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Warner Wolf, legendary sportscaster Interview · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Cardiac Kids once again took us to the last seconds
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  Speaker 1: of the football game. The New York Giants versus the
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. And on the line, the sportsmeister extraordinaire,
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  Speaker 1: Warner Wolfe.
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  Speaker 2: Can you break it down for us, Warner?
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  Speaker 3: All right, Curtis. It's four straight games that go down
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  Speaker 3: to the last play of the game. And despite John
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  Speaker 3: Harbaugh's noncommittal comment, You can bet that J.J. McCarthy, Jonathan
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  Speaker 3: James McCarthy, a barring injury, not only will start next week,
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  Speaker 3: he'll be the quarterback for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 3: And he had no choice at the finish there. You
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  Speaker 3: remember it was fourth and one at the Saints 14. Well,
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  Speaker 3: they couldn't, you know, just go for the one yard
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  Speaker 3: first down because who knows how much time would have
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  Speaker 3: been left. They had to go for an end zone.
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  Speaker 3: But here's the question I have. What took Harbaugh so
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  Speaker 3: long to put McCarthy into the game? He didn't come
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  Speaker 3: into the game until the fourth quarter and still threw
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  Speaker 3: for 243 yards. So next season, think about this. The
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  Speaker 3: Giants will have a situation of Jackson, Dart, and J.J. McCarthy.
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  Speaker 3: This is similar to the early 1960s Giants situation who
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  Speaker 3: had Charlie Connolly and Whitey Tittle.
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  Speaker 2: And let me ask you a question, Warren. The bowling ball, Scatterboo,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was fun.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. I expect him to be in the lineup
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  Speaker 1: next week because they had no running game yesterday. None.
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  Speaker 3: None at all. I mean, gosh. And he never, he
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  Speaker 3: didn't play. So I guess he was really taking it hard.
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  Speaker 1: He should.
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  Speaker 3: And that was the penalty for fumbling. He's a fumbler.
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  Speaker 3: You can't have a running back that keeps on fumbling.
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  Speaker 3: So that was his penalty. And I don't know if
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  Speaker 3: he's the coach, and he knows. So that's the way
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  Speaker 3: it is. As far as the Jets go, I think
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  Speaker 3: you have to forget the Jets. They're 2-4, but look
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  Speaker 3: at the schedule. They still have the Vikings, the Broncos,
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  Speaker 3: the Chiefs, the Raiders, and the Bills twice. They could
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  Speaker 3: lose all six of those games the way they're playing
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  Speaker 3: and finish 6-11. That's what I look at. And by
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  Speaker 3: the way, here's why the NFL doesn't like the gamblers,
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  Speaker 3: the heavy hitters, coming in early. The Eagles were point-and-a-half
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  Speaker 3: favored over Carolina before it became public that Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't play because of the blood clot. So then the
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  Speaker 3: gamblers find out first, and they make Carolina a three-and-a-half point.
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  Speaker 3: Here they're a point-and-a-half underdog, a favorite. Eagles were a
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  Speaker 3: point-and-a-half favorite, and the gamblers are, no, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 3: We know Hurts is not playing. So Carolina became a
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  Speaker 3: three-and-a-half point favorite. So here's what you did. If you
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  Speaker 3: took the Eagles and gave a point-and-a-half early and then
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  Speaker 3: took Carolina... and gave three and a half, you won
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  Speaker 3: both bets because Carolina won by 11 points. And let
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  Speaker 3: me ask you a question. What's going on with these
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  Speaker 3: college football officials? That's at least three games involving major
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  Speaker 3: teams where the on-field referees said the game was over
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  Speaker 3: when there was really one second left. And then there was,
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  Speaker 3: remember the Michigan game, there was no time left. They
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  Speaker 3: gave them a second to play and they won the game.
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  Speaker 3: So Saturday, Notre Dame-BYU, there was one second left. The
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  Speaker 3: clock showed it. The replay showed it. The game was
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame had the ball to BYU 8, and the
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  Speaker 3: referee said the game was over.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let me ask you a question, Warner. Were the
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  Speaker 2: referees Mormon?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's good.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you got a bell.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know what, you... You've got to change the rule.
