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Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel joined the show to talk about his cover story on the Honey Badger. Thamel explained that Mathieu appears to have broken NCAA rules by being part of a promotion for a club. So that probably means Mathieu would think twice about trying to come back from LSU. Thamel explained that Honey…

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu joined the show to talk about his season and more. Dan asked Polamalu to follow up on some of his comments about his history of concussions last time he was playing. Polamalu made an interesting point. “I’m not sure fans out there understand we’re year to year,” Polamalu said. “I…

Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla joined the show to talk about the Broncos’ dramatic comeback win over the Chargers on Monday night. Kiszla said that the Broncos are coming out unprepared and that’s why they’re trailing at half so often. Kiszla said that he and his colleagues decided last night that Peyton Manning is a…

Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples joined the show to talk about the big stories in college football. Staples said he thinks the officials got it right at the end of the Notre Dame-Stanford. He said forward progress stopped and some Notre Dame players were already celebrating. He said, however, that the officials had screwed up big…

MLB Network analyst Sean Casey joined the show to talk about the big playoff stories and more. Casey weighed in on the Nationals. He thinks they made a big mistake with how they handled Stephen Strasburg, and he said if he was the star pitcher, he would have fought to play. Casey had interesting comments…

NBC NFL analyst Tony Dungy joined the show to talk about a wild Week 6 in the NFL. Dungy said that the Cowboys once again were guilty of poor clock management. Dungy said head coach Jason Garrett didn’t have his team ready and failed to call a timeout early enough with the seconds clicking off.…

Tennessee Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck joined the show after beating the Steelers last night. Dan asked what hurts after last night’s win. “Nothing hurts after a win,” Hasselbeck said, noting he just took some ice off his elbow. And then he had to do an event with his kid today at school. Dan asked Hasselbeck…

Baltimore Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy joined the show to talk about the hitting the game-winner against the Yankees last night and more. Dan asked Hardy when they know Orioles manager Buck Showalter is mad. “He doesn’t change,” Hardy said. “He’s been as even-keeled as I’ve seen anybody. That helps us keep calm.” Hardy weighed in on…

MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds joined the show to break down the playoffs. Reynolds said he’s been trying to figure out why scoring is so low in the Yankees-Orioles series. “I gotta give the Orioles pitching credt,” Reyolds said. “But I also gotta question what in the world is going on with Yankees hitters.” Reynolds said…