• MONDAY'S SHOW: Jimmie Johnson ... Marv Albert ... Randy Edsall ... Chris Dufresne ... Mike Florio
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Jimmie Johnson captured is fourth straight NASCAR title.
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You have to tune in Monday to hear Dan and a great list of guests break down all the bi stories from the weekend. We crowned NASCAR and MLS champions and had a thrilling two days of pro and college football.

Get ready for some dodgeball as well on Monday. Paul Pabst will be on the receiving end after his Bears lost to McLovin's Eagles and Real Salt Lake beat the Galaxy in the MLS Cup. Not a great day for Todd Fritz's Broncos either. On the bright side, Seton got back to his marathon training this weekend.

Meanwhile, Dan had a very interesting interview with Roger Goodell on Sunday night. We'll find out what Dan thought of Goodell's responses and the rest of Week 11 in the NFL.

Here is the rundown of guests:

Jimmie Johnson: The record-setting NASCAR champion is expected to join the show after his big win on Sunday. He finished fifth at Homestead to wrap up his fourth straight title.

Randy Edsall: The Connecticut football coach will talk about the Huskies' win over Notre Dame and his emotional season.

Marv Albert: The legendary announcer will talk some hoops and perhaps clear up some controversy.

Mike Florio: The Profootballtalk.com editor will have the latest on all the big stories around the NFL, including a new concussion policy and more Mike Holmgren rumors.

Chris Dufresne: The L.A. Times college football writer will discuss Charlie Weis' future in Notre Dame and look back at Ohio State's win over Michigan.

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Paul Pabst enjoys DIRECTV before the Yale-Harvard game on Saturday.

Alright, Paulie and his friends watch DIRECTV at the Yale-Harvard game on Saturday. Give your best shot at a funny caption below in the "Comments" section.

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David Beckham, left, and Landon Donovan lead the L.A. Galaxy against Real Salt Lake in the MLS Finals.
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Dodgeballs will be thrown on Monday in the studio. Paul Pabst and Andrew "McLovin'" Perloff have two bets -- one on tonight's Bears-Eagles tilt and the other on the MLS Cup final, Real Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles Galaxy.

Meanwhile, Todd Fritz is fired up for the big Broncos-Chargers game and Patrick "Seton" O'Connor left this Tweet early Sunday morning: "Finally made it to the gym today. I've got a LONG way to go before I'm marathon ready. "

Surprising to hear, since Seton is not happy about the demise of his Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Run Seton Run!

Meanwhile, Dan is in New York getting read for Football Night in America. Always fun to watch just to see if he gives some form of shout out to the Locker Room.

See everyone in the Locker Room during the NFL games and tonight for soccer and football.

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(Join DP Show Producer Paul Pabst live in the Dan Patrick Show Locker Room to chat during the MLS Cup final on Sunday night)

The Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham joined the show to talk about the upcoming MLS Finals and the Ireland-France World Cup controversy. Here are some of Beckham's takes.

-- Beckham said he should play on Sunday despite his foot injury. "It's getting better each day," Beckham said. "I didn't train until yesterday, which was really frustrating because I had bone bruising and I couldn't actually even get a regular shoe on so I was wearing this brace thing that was quite annoying. But I’m out of that and into normal shoes."

"It's not going to be 100 percent," Beckham said. "I'm not sure at my age anything is 100 percent."

-- Beckham had some interesting comments on instant replay in the wake of Thierry Henry's handball in the Ireland-France match. He's not sure instant replay would work.

"It's such a quick sport," Beckham said. "To keep stopping games to look at video ... there are so many mistakes and so many things being missed because the game is so quick."

Bekcham said he doesn't think Henry hit the ball with his hand on purpose.

"Thierry's a good friend of mine as well and I know that he’s not that kind of player and not that kind of person. But I think it’s a kind of reaction. The ball comes to him so quick. I don’t think he’s done it to cheat. But you know, it happens."

I don’t think many players, hardly any players go into the field and think that.”

-- Beckham said that he really wants to play in next summer's World Cup. He thinks if he plays well for A.C. Milan, it will help him make England's squad.

Dan asked if he won the World Cup with England, would he come back to the Galaxy. Beckham said he'd like to come back to MLS very much. "I will always honor the contract that I’ve got," Beckham said.

-- Beckham said he'd never seen the kind of aggressive play Elizabeth Lambert was caught on tape doing.

-- Dan pointed out Victoria Beckham's quote about how she prefers sex to sleep. "She loves saying things like that," Beckham said. "You know she said a few things in the past that we really laugh about ... me wearing her underwear. She's called me golden balls on national TV, so it does definitely sound like one of my wife's quotes."

