The Rich Eisen Show

Rich previews the “huge” Monday Night Football matchup between the Bills and Patriots and says why Buffalo needs to step up and prove last year’s AFC East title was no fluke.

In his ‘Overreaction Monday’ segment Rich says if the Bills need a Monday Night Football win more than the Patriots, if the Ravens should have gone to Overtime vs the Steelers instead of going for a (failed) two-point conversion against the Steelers, if two 9-8 NFC teams will make the playoffs, if Gardner Minshew can lead the Eagles to the playoffs, if Kyler Murray should be the NFL MVP frontrunner and if the Lions will win more games than they lose to close out the season.

Chris Brockman debates Rich on whether or not Alabama is destined to win the College Football Playoff, and voices his yearly pet peeve about the Dr. Pepper college tuition contest where entrants are allowed to use chest passes instead of throwing footballs overhand.

ESPN ‘College GameDay’ analyst and Michigan Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard and fellow alum Rich discuss the Wolverines reaching the College Football Playoff, why College Football’s early signing period is bad for the sport, who his picks are for this year’s Heisman finalists, and how Michigan can win the CFP.  

Mike Del Tufo previews the treacherous weather conditions for the Bills-Pats MNF game.

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NBC Sports’ Peter King tells Rich why the Panthers fired highly-touted Offensive Coordinator Joe Brady after less than two season in Carolina, if Taylor Heinicke is the long-term answer for the Washington Football Team, if Gardner Minshew, not Jalen Hurts, is the Eagles’ answer at QB, why the Seahawks could be in for a coaching change after Pete Carroll’s worst season in Seattle combined with Russell Wilson’s unhappiness with the team’s offense, why the Steelers’ options at QB once Ben Roethlisberger retires could include Aaron Rodgers, and what the Patriots have done right with the development of rookie QB Mac Jones. 

New Southern Cal head coach Lincoln Riley tells Rich how tough it was to leave Oklahoma for USC, if the Sooners joining the SEC played a role in his decision, what parting message he has for bitter OU fans, why the NCAA should look into changing the Early Signing date, if the College Football Playoff committee chose the right for teams, and more!

Rich and the guys debate if the NCAA should outlaw the fake slide University of Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett did that made a defender ease up, resulting on a long TD run.

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Rich recaps the Cardinals' drubbing of the Chicago Bears in Week 13 and wonders why people aren’t talking about Arizona as a legitimate Super Bowl contender despite having the NFL’s best record at 10-2.

Rich breaks down the wide-open AFC playoff picture where it’s difficult to determine who’s the best team in the conference week-to-week with fluctuations from the Chiefs, Ravens, Chargers, Bengals and others. 

Rich resumes his “Greatest Fall of My Life” gloating tour after his Michigan Wolverines thumped Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.

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Actor/comedian Blake Anderson tells Rich how deep and far back his Golden State Warriors fandom goes, how he landed a star-studded cast (including John Goodman, Pete Davidson, Tiffany Haddish, and Woody Harrelson) for his new Tubi animated series ‘The Freak Brothers,’ and confirms if he and co-star Adam Devine actually lived in the house where they filmed Comedy Central’s ‘Workaholics’ in another round of ‘Celebrity True or False.’

Rich reacts to a caller who’s not sold on Notre Dame naming Marcus Freeman their new head coach, and lays out a scenario where he can lead the Fighting Irish to a national championship this season.

Bills WR Emmanuel Sanders and Rich discuss how Buffalo is preparing for their pivotal AFC showdown against the Patriots, and the passion (and fun) QB Josh Allen and fellow WR Stefon Diggs bring to the team’s locker room.

Chris Brockman reveals his ‘Sneaky Good Games’ for NFL Week 13 (Chargers vs Bengals, Giants vs Dolphins, and Rams vs Jaguars) and says if the Under is the better bet in the Big Ten Championship game, while Michigan alum Rich previews his Wolverines taking on the Iowa Hawkeyes for a chance to go to the College Football Playoff.

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In the latest ‘What’s More Likely’ segment Rich predicts if Chargers RB Austin Ekeler or Bengals RB Joe Mixon will have the better game in their Week 13 showdown, if the Falcons or Seahawks are better poised to pull off a division upset this week, if the Jets or Giants will win a 2nd straight game, if Notre Dame will make the College Football Playoff field of four, and if the Warriors can end the Phoenix Suns’ 18-game win streak tonight.

