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Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Let's bring in Chris Sims Pro football talk,

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Speaker 1: of course, the former NFL quarterback. How do you explain that, Chris? Well? Wait,

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Speaker 1: first off, I mean you left me some good candy there,

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Speaker 1: all right? I mean, who are you going to vote

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Speaker 1: for in the high I'm not allowed that. I'm not

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Speaker 1: allowed to say it. They don't want us to say

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Speaker 1: it publicly. Or I would tell you privately, but I'm

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Speaker 1: not allowed to say it publicly. All right? All right? Cool?

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Speaker 1: I understand that you could text me later. How would

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Speaker 1: you vote to vote for Trevor Lawrence? I would? I would?

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Speaker 1: You know, he's the best player in college football for

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Speaker 1: my money, I don't you know. Again, it's unforeseen circumstances,

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Speaker 1: COVID nineteen, all of that. That shouldn't hinder him as

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Speaker 1: far as you know what the vote or what the

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Speaker 1: award really stands for. So I would go with Trevor.

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Speaker 1: If you were Trevor, would you rather go to the

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Speaker 1: Jets or the Jags? Oh, the Jaguars probably have a

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Speaker 1: little bit more in place as far as talent on

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Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball, and even some young

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Speaker 1: talent on the defensive side of the ball. You know,

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Speaker 1: that to me is going to be more of the

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Speaker 1: decision of do you want to live in the big

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Speaker 1: lights of New York or do you want to be

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Speaker 1: kind of under the radar in Jacksonville. What suits like

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Speaker 1: the style of life you want to live too, So

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Speaker 1: you know, ultimately, I think probably at this point right now,

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Speaker 1: the Jags are set up a little bit better team

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Speaker 1: wise than the Jets, who have a lot of holes

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Speaker 1: to fill. But you also look at Eli Manning doesn't

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Speaker 1: seem like the New York kind of guy. Your father,

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Speaker 1: who played for the Giants is not a New York

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Speaker 1: kind of guy. Joe Namoth those days are long gone.

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Speaker 1: Nameeth loved you know the bright lights and Broadway Joe,

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Speaker 1: But you don't. Sam Darnold is not a you know,

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Speaker 1: a bright lights, New York City kind of guy either.

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Speaker 1: I think we get I know, the pressure, the expectation

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Speaker 1: level would be so high. If Trevor Lawrence goes to

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Speaker 1: the Jets, it feels like he would get a little

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Speaker 1: bit more of an easing in period in Jacksonville. I

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Speaker 1: would agree. I mean, you come up, you know, like

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Speaker 1: you're talking about, you come up to New York. The

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Speaker 1: spotlight's on you immediately, and then of course it's going

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Speaker 1: to be added on to that is the fact that whoa,

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Speaker 1: they got rid of a top three quarterback pick to

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Speaker 1: take on Trevor Lawrence. So how does that guy do

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Speaker 1: on his new team? And that's going to add to

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Speaker 1: the spotlight and just the overall you know, attention around

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Speaker 1: the whole scenario. But but so your point with like

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Speaker 1: my dad, Eli Manning, Sam Darnold, even you know, I

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Speaker 1: think Trevor Lawrence has that too, where yeah, they're not

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Speaker 1: like it just it's even keel let's throw a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: throw an interception, You're not really sure which one they did.

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Speaker 1: It's the same look on their face either way. And

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Speaker 1: I think there is something to that in the New

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Speaker 1: York City area as far as balancing your life and

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Speaker 1: all the you know, the fans and all the attention

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Speaker 1: around you at all times. Yeah, it feels like it's

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Speaker 1: the expectation level is going to be so high because

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Speaker 1: the Jets are so thirsty. The Jags almost went to

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl a couple of years ago. The Jets,

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Speaker 1: you know, they get to watch the Super Bowl. But

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Speaker 1: I also wondered about this yesterday we got over the

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Speaker 1: shock of the Jets beating the Rams. If I'm the Rams,

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Speaker 1: what did I expose yesterday that's going to come back

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Speaker 1: and haunt me? Or is this just a one off

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Speaker 1: that the Jets caught him at the right time. But

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Speaker 1: there are there bigger issues with the Rams as we

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Speaker 1: look past this Jets upset. I think I said this

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Speaker 1: to you two weeks ago when I was on on

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Speaker 1: a Monday where to me, there's one big issue with

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Speaker 1: the Rams football team, and it's really about the only

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Speaker 1: issue because they're really well rounded and just about every area.

