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Well, back in the 30 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: old days it was Catholics versus convicts, but they don't 31 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: say that anymore. Well some people do. But there you 32 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: had the old school match. I don't know if you're 33 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: watching this or not. I had it on the background. 34 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: I was not fully engaged in they put I had 35 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: it on the background. I was observing consuming the product. 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: So if you didn't see this. It came down to 37 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: a dramatic finish as the fighting Irish should rally back 38 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: to tie the game, and then the Hurricanes and their 39 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: idiot kicker, somebody named Carter Davis, which sounds like he's 40 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: on the PGA tour somewhere. But Carter Davis hit a 41 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: forty seven yard field goal with a little over a 42 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: minute to go on the clock, the go ahead score, 43 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: and did Notre Dame come back and win the game? 44 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: Now they did not Carson Beck, the old Georgia quarterback, 45 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: Carson Beck two hundred and five yards, a couple of 46 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: touchdowns in his Miami debut, and the Hurricanes who came in. 47 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: Is there anything more useless than a preseason ranking in 48 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: college football? He do that for team. But anyway, Carson 49 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: Beck two hundred five yards. Miami came into the year 50 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: ranked tenth, and so they knock off Notre Dame that 51 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: was ranked six twenty seven to twenty four of the 52 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: final in favor of the fellas from South Florida. So 53 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: the better story, though, is in the losing locker room. 54 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: We maintain that position. The better story is in the 55 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: losing locker room. So let us discuss the question did 56 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: coach Marcus Freemans Notre Dame squad get out coached, out played, 57 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: or out prepared, because for much of this game they 58 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: were doing next enough. Now they did come back and 59 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: tie the game. Light But I've got daily double zombies 60 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: and maraj and we will combine all of these things 61 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: together and we are going to make cotton candy, which 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: is kind of what that Notre Dame defense was like. 63 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: For stretches in this game, they were like cotton candy. 64 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: So a the biggest gripe. And I have no skin 65 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: in the game on this, but my biggest if you're 66 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: looking objectively about Notre Dame, is that they came out 67 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: they were not ready for the beginning of the game 68 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: here and there's no exhibition games in college football. This 69 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: is how it goes. We've seen this a lot, but 70 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: your big bad Notre Dame, and it was like the 71 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: sleepy fighting Irish. There were the sleepy Irish there. Beginning 72 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: of the game. Took them about, by my malor estimate, 73 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: about seventy five percent of the game roughly to figure 74 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: things out. And so generally speaking, they don't tell you 75 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: to do that. It doesn't vote well for winning and 76 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: a Notre Dame was down by not one but two 77 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: touchdowns twenty one to seven going to the fourth quarter, 78 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,559 Speaker 1: at seven points over the first three quarters of the game, 79 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: and so it was an uphill battle. They have a 80 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: new quarterback now in South Bend, the great CJ. Carr 81 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: who CJ. Carr, who was spotty as some people go, 82 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: he was great. It's some plays late. Overall, the numbers 83 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: do not look all that bad if you're a casual 84 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: observer of college football. He finished with two hundred and 85 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: twenty something yards passing, and he had nineteen completions and 86 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: all that a couple of touchdown. Did have an interception 87 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: which bounced all over the place, and a rushing score 88 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: with three twenty one to go in the game. That 89 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: was what tied the game up. However, he was missing 90 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: and when I was watching and I had it on 91 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: the background, he was missing what looked to be open receivers. 92 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,239 Speaker 1: I saw multiple miss throws there that could have should 93 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: have would have been either big plays or scoring plays 94 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: or whatnot. So there was that, and you also have 95 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: the fact that he's got the build up, which they 96 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: mentioned to Timer to the grandson of an old Michigan coach, 97 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: Lloyd Carr. Although you could say, you know, you can 98 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: go down the list of anybody else name car David Carr, 99 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: big big moment, not getting it done, that kind of thing. Anyway, 100 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: the new Notre Dame quarterback, Okay, not not horrific, not terrible, 101 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: anything like that. But now the Golden Omers, so you'll 102 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: get the schedule, they're behind the eight balls. Well that's 103 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: one game. There's now a bunch of teams getting the playoffs, 104 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: so it's not the end of the world and all that, 105 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: but you are behind the eight ball if your Notre 106 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: Dame at this particular point. You start out zero to 107 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: one and then suddenly everything snowballs and everything comes a referendum. 