The Pomp and Joe Show 2-2-2026
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What notable events did the hosts experience over the weekend?
I'll say this much, Bob. You and I and Limits all had very notable weekends. Big things happened for all of us. I'll begin with the common greeting of how are you, and then we'll get into it. Everything good? Ron?
Except I started without my microphone on, so maybe this Ron seat is affecting me. I don't know.
He did that three days a week.
Everything good? Yeah, everything's good. Beautiful day out there. Looking forward to another interesting week of sports.
How are you? I'm okay. I'm good. Very good. What temperature does the... Does it need to be to start to melt the snow limits? Is the sun going to do that today or no?
Slowly. I asked that question of Ray Petlin just to interrupt our meteorologist. He says it does a little, but you need the temperature to get above 30 degrees basically.
Is that ever going to happen again?
I don't know. Well, the Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog said six more weeks, but he says that every year. It's almost like a foregone conclusion. Do you know him, Bob? I've met the hog, yeah.
Limits doing well? I'm doing well, yes. I've never met Punxsutawney Phil, but I do have groundhogs in my yard. Bob's probably interviewed him. They probably had a sit-down like Bob with Mike McCarthy. And that's where we begin today, Bob, is the notable things that happened to all three of us this weekend. What day was your sit-down with Mike? Friday. Friday. That's still the weekend. I consider that weekend. Still the weekend. We're going to get into that because there was a, I think, big news coming out of that. I don't know if you meant it, but it happened. It was a news bite. You got him to let the cat out of the bag, let the cat out of the bob, so to speak. We'll talk about that. I wound up at 1137 Greenfield Avenue.
Which I thought was great.
Great idea. Thank you. And in fact, did you have to go knock on the door? Yeah, just cold knock. Did you expect Mrs. McCarthy to answer? Or did you expect to answer? It wasn't Mrs. McCarthy. No, I know that. Did you expect them to still be there?
No, no, no. I had no idea. I didn't expect anybody to be home. But I'll tell that story later. That, of course, is the address that Mike McCarthy dropped in his introductory news conference, the house that he basically grew up in. He grew up in one across the street when he was younger, then moved to 1137, and that became a whole story. And then limits as a story of his own. I introduced him and my stepson, Michael Manko. This weekend. What a great name.
That's a left winger. Yeah.
What was the significance of Mike McCarthy's interview?
For sure. Michael Manko down the right side. Crosby sets up Manko.
Why is he going down the right if he's a left winger, Bob?
Because you're playing him like Dan Bosma, off the wrong wing. Yeah, that's true.
He can do that. So, Michael Manko and Limits met at Champs up at Penn State. We did. Because you were both going to the outdoor hockey game. How did it go? Did you guys talk behind my back? What happened? We talked behind your back, in front of your back, and all the above.
Yeah. But we said a lot of very complimentary things about you, Joe. We shared a lot of notes and our appreciation for you. And we went to Champs, which is a very, if anybody's ever been to Penn State before, they know what Champs is. It's like the biggest hangout spot in all of Penn State. Yeah.
And yeah, we had a fun time just chopping it up about a lot of different things. Very nice, man. That doesn't tell me any details. What did you say about me? What did he say about me?
He asked me my favorite and least favorite parts about Joe. And I told him that my favorite part about Joe is how you embrace me and how you believe in me and the rapport and connection that we have with each other. And we talked about how you walk to work in the middle of the snowstorm as well. And how you were shoveling your driveway and was so angry shoveling your driveway that we came and picked you up. Even though you probably could have drove to work, we picked you up and drove you anyway.
Bob, have you been to Champs Sports Bar? Before we go on, did he tell you about yelping? Did you have a yelp story?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What notable events did the hosts experience over the weekend?
0:00–2:23
2
What was the significance of Mike McCarthy's interview?
2:23–11:36
3
How did the hosts react to the weather and its impact on sports?
11:36–20:34
4
What are the implications of Aaron Rodgers potentially returning?
20:34–1:13:51
5
What are the thoughts on Kenny Pickett's draft pick status?
1:13:51–1:14:10
6
How did the conversation shift to the Steelers' quarterback situation?
1:14:10–1:15:08
7
What insights are shared about the McCarthy family?
1:15:08–1:15:37
8
What are the implications of the Penguins' current performance?
1:15:37–2:35:40
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