Molly & Jim

Jim Rutledge and Jon Arias quickly sprint to Hour 2 of Phish Friday, as they get out 30 minutes early ahead of the Bucks vs Magic game at 6pm. Jim and Jon look back at today's first Siding Unlimited poll question asking if the Packers are a better team today than when they lost to the Eagles in Week 1. With so many Packers fans answering in the affirmative, they now now wanna know those same fans will answer the second Siding Unlimited poll question: Are the Eagles better today than when they beat the Packers in Week 1? During Don't Quote Me, Jim and Jon make their longshot predictions for Sunday's Packers vs Eagles games, and producer Primetime and Arizona Matt Hamilton chime in as well. They wrap up the show with Poll Dancing, reviewing results from poll around ESPN WI that asked questions about this Packers team heading into the playoff compared to last year's team, and whether you go inside or wait in your car when picking someone up from the airport.

Comedian Michael Kosta of The Daily Show joins Jim Rutledge and Jon Arias live in between tapings of The Daily Show out in NYC! Michael joins Jim and Jon to talk about his upcoming stand up shows at Comedy on State in Madison and his book detailing his transition from being a professional tennis player and college coach to comedy and working on The Daily Show. Jim and Jon also talk with Michael about his experience previously hosting a daily sports talk show with Regis Philbin, growing up in Ann Arbor before attending college at Illinois, the state of political comedy, and if it's rarer for a comedian to be 6'4" tall or have a clean shirt on!

Comedian Michael Kosta of The Daily Show joins Jim Rutledge and Jon Arias live in between tapings of The Daily Show out in NYC! Michael joins Jim and Jon to talk about his upcoming stand up shows at Comedy on State in Madison and his book detailing his transition from being a professional tennis player and college coach to comedy and working on The Daily Show. Jim and Jon also talk with Michael about his experience previously hosting a daily sports talk show with Regis Philbin, growing up in Ann Arbor before attending college at Illinois, the state of political comedy, and if it's rarer for a comedian to be 6'4" tall or have a clean shirt on!

Jim Rutledge and Jon Arias hold down Thursday's show with Matt Hamilton away curling in Arizona while Molly Brown is still out with babies. Packers should be optimistic after their QB Jordan Love returned to practice in full today, and they also discuss the importance of Jalen Hurts working his way out of the concussion protocol after participating in full as well. With the Packers coming into the playoffs as 4.5 point underdogs versus the Eagles in the wild card round, Jim and Jon take a broader view to ask what the Packers realistic ceiling is this postseason. They ask today's Siding Unlimited poll question about the Packers' realistic postseason ceiling: winning the wild card game versus Philly, beating the Lions in the divisional round, winning the NFC Championship Game, or winning the Super Bowl! Before any of this Jim and Jon get excited for today's remote guest appearance from comedian Michael Kosta of The Daily Show! Jim is amazed at the SIZE of the 6'4" Kosta, sending Jim and Jon down a rabbit hole about whether comedians skew taller or shorter than the average American height. Comedian Michael Kosta of The Daily Show joins the show live in between tapings out in NYC! Michael joins Jim and Jon to talk about his upcoming stand up shows at Comedy on State in Madison and his book detailing his transition from being a professional tennis player and college coach to comedy and working on The Daily Show. Jim and Jon also talk with Michael about his experience previously hosting a daily sports talk show with Regis Philbin, growing up in Ann Arbor before attending college at Illinois, the state of political comedy, and if it's rarer for a comedian to be 6'4" tall or have a clean shirt on! Jim and Jon transition from their great conversation with Michael for some more tennis talk, as Jon puts Jim on the spot with his tennis knowledge. They wrap up discussing more about the Packers playoff ceiling and the results from Packers fans voting in their poll question.

Jim Rutledge and Jon Arias roll into Hour 2 of Thursday's show. They take another break from talking Packers for a pick-me-up conversation about just how tired they feel now (all the time). How much sleep do Jim and Jon get compared to their 25-year-old producer Primetime, and would it wreck them more to drink caffeine or alcohol before going to bed at this point in their lives. What even is being 21 years old?? They shift to Molly's Game, as Molly Brown takes a break from maternity leave to send us some gambling lines related to the NFL playoff games and Packers vs Eagles, including picks on the rushing props for Josh Jacobs and Saquon Barkley. Throwing Stones includes TWO stones from Jon Arias, including topics on the entertainment of 3v3 basketball versus 7v7 flag football as well as the seeding model for teams in the CFP. Jim and Jon wrap up the show with a theoretical trade for the Milwaukee Bucks, sending Primetime on a tirade to defend Khris Middleton's honor.

Mark Tauscher joins Jim and Jon Arias to discuss the Packers' upcoming playoff game versus the Eagles and Matt LaFleur's unsurprisingly coy response to any and all questions related to Jordan Love's elbow/ulnar nerve injury. They also have Tausch answer yesterday's poll question on if Jordan Love underachieved this season or if we just had out-sized expectations, and Tausch describes just how dumb it is to ask if the Packers should start Malik Willis if Jordan Love is less than 75% healthy heading into Sunday's playoff game. Jon also asks Tausch straight up: the Packers win if ____? Jim and Tausch also discuss how inept the Bears organization looks for holding ALL of their HC candidate interviews over Zoom, though Tausch is taking a week off from crapping on Chicago!