108 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: You start losing. You lose another game that you're like, well, 109 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: that's the game we should have won. We lost that 110 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: when we lost the first game. Then start stacking up 111 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: and up next. The Irish have a little bit of 112 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: a break, and then they will play Texas A and 113 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: M and Purdue. I'm sick and tired of losing to Purdue. 114 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: They'll play those games in south Man and then they 115 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: go on the road after that and play a second 116 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: division SEC team in Arkansas after that. All right, So 117 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 1: the other part about this, when you break the game down, 118 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: what happened to the fighting Irish defense and the offensive line. 119 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: When I was looking at the different matchups in college 120 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 1: football and I was observing the breathless blow by blow 121 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: reporting on what the teams are going to be like 122 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: this year, there was a lot of chatter about how 123 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: great the offensive line was going to be for Notre 124 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: Dame and how their defense was gonna be wonderful. I 125 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: was not impressed. I was not impressed. Well, you know, 126 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: to dame out a change to win the game. Well, 127 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: you being such a hater, All right, let me explain. 128 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: So the defense supposed to be elite. I didn't see elite. 129 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: Did you see elite? Maybe maybe I missed it. Maybe 130 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: I had to come out on the background, So maybe 131 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: I missed the elite defense because I didn't see that. 132 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: I was told this is a nasty defense. I didn't 133 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: really see that. And this is going to be the 134 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: thing that pushes them because they have a first time 135 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: starting quarterback CJ Carr, so this defense was going to 136 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: lead them there and all that. And now Carson Beck, 137 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: who some people think is going to be wonderful playing 138 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: the NFL, and a Carson Beck I believe he tried 139 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: to go to the NFL and the NFL said, you're 140 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: not really really ready. I remember reading about that, hearing 141 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: about that. Anyway, Beck took the NIL bag. He goes 142 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: down to Miami and he had surgery on his elbow 143 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: between the end of last season and this season. He 144 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: walks into hard Rock stadium and by college football standards, 145 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: he carved up what was supposed to be a great 146 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: Miami defense for again about three quarters of the game, 147 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: like it was a Thanksgiving turkey, and so he had 148 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: that and then the numbers were there and he got 149 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: the big check and all that good for him. Congratulations. 150 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: The offensive line, though, which is supposed to be the 151 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: meat and potatoes. Again, this is based on the scouting 152 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: report on the fighting irish here the offensive line which 153 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: Freeman's talked up. The head coach there, you look at him, 154 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: and they were like manhandled at times by the University 155 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: of Miami defense in the trench warfare, which did not 156 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: go for much of this game in favor of Notre Dame. 157 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: And for now you put Notre Dame. I have them 158 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: down on my scorecard as overhyped, over ranked, did not 159 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: look like the six team in the country for the 160 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: first three quarters of that game. And the fact that 161 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: they lost the game, you say, you say under delivering 162 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: in that first game, and he said, well, it's not fair. 163 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: It's only one game. Oh okay, this is all we 164 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: have to judge them on at this particular point is 165 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: one game. And they've got the biggest brand in all 166 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: of college football. You know it, I know it, every man, 167 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: woman and child knows it. Notre Dame and that's it, right. 168 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: They are bigger than college football. They represent an entire religion. 169 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: And they went out there and played like zombies. They 170 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: played like zombies for a good stretch of that night 171 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: in prime time, in prime time. And Marcus Freeman, he's 172 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: got all you know, he's been to the Tony Robbins seminar. 