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We've covered a lot of territory. 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.600 We haven't touched on the National Title Game, which we 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:02.400 will coming up with David Pollock from ESPN, former NFL star, 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:06.080 now the college football analyst for ESPN. ESPN seven hours 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.760 of pregame coverage live from New Orleans today and of 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.880 course the game coming up tonight, so we'll talk to David. 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.200 I'll give you my pick on the National Title game 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.440 as well, Best and worst of the weekend. A couple 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.280 more phone calls in there. We'll check in with the 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.760 forty nine ers defensive lineman DeForrest Buckner. He'll join us 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:27.200 coming up as well. Congrats to Bill Cower and Jimmy Johnson. 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.560 I'm going into the Hall of Fame, McLevin. Who else 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.840 is on that list of that special group? Well, I 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.960 just so because you keep talking about him. Tony Bisselli 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.040 is on that list, right. I hope Tony Bisselli and 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.120 jim Bill Covert get in. I always look out for 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.240 the lineman because to me, it's hard to quantify the 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.280 greatness there. You can look at all pros, you can 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.000 look at Pro Bowls. You know how many stacks did 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:54.840 you allow? Those kind of things, But you know, we 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.960 get caught up in glitzy numbers, and sometimes the linemen 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.960 get the short end of this. Yes, mcleve, here's some 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.920 more names. Dick Ramil is on there. Interesting as a coach, 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:09.000 Dan Reeves, Mike home Grin, Tom Flores, who's getting some momentum? Uh, 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:15.040 Don Correll, players, Cliff branch Good, I believe, Harold Carmichael, 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:20.079 Roger Craig something, Randy gradishar Cliff Harris, a lot of names, 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:25.480 Alex Harris, Yeah, Drew pearson Um. Yeah, but I thought 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.000 a lot of these guys were sort of considered borderline. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.440 Hall of Fame. Yeah, good class can have a different agenda, 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:35.200 different arteria. Yes, well that's they sort of went out 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.440 of their way because the one hundredth anniversary of the 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.640 league and they're bringing in more people. I don't know 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.040 how many total get into the Hall of Fame, but 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.280 it's like they have a separate category here. Yes, what 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.520 do you think of Roger Craig Tidy? Growing up? He 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.400 was awesome. He was he was one of those dual threats. 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.800 I just don't know if he had a sustained career 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:56.600 long enough for the whole of fame. I thought what 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:00.240 he did out of the backfield, he could run, remember 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.160 when he was at Nebraska. He was just he was 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:07.080 a great player. I just he wasn't great enough to 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.640 be a Hall of Famer having a shorter career like 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.560 Terrell Davis and Gale Stairs. Yes, you put them in. 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:16.120 They were really, really good. They were great in a 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.120 short amount of time. But you know, I hate this 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.360 time of the year because then you end up disparaging 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.760 somebody while you're trying to promote somebody else and leaving 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:30.719 somebody out. It's difficult. Seton didn't like the fact that 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.719 Bill Caller and Jimmy Johnson had that special moment sort 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.200 of taken away from them because he was live and 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.280 I didn't think of it, but I did feel uncomfortable 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.760 for Bill Caller when it first happened. I think he 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.760 even said to David Baker of the Whole of Fame, 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.680 you know, I hope you're not doing this to me now. 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:52.240 And it's because it was live and he was uncomfortable. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.599 It looked like he was. I mean, it's a nice 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.320 awkward to have that you're a Hall of Famer, but 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:00.919 it felt like he was uncomfortable. There a couple of 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.320 phone calls in Bow in Wisconsin, been holding for a 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.040 while high Bow best and worst of the weekend, Hey Dan, 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:12.080 good morning. My best game last night with both of 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:15.400 the newly acquired Smith brothers making huge plays for the Packers. 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.680 Worse really stood out to me watching the Chiefs comeback 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:23.480 as the Jeta position between Mahomes and Lamar's body language 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:27.080 on the sideline when they were both facing adversity all right, 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:31.680 Thank you. Bo I thought Mahomes was spectacular from the 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:35.960 standpoint of his demeanor because it never looked like even 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.679 when they're down twenty four to nothing, I just didn't 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:42.680 think that he looked at this as insurmountable. Jeff and 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.720 Detroit joining us on the program. Hi, Jeff, Hey, what's 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:50.359 going on? Dan? Best and worst of the weekend. The 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.080 best is gonna be all four games. I did not 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.360 feel like I got cheated. The four best teams won. 