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Speaker 1: But there it was again, Dan, just go back and

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Speaker 1: look at the Rams schedule. Any game their offense struggles,

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Speaker 1: it's lack of run game, and then the bootleg passes

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Speaker 1: and the bootlegs were gone, and it just all kind

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl contender in the NFC West? Yes, I do

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Speaker 1: believe that the Seahawks to me or a Super Bowl contender.

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt the Seahawks have played better defense the

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Speaker 1: You know, I think you see their run game has

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Speaker 1: shown inklings of popping up here. And a year with

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Speaker 1: no great defenses in football, you know, this is why

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Speaker 1: I took Seattle versus Kansas City in the Super Bowl anyways,

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Speaker 1: because of the no off season, I thought the defenses

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Speaker 1: lend itself to the great quarterbacks, kind of taking over

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Speaker 1: to favor those kind of guys. So, yes, Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: and the Seahawks Star contender. Were you a Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: I was. He was my number one quarterback that year. Really,

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Speaker 1: I mean yeah, yeah, big, big, Josh Allen. I kind

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Speaker 1: of Lamar is number one and Josh Allen is two

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Speaker 1: in my first rankings, And honestly, Dan, I made a

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Speaker 1: deal with myself. I backed off the Lamar number one

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Speaker 1: because I got so much crap from my NFL friends. Man,

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Speaker 1: Lamar number one, are you crazy? I thought there was

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Speaker 1: maybe something I didn't know that maybe you know, there

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Speaker 1: so trashed. I honestly backed off Lamar a little bit

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Speaker 1: and ultimately made Josh Allen my number one guy. But yes,

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Speaker 1: I was a huge Josh Allen fan. If I said

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Speaker 1: I got to take out Mahomes from the equation quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: better than Josh Allen and Deshaun Watson. But man for

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty football right now, Week fifteen, I don't think

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Speaker 1: at certain moments, doesn't matter what has to be done.

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Speaker 1: And I remind people, you know that that was the

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Speaker 1: same Denver defense that wouldn't let the Chiefs in the

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Speaker 1: in that conversation. I'm not saying he's there yet, but

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Speaker 1: he's in that combo. We're talking to Chris Sims, Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Talk Live co host with Mike Florio and of

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Speaker 1: course the former NFL quarterback. Let's look at the Saints

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Speaker 1: quarterbacking situation short term, long term here, what do you think, Well,

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Speaker 1: they gotta go with Drew Brees now, I mean, he

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Speaker 1: obviously was not at one hundred percent yesterday. He didn't

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Speaker 1: he look comfortable at any point during that game? Look jumpy,

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Speaker 1: in the pocket right, didn't look like real decisive with decisions.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot of like, oh should I throw

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Speaker 1: it there? Oh should I throw it? And he didn't

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Speaker 1: know what to do with it. So they caught him

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Speaker 1: on a rusty day, you know, of course, not hitting

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Speaker 1: on all cylinders. But he's still the guy going forward,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. I just hope they find the right balance

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Speaker 1: of still letting the Taysom Hill be a factor there

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Speaker 1: because without Drew Brees's ability to really throw the ball

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Speaker 1: the Saints. I think that they just can't lose sight

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Speaker 1: But they seem to have an answer for everything. That's

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Speaker 1: just it. It's the person who makes straight a's. But

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Speaker 1: watching their study habits and you go and I don't know,

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Speaker 1: Now they do it differently here? Um right, how dangerous

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Speaker 1: I mean, what's the flaw there. I mean the flaw

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Speaker 1: they lost to a team that they're better at, better than,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't close the game out or you know,

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Speaker 1: they just were asleep at the wheel because they were unmotivated.

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Speaker 1: That's the concern. But also, like you know yesterday, I

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Speaker 1: think it also again shows their versatility too. That's what's amazing. Oh,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna run the ball, we're gonna play defense, and

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Speaker 1: Brees beat us throwing the football. You know, Oh, this

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Speaker 1: still win. And that's where they're I'm annoyed by them.

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Speaker 1: I'll say this though. Their offense needs to be the

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Speaker 1: one that closes these games out. That's where they're built,

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Speaker 1: and that's that's the unit that needs to put some

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Speaker 1: haven't seen them do that. You sold on Baker Mayfield,

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Speaker 1: now I am. You know, I think I think, like

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Speaker 1: the last three four weeks, the way he's playing, I

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Speaker 1: think he's finally just comfortable in the Stefanski offense what's

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Speaker 1: being expected of them. And Dan there's you there's a

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Speaker 1: language between quarterback and play caller that you know, I

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Speaker 1: actually heard even you know, Bruce arians talking about this

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Speaker 1: you with some of their play calls more than just hey,

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Speaker 1: this is the play call, but really where an offense

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Speaker 1: Oh wait, he's calling this play on second down because

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Speaker 1: I don't have it, throw it away. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: all those little nuances. I think that they're finally getting together.

