1 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: What is going on my people? I'm John Middlecoff. Then 2 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: this is a three Now podcast. Welcome, how are you doing. 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Hopefully you're having a good Friday, at good weekend. We're 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: off and running here Texas, Oklahoma, Jerry Jones, Big Ben 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: not skinny, Uh, vaccination talk and mainly because the league 6 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: put out some rules, will touch on it all. Middlecoff 7 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: mail Bag at John Middlecoff is the Instagram fire in 8 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: those d m s. Get your question answered here on 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: the middle Coff mail Bag, very very easy. 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Texas and Oklahoma are not going to participate. 19 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: So a lot of sirens are going off in the 20 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: college football landscape of the power brokers, right, and the 21 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: story if you haven't seen. If you're listening this, you 22 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: probably have Oklahoma Texas want to join the SEC and 23 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: listen back to what it was A wow just reading that, 24 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: And on the most basic level, it is very very understandable. 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: I think anything in life, if you consistently do this, 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: you'll be led in the right direction. Follow the money fall. 27 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: Oh the cash. The SEC in two thousand paid out 28 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: more than any other conference per team. He's got like 29 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: forty five million dollars. Obviously, the way everything has been trending, 30 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: the SEC has been growing and growing. CBS just lost 31 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: them to ABC slash ESPN. In this new rights deal 32 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: that's coming up, they're going to get even more money. 33 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: The SEC is dominating financially. So on the most basic level, 34 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: it makes sense Oklahoma and Texas go to a place where, 35 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: in theory they feel they can make more money. That's very, 36 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: very understandable. Right Number two, I think sometimes when we 37 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: read this headline, people, it's just it's a little bit 38 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: of a jaw dropper when you read it. And then 39 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: I started thinking about like usually if if if a 40 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: couple breaks up, they usually if they if they officially 41 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: like I'm done, I'm moving out, and that happens on 42 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 1: a Friday. They didn't just come to that conclusion on 43 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: a Friday. It might have been two years ago that 44 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: they started drift din apart. If you quit a job 45 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: on like Thursday afternoon, you walk in your boss's office 46 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: and you go, I quit. Something might have happened on 47 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: that given day. But usually things have been festering for 48 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: a while. It doesn't just come out of left field. 49 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: You have these thoughts, you have these emotions, and then 50 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: maybe you get to a breaking point. We'll remember when 51 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: the Oklahoma and Texas we're gonna join the Pack twelve 52 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: might have been the pack tent at the time. I 53 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: don't know ten years ago they have thought about leaving before. Now. 54 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: I don't pretend to know all the details here, but 55 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: clearly that was being talked about in a very very 56 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: serious manner in two thousand eleven. It would have been 57 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: a big deal. We'll get into hopefully. You know, Pack 58 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: twelve is not dead there. But these programs where money 59 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: is everything now right in college football, and these two programs, 60 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: you can tell me all day long Texas underachieves It's true. 61 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: They do. They are not as good of a program 62 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: as their brand reflects. True, Oklahoma isn't infinitely more consistently 63 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: dominant football program. If you just look at the last 64 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: like forty years, it ain't really that close. And it 65 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: definitely hasn't been close to the the last like decade. Definitely 66 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: since Lincoln took over, they've gone to another level. But 67 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: the one thing you cannot argue Oklahoma prince cash because 68 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: they win. Texas is printing cash. They're not even winning. 69 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: Held their basketball coach, Shaka Smart, took a job at Marquette, 70 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: couldn't get it done there and Shaka had VCU looking 71 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: like Duke six seven years ago. He goes for whatever reason, 72 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: people underachieved there. Yet they print money. That's no one 73 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 1: argues that. So Texas is a cash cow win or lose. 74 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's a cash cow because they win, and they're the 75 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: most powerful brands in the Big twelve. You can say 76 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: Kansas basketball, but the reality is even with the most 77 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: powerful a basketball property, they don't hold a candle of 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: football when it comes to finances. It's why the h 79 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: what was the Big East crumbled right and they were 80 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: a basketball power? Why because of football? So follow the 81 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: money and this has happened four so the more and 82 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: you just kind of take a deep breath, you know, 83 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: just like, Okay, I see where this is going. Then 84 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: you just have to ask yourself, does the SEC makes 85 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: sense for these two teams? For Oklahoma in Texas, it does. 86 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: It would mean more money, it would mean and these 87 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: teams already recruit really well, but even more access to 88 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: the top recruits, definitely in the South right defensive players. 