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.480 The four best teams are in championship Sunday, and it's 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.120 gonna make well of a Sunday. The worst is gonna 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:06.040 be me switching my allegiance to the Seahaws and once 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:10.400 the game Aaron Rodgers and his bed of Mary Pattis 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:15.560 five is my playoff vote? Every How? Can you switch things? 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:20.080 And the guys still five years? Will you let me know? 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.440 Will you let me know when you jump on somebody's bandwagon? 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:25.880 I know you love the Lions, but if you if 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.599 you go in that direction, maybe I could pass on 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.719 that information to some people in this divisions to pick games. 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:37.560 Oh yeah, uh for the oster, I'm gonna go with 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.720 Jonathan Place two folks. Really good movie man, really good movie. 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.799 Thank you, Jeff David Minnesota. Then we'll get to David 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.159 Pollock from ESPN. We'll preview the national title game. Good morning, Dave, 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:52.320 Good morning Dan Danetts. Uh. Worst of the weekend is 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.839 Kevin Stefanski offensive coordinator's play calling for the Minnesota Vikings. 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.960 Two best of the weekend Kevin Stefanski leaving the Minnies. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.599 It tens to go to the Cleveland Browns. Good luck 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.960 with that. But the real best is my NDSU buys 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:10.200 and winning their eighth national championship in nine years against 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.680 only losses. My question for you is, would you be 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.920 talking about NDSU if they hadn't won, if they were 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:20.920 seven five FBS school We were talking about that. There's 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.080 something relevant about being a champion no matter what division. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.600 But you're right, Dave. If you put them in the 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.000 Big Ten and you took Rutgers out of there, if 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.640 you're relegated Rutgers and put in North Dakota State, now 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:36.040 we're sort of kidding. Although we talked to an oddsmaker 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.600 and I said, just hypothetically, North Dakota State plays Rutgers 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.800 neutral field, and the oddsmakers said North Dakota State would 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.840 be favored by twenty one. Yeah, point, and there are 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.520 three or four Rutgers fans that are very upset with 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.560 us today. It's all right, maybe five, you know the 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:57.040 best way to shut me up do what the Titans did. Win. Yes, 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.680 there are a few years back when they're trying to 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.239 get into the Big ten. Rutgers is expanding that. Rutgers 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:08.520 keeps expanding their football stadium and they're like, why, why, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.200 what do you need seventy thousand seats for or whatever 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.600 it is for that day when we started taking name 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:18.000 no offense, doesn't it feel like that. The more you expand, 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.120 the more you realize that nobody is really caring about 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:24.840 Rutgers football. It's like, uh, make it smaller, make it 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.880 like a five five thousand seat and yeah, you'll hear 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.800 an intimate. We have an intimate setting for our football team, 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.400 a five thousand seats stadium only with you. Yes, boy, 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.839 breaks Siano in six did get Rutgers to eleven and two, 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:44.400 which is like he should be in the Colge Football 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.480 Hall of Fame for that season along. Well, that's why 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:47.880 when they were going to bring him back and then 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.120 they started to waiver on how much I said no 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.400 this guy wants the job. Pay him whatever he wants. 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.040 David Pollock, ESPN College Football Analysts ESPNS seven hours of 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.079 pregame coverage live from New Orlenge to day. College Game 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:05.680 Day had three Championship Drive at six. Nick Saban will 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.000 be a guest analyst on Championship Drive as we welcome 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:13.000 in David Paul. What's up, guys. I did not foresee 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.880 any Rutgers talk on Championship Monday. I didn't see that 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:19.959 the coming. Wait, you didn't prep for this? No, I didn't. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:21.720 And by the way, I remember Rutgers was in the 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.000 Big East set. So if we're expecting any kind of, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.040 you know, the miracle now with Rutgers being in the 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.959 Big ten in Schiano and a great return, I think 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.040 you better tend for those expectations of that big old stadium. Okay, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:38.800 but has North Dakota State become too good? Yeah? I'll 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:40.600 tell you what, man, When you watch that game the 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.840 other day, and I'm a football junkie, I got problems. 