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Save by hord Robertson feathers that one into the middle of the ice and the blues can’t clear two guys down low and the puck ends up in the glove of Hur that is I thought for a minute it might have gone in is Kyu stay tied up with dnov
Who gets it back stars shoot it glove save hulur that one was headed for the back of the net just inside that far post and hulur got a glove on it man is even sharp yes yes welcome in the producers party on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com not the balloon party today
We’re going to change it up a little bit in studio today Action Jackson brette marshy Marsh and the playful posi also known as Andrew Marsh and it is a it’s a morning here in St Louis so I got to say good morning to Grant Francis who’s behind the board and in the producer
Corner I guess we should call it Mr reliable Bradford Bruns all the producers in the studio how’s everybody doing today what was that yeah Jackson by the way if you if you look at the qual look on Jackson’s face Jackson that was called opening a show with audio
It’s what professional shows do yeah I know nothing about that uh I’m used to no preparation we have a sheet here this is all foreign to me so confused right now you pulled me out of vacation baby just when I think I’m out they pull me
Back in Jackson is this going to be a new year new year are you going to start making rundowns for this show now no okay no were you more confused by the fact that it was audio or were you more confused by that’s a sport that they
Call hockey and St Louis has a team they’re called the blues and they played last night ice hockey ice hockey yes I watched the highlights five minutes ago wow how about that you let’s let’s just dive into Jackson’s takeaways from that game your thoughts Jackson brette on the
Blues game last night I really want to hear this what a little Gino there by uh Jake neighbors outside of that I don’t really remember much of the highlights I just what about Marcos Candela yeah boy can he play Mar do you have an issue
With him using Gino to call it a goal when he has no idea what he’s talking about I mean no but it does make me feel a little uncomfortable because he has no idea what happened last night effort is there though effort there Scott brunovich got two you call him the Goos
And Scott brunovich got two what apples there you go there you go unfortunately we did not get the third half of the G or the third part of the Gordy how hatrick which they which is the T and they call that a what Tilly a Tilly would be the fight oh
God a Gino and apple and a Tilly you could be what they call yeah I watch oh well then you’re fine yeah you get it I love hockey let’s dive into that Blues hockey game by the way was Joel hover the big game 39 saves 40 shots faed and
Really just another impressive game from the blues facing off against the Stars really when you go back over this blue season I think we’ve kind of forgotten how happy everyone got when Jordan Bennington had that 30 safe shutout against the Tampa Bay Lightning obviously we’ve had the firing of Craig
Barui since then but I really think if you if you split up this blue season into pre-buy firing and post buuy firing easily the game against the Blackhawks and now the win last night the two best blues games maybe we’ve seen this entire year I think so last night was a game
For me honestly when they did not score on that five on three power play that was a game that I thought that they would lose they ended up they the Dallas ended up scoring like moments after it and I thought immediately this is a game
That they end up blowing but this is a different team now and they end up holding on 2-1 Victory Joel Hofer looked fantastic last night that’s that’s huge for him and building his confidence moving forward and just the team as a whole building confidence against a really good Dallas Stars team that’s two
Wins against them in a row so I’m really looking forward to what they have against the Avalanche tomorrow night I’m going to be honest last night I was glad that sports betting is not legal in Missouri you would L Dallas as soon as the Stars killed
That five on three I probably would have put money on the Stars to win that game and I’m honestly shocked that they didn’t but that’s something that the blues weren’t doing last year and for most of this year was when things like that would happen the controversial
Things in a game would happen they would not be able to come back from that and now they’ve done it against the Stars last night they did it against the stars when they were down two goals a couple weeks ago and obviously against the Blackhawks being down three and coming
Back so they’re starting to become more resilient and I think that’s a huge um positive for this team right now Grant we’re seeing this new iteration of the blues if you will post Craig barui how about the new iteration as well that we’re viewing from one Joel Hofer now
There’s been a lot of conversation in Rifle so over the course of the last three weeks the performance the numbers just sheer numbers on the surface from Jordan Bennington you’re obviously seeing the drop off however you’ve also had a scenario in which in part due to the performance in November Etc from
Joel Hofer Bennington had to come to the rescue and appear in many more games fatigue perhaps becoming more of a factor but what you’ve seen from Hofer in just his last two outings alone not only against the stars but think about his previous start think about his previous outing versus the Panthers last
