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Feb. 4, 2011 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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February 4, 2011, Friday, Hour #3
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Greetings to you, music lovers, thrill seekers, conversationalists all across the fruited plain.
It's the Rush Limbaugh program, and this is Friday.
Live from the Southern Command in sunny South Florida, it's open line Friday!
And we are going to get to your phone calls immediately.
Upsetting the programming format.
Well, actually, there isn't a program format.
It's whatever I happen to do.
Normally, we never take calls in the monologue segment of each hour, the first segment, but we're going to do that in this hour.
We are standing by, if they have time, James Farrier and Larry Foote of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
What are you screaming about in there, Sturdley?
What are you so upset about?
You didn't hang up on Farrier, did you?
Sturdley is in there screaming at the callers again.
It's not worth it.
I can't afford to suspend you because you've got to be in there in case Farrier and Foot call.
Yeah, you've got a free pass, I guess, if you've got to blow off steam, so just don't let me see it.
Miss something set him off in there just screaming.
I mean, even Wendy, who normally loves it, is kind of cowering there in the corner.
And anyway, Larry Foote and James Farrier of the Steelers, their practice should have wrapped up about one o'clock.
Who knows?
It's touch and go.
We got the hutch in the final half hour of the program today.
So as we head into the Super Bowl.
And since your time as callers has been somewhat abbreviated, I want to make up for that by getting some of your calls in now.
So where are we starting?
We're starting with Linda in Edgewater, Florida, and thank you for waiting.
Welcome to the program.
Oh, thank you for taking my call.
I have to say mega dittos on you.
Oh, my gosh, I can't tell you.
But anyway, you touched on the subject earlier about the federal court judge deeming Obamacare unconstitutional.
What I would like to know is why aren't our attorney generals from the 26 states or the senators and representatives running to the courthouse to file a ceasing desist order on the federal government?
Because at this point, they're in contempt and they're still implementing Obamacare, spending the American taxpayers' money on it.
I don't really know.
I think that there's probably some strategy taking place among these AGs as the best way to approach this.
Who wants to do it?
I can tell you that was it Wisconsin, was it Wisconsin's governor and another governor have simply said, all right, it doesn't exist.
We're not going to implement it here.
The governors have spoken of it.
Here in Alaska, Governor Sean Parnell said yesterday that he's asked his attorney general to advise him on whether implementing and enforcing Obamacare would put him in violation of his oath of office.
He believes that enacting the health care law may violate the oath of office that he took.
Parnell told reporters he took an oath to support and defend the constitutions of the U.S. and Alaska.
While the Republican governor concedes the issue is expected to be decided by the Supreme Court, he said he has a duty to uphold the law and wants his Attorney General John Burns to advise on what the duty is after the Florida ruling.
He says, I'm kind of caught between a federal government that says you must pursue this, you must pursue this, and I also have the duty to uphold the rule of law, which the judge says don't pursue it.
So I think, Linda, like what's going on in the Middle East, this could become contagious.
I think you're going to see more and more governors stepping up.
When you have the governor of Alaska refusing to implement this, I mean, this is, you're going to have, I think, a lot of people stepping up, attorney generals, governors.
But believe me, going on behind the scenes is a strategery, I'm sure, on how to go about this.
But it is mind-numbing, is it not?
We've had a federal judge has ruled this law void, and the administration is pretending that it didn't happen.
Well, I have to admit, I ain't had much book learning like all them smarties there in Washington.
Well, I haven't had much book learning either.
Well, according to them, we're a bunch of dunderheads.
But who was that troglodyte?
Dick Durbin, who cited Article 1, Section 8, you know, the Commerce Clause, that he's still allowed to implement Obamacare?
I don't get it.
That's like putting a dress on a pig.
It's still a pig.
Don't insult the pig.
Yeah, that's utter defiance is what that is.
I mean, to come out and claim that the Congress Clause allows them to do this.
It's just utter defiance.
Look, this is the Democrat Party, folks.
This is who it is.
This is the modern-day left.
This is how they go about things.
Rule of law, these kind of secondary to them, to their agenda.
Look at, they have been governing against the will of the people ever since Obama was inaugurated.
So this is well within the pattern of behavior they've established.
Who's next?
Robert?
Asheville, North Carolina, home of the famed Biltmore Mansion.
