WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 2: Panthers/Lions Matchups 0:00:19.329 --> 0:00:21.570 The Browns did a good job of mixing it up 0:00:21.850 --> 0:00:24.169 with man and some of their two stuff that we 0:00:24.210 --> 0:00:26.570 knew they were going to do. For me, it's just 0:00:26.610 --> 0:00:30.069 continuing to get the tendencies of the defense. When are 0:00:30.110 --> 0:00:32.010 those man opportunities where I can put them in a 0:00:32.050 --> 0:00:35.769 favorable spot to take advantage of whether it's a slot 0:00:35.790 --> 0:00:39.650 defender or motioning them to the opposite side of the formation. 0:00:40.220 --> 0:00:42.820 And then one of those zone opportunities where I'm calling 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:44.589 the right things to make sure that we're putting them 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.930 in the right voids. I think Cleveland did a good 0:00:47.950 --> 0:00:50.030 job of doing a little bit of a mixture. We 0:00:50.070 --> 0:00:52.589 know they're a heavy man team. We knew they had 0:00:53.390 --> 0:00:56.690 the roll-to coverage and the unlocked safeties and the corners 0:00:56.730 --> 0:00:59.630 backing off. So making sure that I'm picking my spots 0:00:59.900 --> 0:01:02.980 to call those zone concepts versus man concepts as well. 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:04.480 There you go. 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:08.240 That is Brad Idzik talking about what happened last week 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.039 to TMAC, how Denzel Ward and the Browns put him 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.479 on a milk carton, and how can we avoid that 0:01:13.540 --> 0:01:17.340 moving forward? Again, I cannot believe Bone. They did not, like, 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:19.550 Denzel Ward never goes in the slot. Never. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:20.360 Right. 0:01:20.550 --> 0:01:23.470 And he is shutting down TMAC on the outside, and 0:01:23.530 --> 0:01:26.070 we upped TMAC's slot snap percentage by 1%. 0:01:26.069 --> 0:01:26.370 That's it. 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.960 He had been 29% in the slot in the first 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.700 two weeks. And at no point does Brad Idzik think 0:01:33.750 --> 0:01:35.140 this is a game where I got to get him 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.929 away from Denzel Ward, the boogeyman. Like I just, I 0:01:38.950 --> 0:01:41.310 just can't believe it. And again, I think Idzik's doing 0:01:41.330 --> 0:01:43.290 a lot of good things so far, but there are 0:01:43.330 --> 0:01:45.410 definite criticisms of him. He's got to find a way 0:01:45.430 --> 0:01:48.010 to get better run pass balance. And that is just, 0:01:48.150 --> 0:01:51.210 that's absurd to me that you, you know, Denzel Ward 0:01:51.230 --> 0:01:51.650 doesn't go. 0:01:51.550 --> 0:01:53.510 In the slot ever. You can check up the, check 0:01:53.530 --> 0:01:54.190 the stats on it. 0:01:54.670 --> 0:01:56.410 And you could have got him away from Denzel Ward, 0:01:56.430 --> 0:01:58.770 and they didn't choose to do that, except that basically 0:01:58.810 --> 0:02:00.500 the same amount of times they did in the previous 0:02:00.540 --> 0:02:01.000 two games. 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:05.360 I know that Sunday wasn't his best outing, but still 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.880 a very, very good start for Bryce Young to lead 0:02:08.900 --> 0:02:13.060 the league in passing yards. And that's without consistent run 0:02:13.100 --> 0:02:16.929 game and without T-Mac really. I mean, he's been OK. 0:02:16.950 --> 0:02:18.450 Like the Bears game, he was all right. The other 0:02:18.470 --> 0:02:21.310 day he was invisible. but that's without TMAC really being 0:02:21.330 --> 0:02:23.560 the number one guy. So think about the offense. If 0:02:23.590 --> 0:02:26.840 they can get the run game established consistently, if they 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:30.240 can get TMAC and Coker kind of maybe going together 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.050 here at some point, this offense is still not really 0:02:33.070 --> 0:02:35.750 hit its peak yet. Bryce is doing well. Now we 0:02:35.790 --> 0:02:37.870 need the things around Bryce to pick up a little bit. 0:02:38.210 --> 0:02:42.190 Offensive line play. Run game consistency. Both wide receivers going. 0:02:42.790 --> 0:02:46.200 Bryce is doing fine. Let's get those things around him cooking. 0:02:46.260 --> 0:02:48.060 And in fairness, a lot of things have been in 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.360 the injuries, too, have been the problem. Big reason why 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.580 we are last in pressure percentage allowed. By the way, 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:59.810 the reactions to my rant towards Fetty are hilarious. Some 0:02:59.870 --> 0:03:04.929 people think I've been using narcotics this morning. Some people 0:03:05.970 --> 0:03:08.190 just found it funny. And then you have the people 0:03:08.230 --> 0:03:11.340 that are like, Mac, did you really say that the 0:03:11.380 --> 0:03:16.919 Panthers games, you would never change? Choose your wife over 0:03:16.980 --> 0:03:19.639 a Panthers game? The Panthers have been nothing but a 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:22.140 headache for essentially the last decade. 0:03:22.419 --> 0:03:24.550 Yes, I choose the headache. I choose the headache. 0:03:25.230 --> 0:03:25.690 Oh, man. 0:03:25.910 --> 0:03:28.169 All right. And then the other guy cracked me up. 0:03:28.190 --> 0:03:30.170 The one guy noting that in the middle of the 0:03:30.210 --> 0:03:32.690 rant the whole time the NFL music was playing underneath. 0:03:32.710 --> 0:03:33.270 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:03:33.330 --> 0:03:36.840 I didn't even realize. I didn't even realize. Fiddy, you demand-o, baby. 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:37.780 You demand-o, Fiddy. 0:03:40.150 --> 0:03:43.640 I think my name after that last segment, Mac, is 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:44.720 Tommy Toughass. 0:03:45.060 --> 0:03:48.130 Just call me three Ts. Oh, my God. 0:03:48.650 --> 0:03:51.230 You see the guy, Bone, that said his 8-year-old is 0:03:51.330 --> 0:03:53.620 asking him, why is that man so angry and calling 0:03:53.690 --> 0:03:54.510 Fitty funny names? 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.500 We called that Friday on the Mac and Bone show. 0:03:56.540 --> 0:03:58.000 I'm fired up. Okay, so here, let's do this. 0:03:58.020 --> 0:04:00.060 We just got a text from both Mike McCarthy and 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.220 Aaron Rodgers. You guys okay today? 0:04:02.500 --> 0:04:04.580 You did compare their relationship to ours in the 6 0:04:04.580 --> 0:04:08.450 o'clock hour. I had a feeling. All right, so let's channel. 0:04:08.490 --> 0:04:10.630 I've got a lot of energy this morning, Bone. I've 0:04:10.650 --> 0:04:12.130 got a lot of passion this morning. 0:04:12.350 --> 0:04:15.770 It's like D.O. with Murphy. Let's channel it towards... The. 0:04:15.670 --> 0:04:20.340 Carolina Panthers and the Detroit Lions, our first chance in 0:04:20.339 --> 0:04:23.260 11 years to host a Sunday night football game, our 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.060 first chance in 10 years to even play in a 0:04:25.100 --> 0:04:27.480 Sunday night game. The last Sunday night game was the 0:04:27.500 --> 0:04:30.140 Cam no tie game where Derek Anderson starts for him 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:33.440 and throws a damn pick. So not great memories. We've 0:04:33.490 --> 0:04:36.010 struggled in these spots on primetime. We talked about that 0:04:36.050 --> 0:04:39.930 in the first hour. There's a lot of negativity because 0:04:40.010 --> 0:04:43.070 of all the dang injuries that we have, Bone Man. 0:04:43.830 --> 0:04:46.690 But let's start on a positive front here. And I 0:04:46.710 --> 0:04:48.790 have a feeling this is going to involve the offense. 0:04:49.750 --> 0:04:53.369 But what are the matchups in this game where you're like, 0:04:53.510 --> 0:04:57.560 injuries be damned? Like, this can work for us. 0:04:57.640 --> 0:04:59.140 This guy can have a big game. 0:04:59.339 --> 0:05:01.680 The Lions are the worst team in the league at 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:05.710 defending tight ends through three weeks. They've allowed 29 catches, 0:05:05.710 --> 0:05:12.010 351 yards, six touchdowns, and 12.1 yards per catch versus 0:05:12.029 --> 0:05:14.830 opposing tight ends. All of those are the worst in 0:05:14.850 --> 0:05:17.830 the league. So this is a great spot for not 0:05:17.890 --> 0:05:22.480 only Waller, B. Tremble, Evans, whatever. This is a great 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.880 spot to really move the chains with the tight ends. Yes, 0:05:26.460 --> 0:05:28.830 we want T-Mac to go off. We want Coker to play. 0:05:29.330 --> 0:05:31.990 And that's great. But this is a great matchup for 0:05:32.029 --> 0:05:34.970 a guy like Waller up the seam, whatever it may be. 0:05:35.350 --> 0:05:36.150 Great matchup. 0:05:36.630 --> 0:05:39.680 All the Panther tight ends versus the Lions inability to 0:05:39.740 --> 0:05:41.110 cover anything involving a tight end. 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:45.880 Yeah, somebody texted earlier and said, sounds like the Lions 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:47.870 against tight ends are what we were last year with 0:05:47.940 --> 0:05:48.670 our linebackers. 