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Speaker 1: And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: welcome to Move the Sticks, presented by the Ford f

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Speaker 1: series DJ here in studio in Los Angeles. And this

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Speaker 1: is a coast to coast episode of Move the Sticks

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Speaker 1: because my guy Bucky Brooks is joining us from Orlando, Florida.

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Speaker 1: Got the what is it called, Bucky the Camping World Bowl.

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Speaker 1: What's the name of this bowl game? Yeah, Camping World Bowl.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonnaee Oklahoma State take on the Virginia Tech Hokeys. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get to that game and preview that a

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Speaker 1: little bit later on in the show, Bucky. For those

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Speaker 1: that don't know how how many times a week can

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Speaker 1: they find us here on Move the Sticks? Come on,

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Speaker 1: do you know they can catch us three times a week?

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Speaker 1: We had the Sunday nights, last Monday show, Tuesdays, and

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Speaker 1: we're talking about here Bucky on today's show, what we

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Speaker 1: got coming up? It's a busy one. I know that. Well,

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Speaker 1: obviously it's the week seventeen is the finale, so we

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Speaker 1: gotta make sure we preview all those games. We got

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Speaker 1: playoff implication that we want to discuss players that were

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Speaker 1: going to miss in the playoffs, and the New Year's

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Speaker 1: Bowl game preview I'll talk about it. Get the picks too.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we got a lot to get to. Also,

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Speaker 1: an interview with Connor Williams, the very talented offensive tackle

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Speaker 1: very interesting conversation. Uh indeed, all right, before we get

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Speaker 1: to some of these playoff previews, Buck, are sorry? These

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Speaker 1: games that could lead uh to the playoffs? The big

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Speaker 1: news to me for the week. We really get a

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Speaker 1: chance to see uh Patrick Mahomes in action for the

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Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Expectations for the young Mr Mahomes. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think it's exciting. I think everyone that keeps chin

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Speaker 1: everything that we thought he was in Texas Tech. Spectacular

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Speaker 1: talent and big arm guns linger. He's a little undisciplined him,

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Speaker 1: the big mistake? He will get a great challenge this weekend.

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Speaker 1: heard our take on Patrick Mahomes, we hadn't been studio.

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Speaker 1: He was excellent to have in the studio going through

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Speaker 1: But his style of play and how he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: on screens and scrambles and I anticipate we're gonna see

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Speaker 1: remember he is settling into the quarterback one role. Doug Peterson,

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Speaker 1: those guys will work with him. This is a big

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Speaker 1: week because they want to get some of some of

431
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Speaker 1: the rustoff, kind of figure out what he can do

432
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Speaker 1: very very well. I believe this is a huge game.

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Speaker 1: Even if he's only in the game for a half.

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Speaker 1: I think he kind of steps up, finds a way

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Speaker 1: to find his rhythm and gets a little momentum going

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Speaker 1: to the postseason. I need to speed it up. We

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Speaker 1: talked about that on the pod the other day. All Right,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to a game that not many folks

439
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Speaker 1: gonna pay attention to, and that's Cleveland Pittsburgh and Deshaun

440
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Speaker 1: pay attention to. Are you gonna pay attention to it?

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Speaker 1: I'm paying attention to it, yes, Sam, Okay, So I'm

442
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Speaker 1: gonna go Kaiser because young man, it's in your hands.

443
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Speaker 1: You can prevent an Owen sixteen disaster. Doesn't happen often

444
00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,359
Speaker 1: in the NFL Detroit Lions can attest to that. You

445
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Speaker 1: don't want to join that fraternity. Deshaun Kaiser, if he

446
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Speaker 1: can step up, have a big game, he gets the Steelers,

447
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Speaker 1: he can save this team from the humiliation of having

448
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Speaker 1: an own sixteen season. But Bucky, he's gonna have to

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Speaker 1: play much better than we have seen him play thus far.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's going to have to dig deep and

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Speaker 1: pour one out. But then he's gonna need the lucky

452
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Speaker 1: Leprekan to join him on the sideline for them to

453
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Speaker 1: knock off the Pittsburgh still is going to be a

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Speaker 1: tough task. I I do like what they potentially have

455
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Speaker 1: in terms of Josh goren't having a match up on

456
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Speaker 1: the outside, But man, the Shaun Kasin struggles so much

457
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Speaker 1: this year with turnovers. I just wonder how is he

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Speaker 1: going to be able to do it. But maybe for

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Speaker 1: one week, for one week, he can be Brian Sipe

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Speaker 1: and lead these guys to a win. Yeah, that would

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Speaker 1: definitely qualify as pushing past the expected. And that's what

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Speaker 1: we do there in that segment that's pushed past the expected,

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Speaker 1: and it is presented by Visa Hopkins without jocolink rap.

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Speaker 1: Does he make it, Yes, touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Prescott flips

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Speaker 1: the past to Elliott foot brace farside thirty Elliot is

466
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Speaker 1: in lock down. Another sack for Jones, No contest picked up.

