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Det. Lions LB Landon Johnson on his football camp, being elite in the NFL and what Peyton Manning’s really saying at the line of scrimmage.

Today on The Show we’ll be taking your calls on the Rangers destruction of the Astros over the weekend as well as the College World Series, which we’ll bring you at six here on The Fan. Josh Hamilton had the second longest home run in Ballpark history Sunday so that’ll provide us with our Running Topic. Who do you consider the greatest home run hitter of all-time and who is the best in your life-time as a fan?

Our Random ? today focuses on the Forbes Report last week that listed Jerry Jones as one of the most disliked figures in sports. Figures. . . Is it just because he owns the Dallas Cowboys or does he do things that rightfully puts him on this list? How do you like Jerry Jones as a Cowboy fan now after 20 years of ownership?

Y’all dodge the rain and be thankful for what we’ve got. We’ll see you at 3 p.m. on SportsRadio 134o The Fan.

1.  Arkansas to the Big 12 didn’t happen yesterday, it won’t happen today and it won’t happen forever. (Ok, odd history reference over ) It makes no sense for Arkansas to leave a solid conference for one that is dying. It does make sense for Jerry Jones to try and do anything to get the Big 12 back to 12 teams and a conference championship game so he can make money on those dates reserved at Cowboys Stadium in a few years. For Hog fans Jerry is like that crazy uncle that’s lots of when he’s handing out cash but when he keeps hanging around the house you really want him to go home. Yesterday Hog fans really wanted Uncle Jerry to go home. Thanks to Dennis Smithson of Hooten‘s Arkansas Football for a great visit on The Show Thursday and some great perspective on why the Hogs aren’t ever leaving the SEC. Why should they? A&M will be there soon enough to provide a natural rival. . .

2.  Houston has about as much chance of getting Texas Lawmakers to push their way into the Big 12 as Baylor did of getting into the Pac 10 with the help of the politicos. That’d be none. Taking a Houston program that barely registers in their home city would be disaster for the Big 12. None of the projected TV numbers make sense from Dan Beebe unless it is a 10-team league. Adding an extra Cougar mouth to feed without those Cougars bringing anything to the league in return makes no sense. There like the guy with no job that moves in for the summer. Not cool.

3.  This may be the one and only time when Phil Jackson has ever won anything without having the clear-cut best player in the NBA on his team. Congrats. Now go away, please.

4.  Tiger Woods for now is just one of several really good golfers out on the PGA Tour trying to grind out wins (and find a birdie or two at Pebble Beach and The U.S. Open). This week he’s just a guy hoping to make the cut. The Golf Channel’s Frank Nobilo had great thoughts on The Dan Patrick Show saying that Tiger Woods has one more great stretch of golf left in him where he’ll lap the field. The question is when it starts and how long it lasts. If you’re Woods right now I guess the best thing is that your biggest problem is your divorce from Hank Haney and your swing and not your looming divorce off the course and other swinging activities.

5.  If you want further proof that the idiots are infiltrating more and more of our public institutions, we give you Rhode Island today and the “crazy hat” school controversy. Seriously, where do these people come from and why do we let them “educate” our kids?

( Ed. Note: Y’all do know you can comment on this, right? )

NASCAR Chef and motivational speaker Virgil Cain dropped back in on The Show Friday with some “great” Super Bowl and Daytona 500 food ideas. Try ‘em at your own risk.

Virgil Cain can be reached at Facebook.

And the question is:

Tonight we want to know the all-time great QB’s that you still rank ahead of Colts QB Peyton Manning. Is he ahead or behind Joe Montana on your list? What about Dallas Cowboy greats Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach? Where does Manning stack up against Terry Bradshaw or even Tom Brady?

You can post your answers here on the site and call-in tonight from 3-6 on SportsRadio 1340 The Fan!