0:05:48.710 --> 0:05:51.370 They allowed 13, and not just Sadiq last week, 13 0:05:51.370 --> 0:05:55.390 catches and 164 to all the Jets tight ends last week. 0:05:55.690 --> 0:05:58.190 They have given up over 350 yards in three games 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.280 to tight ends. They're worst in the league in that category. 0:06:01.580 --> 0:06:03.960 And a big reason why, Bone, well, first of all, 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.270 when you have three safeties out, You're going to have 0:06:06.290 --> 0:06:08.450 trouble controlling the middle of the field where the tight 0:06:08.470 --> 0:06:08.890 ends work. 0:06:09.350 --> 0:06:09.990 So that's one. 0:06:10.050 --> 0:06:13.390 Their three best safeties are out with injuries. But their 0:06:13.410 --> 0:06:17.229 middle linebacker, Jack Campbell, he's doing a Roseboom impression right now. 0:06:17.630 --> 0:06:21.110 He has given up, according to PFF, for a 145 0:06:21.110 --> 0:06:27.200 quarterback rating, 12 catches through three games, and a 12.1 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.480 yards per catch. So he is getting, which is a 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:34.200 big one for linebacker coverage. So he's a dude you 0:06:34.220 --> 0:06:36.700 could take advantage of. The good news is I could 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.200 just piggyback off what you said there, Bone, and say 0:06:39.230 --> 0:06:42.110 the same thing for wide receivers because they have given 0:06:42.170 --> 0:06:45.510 up the fourth most yards to wide receivers. This is 0:06:45.589 --> 0:06:49.610 a game literally the number one passing offense yards-wise, your 0:06:49.650 --> 0:06:54.140 Carolina Panthers, and the worst passing defense in the league, 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.690 the Detroit Lions. And they have struggled in both those areas, 0:06:58.770 --> 0:07:00.350 tight ends and wide receivers. 0:07:00.810 --> 0:07:01.409 I'm with you. 0:07:01.430 --> 0:07:04.630 I really feel like it's a game where if Coker 0:07:04.650 --> 0:07:07.260 can go. I feel like he's got to try to 0:07:07.300 --> 0:07:09.780 give it a go, because if you have both those 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.900 guys out there and have some balance, I think the 0:07:12.940 --> 0:07:16.140 wide receivers and tight ends can have big days. You've 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.640 got to find a way, Bone, to get Bryce a 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.760 little bit of time. You've got to help out on Hutchinson. 0:07:21.780 --> 0:07:24.340 Lomas Brown, I think, said it right yesterday when he 0:07:24.380 --> 0:07:27.940 came on, former O-lineman. He said, basically, you should just 0:07:28.300 --> 0:07:31.220 essentially double-hutch most of the game and make the other 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.800 guys beat you. Not that some of the other guys, Bone... 0:07:34.380 --> 0:07:36.750 haven't done well in the pass rush game, but I 0:07:36.790 --> 0:07:38.060 think you've got to pick your poison. 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:39.080 Also, move Bryce. 0:07:39.690 --> 0:07:42.010 It worked so well in the second half, Bone, on 0:07:42.030 --> 0:07:44.910 that touchdown drive against Cleveland when we moved him. 0:07:44.930 --> 0:07:46.510 Move Bryce. Get him outside the pocket. 0:07:46.670 --> 0:07:49.590 If you're into fantasy or prop bets, and I know 0:07:49.630 --> 0:07:51.570 that you have to monitor the health of Waller, I 0:07:51.590 --> 0:07:54.570 think that's a thing always with him, but if Waller's 0:07:54.590 --> 0:07:58.010 good to go, to me, I would... If I'm playing fantasy, 0:07:58.030 --> 0:08:01.830 that's a guy you're starting if you're betting on props, touchdowns, 0:08:01.890 --> 0:08:03.870 or whatever it may be. I think Waller's a great 0:08:03.890 --> 0:08:06.850 play for that stuff this week. We talked in the 0:08:06.890 --> 0:08:10.190 first hour. It's that weird thing this week, Mac, where 0:08:10.670 --> 0:08:12.510 we want the Panthers to score a lot of points, 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.060 but also I think that... It's great to score quickly, 0:08:16.620 --> 0:08:20.380 but it's okay in this game if Goff and Gibbs 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.800 and those wideouts, if they're sitting on the sidelines for 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:27.000 a while, that's fine. Can you get points with sustained drives? 0:08:27.420 --> 0:08:29.320 Keep them off the field. That's going to involve the 0:08:29.370 --> 0:08:31.430 run game. You don't have to be in a hurry 0:08:31.470 --> 0:08:34.070 here to try to go up and down and match every– 0:08:34.210 --> 0:08:36.470 Lions are going to score. You don't have to match 0:08:36.510 --> 0:08:38.850 them in two or three plays. Take your time. Run 0:08:38.870 --> 0:08:42.010 the football. Establish the clock. Time of possession to me– 0:08:42.190 --> 0:08:44.320 is a huge factor in this football game. And we're 0:08:44.380 --> 0:08:45.320 27th in time possession. 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:45.600 Right. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.820 We are third in plays run on offense per minute. 0:08:49.340 --> 0:08:52.059 We are going fast. And, yeah, that's what I said 0:08:52.100 --> 0:08:54.500 in the first hour, Bone, and I think we're on 0:08:54.540 --> 0:08:57.180 the same page on this. I don't want to play 0:08:57.620 --> 0:09:00.229 a 14-possession game like we did against the Bears. I 0:09:00.250 --> 0:09:03.109 don't want to give golf the ball double-digit times if 0:09:03.130 --> 0:09:03.780 we can help it. 0:09:04.230 --> 0:09:05.870 So I want to score. I want to finish in 0:09:05.890 --> 0:09:07.189 the red zone. We've got to do that. We haven't 0:09:07.210 --> 0:09:07.870 been great at that. 0:09:07.890 --> 0:09:13.620 But– I don't want it to be one where we're 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.000 going fast and, oh, you just gave the ball back 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.760 to the high-powered Lions offense and we don't have Mike 0:09:18.780 --> 0:09:19.380 Jack and Horn. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.079 Right, exactly. It's that sort of thing. 0:09:22.220 --> 0:09:24.730 People are comparing you on the text line right now, Mac, 0:09:24.770 --> 0:09:27.610 to great sports ranters of all time. Mac went Mike 0:09:27.650 --> 0:09:31.290 Singletary to Phitties Vernon Davis. Can't win with him. Can't 0:09:31.330 --> 0:09:33.720 win with him. Can't have a love life with him. 0:09:34.740 --> 0:09:36.480 People have compared you to Dennis Green. He is who 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.780 he thought he is. They're now thinking that you had 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:40.260 one of the great sports fans of all time. 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.310 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Jim Mora Sr. came up. 0:09:45.170 --> 0:09:47.150 I lost it. I lost it. The good news is 0:09:47.270 --> 0:09:49.330 I feel like I'm free bone to take Mrs. Mack 0:09:49.410 --> 0:09:51.010 out at any time without any 50 straight. 0:09:51.070 --> 0:09:53.570 The thing about 50, though, you won't repackage that to 0:09:53.610 --> 0:09:56.569 a promo that runs for the next three months. 0:09:56.610 --> 0:09:59.020 We're already having people ask, what was Max Grant? 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.020 That will probably have to be played later on the show, 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.240 I guess. Do you mind, Fit? Because I was kind 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.600 of being a jerk to you. Do you mind playing 0:10:05.620 --> 0:10:06.280 it again later? 0:10:06.300 --> 0:10:07.300 I don't mind. 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.540 It's really a poor reflection of you. Because you're just 0:10:10.620 --> 0:10:12.760 easily triggered. I'm just back here being a troll. I 0:10:12.780 --> 0:10:15.240 don't think it's a poor reflection. Oh, yes, because you 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.940 know the deal. Everyone knows that since I've started dating, 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:21.559 I've missed more sporting events than I would have liked 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.000 to have. But it's just part of the responsibility. I 0:10:25.140 --> 0:10:26.819 was just trying to see, would you take the bait? 0:10:26.860 --> 0:10:28.720 And boy, did you. Let the troll be under his 0:10:28.780 --> 0:10:30.540 bridge and do his thing and leave him alone back there. 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:31.000 You know what? 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:32.900 Now I don't feel bad. Now I might choose physical 0:10:32.940 --> 0:10:34.340 violence instead of verbal violence. 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.260 Oh, here we go. There's no one else in the 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:37.370 building to troll like you. 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:37.620 I mean. 0:10:38.130 --> 0:10:39.050 Can I troll Flounder? 0:10:39.110 --> 0:10:44.280 How about Bone? You got something there? He trolls me. No, because.... 0:10:45.420 --> 0:10:47.920 Bone won't give you that reaction. Anyway, then I don't 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.089 feel bad. Matter of fact, not only do I. 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.250 If you notice, Fitty and I save our shouting matches 0:10:52.300 --> 0:10:55.709 for the college basketball season. 0:10:55.750 --> 0:10:57.370 We build up for a while. All right, let's move along. 