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  Speaker 3: Don't let the teams leave the field until all videotapes
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  Speaker 3: have been reviewed. Also, maybe how about start fining or
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  Speaker 3: even firing the officials. You know, that's big money, college football.
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  Speaker 3: And speaking of college football, did you see that next
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  Speaker 3: season you're going to have not 12 teams in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 3: 24 playoff teams. 24, man, you're talking about watering down
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  Speaker 3: a product. Come on, bring in those mediocre 7-5 and
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  Speaker 3: 8-4 teams. Man, I'll tell you, if you can't make
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  Speaker 3: the playoffs with 24 teams, you really are bad. All right, baseball. Now,
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  Speaker 3: if the big money Dodgers were a radio station, and
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  Speaker 3: they spent $ 200 million more than their main competitive radio station,
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  Speaker 3: and the other station beat you in the ratings, your
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  Speaker 3: stockholders would clean house and maybe try and hire some
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  Speaker 3: personnel from the other station. Well, while the small market
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  Speaker 3: and small payroll teams like Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Tampa are
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  Speaker 3: all still in the playoffs, all the World Series teams
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  Speaker 3: The owners of the wealthy Dodgers, Mets, Yanks, and Phillies
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  Speaker 3: are sitting home counting their money and sucking their thumbs. Boy,
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Warner, Warner, one quick note. That happened in radio.
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  Speaker 1: You had Wolfman Jack at night on NBC versus Cousin
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  Speaker 1: Bruce C at WABC spinning stacks of wax six nights
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  Speaker 1: a week. Wolfman Jack lost the ratings left. And NBC,
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  Speaker 1: then their board said, go hire Cousin Brucie. And they did.
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  Speaker 3: That's it. That's the way to do it. Wolfman Jack.
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  Speaker 3: Do you know my father's real name? First name was Jack.
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  Speaker 3: He was Jack Wolf. So kids used to call me
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  Speaker 3: Wolfman Jack. Anyway, here's the Bull of the Week. Man,
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  Speaker 3: to me, this is terrible. It goes to the transgender
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  Speaker 3: Washington State high school runner. who came in 76th against
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  Speaker 3: other male runners. Then he comes back three weeks later, says,
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  Speaker 3: give me some women runners. He ran against all female
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  Speaker 3: runners and came in first in a meet. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I don't care what you say, what you do, how
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  Speaker 3: you dress, how you act. You are a stronger male body.
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  Speaker 3: That's all there is to it. Hey, what's next? Does
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  Speaker 3: this guy want to race against old men like me?
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  Speaker 3: This is a farce.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's horrible.
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand why it's still legal, to tell you
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  Speaker 1: the truth.
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  Speaker 2: I don't get it at all. And most Americans feel
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  Speaker 2: that way, too. It's just one party that wants it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Oh, now you both. Maybe even Natalie is old
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  Speaker 3: enough to remember this. I know you two guys are.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, come on.
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  Speaker 3: 49 years ago. 49 years ago yesterday, October 18, 1977,
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  Speaker 3: Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on the first pitch
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  Speaker 3: from three different pitchers. And that was game six of
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  Speaker 3: the World Series, and the Yankees beat the Dodgers four
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  Speaker 3: games to two. You remember that, right?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I remember Howard Cosell was pointing to the rear
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  Speaker 1: where he grew up on Grand Concourse.
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  Speaker 2: There's a building on fire and George Steinbrenner Sr. wants
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  Speaker 2: to move to the Meadowlands?
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  Speaker 1: The freaking Meadowlands where they only bury garbage and dead
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  Speaker 1: bodies of organized crime? Say it ain't so, Howard Cosell.
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, on that note, Warner, it's time for us
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  Speaker 1: to bid you adieu. Same time, same place next week.
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  Speaker 2: Enchanté.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, well, you know, France is burning, so I figured
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  Speaker 1: France is in the news.
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  Speaker 2: We would do adieu to you. Thank you. Thank you, Warner.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.