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Speaker 1: Bryan looks side. That's what they do, takes the snap,

468
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Speaker 1: puts the ball down. There's the side arms flag touchdowns

469
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Speaker 1: Jimmy gard Throne. How great is this fake album cover

470
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Speaker 1: from We Have here A little Oh to the boys

471
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Speaker 1: to men here, this is our move to sticks. It's

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Speaker 1: so hard to say goodbye to yesterday, the bootleg version,

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Speaker 1: because we don't have access to the real audio there. Buck,

474
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Speaker 1: But we're both, we're both the children of the nineties.

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Speaker 1: Girl up with that nineties R and B. So we're

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Speaker 1: talking about players we're gonna miss. We're gonna be sorely

477
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Speaker 1: missed here in the postseason. They're not gonna be there,

478
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Speaker 1: and it kind of bumps us out a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm bummed out about some of the players that are

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Speaker 1: on this list. And you know, I'm just I have

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Speaker 1: to go no further than Monday Night. DeAndre Hopkins. I'm

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Speaker 1: missing DeAndre Hopkins in the postseason. This is a guy

483
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Speaker 1: that has been one of the best wide receives in

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Speaker 1: the National Football the last three or four years and

485
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Speaker 1: continue to do so quietly. DJ He is all most

486
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Speaker 1: over the four yard mark. He has thirteen touchdowns this season,

487
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Speaker 1: and when you think about all the quarterback issues that

488
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Speaker 1: this team has had after DeShawn Watson has gone down,

489
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Speaker 1: it's remarkable. But this is what he's done throughout his career.

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Speaker 1: The fact that he is not going to be in

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Speaker 1: the postseason doesn't want to be one of the biggest

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Speaker 1: losses because I think he's a terrific player. He needs

493
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Speaker 1: to play on a big stage so everyone can appreciate

494
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Speaker 1: his talents in his game. Real quick on him, Buck,

495
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Speaker 1: Has he been your sunshine after the rain? He has been?

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Speaker 1: He has been. It's so hard. It's so hard. It's

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Speaker 1: so hard to say goodbye to Dean. Let's get through

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Speaker 1: it together. I'm gonna go with Khalil Mack, one of

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Speaker 1: the best defensive players in the NFL. Coming into the season,

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Speaker 1: we thought this Open Raiders team had a chance to

501
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Speaker 1: make a deep run into the postseason. Not gonna happen.

502
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Speaker 1: The Raiders will not be there. We won't get a

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Speaker 1: chance to see one of the most dominant defenders in

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Speaker 1: the postseason. Khalil Mack can take over a football game.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss seeing him come off the edge there,

506
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Speaker 1: Buck and I have to wait, have to wait a

507
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Speaker 1: long offseason before we see fifty two and uh and

508
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Speaker 1: silver and black once again. Yeah, it's kind of sad

509
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Speaker 1: because this is a team that we thought was trying

510
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Speaker 1: to ready to make a run in the Super Bowl.

511
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Speaker 1: They really are underperformed on both sides of the ball. Offensively,

512
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Speaker 1: they can't get it done. Defensively, I thought we see more.

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Speaker 1: They have played well of late since John Pagano has

514
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Speaker 1: taken over that defense. Uh not this year, but maybe

515
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Speaker 1: next year we get a chance to see Khalil mac

516
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Speaker 1: dancing in the postseason. All right, give me the next

517
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Speaker 1: one here? Who you got all the best quarterback in football?

518
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Speaker 1: Jimmy g Q. I'm gonna miss Jimmy Garoppolo. Only have

519
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Speaker 1: one more week of Jimmy Garoppolo, and I don't know

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Speaker 1: what I'm gonna do in the postseason without seeing him.

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Speaker 1: This guy is everything that we thought he could be

522
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Speaker 1: and beyond, he is a franchise quarterback. He has made

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Speaker 1: to San Francisco. Forty nine is better with the same

524
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Speaker 1: cast of characters that were one intend. He has come

525
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Speaker 1: in and really energized him his leadership, his competitiveness, his poises, clutchibility,

526
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Speaker 1: and too many situations, he's everything. I think we're looking

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Speaker 1: at the next grade quarterback in the National Football League,

528
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Speaker 1: developed right before us. Like, you don't know where you've

529
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Speaker 1: been or what you've been through, but I think it's

530
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Speaker 1: a lot. I think it's a lot they were with

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Speaker 1: am Gi. Yeah, yeah, going through it right now. I'm

532
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Speaker 1: gonna man, I love that album. I'm gonna go A J. Green.

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Speaker 1: A J. Green in the postseason. We've seen that Cincinnati

534
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Speaker 1: Bengals team come up short once again to the postseason

535
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Speaker 1: several times, and it's unfortunate because I think A J.

536
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Speaker 1: Green is one of the premier wide receivers in the league.

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Speaker 1: We've seen a guy like Larry Fitzgerald kind of cement

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Speaker 1: his legacy by what he's done in the postseason. I

539
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Speaker 1: want to see A J. Green get that opportunity to

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Speaker 1: see them win some football games and make a run

541
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Speaker 1: and he can get appreciated for the great player that

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Speaker 1: he is. But it ain't happening this year. Uh, This

543
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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals team has been really, really poor. Even though A. J.