Great to have you on the program, sir.
Hello.
Right down the road from me.
Metaphysical tittoes, Rush, and it's an honor to speak to you.
Thank you, sir.
You've been married for a little bit of time now, and I want to tap into your infinite wisdom of experience.
And the question is the old-aid adage is, what does a woman want?
That's your question for the day.
What does a woman want?
You know, it's an interesting question because oftentimes you have to figure that out without, it's a wild guess.
I'm open ears to you right now.
Whatever she can get, pretty much, is the answer to the question.
Yes.
What have you found it to be?
I mean, it's a.
Well, you know, I have kind of a brief summary of it.
And what a woman wants is always a choice in the matter.
And I think that goes pretty true to most women.
You know, it's a choice, always a choice.
Yeah, I've got, there's an answer to this that's on the tip of my brain.
It's just, it's trying to make its way to the forefront of my consciousness here.
You've got to be careful with it, too.
You've got to tap into your feminine side.
No, no, you don't have to.
I mean, what does a woman want more?
When?
Always.
Final word.
Woman wants the final word.
Whatever the final word is, woman wants to have it.
You got it.
There's any number of ways to answer the question.
The biggest mistake is to say she doesn't have no idea what she wants to do.
Don't say that.
Don't say that.
Anyway, Robert, I appreciate the call.
There is, there's something percolating here on the, there's a brilliant line here to this answer this question, and I'm having a brain freeze.
Anyway, it'll come to me.
Probably when talking to the Hutch.
This is, what is this, Harlan?
Is that right?
Marlon in Oakland, California.
Hi, Marlon.
Welcome to the EIB Network.
Well, I'm a first-time caller, and I listen to you often, man.
I grew up born and raised in Oakland.
I'm a 44-year-old black man.
When I tell people at my job, Hispanic and black, that I listen to Russian in ball, they have a fit.
And you know why they have a fit, Rush?
Because of ignorance.
I said, you need to listen to them, man.
He is a down brother.
Okay?
I love you, Rush.
I want to let you know that the reason why so many people dislike you is because you speak the truth.
You expose the truth and you do it with evidence.
Keep it up, Rush.
I love you, man.
Well, I appreciate that.
Thank you.
Thanks very much.
That takes some guts for Marlon to even call here and say.
But it is even after 22 years.
I mean, you should hear some of the comments I'm getting from the Haney Project.
I had no idea you were so funny.
Really?
Been doing the radio show for, you've known me for 15, been doing the radio show for 22 years or so.
It's fascinating.
And there's a story.
I forget, was it Washington Post?
I forget who sent me this.
It's a story about how the Democrats don't control the meat anymore.
What is it?
The Liberals don't control the media.
Look at Fox.
Look at Limbaugh.
Look at this.
Look at that.
Look at the other.
I don't know how you want to define controlling the media, but I can tell you that people who have not listened to this program have been entirely misinformed about who I am and what I believe and what happens on this program by somebody.
I mean, there is an active media that has, and a Democrat Party, which has been focused on mischaracterizing.
It's not just me.
So whether they dominate it or control it anymore, they still have considerable amount of influence.
And the whole proof of it is literally stunned.
I got a note from Vince Flynn, who's sitting up there in Minneapolis digging out of the snow.
And he says, I just, Lisa, his wife and I, we just finished watching the episode.
He says, I'm hearing from more and more of my friends.
They had no idea how hilarious you are.
Well, I'll take it.
Don't misunderstand.
I'm just kind of shocked that there can be anything unknown about me after 23 years or 22.
At any rate, we must take a brief time out.
Sit tight.
Back with much more here on Open Line Friday on the EIB Network.
Folks, it's very simple.
A woman wants the last word in every argument.
And whatever a man says after that starts the next argument.
So it really never ends.
And we're back, and we are thrilled to have with us James Farrier, number 51 of the Pittsburgh Steelers, just finished practice.
Mr. Farrier, welcome to the EIB Network, sir.
Oh, welcome.
Thanks for having me, man.
I have got to ask you a question.
I'm going nuts.
I just had Rodney Harrison on the program.
Everybody that's talking about this game says that you guys can be had with four or five wides, keep Palomalo off the line of scrimmage, that the secondary is vulnerable.
I mean, I'm sure you've heard this.
