Ep. 73: Dan Wetzel & Bill's Dad

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2016

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons welcomes Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports to discuss the desire for a Rousey-Holm rematch, UFC's growth (15:00), a Deflategate update (27:00), Goodell vs. Brady (30:30), the NFL's narrative (34:00), and Peyton Manning's legacy (44:00). Then, Bill's dad joins to pick the Pats' scariest QB matchup (54:00), say goodbye to Peyton Manning (1:00:00), consider Holy Cross's NCAA hopes (1:07:00), and break down the Celtics' stretch run (1:12:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.0	Yeah!
1:06.0	We're clearing our way now.
1:09.0	It's a rainy Monday here in Southern California.
1:13.0	Dan Wetzel from Yahoo, he brought the rain. He brought the bad weather with you.
1:17.0	You're in LA and I do not forgive you for the weather right now.
1:22.0	People in LA, when it rains, they drive like the rest of the country when eight inches of snow hit.
1:27.0	Yeah, even 18 inches of snow.
1:30.0	We should mention you have the Wetzel to 40 podcast on Yahoo, which you do every day.
1:35.0	I admire your commitment to that. I can't believe you've never been on the BS podcast before or even the BS reporter in those.
1:43.0	I guess you couldn't have been on when I was at ESPN. Yeah, that would have been weird.
1:48.0	Yeah, it wasn't a band. It was more of an uneasy, uneasy group.
1:55.0	I've been banned from a lot of places. So it's all right.
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