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Speaker 1: Green goes over a thousand yards eight touchdowns, had a

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Speaker 1: solid year, we will not see him in the postseason.

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you, Bucket. It hurts my heart

547
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Speaker 1: a little bit. He hurts you off a little bit. Yeah,

548
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Speaker 1: I mean he's a talented player. Yeah, I'm used to

549
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Speaker 1: seeing the Cincinnati beings. I want to say they're going

550
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Speaker 1: to five straight postseason. So now for A J. Green

551
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Speaker 1: to be on the outside looking in, not necessarily used

552
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Speaker 1: to seeing that scenario. I was gonna do one more

553
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Speaker 1: riff from that song, but nobody wants to hear that,

554
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Speaker 1: So I'll let that one go and we can transition

555
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Speaker 1: over to the college football game here, buck because before

556
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Speaker 1: we get to these picks had a chance to sit

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Speaker 1: down and talk with one of the top offensive line

558
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Speaker 1: prospects in the upcoming draft. Well, as you know if

559
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Speaker 1: you've been listening and following along with the podcast, one

560
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Speaker 1: of the highlights for us during the fall has been

561
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Speaker 1: this series, the Back to Campus series on NFL dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Or We've seen a story be told about one of

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Speaker 1: the top players in college football on a weekly basis,

564
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Speaker 1: and this week it's one of the most fascinating ones

565
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Speaker 1: because it's told by the player. Connor Williams penned the

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Speaker 1: article for NFL dot com Talented offensive Tackle from the

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Speaker 1: University of Texas, and it is a must read. You

568
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Speaker 1: need to check it out. Uh. In the meantime, we're

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Speaker 1: we're stoked to have Connor with us here on the

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Speaker 1: Move the Sticks Podcast. Connor, appreciate you taking some time,

571
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Speaker 1: uh for us here on the show. Look, at the

572
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Speaker 1: time you've had a Texas I mean we could go

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Speaker 1: an hour just on the ups and downs throughout your

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Speaker 1: career there at Texas. But even though you weren't on

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Speaker 1: the field in the game the night, how how satisfying

576
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Speaker 1: was it to see the long Horns finish up with

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Speaker 1: a positive note here in your final you're there, thank

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Speaker 1: you for having me first off, and it was amazing

579
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Speaker 1: to see I I've made sure I could get to

580
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Speaker 1: the game, to see my brothers not playing and being

581
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Speaker 1: the stands supporting, and it was so amazing to see

582
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Speaker 1: them be able to come together in the last game

583
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Speaker 1: of the season and and ultimately ultimately do what needed

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Speaker 1: to be done. And finally, um get a ballgame victory

585
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Speaker 1: for texting, which we haven't been a bowl game last

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Speaker 1: three year. You know, it's a big win for the

587
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Speaker 1: long Horns, and you look at the kind of turnout

588
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Speaker 1: of this program. You've been a big part of it.

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Speaker 1: I want to go though, after reading this article, I

590
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Speaker 1: want to go back way before you get to UH

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Speaker 1: to Austin and your college career, talk about your upbringing

592
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Speaker 1: because a lot of the focus of this article you

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Speaker 1: talk about, which I think people would have a hard

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Speaker 1: time believe in seeing you right now, but you as

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Speaker 1: a kid, you got bullied quite a bit as a youngster,

596
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Speaker 1: and how that kind of molded you and shaped you

597
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Speaker 1: and motivated you and and really kind of is a

598
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Speaker 1: is a big reason after reading the piece of why

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Speaker 1: you are where you are today. Yes, sir um, it

600
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Speaker 1: was a very difficult time in my life. But most

601
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Speaker 1: of all it was it was focusing on adversity, and

602
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Speaker 1: it was one of the most adversity driven things I've

603
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: ever been through in life. And so it was just

604
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Speaker 1: having to overcome the adversity and and having to find

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Speaker 1: out who I was and find out the people that

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Speaker 1: had my back behind me to get through the process

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Speaker 1: that I had to go through. One of the things

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Speaker 1: you mentioned in the pieces that your dad put together

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Speaker 1: a gym in the in the garage, I believe, and

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Speaker 1: you guys got on a nice little training regiment there,

611
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Speaker 1: a little some some P ninety X mixed in there.

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Speaker 1: Give us an idea of what that gym looked like

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Speaker 1: and what your workouts were like. Is a youngster, I

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Speaker 1: guess it's probably put you what eighth ninth grade when

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Speaker 1: you guys were grinding in the garage, Yes, sir, it

616
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Speaker 1: was about It was about a UM and we were

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Speaker 1: one day I said, okay, I'm ready, I'm ready to go.

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Speaker 1: I'm ready to start change my body. And the next

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Speaker 1: day he had screwed screwed pull up bars up in

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Speaker 1: the up in the ceiling and got weights now everything.

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Speaker 1: I got a TV DVD player and got ping I

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Speaker 1: d X, And first of all, I was like, okay,

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Speaker 1: what's this. And after the first workout, I mean at

624
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Speaker 1: five thirty in the morning, it it started working and

625
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,640
Speaker 1: we started doing it every single day and so it

626
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,679
Speaker 1: was UM. It was a journey we had together and

627
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: he really helped me through it. I'm just upset with

628
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Speaker 1: your dad on one point because you're talking to a

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Speaker 1: guy who played the quarterback position. Your older brother played

630
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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. But I understand your dad said no,

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Speaker 1: you're not allowed. You're not allowed to play quarter back.