173 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: He's got all the buzzwords, all the terms, you got 174 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: everything on culture, grit, we've got all that, Notre Dame football, physicality, 175 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: all that. Yeah, okay, and the lights went on there, 176 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: little rainy condition is not the greatest, but that's what 177 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: you expect South Florida this time of the year. And 178 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: they bent and eventually broke because they lost the game, 179 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: and now can play the blame game, which is always 180 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: a fun game to play the blame game. Who do 181 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: you blame? Who you're gonna blame? All right, So you're 182 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: supposed to be the sixth ranked team according to the 183 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: preseason rankings, and these early season made for TV games 184 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: measuring early measuring stick, right, early measuring stick. You don't 185 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: get any kind of mulligan in college football, and where 186 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 1: was that that close out punch? They did come back, right, 187 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: they can't a magic fourth quarter magic, But you don't 188 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: get credit for fourth quarter magic when you lose the game. 189 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: When you lose the game, you don't get credit for 190 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: coming back and tying the game because you lost it 191 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: on a field goal late, So you don't get credit 192 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: for that. That's generally how that works. Close, But no 193 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: victory cigar for the fighting average. Now on the other side, 194 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: the last word here are you buying? The Miami Hurricanes 195 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: are back Miami football? If you're old, you remember when 196 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: Miami dominated college football million years ago, back in the 197 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: Stone Age? And then are they back? Are they an 198 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: apex predator? 199 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 2: Now? 200 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: In college football? The Hurricanes have returned, So the U 201 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: is back. No, I'm not there yet either. I'm not listen. 202 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: There were some good things there for the Hurricanes, and 203 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: you look at the big picture. They've been teasing you 204 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: for several years there in Miami. Mario Christiball, the coach 205 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: who was supposed to fix everything, hasn't fixed everything yet. 206 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: Does this count as a signature win for you? Beat 207 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: Notre Dame? And I saw the stat that Notre Dame 208 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: hasn't beaten Miami in Miami since nineteen seventy seven. Of course, 209 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: they don't play all the time. They don't play every year. 210 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: They did for a stretch, but they don't play every year. 211 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: So anyway, the coaching staff there, Mario cristaball Miami, they're 212 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: all excited they won the game. But I would hold 213 00:11:54,880 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: off on the parade down Biscayne Boulevard there yet, so 214 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: we can crank up the old. Pump on the brakes. 215 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: You can pump the brakes right there, pump the brakes 216 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: on this. And again he said, well, it's unfair. You're 217 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: saying you're ripping Notre Dame and I amn't taking the 218 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: shots to Notre Dame. Uh, because they had higher expectations 219 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: than Miami, even though Miami was a top ten team. 220 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 3: Uh. 221 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: He just looked at this and he's like, is this 222 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say I'm in on this again. The 223 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: quarterback look good. I thought that Carson beck Beck for 224 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: stretches looked good. He was relatively solid, didn't throw up 225 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: in his cleats, which is always a step in the 226 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: right through the bar is very low. You did not 227 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: puke in your cleats and not the second coming of 228 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: Vinny Testa Verdi or Dick and Dayton's favorite quarterback Bernie Kozar, 229 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: not the reincarnation of either one of those guys. And 230 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: then the kids had that player last year who was 231 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: the number one overall pick the entire draft and he's 232 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: now playing toiling with the Tennessee Titans. It didn't really 233 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: matter that they by NFL standards, they had a top 234 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: quarterback last year and put up some nice numbers in 235 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: Miami didn't at the end was not standing there smiling 236 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: and flexing and all that stuff. So the other part 237 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: of this being a little gun shy with the Miami 238 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: Hurricanes is that they've I feel like they've done this 239 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: kind of thing. They don't do it every year, but 240 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: the last like ten years or so, there have been 241 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: some teases. There's been some molmons here where they've come 242 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: out of the gates and they've gotten a nice win 243 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 1: and then they have the flashy opener, the Razmataz. It 244 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: was all excited, all right, there you go, Miami get 245 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: ald national attention going there, and then by week number 246 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: six they're losing to They play Louisville in weeks they 247 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: lose to Louisville. There'll be seven people watching that game 248 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: and they'll lose, right, And you have the defense that was, 249 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: I guess supposed to be Miami defense. You know, we 250 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: didn't know what to expect. We thought they'd be okay, 251 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: and they were good for a good stretch of the game. 252 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: But late in the game, Notre Dame was able to 253 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: get back and tie the game. And there was some 254 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: mistakes for the defense there late in the game and 255 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: gave up seventeen points in the fourth quarter. And so 256 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: that's that's your statement. Win early for the Miami Hurricanes. 