Traina Thoughts: Brent Musburger Has Strong Words for CBS and Its No-Betting Talk Policy for Super Bowl LIII

Brent Musburger on CBS banning betting talk during Super Bowl coverage: "Shame on you."

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1. Former CBS NFL Today host Brent Musburger had some very harsh words for his former network on the latest Sports Illustrated Media Podcast. 

Musburger, who now runs and hosts a show on the VSiN radio station on SiriusXM, had a strong take when asked about CBS's policy of not mentioning sports betting in any way, shape or form during its Super Bowl LIII pregame and game coverage this Sunday. 

Here's a snippet of Brent expressing his displeasure with the network: 

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Brent also added this dagger: "You’re afraid of a phone call from the commissioner’s office on Monday? You have to deal with things like that. You’re a big boy."

Ouch.

Musburger had a lot more to say about CBS's policy. He also talked about the Rams-Patriots betting line, why he's waiting to make his wager, prop bets, the scene in Vegas during Super Bowl weekend, and how he used to get around gambling talk with Jimmy The Greek on the NFL Today,

You can listen to the podcast below or download it on iTunes. 

2. Ronda Rousey had a rough night on the mic during Monday Night Raw. She flubbed her lines, got intimidated by the crowd and was rattled to the point where Vince McMahon had to send out another wrestler to stop the promo.

Ronda Rousey just delivered the worst promo I’ve ever seen on Monday Night Raw. She was legit rattled by the crowd. Embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/JEkGbcTdtX

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) January 29, 2019

3. Great job by Dwyane Wade going outside of Madison Square Garden to toss his sneakers to some fans. 

.@DwyaneWade made sure to show love to the fans waiting outside MSG. 🙌🏽

📹 @MiamiHEAT pic.twitter.com/jtHVBHtZO7

— B/R Kicks (@brkicks) January 29, 2019

4. I'm not sure I've ever seen a better celebration in sports than the one executed last night by bowler Kyle Troup.

5. Tremendous job here by the WWE, Seth Rollins and Sasha Banks surprising a young fan who just couldn't handle the excitement.

This morning @WWE paid a visit to @MakeAWish HQ in #Phoenix before #RAW. @SashaBanksWWE & @WWERollins got to meet and surprise an amazing young man named Ryan! He even got a surprise from @StephMcMahon! pic.twitter.com/i88WDqyQEj

— WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2019

6. Can you imagine an NFL coach having his number listed today?

I met Wade Phillips in 1998 when he was w @buffalobills

The entire time he was head coach there, his home phone # was listed in the Buffalo phone book

21 yrs later both “home phone numbers” AND “phone books” are obsolete but @sonofbum is going strong

Truly one of the best pic.twitter.com/oyu5JPT4vs

— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) January 29, 2019

7. RANDOM YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE DAY: In addition to Musburger, this week's SI Media Podcast also features an interview with Steve Carell. One topic we discussed was Carell writing the "Casino Night" episode of The Office and what he wanted to accomplish. Carell had much praise for the work Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski did in the episode.

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