632
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: But what's what goes behind dad's decision there, because I

633
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Speaker 1: think we could be talking about one of the more,

634
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 1: the bigger, more physical quarterback prospects to ever international football

635
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: league if he had just let you play the position.

636
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: Growing up and seeing Dalton play in high school and everything,

637
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: it was it was fun to see him being the

638
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Speaker 1: leader of the team and being a quarterback, and and

639
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Speaker 1: so I was always like around my family, I want

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Speaker 1: to be the quarterback. And he always he always no,

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Speaker 1: we're not having another quarterback. And of course he kind

642
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,400
Speaker 1: of got me down a little bit, But I mean,

643
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 1: you can lead through other positions in and I found

644
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 1: my fit in my and my niche and in playing

645
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: offensive line. Now I want to ask you get onto

646
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: the field a little bit because when I studied you

647
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: last year over the summer, things that stood out to me.

648
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 1: A lot of times, you get a guy that's kind

649
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 1: of nasty in the run game, you gotta sacrifice a

650
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: little athleticism in the passing game. And I thought you

651
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: were a beautiful blend of the two finisher in the

652
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 1: run game. But athletic enough to match up against some

653
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 1: elite edge rushers. What goes in in your mentality in

654
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: the run game versus your mentality as a past protector um.

655
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: When this question is asked, I usually put it where

656
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: there's almost a switch and offensive play and run blocking

657
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: versus pass blocking is almost two different games. Run blocking

658
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,719
Speaker 1: you have to be mean physical, low pads and drive,

659
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: and then pass blocking is almost a it's almost not

660
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: more I mean not technique game. It's more of a

661
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: technique game where you're staying in front of them more

662
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: where you're a technician. Want to know what you thought

663
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: about the daily matchups you'd have in high school practice,

664
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 1: because a lot of times it's a big leap for

665
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: a kid to go from high school to college because

666
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: you're not going to see the caliber player in high

667
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 1: school you're geting ready to score off against in college.

668
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: Not so for you because at your high school Copple, Texas,

669
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: there you got to see Solomon Thomas, the top five

670
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 1: draft pick last year, the forty Niners coming out of Stanford,

671
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: squaring off against something like that every day in practice

672
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: at the high school level. What was that like? It was?

673
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: It was incredible? I mean, junior year was the first

674
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: year I really started to tackle and started uh doing

675
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: pass sets. And I remember going over and I was

676
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: I was actually playing tight in my junior year, and

677
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: so they wanted to me to get past sets there

678
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: in pass hole, and so I went over there and

679
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: they put me against Solomon as my first pass set.

680
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, um. I always knew of them

681
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: because because of all the offers and all the five

682
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: star recruiting he had, but never really spoken to him

683
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: much at starting there. And so going up against him

684
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: the first rep, I kind of beat him in and

685
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: his d line coach got on him and you could

686
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: tell he kind of he kind of got a little upset.

687
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 1: And so the next play he came off the ball

688
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: and ran me straight over in the ground. And I

689
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: remember getting up and be like, Okay, that's that's what

690
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: the football players like. Yeah, that's that's a nice awakening

691
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: moment for you there. Definitely. How about when you when

692
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,160
Speaker 1: you look at yourself on tape, you know, from an

693
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,719
Speaker 1: athletic standpoint, for physicality standpoint, is there an NFL player

694
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 1: at the position at the offensive tackle position you try

695
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: and model yourself after. My favorite player is probably Tyrand Smith,

696
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 1: just his technique and his um, his posture playing. He's

697
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: a great player, and I just love Washington play. How

698
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: about a little bit of Joe Thomas because I thought,

699
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: just from a past set standpoint, foot work wise, you

700
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: actually see I see a little bit of Joe in

701
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: your lower half when you're when you're past set there.

702
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 1: Do you spend any time studying Joe Thomas? Of course,

703
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: I watched him play. He's an incredible player and what

704
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: he's done in the NFL has been unmatched, and so

705
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: he's definitely someone I like to watch and I like

706
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: to model my game. After two, all right, let's flip

707
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: it over to some things you can work on going forward.

708
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: I struggle when I went back and looked at my

709
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: notes to find things, um, you needed to work on.

710
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: One of the things from scouting standpoint, I thought, every

711
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 1: now and then you get a little bit over aggressive

712
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: in the run game and your head will drop a

713
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 1: little bit. Is there anything you can think of in

714
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: your game when you self evaluate and say, okay, this

715
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: is an area I need to get better at technique?

716
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: I feel like it's something you can you can never

717
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: stop getting better at it. You can always improve and technique,

718
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: so of course, uh, technique and then strength goes along

719
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: with that something you can never never stop improving on.

