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Wake Up with The Rise Guys every morning, 6:00-10:00am on 95.7 The Game, The Bay Area's ONLY FM Sports Station. The Rise Guys are Guy Talk meets Sports Talk – perfect for sports on FM. Meet Whitey Gleason, Mark Kreidler, and Dan Dibley.
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Russ Lande graded Colin Kaepernick as a 1st round pick.
Russ is the Director of Scouting for the National Football Post, and he loved Colin Kaepernick coming out of Nevada. He called him "Cam Newton without the baggage," and said Colin's upside is so much higher than Alex Smith's.
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Howard Balzer says the tie was bittersweet for the Rams
One of the voices of KFNS 590 in St. Louis joined The Rise Guys this morning and gave us insight as to why the Rams have been so bad for the past few years. He thinks that Sam Bradford is a good quarterback, but cannot carry an offense all by himself.
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Grant Wistrom wishes he has the athleticism of Aldon Smith
The former St, Louis Ram gives The Rise Guys his take on why the Rams aren't playing up to par this season. He also says playing half of a season indoors is not a disadvantage, and notes that the Rams are in good hands under Jeff Fisher.
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Dick Butkus talks about the current status of the NFL.
Legendary linebacker for the Chicago Bears, All-Pro Hall of Famer, speaks with The Rise Guys about whether or not NFL players are "sissyfied", Patrick Willis being an old-school style player, and the overall status of the NFL.
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Rod Woodson details how the Raiders can slow down the Saints.
The Hall of Famer joins us every Friday at 8:30, and today talked about how the Raiders/Saints game on Sunday might NOT be a shootout. Rod was also a coach with the Raiders last year, and told us what changes he would've made before this year.
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Greg Townsend compares Drew Brees to Dan Marino
The former Superbowl champion says the quickest quarterback he ever went up against was Dan Marino. He stresses that the Raiders need to tighten up their defense, and compares their one-dimensional offense to that of USC's.
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Dalton Hilliard says the New Orleans have a shot at the playoffs
The former New Orleans Saints' running back shares some stories from his playing days with The Rise Guys, including how a long career as a running back takes its toll on one's body. He also speaks to the importance of the Saints to the state of Louisiana.
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Grant Balfour told us what makes Bob Melvin a great manager.
Grant joined us to talk about Bob Melvin winning the Manager of the Year award. He called him a great guy to be around and players never felt their jobs were threatened. He also said he's happy to be back, and wants to be with the A's for a lot longer.
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Jon Miller joined us to talk about the World Series!
The legendary voice of the Giants and Hall of Famer Jon Miller talked about calling another World Series. He told us how happy and excited he was when they won it in 2010 and described how crazy the finish was to game 7 vs. St. Louis with the rain.
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Ross Tucker fills out an entire suggestion box for Cam Newton.
Ross is our NFL Analyst and said as long as the Oakland Raiders can "stop doing stupid stuff, they'd be just fine." But he said that isn't exactly easy. He was also great at ripping Cam Newton and gave his Sausage McMuffin with cheese to Adrian Peterson.
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Bip Roberts calls tonight a "major hurdle" for Matt Cain.
Bip joined us to preview game 7 tonight at AT&T and he said that both teams will be relaxed tonight. He also pointed out how Matt Cain has struggled versus the Cardinals and said all Buster Posey needs tonight is 1 good at bat to help them win.
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Rod Woodson compares Denarius Moore to Jerry Rice
All Pro, Hall of Famer, Corner Back/Free Safety, Rod Woodson, joins The Rise Guys and discusses the use of the zone blocking scheme, the flat out talent of Denarius Moore, and where Rolando McClain stands in with the Raiders defense on Raider Friday.
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Jesse Sapolu told great stories about the 49ers dynasty.
Jesse stopped in-studio and told us about his new book called "I Gave My Heart to San Francisco." He told great stories about the amazing teams that he played for in the 80's. A great listen as he said Montana and Young were "very different."
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Vic Tafur expects the Raiders to change up their offense.
Vic is our Raiders Insider from the San Francisco Chronicle, and he isn't nearly as down on Rolando McClain as Bill Romanowski is. In fact, Vic thinks Rolando will step up and play well this Sunday. He also thinks the Raiders cover the -4 vs. Jacksonville
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Jeff Kent is great talking about Survivor and the NLCS.
Jeff shared very funny stories about being on Survivor, saying he couldn't believe how stinky some of the women were that didn't shower! He also doesn't think there's a chance the Giants will retaliate for the Matt Holliday slide in this series.
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Will Clark expects retaliation for the Matt Holliday slide.
Will talked about the 1989 earthquake that affected the World Series as today is the Anniversary of that event. Regarding the Matt Holliday slide in Game 2 of the NLCS, he said the team should retaliate. He told a story about paying Mike Marshall and theD
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David Justice says the Giants must retaliate in this series
Our former MLB outfielder says that although Matt Holliday slid late, he thinks that Marco Scutaro could have done a better job of getting out of the way. He agrees that the Giants need to retaliate in this series to avoid internal turmoil.
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Matt Millen says you can't bench Alex Smith.
Matt joins us on every "49ers Monday," and he talked about how the Giants are just a bad matchup for the 9ers. He said with the short week getting ready for Seattle, their offensive line will have to play much better and bring their A-game against the Sea
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Phil Garner tells us how the A's can build on this year.
Phil is a Special Adviser for the A's and said this team will only get better because of the experience from this year's run. Before the season Phil didn't think the offense would be quite as good as it was and he liked the starting pitching, but didn't l
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