HYATT

1. New Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville is putting together quite the staff. He added in Robert Prunty on Thursday from Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia. HMA has an impressive list of graduates going on to college ball and then the NFL including guys like Tory Holt and Jay Ratliff amongst others. If nothing else, Tuberville’s staff has the ability to tap into talented pipe-lines not just in Texas but across the South and Southeast. The SEC country is an area Mike Leach’s staff spent a lot of time and money on over the last few years and it finally paid off in this recruiting class with guys like Corker and Boone. It is good to know that won’t be going to waste in the coming months and years.
2. Why wouldn’t CBS air a pro-life ad featuring Tim Tebow during the Super Bowl? It is funny that before he’s taken the stage in a pro sport, Tebow has already demonstrated more social awareness and the willingness to stand on principle than Tiger Woods could do in the last 15 years. Maybe Tiger was busy texting.
3. Why do I wonder if the money I donated to Haiti relief efforts will ever even end up there, let alone do anything of worht or value to help the people there? It was a broken country before the earthquake, why do we expect to be able to fix it after the disaster? Hopefully this moment will serve as a tipping-point to provide the Haitian people with global accountability that will force their government to improve. We can hope and try and help.
4. Pat Forde does a nice job writing a column that should make any fan think twice before dropping more than a few bucks a year for “recruiting news”. Of course they’ll be no shortage of grades being handed out by the folks at ESPN, but you can’t say he didn’t warn ya. Great read.
5. Why does the NFL think the fans want the Pro Bowl game to be played at all? Why?
]]> http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/2010/01/5-things-we-know-on-a-friday-12910/feed/ 0 http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/2010/01/friday-night-tri-fecta-play-on-line/ http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/2010/01/friday-night-tri-fecta-play-on-line/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:27:17 +0000 Ryan Hyatt http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/?p=1739 For the first time ever you can now play along with our Friday Night Tri-Fecta here on the website.  If you get all three prongs correct you’ll win a $50 gift certificate to the 50th St. HD Sports Bar!

Here are tonight’s prongs:

1. The Jets at Indy – 71/2
2. The Vikes at New Orleans -41/2
3. Will one of the NFL conference championship games be decided with the winning score occurring in the final three minutes of the game?

So, pick the first two games against our spread and then look into that crystal ball and tell us if we’ll have an exciting finish Sunday! Good luck.

To win, you must post your picks by Sunday 10a.m. Central time.

]]> http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/2010/01/friday-night-tri-fecta-play-on-line/feed/ 3 http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/2010/01/10-bold-predictions-for-2010/ http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/2010/01/10-bold-predictions-for-2010/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:56:53 +0000 Ryan Hyatt http://www.thewilliamsandhyattshow.com/?p=1415 Good morning West Texans and all you good, fine, friendly folks out there who wish you were…

We were going to release this on New Year’s Eve, but with all the madcap zaniness surrounding the firing of Mike Leach we decided to wait a few days, and in fact tweak the list up a bit to account for current events. Feel free to add your own predictions to the bottom of the page! Remember, Mr. Hyatt is not board certified as an oracle, see-er, predictor of events or a wizard. Some folks can and do lose money. Make sure any predictions are right for you and your family before taking and always consult a doctor.

1. Texas Tech and Mike Leach will settle out of court with very few details coming out about what precipitated his firing. Both sides will claim victory. Leach will walk away with about 1.2 million dollars. ESPN will devote two days of specials to the impact of standing in dark rooms on college football players and what President Obama should do about it.
2. Vice President Joe Biden will resign citing health concerns in order to set-up a battle with Hilary Clinton for the Democrat nomination. Oprah will take his place in the Obama administration.
3. Lubbock voters will decide they no longer need or want a mayor or city council members and will refuse to vote anyone into office in May. There will be no noticeable differences in City services or leadership for several years.
4. Texas Tech’s new football coach will achieve great popularity when he tells fans after winning in College Station that it just isn’t a big deal to win down here anymore and that the Aggie tradition just ain’t all that anymore.
5. Nolan Ryan will take over as manager of the Texas Rangers at the All-Star break. Texas pitchers will be placed on a pitch-count. Starters will not be taken out of any game before they reach 120 pitches no matter what.
6. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal will cease printing on weekdays, going online only. The world won’t end, their profit margin will go up and readers will be better served.
7. Dallas Cowboys will win a play-off game.
8. Texas Tech football players will vote each game via Facebook and Twitter who they want to coach them that particular week.
9. Israel will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities with U.S. backing and oil will climb to 125 dollars a barrel. People will gripe for a while, say they’ll drive less, Boone Pickens will be on TV too much and then by the end of the year things will be back to normal.
10. Tim Tebow will be drafted by the Oakland Raiders, convince Al Davis to give up control of the team, hire Urban Meyer and begin a 20-year run as the top sports franchise in the world helping lead to the eradication of hunger world-wide.
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