720
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: So I feel like my technique and strength I can

721
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: continue to build upon all right, before we get to

722
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: our three ages, which I'll explain in a second. Here

723
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: at these same three questions we ask every prospect we

724
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: have come on the show. I want to get one

725
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: piece of information and from you at the draft. I

726
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: don't know if you knew this, but now you get

727
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: a chance to to pick your own walkout music. You

728
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: get invited this year that draft is gonna be in Dallas,

729
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: so it's like a home game for you in the

730
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: state of Texas. If you had to think right now,

731
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: you've got some time to put this together. But you

732
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: get your walkout song of choice. What is it? This

733
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: is the first time I've heard of this. This is

734
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: big information. I don't have a certain song to um

735
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: to go to, but definitely probably big country song. Okay,

736
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: a little country What were we thinking though? We're thinking

737
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: more new country like Darius Rucker. Are we gonna go

738
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: with some old school stuff? Like? What do we got

739
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: maybe some Cody Johnson or something? Uh, change the tables

740
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: a little. I'm gonna say Eric Church just because I

741
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: went to Appalachian State and Eric Church is app State guy.

742
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: So you got some. It got Colswin Dell's. You know,

743
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 1: we went to Georgia Southern, so I don't really care

744
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: for that that much, but you've got some options. Their country.

745
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: Good to know, all right. The three H is This

746
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: is where we ask you your greatest highlight, your greatest hardship,

747
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: and who your hero is. So um, we do this

748
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: with every single player that comes through and we get

749
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: some fascinating answers. I'll start off here. Your greatest high

750
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: like it could be as a football player on or

751
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: off the field. What's been your greatest highlight during your career.

752
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: I would say my greatest highlight was getting to McComb

753
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: School of Business. It was something It was one of

754
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: the main reasons I went to University of Texas was

755
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: for academics. And getting into that business school, a top

756
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: business school in the nation was It was a great accomplishment,

757
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: and and accomplishing that sophomore year and being accepted in

758
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 1: was a huge tath. No, that's outstanding. How about your

759
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: your greatest hardship that you've overcome in life. Mhm. Thankfully. Thankfully,

760
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: I've had a lot of good people around me. So

761
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: when when times we've got tough and troubles have got

762
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: where you're not sure where things are going, they're they're

763
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 1: always there to watch my back and always there to

764
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: help me get through things. But I would definitely say

765
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: my greatest hardship was probably when I was little and

766
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: just finding myself and who I was. You can read

767
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: more of the article by the way that here Connor story.

768
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: He goes into great detail on this. It's outstanding. How

769
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: about your hero? Who's your hero in life? My hero? UM,

770
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: I would have to say my hero is my father.

771
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,879
Speaker 1: He's always been there for me. He's whenever I've needed him,

772
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: He's always been there for me. And he's just the

773
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: man I look up to and is always patient with

774
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: all of us and always giving to all of us.

775
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: That he's UM, He's definitely my hero. That's outstanding. Great

776
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: answers there, Connor's been It's been great to chat with.

777
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: Your last question before I let you go here talked

778
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 1: about you going up against Solomon Thomas in high school.

779
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: You've placed You've played against a bunch of the top

780
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: players in the country at the University of Texas. At

781
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,319
Speaker 1: the collegiate level, is there one edge rusher you're looking

782
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: forward to challenging yourself against. And once you get to

783
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: this next level. Um. Of course, in the NFL, every

784
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,960
Speaker 1: every addresser, every week is gonna be top of the notch.

785
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: And so just taking a week by week and being

786
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 1: able to go against each individual add rusher that has

787
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: their individual charm and individual strengths is gonna be Um,

788
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good time, and it's gonna be

789
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 1: something I look forward to. That's a very polished answer

790
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: by somebody that's not looking to call out anybody before

791
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: he gets on an NFL field. Hey, Connor, I appreciate

792
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: you taking the time. Man, it's great to chat with you.

793
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: We're gonna be in touch as we go towards the draft.

794
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: We're looking forward to following your journey. Yes, sir, thank

795
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: you for having me. Bucky. As you could tell, they're

796
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 1: a really, really intelligent kid. And uh, somebody that's got

797
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: a pretty unique story there in Connor Williams. Very unique

798
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: story when you think about the things that he had

799
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: to endure coming up, but he's come through on the

800
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: other side. Also, Planet Texas big stage. Big player has

801
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: played very very well. Excited to see what he can

802
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 1: do at the next level. Yeah, fun player to watch

803
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: and looking forward to get to know him a little

804
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: bit more as we marched towards the draft. Let's get

805
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,959
Speaker 1: over to some college picks. We've got some bull picks

806
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: to go through here. Before we do that, we can

807
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: take a look at Bucky's favorite board that we have

808
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: on the show. Uh, that's the standings here from these

809
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,439
Speaker 1: picks and Kent and Silly tied there at the very

810
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: top of the nip and at their heels. Bucky goes

811
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: here or zero with his bowl game picks, he could

812
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: get right back in this thing real quick. Like, Bucky,

813
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: you're ready to jump into some of these games. Yeah,

814
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: let's do it all right, let's jump in here. Starting

815
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 1: with two point game of the week. We got a

816
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: couple of them, obviously, the two playoff games, Clemson versus Alabama.