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.480 JMU was a better team. But North Dakota State had 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.439 Trey Lance like they had the Walter Payton Award, the 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.760 Highland Trophy winner for that division. And you could just 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.920 tell he was a different third and twenty three taken 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.760 off and scrambling and for a fake field goal for 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.440 a touchdown, like they don't. I don't even think that 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.760 was the talent. They were the most dominant team, but 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.040 they still found a way to win in a rebuilding 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:06.640 year for them. So just with that kid at quarterback, 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.959 by the way, for the next uh two or three 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.120 or four years, however many years he's going to be there, 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.440 They're going to continue to win championships because he was 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.240 clearly better than everybody else on the field and it 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.880 wasn't close. That's all I wanted to talk to you about, David. 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:21.880 I didn't really care about the national title game. Just, um, 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:26.200 do you think if Trevor Lawrence wins tonight? Dot dot 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:32.320 dot um, he's gonna start putting themselves in the conversation 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.439 for the greatest of all time? You know what I mean? 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.400 You're talking about two seasons back to back. You know, 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.360 the clumpson Tigers have been thirty you know. Now, he 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.679 didn't start four games I think the year before that, 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.839 or three games the first freshman year, but man, and 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.920 he's gonna start putting himself in that conversation, By the way, 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.120 they're gonna be back again, you know next year in 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:53.679 the playoffs. That the AGEC is you know, it is 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.800 what it is. It's the worst conference in college football. 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.360 But aside and Climpson, there is no other remote challengers 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:04.040 that can even I mean, Compson is going to be 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.640 a twenty point favorite in almost every single game. So 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.240 it's definitely, you know, not a league that's gonna challenge him, 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.000 but it's definitely in big time moments. Against Ohio State, 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.640 he stepped up and ran the football and may plays 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.920 and had a huge comeback. And then if you beat 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.239 Joe Burrow, who by the way, is having the best 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.840 you know season probably of any quarterback you can ever 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.520 think of it, one of the most miraculous turnarounds in 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.400 their city, it would definitely go a long way to 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.920 start in that conversation for one more year of Trevor 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.400 Lawrence and being the greatest of all times. This game 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:36.520 tonight will come down to what how a field goal 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.880 kicker that'll be great and all this NFL talent, all 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.040 these playmakers. If the number one kicking the draft next year, 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:44.880 the number one picking the draft this year, and a 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.319 daggum kicker will be the difference and it'll be forty 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.520 one thirty eight type of game. I think it's gonna be. 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:53.679 I think it's gonna be an It's gonna be a 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.520 lot of fun. It's gonna be a lot of scoring. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:57.520 I think a lot of people are pointing to a 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:01.160 higher stage defense shutting down Clumbon are slowing them down, 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.319 and LSU has the potential to do the same. I 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.280 don't think ellis you has the same dude the Ohio 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.320 State has in the trenches, and I think I think 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.040 he's gonna be a lot of fun. I think both 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.000 backs are going to really have great days with Clyde 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.480 Edward Dhlayer and Travis e. Can. Both those guys are 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:17.760 going to make plays. The quarterbacks are gonna make plays. 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.040 The wide receiver is gonna make plays. I guess one 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:21.840 thing you could point through too is he's gonna make 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.880 a mistake. And we haven't seen Joe Burrow make you know, 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:28.079 thank this season, and we haven't seen Trevor Lawrence to 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:29.800 make one in a hot minute. I mean he did 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:31.959 earlier in the year and didn't look like he went 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.079 through his struggles early in the year, but the last 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.240 you know eight games and mistakes have not been not 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:40.000 been very many. Yeah, I'm kind of mixed on this 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:44.720 that LSU, their skill position, those wide receivers and even 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:48.240 their corners are some of the most incredible athletes I've 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.439 seen on a football field in a long, long time. 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.720 And then I come back to Dabo Sweeney. You know, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.440 he's been playing this underdog role. I like Clemson tonight. 