0:10:57.390 --> 0:10:58.689 We got a Panther game to go here. Sorry I 0:10:58.730 --> 0:10:59.790 called you a loser last year. 0:10:59.929 --> 0:11:03.230 We got a Panther game to handle here. Somebody else 0:11:03.250 --> 0:11:05.370 that might get me to scream. Formal Timothy. Let's see 0:11:05.390 --> 0:11:08.470 what he's saying on the text line. Jimmy D says, 0:11:08.610 --> 0:11:10.850 Fitty is growing up. No, when he stops trolling people, 0:11:10.890 --> 0:11:13.790 they hear we've grown. But I'm not holding my breath 0:11:13.830 --> 0:11:16.490 for that one. Formal Timothy says, you guys do realize 0:11:16.530 --> 0:11:18.460 every time you say there's a weakness on the other team, 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.940 we should exploit, i.e. the Browns run defense. We go 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.500 out and make them look like all pros in that weakness. 0:11:24.940 --> 0:11:27.040 All I can do, brother, is tell you what their 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.699 weaknesses is. Or whatever I'm trying to say. I can't 0:11:30.740 --> 0:11:33.300 go out there, Bone, and make the Panthers exploit it. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.110 I can't. It's up to them. 0:11:36.790 --> 0:11:40.710 It's literally what they're weak at. We're bringing it up. 0:11:40.770 --> 0:11:43.309 We're not playing the games, guys. I'd be shocked. Although 0:11:43.330 --> 0:11:45.150 sometimes it looks like it on defense like we might be. 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.620 I would be shocked if Bryce does not have a 0:11:48.660 --> 0:11:51.020 bunch of success in this game. Now, the counter is, 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:53.520 does Bryce also get sacked a bunch of times? Is 0:11:53.540 --> 0:11:56.520 he pressured into mistakes? Things like that. I'm not saying 0:11:56.540 --> 0:11:59.040 there's not going to be pressure, but last week, Bone, 0:11:59.350 --> 0:12:02.150 the Jets, Geno Smith was under pressure a ton and 0:12:02.210 --> 0:12:04.810 still found a way to throw for what, like 330? 0:12:04.809 --> 0:12:06.089 On him last week? 0:12:06.090 --> 0:12:06.190 337. 0:12:06.190 --> 0:12:07.690 Now, here's the flip side. 0:12:07.710 --> 0:12:08.089 I think it was. 0:12:08.330 --> 0:12:12.000 Here's the flip side, though. Yeah, we have advantage. And 0:12:12.020 --> 0:12:13.900 this is why everybody's calling the game a shootout, right? 0:12:14.860 --> 0:12:16.520 You're going to hear Trevor Sycamore in the final hour 0:12:16.540 --> 0:12:19.040 of the show saying, there's going to be a lot 0:12:19.059 --> 0:12:20.640 of points. This is going to be a fun one. 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.000 If you want to talk now about the bad matchups 0:12:24.059 --> 0:12:27.119 for us, it's the other side of the ball, obviously. 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:32.060 And that's one where it's like you're just– I don't know. 0:12:32.460 --> 0:12:33.860 You might have your rosary. You might want to take 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.140 your rosary with you if you're a Catholic when you 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:41.040 sit in the stands. Because this Panther banged up back end, Bone, 0:12:41.450 --> 0:12:45.950 with Horn and Mike Jack out, this is, you know, 0:12:46.130 --> 0:12:48.650 it's not the ideal team to be playing, you know, 0:12:48.690 --> 0:12:51.890 in this situation. Zoki came in with a stack of 0:12:52.330 --> 0:12:55.390 Lions stats this morning, getting ready for his broadcast on 0:12:55.429 --> 0:12:58.089 Sunday night. He did not know that we had a 0:12:58.150 --> 0:13:01.670 conversation about blitzing Jared Goff yesterday, and he brought up 0:13:01.710 --> 0:13:06.770 to me without me mentioning it. Goff last week against 0:13:06.790 --> 0:13:13.850 the Jets, against the Blitz, 16 for 17. 169, two touchdowns. 0:13:14.490 --> 0:13:17.240 Absolutely decimated the Jets against the Blitz last week. 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:18.380 He did. He did. 0:13:18.540 --> 0:13:21.760 And for the season, he has a 141 rating against 0:13:21.780 --> 0:13:25.870 the Blitz. 80% completions, five touchdowns, and no picks. So 0:13:25.929 --> 0:13:28.670 I'm not saying, Bone, listen, he's too good to sit 0:13:28.710 --> 0:13:31.489 there and zone the whole time. He going to figure 0:13:31.530 --> 0:13:34.440 that out? So you do have to show him different looks. 0:13:34.460 --> 0:13:37.620 You do have to send some blitzes, but you do 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:41.460 have to be cognizant of his ability against the blitz. 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:45.920 But again, this is the type of game, Bone, where 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.420 you worry about everything. You worry about Jameer Gibbs. Our 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.040 run defense has gotten better every week in yards per 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:56.510 game allowed, yards per carry allowed. We gave up only 0:13:56.510 --> 0:14:00.860 91 yards to Bijan, total offense. I'm not sure that's 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:05.900 happening this week, but can we do something similar? But 0:14:06.300 --> 0:14:08.480 it feels like Detroit's going to score a lot of points. 0:14:08.860 --> 0:14:10.579 It feels like we have a chance to score a 0:14:10.580 --> 0:14:12.660 lot of points. This is the type of game, Bone, 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.880 where I talk about the four-point plays for our defense. 0:14:16.300 --> 0:14:18.670 And we have been really bad defensively in the red 0:14:18.690 --> 0:14:21.830 zone so far this year. This is where I feel 0:14:21.870 --> 0:14:24.650 like if you can, because you know Detroit's moving the ball. 0:14:25.300 --> 0:14:28.750 Right. Oh, there's no doubt about that. Both offenses are. 0:14:28.810 --> 0:14:32.090 If you can two or two or three possessions, make 0:14:32.130 --> 0:14:34.550 them kick a field goal instead of score a touchdown. 0:14:34.830 --> 0:14:37.330 That adds up like this is a game where I 0:14:37.350 --> 0:14:39.340 don't think you win this game by kicking field goals. 0:14:39.650 --> 0:14:42.240 You know, no, you've got to be. I think you 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.260 may have to be a little. I mean, I know 0:14:44.300 --> 0:14:48.520 last week the aggression. bit Dave Canales because it wasn't 0:14:48.540 --> 0:14:51.240 the right time to be aggressive, but in a game 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.300 like this against the Lions where you settle for a 0:14:54.340 --> 0:14:56.320 field goal, they may come down and who knows, score 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.460 in four plays, you're going to. 0:14:58.460 --> 0:15:00.560 Have to be selectively aggressive in this game. It works 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:01.140 both ways. 0:15:01.180 --> 0:15:03.020 I was talking about making the Lions kick field goals, 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:07.120 but to your point, it works both ways. And I 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:11.479 do believe that everybody's comparing it to the Rams game 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:18.880 last year. And because banged up underdogs feels like the 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.160 sky is falling. You lost the week before and it 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.180 was kind of ugly, right? It was the Niners loss. 0:15:23.730 --> 0:15:27.490 20-9 last year before the Rams game. In that Rams game, 0:15:27.530 --> 0:15:30.970 what did we do on fourth down? We didn't just 0:15:31.010 --> 0:15:34.950 go for it and convert. We dropped two bums on 0:15:35.010 --> 0:15:37.470 fourth and short and got touchdowns out of them. So 0:15:37.510 --> 0:15:39.530 I'm not saying we need to do that. But to 0:15:39.550 --> 0:15:42.030 your point, Bone, we have been pretty bad on fourth 0:15:42.050 --> 0:15:44.210 down this year. I think 25th in the league in 0:15:44.230 --> 0:15:48.650 fourth down conversion percentage. If you miss your fourth down conversions, 0:15:48.750 --> 0:15:50.390 and I agree with you, you probably have to gamble 0:15:50.810 --> 0:15:52.960 in this game. The Browns, I didn't think we needed to. 0:15:52.970 --> 0:15:54.690 It would make more sense this week than last week. 0:15:54.710 --> 0:15:56.150 In this week, I think you're going to have to. 0:15:56.470 --> 0:15:58.730 You've got to get them. Because if you don't and 0:15:58.750 --> 0:16:02.500 give this offense a short field, like same thing with turnovers. 0:16:03.020 --> 0:16:06.120 The Bears game, Bone, we got stopped on downs and 0:16:06.220 --> 0:16:07.300 TMAC fumbled the ball. 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:08.740 And you looked up and a. