Podcasts about Valenti

Mike and Rico don't necessarily see eye-to-eye about college football Week 0.

Valenti and Rico had some questions regarding the Lions' 53-man roster and specifically their concerns about the number of wide receivers and tight ends they're keeping. Then, they quickly reacted to some controversy surrounding a Red Sox broadcaster.

Valenti and Rico began the first hour of the show by breaking down a theory about Bryce Underwood's job security as Michigan's QB1. They shifted gears in the second hour to react to the Lions' 53-man roster and an interesting aspect of it that they think could tell us a lot about what type of offense Drew Petzing/Dan Campbell plan to run. Then, the guys essentially spent the rest of the show airing out their qualms with college football week 0 and Lane Kiffin's comments about LSU trying to recruit former NFL'ers to come back to college to play.

Mike and Rico discuss Tarik Skubal's return to Detroit tonight.

Valenti and Rico discuss the dichotomy of what Tigers fans will vs. should do in terms of their reception of Tarik Skubal in his return to Detroit tonight.

Valenti and Rico kicked off the final show of the week with some CFB and Lions talk in the first hour. Then, they became entrenched in the topic of the day (and maybe week) regarding Tarik Skubal's much-anticipated return to Detroit to face the Tigers tonight for the rest of the show.

Mike can't understand the interest in Lions preseason from the other shows on 97.1 The Ticket.

Valenti had some thoughts about Lions fans flawed mindset going into the 2026 season. The guys discussed this and then were joined by Wojo & Riger in cross-talk to wrap today's show.

Valenti kicked off today's show with a list of Sports networks' myths in the aftermath of ESPN getting rid of the ticker underneath their CFB scorebugs. The guys spent the second hour discussing Bryce Underwood after a list of the top 100 college football players omitted him, and the general outlook for Michigan this season. Then, they did another edition of "Red Card, Yellow Card, Or No Card" before talking Lions throughout the final hour.

ESPN is getting rid of the CFB scorebug ticker and Valenti was not happy about this decision. He opened the show with a list of other myths created by sports networks before updating the people on Tua potentially winning the Falcons' starting job and then trying to guess the top 25 NFL fantasy football players along with Rico.

Mike and Rico get a good response to their Lions topic this hour.

Valenti takes issue with how Lions fans feel going into this season.

Valenti is higher on Michigan football than most.

Bryce Underwood is unranked in this list Valenti has of the top 100 college football players.

The guys read some texts about Mike's sports network myths.

Valenti and Rico kicked off this short show following a horrendous loss from the Tigers with a conversation about whether fans will boo or cheer Tarik Skubal when he returns to Detroit this weekend. Then, they reacted to two separate concerning reports: the latest on the Duren/Pistons contract negotiations and an update on the Red Wings GM search.

Texters and callers respond to Valenti's frustration with the Tigers' front office.

Is Kerby Joseph done? Are the new Lions jerseys as hideous as people are making them out to be?

The guys return to their main topic from the first hour. Valenti is still adamant that people need to criticize Scott Harris more for the free agent signing blunders he's had.

Valenti and Rico return to their main topic from the first hour of the show as they discuss why they're being so critical of Scott Harris.

Valenti and Rico began today's show by ripping Scott Harris, asking whether we need to consider his seat as Tigers GM hotter than it is. Then, they asked 2 specific Lions questions about Kerby Joseph and their new rivalry jerseys, respectively, before discussing ESPN's lack of objectivity in their "reporting" of the Jed York arrest. The guys rounded things out with the topic they opened the show with.

Mike tries to make the case for why Scott Harris should be on the hot seat right now.

Do the people have an issue with Mike's stance on discussing Lions preseason games?

Valenti takes issue with other shows on the station for talking too much about preseason football.

Valenti and Rico want to know where the listeners stand on their "Are you done with the Tigers?" topic.