89 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 1: That's something Oklahoma, I think Lincoln Riley has talked about 90 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: and people that have covered Oklahoma. You build your team 91 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: to win the Big Twelve conference, but then when you 92 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, your team is not built to 93 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 1: beat Ohio State, Clemson or Alabama. And it's true because 94 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: you need to be faster that the linebackers and the 95 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: defensive players in the Big Twelve need to be built 96 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: a little bit different then you would in the SEC. 97 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: They're just smaller. It's more of a spread conference. Now 98 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: you could argue that's changing as offenses adapting, but that's 99 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: been true in the past. So Oklahoma and Texas would 100 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: gladly enter the SEC. Does the SEC need Oklahoma and Texas? 101 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: They're literally printing money right now. Alabama has dominated the nation, 102 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: but now that Georgia and Florida are good out of Texas, 103 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: A and M who's really good? L s us a 104 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: perennial power. Um, you know, it feels like Auburn is 105 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: pretty solid, Like they don't need Oklahoma in Texas. Now. 106 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: I don't think you can ever look at in the 107 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: short term big picture. You always want to add people 108 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: to your business that add value, and these two programs 109 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: immediately add value. Now. Of course, as jimbo Fisher was 110 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: asked in his press conference, what do you think about 111 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: Texas wanting in the SEC? And he laughed, he said, 112 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: of course they do, right, I'm already here. I don't 113 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: I don't blame them. I'd want into now. They want 114 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: no part of letting those two teams in Texas AM 115 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: and probably Missouri as well, maybe Arkansas now Alabama, Georgia, Florida. 116 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, because you could say the rising tide 117 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: lifts all but just adding more good programs just makes 118 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: the conference better. Or it's like we're already dominating, We're 119 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: already making so much money, we're already getting elite players. 120 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: Why do we even need them? I think you could 121 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: justify on the SEC's part in terms of the athletic 122 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: directors and the presidents at these universities in the in 123 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: the conference, they don't need them. I don't think necessarily 124 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: that's the way they're gonna look at it, because you 125 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: always gotta think long term. It just equals more money 126 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: big picture, which I think would be true now the 127 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: sleeping Giant, and again sleeping Giant is that's too strong. 128 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: Like I said in two thousand eleven, the PAC twelve 129 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: made a run at them. Now the PAC twelve does 130 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: not make the money the SEC mix. But if you 131 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: add Oklahoma and you add Texas, is there more money 132 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: to be made? And when you factor in Oklahoma. Let's 133 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: say this. If I put Oklahoma this year, who's gonna 134 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: be a top seven eight program in the country in 135 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: the SEC? I think we'd all agree they would not 136 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: win the conference. Obviously they wouldn't beat Alabama, but more 137 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: than likely, like they could lose to a Georgia Florida 138 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: and A and M Like, it's not inconceivable they would 139 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: go like ten and two. There's a decent chance this 140 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: year in the Big twelve Oklahoma will be undefeated. They'll 141 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: just run the table. They'll be twelve or thirteen and 142 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: oh go to the playoffs. Actually you feel pretty good 143 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: about that. Texas. You know, they win eight nine games, 144 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: they probably end up seven games whatever. But I'm just 145 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: specifically talking to Oklahoma. If I put Oklahoma in the 146 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: Pact twelve this year, they would win it. They would 147 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: win the conference. So if you're Oklahoma and the Pact twelve, 148 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: whose conference commissioner, the new guy from Vegas tweeted, things 149 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: just got a whole lot more interesting because if you're them, 150 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: you realize we made a run at them a decade ago? 151 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: Why wouldn't we make another run at them? And if 152 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: you're Oklahoma, you go could we may make as much 153 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: money and keep winning. Now the money is not the 154 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: same right now on the West coast, But could you 155 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: get it that get it to that level with the 156 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: influx of you in Texas. I think it's something from 157 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: a competitive standpoint you have to think about. Because Oklahoma 158 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 1: is not going to the SEC and winning it now. 159 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: Maybe in a couple of years they recruit better players 160 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: on defense, maybe they could hang. But we know we've 161 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: seen it. They get demolished in the UH you know, 162 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: in the college football playoffs several times, like we have 163 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: evidence Texas isn't even close. So from a competitive standpoint, 164 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: Texas would get ransacked or at least Texas go. You 165 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: put me in the pack twelve. And again I'm biased. 166 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: I would like them out here, but I do think 167 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: on the field it makes a lot of sense. Now, 168 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: like I said, number one thing, follow the money, and 169 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: that's gonna drive all these decisions. It's what drove the 170 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: destruction of the Big East. They did a thirty for 171 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: thirty about how great that basketball conference was. Football became 172 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: such a bigger business that no one even cared. They 173 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: dismantled it and they just made it a football conference. 