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Pacers rookie Tyler Hansbrough joined the show to discuss his rookie season and more.

Hansbrough said he misses his friends at North Carolina, but he's happy to be out of school. "I don't miss going to class and taking notes," Hansbrough said.

Dan asked Hansbrough which player has most surprised him as a tough matchup. Hansbrough said that Washington's Caron Butler was very quick.

Hansbrough also talked about his evolving career in commercials. He's in a phone commercial but doesn't say much.

 

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Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal celebrate a title in 2000.
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Kobe Bryant surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the Lakers' all-time leading scorer. But is he the greatest Laker of all time?

That's today's poll. If you have a good argument, call at 877-3-DP-SHOW, e-mail or hit the "Comments" below.

Here are the choices:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Elgin Baylor
Kobe Bryant
Magic Johnson
Shaquille O'Neal
Jerry West

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Ricky Williams ran for two touchdowns and had one touchdown reception in the Dolphins' win over the Panthers on Thursday night.
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NFL Network's Rich Eisen dropped by to talk about last night's Panthers-Dolphins contest and more.

Dan and Rich were really impressed with Miami running back Ricky Williams. "Who would have thought he'd be such an important cog for this team?" Eisen asked.

Eisen brought up a good point about Ricky. Bill Parcells came in and opted not to get rid of Ricky when he easily could have. "That could prove to be one of the most savvy and important moves Bill Parcells made [in Miami]," Eisen said.

Eisen said he called Ricky the  "Grover Cleveland Alexander" of the NFL because he had two good four-year stints. Dan thinks Rich lost the audience there.

Eisen was also very impressed by Miami quarterback Chad Henne. "He's throwing darts in places only his guys can catch the ball," Eisen said.

 

From the Guardian: Thierry Henry believes a replay would be the "fairest solution" to the continuing furore over the handball which led to the goal that eliminated the Republic of Ireland from World Cup qualification, and said Ireland "deserve to be in South Africa".

"Naturally I feel embarrassed at the way that we won and feel extremely sorry for the Irish who definitely deserve to be in South Africa," said Henry in a statement today. "Of course the fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control."

NBC's Tony Dungy joined the show to talk about the upcoming weekend and other big topics in the NFL.

Dungy had a very interesting comparison between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

"Peyton is so good. There aren't many things I think anybody does better than him. But Tom Brady throws a beautiful deep ball and that's probably the one thing if I had to pick is throwing the deep ball.

"But Peyton Manning is a tremendous quarterback who does everything well and I just haven't seen many quarterbacks in history do many things better than him."

Dan asked Dungy about Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis. "Charlie Weis is a brilliant offensive mind," Dungy said. "Charlie Weis could help a lot of teams in the NFL." Dungy thinks the duties of a head coach are much different than the X's and O's aspect a coordinator needs to master.

Dungy also commented on the marquee value of a job like Buffalo. Dungy said it's not big-time now, but it could be. Dungy said the Tampa Bay job was bad job when he got there, but it turned into something different.

Dan asked Dungy his take on players hiding concussions. Dungy understands that's a problem. "I got two concussions that I remember while I was playing. ... You want to get back in the game. you don't want to give up your spot," Dungy said.

Nevertheless, Dungy thinks the NFL is taking steps to help with this problem. "I think teams are doing a better job," Dungy said. He explained that in his final season with the Colts, they administered an SAT-type test in the beginning of the season. Then after a player had a head injury, they made them take the test again, and they had to do just as well to play again.

Dungy talked about reporters continuing to ask if he's interested in other jobs. "People can't understand that this is what I want to do right now," Dungy said. He reiterated that he was very happy working for NBC and being involved with the NFL and his new role leading the players advisory board.

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David Beckham joins the show on Friday.
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We'll wrap up a great week with another powerhouse show on Friday. Dan will break down the Dolphins-Panthers Thursday night game and discuss a potentially explosive controversy in college football.

Here is the rundown of expected guests:

David Beckham: The Los Angeles Galaxy star talks about the upcoming MLS final and some of the controversy he's had this season.

Tony Dungy: The NBC analyst talks about the upcoming week in the NFL and looks back at the Patriots-Colts controversy.

Tyler Hansbrough: The former UNC star talks about life with the Indiana Pacers and his adjustment to the NBA.

Rich Eisen: The NFL Network host also looks ahead to Week 11 and offers his thoughts on the Panthers-Dolphins game.

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