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Speaker 1: And that's why you're seeing Baker just confident and playing

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Speaker 1: and playing awesome. And I see young quarterbacks do this.

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Speaker 1: And you played the position that I gotta throw the

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Speaker 1: ball away like it's hard. Your mentality is never let

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Speaker 1: you know, these schools that aren't in the Power five conferences,

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Speaker 1: you know they wouldn't be able to go toe to

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Speaker 1: toe with these schools that are. And I go, let

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Speaker 1: me take you back to Army on the road against

430
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Speaker 1: Oklahoma and Kyler Murray and went into overtime. So it's

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Speaker 1: one game and maybe there's a blowout, but you tell me,

432
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Speaker 1: Oklahoma came out of that game going, man, we're so

433
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Speaker 1: much better than Army. No, and Army took Michigan to

434
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Speaker 1: the limit the following year. Look, Army's a good team.

435
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Speaker 1: There's no reason Army shouldn't be in a Bull game.

436
00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,520
Speaker 1: And this is another one of my issues with the

437
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Speaker 1: bowl system in general. Again, you don't need these middlemen

438
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,159
Speaker 1: like ESPN owns and operates seventeen bowls. Now, you got

439
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Speaker 1: the Myrtle Beach Bowl coming on later today Conway, South

440
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Speaker 1: Carolina on the surf turf at Coastal Carolina. Those Bulls

441
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: have no middlemen. ESPN puts it on the teams show

442
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Speaker 1: up and you're good to go. And that's the way

443
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,200
Speaker 1: they could do it throughout college football if they wanted to,

444
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Speaker 1: and just set up the best matchups you can instead

445
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Speaker 1: of having well, we got to have Big ten number

446
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:35,159
Speaker 1: three versus SEC Number four. Don't do that. If anything,

447
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,919
Speaker 1: this season taught us that things might be better if

448
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 1: you schedule a little more on the fly. Anyway. I

449
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 1: mean that Coastal Carolina BYU game was set up on

450
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Speaker 1: two days notice. It was probably the best game of

451
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Speaker 1: the season, So why not have it where the leagues

452
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Speaker 1: get together with ESPN and say we're going to create

453
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Speaker 1: thirty nine postseason games, but we're not going to set

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Speaker 1: them up by conference or anything like that. We're just

455
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Speaker 1: gonna match them up for the best possible matchups, the

456
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 1: best television matchups, the most deserving teams get the best games.

457
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Speaker 1: And that's how you do it. Everybody would be would

458
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,239
Speaker 1: be fine with that. Viewers would love it. And you

459
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 1: don't give money to people who don't do anything. Andy,

460
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 1: you're making money the product, Andy, You're making way too much.

461
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,959
Speaker 1: I know you got to stop. You got to stop

462
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Speaker 1: with this because you know what, it's just in three

463
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Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five days, Andy, we're probably having this

464
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 1: same conversation oh one, and probably more so and more

465
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Speaker 1: frustrated because they will have gone back to all of

466
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Speaker 1: the old ways of doing things. It will be we

467
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Speaker 1: must schedule non conference games twelve years in advance, because

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Speaker 1: that is what we do. We must do that. But

469
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Speaker 1: you don't have to do that. If this year taught

470
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Speaker 1: us anything, you don't have to do any of the

471
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Speaker 1: things that you thought you had to do. So think

472
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Speaker 1: about it. If you're gonna if you're gonna press the

473
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Speaker 1: reset button now, would be a great time. It's great

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Speaker 1: to talk to you so always. We appreciate your insights,

475
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Speaker 1: Mary Christmas, Happy Holidays to Andy, and thank you for

476
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Speaker 1: joining us. Thank you, Dan. That's Andy Staples. Andy works

477
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Speaker 1: for the Athletic. Be sure to catch the live edition

478
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Speaker 1: of The Dan Patrick Show weekdays at nine am Eastern

479
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 1: six am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart

480
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Speaker 1: Radio WAP. We've talked a lot about college football, and

481
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 1: you know the playoffs. Now we have the bowl games.

482
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Speaker 1: Who can play South Carolina's got two wins, they're playing

483
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Speaker 1: in a bowl game. Army is nine and two. They're

484
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Speaker 1: not playing in a bowl game, and they're head coach.