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.360 Game that was a one-possession game back and forth was 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:13.480 all of a sudden a three-possession game. And I think 0:16:13.500 --> 0:16:15.920 this Lions is the same thing. If you turn it 0:16:15.990 --> 0:16:18.450 over and give them short fields and you don't, score 0:16:18.550 --> 0:16:21.190 on your possession or you don't get your fourth down 0:16:21.450 --> 0:16:23.250 on it and give them a short field I think 0:16:23.290 --> 0:16:24.550 all of a sudden the game could get away from 0:16:24.630 --> 0:16:25.370 us you. 0:16:25.290 --> 0:16:27.729 Know one concern I have Bryce has been very good 0:16:27.770 --> 0:16:32.480 Mac um with the turnovers this year especially the unforced 0:16:32.580 --> 0:16:34.560 silly ones where he just drops the ball or he's 0:16:34.580 --> 0:16:37.320 running away and the ball pops out I do can 0:16:37.860 --> 0:16:40.600 am a little concerned about this game with the way 0:16:40.620 --> 0:16:44.480 the offensive line is performed Bryce sitting back there and 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:48.060 Hutchinson coming around the corner. That does concern me a 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.160 little bit in this game of Bryce protecting that football 0:16:51.180 --> 0:16:52.930 because Hutchinson's. 0:16:52.530 --> 0:16:54.050 Going to get there. And the ball's going to be wet. 0:16:54.070 --> 0:16:54.690 It's going to be rain. 0:16:54.710 --> 0:16:58.150 Yeah, that's a concern of that ball slipping out of 0:16:58.190 --> 0:16:59.450 Bryce's hands this week a little bit. 0:16:59.470 --> 0:17:02.770 That's a problem, I think. I mean, I think you just– yes, definitely, 0:17:02.850 --> 0:17:05.590 rain conditions too. But I just think in general, just 0:17:05.650 --> 0:17:08.670 the pressure on Bryce Young. Like, you can't throw from 0:17:08.710 --> 0:17:12.179 your back. You can't– like, how many times does Bryce run– 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:16.120 from the Detroit pressure and throw the ball away. I mean, 0:17:16.140 --> 0:17:19.600 he had six throwaways last week, at least because of pressure. 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.000 So I think, you know. You've got to find a 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.619 way to give him enough time, buy him some time. 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:26.770 There's no doubt about it. 0:17:27.100 --> 0:17:29.640 Maybe Stone Forsythe, if he has to play, just lays there, 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:31.619 lays down, and they have to go around him. 0:17:31.990 --> 0:17:34.330 Just lays there. You think Aiden Hutchinson can't get him? 0:17:34.350 --> 0:17:35.949 Just lays there like he's on a couch. You think 0:17:35.990 --> 0:17:38.490 a stone on the ground goes, stop Aiden Hutchinson? You've 0:17:38.530 --> 0:17:40.590 got to double. You've got to double Aiden Hutchinson. The 0:17:40.609 --> 0:17:42.990 thing with Hutchinson is they move him from side to side. 0:17:44.330 --> 0:17:47.400 He has 10 pressures, Bone, or more on each side. 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.300 through three games. So like they're, you're good. 0:17:50.340 --> 0:17:51.379 Both tackles. We'll see him. 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.620 Although if it's stone, if Freeland can't play, he may just, 0:17:54.660 --> 0:17:56.340 they may just say, you're going to hang out with 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.550 that dude all day, you know? So, but anyway, it's 0:17:59.570 --> 0:18:01.610 going to be, I think they like moving around too. 0:18:01.650 --> 0:18:03.690 Cause you don't know where he is. It's harder to 0:18:03.750 --> 0:18:05.270 plan for, Hey, we're going to double them. We're going 0:18:05.290 --> 0:18:08.270 to chip on them. A type thing. This texter says 0:18:08.350 --> 0:18:10.770 all this hype about the passing games, the rain could 0:18:10.810 --> 0:18:13.260 turn it into a run fest and, Yeah, that is 0:18:13.300 --> 0:18:16.540 the one unknown, Boney, is how much does that affect? 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.780 Because you would think both passing games can have success. 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.760 How much does the weather affect it? Selfishly, I'm just 0:18:22.820 --> 0:18:25.920 worried about my walk back to the station on Sunday night, Boney, 0:18:25.940 --> 0:18:26.680 when it ended in the rain. 0:18:26.700 --> 0:18:31.080 Someone on the text line called and said they're worried 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.440 about the tight end, Sam LaPorca. Okay, that's not his name. 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:38.379 It's Sam LaPorta, not Sam LaPorca. LaPorca sounds like something 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:39.820 Matt called Fitty in the last segment. 0:18:41.060 --> 0:18:45.619 Why didn't I think of that? Larry LaPorca hangs out 0:18:45.660 --> 0:18:47.340 with Tommy Toughass on the weekends. 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:47.879 Oh, man. 0:18:48.340 --> 0:18:49.840 Oh, boy. 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:53.850 When we come back, Lee Sterling, ParamountSports.com, gives his picks 0:18:53.910 --> 0:18:56.910 of the week. And guess what, Mac? We're out of September. 0:18:57.410 --> 0:19:01.040 It's Lee's Locktober. That's next. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. 0:19:15.820 --> 0:19:15.939 Bye. 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:16.119 Bye. 0:19:20.780 --> 0:19:24.919 Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. It's a fired up football Friday. 0:19:24.940 --> 0:19:26.659 I think it's safe to say. I do think it 0:19:26.700 --> 0:19:30.740 is safe to say on this radio show. And right now, Bone, 0:19:32.250 --> 0:19:35.910 we got to figure out how to– we got the passion, 0:19:36.170 --> 0:19:38.490 all right? We got to figure out how to put 0:19:38.510 --> 0:19:42.330 some money in your pocket this weekend. And who better 0:19:42.350 --> 0:19:46.170 to do that than Lee Sterling? It is Locktober time. 0:19:46.609 --> 0:19:50.639 Lee Sterling went 10-3-1 for his clients. last week, and 0:19:50.660 --> 0:19:53.780 that's the thing that has to be said. For us, 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:55.820 he kind of does bone a lot of the local games, 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:57.480 a lot of the games he knows we're interested in, 0:19:57.869 --> 0:20:00.210 Panther game every week. It's not like those are the 0:20:00.310 --> 0:20:02.609 ones he believes so strongly in that he's given them 0:20:02.670 --> 0:20:05.270 out to his clients. So you really got to be 0:20:05.290 --> 0:20:07.330 a client of Lee's and see those picks. And those 0:20:07.350 --> 0:20:11.250 are the ones that, you know, his clients are, are, 0:20:11.410 --> 0:20:14.410 are loving him for, but we get them every week, 0:20:14.750 --> 0:20:18.470 games of interest. And we got Lee Sterling back from 0:20:18.540 --> 0:20:23.119 paramount sports, paramount sports.com to break down some of these games. 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:24.960 And he also wants to let you know, he's got 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.219 the game of the week. It's state Louisville. He's going 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.060 to let you know how to get that one. Lee, 0:20:29.100 --> 0:20:31.020 what's happening, man. How you feeling this week? 0:20:32.340 --> 0:20:36.040 Great. I mean, when, when, Cleveland comes through for you 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:39.100 on a Thursday night. You know you're feeling good. How 0:20:39.140 --> 0:20:43.680 great is it to see Aaron Rodgers fighting with another coach, 0:20:43.859 --> 0:20:46.180 and he didn't see that reunion blowing. 0:20:45.900 --> 0:20:46.280 Up, huh? 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:49.640 I can't believe he was cranky last night. I can't 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.870 believe Aaron Rodgers. He must have been past his bedtime, 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:52.720 I guess. 0:20:52.790 --> 0:20:56.830 That's like the couple, Lee, that gets back together and 0:20:56.869 --> 0:20:59.430 all their friends know, oh, they're going to be screaming 0:20:59.470 --> 0:21:02.050 at each other in no time. you know that's right 0:21:02.130 --> 0:21:03.670 that's what that is right. 0:21:03.470 --> 0:21:07.030 There two halves last night i mean if i watch 0:21:07.090 --> 0:21:09.590 it i mean looked great in the first half he 0:21:09.630 --> 0:21:12.550 had two two incompletions and both were drops and one 0:21:12.930 --> 0:21:15.770 should have been an interference and then on the second 0:21:15.810 --> 0:21:18.190 half you're like what happened to the first half i 0:21:18.230 --> 0:21:21.560 mean he somewhat you know pulled it together on the 0:21:21.619 --> 0:21:25.030 last drive and almost fumbled it away but Bottom line 0:21:25.150 --> 0:21:28.530 is Cleveland, if they can just be a little more 0:21:28.710 --> 0:21:31.610 disciplined and Watson plays like he played in the first half, 0:21:32.130 --> 0:21:33.850 Look out. I mean, they could be fighting for a 0:21:33.850 --> 0:21:34.630 playoff position. 0:21:34.830 --> 0:21:37.510 Lord knows we learned last week that they are no joke, 0:21:38.090 --> 0:21:41.540 and they validated that last night. All right, let's talk 0:21:41.580 --> 0:21:44.419 about some of these games. So Miami-Clemson is one we're 0:21:44.440 --> 0:21:45.879 going to talk a ton about today. We've talked a 0:21:45.900 --> 0:21:49.419 ton about this week. Everybody's kind of trying to figure out, 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:52.609 will Clemson have this inspired effort where they make the 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:55.190 game close? Hell, Dabo himself said this game's coming down 0:21:55.550 --> 0:21:58.830 to the last play. Well, Vegas doesn't think so. Clemson 0:21:58.890 --> 0:22:02.210 is a 16.5-point dog. What do you think about this 0:22:02.270 --> 0:22:02.850 point spread? 