Without giving away any secrets, I mean, they're making it sound like you guys have no chance.
All they've got to do is spread you out, and the Steelers have no hope.
Have you got a counterattack for this?
Oh, most definitely, man.
You know, we've been hearing that all week, and we've been preparing for it.
Coach LeBeau has put together one of the greatest game plans in history for this Super Bowl right here.
So they better be ready for it.
Well, I'm not going to ask you what it is, but I can't wait.
Now, this is what year for you in the league?
This is number 14.
Number 14.
And now you've got the CBA and the potential lockout in the 18 games.
I know you really don't want to think about this front and center with this game coming up, and I know you don't want to quit playing.
So where do you think this is all going?
Man, I don't know, man.
It seems like it's inevitable that we're going to get locked out.
So hopefully it doesn't last too long.
Hopefully we can get a deal done.
Everybody puts their emotions to the side and let's get it done.
James, is this game as exciting to you as the previous Super Bowls?
No doubt about it.
It never gets old, man.
You know, you play the game to win championships.
And, you know, this will be my third opportunity, you know, get a championship.
And it feels like my very first time.
Guy named Joe Poznanski for Sports Illustrated had a great piece this week about the Steelers.
40 years.
They haven't changed.
You know what the Steelers are going to do.
You know what the uniform is going to look like.
You know how their players are going to behave.
You were a Jet.
You got traded to the Steelers.
Is the Steelers way, is this all just marketing or is there really a Steelers way of doing things in the NFL?
It's definitely a steal away.
You know, we look back at the history of the organization and the franchise and the Rooney family, and they've been doing business the same way for 70-some-odd years.
So, you know, it's definitely a formula that they have that's been very successful over the years, and I don't think it's going to change.
Well, how do you approach a game like this?
You've got a chance here to win more Super Bowls than any team in the National Football League has.
You have to hear all the hype about, well, these guys are great on indoor carpet, Rogers with his quick release.
Hardly nobody's talking about the Steelers offense other than Ben and how he can scramble and play Sandelot football better than anybody else.
But they're making you guys out.
Really, if the Packers are on their game, you don't have a chance.
Do you like that?
Do you like that underdog positioning they put you in?
Oh, yeah, we definitely like it.
We feel like the pressure is on those guys more than anything.
And we're just going to sit back, let everybody do all the talking.
And when 630 rolls around and those pads start popping, we're going to see what happens.
James Farrier, the Pittsburgh Steelers here, the quarterback of the defense, is Troy Palomalo 100%?
Oh, yeah, he's ready to go.
He's had a couple days to rest.
He's had almost a week and a half of good rest, and he hasn't really been doing much but rehabbing.
So he's going to be ready to go.
And this is the biggest game of the year.
So no matter how he's feeling, he's going to be out there making plays.
Aaron Smith, any chance he'll play?
I don't know.
I think it's going to be a game day decision.
But, you know, just having that guy in the locker room with us is going to be inspirational for us.
You know, we know he had a hard time this year with his injury.
And just having him out there on the field, just being on the sideline, would just be enough boost for us.
Well, best of luck.
I know that you've got Larry Foote there, and I'd like to say hi to him, but best of luck, it's really a thrill to talk to you.
And you are, you really, James, are a prince of a guy.
Everybody on that team represents the city of Pittsburgh well, the NFL well, and it's genuinely a special thing, especially.
I hope you're not one of the teams moving to L.A.
Oh, no, not a chance.
Definitely not a chance.
Just kidding.
Anyway, is Larry Foote there?
I know you guys got one phone that you're passing back and forth.
Yeah, he's right here, man.
He can't wait to talk to you.
Hold on.
Yo, Mr. Larry Foote.
What's going on, man?
Thanks for having me.
You bet.
Now, let's see.
The last time you were in this game, it was in Detroit, right?
Which is your hometown?
No, that was the first one.
The first one.
The last one was in Tampa.
That was the foke.
But you were with them.
That was the Jerome Bettis game.
You were going home.
Now, you spent one year with Detroit, and you're back with the Steelers.
Is this, I just asked Farrier the same question.
Is this game, it's not old hat to you, right?
This game exciting as any of the others have been to you?
Oh, yeah.
I mean, just for the team that we're playing against and the three Super Bowls, it's probably our biggest challenge as far as their balance on defense and offense.