485
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Speaker 1: Jeff Munkin joins us on the program. Coach, thanks for

486
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Speaker 1: joining us. So explain this to me and how you

487
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Speaker 1: explained it to your kids. They're not playing in a

488
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Speaker 1: bowl game. Well, first, I got a day. Can I

489
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Speaker 1: give you an autograph story? Because I loved your autographs story? Sure, sure,

490
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Speaker 1: So I was an autograph seeker as a kid. I

491
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 1: like you go to the ball games, hang out along

492
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Speaker 1: the third base line of the first baseline by the dugouts.

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Speaker 1: So I want to tell you two stories about autographs.

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Speaker 1: One j R. Richards so the picture for the Astros

495
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: got an autograph before he had a stroke and after

496
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Speaker 1: he had a stroke. I thought that was pretty cool.

497
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Speaker 1: He's a great picture. Admired him and his and his

498
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Speaker 1: uh in his career. But my favorite autograph was from

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Speaker 1: Don Sutton. Now he wasn't my favorite player growing up,

500
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Speaker 1: but kind of like you. I had a little conversation

501
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Speaker 1: with Don on the third base line out out in

502
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Speaker 1: right field at the Astrodome when I was about twelve

503
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Speaker 1: years old, and uh, he's coming along and Don Suton's

504
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Speaker 1: a great picture and I said, oh, missus sudden, can

505
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Speaker 1: I have your autograph? And uh, he comes over and

506
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Speaker 1: he said, you know you got to say please. He said,

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Speaker 1: you know, manners always manners always counts. And uh, I said, oh,

508
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm just so excited to get your autograph.

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Speaker 1: I got good manners. I just I was just so

510
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Speaker 1: excited to get your autographed. I'm sorry, yelled at you.

511
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Speaker 1: And he said, don't convince me, show me. And I've

512
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 1: never forgotten that he said that, and I still used

513
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Speaker 1: that today. I've used it for my entire career. When

514
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Speaker 1: a guy talks about doing something and I'm gonna do this,

515
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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna do that or I'm gonna do better.

516
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 1: I say, don't convince me, show me. And I've shared

517
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Speaker 1: with him where I got that that quote, So I

518
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: got don Don Sutton to thank for that quote. But

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Speaker 1: getting h to our bowl game, and uh, you know,

520
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,080
Speaker 1: we've had a great year. I'm so proud of our guys.

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Speaker 1: We've had two very emotional weeks, playing the Army Navy

522
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Speaker 1: game and the coming right back to play for the

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Speaker 1: Commander in Chiefs Trophy this past Saturday here at West

524
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Speaker 1: Point against Air Force, and our guys just battled and

525
00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 1: did a great job and and we were really looking

526
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Speaker 1: forward to the the opportunity playing the postseason. We've been set

527
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Speaker 1: up to playing the Independence Bowl for for over a

528
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Speaker 1: year and and uh, and have been looking forward to

529
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Speaker 1: that like everybody, the reward of playing in the postseason

530
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Speaker 1: in college football. And as the day went along yesterday

531
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Speaker 1: and we realized that we were kind of getting pushed

532
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Speaker 1: out and I understand why, and I'm not mad at

533
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Speaker 1: the systems. It's a system that's created lots and lots

534
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Speaker 1: of opportunities for teams to play. Is the same system

535
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Speaker 1: that really kept us from from having a guarantee yesterday.

536
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Speaker 1: But there's a lot of teams that have had a

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Speaker 1: chance to play it. I'm I'm not mad at the

538
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 1: two win teams or the three win teams that are playing.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I commend them that they are taking the

540
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Speaker 1: opportunity to play this great game. What I'm disappointed is

541
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: the teams that had a chance to play, they clamored

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Speaker 1: for the opportunity to play this fall, are now deciding

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Speaker 1: they don't want to play. I don't understand it. And

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Speaker 1: we've got a team who is deserving of playing in

545
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Speaker 1: a bowl game. They're a great They're a great team.