257 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: It's also a warning sign. It's a bit of a 258 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: warning sign in there that you're supposed to close the 259 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: game out and not have to depend on your idiot 260 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: kicker there to win the game late and they were clinging. 261 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: They were holding on like a cart a cat hanging 262 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: on to a screen door, just trying to hold on, 263 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: and I was like. 264 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 2: Oh, man, be sure to catch live editions of The 265 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: Ben Meller Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm 266 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 2: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 267 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 3: Hey, Steve Covino and I'm Rich David, and together we're 268 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. 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More man play the hit. 312 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: So our lead, this hour, the Hour of Belichick, The 313 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: Hour of Belichick has upon us, Oh my god, not 314 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: worth about more than sixty seconds after what we witnessed. 315 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: But that's where we're gonna start, and we'll see where 316 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: we go. But the Hour of Belichick. Our lead is 317 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: from North Carolina, where Bill Belichick made his much anticipated, 318 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: much talked about coaching debut at the college level. All 319 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: those years in the NFL. Here's Bill Belichick on a 320 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: random Labor day in twenty twenty five. Out there all 321 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: the buzz. North Carolina sold out all of their tickets, 322 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: all the season tickets, sold them out the power of hyperbolee. 323 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: So they sold them all out. They raised the prices 324 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: of the tickets and single game seats for the season. 325 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: Everything was up up and they sold them all. They 326 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: all had their Carolina blue on and ready to celebrate. 327 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: And don't if you watch the game or not, it 328 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,719 Speaker 1: got a lot of attention. Perhaps you missed it. We 329 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: watched so you would not have to. We're happy to 330 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: report that you didn't miss anything. You did not miss 331 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 1: any of you did not watch. You did not miss 332 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: a damn thing. Let me explain Holy smokers. Bill Belichick. 333 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: His first run as a college coach at North Carolina 334 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: started fast. Opening drive, sliced up TCU. They get a touchdown, 335 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: only to end up in an epic blowout. After scoring 336 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: on the first drive, North Carolina's football team, the Tar Hills, 337 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: watched the horn Frogs scored forty one answered unanswered points 338 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: in one stretch. Forty one unanswered points in one stretch, 339 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: forty eight to fourteen. It could have been worse than that. 340 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 1: It was a laugher. North Carolina on defense watching as 341 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: TCU was driving the ball down the field with a 342 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: few seconds to go in the game, and then they 343 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: started taking knees there. Otherwise it would have been double nickels. 344 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: But forty eight to fourteen the final by the TCU 345 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: had scored multiple defensive touchdowns, They had a special team's 346 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: touchdown in this game, and North Carolina Tarhill fans acting 347 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: like they were at Dodgers Stadium as they left early. 348 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: They left in the third quarter, some leaving even before that. 349 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: That stadium was mostly empty by the time we got 350 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter. How bad was it? It was 351 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: so bad Kirk Kerbstreet allowed his dog to broadcast the game. 352 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: Herbstreet allowed his dog to broadcast the game because the 353 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: game was for the Dogs. It was covered in fleas 354 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: extended Garbige's time. But let us discuss the question with 355 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: that as the backdrop. What are your takeaways from Bill 356 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: Belichick's maiden voyage his college football debut at North Carolina. 357 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: So I've got biblical, a bugs, life, and m behold, 358 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: and we will combine all of these things together, and 359 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: we are going to make some delicious deep fried cheese curds, 360 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: is what we're gonna make, because that would have been 361 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 1: better just eating cheese curds would have been better than 362 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: watching this holy crap. At least they got paid for it, 363 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: plausibly pay me to watch this crap, so I can 364 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: come in here and tell you about the crap that 365 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: I watched. So hey, let's start with this North Carolina. 