You like the defensive game plan that you have?
Oh, yeah.
I mean, you know, Dickie LeBeau is going to put something together for the Super Bowl.
And, you know, anytime he's leading this shit, we're always confident and knowing he's going to give us his best.
Well, but the Packers say that Dom Capers is Dick LeBeau Light.
That's basically you guys are identical defenses and both play 3-4s and both very cerebral and so forth.
I asked Farrier, I'm going to ask you, does it bother you?
You hear all this talk that you're easy to beat if they just spread the field on you, four wide receivers, take Paula Malu off the line of scrimmage, and that basically is no contest.
I mean, the last 10 years, we got the number one overall defense.
So teams have tried everything to attack us, and we keep answering the call every time.
But it's going to be a challenge.
No doubt about all the defenses are similar, same style, same type of attacking approach.
But at the end of the day, you know, which dog's going to hunt the longest?
Did you have a good practice today?
Oh, yeah, we prepared.
We ready to go.
You know, it's kind of like that quietness before the storm.
What's the toughest part of that between now and the game?
What's the toughest part of me?
I imagine these are two really long days ahead of you.
How do you keep from blowing your energy way too soon?
Well, the tough part, majority of guys' family and friends are in today, come in on Friday.
So you've got to entertain them for the day.
Then Saturday, we're more, you know, more isolated, do some walkthroughs, and we go off to a separate hotel so we get ready.
Oh, yeah, the super secret hotel that ESPN will find out about.
What do you have for the pregame meal?
Do you eat much?
Yeah, I eat a little bit.
Try to get some pasta, some of them carves, keep me going.
You know, it's going to be a long day.
And the difference about the Super Bowl and other games, the halftime is a little longer, so they be having snacks in there for us.
Right.
That's right.
You've got a long pregame here.
After you go out and warm up, you've got an hour while that pregame show goes on, and you've got a longer halftime than usual.
By the way, something else that people are talking about, you guys have many more players that have actual Super Bowl experience than the Packers have.
And Mike Tomlin said that he thinks once the game starts, that doesn't really matter.
Do you?
Well, I hope it helps us to our advantage.
But it's a little different because our first Super Bowl, we were a little tight.
We were caught up in the lights and just playing in the Super Bowl.
But I think the biggest distraction would be like the week, the bye week last week and this week with all the parties and the hoopla.
So hopefully they got caught up into that and so we can take care of business.
Well, I remember that the Super Bowl in Detroit, was that Ben's first against the Seattle Seahawks?
Yeah, that was a good one.
He said he was never more nervous before a football game than that one.
And this is Aaron Rodgers' first Super Bowl.
So I think this experience stuff, knowing how to win, knowing how to close people out in games like this, clearly you guys have an advantage and an edge if that kind of thing exists here.
Absolutely.
I mean, I don't care how much you prepare for it and study the game plan.
When you step foot on the biggest stage, I mean, your mind's going to be talking to you, telling you in the Super Bowl.
So, you know, we get a rattle a little bit and help us get the victory.
Well, best of luck, man.
The whole country is pulling for you.
You guys travel better than any team in the National Football League.
There's going to be a lot of gold in that place because the Packers have it in their color scheme as well.
But look, I appreciate your time here.
It's really a thrill to be able to talk to you.
And tell James Farrier, I said thanks too as well.
All right, thanks for having us.
It's truly an honor.
Appreciate it.
You bet.
That's Larry Foote, number 53 of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
James Ferrier was up first.
We've got a break here at the bottom of the hour.
And sometime after the break, we'll then go to our standard resident expert on all-things Super Bowl, the Hutch, the Reverend Dr. Ken Hutcherson, who will endeavor to explain how everything I've discussed up till now has been wrong right after this.
Before we get to the Hutch, the lady did have a good question.
Why is there no action from one of these AGs or governors to actually enjoin the federal government from implementing Obamacare?
And I don't have the answer to that, but I have to think, as I said, that there is some strategizing going on about how best to approach this.
It's a gold mine sitting out there.
I mean, the federal judge has decreed that this Obamacare is unconstitutional.
He has voided it.
They are violating the Constitution as they continue to implement this.
So I'm sure that rather than rushing it, because everybody knows it is going to go to the Supreme Court.
