd complain. I'd be so upset about it. Now I'm seeing the Patriots schedule got released. I damn near want to announce it myself. Oh, really? Out of respect. Oh, I don't want to look now. Out of respect.

7:54Rich Eisen:Yeah, I see. Looks like you're opening at home against the Steelers. Listen. Really? That's what it looks like. I don't know. Could be wrong. Sometimes they're not right. Sometimes they are right. But the bottom line is, for the first time ever, I don't care. It's unbelievable. And you can bet on it. I feel like a new man. And you can bet on it. I mean, betting on the schedule would be the dumbest thing ever. Oh, can we do that? I don't know. Who cares? See? I just opened the door for Brockman. That, honestly, I feel like I'm totally unburdened. I can't bet on the schedule. And it used to upset me, too, that NFL partners who pay through the nose for these games, now they would announce some games days in advance.

8:34Rich Eisen:Yeah. Like the first Sunday night football game. That's a piece of real estate that fans are interested in and for a scheduled release show is very important. And today, NBC announced the first Sunday night game of the year. And I don't care. I mean, it'll be great. September 13th, TJ Jefferson, I know what you're doing on Sunday night of September 13th. You will be in front of your television set. Watching the varsity play. Moving the ping pong. Watching the varsity. Your box ping pong table in four years. It has been. In the box still from your price is right up here. Nowhere near the television.

9:05Rich Eisen:2022, it's gone. This takes a nice chunk out of the pie. Let's go. Cowboys. Let's go. That's what you do. You put the varsity on in the prime time spot to kick the season over. That's a smart move, buddy. Who wins? Come on, Mike. Oh, hold on a second. Because wait, wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, because we already know. Because I announced this one on the draft. They gave this to us at the draft. I botched the name of the stadium because it's on a late window CBS. Week three, Ravens-Cowboys in Brazil. I botched the name of the stadium, so I covered it up by saying, oh, yeah.

9:47Rich Eisen:Are you doing that game? I don't think so. I don't know. It's on CBS, so I won't be doing it. But it's late window CBS because, you know, Brazil is right there one hour ahead of the East Coast time zone. So if it's at 425 Eastern, it's just five o 'clock there. And I was basically saying it sounds like a Nance Romo game. I don't know, Jimmy. We'll do the Macarena. Because I think it's Maracana Stadium or something like that. So we've got two games. We already know the Cowboys. I said two games. So one game is a conversation. Two is a win-loss game. Hit it. Hit the music. Hit the music. TJ Jefferson.

10:31Rich Eisen:Oh, yes. Week one. Cowboys-Giants. You're asking me? Who wins? Well, let me tell you guys. The Giants have beat the Cowboys, I think, twice in the last three seasons. How many times? How many times? Two times. So, yeah, come on now. Opening game, varsity playing. That's a dub for the boys. Okay. By the way, over the last 17 games, they've opened on NBC, either the kickoff game or this SNF opener 12 times. That's nuts. 12 times. I said 12 times. I said 12 times. And then week three, Ravens-Cowboys. Maracana Stadium, I think. I don't know. It's Bungerina, Jim. On CBS. What do you got? Ravens-Cowboys.

11:16Rich Eisen:Are you serious? Yeah, it's a win-loss game. Yeah, serious. Win-loss game. Okay, so we'll be 2-0 going into week three. We're going to be 3-0. We're going to beat them. You don't even know who week two is. It doesn't even matter. What are we doing here? Of course we're winning. We're going to be 3-0. By the way, Commanders, week two. Oh, that's easy. You know it? No, I'm making it up. That's easy work. What, they're going to start with two division games to start the season? Yeah, let's get up 2-0 in the division. You know we're 17-4 the last 21 games against the Giants. I don't mean any disrespect.

11:47Rich Eisen:I'm just saying. Sounds like a mean to. You got to win at the end of the season. Shut up. Mike so it'll probably be a home game right so they're not going to start them off two in the road and then a home game in Brazil they're going to give them a spot they're going to give them a stop in uh in Dallas in the in in Arlington the Metroplex right so hold on a second here let's guess who is going to be week two who would you put week two at home their home games are obviously division Arizona San Francisco they're not going to take San Francisco they're not going to put San Francisco in Melbourne and then have them go on the road week two.