Valenti and Rico (back from vacation) got today's show started with their thoughts on the circumstances of 49ers owner Jed York's arrest in Ohio. In the second hour, they shifted their sights and presented a question: "Are you done with the Tigers and moving onto the Lions?" They discussed this amongst themselves and then brought a bunch of the people into the conversation, eventually returning to this topic in the final hour after doing part 2 of "Can We Say That?" and more.

Valenti and Brendan Schabath (in for Rico) opened up today's show with a conversation about a meltdown from Sergio Garcia at this past Masters that may or may not have incidentally ended LIV Golf. They carried this into the second hour before reacting to the latest undesirable report about the discord between Jalen Duren and the Pistons in their ongoing "negotiations". The guys talked about why judges need to stay out of college sports in the third hour and then had a discussion in response to an article from the Detroit Free Press highlighting the "unluckiness" of the Tigers bullpen.

Valenti and Brendan began the final hour with their thoughts on an article by the Detroit Free Press highlighting the "unluckiness" of the Tigers bullpen. They pushed back on that while opening up the conversation to a broader one about the issues with analytics in other sports.

Mike is fed up with the number of older players getting reinstated in college football/basketball by judges across the country.

This new Duren/Pistons report is NOT ideal...

Valenti and Brendan continue their conversation about meltdowns in golf.

Valenti and Brendan Schabath (in for Rico) kicked off the show with their reactions to new MSU AD Dan Bartholomae's comments during his introductory press conference. They asked what he will have to do to bring Spartan fans back into the MSU football program. The guys made sure to also address the Red Wings' GM search and the latest on Sam LaPorta's injury before finishing out the show.

Mike and Brendan Schabath (in for Rico) react to what new MSU AD Dan Bartholomae had to say in his introductory press conference.

Valenti and Stoney (in for Rico again) opened the show following a brutal Tigers loss with their quick reactions to the result. They then immediately spent some time discussing the decision by the University of Michigan to allow advertisements in The Big House for the first time in its 99-year history. Then, the guys went through a list of the most overpaid players in the NFL, allowed Stoney to run wild with his random topics, and went over some Tigers stats that may or may not tell an overall story.

Stoney has a list from CBS Sports of the most overpaid players at each position in the NFL, which Valenti reacts to.

Valenti and Stoney discuss another blown game by the Tigers, this time in the 9th inning by Kenley Jansen.

Valenti and Stoney (in for Rico) opened up the show with a lively debate about Roger Goodell's comments signaling a future NFL expansion into Europe. They stuck with this topic until addressing something that (might be) wrong about Stoney and his Detroit sports-viewing habits. The guys then spent the second half of the show with a conversation about an even more egregious NIL story and, finally, a hard-to-believe report about Dylan Larkin potentially showing up to training camp and playing in this upcoming season.

Stoney had Valenti blind rank the top 10 worst people (not athletes) to play professional sports to begin the hour. Then, they got into a discussion about the ever-devolving state of college sports under NIL, stemming from new stories.

The guys have a discussion about MSU's hiring of Dan Bartholomae as the new Athletic Director.

Stoney has Valenti blind rank some of the worst people to ever play sports.

Stoney needs to watch every Detroit sports game, no matter how bad the team is. Is this crazy? Valenti sure thinks so.

Valenti and Rico get a strong response from the listeners regarding their conversation about Roger Goodell's comments.

Roger Goodell wants to do WHAT with the NFL??

Valenti finally gives Jeremy Otto his seasonings, and he and Stoney (in for Rico) begin the show with some banter.

Valenti refuses to buy into the Tigers' hype following their recent hot streak.

Valenti goes in on Dan Campbell for calling Terrion Arnold a "Good Dude" in his press conference.

Valenti asks Tigers' fans to not overreact despite the team's recent winning ways.

Valenti tears into Dan Campbell for calling Terrion Arnold a "good dude" in his press conference.

Valenti explodes on Brad Holmes & The Lions' front office for the lack of comments on the release of Terrion Arnold

This report from the Detroit Free Press on Yzerman's tenure and the Red Wings' (lack of) progress on hiring a new GM...yikes. The guys are dumbfounded.