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:06.000 Well, I think weather is going to be a huge 0:22:06.060 --> 0:22:09.580 factor here. Used to be Miami, you know, practiced outside, 0:22:09.619 --> 0:22:13.280 didn't have an indoor practice facility. They were great in 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.870 bad weather, but they rarely go outside now anymore. And 0:22:17.590 --> 0:22:21.650 bottom line here is, you know, if it's raining sideways and, 0:22:21.850 --> 0:22:26.810 you know, the forecast still doesn't look great, then it's 0:22:26.890 --> 0:22:30.850 possible that it could be close. But if it's not 0:22:31.010 --> 0:22:34.510 pouring sideways, I think Clemson's in real trouble here. I mean, 0:22:35.330 --> 0:22:37.450 you have a quarterback to beat Miami. You have to 0:22:37.490 --> 0:22:41.860 have a dual-play quarterback. Reynolds is a runner, but clearly 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:46.500 not an accomplished passer. So right now, the forecast I'm 0:22:46.540 --> 0:22:50.160 looking at actually looks pretty good, just 10% to 20% 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:53.670 chance of rain. And if that's the case here, I mean, 0:22:53.710 --> 0:22:58.270 Miami's combination here, Mensa to Tony, is almost unstoppable. A 0:22:58.670 --> 0:23:02.010 couple changes, they're going to bring in Ben Congdon. Everyone 0:23:02.030 --> 0:23:06.000 thought it was going to be Jackson Cantwell, the all-everything freshman, 0:23:06.020 --> 0:23:09.439 number one player in the country. He's still coming along. 0:23:09.500 --> 0:23:12.020 He's the backup of both tackles, but they had a 0:23:12.060 --> 0:23:15.040 real problem at left guard. So bring in the true freshman, 0:23:15.060 --> 0:23:20.760 Ben Congdon. He's 6'6, 330, and he plays nasty. So 0:23:21.170 --> 0:23:24.740 I think it spells trouble here for Clemson. Give them credit. 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:26.780 They turned it around a little bit the last couple 0:23:26.840 --> 0:23:30.479 weeks and won games, but Miami's a different monster. Sometimes 0:23:30.500 --> 0:23:32.960 you've got to lay it if you want to play it. Miami, 41-17. 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:37.100 Notre Dame and Chapel Hill to take on the Tar Heels. 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:41.600 They come in as 21-and-a-half-point favorites on the road. What's 0:23:41.660 --> 0:23:43.050 the right side in this matchup? 0:23:44.530 --> 0:23:47.859 Notre Dame has some weaknesses. I mean, their offensive line– 0:23:48.290 --> 0:23:51.970 doesn't look great. Running back position, a couple steps down, 0:23:52.030 --> 0:23:53.970 losing their top two guys in the first round of 0:23:53.990 --> 0:23:58.160 the draft, and three of their touchdowns so far were 0:23:58.220 --> 0:24:02.340 on special teams and defense, so kind of has inflated 0:24:02.359 --> 0:24:06.000 the scores here. I think North Carolina's defense is going 0:24:06.020 --> 0:24:08.560 to keep them in the game here. I just think 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:12.419 this line is inflated here, and I think defense is 0:24:12.510 --> 0:24:14.830 going to be a low-scoring game. I think Notre Dame 0:24:14.910 --> 0:24:18.970 wins 26-13, but Three touchdowns, I think it's too much. 0:24:19.540 --> 0:24:21.820 There we go, Heels fans. We got a cover, baby. 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:24.640 Was I too excited about the cover, Boat? 0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:26.060 Oh, man. 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:28.520 You are right, though, about that offense for Notre Dame, 0:24:28.540 --> 0:24:31.790 the run game. There's not a question in the world 0:24:31.810 --> 0:24:34.670 about that defense, though, I don't think. All right, let's go. 0:24:34.710 --> 0:24:38.609 Lee Sterling is with us. Paramount Sports. ParamountSports.com is where 0:24:38.650 --> 0:24:40.570 you find his picks. He's going to tell you in 0:24:40.590 --> 0:24:42.690 a few minutes how to get all his picks here 0:24:42.760 --> 0:24:45.300 as we start Locked Over, but also... His game of 0:24:45.320 --> 0:24:50.139 the week, Louisville, NC State, Wake Forest. This team is 0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:52.230 really whether it was Lee, the way they kind of, 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:56.030 you know, hung in and competed against Miami or the 0:24:56.070 --> 0:24:58.990 way they outright beat Louisville. They're earning a lot of 0:24:59.030 --> 0:25:02.650 respect the last couple of weeks. Now, you know, there 0:25:02.670 --> 0:25:05.980 are expectations that they put it on Stanford. They're 12 0:25:05.980 --> 0:25:08.480 and a half point favorites tomorrow. What do you think? 0:25:09.940 --> 0:25:11.920 Got to get Joey Galloway on. He said, you know, 0:25:11.980 --> 0:25:14.659 Blake Forrest wasn't a good win for Miami. So I 0:25:14.680 --> 0:25:18.210 think most people would differ now. And Jake Dickard, how 0:25:18.250 --> 0:25:23.810 good has he done? Just 12-5 straight up under his control. Stanford, 0:25:23.970 --> 0:25:27.470 just this team, they start off okay for about a 0:25:27.609 --> 0:25:31.490 quarter against Miami. Since then, horrible. And at Duke, they 0:25:31.510 --> 0:25:35.350 just couldn't even compete here. Going east, they might as 0:25:35.369 --> 0:25:38.949 well keep going to Europe. on one of their semesters 0:25:38.990 --> 0:25:42.770 abroad here. Wake Forest, big, 35-14. 0:25:43.270 --> 0:25:46.689 That's a good one. The kids keep traveling. Hit the 0:25:46.740 --> 0:25:50.859 pond and keep on going. NFL, Saints, and Falcons. 0:25:50.900 --> 0:25:54.540 That's the Monday night game, and that's the 20th anniversary 0:25:54.580 --> 0:25:58.379 game of the Steve Gleason moment, the Hurricane Katrina return 0:25:58.400 --> 0:26:01.210 to the Superdome. A lot of emotions in that building, Lee. 0:26:02.250 --> 0:26:04.510 Saints favored by 2.5. What's the right side here? 0:26:05.980 --> 0:26:08.100 These two teams, I think we're going to be there 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:10.060 in the end. I think it's going to be just 0:26:10.100 --> 0:26:13.260 like last year. We're going to have three teams slugging 0:26:13.320 --> 0:26:17.770 it out here. I think since Atlanta got their quarterback, 0:26:17.810 --> 0:26:21.410 this shift team just looks like a different team. Defense 0:26:21.490 --> 0:26:23.270 is playing with an edge. You know, they might get 0:26:23.290 --> 0:26:26.310 a couple, you know, late hits here, but they like 0:26:26.350 --> 0:26:30.350 to send a message here. Kevin Stefanski feels good about 0:26:30.390 --> 0:26:33.250 what he's got going on and, New Orleans, you know, 0:26:33.530 --> 0:26:36.880 inexplicably just let that lead slip away. I think this 0:26:36.940 --> 0:26:38.320 is one of those games that comes down to the 0:26:38.359 --> 0:26:40.939 last drive here. I think you take any points you 0:26:40.960 --> 0:26:43.250 can get here. I think the wrong team's favorite. I 0:26:43.270 --> 0:26:46.929 think Atlanta moved to 2-2 when everyone had written them 0:26:46.990 --> 0:26:47.159 off 26-24. 0:26:48.770 --> 0:26:51.810 Man, that would be very NFC South-y, though. 0:26:51.990 --> 0:26:54.010 You know what I mean? That would bring the pack 0:26:54.070 --> 0:26:57.229 all together even more there. All right, Lee, now we've 0:26:57.250 --> 0:26:59.530 got to talk about the Panther game. And, my Lord, 0:26:59.570 --> 0:27:03.620 I know you've been thinking about this, handicapping this game. 0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:07.080 The injuries for the Panthers, I mean, have just been brutal. 0:27:07.100 --> 0:27:09.720 They really have. And this week we get the news that, 0:27:09.900 --> 0:27:12.840 you know, J.C. Horn, Mike Jackson, starting corners and good 0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:15.580 ones are out now for, you know, at least six 0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:17.940 to eight weeks or so. So they won't play against 0:27:17.960 --> 0:27:20.800 this high powered offense. What do you think? Lions coming 0:27:20.820 --> 0:27:23.240 in here Sunday night, three and a half point favorites. 0:27:23.420 --> 0:27:26.240 A lot of Panther fans are fearing that they cover 0:27:26.280 --> 0:27:27.280 that spread and then some. 0:27:27.480 --> 0:27:28.580 How do you feel about this? 0:27:30.010 --> 0:27:32.909 It's going to be high scoring. Get to your seat early, 0:27:33.250 --> 0:27:38.830 except for going out to the restroom at halftime. Get 0:27:38.890 --> 0:27:41.130 all your food and get ready to go before the game. 0:27:41.150 --> 0:27:44.090 You don't want to miss a series here. Two high-powered 0:27:44.150 --> 0:27:47.960 offenses here against two defenses. that we know. I mean, 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:51.060 you think Carolina's in trouble in the secondary. Detroit's lost 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:55.800 both of their safeties. They're best cornerback by far. He's 0:27:56.020 --> 0:27:58.960 accused of a crime and they had to cut him loose. 0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:02.139 So receivers are going to be running free. And I 0:28:02.180 --> 0:28:06.070 just think right now that Bryce Young is just maybe 0:28:06.090 --> 0:28:08.230 a little bit hotter. Number one in passing yards, 939. 0:28:08.210 --> 0:28:12.790 The key to this game Run the football. Keep that 0:28:12.850 --> 0:28:16.650 Detroit offense, you know, off the field here. Let's get 0:28:16.670 --> 0:28:20.560 some 12, 14, 16 play drives. You want to score, 0:28:20.600 --> 0:28:23.940 but maybe sometimes not too quick here in the shootout. 0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:30.100 for another rookie favorite, Carolina, straight up 38-35. 0:28:30.710 --> 0:28:31.370 Oh! 0:28:31.430 --> 0:28:35.169 <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> <HAL> How 0:28:35.210 --> 0:28:37.240 about that? How? I didn't see that coming. 0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:39.560 I was so afraid he was going to go romper 0:28:39.600 --> 0:28:40.590 room special on us, man. 