12:24Rich Eisen:Jacksonville or the Titans? Who would you put week two there? Jacksonville. Maybe. Cupcake. Titans. Titans. I don't know if that's a cupcake. I'm not calling them a cupcake. You want them 2-0 going against the Ravens. If they beat the Giants. Yeah. I didn't just give you seven. That's our new team. So who are you putting them in? In between. I like the Titans there. The Titans at home. Or the Jaguars at home. Jaguars. Jags. I'll go Titans at home. Jags is a nice late season. Ryan Dayball coming in, huh? Thursday night. Yeah, I mean, sure. That's going to make a difference. Because Caleb Downs is going to shut everything down.

13:07Rich Eisen:Caleb Downs. Caleb's going to shut it down. This guy is just out of his skull right now. Come on. You should be. Bust the budget. You should be excited. You should be very excited. I'm excited to a point. Like, I'm going to sit here and I'm going to play the game. Like, yeah, we're going to do all the Cowboy game that you want. And you play like, oh, we're going to do this. We're going to do the Super Bowl. I'll play the game now. But in reality, I got to see it. But I do think we smashed the Giants. Like, that's no disrespect to it. Man, the Cowboys and the Giants have opened on NBC either in the kickoff game or Sunday night 12 times in the last 17 years.

13:43Rich Eisen:That's a big number. John Harbaugh's first game as coach of the Giants at home. Jackson Dart, Cam Scadaboo, right? Sign me up for that night. And you got, right? We assume there's star wide receivers coming back, right? From his knee injury. Malik. Malik Neighbors will be back, right? What's the record in that? You're going to have both Arvel Reese and Francis Maunoa out there. Caleb Downs back where his dad used to play, and the Giants passed up a chance to draft him, and the Cowboys snagged him. So he's going to have his career opener in East Rutherford. Scadaboo going to be ready? I think everyone's going to be ready.

14:32Rich Eisen:I think everyone's on the table, pal. It's a great choice. And how about this one? How about this one? With Collinsworth in the booth, what if Odell Beckham shows up for the Giants and makes the game-winning match? Odell. There we go. Odell with one hand. You know they lost that game, right? Does everybody remember they lost that game? No, no one remembers that. I don't remember that. I don't remember that either. By the way, Mike, to answer your question, the Cowboys have won 11 of 12 season opening matches. That's okay. No one remembers that. I remember it and I just told you. Now people know.

15:07Rich Eisen:Everybody think, did the Mets win the World Series after the ball went through Buckner's legs? No, there was a Game 7. It's a matter of fact. There was a rain out. But we got to wait two days. I said two days to finish that thing up. Just prolong the inevitable. Okay. I said two. Ladies and gentlemen. 11 of 12, Mikey D. That's crazy, too. And remember, Chris, we don't have to have a great defense. Oh, by the way, you have to have a race up. Better than last. Last thing to suss out. Because, again, like I said, I don't care anymore. And I'm not doing those scheduled releases. We love the new Rich.

15:42Rich Eisen:um that's two more that's now two teams two more teams off of the how many there's now four teams out of the possible nine open up against the seahawks that are now taken off of the week one board there's no doubt in my mind right in sharpie listen the chiefs and the seahawks are not opening the season together because we don't know if the homes is going okay the chargers up there would be of interest. I get it, but it's not as massively interesting as it would be if the Patriots show up there. I still don't think they're going to start the season off that way either. The Cardinals in Seattle, with all due respect, is not what they're going to put out there in week one.

16:22Rich Eisen:There's no doubt in my mind the Bears will open the season against Seattle. No doubt in my mind. What would have been the NFC Championship game had the Bears overcome that interception in the championship game against the Rams. Oh, baby. We're so close. Here's the deal. We're not real. I mean, we're not real. Well, actually, I know the day. I know the day in terms of college football. Did you know yesterday, Mother's Day, was 111 days since the Indiana Hoosiers beat Miami in the national championship game? Okay. And that is also 111 days from opening weekend, week zero of college football. yesterday Mother's Day was the midpoint in between the college football season from college football which is usually before the NFL the week before it's as late as ever because Labor Day is as late as it possibly can be which is why the Super Bowl is on Valentine's Day so that's what's up let's bring Craig Kilbourne out Lord Kilby is here on the Rich Eisen Show Before we go, some music.