546
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Speaker 1: They're not the most talented team in the country, not

547
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Speaker 1: the most talented team I've coached, but they're the best

548
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Speaker 1: team I've coached. And and there are a group of

549
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Speaker 1: young men who have made a pledge of commitment to

550
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Speaker 1: serve this nation. And we've got seniors who have earned

551
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Speaker 1: the opportunity to play in a bowl game, who were

552
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: in tears last night. Six months from now, they're they're

553
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: gonna take a pledge to serve in the United States

554
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Speaker 1: Army and ultimately are willing to pay the ultimate price

555
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Speaker 1: for us to enjoy the freedoms we have and the

556
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Speaker 1: way of life that we enjoy to play this game

557
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Speaker 1: and to have the right to say yes I want

558
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Speaker 1: a play or no, I don't want to play. But

559
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 1: when there's a team like that that is uniquely positioned

560
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: to represent the one point three million men and women

561
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Speaker 1: who serve on active duty in our United States Army,

562
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Speaker 1: they deserve the opportunity to not just play for themselves,

563
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Speaker 1: but to represent those men and women. And I hear

564
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Speaker 1: all that we've been through that it's always for all

565
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Speaker 1: this team that's been through this year, we're just deciding

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Speaker 1: to opt out. Well, I challenge for all that our

567
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Speaker 1: soldiers have been through and all that their families have

568
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Speaker 1: been through, For families who who have had loved ones

569
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Speaker 1: deployed for a year or more and been away from

570
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Speaker 1: their families and will spend this holiday season away from

571
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Speaker 1: their families, we owe it to them to represent them.

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Speaker 1: And UH, and we just we want the opportunity to

573
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Speaker 1: do that. We're hoping that they'll some way, somehow, there'll

574
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: be a chance. But I talked to our guys about it.

575
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: I told them to told them the truth on how

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Speaker 1: it got to this point. Uh. They were obviously disappointed,

577
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Speaker 1: But what they said was coach, if if we got

578
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Speaker 1: a chance, then let us continue to prepare and get ready.

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Speaker 1: And that's that's what we've done all year. We've just prepared.

580
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: We're not planned. We had a twelve game schedule in

581
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: July and we played three of those original teams, but

582
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: still manage to play eleven games. We've prepared, not planned,

583
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Speaker 1: And it's it's what an infantry unit does. They prepare.

584
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: They don't plan. They don't know where the battles coming,

585
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: they don't know what the weather's going to be, they

586
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: don't how many bad guys are gonna be on the

587
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: other side, what their firepower is, but they're going to

588
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: be prepared. And our country can be proud to know

589
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 1: that we've got soldiers out there that are protecting our

590
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: freedoms and our way of life. And then we've got

591
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Speaker 1: football players who are playing on this team that have

592
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: made that same commitment. So our guys are just a

593
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: great bunch of guys. So we're going to stay here

594
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Speaker 1: for the next few days. We're going to figure out

595
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Speaker 1: if we get a chance to play and see what

596
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Speaker 1: comes of it. How important is it for the coach

597
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Speaker 1: at the academy to have been through the academy to

598
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Speaker 1: understand what these I can't these men and women go through,

599
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Speaker 1: to kind of understand what their schedule is, their life is,

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Speaker 1: what happens after they graduate, get deployed, Like there's there's

601
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Speaker 1: a whole lot that goes into this coach that it's

602
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: not just come on in and place in football. For me,

603
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 1: it is and it's important that we all understand that

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Speaker 1: and embrace that. And it's one of the things I

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Speaker 1: love about West Point. I've I've I've had the opportunity

606
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Speaker 1: to serve as a coach at two of our service academies,

607
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Speaker 1: and it's it's been the great pleasure my career to

608
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Speaker 1: be able to do that, serve these young men and

609
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: women who are going to serve our nation. And I

610
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: didn't go to school here, but I'm proud to represent

611
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: our United States Army in this way and to serve

612
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 1: in this way to develop the leaders of character that

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00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: our Army needs and deserves to lead our soldiers. And

614
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 1: I understand this place, and I embrace what we are

615
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: as an institution, and I know our players realize that

616
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: about me, that though I didn't experience this, that I

617
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: understand their life and their commitment. And when we do

618
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 1: bring a young man in here, it's not just all

619
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: about football, but that's what makes them so special. But

620
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: also it's one thing to say goodbye to a senior

621
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Speaker 1: like this is different. When you say goodbye to your seniors.

622
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Speaker 1: You don't know what's going to happen to them. It's

623
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Speaker 1: not like, hey, I'll keep an eye on you in

624
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: the NFL, or you know, you get a job as

625
00:31:55,080 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: an accountant somewhere. You're saying goodbye to men who you

626
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: might be saying goodbye to. They may they may have

627
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: to pay the ultimate price, but they've they've made that

628
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 1: choice and they've made that commitment. And you know, all

629
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: of us should be incredibly thankful for every man woman

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Speaker 1: in this nation that takes that pledge. And there are

631
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Speaker 1: millions of Americans who have taken that pledge and currently

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00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: serve and those that will take that pledge, and our

633
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: guys due too. And uh, you know, our guys going

634
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: to all walks of life, they're going to all all

635
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: different kinds of jobs in the army, they don't all

636
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: have the same job, but they've all made the same commitment.