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:42.900 Oh, my goodness. Oh, that would be big. What a 0:28:42.940 --> 0:28:44.940 surprise from Lee. I'll tell you this. 0:28:45.110 --> 0:28:47.790 If you do have a positive feeling, Lee, the game 0:28:47.810 --> 0:28:49.990 we keep bringing up is the Rams regular season game 0:28:50.030 --> 0:28:50.450 last year. 0:28:50.470 --> 0:28:52.730 A lot of guys out. It felt like this, and 0:28:52.750 --> 0:28:54.890 the Panthers rose up. All right. 0:28:54.970 --> 0:28:57.970 So let everybody know, now that everybody fully loves Lee, 0:28:58.070 --> 0:29:00.380 even more than they did before the interview started, let 0:29:00.410 --> 0:29:02.900 everybody know out there, how did they get your Louisville 0:29:02.940 --> 0:29:05.120 State game of the week and how did they get 0:29:05.160 --> 0:29:05.720 all your picks? 0:29:05.780 --> 0:29:07.580 I know this is a big month starting off for you. 0:29:08.630 --> 0:29:11.860 It is. We've won five straight weeks, and we have 0:29:11.930 --> 0:29:15.360 not lost. This is crazy, guys. Entire month of September 0:29:15.520 --> 0:29:18.620 and even last night, we have not lost a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 0:29:18.660 --> 0:29:22.120 or Friday game. So when you're going into the weekend 0:29:22.140 --> 0:29:26.209 up 2-0, 3-0, even if you go, let's say, 5-4 0:29:26.270 --> 0:29:29.290 for the weekend and you win on Monday night, you're 0:29:29.330 --> 0:29:32.510 collecting from your man. So this could be the Saturday 0:29:32.550 --> 0:29:35.900 we break out. Love the card. on Saturday and Sunday. 0:29:35.960 --> 0:29:39.650 So we don't call it October. We call it Locktober. 0:29:40.080 --> 0:29:43.840 You can get every single game from tonight all the 0:29:43.900 --> 0:29:47.240 way through the 31st. How about this, guys? Anyone out there, 0:29:47.260 --> 0:29:50.440 if you're in a relationship, forget about it for two months. 0:29:50.460 --> 0:29:53.900 There's games every Tuesday and Wednesday going forward for 60 0:29:53.900 --> 0:29:59.480 straight days. So that's a relationship killer. So you want 0:29:59.500 --> 0:30:04.470 to get involved with Paramount Sports. 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Mac and Finney 0:30:45.120 --> 0:30:47.220 got in a huge fight here. Can you guys explain 0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:48.900 what the problem was here, Lee? 0:30:49.240 --> 0:30:52.320 Finney thinks this is so funny. Finney was giving me 0:30:52.340 --> 0:30:54.420 a hard time for taking my wife out tomorrow night 0:30:54.440 --> 0:30:54.790 for dinner. 0:30:54.810 --> 0:30:57.010 It's her birthday. So I got to do it, right? 0:30:57.030 --> 0:30:58.050 I got to do it. I got to hit record 0:30:58.110 --> 0:30:58.670 on the games. 0:30:59.110 --> 0:31:02.330 But Fitty now finds it so funny that your advice 0:31:02.510 --> 0:31:06.110 is forget about the relationships, man. This is football time, 0:31:06.190 --> 0:31:07.410 you know? But I'm not going to yell at you 0:31:07.450 --> 0:31:08.930 like I did Fitty Lee, you know? 0:31:09.530 --> 0:31:11.630 Okay, so here's what you do. Here's what you do, Chris. 0:31:11.650 --> 0:31:17.690 See what kind of salesman you are, all right? So 0:31:17.710 --> 0:31:22.760 one time we had an anniversary and there was something 0:31:22.780 --> 0:31:25.200 going on. It was actually July 3rd, but something was 0:31:25.220 --> 0:31:28.240 going on And I told her, honey, you don't want 0:31:28.260 --> 0:31:30.570 to go out on a Saturday and it can be crazy. 0:31:31.010 --> 0:31:34.470 Let's go out like on a Tuesday or Wednesday because 0:31:34.510 --> 0:31:38.190 that way I found some special, some really high-end restaurant. 0:31:38.450 --> 0:31:40.950 It's all about the sales job. 0:31:41.050 --> 0:31:44.460 Man, you're good. Lee, you're good. You're smooth. You're smooth, man. 0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:48.680 All right. All right, Lee. appreciate you brother be good. 0:31:48.440 --> 0:31:52.920 All right there you go there you go it's almost 0:31:52.960 --> 0:31:54.900 like we knew what happened this morning the look on 0:31:55.030 --> 0:31:58.790 fitty's face the feeling of validation that fitty just got 0:31:58.850 --> 0:31:59.990 right there i. 0:31:59.910 --> 0:32:02.610 Gotta tell you i've seen you upset and mad before 0:32:02.650 --> 0:32:07.120 that's that might be a top five time today and 0:32:07.150 --> 0:32:09.120 i wasn't involved so i could analyze it a little 0:32:09.140 --> 0:32:12.220 better sometimes i'm on that side where i gotta like 0:32:12.280 --> 0:32:14.460 i don't really understand maybe i'm trying to fight back 0:32:14.560 --> 0:32:18.580 i was just A witness. Yeah, that's a top five 0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:22.550 Mac angry moment there this morning. You were going to 0:32:22.590 --> 0:32:25.570 a well of terms. Well, once I realized I was 0:32:25.650 --> 0:32:27.030 in deep, I just hammed it up good. 0:32:27.050 --> 0:32:28.820 I've got the audio ready to go, by the way. 0:32:28.830 --> 0:32:30.750 Whenever you want to replay and hear how much of 0:32:30.790 --> 0:32:32.350 an ass you really were. 0:32:32.370 --> 0:32:33.650 We're ready back there. 0:32:33.670 --> 0:32:35.170 We should do that when we come back, maybe. I 0:32:35.230 --> 0:32:37.630 stand by it. I stand by it. I stand by 0:32:37.670 --> 0:32:38.370 my behavior. 0:32:38.390 --> 0:32:40.690 You literally said on the radio, you hope that this 0:32:40.750 --> 0:32:43.850 girl leaves my bald ass and you're proud of it? 0:32:45.190 --> 0:32:47.130 Kind of. Kind of. 0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:51.360 A texter says, I noticed Mac did not scream Tommy 0:32:51.420 --> 0:32:52.920 Toughass at Lee Sterling. 0:32:53.500 --> 0:32:55.400 Got to be nicer to Lee. Got to be nicer 0:32:55.420 --> 0:32:57.740 to Lee there. All right. Do we got to get 0:32:57.780 --> 0:33:00.280 a Fiddy update in here real quick? If he's able 0:33:00.300 --> 0:33:00.710 to do it. 0:33:01.110 --> 0:33:01.380 All right. 0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:03.090 What happened to the poor guy today? What she got 0:33:03.150 --> 0:33:03.670 over there. 0:33:03.870 --> 0:33:06.050 What she got. Oh, he was asking for it. That's 0:33:06.070 --> 0:33:08.570 what he wanted. He wanted to be beat down. What 0:33:08.590 --> 0:33:09.490 do you got over there, Fit? 0:33:11.310 --> 0:33:11.550 Fiddy. 0:33:20.910 --> 0:33:21.590 Thank you, Mac. 0:33:21.630 --> 0:33:26.130 This is Tommy Toughass reporting from the WFNZ news desk. 0:33:26.470 --> 0:33:28.370 This update brought to you by the H & S 0:33:28.430 --> 0:33:29.430 Roofing and Gutter Company. 0:33:29.450 --> 0:33:30.630 I'm holding his hand during this update. 0:33:30.650 --> 0:33:33.250 If something doesn't look right with your roof or your gutters, 0:33:33.730 --> 0:33:34.690 give them a call. 0:33:35.070 --> 0:33:36.390 They'll give you a free estimate. 0:33:36.430 --> 0:33:37.360 That phone number is 704-334-9934. 0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:43.940 704-334-9934. 704-334-9934. 0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:45.780 Two big results last night in the sports world. 0:33:45.800 --> 0:33:46.420 Mac? 0:33:52.110 --> 0:33:55.870 We had the Browns winning on Thursday night football. They 0:33:55.910 --> 0:34:00.070 beat the Steelers. The Braves, they advanced to the NLDS. 0:34:00.450 --> 0:34:04.790 They'll take on the Dodgers starting on Saturday. Can you 0:34:04.850 --> 0:34:08.689 tell me what happened in the WNBA and our girl, 0:34:08.730 --> 0:34:09.370 Kaitlyn Clark? 0:34:09.469 --> 0:34:11.529 Why is everybody giving me crap here, man? 0:34:11.570 --> 0:34:13.450 No mention of her through the first hour and 40 0:34:13.450 --> 0:34:14.029 minutes of the show. 0:34:14.050 --> 0:34:15.430 I have to deal with texters. I have to deal 0:34:15.469 --> 0:34:19.290 with texters. The fever. You know where the fever screwed themselves, Boone? 0:34:19.850 --> 0:34:23.030 is when they lost, they were in the 4-5 game spot, 0:34:23.469 --> 0:34:25.920 they dropped down to the sixth seed, and then they 0:34:25.960 --> 0:34:26.560 had to play. 0:34:26.400 --> 0:34:28.120 The Aces round one. They're not ready to beat a 0:34:28.140 --> 0:34:30.100 team like the Aces, man. It sucks. 0:34:30.300 --> 0:34:33.620 It's bad for the WNBA. You no longer have a fever. 0:34:33.860 --> 0:34:38.130 The WNBA would be much better off with the fever advancing, 0:34:38.590 --> 0:34:38.910 you know? 0:34:39.510 --> 0:34:39.930 Yes, sir. 0:34:40.350 --> 0:34:40.489 Yep. 0:34:41.880 --> 0:34:44.040 I think we found something Bo does not have an 0:34:44.100 --> 0:34:44.700 opinion on. 0:34:45.400 --> 0:34:45.620 All right. 0:34:45.700 --> 0:34:47.320 Anyway, let's move along here, y'all. 0:34:47.640 --> 0:34:50.040 When we come back, does anyone think this could be 0:34:50.100 --> 0:34:55.000 the weekend that State or South Carolina rises up in 0:34:55.080 --> 0:34:59.879 response to adversity with a big win? Speaking of adversity, 0:35:00.410 --> 0:35:02.390 I do believe next segment we're going to play the 0:35:02.430 --> 0:35:06.690 show adversity of Max Teardown of one. Phinney Alwich is 0:35:06.730 --> 0:35:08.509 more well on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. 0:35:44.410 --> 0:35:46.219 When it's live in there, man, there isn't a better 0:35:46.260 --> 0:35:49.739 place than college football. And that's the one thing. I 0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:52.060 know it matters who we're playing and how we play 0:35:52.100 --> 0:35:54.100 and all that. But coming in with that intensity, it 0:35:54.780 --> 0:35:57.739 carries through any difficult moments in the game and help 0:35:57.820 --> 0:36:02.609 us flip the momentum back. Those kind of 12-man opportunities 0:36:02.650 --> 0:36:04.969 you have, there are a few. You get seven here 0:36:04.989 --> 0:36:08.489 at home. Against this team, with the offense they have, 0:36:08.510 --> 0:36:09.920 it would be a huge advantage for us. 0:36:11.239 --> 0:36:11.759 There you go. 0:36:11.800 --> 0:36:14.480 Dave Dorn asking for the fans to bring it tomorrow. 