17:35Rich Eisen:Oh, I'm sorry. I got excited, Rich. Football's coming. I got to tell you about the Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. You were just trying to make this read epic, Mike. I was. You know what I mean? You got this. Because you could make every day feel epic in the all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid with up to an EPA estimated 619 miles of range on select trims, advanced tech, and class-leading interior space. Because when you're hauling kids' gears, snacks, and backpacks, space matters. So does comfort. the all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid people visit HyundaiUSA.com to learn more or call this number, take down this number 562-314-4603 for details Craig Kilbourne, I'm going to talk with him probably for the next two hours the end of this show and then this was SportsCenter afterwards put him in the car wash coming up next The Rich Eisen Show Podcast

18:30Rich Eisen:If you've ever wanted real energy without choking down something that tastes like regret, Bucked Up is the answer. The flavor is the thing people keep coming back for. Insanely delicious, which is not a phrase usually associated with energy drinks, and they're built on real science-backed ingredients. Clean energy that actually works without the garbage you don't want. Bucked Up is so confident you'll love their drinks, They're giving away an island vacation just to prove it. That's the kind of brand this is. No purchase necessary. Giveaway ends May 30th. Enter and find your closest Bucked Up at BuckedUpEnergy.com.

19:08Rich Eisen:Grab a Bucked Up and fuel like a million bucks. Need parts fast? O 'Reilly Auto Parts as fast. Need them now? We've got now. No matter what you need, we have thousands of professional parts people doing their part to make sure you have it. We're O 'Reilly Fast. Just one part that makes O 'Reilly stand apart. The professional parts people. Oh, oh, oh, O 'Reilly. Auto Parts.

19:44Rich Eisen:In a world in need of a hero, one man rises to the challenge in style. He is just driving the kids to soccer practice. Make every day feel epic in an all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid with up to an EPA-estimated 619 miles of range on select trims, advanced tech, and class-leading interior space. Because when you're hauling kids' gear, snacks, and backpacks, space matters. And so does comfort. Just make sure they keep their cleats off the seats. Visit HyundaiUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for details.

20:18And he actually said, I don't shoot like Cat and D 'Lo, because we had D 'Lo on the team at the time. Right. But he worked on his shot. He actually changed it. He doesn't necessarily admit that. But when he was with the Olympics and Kevin Durant, he puts the ball in front now. He used to pull it back. He puts it in front. And he led the league in three-pointers last year. And if you look at these other athletes, LeBron, D. Wade, and Kobe, Ant has a higher career three-point field goal percentage. So kudos to him for getting in the gym and becoming a really good outside shooter.

20:54Rich Eisen:Look at you breaking it all down right now. I'm impressed. I'm impressed with Ant. I thought you were saying you were impressed with your ability to break that. No, I'm impressed with Anthony Edwards. Yeah, Ant 40 % this year. What's that? He was 40 % this year. Yeah, he can shoot. I mean, he really worked on it. There's a guy named Michael Grady who is a very gifted broadcaster. He does the Wolves games, and he works for all the other networks in the United States, including ESPN, Peacock, and everybody. But he raved about it. He goes, this is a major thing that Ant worked on his shot to become that good.

21:25Why couldn't D. Wade? I mean, I love LeBron, second-greatest player of all time. Why? His elbow's still out. Tuck it in, man. Tuck it in.

21:34Rich Eisen:Craig Kilbourne here on the Rich Eisen Show, everybody. our radio audience has rejoined us here on the program. You just called LeBron the second greatest player of all time. Correct. That's not controversial. And the first is? Larry Bird. No, Michael Jordan. I honestly thought, is he going to say Larry Bird? No, no, no. I love Larry Legend. What's that? We would have accepted Larry. We would have. Oh, no. I mean, it's Michael Jordan. And you build the perfect ball player. Yes. I mean, that's him. Defense. He has good form on his jump shot. Right. gets the rim and as competitive as they get right yes uh because i just you know obviously remember him from the time that we used to work together in that brief time in the in the 90s that was when he was doing his thing where he would just rip everybody's out hearts out and show it to him pumping and there was no way to beat him yeah you know ever after you know the when the when the 90s hit there was just he was as unstoppable as ever but you know people would push back now because they just never maybe saw him play.