And maybe part of the strategy is let them go ahead and violate the Constitution.
Let them just continue here.
Most of it doesn't get implemented until 2013, 2014 anyway.
Let them behave in an extra-constitutional manner for a little while and let the evidence of that pile up.
It's sort of like, by the way, we welcome now to the Hutch, to the program, The Hutch, the Reverend Dr. Ken Hutcherson from Seattle.
How you doing, my brother?
I'm very well.
You know, I was just sitting here thinking that all this talk about the Packers coming out with four wide receivers or five wide receivers and spreading the field, with all this talk, they'll probably come out and try to run the ball.
Well, you know, that's probably one of the weakest points of the Packers is their running back and fullback situation.
But they got a lot of the guns.
They got Rogers back there.
They do have Rogers, but this James Starks guy, he's rookie.
They popped out of nowhere in the Philadelphia playoff game.
So the Steelers have the number one run defense in the league anyway.
But if they want to run the ball, they've got personnel do it.
They've got a personnel grouping.
I think they're balanced.
They didn't get to the Super Bowl because they are lucky.
They've done some things very well.
And this is the year of the upset.
So that's why I think you're going to be crying Sunday night.
Well, but the Steelers are...
No, no, no.
The upset would be the Steelers winning.
Packers are fine.
Packers are fine.
The way the news has been, man, everyone thinks that the Packers are going to lose.
I'm just really surprised at that thinking.
But one thing I want to get straight before we get into football and get some of these some of these names and stats is I want to know what the Pittsburgh Steelers is going to do for you.
What will the Pittsburgh Steelers do for me?
Yeah.
I mean, you've been the biggest fan ever.
You've given them more free time than Ban Cam's got pork and be.
I can't believe that that can't be.
What size ring do you wear?
I don't know.
You've got to know what size.
You think they've got to get me a ring?
What's that?
They don't call you all Captain Excrement Stirrer for nothing.
I'm just telling, the Rooney's and John Stalworth, you know, that's my man.
We went to the same round, had the same agent when he went to Pittsburgh and I went to Dallas.
I'm going to tell him if the Steelers win.
Now, that's a big if.
You know, if is the biggest word in the English language.
If Custer wouldn't have went to Lil Bighorn, he wouldn't have been at Arrow Shirts.
So I want you to know that if the Pittsburgh Steelers win, Rooney needs to write one more check and get you a Super Bowl ring.
Well, that's very kind of you, Hutch, but you and I know that it ain't happening.
Well, we know they ain't going to win, but they should.
You know what they do?
They better get you a ring.
How do you actually see this turning out?
Do you think it's going to be a Packers blowout?
You see where that could happen?
Well, I do.
That's why I was going to make you promise me that you won't turn the TV off at halftime.
I promise you, I won't turn.
I never, I would never turn the Super Bowl off at halftime, no matter what's happening.
But I think that people are going to be surprised.
I think, you know, Ben, Big Ben, he's a boy.
This is a phenomenal comeback season.
After all the controversy of starting off rush, no one can say that these guys have not come through controversy.
They've shown a lot of class.
But I do believe that we just got the power.
You're looking at the linebacker core over there against the running back.
Mendenhall was the workhorse two weeks ago.
They're going to take Mendenhall out of that game quick.
I mean, you got the predator over there, you know, Clay Matthews.
They're going to mess up the running game.
And Pittsburgh has really done a great job passing and done a very good job the whole year running the ball and rushing the ball.
But as far as passing, they've done a phenomenal job.
They're going to put our linebackers on that.
Take that out of them.
Are you saying they're going to take Mendenhall out, or are you going to stop whoever's running the ball?
Whoever.
But Mendenhall is the big horse.
He was the main reason they won two weeks ago with the running game they had with him.
Against the Jets.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, the Jets linebackers aren't chump change.
Yeah, but hey, wait till you see what's going to happen this summer.
Look at it.
I watch game film myself.
I know what the Mendon Hall vulnerabilities are.
He's got a stutter step before he hits a hole.
He doesn't start off at 100 miles an hour.
And if they've spotted this on film, if they clog up lanes, I mean, I can see where you could be right.
Yeah, they're going to have to get to Ben.
They can't have any broken plays because if you know it is over the year, the Steelers have really taken advantage of mistakes.
All right.