Thursday had 37 saves in that one 39 last night he is showcasing those signs more than just glimpses right now guys of the individual this organization at the outset of the Season looked at and said hey he can be if not a 1A or a 1B
In the scenario somebody to whom you can go and on whom you can rely to give you that 35 to% to 40% of the starts if need be it’s a good thing organizationally speaking Yeah and honestly that Florida game he probably should have had the shut out the only reason why he didn’t
That Wacky Bounce Off the board so if you take away that goal you’re talking about one goal in the last two games for Joel hoer um and you know W with how Drew Bannister has handled this team so far obviously we saw Pavo bunevich get benched after a rough game and Jordan
Bennington last two games he’s allowed six goals and five goals even though the one was a win it was still not a great game for Jordan Bennington I wonder how Drew banister goes on here with handling these starting a goalie controversy we get a hope for big game and Grant’s like I’m
Stirring the pot tomorrow morning 100% this is a good thing you want goenda for right because if you look at goalies when it comes to the playoffs the the goalies that play an insane amount during the regular season there’s one exception to this and it’s Andre vasileski but outside of him goalies
Don’t play well in the playoffs when they play a lot in the regular season you saw that a lot last year yeah I think the blues have been at their best in previous years when they have a really good one-w punch in between the pipes you think of Jake Allen and Brian
Elliott you think of Brian Elliott and hok at the time they were one of the the best two goenda and then you had Benner and Jake Allen even vly huso and this kind of goes to the point two years ago the blues heavily relied on vly huso when Jordan Bennington couldn’t pick
Pick up the slack and so I think you’re seeing that now again with Joel hoer I mean he stopped what 39 of 40 last night that’s pretty good for for a rookie goenda I think there’s a lot of players on this team right now young players that are stepping up right now and
They’re showing what we thought they could be Scott perunovic is another player like you mentioned Jackson two apples right two apples last night right you know looking off the the forward who uh on that Jake neighbors goal walking the line I thought he had a fantastic game I
Think overall this team is moving in the right direction and as a Blues fan I think you should be excited Mar to to your point as well when you think about the blues upcoming schedule it really couldn’t be a better time for Hofer to truly show out because we’ve spent a lot
Of time over the last week or so previewing what’s next for this team once you get past Colorado tomorrow evening and then between January the 6th and January the 23rd you face nothing but upper echelon competition from the Eastern Conference there are going to be maybe not a lot of back-to-backs but
Situations in which Joel Hofer is going to have to take the Baton and prove that he can not only hang against some Top Flight offenses but be able to continue to thrive to get this team where it needs to be for the rest of January and
It was a big game for Scott brunovich there was one one big problem there was on the power play was the situation where the blues had a fiveon three and failed to score it’s really been a bug for the blues across the last four or five seasons and it was another problem
Last night here’s Blues andam head coach Drew Baner talking about what went wrong in that instance I mean I think that’s where we got to score you know we had some great opportunities you know wide open Nets we missed on you know and their goalie made a couple of key saves
For them um but that that that’s that’s a time of game where you know we can really separate like we needed a goal there um the chances were there we just got to Bear down and score that’s that’s plain and simple like they created the opportunities they got to finish
Finishing them and the jump that you’ve seen the blues make just against the Chicago Blackhawks against the Stars really over these last six games from Drew Bannister just the slight little jump they’ve made on the power play has been a big difference in I would say
Probably three of the five wins out of the six games that bannister’s coach so far so even just getting that little bit of of a bump they’ve gotten and and I’m sure we got to give some credit to the new consultant Brad Richards for coming in and helping out the power play that
Little jump has been so big for the blues if they can take another little jump just to mediocrity it could legitimately be a be a number that puts them into a playoff spot well and CBS mentioned this last night on the broadcast talking about the power play
If this power play is was clicking All Season like it is right now Craig buuy probably doesn’t get fired I mean if if you get three or four more Power Play Goals that impact the game and you get three or four more wins because of it you’re not talking about a team that
Fired Craig buuy and it’s it’s crazy to think about it that way and another little nugget that’s crazy about that that five on three stat and I looked this up last night the accounts on Twitter uh Blues views tweeted this out about um the blues only having two five
On three Power Play Goals since 2017 it’s dead last in the NHL Seattle has more and they’ve been in the league since 2021 not great the next worst is Philadelphia at 6 so like it’s actually insane they’ve been really good the last few years though yeah but the blues have
