All right, we do this every week. We travel out to the desert to talk to our main man, owner of the D Casino and

Serka Casino. Derek Stevens joining us here on 97.

Derek, happy new year to you, my friend.

Happy New Year, RICO.

How you guys doing?

Oh, man, we're doing great.

We are, well, kind of. Lions fans still a little upset over what happened in Dallas, but I think they're going to get over it because they still got a home playoff game for the first time and almost 30 years.

Yeah, a long time since that victory over Dallas, but I think maybe this,

what the way it played out once we get over it, the, there's an element where I think the whole country feels, the lion's got screwed on this deal.

You know, it might not be the worst thing in the long run here. I know you might have lost out on a potential

seating issue but but overall I think lines are still all right yeah it is funny

because I think by losing they actually won because they gain support nationwide because it's not just a Detroit thing anymore.

Everybody was like, well wait, why didn't that count for Detroit?

Why are you doing that to the line?

So I agree with you Derek.

Now, in the...

You know, Rika, we have a guy, a vice president of operations, Mike Palm.

He does this Visa show with Brent Musburger every week you know he's been railing on Brad

Allen now for three years so it's it was just fitting that this is how it all

played out but unbelievable yeah and I think I saw a stat I think the lions are now Owen seven in games that

Alan has been the head referee so he normally doesn't it doesn't mean great things

for the lions when you see that he's the head referee.

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