What are the Packers' vulnerabilities?
The Packers' vulnerability is definitely going to be secondary.
I think that they're going to have to really, really, really put pressure on Ben, not give them enough time because the corners and their safeties are vulnerable.
Well, but they got Woodson.
I mean, you wouldn't see he's.
Well, I mean, you know, one out of four, Rush.
I mean, it takes more than one to make a good defense.
Well, obviously.
Obviously.
And the Steelers cornerbacks, I mean, they're good, but they're not the greatest in the league.
Oh, no.
You know, McFadden, you got him, you got Taylor.
But, man, you got three wide receivers, though, that could be first team on any team with the Packers.
You got Driver, you got Jennies, you got Nelson.
Any of those guys could start for any team.
So they're going to put the pressure on them big time.
And as long as they're spreading them out, which I hope they do, Paolo Marlow is going to be out of the game.
And they're going to keep Timmins from the.
Well, you know, they're going to spread them out.
That has been the key.
I hate to say this, but it's been the key to beating the Steelers.
The Saints did it this year.
The Patriots do it every time they play them.
And the Steelers have to know it's coming, and they haven't been able to stop it when people spread the field on.
Now, Cleveland Brown spread the field on, you can handle it.
But you get somebody like Tom, you get somebody Tom Brady or Drew Brees, now Aaron Rodgers doing it, you have a problem.
Well, you got a lot better quarterback with Brees and Rogers.
And it's going to be very difficult for them to keep those linebackers from dropping back.
If they do, they're going to get picked to death by Roger.
I mean, he reads so well.
And now, that line that they got, and I hope the one thing is going to be very vulnerable for the Steelers, and that is they better not start Puncey.
Pouncey, I think, yeah, I'm sorry.
They better not start Pouncey.
I mean, Roger is going to have a feel that he's going to be all pro in that one game if they start that guy at center.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, I've been hearing this kind of talk all week long, and you're making it sound, and you're part of the chorus here, that the Steelers are really an afterthought here.
It would probably be safer for them if they didn't even show up.
You haven't mentioned Casey Hall.
Oh, no, no, no.
We haven't mentioned Casey Hampton.
You haven't talked about James Harrison.
You've made it sound like the Steelers all are made up of as their cornerbacks in the secondary.
And Rogers is going to have just a little fun day at the picnic.
He's got to put up with Farrier, Timmins, Lamar Woodrow.
He's got to put up with Woodley.
Yeah, he's got to put it on all those things.
But they're ready for him.
Well, I've got to think they're ready for it on both sides of the ball.
Hey, if both teams hadn't played well, Rush, you know as well as I do, they wouldn't be at the Super Bowl.
They'd be watching.
No, it's true.
They would be watching.
But if you would notice, why does most advertisers want to advertise on the first half?
Well, Hutch.
It's because the women stop watching at half time.
No, because they know, man, that the Super Bowl has a tendency to be one side.
We've had some great Super Bowls.
But it hasn't been the case in the last five or six years.
This game has gone down to the last play.
But there is a possibility that someone could be put ashamed here this week.
I'm not going to push, but I believe my Green Bay Packers are going to come back with it.
Now, if you're right, let's just take your hypothesis.
Because I want you to think about this during the break and tell people about it because the Super Bowl making it can be one of the greatest things, or it can be a curse that ends dynasties.
If the Steelers get blown out of this game, given they're the average age, I think they're older than anybody in the league.
If they do get blown out of this game, it's tantamount to blowing up that team and starting over.
I mean, if it's a close loss, they get blown out.
It's almost as though it'd rather not have been there at all.
You got that right.
That's right.
Okay, I knew that.
One thing before I go to the break, John Stallworth, are you the same agent?
Yeah, yeah.
I also drafted in the same round.
I had no clue.
Yeah, he's my man.
He's the Alabama boy.
Well, I know that.
I know that.
I had no idea that you had the same.
Every time I talked to you, I learned things about you that I didn't know.
See, you should talk to me more often.
Absolutely.
Do you still talk to Stallworth?
I haven't talked to John.
It's got to be at least five, six years.
You know, you and he have a lot in common.
He parlayed his football career into a remarkable private sector successfully.
He is up there in Huntsville, Alabama.
Yep.
He really has computer sciences or some such thing.
