Dan Patrick Show

Jerome Bettis joined the show to break down the NFL playoffs and more. Dan asked Bettis if any of his Steelers teammates didn’t go to the White House after their Super Bowl win. Bettis said linebacker James Harrison didn’t show and couldn’t even remember why. “We didn’t care,” Bettis said. “This was an opportunity to…

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice joined the show to talk about their loss to the Patriots in the AFC title game. “That feeling, going into the offseason, the kind of guy I am, is going to drive me,” Rice said. “We just came short of one goal. I feel like we have a great…

Likely future Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson joined the show to talk about his future and analyze the playoffs. Dan asked Tomlinson if he’s going to retire or possibly become a television broadcaster. “I still have that fire burning,” Tomlinson said. “At the same time, I’m not under contract. I’m a free agent. For me,…

NBC NFL analyst Tony Dungy joined the show to talk about the NFL playoffs and more. Dungy weighed in on Eli Manning and compared him to Peyton Manning. “He’s not as vocal,” Dungy said. “But when I talked to him [this season], he actually sounds a lot like Peyton now. There’s no question he’s one…

CBS’ Tony Siragusa joined the show to analyze the conference title games. — Siragusa thought the Ravens messed up by not calling a timeout before Billy Cundiff missed a potential game-tying field goal at the end of their 23-20 loss to the Patriots. Siragusa also said that the officials should have at least reviewed the…

Dan weighed in on the passing of Joe Paterno in the first segment of Monday’s show. He said the first thing he thought of was an interview he did with Brent Musburger. The long-time broadcaster and close friend of Paterno told Dan that Paterno didn’t want to retire because he saw Bear Bryant pass away…

Perhaps in response to Seton’s Stat of the Day, McLovin unveiled Stat of the Game in Against the Grain.

Todd Fritz picked sportscaster Lisa Dergen for Cougar of the Week. The sportscaster and actor is also married to baseball player Scott Podsednik.

Guest host Mike Florio got McLovin in the man region during one of the show breaks on Friday. This seems to be happening a lot wth shots on goal.

FOX’s Jay Glazer joined the show to talk about the big storylines around the league. Glazer broke yesterday that the Saints chose former Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo to be the new defensive coordinator. “Everybody reached out to Spags,” Glazer said. “The entire time he was looking at it [and saying] that is the most…