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Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller joined the show to talk about his season and sharing carries in that backfield. “When you have a guy like Fred Jackson, it’s hard to do it,” Spiller said. “My mindset coming in was whenever you have opportunities, try to take advantage of it.” Dan asked what Spiller thinks…

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey joined the show to talk about winning the MVP and the World Series. Dan asked Posey about the AL MVP race and the arguments about what stats are important. “I think it’s about driving in runs,” Posey said. “Driving in runs is how you’re going to win a game.”…

NFL Network host Rich Eisen joined the show to talk about Thursday Night Football, Tim Tebow and other stories from around the League. Eisen said he’s talked to people who can’t understand why the Jets haven’t used Tebow and what their grand scheme was in this situation. “There are definitely people in the Jets locker…

Rays pitcher David Price joined the show to talk about winning the 2012 Cy Young. Price said he found out live when he was on the field at the Troc waiting to be interviewed. Price talked about hearing from second-place finisher Justin Verlander yesterday. “He was one of the first guys to wish me good luck…

Turner Sports and NBA TV analyst Greg Anthony joined the show to talk about the Lakers hiring Mike D’Antoni and more from around the League. Anthony commented on the issues with the Lakers. He said he can’t understand why they ever got away from the triangle offense in the first place. They won five titles…

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder joined the show to talk about his season and more. Dan asked Ponder about the story out there that he was struggling because he was dating ESPN’s Samantha Steele.”For some reason in their head that was the correct justification,” Ponder said. Dan asked how he would describe Adrian Peterson’s health. “I…

NBC’s Al Michaels joined the show to talk about big stories in the NFL and more. Michaels weighed in on the Steelers playing the Ravens on Sunday night without Ben Roethlisberger. Michaels doesn’t count out the Steelers because of their coach. “I’ve never heard [Steelers coach] Mike Tomlin use an excuse,” Michaels said. “He’s one…

Radio host Paul Finebaum joined the show to talk about the SEC’s place in the national picture. Finebaum said Dan caused all these problems for Alabama, because the Tide believed it when Steve Spurrier said on the show that ‘Bama could beat an NFL team. Finebaum said because of that, Alabama forgot to prepare for…

Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci joined the show to talk about the Jays-Marlin trade and the MLB awards. “They built a plan they needed to get fans involved in South Florida,” Verducci siad. “They knew if it didn’t work, they could pull the plug immediately.” Verducci noted they had no no-trade clauses and backloaded the contracts.…