Title 24: Houston Review with special guest, two-time Super Bowl champion Rob Ninkovich.

With the Super Bowl this weekend, we are lucky to have as a special guest, two-time Super Bowl champion, Rob Ninkovich! A big fan of the SMX World Championships, Rob joins Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Villopoto to discuss all sorts of subjects from the Super Bowl and NFL to SMX and this week’s Triple Crown action in Houston. They discuss all the big names of SMX like Eli Tomac, Chase Sexton, Cooper Webb, Haiden Deegan and many more. Find out who, in the SMX series, Rob thinks would benefit most from Bill Belichick’s coaching. Today in Title 24.

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(0:00) Welcome to Title 24.
(1:52 ) Cooper Webb wins Houston Triple Crown.
(4:08) Does this win give Coop the confidence he needs to be more of a title threat?
(10:27) What do you think of Tomac’s performance?
(15:48) RC referring to Chase Sexton "It was a weird weekend for him"

(20:56) Haiden Deegan sweeps the first Triple Crown of the year.
(24:44) First podium of 2026 for Levi Kitchen.
(26:58) 16-year-old Caden Dudney wins SMX Next main in his home state.
(29:13) How do racers feel about the Triple Crown format, and do you think we will see it more often in the future?

(35:39) Special guest, two-time Super Bowl champion Rob Ninkovich!
(40:47) Rob on growing up with Haiden Deegan's current mechanic Brent Duffe.
(50:53) Rob compares the risks of both the NFL and SMX.
(46:29) Discussing the difference between "winning it all" early like RV or later in career like Rob.
(51:01) Life after the cheer of the fans goes away.
(54:03) Discussing the relatively short and extremely competitive careers of NFL vs SMX.
(57:51) Rob shares an interesting thing to look for in the sidelines of the Super Bowl.
(1:00:13) "There is three ways to go out of anything (pro sport)."
(1:19:11) Rob discusses Chase Sexton.
(1:24:23) Rob discusses Deegan, Kitchen in the 250 class.
(1:31:52) What rider in SMX could use a coach like Bill Belichick?
(1:38:36) D Have Feld and AMA ever thought about changing the format for Supercross? What if they went to the outdoor format?

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