Had 40 minutes of power R let go I just dismissed that and moved on um they had sarcasm 40 minutes of Power Play Time on the five on three since 2017 they’ve scored two goals that’s wild yeah they need to up the power play game I think getting
Scott perunovich involved will be a big part of that eventually I think later on in the show I got a big question for you guys about one other thing they could do to jump up the power play we’ll talk about that a little bit later we’re
Going to switch things off go from the ice to the grid iron talk a little NFL cuz Mary’s got some issues with the favorites for the NFL awards coming up next on the producers party on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com Welcome back into 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com this is the producers party as Tim mckernan’s out but we’re able to pull one person from the balloon party Action Jackson has joined us mid vacation for today’s show Jackson thank you so much for coming in today some
Guys just wanted a little bit more are you saying like are like compared to us not saying compared to anybody seems like a weird shot to take it was just a universal truth Ryder lock the studio door I ain’t nervous really you’re not going to be nervous Marie’s right there Mar’s got a
Hell of a mustache on them I think has to be addressed that’s a world class stash Mar’s gonna start his uh his uh hat trick today with a Tilly it’s going to be with you man you guys are just making me super uncomfortable right now
I got to do it I’m sorry I got to give I got to give Jackson crap I can’t help it let’s talk about some of the NFL awards looking at some of the odds and Futures bets on the season awards something jumped out to our boy marshy Marsh and
That was the AP NFL comeback Player of the Year 2023 and 2024 right now on FanDuel the favorite for the award Demar Hamlin at minus 220 the rest of the top six Joe flacko is plus 240 Baker Mayfield plus 650 and then it jumps to the 2000s for Matthew Stafford 3,000 for
Two attack of aloa and 8,000 for Lamar Jackson Mara you seem to have an issue with our with our board Demar Hamlin dude I so everything that happened to Demar Hamlin like I’m I’m so glad that that he is he’s good and that he’s on
The field and then he’s you know being a part of that team because what happened to him was a very scary situation but I mean he’s made two tackles all year he’s played in five games that’s what the stat line shows I don’t know how much he’s actually contributed on the field I
Look at Joe Flaco who’s come in he’s kept the Browns afloat Baker Mayfield I mentioned this yesterday on the fast lane that Baker Mayfield has similar stats to Lamar Jackson and his passing yards and touchdown to interception ratio is better than Lamar Jackson and my in my opinion I think Lamar Jackson
Is the MVP right now and we’ll get into that too because there can be a discussion had on who should be the MVP for the National Football League but when I’m looking at the comeback player the year that was just obviously it doesn’t really matter it doesn’t change
My life but I look at Baker Mayfield and you know he’s putting up similar numbers to what we will what we think or what who we think will be the MVP so I you know it’s just it’s just interesting I get it though I I get the whole thing
With dear Hamlin but that was just something that was kind of bothering me and even Matthew Stafford a bit down on the list there if you’re going by counting stats if you’re looking at the body of work and the resume the Rams in that division or not without Stafford
Actually leading the way that controls their a quarterback you’re not getting the same type of production from nakua you’re not getting more out of that offense Kiren Williams Cooper Cup who has had a Downy year injury related from his standards all of these different individuals down the list below Demar
Hamlin have been demonstrably better on the field of play which really unfortunately I think carries us into the next conversation as to the exact nature of NFL awards in the year 2023 what are we measuring here are we talking solely about narratives and what is clean and friendly or are we talking
About production yeah and talking about production if you want want to talk about Lamar Jackson like you said he’s uh shifted to be one of the favorites now for the MVP vote uh after this past weekend when Brock Pur fell off he sitting had 3,400 passing yards 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions last
Year in just TW in 12 games he had 2300 yards with 17 and 7 the rushing numbers about the same right now I actually think Baker Mayfield and I know we’re talking overall about the awards but just from the betting angle I really think Baker Mayfield’s a pretty smart
BET right now at plus 650 only because when he went 11 and5 with the Browns in 2020 he threw for 35 3600 yards 26 touchdowns and eight interception his numbers right now for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heading into week 17 3600 yards 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions he’s literally done
Exactly what he did three years ago when he took a team to the playoffs and won 11 games with the most morun franchise in the entirety of the NFL I really do think that right now if especially if if the uh Buccaneers win a couple games