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00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 1: And uh, and I'm really proud of them and I

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00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: just I would love to see them be rewarded with

639
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: this opportunity of a bold and they desperately want to play.

640
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: And hopefully we can give even more publicity to this,

641
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: and we appreciate your coming on and we're happy to

642
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 1: be able to help facilitate this so they do get

643
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,959
Speaker 1: a chance. And maybe there's a school that opts out

644
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: out that they can't play, and you guys slide and

645
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: you guys have certainly been ready to play anybody anywhere.

646
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: And I brought this up when you'll get people who

647
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: will say, well, you know, these teams that aren't in

648
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: the Power five conferences, they can't really play with the

649
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: big boys. And I always bring up when Army went

650
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,719
Speaker 1: to Oklahoma a couple of years ago and they had

651
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and you took him into overtime. So I

652
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: don't I don't want to hear all. You know, those

653
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: smaller schools can stick with the big guys. I don't

654
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: know how you did it that day, but you did

655
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: it well. This team in the last three years has

656
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: taken two top ten teams to overtime, overtime and double

657
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: overtime double overtime at Michigan a year ago, and I

658
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: assure you that it wasn't because of our talent. We

659
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: got some talented guys, We got some good football players,

660
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: but our guys just play really hard. They play they

661
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: play together. They cared deeply for each other. There's a

662
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: sense of brotherhood in this program that's unlike any team

663
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: I've ever been a part of. And and uh, and

664
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: it's it's because of the shared experience that they'll have

665
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:13,359
Speaker 1: after they graduate that that that creates a bond in

666
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 1: this team. And uh, you know, we didn't win either

667
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: of those games, so I guess they're they're right. We

668
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 1: just we weren't able to to finish the job. But

669
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: we've won some Power Five games here since I've been

670
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: here as the head coach and and uh we're gonna

671
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 1: have a chance to play some more and hopefully we'll

672
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: be able to to come away with some victories. But

673
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,839
Speaker 1: just the spirit of this team and what they mean

674
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: to this country. I think it's great for college football.

675
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: I think it's obviously great for our our players, but uh,

676
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: but for those men and women that we represent, I

677
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: think it's important that we play and and uh and

678
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: not just say hey, we're gonna opt out well, you

679
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,879
Speaker 1: can't give up. I mean, that's that's who you. That's

680
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: who you are, and uh, you know, hopefully I'll get

681
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: a chance to get up there next season. Night. I

682
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 1: appreciate the invitation that I got for the Army Navy game.

683
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: I got a compromised immune system and probably the last

684
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: person who should be traveling anywhere, but that game means

685
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: that much to me that I wanted to be there

686
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: to experience it. So congratulations on the season, and hopefully

687
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 1: there's somebody listening who says you're right that Armies should

688
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 1: be playing in a bowl game this year, coach, So

689
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: thank you and our best to you. Same to you,

690
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: Thanks a loud. We'll look forward to seeing you at

691
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 1: the Army Navy game next year, all right, Coach Monkin, Yeah,

692
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: we're ready to go after that speech. Damn, now, I'm

693
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: really mad that Army's not playing in a bowl game.

694
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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be

695
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine until

696
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 1: noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio,

697
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,280
Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at

698
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. They're

699
00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: quite a few Jets fans and big name Jets fans,

700
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 1: and Hanker's area is one of our favorites. He of

701
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: course gave us Brockmeyer, the actor comedian does a lot

702
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: of voices on the Simpsons, and here's a Jets fan

703
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: and Hank joins us. Now, Hank, how do you feel today? Well,

704
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: I mean you're right then, mixed emotions, and the emotions

705
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: that are mixed are despair and anger. How did you

706
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: feel watching that game? It's been insane watching the Jets

707
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:33,280
Speaker 1: the last this season because definitely rooting for them to lose,

708
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: but it really goes beyond that. I mean, mcaya is

709
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: is dead wrong. It's been this weird thing I swear

710
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: where I am so passionately rooting against the Jets that

711
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: my favorite team that week is whoever's playing against the Jets,

712
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: which is a tremendous win win because until this week,

713
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,919
Speaker 1: I now always win, as opposed to being a Jet

714
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: fan up until now, I almost always lose. But when

715
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: I mean, look, this was inevitable, I guess, I mean,

716
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: they really they should have won that Radar game. They

717
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: almost beat the Patriots, they almost beat the Broncos. They're lucky,

718
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: they guess, they're lucky that they're they only lost, they

719
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: only won the one game. I should say, um, but

720
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: it's been a really almost psychotic season for me. But

721
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: it almost feels like this was your Patrick Ewing. If

722
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: you're the Knicks like you, you're, yeah, you have a chance.