366 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 1: North Carolina football pulled off what I call and they 367 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: call this in Hollywood too, they fake out opening. Now, 368 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: back in the day, there used to be these things 369 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: called movies. People would actually pay money to go to 370 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: a movie theater, believe it or not, back in the 371 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: Stone Age, and they'd buy like popcorn and snacks, and 372 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: they'd go watch the movies, right, ah, man, it was 373 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: a big thing back back in the old days. But 374 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: humanity's evolved since then nobody goes to the movies anymore. 375 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: But imagine if you will go into the movies back 376 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: in the old Stone Age when people used back in 377 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: the day, they had payphones and horse and buggy. So 378 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: you go down to the movie theater and there's a 379 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: lot of hype for the movie, and the first five 380 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: minutes you're hooked, right, you are in. You're like, yes, 381 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: it lived up to the hype, and your big card chase, 382 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: huge explode. Within the first five minutes. You're like, this 383 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: is gonna be a good one. 384 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 2: Right. 385 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: You're sitting there thinking, oh baby, buckle up, man, finally 386 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: Hollywood made a good movie. Right, this is gonna be awesome, awesome, 387 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: And then for the rest of the movie, you know, 388 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: another hour and twenty five minutes or more, there's two 389 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: people just mumbling in some coffee shop about their feelings 390 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: for the next hour and twenty five minutes, just like, 391 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: come on, I want a car crash. Well we got 392 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: a car crash, but it was supposed to be excitement, 393 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: huge explosions and all that stuff. Total bait and switch, 394 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: total bait and switch for North Carolina. And that's what 395 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick in North Carolina pulled off that openly drive, 396 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: seven plays, eighty three yards, touchdown, tar Heels, ow Man 397 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: and the tar Heels. They were fast and furious right there. 398 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: Slicing up the opening credits, there was like Vin Diesel. 399 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: The whole package, however, turned out to be a mirage. 400 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: It was just an hallucination. A desert oasis is what 401 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: it turned out to be. The real movie for North Carolina. 402 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: That was a low budget, I mean real low budget 403 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: horror flick. And Bill Belichick, he starred as the clueless 404 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: babysitter that had no idea as the horn Frogs appropriate 405 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: a guy who's Belichick very horny, would lose to a 406 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: team called the horn Frogs. Now the first drive, the 407 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: first drive, that was the trailer. That was the trailer 408 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: to the movie. The real product. What followed was not 409 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: so much football. It was biblical in nature. It's a 410 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: biblical flood, is what happened. Again, we mentioned forty one 411 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: point avalanche, a forty one point avalanche before the tar 412 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:52,239 Speaker 1: Hills would score again, and you cut to Belichick and 413 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: staring blankly with his cutoff sleeves there on the hoodie. 414 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: And that's the look there. As TCU's another touchdown, and 415 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: another and another and another and another and another touchdown. 416 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: We're talking about an emasculation situation to the highest order, 417 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: fifth ring of hell Dante's Inferno type stuff. For North Carolina. 418 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,479 Speaker 1: TCU rolled into town. They were the uninvited house guests. 419 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: They were the interlopers. They raided the fridge, they ripped 420 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: the flat screen TV off the wall, and they set 421 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: the place on fire with arson, is what they did. 422 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: So Texas Christian turned Bill Belichick and his debut in 423 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: collegiate football into a straight to DVD production, and they 424 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: don't even really make dvs anymore. All right now, Page two, 425 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: So how would you describe the overall coaching job by 426 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick and his staff in the Belichick debut at 427 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 1: North Carolina. He might know that he has his nepo 428 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: baby as the defensive coordinator for the Tarios. The Brownie 429 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: James of defensive coordinators their Belichick's son. So there's really 430 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: no sugarcoating this. I have two words to describe, two 431 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: words to describe Bill Belichick and the job that his 432 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,479 Speaker 1: coaching staff did for North Carolina coaching malpractice. Those are 433 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: the two words. That was malfeasance is what that was. 434 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: If you want a third word, pure and uncut. Pure 435 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: and uncut. Forget the raw talent and all that. Oh 436 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: my god, forget about all that. It's not about that. 437 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: It's about the essential components of football, the building blocks. 