Nick Kostos Guarantees a Jets Interception Against the Titans

**Chris McMonigle** (0:04)
All right, 315, Carton Show. Big Mac here, Nick Costos hanging out with us. So we were just talking about WWE a little bit. I just had a question because we just got into the conversation. We get to your calls in a few minutes, 888-808-1019.
Your knowledge of football, as you speak, one, it's incredible. And we were talking about how like, what do you do, like during the football season, are you able to like do, do you watch movies? Or is it just strictly, you are focused on the NFL? And because we were talking about, you could, if I asked you, if we did a segment on the Cardinals, we could do 20 minutes just on the Cardinals.

**Nick Kostos** (0:46)
I do it on my show. Not like that, by the way, it's a great promo for my show. Tune in, weekdays, 9 to noon on Westwood One Sports, when I give you 20 minutes on Jacoby Percent and the Arizona Cardinals. Not that I do, but I could.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:59)
So what does a football season look like for you?

**Nick Kostos** (1:03)
Well, because it's not, so I do a national show, right? So it's different. And I'm a New Yorker, and I grew up listening to this station, and I've said that a million times, but national is a little different, right? So I know everything that's going on in college football. I mean, the NFL, the thing with the NFL is, if my job were not what it is, I don't think that I would pay attention to college football. I would still bet on games and watch games, but I wouldn't be paying attention the way that I do. The NFL, I would still do this, because it's been my favorite thing since I was a little kid. But I mean, dude, we could, I could give you 10 minutes on the Portland Trail Blazers, because when you do national, you have to know everything that's going on with all the big stories. But you know, it's, there's a really deep answer to the question, which is I kind of like need to be great. And I really want my stuff to be great. And greatness can come as a result of your talents, but also preparation. So like my preparation is excellent, sincerely. And it hasn't always been throughout my career. I'm in my early 40s now. So I think it's really like I have a wife and a two year old daughter. It's trying to juggle all that. Can I be and trying to be great at all these different things?
So no, there is no time for, and this is not like a cry for me, please. Like I love my job. I get paid to talk, but it's awesome.
No, like I don't watch, I watch sports.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:27)
That's it.

**Nick Kostos** (2:28)
That's it. That's it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:30)
That's it.

**Nick Kostos** (2:30)
I watch sports. I listen to podcasts about sports topics that I like. I do my show.
I do other shows and I hang out with my family. That's about it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:40)
That's about it. And it shows you do a great job. So I'm looking forward to hanging with you. One hour down, we still got another four to go, pretty much, as we take you to 7 o'clock. So we'll take your calls right now. 888-808-1019. Calling Jets, Giants. We talked to little Yankees trying to catch the Rays as well. Bill in Long Island. What's up, Bill? Two points.
Right to it. No niceties. I like you, Bill. What's up, Bill? How are you? What's up? First time. No pleasantries. What's up?

**SPEAKER_3** (3:06)
Great to know, guys.

**Nick Kostos** (3:07)
Thank you.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:08)
One serious one tongue in cheek.
Your Joe name is guaranteed on a Titans game. That the Titans are definitely going to beat the Jets because Rob Sala had three and a half years' experience of being the Jets when he was their coach.

**Nick Kostos** (3:20)
Okay.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:21)
Not bad.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:22)
Second point.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:23)
That was the tongue in cheek one, right? I hope.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:25)
Yeah, right. Second one is about Dolly Parton and her support.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:28)
Oh, it wasn't. Okay.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:31)
Dolly Parton and her support. She was a big fan of the Tennessee Volunteers, her high school team. She put on the best Thanksgiving halftime show and she also, well, she was a Cowboys fan, so that's her fault, but that's okay.
I'm a Giants fan. But here's the point, and it pissed me off and I think it needs to be said. The second day after she died, and I tried getting through for three hours to Craig, but the second day after she died, he made one sentence about her death and then he said, and then he started talking about motorboating.