Man, he is.
He is.
He is one of the prime examples of what athletes need to do after they get out of ball.
Yeah, smart guy, obviously.
I've never met him.
I love him.
Maybe we have to set up a time we can get together.
Love to.
All right, I got a quick timeout here, and we'll be back.
This is Ken Hutcherson, who performed the most talked about wedding ceremony in the history of weddings, mine and Catherine's.
Hutch, there's still, people are still talking about it.
Wow.
Well, they are.
They're quoting you verbatim in a lot of cases.
And we will be back after this.
Don't go away.
All right.
Now, we go back to the Hutch.
Yeah, bro.
A decent man, a guy about whom I am honored to call my friend.
You're a great human being, Hutch.
Thank you, my brother.
You know, it's friends like you to keep me straight.
I just want to throw a name at you, and that's Isaac Redmond.
I guarantee you that if they have problems with Mendenhall, Isaac Redmond's not going to dance to the line.
He's not going to dance to the hole.
He'll get through there.
I don't think that, like I said, if Pounce trying to go against Rogie, Redmond's not going to have a chance.
Think that Adams, and I don't think the Scott, the left tackle and right tackle, is going to be able to handle the predator, Matthews.
And I think that they're going to shut down the running game because they got to stop the running game so the passing game of the Steelers would not be effective.
Well, I understand the theory.
And if Pouncey plays, believe me, it's going to be a couple plays to get him in there.
He's a rookie, all-pro, first year, and so forth.
No way with a broken bone and a high sprint, he's going to be effective.
But they might want to get him in for a couple plays.
They're that kind of organization, Hutch.
I know they are.
But that boy's a rookie.
He's got a whole bunch of season ahead of him.
They better keep on the sideline, or he's going to get more than his bone hurt again.
He's going to get his feelings hurt.
Well, what's now?
Look, I'm not trying to cause any trouble here, but what's so special to BJ Roger as opposed to Casey Hampton?
He's a Steelers nose tackle.
What's a huff to do about BJ Rogy?
Yeah, but you got to understand.
Wells isn't hurt.
The center for the Packers aren't hurt, right?
Well, okay, the center.
I know they call Rogie the freezer as opposed to the fridge.
Yeah, I mean, so the issue that we got to look at is both these teams, if you look at outside of passing rush, is very, very close to being equal.
Yeah, one thing, I'll tell you one thing that impresses me about the Packers.
You look at the players they have on Injured Reserve, they lost half a team in week one against the Packers.
They lost Ryan Grant.
They lost all kinds of things.
They lost their tight end, Jerry Michael Finley.
They've lost.
They really, that coach has done a good job keeping that team together.
Hutch, neither the Steelers nor the Packers have cheerleaders.
This is going to be the first Super Bowl in history, I think, without cheerleaders.
Now, as a man of the cloth, is this progress?
The whole aspect of chickification of the game, I'm proud that finally they did something to keep women off the field.
Tell me how the game's being chickified.
I've got one minute.
Okay.
Look at all of the new rules.
Everything that keeps you from being boys, they're making you get penalties for.
You can't celebrate.
And if you do, you've got to do it alone.
Helmet the helmet.
You can't have two vices of a hook.
That's the game of football.
And they're totally feminizing the game.
And we're getting a little tired of it.
You think there's going to be?
There's a lot more prostate cancer in the world than breast cancer, bro.
Let's put some black out there on the field.
Yeah, yeah.
I hear you, pal.
I hear you, Ned.
Quick, no doubt there's going to be a lockout.
Will there be football next season?
I think too many guys want their checks, and I think that they're going to figure some way to get this worked out, Rush.
I do.
And I think we will have football for the end of the year.
All right.
That's the Hutch, the Reverend Dr. Ken Hutcherson from the AB Church in Seattle.
We've got a brief time out and be back right after this.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you seriously for indulging me today in my love for the National Football League and the occasion here to use my program to talk to these guys that I would never otherwise have a chance to talk to.
I realize it was, I know it's my show, but I used it for me today in an avocational kind of way.
And I appreciate you indulging me doing that.
So I'm not going to be here Monday.
We got Stein, I think, sitting in on Monday.
And be back Tuesday, rearing and ready to go and so forth.
And we'll see you then.
And once again, thanks so much.
Had a great time.
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