174 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: And now I can't even keep track with the basketball conference, 175 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: Like what what conferences you caught in? Who do they play? 176 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: Doesn't even make sense. But the money in college sports 177 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: has forever changed everything. And you honestly could argue, do 178 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: we even need a Power five? Couldn't we just create 179 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: like three conferences, like a Northeast South in a West 180 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: or maybe four. I don't know, but like you could 181 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: argue the Power five conference, right, and we don't even need. 182 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: Now Oklahoma could push back, well, yeah, it's gonna be 183 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: challenged for us in the SEC. But the playoffs are 184 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: gonna go to twelve, John, So all we need to 185 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: do is finish second or third and we'll get a birth, 186 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: you know, in the dance. And think about the way 187 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: we talked about basketball. The number one thing is just 188 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: getting the dance, and even more in football, because one 189 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: or two games a bigger deal. Like in basketball, if 190 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: you're a one or two seed minimum, you gotta win 191 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: like two or three games or us as a failure. 192 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: In football if you just get to the I would say, 193 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: once they go to twelve teams, if you win a game, 194 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: it'll be a pretty you know, successful season, unless you're 195 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: like Alabama, Ohio State. No other program would complain about 196 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: winning a game in uh, you know, to get to 197 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: like the final six, right or however they structure it. 198 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: If it's eight teams play and some teams get buys, 199 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: who knows how that ends up plan out. But I 200 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: would say, right now, and I'm not trying to overreact, 201 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: the drip, drip drip, like you got a leak, the 202 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: big twelve has a major problem because if these two 203 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: teams win, despite what a powerhouse like k you basketball 204 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: is how Baylor just won the National championship basketball Texas 205 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: Tech has Chris Beard. He's an excellent coach. It doesn't matter. 206 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: The conference would be ruined. I bet the Big twelve 207 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: is pretty nervous right now because it ain't obviously the SEC. 208 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: SEC might say no. I'll promise you who will not 209 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: say no, And this new guy from Vegas will roll 210 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: out the red carpet and make promises. I don't even 211 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: know if he'll be able to keep. But Texas Local Alma, 212 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: they're too powerful and too lucrative as college football programs. 213 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: They're gonna have major options. Fox Sports Radio has the 214 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of 215 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within 216 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app search f s R to 217 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 1: listen live. I have to admit that A is uh 218 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: that viral video that once went viral from Stephen A. 219 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: I was hoodwinked, bamboozled, let us stray that I had 220 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: believed the internet rumors that Big Ben had turned in 221 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: his twelve pack and his double cheeseburgers for a salad 222 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 1: Anna Green smoothie. Well, we have visual evidence. Yesterday as 223 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: he checked into stealer trading camp I think in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 224 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: he did not get healthy and as some on who 225 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: I am nowhere near as tall as Ben, but I'm 226 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: pretty sure that I like to eat dirty like Ben does. 227 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: It is very, very difficult to transition, and it's also 228 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: easy when you have a good like I don't even 229 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: I don't usually make it three weeks. If you have 230 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: like a good week stretch, you get so cocky, you're like, God, 231 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: I'm skinny. God, that's five straight salads in a row. 232 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: I haven't had carbs in four days. That's what it 233 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: felt like the story about Ben. Maybe he had a 234 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: good week. Hell, maybe he had a good two weeks, 235 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,239 Speaker 1: but he looks the exact same, and I would imagine 236 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: the reason. Schefter specifically tweeted it out and instagrammed it out, 237 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: the picture of him walking into practice with the T shirts. 238 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: Now an HP person knows it's all about angles. It's 239 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: all about angles. So the photograph wasn't a great angle? 240 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: Was it like a belly height? You know, if you 241 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: come from a come from above, easier to look skinny that, 242 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: I would guess. The Rooneyes yesterday were like, are you 243 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: kidding me? You didn't make any health, you know, do 244 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: anything this offseason. You just ate as normal because he 245 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: told them, I'm sure when they were I don't know, 246 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: threatening to cut him. I'm gonna change my diet. I'm 247 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: gonna mix his smoothies. No more double cheeseburgers than an 248 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: your rings. I've said that to myself seven million times 249 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: in the last decade. It's easy to say it, it's 250 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: another thing to live it. I don't think these guys 251 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: get enough respect in their mid to late thirties, the 252 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: athletes that can keep, you know, keeping a career going, 253 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: that truly change their diet, the respect I have as 254 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: a dirty eater, the discipline. I'm not even talking Tom Brady, 255 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: He's by far the most extreme. I'm just talking a 256 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: large percentage of older players in sports that are able 257 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: to consistently eat healthy when, just like they're all human beings, 258 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: they would love to have a milkshake, they would love 259 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: to have you know, it's it's easy to say just 260 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: one cheap meal. Most people break down and one cheap 261 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: meal turns into three or four, and then all of 262 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: a sudden, you know your two or three salads or 263 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: healthy eating were actually the minority of your meals, and 264 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: the majority of them were bad. And I just don't 265 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: think you can flip the switch at thirty nine years 266 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: old and change your diet. And I don't even blame Ben, 267 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: but he's clearly not skinny. He's chubby, Like probably many 268 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: people listening to this, including myself, I could drop ten 269 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: pounds easily. I'm trying. It's hard. It's difficult, it really is. 270 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: Now it's easy to be like, well, if I had 271 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: that much money in the line, No, you probably wouldn't, 272 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: because if you've been able to make that much money 273 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: without changing your diet, it's wouldn't be an easy transition. 