0:36:14.480 --> 0:36:19.380 330 kick, Carter Finley. Louisville comes in. Lincoln Keenholz, the 0:36:19.420 --> 0:36:23.520 star quarterback for Louisville, is questionable. Some sort of leg 0:36:23.560 --> 0:36:26.880 injury that you would need to go to the CIA 0:36:26.920 --> 0:36:29.259 headquarters to find out exactly what it is. But he 0:36:29.300 --> 0:36:31.799 was limping. You could tell there's a leg injury, and 0:36:31.820 --> 0:36:34.530 he runs a ton. And so you wonder how much 0:36:34.660 --> 0:36:36.200 it will affect him. I'd be shocked if he doesn't 0:36:36.239 --> 0:36:39.569 play bone. He seems like a Baker Mayfield type. Like, 0:36:39.950 --> 0:36:42.250 I could literally be holding one leg in my left 0:36:42.410 --> 0:36:43.770 arm and be playing in a football game. 0:36:43.870 --> 0:36:48.170 Yeah, I think also circumstances may determine, too. him going 0:36:48.230 --> 0:36:50.270 out there. If they would have beaten SMU and they 0:36:50.310 --> 0:36:54.430 only had one loss, you know, you could say, all right, well, 0:36:54.450 --> 0:36:56.920 maybe they can maybe afford another one, but I think 0:36:56.940 --> 0:37:00.360 they've got two losses already. They're on that bubble of 0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:02.430 the playoffs already, Mac, where they may not make it, 0:37:03.200 --> 0:37:04.680 especially from the ACC. 0:37:04.739 --> 0:37:06.910 So this might be a game where... All the games 0:37:06.950 --> 0:37:08.830 are kind of must-wins now for Louisville, right? 0:37:09.010 --> 0:37:09.290 Oh, yeah. 0:37:09.310 --> 0:37:12.470 They're playoff locks. They might not make it anyway, but still, yeah. 0:37:12.830 --> 0:37:15.370 You can't lose three games and get in the playoff 0:37:15.410 --> 0:37:16.610 unless you play in the SEC. 0:37:17.010 --> 0:37:19.029 There you go. Just point blank, period. 0:37:19.050 --> 0:37:21.480 They may just cancel the season if they lose this 0:37:21.500 --> 0:37:24.299 game and say, you've got three losses, you're in the ACC, 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:25.290 it's time to just pack it up. 0:37:25.400 --> 0:37:27.739 And that's what I hate about the spot State's in. 0:37:28.040 --> 0:37:29.960 Because the question I want to ask now is, I 0:37:30.020 --> 0:37:33.560 find NC State and South Carolina kind of comparable this weekend. 0:37:34.080 --> 0:37:35.959 They are school's bone that we have seen. 0:37:36.780 --> 0:37:41.680 Moments in recent history where, you know, they've taken some beatings, 0:37:41.700 --> 0:37:45.629 they've had some rough moments, and they rise up. We've seen, hell, 0:37:45.790 --> 0:37:47.730 NC State did it last year against Georgia Tech. No 0:37:47.790 --> 0:37:50.529 one saw that coming. Beat the brakes off them. And 0:37:50.590 --> 0:37:53.910 you go to South Carolina, Lord knows you've seen those moments, Bone, 0:37:54.390 --> 0:37:57.100 where Shane Beamer in the past When you're counting them 0:37:57.260 --> 0:38:00.560 out and they rise up and get big wins. So 0:38:00.620 --> 0:38:05.500 my question is, do we think, do Wolfpack fans and 0:38:05.580 --> 0:38:10.200 Gamecock fans, does anybody think one of these two teams 0:38:10.300 --> 0:38:12.600 is going to have those rise up and, oh man, 0:38:12.680 --> 0:38:16.120 look at the pack. Oh man, look at the Gamecocks moments. 0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:18.660 It is a little different. The pack is a four 0:38:18.680 --> 0:38:21.170 and a half point dog at home to Louisville and 0:38:21.250 --> 0:38:26.220 South Carolina, believe it or not. is a two-and-a-half-point favorite 0:38:26.640 --> 0:38:31.200 over Kentucky. Do you think either team rises up, Bone? 0:38:31.440 --> 0:38:32.279 I think both win. 0:38:32.840 --> 0:38:33.360 Really? 0:38:33.500 --> 0:38:34.239 Dang! 0:38:34.260 --> 0:38:38.180 Yeah, my gut feel on South Carolina is I think 0:38:38.200 --> 0:38:40.819 we're going to see the story of their backs are 0:38:40.860 --> 0:38:44.910 against the wall. Sometimes when Beamer's at his lowest, they 0:38:44.930 --> 0:38:46.770 figure out a way to get a win like this. 0:38:46.810 --> 0:38:48.690 But the problem I think is going to be I 0:38:48.710 --> 0:38:50.870 think the win will mean a lot, and they'll get 0:38:50.930 --> 0:38:54.810 an emotional Beamer. But yes, this is the SEC. So 0:38:54.850 --> 0:38:56.469 what's going to happen next week? They go on the 0:38:56.530 --> 0:38:59.090 road to Florida, and they're going to probably have it 0:38:59.110 --> 0:39:00.630 put on them, and we're going to have to reset 0:39:00.910 --> 0:39:03.290 the whole thing again. So I do think they find 0:39:03.330 --> 0:39:08.000 a way to beat Kentucky. Kentucky Mac is... is improving, 0:39:08.400 --> 0:39:10.880 but I don't think there's some foe that can't be beaten. 0:39:11.360 --> 0:39:13.779 I think the Gamecocks do get a win, and they 0:39:13.820 --> 0:39:16.359 got some problems down the line. Doesn't mean I think 0:39:16.380 --> 0:39:19.000 they should save Beamer, but I think for this week, 0:39:19.440 --> 0:39:21.410 he saves himself. But I do think the Gamecocks win. 0:39:21.430 --> 0:39:24.350 I think this is a spot for State to sort 0:39:24.370 --> 0:39:28.250 of exercise the demons on week zero of the Vanderbilt game. 0:39:28.590 --> 0:39:30.549 I think this is a spot much like last year, 0:39:30.930 --> 0:39:33.450 Virginia high scoring back and forth game. 0:39:33.489 --> 0:39:33.970 They won. 0:39:34.410 --> 0:39:36.780 They beat Georgia tech when they were number eight last year, 0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:40.680 last year, they rose to the occasion against the better 0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:42.640 teams in the, in the ACC in these spots. 0:39:42.980 --> 0:39:46.440 I think the pack does it tomorrow too. I, um, uh, interesting. 0:39:46.460 --> 0:39:46.819 All right. 0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:51.140 Interesting. I, uh, I'm with you on the Gamecocks, but 0:39:51.180 --> 0:39:53.100 keep in mind I'm the same dude that tried to 0:39:53.140 --> 0:39:55.370 tell all y'all Gamecock fans, hey, y'all going to fight 0:39:55.410 --> 0:39:58.950 to the very final minute against Alabama. And I believe, Bone, 0:39:59.469 --> 0:40:01.089 it was just a few minutes, and it looked like 0:40:01.130 --> 0:40:04.690 they weren't fighting. But I don't think Kentucky is all 0:40:04.730 --> 0:40:07.040 that everybody thinks they are. Their big win is against 0:40:07.100 --> 0:40:08.460 a Texas A & M team that I don't think 0:40:08.480 --> 0:40:11.360 is any good. So I think people are overvaluing the 0:40:11.400 --> 0:40:13.719 Texas A & M win. I would also point out 0:40:13.739 --> 0:40:15.600 that in that game, Texas A & M still ran 0:40:15.640 --> 0:40:19.480 for 186 yards, and 80-something of it was Marcel Reed. 0:40:19.920 --> 0:40:22.940 I think Sellers could get loose. The Gamecock run game bone, 0:40:23.440 --> 0:40:26.040 as quiet as it's been kept, because Sellers hasn't been 0:40:26.060 --> 0:40:29.200 good and the defense has had issues, the Gamecock run game... 0:40:29.440 --> 0:40:33.740 immensely improved their offensive line immensely improved so i could 0:40:33.840 --> 0:40:34.350 see that. 0:40:34.300 --> 0:40:36.549 Our top 10 in the country and rushed yards per 0:40:36.590 --> 0:40:41.069 game ridiculously improved 59th against the run and maybe with 0:40:41.110 --> 0:40:44.049 kentucky not being good against the run your offensive line 0:40:44.090 --> 0:40:47.830 improved let's limit sellers throws maybe as much as possible 0:40:48.150 --> 0:40:48.950 and just run. 0:40:48.830 --> 0:40:51.030 The hell out of this thing with fuller let sellers 0:40:51.110 --> 0:40:51.410 run it. 0:40:51.410 --> 0:40:53.430 Man run that zone read take the throws away a 0:40:53.430 --> 0:40:54.890 little bit man let him just run the hell out 0:40:54.910 --> 0:40:57.080 of it I so I'm with you 100 percent on 0:40:57.120 --> 0:41:00.259 that on the Gamecocks. Wolfpack Mac can't get down with 0:41:00.280 --> 0:41:03.800 to get down here, though. I can and I can't. 0:41:03.900 --> 0:41:06.290 I'm not even sure what that means, but I just 0:41:06.330 --> 0:41:08.569 can't do it for Wolfpack Mac. And here's the thing. 0:41:08.870 --> 0:41:10.870 I get what you're saying. We saw it last year 0:41:10.890 --> 0:41:14.029 against Georgia Tech. It often comes bone and don't, don't 0:41:14.050 --> 0:41:16.930 get it twisted. NC state vibes still feel off. I 0:41:16.969 --> 0:41:18.610 know Dave Dorn tried to tell everybody at the press 0:41:18.640 --> 0:41:20.700 conference on his way out. You know, we won the game, 0:41:21.040 --> 0:41:23.660 but app state felt like, Oh my God, you guys 0:41:23.700 --> 0:41:25.820 blew a 17 point lead and lost a Vandy in 0:41:25.860 --> 0:41:29.200 hideous fashion. And you let app state score three straight touchdowns. 0:41:29.239 --> 0:41:30.040 Come back for 21. 0:41:30.040 --> 0:41:32.780 Like it felt like it was more negative than positive 0:41:32.820 --> 0:41:35.950 to me against app state for NC state. Certainly not 0:41:36.010 --> 0:41:39.589 for app. And then I, so I throw in this one. 0:41:39.730 --> 0:41:42.850 It's what you said about Louisville. If Louisville won last week, Bone, 0:41:43.170 --> 0:41:45.650 I could see them come in here feeling like their 0:41:45.670 --> 0:41:48.640 bleep don't stink. They beat SMU. They beat Wake. They've 0:41:48.700 --> 0:41:51.839 righted the ship after the Mississippi loss. Louisville is going 0:41:51.860 --> 0:41:54.500 to come in here for blood. And I find it 0:41:54.620 --> 0:41:57.580 really hard to believe that Louisville's run game gets shut 0:41:57.620 --> 0:41:59.740 down again like it did last week by the Wake defense. 