723
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: We're bad. We won the lottery, we get Patrick Ewing.

724
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 1: You know it didn't pay off in a championship, but

725
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 1: you became relevant, like the Jets aren't relevant, haven't been

726
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: relevant in quite some time here, and it's Jetsy into

727
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: try to You know, you're bad, but you're not bad

728
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: enough to get Trevor Lawrence here exactly. I mean, look,

729
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: this is you know, but this is like, this is

730
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,399
Speaker 1: just it for a Jets fan, a Jets, Jets, Mets

731
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: Knicks fan, by the way. I mean, this is like saying,

732
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: are you surprised that Lucy didn't let Charlie Brown kick

733
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: the football? You know you're bummed, but no, can you

734
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 1: Let's say a little quiz Dan, Okay, let's go with

735
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: that metaphor, Charlie Brown and Lucy and the football. In

736
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: this scenario with the Jets win yesterday, who's Charlie Brown,

737
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 1: who's Lucy? And who's the football. It's even guests. Uh,

738
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 1: I don't like word problems. Thank the Jets fans of

739
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: the football. No, no, No, Jets fans are Charlie Brown.

740
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: Oh okay, who's Lucy? Uh? Tom Brady and the Patriots.

741
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 1: That would have been true in your path. No, Lucy

742
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: is the Jets themselves. It's the Jets organization and the football.

743
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: I'll accept either answer. I'd either accept h just the football,

744
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: since we're talking about football is to football or the

745
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: football could represent joy in life, actual happiness. Okay, so

746
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:02,280
Speaker 1: so recap now. Lucy Charlie Brown and the football represents

747
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 1: all Jets fans, including myself are Charlie Brown, poor said

748
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: Charlie Brown, who can't ever get it right? And Lucy Evil.

749
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: Lucy are the Jets and Jets organization who just snatched

750
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: joy away from us always. And the football is either

751
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 1: the football or actual joy in living. Now, I think

752
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: I've seen a picture of you with Sam Darnald. Are

753
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: you a Sam Darnald guy? But you were willing like

754
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 1: you were? Do you have a relationship that you can

755
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: see other quarterbacks? That's actually Jim Brockmeyer. If you know

756
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: this with Sam Donald, that's Brockmyer right there. So that's

757
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: not me, that's Brockmeyer. And I was backstage. I believe

758
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:46,280
Speaker 1: I was doing get up or something, Get up, get down, morning,

759
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: cold pizza, stop yourself, don't touch me one of these.

760
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: I think it was don't touch me. How would Brockmeyer

761
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: have called the final seconds of the Jets beating the

762
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: Rams yesterday? Well, I think they just put up in

763
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 1: one long whale and moan like a Banshee whale. But

764
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,800
Speaker 1: I've been working on this, so I emailed this to Fritz.

765
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: I want brock Meyer to I want to know. Brock

766
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: Meyer is famous for saying that the Mets are the

767
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: Yankees of not being the Yankees. Okay, I want to

768
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 1: expand on this, that the Jets are the Lebron James

769
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: of being worse than the Knicks, and the Knicks are

770
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: the Patrick Mahomes of being the Knicks of being themselves.

771
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: It's a lot of math. I'm giving a lot of math.

772
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: I know we're problems here. I didn't think brock Meyer

773
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: was that deep. Yeah, I've given this all a lot

774
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 1: of thought. Only after he's been drinking, is he? Is

775
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: he that dude? Yeah? Yeah, we'll keep your head up though.

776
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 1: This is just part of can I tell how every

777
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: year goes for me? Can I share with you as

778
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,879
Speaker 1: a Jets, Mets Knicks fan. So this is so we're

779
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: in December, We're almost at the end of the year.

780
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,280
Speaker 1: By now, I have definitely given up on the Jets.

781
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: Usually that's by Thanksgiving at the outside. This year was

782
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: weird because we had this weird Trevor Lawrence Hope. Now

783
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: that's destroyed pretty much almost for sure. So then around

784
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 1: this time of year, you turn to the Knicks. Well,

785
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 1: let's see what the Knicks can do. Right, we'll see

786
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: what happens. By I'd say February. That's not you know,

787
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,720
Speaker 1: that's not going to really happen with the Knicks anymore.