274 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: I understand when guys just save their career, you know, 275 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: do plant based or zero sugars or whatever the diet is. 276 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: But he is what he is at this point. And 277 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: I don't think the schefter social media posts were random 278 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: because I met the Pittsburgh Steelers, because I know if 279 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: I was them, and I can't even imagine the promises 280 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: he made in the meeting with the owner. Of course 281 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: he did. He was desperate. He didn't want to lose 282 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: his job. He didn't want to be the quarterback of 283 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: the Texans or some terrible team. He's a quarterback of 284 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers and they're good so he made promises. 285 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: His mouth couldn't keep right because he can't stop eating poorly. 286 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: We all have to eat, but to eat the right foods, 287 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: and it's very, very difficult, especially once you're used to 288 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: eat bad and having success. But he's chubby, and he 289 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: had some he had some roles like the overwhelming majority 290 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: of America, except he's a starting quarterback in his late thirties. 291 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: And it's just listen, I'm not gonna make too much 292 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: out of a photo, but the way the season ended, 293 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: I would be, you know, a little nervous if I 294 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: was a Steeler fan, you know this, this might not 295 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: end smoothly. I don't know if there's gonna be Sully 296 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: Sellenburger and land this bad boy smoothly, you know, on 297 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: the on the Hudson. This thing might be a crash landing. 298 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: And let's face it, in most of our lives, anyone 299 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: listening that's older than me, you know, if you're in 300 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,719 Speaker 1: your forties, most older players, Even when I was growing up, 301 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: like early nineties, when I was kind of coming to 302 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: my own as sports fan, it was ugly right in 303 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: the nineties, when an older player, it would end poorly 304 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: in the seventies and the eighties, like dudes would fall 305 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: off a cliff, Like every dude looked like Peyton Manning 306 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: at the end of his career, not like Brady, hell 307 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: even like Breeze, like he he was bad for his standards, 308 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: still a lot better than most old quarterbacks. We're bound 309 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: to get one that's like whoa and maybe a guy 310 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: like him. And it's not even just about his diet. 311 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: It could just be he's old. He's taking a lot 312 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: of punishment. He's been hit a lot, you know, for 313 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: a long period of time. You sacked a lot in 314 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: his younger days. Those add up tread on the tires 315 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: and when clearly he's not the biggest quote unquote grinder 316 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: in the off season because to be a grinder, and 317 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: this is something that I strive for all the time, 318 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: and I'm always disappointed to myself is it takes discipline 319 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: and everything. Going to bed early, waking up early, eating right. 320 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: I mean what these are basic premises, whether you're running 321 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: a business to be healthier or playing quarterback, going to 322 00:18:55,119 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: the gym every day, right, just doing things consistently and 323 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: over and over again. Most of us cannot do it. 324 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: Clearly bends beside his god given size. It is closer 325 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: to us than we ever realized. Okay, Jerry Jones gave 326 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: his press conference because the Cowboys reported to training camp 327 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: and talked about Jimmy Johnson and screwing up that relationship, 328 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: and he used the word I fucked up, which we 329 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: all knew. And this is not to rehash everything that 330 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: happened in the nineties, because who cares but the Cowboys, 331 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: who are going to be and they always are a 332 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: major story in the NFL are gonna be even bigger 333 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: in the month of August. Why they're on hard knocks. 334 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: I have a theory. Now let me preface it by this. 335 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: I think Jerry Jones would have been justified in firing 336 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy and admitting I made a mistake and firing him. 337 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: And I don't know if he thought about it. I 338 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: don't know, but if he would have, I would have 339 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: not only said good move, I would have supported him. 340 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: I mean, like, this is the right thing to do. 341 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: He did not. He's rolling it back with McCarthy, and 342 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: I think every day they went by last season it 343 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: was like God Rogers was right. This guy is a meathead. 