Over the last two weeks and are able to make it into the playoffs I think Baker Mayfield’s a great value right now plus 650 to win this award yeah I felt the same way about uh when shape of water defeated get out for best picture you
Know I understood I understood it it cut it was it was the right I mean I get why they did it it’s just not what you want it’s not right show going it’s just not right same thing Shakespeare and love being that Saving Private Ryan oh what a
Great film these things aren’t they’re just not right they’re not right but I understand why they’re made and I think that’s the same situation we’re having here with dear Hamlin over guys like Baker Mayfield I see a lot about Joe flacko I don’t know I mean Joe flacko is
Is plus 240 I mean I think Joe Flaco’s I mean when you talk about the storyline because a part of this is always going to be about the storyline that’s why Demar Hamlin right now is the favorite on pretty much every sports book you go
To but you have to look at at Joe Flaco I mean the last time he threw over double- digit touchdowns was 2018 and he’s at uh 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions and he’s three in one as as the Browns quarterback that’s that’s that’s pretty comeback player of the
Year if you ask me I mean that’s for for a guy just to do anything coming off the couch and not starting more than four games across the last three seasons I mean listen I think it’s going to be dear Hamlin because of the storyline but
God it should be flacko or Mayfield take into account too that the New York Jets did not want that guy on their football team and that team is terrible I like how terrible I like how Mary said football team isn’t it just like we were talking about pickle ball isn’t it just
As much guys of a referendum on the current state of quarterback play in the league that Joe flacko can come in off of the couch and post these types of numbers and the quarterback evaluation the Jets didn’t want Joe flacko they didn’t want him but he drive yeah can
Drew lock make a late charge I mean I think he should get it just based on that one drive alone I mean got respect wearing aou jacket right now no yeah I think it’s under under 10 a Nike golf jacket oh is it yeah Oh I
Thought it was a missou one I actually I had a missou sweatshirt on earlier and I decided to change tomorrow I I do think though if you’re talking about this being a football award it’s easy to give it to Joe flacko he should win this I think if you give
It to De Demar Hamlin and it’s almost unfair to talk about Demar Hamlin in this way because this isn’t his fault like the guy almost died on the field last year and he played five games this year like it takes a lot of guts to come
Back and even play the sport after that happen so like credit to Demar Hamlin like it’s impressive to come back from that and play again in the NFL but if this is a football award and you’re giving this to a player that came back and had a really good season again yeah
It’s obviously Joe Flaco we mentioned uh Lamar Jackson MVP are there other players not quarterbacks that you think should be the MVP or at least has an opportunity to be the MVP because I think there’s two that that come to mind Rock I mean for me it’s I mean Mar
Jackson with a bullet right now but I think Christian mcaffrey is the best player now on the best team in the NFC Brock party significantly falling off you have a four interception game you get benched people are not going to vote for you for MVP I think and so Christian
Mcaffry is the leader of that team and then I are you going I’m not sure where you’re going with with the other next favorite because if you look at who’s the other best team in the league I I go to I mean because Jaylen Herz isn’t there Patrick Mahomes isn’t there Josh
Allen two attack of aloa Tyreek Hill is it one of those three guys Tyreek Hill comes to mind but you know his his injury history in the past few weeks is is not great I think it’s a two man race at this point I think it’s mcaffry or
Jackson so I have some stats about who uh when when running backs have won previously of Sean Alexander who was just under 2,000 total yards he had 28 touchdowns LT leanian Tomlinson had about 2300 total yards 31 touchdowns uh Adrien Peterson same thing 20 around 23 00 total yards only 133 touchdowns and
Then CMC right now is just under 2,000 yards but with 21 touchdowns so I’m looking at that I feel like if he is going to win he needs to up his amount of yardage and or score a few more touchdowns but I mean I I it just
Depends those are a little bit outliers because I mean Alexander and Tomlinson broke the touchdown record the respective years of winning MVP I believe only 2,300 total yards but was that was that a 2,000 yard season by Adrien Peterson on the ground yeah was just 2,000 total yards 200 I didn’t know
If that was a 2000 I mean I mean yeah yeah we have texted from the 618 saying Derrik didn’t get it when he went over 2,000 yards I mean mcaffrey becomes third player ever uh to do a thousand and a thousand rushing and receiving so I mean when you do when
You’re when you’re putting up that in in both ways when you have the touchdown streak he had I don’t really think it’s a stat thing at this point for Christian mcaffry if he sat the next two games I I think it would still should be neck and
Neck with Lamar Jackson I agree with you I he’s been been the most consistent player in the NFL this year no quarterback has been as consistent as him I think if and and I think it will be a quarterback again but I think I’m going to lose a little respect for the