788
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 1: So you're off the Knicks. But you got spring training,

789
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: so you look forward, so, well, let's see what the

790
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: Mets got going on this year. That dream usually is

791
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: done by the All Star break, by July, maybe August,

792
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: just about in time to say, well, let's see what

793
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: the Jets have gone on this year, on and on

794
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: and on until I die. Dan, You're on this loop.

795
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: It's just you'll never get out of that loop. I

796
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: was wondering, though, could the Simpsons do an episode of

797
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: the Jets to day how much? How much sports do

798
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: the Simpsons do? Well? Every once in a while, one

799
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: of the famous, the most famous classic episodes is that

800
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: Homer at the Bad episode, which is actually featured in

801
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 1: like the Baseball Hall of Fame right now, where we

802
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: had all these baseball players. A great episode. Every once

803
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: in a while they touch on sports, but actually I

804
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: should I'm gonna ask for like a Jets Mets Knicks.

805
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: But does who does Homer root for? I mean, he's

806
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,280
Speaker 1: in the Midwest, He's probably a Chiefs fan, wouldn't he be. Well,

807
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: the local minor league team is the Springfield Isotopes, and

808
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 1: that's who Homer's fan, which I think they actually did name.

809
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: I think there's actually a real team in the Isotopes.

810
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: They're in Texas. I think, yeah, yeah, the Isotopes, And

811
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: I thought that's such a great nickname, Like there's nobody

812
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: who's known as the Isotopes other than the Isotopes. But

813
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:53,879
Speaker 1: if you had Homer somehow screw up the Jets went,

814
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 1: you know, like this would have been perfect, Like Homers

815
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 1: somehow would have cost the Jets yesterday against the Rams.

816
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: And they don't get Trevor Lawrence and you. I mean,

817
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: you can have Trevor Lawrence would look great in a

818
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,279
Speaker 1: cartoon with the flowing hair there. I don't need to

819
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,720
Speaker 1: tell the geniuses at Simpson's how to do their job.

820
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: But you know, but you're noodling this, So maybe Matt

821
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 1: would be interested in at least you guys. I mean,

822
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: come on, after all these years, you gotta you're running

823
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: out of it would be therapeutic for me. Yeah, and

824
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 1: we've god knows, we've done episode of everything else. Well,

825
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,439
Speaker 1: I gotta circle back to McKay Beckton for a second time.

826
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 1: That was absurd and terrible what he said. I mean,

827
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: of course, we understand no one expects the players to tank.

828
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: Nobody expects McKay Beckton or anybody not or Sam Donald

829
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: not to try, you know, and they almost so no

830
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,799
Speaker 1: one would ever fault them or to be happy that

831
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,279
Speaker 1: they won a game. But you gotta at least tip

832
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 1: your hat to that. I guess he's too young to understand. Yeah,

833
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: but he's gonna have Sam Darnold's back, like literally has

834
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: his back that he I mean, Sam Darnold wins, he

835
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: can keep his JOm hank you. But yeah, you can't

836
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: say to Jet fans you're not a true fan. If

837
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: you were rooting for the Jets to lose, you can say,

838
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: I understand how Jets fans could feel that way, but

839
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 1: you gotta understand we're trying to win every game we can.

840
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: We got to look our jobs and our lives on

841
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,839
Speaker 1: the line here. No one would fault him for that,

842
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: But you're not a true fan. Come on, now, I

843
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 1: don't think you'd say it to Makai Beckton's face, though

844
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 1: I absolutely I would through a zoom you'd be that's

845
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: a big man that you'd be saying. I think what

846
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,359
Speaker 1: you said is really stupid, all right. You know I

847
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: didn't say it was stupid, I know, but that was

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Speaker 1: that was the feeling I got. Does this conversation make

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Speaker 1: for you? Oh? Yeah? I mean I feel very privileged

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Speaker 1: my Jets, Mets nicks. Uh sad? Does your wife? Does

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Speaker 1: your wife understand this? Thank god? She dan She's a

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Speaker 1: He goes, all right, I love you, Mets suck. This

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Speaker 1: is goodbye. Well with that all, uh, I'll say goodbye

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Speaker 1: to you, Hank and uh and happy holidays and uh,

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Speaker 1: Mets suck. Ah. That's okay. You made me. Thank you, Hank.

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Speaker 1: It's great to talk to you. You're two Dan. Happy

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