438 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: So you know Bellichick, you said, well, in the NFL 439 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: all those years, he had teams that were not that talented, 440 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 1: but he always had Tom Brady for the Patriot run 441 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: until the last couple of years. And so you look 442 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: at that and said, well, that's the great equalizer and 443 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: all that. And in Cleveland he did actually have some 444 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: teams that overachieved when he was coaching the Cleveland Rounds 445 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: way back thirty something years ago, back back in the day. 446 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: But the basics for North Carolina, which is it doesn't 447 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: matter how much talent you have, it's simple blocking and tackling. 448 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: If you block and tackle the fundamentals, the bedrock of football, 449 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: you don't get smashed the way North Carolina got smashed. 450 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: And the line, which I believe in is you're either 451 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: coaching it. You're either coaching it or you're allowing it. 452 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: To happen if you're the Belichick coaching staff, and either way, 453 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: it's on you. It's on Bill Belichick here and Belichick's 454 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: boys looked like lambs being led to the slaughter after 455 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: that opening drive there, and it was like watching as 456 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,239 Speaker 1: the team was thirsty. North Carolina was thirsty. So they 457 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: got in front of the fire hydrant and the fire 458 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: hydrant was spraying at full blast and North Carolina's football 459 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: players were trying to get a drink, but they had 460 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,959 Speaker 1: they were trying to sip. They had a little one 461 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: of those little bendy straws and they were trying to 462 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: drink from the bendy straw. You can't. You cannot drink 463 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: out of a fire hydrant with a bendy straw. Just 464 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: the math on that does not does not work. Impossible. 465 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: But this was it was a bugs life. It was 466 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: a bugs life for the coaching staff in North Carolina because, 467 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: as we know, sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're 468 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: the bug. Splat. Yeah, they were splattered. They were splattered. 469 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: And now it is a full on BELLICHICKI and dog pile, 470 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: dog pile, dogpile, dogpile. It is right, he's being mocked teased, humiliated, 471 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: all of that. The hoodie who once tortured, absolutely tortured 472 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks, and when he had extra time to prepare, 473 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: you never wanted to bet against ever ever, Bill Belichick, 474 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: and he punked out all of these quarterbacks and all 475 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: these coaches for a generation. And now he is being 476 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: emotionally waterboarded on national TV, on social media, the matrix, 477 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: all that stuff they're just unloading on Bill Belichick. I 478 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: don't feel bad for Belichick per se. I don't know 479 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: that it's completely justified for Bill Belichick because when I 480 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: listened to Tom Brady talk, I hear a lot of 481 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: the crap that Belichick' said, Like Belichick influenced what Tom 482 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: Brady became. Now, you could argue that Brady did it better. Fine, 483 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: I think that's been proven since they went their separate ways. 484 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: But it's not like Tom Brady is not using BELICHICKI 485 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: in lines when he discusses his outlook on football. Those 486 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 1: are things he learned from Bill Belichick, and he's just 487 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: repeating the dogma of Bill Belichick. So I think that's 488 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: important to note here for all the people's see, it 489 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: was all Tom Brady. Okay, okay, fine, but he's using 490 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: a lot of the material he learned from Bill Belichick. 491 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: And so the hoodie gets tortured there and waterboarded and 492 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: all that stuff. And the lesson is sometimes you're the 493 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:49,439 Speaker 1: maestro and sometimes you're the kazoo player. And in this scene, 494 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: in this scene of the show, Bill Belichick is stuck 495 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: playing the kazoo while TC how do you do? The 496 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: march band blasts him off the field. Get out of here, Belichick. 497 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: Here a bum. The guy's a bomm. Now it's not 498 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: all bad. So I determined I had an epiphany. As 499 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: I was driving in making the long drive in from 500 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: the north Woods here to the mothership, I had an epiphany. 501 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: And the epiphany was that Bill Belichick will be getting 502 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: a call from Madison Avenue first thing in the morning 503 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: here as the people on Madison Ave say hey, Bill, Well, 504 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: I guess they'll call this little floozy girlfriend there and 505 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: she's like the business person. So if you'll call, they'll 506 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: call him her and say, hey, we want Bill to 507 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: do a commercial. So what's the commercial for Wells? It's 508 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: an airline? What airline is it? Delta is No, it's 509 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: not America. It's not Delta. What airline is it, Well, 510 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: it's Southwest. We want to do a new commercial. They 511 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: want to get away? Fair because that was a want 512 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: to get away situation and most North Carolina fans got away. 513 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: They got out of there. I'm not standing at the 514 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: end of his crap, No way, all right, last word, 515 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: we have some post game Bill Belichick. Belichick post games 516 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: sound always good to play. Bill Belichick post game sound. Uh, 517 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: let's get a little taste then we'll react. Here's Belichick 518 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: commenting about this scene, the aura, the vibrations there in 519 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: Chappa Hill. Take a listen. 