Award if it’s a quarterback this season because it’s telling you you can have a good 75% of the season and still win Most Valuable Player when you have a running back in CMC that’s played all season really well consistently for that team and he doesn’t win the award and
You look at last season like the 49ers were three and three before CMC came in they lost one game the rest of the way like that’s not a coincidence he’s been their best player since he’s gotten there and Mar to your point what you’re saying the basic premise here is that in
Order to win MVP say from the running back position from another skill position other than quarterback you have to be significantly better than the rest of your position group well in the year 2023 CMC has been exactly that yeah his total rushing output it isn’t going to
Lap last year’s total Josh Jacobs he led the league with about 1,600 yards but right now when you put him up against the rest of the competition he has 338 more rushing yards than the second place rusher in the game today in Kiren Williams in addition to the touchdowns
In addition to what he gives you coming out of the back field so when it is relative in that sense and you put his measurables against everybody else along with the fact that the 49ers when he is in there they’re undefeated to me it isn’t even a competition at this stage
Hell of a jawline too I think that has to be he does yeah it almost feels it’s the hill right now though like the next person that that loses like Lamar Jackson could have a terrible game against the Dolphins this upcoming week and then it then Falls to CMC like
That’s how it feels right now because there’s so much hype around one player then they go out there and they have a dud of the game it just moves on to the next player so if Lamar Jackson doesn’t have a good game then I think CMC is in
The driving seat and that’s why I was just about to say you can get kishan mcaffry are now plus 650 um and you saw the shifts uh you were able to get Lamar Jackson this is a Le all the uh odds I’ve had said are on FanDuel Sportsbook
By the way on Saturday you could have gotten Lamar Jackson plus 500 when pery was sitting at like minus 220 similar to where where Jackson is and you saw one bad game by perie he’s now plus 1400 Jackson’s the favorite so yeah if Lamar Jackson has one bad game and Christian
Mcaffrey tags let’s say like two in the air like two through on the ground and one through the air Christian McCaffrey is going to completely flip the switch drive drive across the bridge boys put down a little bit on plus 650 Christian mcaf I live across the bridge so I’m set
Text Grand Francis he’ll put your bets in for you is that is that what you were saying or you just trying to brag about on us right now uh no I was just trying to uh to brag about it let you know uh that I drive an hour to work every day
Now now I have you on now I have you on wax and on a camera will you put my bets in for me if I send them um that depends right good Lord Almighty well have to wet his beak I now have an enemy coming uh going into the next segment and we’re
Going to change things up Jackson you really wanted to do something here in the next segment so let before I I kick it to break tell everybody what we’re going to be starting here in this next segment because this was this was all you and I I really want you to to really
Enjoy this segment yeah so uh we are going to be drafting because I’ve always wanted to draft on radio and I haven’t gotten the opportunity so we’re gonna be drafting the top I’m sorry the 2023 best sports moments the best sports moments of 2023
I have my big board up I’m ready to rock and roll settle down five of us there’s going to be four picks per person will be all hockey that’s right yeah jackon going to be all hockey and I’m definitely not going to try to steal certain ones from Jackson cuz I already
Know what is Big Board how did you get 20 misso moments on your big board willpower well you heard it there we’re doing our 2023 top sports moments draft coming up on the other side on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com grit Francis here with a sports center
Update driven by Johnny la Chevrolet and Johnny Lov autolex last night the blues pick up a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars Joel hoer 39 saves in the 2-1 victory for the blues they’ve won back-to-back games against the stars and back-to-back games against the Central Division they’ll be back in Action tomorrow as
They take on the Avalanche here in St Louis pregame will be at 6 o00 puck drop at 7 here on 101 ESPN and then in the world juniors today it took 13 minutes minutes for Jimmy snuggerud to score a hattrick against Switzerland in the world junior so Jimmy snug on a heater
Today out at the world juniors I’m Grant France the sports center updat has been driven by Johnny laof find your roads and Shop 247 at la.com and laof autoplex.com are you kidding me good morning everybody and welcome back into the producers party right here on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com filling in for
Tim mckernin and we actually do have Action Jackson on the show joined by marshy Marsh and the playful posi is my favorite nickname in the entire world good morning Grant Francis and of course Mr reliable as I like to call him Bradford Bruns in the producers I’m
Calling it The Producers corner for the day it’s not it’s not a shot or anything and Grant just an incredible update there but it’s 10:30 and I felt the update was a little a little bit lacking Grant I I need a little basketball news Jackson you got a little basketball news