22:33Rich Eisen:I don't know. Oh, no, he's the best. And I'm not, and I rooted against him because I rooted for underdogs. I think I'm unbiased on a lot of this stuff. Like when they said that team was so great in the 90s, and they were, but that was after four teams came in as expansion, so the talent was somewhat diluted. So I'm not a big Laker fan. I mean, I didn't like the Kobe Shaq Lakers, but I respect the Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Showtime Lakers. I think they're the greatest team of all time. That is the greatest team of all time. In my opinion, yes. Okay. So you watch the Timberwolves games by yourself?

23:07Oh, absolutely. Come on. Oh, yeah. Really? I don't want people around. I sometimes put the conquistador outside the den. I don't want any stress, man.

23:19Rich Eisen:You just remove the lamp? You rearrange furniture? Yeah, yeah. I didn't know that. I think we're in for a tough battle with the Spurs. They're really good. But Stefan Castle, to me, is an absolute stud. I do think the Wolves are slowly adjusting to how to play against Wemby. But I think it's going to be tough. And I don't want to criticize, but we need everyone to contribute now that Dante is out. Dante DiVincenzo in the playoffs led us in plus minus. He does a lot of little plays, hustle plays, flicks the ball, steals, grabs some rebounds. And he also hits bomb three-pointers, which would help against Owembe.

24:00But Julius Randle, he's struggling a little bit.

24:03Rich Eisen:Well, I mean, Wembe Nyama, Killer, when you just said that you've evolved in how to defend him, I mean, it doesn't seem like there's any evolution. It seems like just being the crap out of him. I don't know if I said defend, but how to play against him, meaning offensively, they're now a little smarter when they drive and they kick it more to the corner. I see what you're saying. Maybe I can loft it over him. That's not working. Yeah. I see what you're saying. You don't know if they'll call a goaltending or not. I didn't say, you didn't say defend. You were like, how to play him? Well, back to the tape.

24:38Rich Eisen:Check this. So you watch the games by yourself. Because I don't remember, you know, being around you that you were a superstitious guy watching. Not superstitious like Jerry West. It's just that I can't watch a train wreck. I can't, why, I'm a purist. The turnovers is too frustrating. but i am i'm not superstitious but there is an exhilaration you know i'll tell you a couple years ago we're playing game seven at denver and that's and i watched the first quarter and a half we're down 15 i'm i'm out i said to princess cherry my lovely wife i said let's go to a bar let's go to a nice place yes have a martini and some nice food and i will check the game it should end about you know 8 30 whatever time yeah and i'll check it at 8 45 in case it goes to overtime so i'm having the blast there's no roller coaster we're up three we're down three whatever we're and we were down big and then i at the right time i checked at the bar yeah and i saw i had 14 tech so i knew something happened yes we won and i went nuts i go we gotta go home and watch the fourth quarter let's go let's go that's the way to live man that's the way to live but you don't ride the roller coaster why not that's sports i did when i was younger i don't do it anymore i i take naps I don't do this stuff.

25:52Rich Eisen:This is the right way to do things. It's called the Life Gorgeous. You don't waste time. Don't go through the stress, man. I agree. Just put that one thing, gut punch. Oh, we lost. But there's the exhilaration of watching the comeback. I used to do that when I was like the masses, but I don't do that anymore. Not anymore. No, I'm sorry. I've let you down, right? No, it's just, but I don't know. Don't you think it's kind of cool to do that? No, I think you're living life. that there's more there's more to life i understand i'm not going to agonize over this i'm not going to watch no i'm not going to watch and go and throw things do you throw things i'm not a thrower of things how are the jets doing by the way uh i've i've tapped out i mean that's okay i know no the the three teams that emotionally affect me now are the new york yankees michigan football michigan basketball right so those are the three teams that affect like where i i i will you know lose uh a little bit of my bearings and maybe curse around a child you know what i mean like that where i would take a moment for myself right um and lose my mind yeah yeah but that that that's it though that's all but i wouldn't tap out of a game and then say let's go somewhere and then be able to put it out of my mind yeah and then you know i have a beautiful point to make so yes greg i saw the score after it was over and i go oh my god we won then i watched and we had a nice seven point lead and then we had there was some trapping and some turnovers and i go god i'm glad i didn't watch this live i'm so glad i didn't watch this really i don't want to see turnovers don't turn the ball over that's why as i get frustrated watching hockey Protect the puck.