A Felger and Mazz ticket contest that poked enjoyable of Patriots QB Mac Jones and his alleged soiled play antics was pulled off the air this week.
98.5 The Sports Hub listeners firstly of Wednesday’s present have been launched to a comedic Patriots ticket sport referred to as the “Mac Jones nut slap” after the Pats QB was accused of hitting Jets CB Sauce Gardner beneath the belt throughout their Week 3 sport. Jones additionally confronted soiled play allegations in 2021 and final season.
The radio present, leaping off this most up-to-date controversy with Jones, performed a parody track to the tune of The B-52’s “Love Shack” for the ticket contest.
“If you see a whiny brat quarterbacking the team, you better watch out in the pile for a… nut slap. Nut slap, yeah,” sang Felger and Mazz co-host Jim Murray.
“That’s right. The Mac Jones’ nut slap,” Murray later added when selling the ticket contest. “The mediocre Patriots quarterback best known for one thing, dirty play, with his signature move as performed against Jets corner Sauce Gardner, the nut slap.”
Mike Felger and Tony Massarotti have been laughing hysterically at Murray’s bit, with Felger calling it an “elite level” promo for the ticket contest for Sunday’s sport towards the New Orleans Saints.
The ticket contest was speculated to be performed a number of occasions throughout Wednesday’s present, nevertheless it solely aired as soon as. The present ended up gifting away tickets, with no clarification of what occurred to the track and promo.
Then Felger and Murray off air addressed why the present didn’t comply with by way of on it.
“This I can say: I’m not upset by it,” Felger mentioned in the course of the “Off Air Show” on Facebook. “It is what it is. And you gotta get along to get along. And part of the job is not just getting ratings.”
“It’s about advertisers and rights holders, and we have bosses and these things happen, and it happens,” Felger later added.
98.5 The Sports Hub has the rights to Patriots video games.
“A younger me would have put up a stink,” Murray mentioned. “Older, washed me, it’s not price…
“Now, there’s a part of me that’s like, ‘This was fun.’ It was harmless. Cheap laughs. These two were into it,” he added. “But you know, why raise a stink over something’s that not worth raising a stink over, so there it goes.”
At least a few of the present’s listeners received to listen to the intro, Murray famous.
“It is what it is. Pick your battles,” Felger mentioned.
Murray added, “Nine times out of 10, no matter what it is in life, it’s probably not worth it.”
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