Jim Rutledge is joined by Jon Arias who's filling in while Matt Hamilton's away curling in Arizona for the rest of the week. They discuss today's news that Jordan Love was limited at the Packers' first practice this week ahead of Sunday's playoff game versus the Eagles. Jordan Love and the Packers are unsurprisingly playing coy about the status of his elbow injury from last Sunday's loss to the Bears, but there's now way we, the Eagles coaching staff or ANYONE is buying the coyness, right? They also discuss the increasing likelihood that Eagles QB Jalen Hurts will return after sitting out the last two weeks in the concussion protocol. With the injury question marks still up in the air for these QBs, Jim and Jon they ask today's Siding Unlimited poll question: should the Packers start Malik Willis if Jordan Love is less than 75 healthy. Just how ridiculous are the poll results from Packers fans??? They also discuss the overly coy response by Matt LaFleur when asked about Love's injury status at this afternoon's press conference. Before any of this, Jim and Jon fly right into the football talk with a deep conversation about what it's like to REALLY camp in Minnesota and the most off-putting and uncomfortable old-time cartoons. They wrap up Hour 1 with Jon's least favorite part of the show with Minute to Win It, as he has to name the 7 coaches in the NFL playoff field who give their team the biggest edge on 4th downs (according to the DATA)!

Jim Rutledge and Jon Arias continue into Hour 2 of Wednesday's show discussing the Packers coy response to any and all questions related to Jordan Love's elbow injury heading into Sunday's playoff game against the Eagles. They continue reacting to (in disbelief) to our Siding Unlimited poll question results that some Packers fans would actually want Malik Willis to start at QB if Jordan Love is less than 75% healthy. Bears fan Jim also gets sucked into a conversation about the Bears embarrassing HC search, discussing which HC candidates would actually add to the Packers-Bears rivalry (both by winning and by bravado), and how awful would it be to do a job interview over Zoom like all of the Bears HC candidates! They ask another Siding Unlimited poll question: Which NFC North HC is most likely to pull a "fake frozen" joke/gag during a Zoom interview? During Throwing Stones, Jim and Jon discuss whether Matt LaFleur is going overboard with his "level of coyness" when discussing Jordan Love's limited practice status and ulnar nerve injury. Mark Tauscher joins Jim and Jon Arias to discuss the Packers' upcoming playoff game versus the Eagles and Matt LaFleur's unsurprisingly coy response to any and all questions related to Jordan Love's elbow/ulnar nerve injury. They also have Tausch answer yesterday's poll question on if Jordan Love underachieved this season or if we just had out-sized expectations, and Tausch describes just how dumb it is to ask if the Packers should start Malik Willis if Jordan Love is less than 75% healthy heading into Sunday's playoff game. Jon also asks Tausch straight up: the Packers win if ____? Jim and Tausch also discuss how inept the Bears organization looks for holding ALL of their HC candidate interviews over Zoom, though Tausch is taking a week off from crapping on Chicago! Jim and Jon wrap up the show talking about tonight's Bucks game versus the Spurs and the news that Khris Middleton is being moved to a role off the bench as he continues to rehab/load manage from ankle surgery this season.

Jason Wilde joins Jim and Matt to discuss the Packers playoff chances heading into the first round matchup versus the Eagles and more cleanup from last Sunday's embarrassing loss to the Bears. Jason first answers today's poll question, asking if Jordan Love underachieved this season or did we have out-sized expectations. Matt also describes how his expectations changed after Jordan's big offseason payday, and they discuss if Love can change the narrative about his performance this season with another run in the playoffs. Jason also answers yesterday's poll question, asking what the biggest regular-season flaw for the Packers heading into the playoffs: slow starts, defense late in games, Jordan Love, or coaching? And, which was the biggest issue in the 24-22 loss to the Bears, and how strong is Jim's hopium for his Bears after some of the early results in their head coach search?

Jim Rutledge and Matt Hamilton host for their final show together this week before Matt hits the road to curl in Arizona. They each describe if they're still hungover from their respective copium and hopium from the Packers' loss to the Bears before stepping back for a broader conversation on Jordan Love. With Love failing to take a significant step forward in performance from the 2023 to 2024 regular season, they ask if Love simply underachieved this regular season or if our collective expectations were simply too high? They also play What Matt Missed, reviewing some out-of-context audio clips about a Packers vet who wants to see the mistakes corrected, a spin on the coaching carousel on the East Coast, and a QB who says he "doesn't wanna hold things up" with his decision this offseason (again)... Jason Wilde joins Jim and Matt to discuss the Packers playoff chances heading into the first round matchup versus the Eagles and more cleanup from last Sunday's embarrassing loss to the Bears. Jason first answers today's poll question, asking if Jordan Love underachieved this season or did we have out-sized expectations. Matt also describes how his expectations changed after Jordan's big offseason payday, and they discuss if Love can change the narrative about his performance this season with another run in the playoffs. Jason also answers yesterday's poll question, asking what the biggest regular-season flaw for the Packers heading into the playoffs: slow starts, defense late in games, Jordan Love, or coaching? And, which was the biggest issue in the 24-22 loss to the Bears, and how strong is Jim's hopium for his Bears after some of the early results in their head coach search?