344 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: He's not a very good coach because part of being 345 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: a head coach is more than just calling plays. Part 346 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: of being a head coach was I don't know, hiring 347 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: Mike Nolan as your defensive coordinator. That is a reflection 348 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: of you. I say it all the time. Part of 349 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: being a general manager is not just the draft. It's 350 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: free agencies, who you put on your practice squad, it's 351 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: hiring a coach. There was more than encompass is all 352 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: these roles, than just one specific thing. And I think 353 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones, if he's as smart as we all think 354 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: he is, and I'm not saying as a football mind, 355 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: I'm just saying as a human being, and he gets very, 356 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: very loyal. I heard Coward did this thing on like 357 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: his loyalty to his players can be a detriment to him. 358 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: I agree, clearly his loyalty to like Jason Garrett was 359 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: a problem. Now I don't know where his loyalty to 360 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy is Beside I think he signed him to 361 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: a five year contract around seven or eight million dollars 362 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 1: a year. But let's just use eight million dollars, so 363 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 1: five times eight forty million dollars, So after one season 364 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: he would have voted him what thirty two million dollars, Well, 365 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: thirty two million dollars to Jerry Jones, it's just not 366 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: that much money, or that's probably unfair to say. Thirty 367 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: two million dollars a lot of money to anybody, even 368 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: rich people. Thirty two million dollars is a very Uh, 369 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: it's an amount of money for the Cowboys to eat, 370 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: move on and not even blink. Now. I think that 371 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: Jerry clearly want If he wanted Hard Knocks like he 372 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: could get it, and he clearly volunteered the Cowboys. Well, 373 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: part of what Hard Knocks does is it puts a microscope, 374 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: not on your play as much as you do as 375 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: in the players, but Zeke has been in a microscope. 376 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper's played in Alabama. We've been talking about Dak 377 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: consistently since Tony Romo got injured, Like the players have 378 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: been under a microscope. The coach, though, is going to 379 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: be a major part of Hard Knocks, because he always is. 380 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: Usually a Hard Knocks is as good or as bad 381 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: as the head coach. The head coach can make or 382 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: break it, but it also gives us an inside to 383 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: what this guy is like. Now, I don't think Jerry 384 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: would have like got any backlash year would have fired 385 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy last year, though it would have reflected poorly 386 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: on him. He finally made the move for Jason and 387 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: then hired this guy and his failure, Well, he doesn't 388 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 1: have that many more years of life, right, even if 389 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: Jerry lives, you know, I mean a decade feels strong. 390 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: He's his late seventies and Jerry's lived hard. Like he's 391 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: coming down the home stretch. It's crazy that he's still 392 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: this active and and just in good shape. It's it's 393 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: pretty uh Adam Roule to watch. I hope when I'm 394 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: that age, I can move around and have that much 395 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: juice and that much energy. But he knows like his 396 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: time on this earth is limited and he has to 397 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 1: Every season is a big deal. So you put Mike 398 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: McCarthy under this spotlight. What if he comes off pretty terribly? 399 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: Which might happen because we're kind of getting to get 400 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: an inside And here's the other thing Jerry Jones gets. 401 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: Before any Hard Knocks clip comes out, who has to 402 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: sign off on it? The team? Well, who do you 403 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: think is gonna be reviewing all the tape? Some intern 404 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: or Jerry freaking Jones. Jerry Jones now has a camera 405 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: into every minute of every day of his team. Now 406 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: you can say Johnny could have done that. Before he 407 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: could have, it would have been a little more difficult. 408 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: Now he doesn't even need to hide it. They're just 409 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: walking around with cameras over their shoulders and Jerry gets 410 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: to edit it. Yeah, this is in this doubt, but 411 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: he gets to see it all. If I'm Mike McCarthy, 412 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: I feel legit pressure and maybe my theory is a 413 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: little off, but I do think this could accelerate if 414 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: they have a season which I think we all expect 415 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: him to have seven, eight, nine wins and this Hard 416 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: Knocks comes away with you know, the publicity of listen. 417 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,959 Speaker 1: It's gonna do huge ratings. Why because the Cowboys move 418 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: the needle. People like me and you that are Cowboy 419 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: fans were gonna watch the Cowboy fans, which on a 420 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: quantity basis is enormous. They're all watching, and if Mike 421 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: does not come off well, and then the season doesn't 422 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: go well, it'll be like, Jerry, what are we doing? 423 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: Eat the money, move on. It's an easy one for Jerry, 424 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: and I think it happens now I was also talking 425 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: is someone else a family member when we're going back 426 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: and forth about the Cowboys, and I said this, I 427 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: don't think Jerry Jones is ever gonna land a big 428 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: time coach with options like let's say he fired Mike McCarthy. 429 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: I don't think Lincoln Riley is ever taking that job 430 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 1: while Jerry is alive. Why because as long as Jerry 431 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: is alive and it's his prerogative, it's his team. I 432 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: don't even blame him. Picking the players is fun. It's 433 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 1: why every business guy in sports always wants to get 434 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: their way to the football side, because that's what all 435 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: the fans care about. No one gives a ship about 436 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: season tickets except the owner. But it doesn't make you famous. 