520 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 5: Oh well, it was a great uh, you know, great 521 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 5: atmosphere here for the game tonight. You know, fans were 522 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 5: tremendous injury energy walk and you know we played competitively, 523 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 5: but then just couldn't sustain it. Obviously, we have a 524 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 5: lot of work to do. You know, we did do 525 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 5: a better job all the way around, coaching, playing all 526 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 5: three phases of the game. Just wasn't up to what 527 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 5: it needs to be. And I know we're a lot 528 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 5: better than that. So we'll need to, you know, need 529 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 5: to work on those things and show it on Saturday 530 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 5: and quick turnaround. But you know, get TCU credit that 531 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 5: came in did a good job, and they were clearly 532 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 5: the better team tonight. You know, they deserved to win 533 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 5: and they did it decisively. 534 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: All right. So those just some opening comments by Bill 535 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: Belichick there. I liked that how he had said, hey, 536 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: we just couldn't keep it up, that there was one drive, 537 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: North Carolla, I look good like one drive, one drive, 538 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: and that's it, all right. So what do you make 539 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: of Bill Belichick and the tone the postgame comments of 540 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick? To me, the quote that stood out is, 541 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: I know we're a lot better than that. To me, 542 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: that's the money quote. So I felt like all of 543 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: this was watered down. I watched it. It was about 544 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: thirteen minutes or so. I saw the news. Comings was 545 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: it was watered down. It was, And behold, numb little bug, 546 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: a numb little bug by Bill Belichick. Just numb, just 547 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: felt numb, like he's a little tired of everything. Belichick. 548 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: You know, he knew he had to do it. He's 549 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 1: done this a million times after losses, and he's like 550 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: he's kind of hanging by a thread there, Belichick, and 551 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: you got to survive it. And he did. And and 552 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: some of that sounded similarly to some of the undertones 553 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: he had when he was coaching the Patriots back in 554 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: the day. Some of the commentary there not quite as sharp. 555 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: I thought, the I know we're a lot better than that. 556 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: That's a bit of a stepping stone, a bit of 557 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: a stepping stone. I don't recall him saying that very 558 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: often coaching the Patriots. Course he didn't have to. They 559 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: won most of the games. They certainly won most of 560 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: the big games with the Patriots, So I don't recall 561 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: him saying that bright side bill by Bella check standards, 562 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: that's bright side bill. And just the statistical domination. The 563 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: Eyeball test said this was ridiculous. The numbers back it up. 564 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: North Carolina had ten first downs, most of those in 565 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: garbage time. They went a couple hours without completing a 566 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: forward pass, and TCU had twenty nine first downs. They 567 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: had nineteen more first downs TCU. Rushing yards. TCU had 568 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: two hundred and eight more rushing yards than North Carolina. 569 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: Two hundred and eight more rushing yards. And but wait, 570 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: there's more. Overall yardage. The TCU horned frogs got real horny. 571 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: They had five hundred and forty two yards. The tar 572 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: Hills had two hundred and twenty two. My computer like 573 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: brain tells me that is a minus three hundred and 574 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: twenty for North Carolina plus three twenty for TCUs. So 575 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: it was bad. So the question also is will it 576 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,479 Speaker 1: get any better? Is this going to be how it 577 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: goes all season for Bill Belichick? Is this going to 578 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: be a one and done situation? Will he run out 579 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,719 Speaker 1: of coaching and that's it and see you later? And 580 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: that guy Mike Lombardi will go back and do bad 581 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: podcasts and these guys will run off as carpetbaggers and 582 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: go somewhere else. You don't want to overreact. It's one 583 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: stinking game, right, And but the problem is it's how 584 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: you make that first impression. People are gonna remember that 585 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: first impression. And this is the first impression for Bill 586 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: Belichick as a college coach, and people are not gonna 587 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: be paying that close attention. And they're gonna be on 588 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: TV a lot because of Belichick, but most of the 589 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: games are not going to get the attention. This was 590 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: an island game on a holiday, there was no NFL. 591 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: It was his college debut, and they allowed his team 592 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: forty eight points, the most he's ever allowed as a 593 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: head coach, that is l Stinko. 