817
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: Who do you like and why I'm gonna go with Alabama?

818
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: I think Alabama's experienced on this stage, and I know

819
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,919
Speaker 1: they played Clemson a handful of times, they know each other,

820
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: But when was the last time we've really seen Alabama

821
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 1: viewed as an underdog. I think they religious opportunity to

822
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: knock off Clemson, and I think the difference is last

823
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: year to Shaun Watson had to really pull out some

824
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: superman like heroics to get this done. I don't know

825
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: if Kelly Bryant can do it. I don't think he's

826
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,879
Speaker 1: as polished a passer as Watson was. And I think

827
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: when you're one dimensional player playing against an Alabama defense

828
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: that's going to tee off and really be physical at

829
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: the point of attack, I think you're gonna have to

830
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: throw it. I just don't know if Kelly Briant is

831
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: good enough. Because of that, I'm going with Alabama. Yeah.

832
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: I I originally picked Clemson, and then I was going

833
00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: through and working on guys for the draft, and I

834
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: did a Bowl players on this Alabama defense, and the

835
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: more I watched them, I thought, I can't pick against

836
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: Nick Saban with this group of dudes with a full

837
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: month to get ready for Clemson, not a week. Because

838
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 1: you remember they played in the championship game the last

839
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 1: two years. That's a that's a week worth of preparation.

840
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,359
Speaker 1: This is Nick Saban with a month to get ready

841
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: for these guys and Kelly Bryant is a good player.

842
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 1: He's not Shawn Watson. I like Alabama as well, so

843
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: do Sully and Kent, so we're unanimous. They're rolling with

844
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: the tide. Let's get to Oklahoma. Georgia. I'm gonna go

845
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: to this game the Rose Bowl. What's a two point

846
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: game of the week as well? Buck, Who do you

847
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: like and why I'm gonna go with Georgia. I think

848
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Georgia's defense is going

849
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: to impose their will on Oklahoma. And I know Oklahoma

850
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 1: is fast, but I think the overall physicality and not

851
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: only the defense but at the running game eventually wears

852
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: Oklahoma down. I think this is gonna be a slug fast,

853
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,280
Speaker 1: a slug fest. And I don't know if they're prepared

854
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: to have to play in the Big Twill. I just

855
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: think Georgia has something about it. I think they have

856
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,959
Speaker 1: their way with Oklahoma team. They take them to the shed,

857
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: take them to the shed. That's strong. Oh physically, yeah,

858
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be a is gonna beat down.

859
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be I think they're gonna

860
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: beat him up real good. Yeah. This reminds me a

861
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: lot of what I heard before that Sugar Bowl that

862
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: I went and watched when Oklahoma was playing out year ago.

863
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: I heard about to add the big bad SEC and

864
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: it's Bob Stoops. Bob Stoops didn't want to hear any

865
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: of it. And then and then after the game, I

866
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,280
Speaker 1: ever think Alabama said, oh, we didn't really care about

867
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 1: that game. You know, we weren't really hard that guy.

868
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 1: So apparently Bank you're right into that line of thinking.

869
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: Huh oh. I think this is how they home run

870
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: the route. I think this is I think this is

871
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: gonna be a knockout. I think is gonna being in

872
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: brutal fast. I think George is gonna get up in

873
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: him real good Georgia. I love the Georgia run game.

874
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: I think they'll score points offensively, they'll be physical. But

875
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: I look at this Oklahoma team and what they did

876
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: to Ohio State's defensive front, which is more talented than

877
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: the Georgia defensive front they're gonna see. And I watched

878
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield carved them up like a Christmas turkey. I

879
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 1: think he's gonna do the same thing here to Georgia.

880
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: I like Oklahoma to get this done. They seem to

881
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: step up when they play against these SEC teams, I

882
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: don't think they match up as well with another team

883
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: that has the firepower when you look at somebody, you know,

884
00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: if they were to run into a Clemson, I think

885
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: that'd be a tougher matchup for him. Man, I don't

886
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: sec that Oklahoma eats SEC teams for breakfast. They love

887
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: playing these SEC teams so so they say so, they say,

888
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: but what you didn't have before, you didn't have the

889
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 1: Higsman Trophy, Jinks Trophy winner, you got Bacon Mayfield, get

890
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: all that he'd being on the buffet circuit, He didn't.

891
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 1: He said he was under the weather, couldn't go to Disneyland,

892
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: kind of basking, basking reading his you know, reading his

893
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 1: press clippers. I think this is a perfect time to

894
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: bring him back to earth. I feel I feel good

895
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: about I feel better about this looking at the sheet

896
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: because kenstre Thomas likes Oklahoma as well, so he's with me.

897
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: You and Selly paired up on Georgia h Ken streams

898
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 1: were tied at the top Ken, but Ken has a

899
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: longer tracker who won the thing last year? Uh yeah.

900
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: On the on the championship, five point Random came up

901
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,240
Speaker 1: with five points for the title game and he wins

902
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: by like a point. Kent who won last year? You? Yeah,

903
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: I was Kent. Yeah that's all right, all right, you

904
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 1: get his semantics and specifics. I don't really care about that.

