Lunchtime With Roggin And Rodney

With the Eagles announcing that Saquon Barkley will sit vs the Giants, Eric Dickerson's single season rushing record is safe. Was it the right move to sit him? Fred and Rodney discuss the NFL playoff seeding format and whether its time for it to change. Roki Sasaki met with teams over the past few weeks and we discuss why the Dodgers seem to have a major advantage based on what Saski is prioritizing.

While we were off, the Dodgers re-signed Teoscar Hernandez to a 3 year contract. The guys tell you why its more than fair for the Dodgers to spend as much as they do to put a winning team on the field. The Lakers traded D'Angelo Russell for Dorian Finney-Smith. We discuss the string of robberies that have victimized several athletes over the past few years 

All of the first round games in the College Football Playoffs were blowouts - including Eric Dickerson's SMU Mustangs tough loss to Penn State. Would you go dumpster diving to save money on Christmas gifts and decorations? Fred, Rodney and Eric send a special message of appreciation to all of our listeners.

The Rams beat the Jets and Eric Dickerson joins us to discuss whether Aaron Rodgers is 'done' and talk about how deep of a run the Rams can make in the playoffs if they end up winning the NFC West. Would you wear a diaper to a concert so that you don't have to go to the bathroom?

Walker Buehler is on his way to Boston on a 1 year deal - should the Dodgers have tried harded to keep him? We have intel on what the impasse between Teo Hernandez and the Dodgers' may be. Former NFL QB Erik Kramer joins us to talk about his harrowing story and a new NFL Films documentary about his life.

We circle back to our conversation on Nolan Arenado - how realistic is it that he could become a Dodger? The Womens World Cup is going to Netflix - what does that mean for other big time sporting events in the future?

Vinny Bonsignore talks College Football Playoff and Week 16 of the NFL. So the NBA has ratings issues - but is there any way to fix it?

Nolan Arenado wants to be a Dodger but the Dodgers arent necessarily desparate to acquire him. Could they get him from St. Louis for pennies on the dollar? The Chargers came back from a double digit deficit to beat Denver - a game they almost certainly would have lost in previous seasons. JJ Redick says the NBA's media partners keep trashing the product and thats a big reason why the ratings are down.

Daniel Popper from The Athletic joins us to talk Chargers-Broncos tonight at SoFi. MLB did a study on why there have been so many arm issues in baseball recently. Alabama wants regular, everyday fans to help stock their NIL coffers.

The Dodger World Series parade cost just over $2 million. Theres a big bat that the Dodgers could go after if they dont bring back Teo Hernandez. Darvin Ham thinks he got a raw deal with the Lakers. Did the Jets nix a trade because of a players' Madden rating?

Ryan Kartje from the LA Times hops on to talk about the recruiting and transfer portal woes of USC football. A story that we didnt have a chance to get to earlier this week - MLB auctioned off the fly ball that Aaron Judge dropped in Game 5 of the World Series.

Dan Woike joins us to talk about Milwaukee winning the NBA Cup, the new All-Star game format and more. USC is losing star WR Zachariah Branch and many more via the transfer portal. Logan Paul will fight Conor McGregor in a boxing match in the near future

Kike' Hernandez mentions he was fined for cursing duing his postgame interview after Game 5 of the NLDS against San Diego. The Kike' conversation spins off onto a conversation about Jake from State Farm and the FCC. The Bucks didnt celebrate much after winning the NBA Cup. Fred takes issue with bikes on the road

Roggin and Rodney on the Yankees trading for Bellinger and talk with Jovan Buha about the Lakers issues. 

Roggin and Rodney are joined by Adam Auslund to talk NBA All-Star changes, ratings down and the Clippers + the NL has taken over the AL and the Rams are on top of the NFC West.

Roggin and Rodney talk about how Williams thought he was going to the Dodgers and why didn't the Lakers draft Tatum?

The Rams are coming off of their Thursday night win and are still very much alive in the NFC West race. You might feel the same way you used to, but you certainly dont LOOK the way you used to

The Chargers got manhandled by the Buccaneers at SoFi yesterday. Marshall lost its head coach and so many players that they had to bow out of a bowl game. The 49ers will suspend LB DeVondre Campbell instead of cutting him for refusing to enter the game against the Rams last Thursday

How "close" are the Dodgers to re-signing Teoscar Hernandez. Freddie Freeman's grand slam HR ball from Game 1 of the World Series sold for $1.5 million at auction. If you caught the ball, would you have kept it or sold it? Also, why was Lebron away from the Lakers for over a week?

Ned Colletti joins us after the Winter Meetings wrapped up this week. A woman will pay $19,000 to become a virgin again. The Rams beat the 49ers to sweep the season series.