594 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Mallor 595 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 596 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: We will have Mallard's mount of Money. Le's welcome in. Aiden, 597 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: really don't play the imaging. Aiden's gonna play? Hello, Aiden, welcome, Good, 598 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna play. You're in Boston and you're working right now. Yeah, 599 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: I'm heading to work right now. Okay, you want to 600 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: part with me? Ben or Coop? All right, very good, 601 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: We're in it. Don't hang up. Don't hang up. And 602 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: we've got Andrew and Bakersfield. Andrew. Hello, what's up Ben? 603 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: You're with Coop? Okay, sounds good, Good luck Coop, God speed. 604 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: We will have mouth How that works? Mallards amount of 605 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: money we'll get? How about have you and you can 606 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: play with James and Andrew? How about that we'll play 607 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: with both. We'll get to that. We will do it next. 608 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Mallor 609 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am eastern eleve pm Pacific. Now 610 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 2: Malor's Mountain of Money. Hell, do you have what it 611 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,760 Speaker 2: takes to get to the top? Probably? 612 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: Alright to right to Aiden and Andrew Kopa categories quickly quickly, 613 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: the very GiB edition he turns seventy nine on Monday. 614 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 6: Category is our first of May night fever staying alive 615 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 6: and you win again, Aid, In which category do you like? 616 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: I'll do the first one, first. 617 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 6: Of May Maykay? All right, Andrew, how about you staying alive? 618 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,240 Speaker 1: All right? Okay, very good. These athletes were all born 619 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: on May first, Aiden, May first? You ready? Jesus was 620 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 1: not born on May first. All right, here we go. 621 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 1: We'll put forty five seconds on the clock. We need 622 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: the first and last name. We're on our way. Go. 623 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: A center for Oklahoma City. He looks like a skeleton 624 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: for Oklahoma City in the NBA. All right. Running back 625 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: for the Patriots and the Jets in the nineties and 626 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: the two thousands. Hall of Fame running back with a 627 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: generic name, no idea okay, A wide receiver for the Patriots. 628 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: A slot guy not Julian Edelman, but prior to Edelman, 629 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,240 Speaker 1: Freddy much no slot receiver okay. 630 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 6: Uh. 631 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: Pitcher released by the Yankees a couple of weeks ago. 632 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 1: Played was an All Star with Toronto starting pitcher right hander, 633 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: African American starting pitcher you do you watch sports, Aidan 634 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,280 Speaker 1: or like you birthdays? 635 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 3: I got no idea. 636 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: Who cares about that? Bay? 637 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:39,319 Speaker 2: All right? 638 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:44,240 Speaker 6: All right, good job, Ben, good job, great clues. All right, Andrew, Andrew. 639 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 6: Our category is staying alive. These athletes all had near 640 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 6: death experiences. 641 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: Andrew, are you ready category America? All right? Andrew forty 642 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 1: five seconds s begin. 643 00:35:54,360 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 6: His nickname was the Truth for the Celtics. 644 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: Yes. 645 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 6: Uh. This guy was Big Poppy for the Red Sox. 646 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,800 Speaker 6: That's right, let's go. This guy almost died in a whorehouse. 647 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 6: He was on the Lakers. Who has Yes. This guy 648 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,720 Speaker 6: was a Tennessee Titan. He ran for two thousand yards, 649 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:22,759 Speaker 6: not Derrick Henry but before him, said George, no after him? 650 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: All right? Uh. 651 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 6: This guy almost died on the field of Buffalo Bill's safety. 652 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:29,760 Speaker 2: I don't have that path. 653 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 1: All right. 654 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 6: This guy is a talking ahead right now. He was 655 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 6: a Pittsburgh Steeler. He had sickle cell. 656 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,799 Speaker 1: What was this? Two minutes here? What are we doing here? 657 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,560 Speaker 1: Unlimited time? All right? My god, lad I hurry up, Aiden, 658 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: what do you want? What do you want here? Night fever? 659 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: Or you win again? All right? Guard for the Rockets 660 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: in the eighties, nickname mad blank, let's tell me. Wait, ANDROI, Godrew, 661 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,640 Speaker 1: you're everyone in Boston streaming. What do you