905
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,400
Speaker 1: I ride with the winners. It's the winner's car, Ohio

906
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: State USC. I'm gonna go to this game. This is

907
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: the Cotton Bowl here, Bucky uh lone wolf in it.

908
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: And again that's why I appreciate you. You will take out.

909
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,439
Speaker 1: You do not choke up. You're not a choke up guy.

910
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: You get the bottom of the barrel. You might even

911
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: put your your your pinky beneath the barrel. You're one

912
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: of those guys. It's just gonna and just maybe who

913
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: a little twitch here, a little bat twitch and then

914
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: uh Gary Sheffield like and then just come out of

915
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: your shoes. I love it. Oh yeah, we're swinging for

916
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: defenses on this one. And I can't believe you are

917
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: going against s C. I mean like a guys long

918
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: accused of USC, long accused like team come on, man.

919
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: We talked about the quarterback Sam done big stage in

920
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: a big game, an opportunity to kind of reverse the

921
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: narrative that maybe out there about him. I think he

922
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 1: has been relishing the opportunity to go at this defense.

923
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: And look, we talked about Baker Mayfield carving them up.

924
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: This might be a game where we see Sam Donald

925
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: go bananas. Because this is why I received a corps

926
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: on the outside. They got some talent to do. Is

927
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: they play the young guys Michael Pittman to Alvans. I

928
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: think we see s c lighted up and with road

929
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: Joe in the backfield. It's the challenge. It's a challenge

930
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: that I don't know if Ohio State is up for

931
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: the task. Yeah, look I could see this. I could

932
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: actually see this game going either way. I just have

933
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 1: been studying Denzel Ward, who is an absolute freak show.

934
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 1: He's when you're gonna love digging into him. Buck. He

935
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: is outstanding. I see a mixture of pac Man Jones

936
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 1: and some old school Antoine Winfield and his play. So

937
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna raise one of those talented wide

938
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: receivers you talk about. Now we'll see if us can

939
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: block that front. It's it's it is to me, it's

940
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: it's a close game. I could go either way. I

941
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: ended up going with Ohio State and that one how

942
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 1: about the Orange Bowl Wisconsin and Miami. This is an

943
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,320
Speaker 1: intriguing game. It is an intriguing game, and I'm looking

944
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: right now we have a sweep. I think I'm gonna

945
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: have to hit that button. We may have had the

946
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: reversal button. I think I'm going to Wisconsin Badgers because

947
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 1: I feel like then, yeah, I feel like I feel

948
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: like everyone is disreginging Bucky. You're going Bucky Badger. Absolutely,

949
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 1: I feel like they've been disrespected. And and here's why

950
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that. This is a team that is

951
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: really good on defense. They've a really good job of

952
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: locking most people up. And I know we're gonna talk

953
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: about Miami and their speed, but Miami's wide receivers are

954
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 1: all hurt. Wisconsin is gonna get after them. Now. I

955
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: know Wisconsin's quarterback may give them a couple, but at

956
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,280
Speaker 1: the end of the day, I'm looking for the Badges

957
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: to snatch that chain. At the end of the game,

958
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: Bucky Badger have on the turnover chain. He'll be dancing

959
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: in the streets. Buck. Didn't you buy Wisconsin in the

960
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,919
Speaker 1: Big Ten Championship game? Did you buy that one? I did?

961
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 1: And I feel like they could and should have won.

962
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: So you're not backing off, You're doubling down. I'm not

963
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: backing off. I'm doubling down. I think this is one

964
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 1: day to do it, because I think the U is

965
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: not quite what we're making them out to be. Bucky

966
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 1: Badger will have on the chain at the end of

967
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 1: the game. It's bold. I love that. Uh. Make sure

968
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: that gentleman that just walk back gets on his flight

969
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 1: in time too. But uh where the rest of us

970
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 1: are gonna go with Miami? And now when Auburn you

971
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 1: see f uh Bucky again, God bless you. I love it. Man,

972
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 1: swing for the fences, go take your take your nights. Oh,

973
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: come on, man, Scott Frostman his last game. He loves

974
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,240
Speaker 1: the kids. You know, he came back for the kids.

975
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,919
Speaker 1: I think this is a great it's a great send off.

976
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: I think they gonna horst him up on the shoulders

977
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 1: at the end of the thing when they carry him

978
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 1: out of Mercedes ben Stadium. This is the one. This

979
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: is the one U CEF they showed the big bad

980
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: sec that they're not quite what they think they are.

981
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:19,240
Speaker 1: UCF puts up a bunch of points. Speaking of talented corners,

982
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: I was talking about Ohio State Denzel Award Mike used

983
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: the corner for Central Florida. Another one you're gonna enjoy watching.

984
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: He is outstanding. They forgot some talent on that UCF team.

985
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: It's not the little engine that could. They got legit

986
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: NFL dudes. I just think Auburn's defensive front. I think

987
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 1: they're the difference in this game. The rest of us

988
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: here ended up rolling with Auburn, Penn State, Washington. It

989
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: looks like we're all unanimous on this one too. Unless

990
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: you want to change your mind, Buck, oh Man, that's tough.