0:42:00.180 --> 0:42:04.509 Those two, the two Brown brothers... Keen holes, again, I 0:42:04.550 --> 0:42:06.630 just think he's tough as nails. I think he'll be 0:42:06.730 --> 0:42:09.790 out there dragging that leg around and making plays. 0:42:11.050 --> 0:42:12.450 They're a big play team, too. 0:42:12.510 --> 0:42:14.830 I worry about State's lack of pass rush and giving 0:42:14.870 --> 0:42:18.109 up big plays to Trey Richardson down the field. I 0:42:18.350 --> 0:42:20.290 can't do it with State. But if you're a State fan, 0:42:20.310 --> 0:42:22.690 you probably don't want me to pick. You know what 0:42:22.730 --> 0:42:24.589 I mean? This is the best news for all involved, 0:42:24.610 --> 0:42:27.549 I guess. You're probably good. But that Louisville need it 0:42:28.010 --> 0:42:32.120 coming off a loss factor. State usually needs to catch 0:42:32.160 --> 0:42:33.859 a team napping in a spot like this. I don't 0:42:33.900 --> 0:42:34.900 think Louisville's napping. 0:42:36.060 --> 0:42:39.839 This is a kind of gotta-have-it game for NC State. 0:42:39.880 --> 0:42:43.700 They lose this, they go 2-3. Wake comes in next week. 0:42:44.140 --> 0:42:47.589 They do have Stanford and Cal after that, but I'm 0:42:47.610 --> 0:42:49.750 not saying they can't still get to a bowl game, but. 0:42:50.660 --> 0:42:51.910 I don't know, man. That's what I was going to say. 0:42:51.920 --> 0:42:54.420 Got to have it for what? I was watching ACC Network. 0:42:54.460 --> 0:42:56.469 They said this is a playoff elimination game or a 0:42:56.739 --> 0:42:59.489 conference championship elimination game. I said, we really talking about 0:42:59.530 --> 0:43:03.089 that with State? We really talking that way? 0:43:03.130 --> 0:43:05.870 I meant to get to their level that they normally 0:43:05.930 --> 0:43:09.489 get to, that 8-9 win range. They go 2-3. It's 0:43:09.510 --> 0:43:11.239 starting to be like they may make a bowl game, 0:43:11.280 --> 0:43:13.140 but not much more than that. I can't imagine the 0:43:13.160 --> 0:43:14.839 Wolfpack losing a got-to-have-it game. 0:43:14.880 --> 0:43:15.340 Can anybody? 0:43:15.360 --> 0:43:16.000 Yeah. 0:43:16.580 --> 0:43:21.320 Well, Pac-Mac's skeptical, Bone. A little skeptical. I trust my Pac. 0:43:21.480 --> 0:43:24.820 People are asking. Well, Pac-Bone is a new twist, man. 0:43:24.840 --> 0:43:26.000 I'm here for it, though, baby. 0:43:26.120 --> 0:43:26.319 Yeah. 0:43:26.380 --> 0:43:26.680 I'm here. 0:43:27.040 --> 0:43:29.960 My fear is that the Pac lose this game and wake. 0:43:30.000 --> 0:43:35.719 They lose back-to-back home games. That's my fear for the Pac. People, 0:43:35.950 --> 0:43:41.170 Doug is so negative, the state fan. Double-digit loss to Louisville, 0:43:41.210 --> 0:43:45.070 he says. I think it's going to be a fun game, 0:43:45.330 --> 0:43:45.810 to be honest. 0:43:46.530 --> 0:43:48.330 I think it's going to be very similar to that 0:43:48.350 --> 0:43:51.310 Virginia game last year that NC State pulled out. 0:43:51.330 --> 0:43:52.590 I think it'll be a good game. C.J. 0:43:52.630 --> 0:43:54.990 Bailey, quiet as has been kept, been playing good ball lately. 0:43:55.070 --> 0:43:57.710 I know he had the brain-dead moment, but he's been 0:43:57.730 --> 0:44:00.370 playing good ball lately. I love Preston Douglas at tight end. 0:44:00.630 --> 0:44:02.770 Keenan Jackson's really developed into the No. 0:44:02.770 --> 0:44:03.250 1 receiver. 0:44:03.550 --> 0:44:05.049 I don't think they get blown out. I'm not saying 0:44:05.090 --> 0:44:07.320 all that, Bone. It's just Louisville really needs it. 0:44:07.340 --> 0:44:09.049 Got to have it. Louisville got to have it. 0:44:09.260 --> 0:44:09.530 It's true. 0:44:09.550 --> 0:44:14.200 All right, people are asking— People are asking to hear 0:44:14.219 --> 0:44:15.520 the audio of me screaming. 0:44:15.550 --> 0:44:17.750 Gotta have it. Are we playing this now? 0:44:17.830 --> 0:44:20.810 I feel like when I listen back to myself, I'm 0:44:20.870 --> 0:44:22.009 going to be embarrassed. 0:44:22.050 --> 0:44:25.430 This is a bad look. This is. 0:44:25.969 --> 0:44:29.160 Was it entertaining, though? Yeah, I wasn't involved in it. 0:44:29.900 --> 0:44:33.020 Sometimes you also yell... Sometimes I'm collateral damage where I 0:44:33.020 --> 0:44:33.680 get yelled at, too. 0:44:33.739 --> 0:44:35.380 I'd say out of this one, though. I felt good 0:44:35.420 --> 0:44:37.520 about things. Oh, you ran out. You ran out like 0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:38.840 a kid whose parents were arguing. 0:44:38.920 --> 0:44:43.070 By the way, for context here, this took place during 0:44:43.090 --> 0:44:45.800 the Couch Potato Guide, your guide to TV on sports 0:44:45.820 --> 0:44:48.830 this weekend. A segment that I like to think back, 0:44:48.870 --> 0:44:51.650 I put a lot into. I feel like we do 0:44:51.670 --> 0:44:53.830 well for that segment. We lost control of the Couch 0:44:53.850 --> 0:44:55.310 Potato Guide. Out of respect for you, we were done 0:44:55.350 --> 0:44:56.910 with the guide. I waited for the guide to be over. 0:44:56.930 --> 0:44:57.850 The music was still going, though. 0:44:58.050 --> 0:44:58.930 It was. It was. 0:44:58.950 --> 0:45:01.810 All right, so let's hear this. Fitty making a comment. 0:45:01.830 --> 0:45:03.250 Was it on the air or off the air, Fitty? 0:45:04.280 --> 0:45:06.810 I called you a not football guy on the air. 0:45:06.820 --> 0:45:09.049 Because I said I'm taking my wife of 20-plus years 0:45:09.110 --> 0:45:10.330 out to dinner for her birthday. 0:45:10.350 --> 0:45:10.420 Yes. 0:45:10.710 --> 0:45:14.050 And we'll record the second half to the 3.30 games. 0:45:14.510 --> 0:45:16.489 And Fitty in the troll fashion. I feel like Fitty 0:45:16.510 --> 0:45:19.130 did ask for this, though, Bone. I feel like he 0:45:19.170 --> 0:45:23.250 wanted this. So here's what happened. Finney, I want to 0:45:23.290 --> 0:45:26.469 explore this conversation a little more. Are you saying that 0:45:26.530 --> 0:45:29.400 your lady does not mean enough to you that at 0:45:29.500 --> 0:45:33.380 some point you would, you know, record some college football 0:45:33.420 --> 0:45:35.300 games and take her out to dinner? 0:45:35.360 --> 0:45:37.060 Is that what you're trying to tell me? 0:45:38.290 --> 0:45:41.089 That's not what I'm saying at all, Mac. She just 0:45:41.130 --> 0:45:44.049 does a great job of finding things to do on Saturdays. 0:45:44.130 --> 0:45:44.990 So does my wife. 0:45:45.010 --> 0:45:47.070 So I can enjoy my football Saturdays. 0:45:47.110 --> 0:45:48.210 I don't know if you've noticed. 0:45:48.610 --> 0:45:48.890 Mrs. 0:45:48.930 --> 0:45:51.300 Mac lets me sit there for 12 hours and do 0:45:51.430 --> 0:45:53.700 nothing every effing Saturday. 0:45:53.719 --> 0:45:55.750 That's because she doesn't want to spend time with you. Oh, 0:45:55.800 --> 0:45:58.360 shut the bleep up. There is no queen like Mrs. 0:45:58.420 --> 0:45:58.660 Mac. 0:45:59.280 --> 0:46:03.120 Everybody finds yourself a Mrs. Mac, so shut the bleep up. But, like, 0:46:03.360 --> 0:46:06.779 just quit being full of crap because quit being full 0:46:06.840 --> 0:46:10.020 of crap right now. You are finally in a loving relationship, 0:46:10.239 --> 0:46:12.960 so stop acting like an immature jackass for a change. 0:46:13.600 --> 0:46:15.140 Seriously. Please. 0:46:15.560 --> 0:46:18.580 If not, I'm sending this immature jackass tape to your 0:46:18.600 --> 0:46:22.339 sweetheart and telling her this is who you're marrying. So 0:46:22.739 --> 0:46:25.990 tell me, are you playing an immature jackass on the radio, 0:46:26.260 --> 0:46:28.750 or you're really a jackass that she should leave right now? 0:46:29.170 --> 0:46:30.029 That's what I want to know. 0:46:31.250 --> 0:46:33.670 I don't want to interrupt you, but I think Matt 0:46:33.690 --> 0:46:34.510 thinks you're a jackass. 0:46:34.550 --> 0:46:36.210 Because if you aren't going to take her out for 0:46:36.250 --> 0:46:39.690 her birthday, if you're together for 20-something years, then she 0:46:39.730 --> 0:46:41.410 ought to run from your bald ass. 0:46:42.989 --> 0:46:44.469 I actually feel good about that. 0:46:44.730 --> 0:46:45.050 Really? 0:46:45.090 --> 0:46:47.629 Yeah. I feel good about that. 0:46:47.950 --> 0:46:53.350 First of all, Bone, little troll over there. Little trollster. 0:46:54.030 --> 0:46:57.230 He was asking for it. He wanted it. He wanted that. 0:46:57.290 --> 0:47:00.549 He's proud of himself. Secondly, what I am telling him 0:47:00.710 --> 0:47:01.550 is good advice. 0:47:01.610 --> 0:47:04.270 You know that. Now, did I need to scream at 0:47:04.290 --> 0:47:07.180 him in such emphatic fashion? Maybe not. But it's a 0:47:07.239 --> 0:47:09.839 radio show, baby. It just kept going and going. That's 0:47:09.880 --> 0:47:11.500 the thing that was funny about it. Don't make me 0:47:11.520 --> 0:47:13.319 yell at you, bro! Don't make me yell at you! 0:47:13.360 --> 0:47:14.640 That would never happen. I'm kidding. 0:47:14.680 --> 0:47:17.239 Also, the music was ridiculous underneath it. It is pretty silly. 0:47:17.260 --> 0:47:19.000 That's what I was laughing at. It is pretty silly 0:47:19.100 --> 0:47:21.200 at the NFL. It's like we're on a halftime set. 0:47:21.739 --> 0:47:23.680 This dude said, Mac, you proud of yourself for that? 0:47:23.719 --> 0:47:24.680 You sound like an idiot. 0:47:25.090 --> 0:47:27.230 Peaceful coffee, though, agrees with me, since I never thought 0:47:27.250 --> 0:47:29.590 I'd agree with Mac on anything. It's tough love, Bone. 0:47:29.890 --> 0:47:33.280 It's tough love. Plus, his trolling got to me. When 0:47:33.500 --> 0:47:34.540 it happens to the best of us. 0:47:34.540 --> 0:47:37.240 When we come back, for all the gloomy and doom, 0:47:37.280 --> 0:47:39.870 why is it only a three-and-a-half point spread for the 0:47:39.910 --> 0:47:45.090 Panthers on Sunday? Do we think that the 2025 Rams game, 0:47:45.390 --> 0:47:46.840 do those comparisons work? 0:47:46.860 --> 0:47:48.080 Sports Radio, 92.7 WFNZ.