437 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: So I get why Jerry loves sitting in the GM seat, 438 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: loves running the draft, loves running free agency, loves signing 439 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: the contracts. It's his team, it's his right. But now, 440 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: more than ever, it used to be a small percentage 441 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: of coaches, right Bill Parcels landing of Mike Holmgren. You know, 442 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: if Belichick ever became available, you know, forever like they 443 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: would get unlimited powder. Now any coach with any leverage 444 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: gets all the juice you want. The head coach at Baylor, 445 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: Matt Rule, give him everything he wants you want. Lincoln Riley, 446 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: give him everything he wants you want Urban Meyer, give 447 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: him everything he wants you want to hire Ron Rivera 448 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: that just got hired fired by the Panthers. He's the boss. 449 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: It's the way it works now. So I think once 450 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: Jerry and I'm not I love Jerry Jones, not rooting 451 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: for him to go away, But one day, when Stephen 452 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: Jones is in charge, I think if he will take 453 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: a different approach than his father, they can land a 454 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: big time coach. But until then they're always gonna get 455 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: quote unquote yes man now McCarthy. I don't blame him 456 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: for taking the job. Obviously he was unemployed. It's the Cowboys. 457 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: The roster was loaded. But he doesn't gonna pick any 458 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: of the players. He doesn't have any juice, And honestly, 459 00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: he didn't have it with the Packers because they are 460 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: general manager run operation, one of the one of the 461 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: old school franchise that are like that. But one day, 462 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: if you ever want to get the Cowboys back. And 463 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: I'm not a huge believer of like giving the coach 464 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: full power. But that's the way it works. Like I'd 465 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: want Lincoln Riley to be in my head coach, But 466 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: if I wanted Lincoln Riley the head coach, like he 467 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: ain't just working for any GM, really, he's gonna end 468 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 1: up hiring the GM. That's just the way it is. 469 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: And held the moment a coach starts winning big, like 470 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: you think Sean McVeigh answers the less neat at this point, 471 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: give me a break when the Niners hild Kyle Shanahan 472 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: like he gets to be in charge the way it 473 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: is so one day. If the Cowboys ever want to 474 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 1: get back to just being good again, they're gonna have 475 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: to take a different approach. And as long as Jerry's around, 476 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: they're they're not gonna Jerry won't even hire that guy. 477 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 1: But none of the guys are gonna take the job 478 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: because they know they have to answer to Jerry. And 479 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: even if Jerry tells him like listen, I'm eight years old, 480 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: I'll take a step back. I don't think anyone's gonna 481 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: believe him. But at least this year, and listen, I'm 482 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: gonna put myself in your isshoes. I would ask for 483 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: hard knocks put the spotlight and put the pressure on 484 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 1: this guy. If I'm gonna eat the money, I want 485 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: to be sure about it. I want the entire country 486 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: to see that this guy is not good enough or 487 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: he is what we're gonna find out, because if I'm McCarthy, 488 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: I cannot be happy about the cameras following me around. 489 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: But I don't really have any equity to not to. 490 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: Like just because I'm not happy, it doesn't mean I 491 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: don't deserve this. I was a joke last year. Mike 492 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: Nolan fell on him. That was his hire. He took 493 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: over the Cowboys for an owner that has unlimited money. 494 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: He could have hired any defensive coordinator, and he hired 495 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: Mike freaking Nolan. But for me, that's like unforgivable, like that, 496 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: you can't do that. You had a year off to 497 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: canvass the landscape to figure out exactly who you wanted, 498 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: and that's who you hired. Like that, that's just as 499 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: big a reflection on everything as a winner loss Week 500 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: seven against the Giants or whatever, like that's bad. You 501 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: don't overcome that. That's why the Cowboys again, like I 502 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: have a hard time seeing them as a playoff team. 503 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: This year. Okay, Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff is 504 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: the Instagram slide up in those d m s and 505 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: let's rock and roll. I remember when you're saying that 506 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley is not a lone wolf when it comes 507 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: to a stance on the vaccine. He was more representing 508 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: a large number of NFL players than people assumed. How 509 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: do you think the situation is going to pan out? Well, 510 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: I was right because I just I'm around a lot 511 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: of people under forty. Right. I'm thirty six, so the 512 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: majority of my friends are in their thirties. My brother 513 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: is thirty. The majority of his friends, which I'm close 514 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: with a lot, are in their late twenties. So I 515 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: know the way younger people think about Corona, and I 516 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: have my own beliefs now. I've said from the jump, 517 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: I couldn't relate to a guy not getting the vaccine 518 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: when money was on the line. I did it for 519 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: business purposes, so I go to forty nine or t 520 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: any camp. That's why I got it, not because I 521 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: was scared of Corona. I never was. I also got 522 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: it in the fall. It didn't do anything to me. 523 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: I actually got sicker from getting my second shot of 524 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: the vaccine than I ever did being around Corona. They 525 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: got into me. It just made me a little tired. 