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.120 I don't know why, but I just I've gotten that 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:05.160 feeling that I like Clemson to come up with a 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:09.000 big moment here. Um help me with that. Why do 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.760 I like Clemson? Well, I mean that they've proven the 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:13.720 time and time again, haven't they. I mean they've won 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.520 two out of the last three there now, Listen, the 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:20.840 underdog role is driving me nice. At twenty nine games, Bro, 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.000 you ain't underdogs no more like I just the chip 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:28.160 on the shoulder. You know, nobody respects us card uh No, 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.760 nobody respects your league like everybody respects Clemson. Nobody respects 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.480 who you play weekend and week out. But Davos A 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.079 he's an amazing coach and by the way, has a 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:41.000 chance to cement himself tonight. I mean, is the greatest 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:44.280 coach in college football and easily take that thrown away 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:49.280 from from Nick Saban, right. I mean, well, I'm just saying, 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:50.800 if he wins tonight, that's three out of the last 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.000 four national championships. You can't tell me Savans the best 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:55.920 coach in college football if you haven't if he's won 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.440 one out of the last four. I mean, so, I 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.800 think Daffo's definitely going And I just I think you 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.560 have to appreciate and this is probably what you look at, Dan. 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:06.800 You probably appreciate just the way they do it too, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.360 because Dabo, I didn't think anybody else. I didn't think 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.120 you could win a national championship unless you were very 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.120 in your faith like Urban Meyer and Nick Saban and 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:16.920 these guys. I thought you had to be that type 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:18.560 of coach. I didn't think you could really do it 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:22.680 with fun, you know. And then Dabo's proven it's all wrong, 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.360 and he does it relationships, and he loves this guys, 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.480 and um, they kick it and they have fun, and 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.320 they dance and they make it a celebration and they 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:31.760 make it a lot of fun. They've done a great 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.880 job with that and we continue to be and I 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.400 think he likes the random Clempson it's just fun to watch, 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.880 and it's fun to it's easy to cheer for. They're 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.200 just it seems like they go about their business and 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:43.680 not a lot of showboating, not a lot of goods 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:45.760 and glamor. They just go out and win and go 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.280 off the field and give give glory and then come 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:55.640 and then keep going. You can't answer that question, Um No, 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.000 I think, well, I thinks you damns going with the typus, 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:03.280 but I think it just feels to me, it feels 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.240 like a magical year for LSU and and I haven't 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:10.120 I haven't studied a quarterback that that Ohen offense. I 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.520 haven't studied an offense in my time at ESPN that 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:15.680 I didn't have an answer, Like, I'm always full of 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.080 answers and I'm full of opinions and I'm loud the noxious, 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.760 That's why I'm on TV. But you know, I just 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.600 I haven't seen the solution. Auburn did a good job 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:25.840 several times with Joe Burrow, and then once he figured 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:27.600 it out, it was like he had piece out bro 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.400 So you know, venables with with with all this time 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:33.760 to prepare, and can he can he be the one 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.280 to put together a plane? I just I haven't seen 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.480 it yet. And Clemson, if I'm gonna pick on, you know, 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.320 deficiencies with them, but you know, no, not having a 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:43.600 Hunter Renfro over the middle of the field. You know 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:45.120 a guy that can have pack the middle of the 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.920 field really really well, it's gonna be on Lawrence running 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.920 the football. It's gonna be on Etn catching the ball 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.000 in the backfield. Both those guys are more than capable. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.600 But I think Joe Burrow has more, more weapons, are 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.800 bigger arsenal And I think Clyde Edward Hilaire Um has 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.520 a big day, and I think gallaxhu as a big day. 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.000 But I think I'm telling you, I think it's one 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.800 thirty eight type game. Are you gonna ask Saban why 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.960 didn't recruit you? No? I understand why. Come on now, 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.640 you were a first round draft pick. Yeah. No, I'm 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.200 not gonna ask him that. We'll ask him plenty of 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.840 questions and it'll be interesting to watch Nick, by the way, 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:23.120 talk about I mean, I just I'm ready, I'm literally 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:24.920 gonna be beside him and I'm gonna be like, hey, Nick, 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.240 so what did you do to try to stop Trevor? 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.200 I know, what did you do this because it didn't 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.160 work last year to day and again. But what did 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.240 you do to try to stop? What do y'alls try 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.520 to do? I think it's it's gonna be fun. Hey, 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.960 it should be fun. And uh, your day is uh 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.000 starting soon there. We appreciate your time. David, all the 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.480 best tonight, No problem, I'm going that's David Pollack man. 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.880 I got seven hours of pre game coverage from New 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.480 Orleans College game Day at three, Championship Drive at six, 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.320 and then the title game coming up later on tonight. 