In his weekly ‘Big Ass Grab Bag’ TJ Jefferson lists his all-time Top 5 Greatest Trash Talkers including Muhammad Ali, Larry Bird, Ric Flair, Satchel Paige, and Steve Smith Sr.

Rich and the guys react to the latest Saints QB injury, this one to Taysom Hill’s finger, and wonder if New Orleans should consider bringing in the retired Philip Rivers or even Colin Kaepernick to shore up the position, along with reaction to the news that Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins will be game time decisions for the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. 

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Rich recaps the Cowboys’ Thursday Night Football win over the undermanned New Orleans Saints and has some advice for Dallas when it comes to running back Ezekiel Elliott.

Rich reacts to Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown’s 3-game suspension for using a fake covid vaccination card.

Rich and the guys react to new LSU head coach Brian Kelly, a Massachusetts native, showing up at his introduction in Baton Rouge with a brand-new southern accent.

The MMQB Senior NFL Reporter Albert Breer, an Ohio State alum, tells Rich what the Buckeyes must do to bounce back from their disappointing 2-loss season that has them on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff following their loss to arch-rival Michigan, if NFL head coaches will be lured to College Football after the ridiculous contracts given to LSU’s Brian Kelly, USC’s Lincoln Riley, and Michigan State’s Mel Tucker, and if the Bucs will release Antonio Brown after he got caught using a fake covid vaccination card.

Rich comments on the death of Tate Myre, a star athlete at Oxford High School who was killed in a school shooting that took the life of three others this week in Michigan.

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Legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum tells Rich about the first time he met Muhammad Ali back in 1965, how much (how little?) he trusted fellow promoter Don King, what really happened to Roberto Duran in his “no mas” fight vs Sugar Ray Leonard, what kind of “nonsense” he dealt with when setting up the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight, why Mike Tyson was as feared out of the ring as he was inside it, if current heavyweight champ Tyson Fury could beat peak Ali, and how close he came to co-promoting a fight with …Frank Sinatra? And much more!   

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by Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly bolting Oklahoma and Notre Dame for USC and LSU, why there’s no clear-cut best team in the NFL right now, why the Browns’ offensive struggles are more due to injuries than to Baker Mayfield’s skill level, and his assessment of Peyton Manning on ESPN’s Monday Night Football Manningcast with his brother Eli. 

ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan tells Rich what the main sticking points are between MLB owners and players in their labor strife, why he’s confident a new Collective Bargaining Agreement will be reached by March 1st, and what the slew of big contracts before the lockout means for reaching a new CBA before the 2022 season.

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Rich previews the Cowboys vs Saints in Thursday Night Football and explains why Dallas should have little trouble with an undermanned New Orleans team.

In a shocking move, Rich reveals an NFL Top 5 Power Rankings after years of saying he would never do one.

‘Brother from Another’ co-host Michael Smith and Rich discuss Brian Kelly jilting Notre Dame for LSU and predicts that new head coach Marcus Freeman will lead the Fighting Irish to a national championship before Kelly wins one in Baton Rouge, the Thursday Night Football matchup between the Cowboys and Saints and why he’s HIGHLY impressed with Dallas rookie linebacker Micah Parsons. 

Rich reacts to Major League Baseball’s decision to lockout players and says why it could be a “nuclear winter” for fans and employees and businesses on the fringe of the MLB universe.

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Former Pro Bowl LB Ryan Shazier and Rich discuss his new book ‘Walking Miracle’ that chronicles his recovery from a career-ending spinal cord injury suffered during an NFL game and the role Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin played in his transition to life after football, and what advice he has for Tomlin about rookie RB Najee Harris. Michigan alum Rich also takes the opportunity to rub in the Wolverines’ 42-27 drubbing of Shazier’s Ohio State Buckeyes. 

2-time Grammy Nominated producer/DJ Steve Aoki tells Rich what it was like to DJ the Raiders opening game this season in Las Vegas with a full house of fans for the very first time, and discusses his new Fan Controlled Football Ballerz Collective where team owners include Chargers RB Austin Ekeler, Marshawn Lynch, Vikings RB Dalvin Cook, Richard Sherman and others.

Michigan alum Rich takes one more jab at Notre Dame when reacting to Brian Kelly’s introductory press conference at LSU.

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