526 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: My second shot, I mean, that was a miserable day 527 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: and a half. So I can't relate if I was 528 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: any of these guys DeAndre Hopkins. They are bitching and 529 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: moan about it. With DeAndre got a ton of money 530 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: on the line, I would get it. But I like 531 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: money more than I care about the shot. But I 532 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: also not naive enough to think that the way the 533 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: media talks about it is the way most people are 534 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: talking about Corona. The way social media speaks about what's 535 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: going on in America is a little different than the 536 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: way the reality of people talk in real life. So 537 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: I I never I always know that, and that's something 538 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: that I think why we had a lot of success here. 539 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: I try to represent normal people. I don't spend as 540 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: much time as I used to on like Twitter because 541 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: I think that's the fakest place going and that's not 542 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: how normal people are speaking about this. But I always 543 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: will understand where the NFL is coming from. The NFL 544 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: last year distributed three million dollars per team, and that 545 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: was pre vaccine. You know, in the Corona height when 546 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: they had to like reschedule a bunch of games. You 547 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: know what they do or how the NFL makes their money. 548 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: We talked about it all the time on this show. 549 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: Through the games on television. That's where the majority of 550 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: the cash in the league comes from. Do you know what? 551 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: They are not gonna funk with their cash. But the NFL, 552 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,479 Speaker 1: like Major League Baseball, is the same way. They're not 553 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: obsessed with optics on this whole thing. They do truly 554 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: do not care. The NBA is obsessed with optics. If 555 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 1: you watch, like their coaches are still wearing masks in 556 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: the playoffs, their whole front row of their games are 557 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: wearing masks. It's like, why why are you guys so 558 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: obsessed with optics. The NFL is obsessed with their money 559 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: and the only thing that messes with their money are 560 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: game cancelation. The only way games get canceled are undacinated 561 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: people where they have to test because you know, if 562 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: you get vaccinated in the NFL, you will not get tested. Now, 563 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: the one thing I think is crazy, and I know 564 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 1: if I was a player, if I was myself right 565 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: now and I was a linebacker for the Ramps. Today 566 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: it was reported that if a game is forfeited because of, 567 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: you know, an outbreak by unvaccinated people, the entire game 568 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: will forfeit all their money from the game, so both teams, 569 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: no one gets paid. That's gonna be a problem if 570 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: that takes place, because I'll promise you this. If I 571 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: was a player and vaccinated and the NFL p A, 572 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: we'd go to fucking war. We'd have a serious problem. 573 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: There will be lawsuits, I'll promise you that. And I 574 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: didn't go to law school. I just got to kind 575 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: of random degrees that don't make a goddamn thing from 576 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: state schools. But we when it comes to money, we'd 577 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: have problems, and I think the league will, but they're 578 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: really trying to flex their muscle right now to force 579 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: all these guys. And it's so much easier if you 580 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: do you don't have to get tested it. So it's like, 581 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: is anyone gonna know if anyone gets current? No, because 582 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: they're not gonna test. But if you don't have the vaccination, 583 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: the league's gonna keep testing you, so then they're gonna 584 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: know when you got it. And then I don't know 585 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: what I already conceide being a complicated thing, though, what 586 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: happens if you have some guys in your team that 587 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: aren't vaccinated, they get it, and then are they gonna 588 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: test ever test the vaccinated players, because as we see, 589 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: like a vaccinated guy can test positive. So it just 590 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: could be a complicated situation. But I understand, like I 591 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: actually I agree with what the league's doing because this 592 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: whole this is not They're not running a charity. They're 593 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: they're not playing this to make the media happy. They're 594 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: doing this for the money for themselves and the players, 595 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: And the only way they make it is games not 596 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: getting canceled because the TV pays for it all, literally 597 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: every penny. The league distributed three hundred plus million dollars 598 00:33:55,560 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: per team. The freaking salary cap was But yeah, I 599 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: don't know, it's gonna be complicated. I can't wait to 600 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: get to a day. I think about this way too much. 601 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: But we never have talked about Corona again. Can that? 602 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: Can that day not come fast enough? For the love 603 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: of God? And I'm not even a religious person, but 604 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,839 Speaker 1: holy as as Steph Curry Show would say, holy Moly, 605 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: I mean, my God just won't end. I'm a cold 606 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: fan born in five when they came to Indianapolis. My 607 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: family worked for the Colts. My older sister went to 608 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: high school with Jeff George. I've never been a t 609 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: Y fan. I thought he's good, but never get the 610 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,919 Speaker 1: level of Wayne or Marvin. Yeah, those guys are better. 