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.760 Now you can say, hey, coach Saban, you couldn't stop 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:00.480 Clemson or l s U. So, uh, what would you 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.840 suggest you do against these two teams? Yeah, Pollock may 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:07.000 have the highest motor of any analyst. He's up there sports. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.200 They don't get to hire motors. Romo. Romo's got a 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.240 high motor. Pollock. I think that's a little bit more 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.639 energy minutes minute. He looks like he'd always feel like 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.080 he's gonna crack somebody. Well, Vitale has a lot of energy. 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.680 But what people don't understand is when Dick is not 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:25.399 on the microphone, he's quiet. When he gets on the microphone, 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:29.919 that's but if you're around him. You it's weird to 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:33.239 be around Dick Vitale and not hear him have that 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:38.400 voice where it's very low key, very subdued. But hey, 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.040 when the red light comes on, so does Dickie b. 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.480 You can watch the National title game in four K 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.040 tonight direct TV four K. It's channel one oh five, 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.959 the leader in four K Live Sports, and you get 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.600 to four times the resolution of HD. You'll love it. 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.280 And it's a whole different ballgame when you're watching it 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:02.119 in four K. Coming up, he is DeForest Buckner, the 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.840 Niners defensive lineman. He'll join us. Coming up. More phone calls, 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.240 best and worst to the weekend. Did you update the 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.320 poll results? McLevin? Okay, who is the most dangerous player 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:14.160 left in the playoffs? Non quarterback? Katy? Guess who people 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:18.520 voted for? Kelsey Kittle, Henry or Davante Adams. No, it's Henry, 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:22.280 that's Henry by a mile. Yeah, they've got dangerous if 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.120 they're down by two touchdowns to the Chiefs, who moved 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.400 like lightning run offense. But they haven't been down two touchdowns. 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.800 But they haven't seen Patrick Mahomes. Are you right? I've 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:35.280 just tried to make an argument that it was a 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.720 better Paul, do you realize Away sent me a pull 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:42.439 question before the show started, and I went, this couldn't 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:48.040 come from PAULI is it dark? Yeah? Last time, PAULI 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:52.639 cried the death of Neil Peart, the drummer for Rush, 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:56.000 last show of David Letterman, when his children were born, 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.320 the day he got married, the day Walter Payton died, 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.720 the day his dad died on Halloween, or none of 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:08.240 the above, dark and unplayable. Wow, I'll tell you. Neil 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:09.919 hit me pretty hard the other night. I woke up 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.000 from a nap. I saw it and I was a 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.159 really big I am a really big Rush fan, and 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:16.679 it was shocking because I did not know who he 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.520 was ill. But I did not cry. Yeah, but I was. 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.920 Did you cry in any of those Did you cry 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:26.200 when your dad died? No? I was eleven years old. 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:31.000 I don't know why you cry when Walter Payton died? Yeah? 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.560 Did you cry when your daughters were born? Nope? Did 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:36.199 you cry when you got married? Nope? I was more excited. 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.080 Those are happy occasions, and I didn't. I didn't see 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.280 the crying part of it. I understood the emotion and 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:44.080 grab oh man. When my kids were born, I'm like, 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.880 it's it's one of those where you can't tell somebody 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:50.720 how they're going to react, or how to prepare for 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:52.639 it or whatever, and then all of a sudden it happens, 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:55.320 and you're like, that's a damn miracle right there. My 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:56.960 dad died. I was eleven. I don't know why, but 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.439 I think, you know, probably messed up a kid. So 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:01.240 I just kind of sat on a zombie. But he 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:04.960 ruined your Halloween. Yeah, you didn't get to go trick 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:07.680 or treating that night. That that hurts. That bad timing 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:11.240 you cried about that didn't get to go trick painting him? 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.840 Me pretty hard enough. For some reason. I was at 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:17.440 working CBS on the news desk, and when the news 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.000 came through, Yeah, well you at least had an idea. 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:22.480 You knew he was sick, like he had been going 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.640 through an awful lot. I think a lot of Bear 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.040 fans were in complete denial that this guy could pass 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:31.439 away at forty five. Yes, mcla, you don't really have 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:33.960 to be a deep psychologists figure out that that is 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:38.199 displaced emotion. Yeah, I'm completely aware that Walter Payton and 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:41.199 my dad's favorite athlete dying and me crying when he 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:45.080 died is obviously a combo platter of emotion. Okay, even 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:47.880 in the moment, I knew it. Okay, yes, yes, sir, 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:49.760 Doctor Phil was, Hey, we could put up a pole 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:51.680 who needs therapy out of the the four of us, Paul, 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:54.600