For me my bad sorry Jackson this is your hour uh the Suns defeat the Rockets 129 to 113 Kevin Durant 27 points 10 rebounds and 16 ass uh 16 assists the suns are now 500 when is Beal coming back Jackson for vog is that not soon enough
Boy those suns are struggling do not let Jackson get on a tangent about the NBA or we will not be able to get into to this segment and that is our top moments of the 2023 year 20 excuse me top sports moments of 2023 because we are here on
101 ESPN and it’s going to be a draft it’s going to be pretty simple four rounds for us Five Guys means 20 moments are going to be picked and here is the order for your draft this was selected at random Jackson had this great Little Wheel spinning app which I’m going to
Have to steal from him for other drafts and drafting first overall is myself I’ll be drafting first and therefore last in the second round Grant drafting second Jackson third Bradford fourth and Marshy Marsh gets the Hot Corner yeah snake snake draft snake draft of course always snake draft all right any sports
Moment any sports moment is good it doesn’t necessarily have to be positive for everybody involved usually most sporting events actually have a pretty negative side for one people we never talk about so yes 2023 Sports moments now here’s the thing are we say you can’t just pick a game you got to pick
You got to pick a moment you got to pick the moment in that game when something happens so no no big umbrella things you got to be a little bit specific in these moments and so it’s time for us to start out this draft boys and I’m I’m a little
Bit worried here because I have the very first overall pick so I have I have the the burden of picking the number one sports moment from 2023 and I’m GNA have to go to a moment that happened in February of 2023 early in the year we’ve
All been privileged to watch one of the greatest players at any sport play his entire career in our lifetimes even Grant who’s pretty young he’s gotten to see the entire career of one LeBron James we’ve gotten privileged to watch the greatest player of our generation at
That sport I’m not even going to say he’s the goat of the sport but the greatest player of our generation at the sport and that is LeBron James when on February 7th of this year he passed Kareem Abdul Jabar as the alltime NBA leading scorer easily number one in my
Book LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul Jabar I have to delete it off my Big Board number get out of here Jackson gotcha gotcha it wasn’t even on my radar how could it not be on your radar that’s why you’re going to lose baby good Lord that’s weird all right grant Francis
You’re up with the second overall pick all right I am going to hockey I’m sure everybody’s shocked about this than God uh uh Conference Finals Eastern Conference Finals this year Matthew kachuck scoring with seconds left on the clock to sweep the Carolina Hurricanes that’s a good one I was watching that in
That whole series from Matthew kachuck had two overtime winners in that series and then the game-winning goal in that game four but gosh that game four game winning goal was sick and watching that whole series with kachuck was awesome so that’s my number one moment all right I’m up and uh I think
Most like you could probably guess that Grant was going to go hockey I’m going to go missou football Harrison Mavis 61 y defeat Kansas State of start off the uh really strong season that Missouri had on the football side with a sec record kick Harrison mevas knocking it
Down even though he had to back it up after a poor coaching moment with a delay of game but had he missed Kansas state had two number eights on the field which makes this pick even all the more sweet Harrison meas Jackson opening up with a little localization here with the
Harrison mevas in the missou play so we’re going to go to Bradford Bruns for pick number four naturally the two two honks in front of me poached a little bit which is all well and good the Kansas State game was very memorable for me as well because guys thereafter after
Covering the festivities of ffield I then directly embarked on a three-hour Voyage to Farmington to check out a high school marching Festival love you there Dakota oldest daughter I know what a day right what a day of coverage all the way around yeah anyway let’s stay though
With the missou theme in terms of the moment at which I would contend the Tigers Sol Sol ified their standing as truly legitimate commendable for 2023 that was the game against number 13 Tennessee the 36-7 throttling because if the nation had not been aware of just
How fantastic Cody Sher had been to that point he put the world on notice 205 yards 35 carries carrying quite literally that offense and Tennessee came into fough field that afternoon with a lot of Firepower and so many national types were wondering okay how are the Tigers going to represent
Against the defense on the other side as well the full-fledged attack Cody shider with the performance for the Ages which had a lot of people thinking could he well receive an invitation to New York for the ceremony you guys are just murdering my mou my missou list right
Off my the big board and we’re going to go to marshy Marsh Marsh you got two picks last pick in the first round first pick in the second round hit us with it you guys are insane that you let sh Otani versus Mike Trout in the world
Class to me with the final pick of round one I’m going with that that was an unreal moment as a baseball fan to see two of uh two of the best players in the game right now face off against each other and uh on the biggest stage in the