991
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna change my mind. I'm gonna go with you,

992
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: doub I think you finds a way to get it done.

993
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: I think their defense is better. They'll be able to

994
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: lock those guys up on the outside. I still look

995
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: for the sake Kwon Barkley. They have a pretty big game. Uh.

996
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: He's a talented player. Maybe not as a runner, maybe

997
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: as a receiver. He has to have maybe two hundred

998
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 1: scrimined yards for Penn State to have a chance. I'm

999
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: still gon go with you, Dub. Yeah. I like you.

1000
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: I like you Dub as well. The rest of us

1001
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,439
Speaker 1: were all rolling with you up here Vida. Ve see

1002
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: a picture of him here on the screen. I think

1003
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: he is a bona fide stud. I can't say how

1004
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: high he's gonna go, but higher, uh he is. He

1005
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,720
Speaker 1: is Helodi, not a two point oh, he is outstanding.

1006
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:19,359
Speaker 1: So I think you keep an eye on him. That's

1007
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: gonna be his going out party. There. You're in Orlando

1008
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: buck for the uh what's the name as the Camping

1009
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: World Bowl, Virginia Tech World Virginia Tech oaky State. Here

1010
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: you can get a chance to take this one in

1011
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 1: and you can report back to us after the game's over.

1012
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: But who do you like to win it? I'm going

1013
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 1: with votech I'm going with the Hokey Pokey's. I think

1014
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 1: their defense is going to really slimey Oklahoma State and

1015
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I know Oklahoma State is really good on

1016
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: the outside. The quarterback is really a nice fit in

1017
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 1: this system. But I think the way Bud Foster gets

1018
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,320
Speaker 1: after quarterbacks, I think it's gonna make it tough. It

1019
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: make like miserable for Oklahoma State. This is the upset

1020
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 1: that you need to pay attention to. Virginia Tech with

1021
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 1: the win. Alright, Bucky Lone wolfing on that one, Oklahoma State.

1022
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: It's this really kind of a case of offensive firepower

1023
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: versus some defensive playmakers. So it's gonna be high scoring game,

1024
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: is gonna be low scoring game. I have no clue.

1025
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 1: I just think Oklahoma State ends up on top. And

1026
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: this one when it's all said and done, better quarterback

1027
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 1: play and uh they find a way to do it.

1028
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 1: Let's look at the rest of the remaining games here. Uh,

1029
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: we've got a few left here. We've got Stanford TCU,

1030
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: Bucky myself rolling with TCU, Notre Dame l s U.

1031
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,400
Speaker 1: I've got Notre Dame Bucks going to l s U,

1032
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:30,240
Speaker 1: Michigan State, Washington State. I'm gonna be at that's tonight.

1033
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 1: That's the Holiday Ball. I'll be there for that one.

1034
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: I've got Michigan State. Bucky is going with the fighting

1035
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: Luke folks with Washington State here. So we'll see how

1036
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: this all ends up. Uh points they move up a

1037
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:41,839
Speaker 1: little bit, little more point value as we get into

1038
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: these uh playoff games. Buck and I look for you

1039
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,720
Speaker 1: to make a tremendous comeback. Could be an all timer.

1040
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: If you can come back get in this thing. It

1041
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: need to be an all time or to be on

1042
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,560
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1053
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: show today, buck a little up by coastal there. Nice

1054
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: job in the airport there in Orlando. I didn't hear

1055
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:29,840
Speaker 1: anybody come over the p A. It doesn't sound like

1056
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,439
Speaker 1: anybody tripped over a bag. You found yourself a nice

1057
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 1: little spot there. Well, you in the sky lounge, were

1058
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: you at there? Yeah? I mean I mean the depth

1059
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: of sky lounge. I'm tucked away into back, away from

1060
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,240
Speaker 1: all the people, trying not to be um that annoying

1061
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 1: guy us on the phone. But we did it. We

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Speaker 1: made it through nice, nicely done. Hey, have fun at

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Speaker 1: that game. I'm looking forward to going a little bullswing.

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Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be. Are you gonna be at

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Speaker 1: the Fiesta as well? I will, I will check you

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Speaker 1: out of the Fiesta alright, breakfast in Phoenix before the

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Speaker 1: Fiesta Bowl. We'll recap all these bowl games next week,

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Speaker 1: and we'll have for those that don't know again Sunday

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Speaker 1: Slash Monday Pod, Tuesday Pod which will probably get into

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Speaker 1: all these college football games and recap them, and then

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Speaker 1: a Thursday pod where we'll be previewing and looking ahead.

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Speaker 1: You can find all our videos NFL dot com slash

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Speaker 1: MTS video. You can also check them out on YouTube

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Speaker 1: dot com slash NFL. All right, that was a fun episode,

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Speaker 1: a lot of ground covered, looking forward to final week

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Speaker 1: of the NFL season. Then it's postseason time, a little

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Speaker 1: playoff football. Doesn't get any better than that. He is

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Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks. I'm Daniel Jeremiah. This has been the Move

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Speaker 1: the Sticks Podcast, presented by the Ford f Series. Hope

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Speaker 1: you've enjoyed it and we'll see you next time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for downloading Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

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