611 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,879 Speaker 1: Do you think the Colts would have been better off 612 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: not signing him, watching and anticipating the Falcons the Falcons 613 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: cap struggles and making the trade for Julio. Uh, you 614 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: know that's a good question. Would they have been better 615 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: with Julio than t Y? I do think when you 616 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: look at their offense, they want to run the ball, 617 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: so you need a deep threat to, you know, push 618 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: the safety. Michael Pittman is really going to be more 619 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: of an intermediate short guy. I know he can run 620 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: a little bit, but you just need him to balance 621 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: out the offense. Now, Paris Campbell's a fast guy too, 622 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: but can you stay healthy? Um, I hear you. But 623 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 1: I I trust Chris Ballard. I think he's pretty good, 624 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: so I would say I wouldn't be too nervous there. 625 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: Giants fan always carried the flag for Eli and told detractors, Uh, 626 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: you will eventually miss him one day. So now we're 627 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: onto Danny Jones. Era, and I still don't know what 628 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: to make of him. He shows flashes, but he's been inconsistent, 629 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: to say the least, and hurt through his first two 630 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: seasons as a captain. Obvious statement, This is a big 631 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: year for him, and I think the team could make 632 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,759 Speaker 1: some noise in the East if he's healthy and takes 633 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,240 Speaker 1: the next step. With all that being said, my question 634 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: do you think how do you think the ceiling? Uh? 635 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: Where do you think the ceiling? As a player For 636 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 1: some reasons, I see see Kirk Cousins, but not great. 637 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,760 Speaker 1: I don't really even have a take on Dan Daniel Jones. 638 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 1: I think he has physical talent, but every time I 639 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,919 Speaker 1: watch him, I never see a good player. So it's 640 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: it's hard for me to say much positive Like could 641 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: he be Kirk Cousins. That feels like a huge stretch. 642 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,399 Speaker 1: I mean, Kirk Cousins the last couple of years has 643 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: been a legit starting quarterback. Has he been a top 644 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: five guy? No? Has he been like somewhere between seven 645 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: to eleven. Yeah, Kirk Cousins was really good last year. 646 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: Two years ago, Kirk Cousins beat the Saints on the road, 647 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: made some big throws. Now he's older. It's taken him 648 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: a while to get there. But I have a hard 649 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: time seeing Daniel Jones ever get that good. I I 650 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: really do, and I try to be not you know, 651 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,799 Speaker 1: two class uh half empty on guys, because you can 652 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: never write a guy off. But I do think you 653 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: see some stuff with quarterbacks pretty clearly, and I I 654 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: have not seen him. Now. I don't claim to watch 655 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: every Giant's game, but I watched, you know, obviously, bits 656 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: and pieces of every game, but probably be four or 657 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: five full Giants games the last couple. I just don't 658 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,919 Speaker 1: see it. I I just don't. As a Colts fan 659 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: who grew up in Indie, we really do appreciate what 660 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,879 Speaker 1: we have in Ballard, especially after the GM dumpster fire 661 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: that Griegson was. Grison doesn't like you saying that because 662 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,840 Speaker 1: whenever I've been critical of him, he calls me and 663 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: gets very angry. It's like, Ryan, you just you just 664 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 1: weren't a good GM. I don't know what to tell you. 665 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,840 Speaker 1: In Ballard, we trust is so strong. There is a 666 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,799 Speaker 1: subset of Colts fan that's say they have too much 667 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: blind faith and Ballad he has a track record. I'm 668 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 1: good with blind faith, So there wasn't even a question. Yeah, 669 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,600 Speaker 1: I agree, it's a big year for you guys. It's 670 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: a big, big year. I'm a die hard god. We 671 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: got a lot of Colts fans. Should we be getting 672 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: a little more love and national media for being a 673 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: top playoff contender? Well, I think there's a pretty big question, 674 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. If Carson is good, you'll get love fast. 675 00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: You know, you guys were a major story for fifteen years, 676 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: really longer than that. Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. The 677 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: thing with the NFL, it's not baseball. Like in baseball, 678 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,879 Speaker 1: the Yankees are getting love whether they're good or bad. 679 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 1: Tampa is not getting any right even though Tampa every year, 680 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,840 Speaker 1: I don't Tampa got rid of a bunch of players 681 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,840 Speaker 1: and they're good again. I just they just traded for 682 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: Nelson Cruiser day. Tampa just kicks ass. If Tampa Bay 683 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,920 Speaker 1: was like the Yankees, we would never hear the end 684 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,799 Speaker 1: of it. So in football, the Browns were a joke, 685 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: then they got good and we talked about him a lot. 686 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,319 Speaker 1: You just get good in the NFL, we'll talk about you. 687 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,239 Speaker 1: If the culture good as they've been the last couple 688 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,760 Speaker 1: of years, we'll get talked about it pretty simple. Um, 689 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,839 Speaker 1: let's keep it short and sweet just because we're kind 690 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,520 Speaker 1: of coming into the end of the season, and uh, 691 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:41,880 Speaker 1: if I don't get some of your questions, I'll answer 692 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,279 Speaker 1: manually on here. I appreciate everyone listening. God speed on 693 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: the weekend firing those d m s leave a review greatly. 694 00:38:48,920 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 1: Appreciate everyone say sing and