World Baseball Classic two in the game so I’m going with shohi versus Mike Trout and then on to I’ll say oh man I got a few second round second round here I think uh the fair Dickinson March Madness run is uh my my second pick who whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa okay the 2023 Sports moments draft so Zero’s on the clock against Purdue that’s that’s your moment all right I think you’re leaving the best moment from the Fairley Dickinson thing on the table I think you’re taking it away from everybody else and I think you’re leaving the best moment specifically it
Should have been when Jeff Tobin the head coach predicted the win over Purdue in the locker room before they went out there and then pulled it off well I’m sorry got to be the best is this your pick or is this my pick criticizing your pick go ahead hater’s going to hate
Marsh I love the pi hater’s going to hate right back to Bradford pick number two in the second round sticking with the baseball I will localize it this one is for all of the sweater Knitters out there I guess more of a tribute to number 50 Adam way wri so the final
Pitch the final out he recorded in late September the Vintage is performance that he put on seven Innings of four hit ball against the Milwaukee Brewers how can you not be romantic about baseball as Billy Bean would say following that performance knowing everything that we know right now what went into it that
Was phenomenal that hitch in the fields yeah yeah yeah that I mean that was that was a huge moment I mean obviously anytime Adam way W did anything special this year it was it it hit you in the fields we’re listen we’re halfway through the second round we’re
Going to take a quick break we’re going to come back here and wrap up the rest of our 2023 top sports moments draft here on the producers party on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com 10 1050 in St Louis oh there it is 1050 in St Louis welcome back to the
Producers party here on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com we’re in the midst of our best sports moments from 2023 draft Jackson picking with the third pick in the second round Ratt off Jackson see this is why I’m playing chess while you are playing checkers AFC Richmond beating
Man City Ted lasso season 3 episode 11 when Ted goes to shake hands with pep that that was a top sports moment spoiler alert spoiler alert a moment of redemption Jamie and his F beating his father’s team get out of here really heartfelt stuff what a what a great game
Greyhounds beating uh beating the Sky Blues Grant bring us back into the real world all right um everybody will be surprised again I’m going back to hockey here oh wow shocker play the hits little stick and pucker I’m actually going back to the Panthers too
What uh they just beat the best team in NHL history in the regular season okay in the playoffs game seven that was a crazy series and nobody gave them a chance and that series I think Boston was up what 3 to one in that series they come back and
Win it in game seven so yeah that they’re my second best moment of the Year all right to close out the second round I’m going to go with this one’s pretty easy it was late in the first game ever played by St Louis City FC
They were down in Austin it was a 2-2 game and that was before Xiao klouse decided to stamp his name in St Louis history giving St Louis city the first win of their entire inaugural campaign the first of five record setting wins easily Xiao clous against Austin FC is
My pick for to end out the second round and I’m actually going to uh change things up and I’m going to go with a little bit off the beaten path here to open up the third round my top moment my third top moment from 2023 was when the report dropped from the ath
That Michigan was being uh investigated because of Conor stallions that one right there it it it obviously branched out to thousands of moments after that but the moment where we thought that Michigan had maybe slipped a guy into multiple other Sidelines to steal signs from the teams that Michigan would then
Be playing then you get the investigation everything I’m going to go with Connor stallion story first breaks on Twitter yeah that’s a good one I’m I’m actually I’m gonna go football here I’m gonna go with my favorite football game that I watch this season might be a
Little bit off the board here and this is probably not the greatest sports moment of the year but it’s one of my favorite moments of the year was watching that Jets and bills Monday Night Football game in week one of the Season hey I love watching that game
Xavier Gibson Returns the punt who was uh undrafted rookie you watch Hard Knocks great dude very memorable game and I got I got ties in New York so I got the Jets in my heart a little bit so I I know it’s not one that’s going to
Really resonate with a ton of people but for me I really loved watching that game and say what you will about Rogers but that moment pregame carrying the flag into the stadium awesome it was an awesome game all right Jackson your third pick again chess not Checkers when
The Eagles played the bills and wore their Kelly Green throwback uniforms the best uniforms in football the Eagles wearing Kelly Green for the first time in a very long time is my next pick all righty right on to Bradford for his third pick before there was Taylor before the Netflix series aired there
Was just Patrick Mahomes scrambling for 26 yards to set up the game-winning field goal by Harrison bucker in the Super Bowl Chiefs over Eagles everything that has taken place thereafter it’s never going to be quite the same but that was one whale of a game and one
Whale of a finish to last an NFL season all right Marsh you got two yeah my first one I’m going with Dylan Carlson hitting a home run off sh Otani left-handed that was uh I was actually in attendance for that game that was uh that was quite the moment and then for
My next pick it’s definitely running into Jackson at the missou homecoming football game uh taking snapping a pick you know enjoying a cold beverage and just talking shop you know talking to zoo football just really uh really get into the Mis Spirit it was a beautiful
Day our hair looked great I’ve ever seen in my entire lifeford you wrap up your draft my friend I’m going to widen the sports landscape here because when I think back actually and I refle on 2023 a defining Sports story to me from the World of Golf PJ tour versus live and
Against the backdrop of all of that you had the Ridder cup while not necessarily underdogs really on paper Team America had aspirations of trying to knock off Europe still didn’t happen on European soil hasn’t happened since back in 1993 but all of the different moments that really preceded that result the Rory
Talk now you still have to infections taking place it is a story line that is carrying over well into 2024 and it’s worth monitoring here we go Jackson wrap up your draft so I wanted to go with DeAndre golson’s buzzer beer against Tennessee but if we’re being honest and
This is personal to me I like to do some sports wagering shout out to our friends over at the circus Sports app the Chiefs played the Packers a little bit ago a couple weeks ago I think and I bet the first quarter over of seven and a half
The Packers get us started off real nice by scoring a touchdown plenty of time for Mahomes to come down weast take a field goal in cover for me they take their sweet time and for whatever reason there are zeros on the clock but they still let the field goal attempt go
Three points 10 is seven to3 catching the over for no reason they should have called the quarter over but they didn’t zero on the clock field goal good my bet hits it’s a huge moment for you Jackson’s bet hits that’s his third moment and Grant your fourth wrapping
Your draft Jesus yeah I had to add a little bit of snark in here um and it’s actually a betting moment for me too Jackson um one of the most memorable moments of the Year for me was Jordan Hicks chucking the ball away and chucking the game away against the
Marlins oh yeah I had put like $5 in the Marlins to win that game cuz the theard just blown ninth inning leads all season I won like bucks on a $5 bet on that game that’s blood money it was just an amazing moment who had a better Chuck
Was it him or was it uho oh oh those are all really good ones uh I’m with my fourth and final one to close out this draft I’m going to go still with a serious moment because this was this is a worldwide moment and honestly if you
Were watching it when it happened I I I don’t I don’t know when I’m going to get this quote out of my head but the moment when the US Open finished Coco gr drops to the drops to the um I guess the clay what is it the hardwood whatever it
Would be and the announcer says get up get up get up Coco gra you just won the US Open I don’t know why but that is seared into my memory as just an unbelievable moment the run she had taking down the world number one it was an incredible match and just a
Absolutely perfect call get up KOCO gra you just won the US Open easily closes out my draft for the top 2023 Sports moments of this year and there it is Jackson burette let’s go through let’s go through the drafts really quickly Jackson burette drafted 30 picks
Harrison m’ 61 yard over K State AFC Richmond’s win over was it man Manchester City in on Ted lasso the Eagles versus the bills and the kelly green and him winning a bet a first quarter over first quarter overb there were zeros on the clock have
Gone to the next quarter Grant takes the Panthers Big Win Chuck’s big win for the Panthers in the first round he then takes the Panthers overall beating up the Bruins in the playoffs the Jets versus Bills on Monday Night Football to kick off the season obviously the special moments there and he finishes
Off with Hicks throwing the game away and putting some money into his wallet on the other side Bradford missou versus Tennessee what a moment there Cody straighter wayo gets 200 Mahomes sets up the game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl and then PGA versus Liv Otani versus trout in the World Baseball
Classic Florida Domin excuse me Fair Dickson over Port Purdue Dylan Carlson gets one over on sh Otani and then Jackson and Marshy get to party it out in Como and my draft LeBron James passes cream for number one overall in scoring klouse gives St Louis city their first
Ever win Conor stallion story gets dropped and KOCO graph wins the US Open there it is our 2023 sports moment and that is going to be the show ladies and gentlemen we got to pass it off to BK fororo but I have some good news for every body in this room and everybody
Listening we’re going to do this tomorrow yes there you go thank you very much to Andrew Marsh Action Jackson brette Grant Francis and Bradford Bruns I’m Matthew Rocko this has been the producers party on 101 ESPN and 101 espn.com we’ll be back tomorrow at 10
A.m. and now we’re going to pass it off to BK for Royo have a great day St Louis
