WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 1 0:00:00.540 --> 0:00:06.180 We'll be right back. 0:00:19.630 --> 0:00:24.050 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Pabst. 0:00:24.070 --> 0:00:25.150 We are so. 0:00:24.930 --> 0:00:28.500 Excited about our first show, NBC Sports Now Peacock. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:30.680 Paul, tell them about the show. 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:32.620 Pearl, great to have you back. A lot of people 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:34.000 said this would never happen. A lot of people said 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:36.560 this should never happen. DP gave us our show. We're 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:37.360 right down the hall. 0:00:37.460 --> 0:00:37.830 It's great. 0:00:38.190 --> 0:00:42.010 An hour every day, chopping it up. College football, pro football, PCA. 0:00:42.050 --> 0:00:43.930 You know I'm getting that in. A lot to hit to. 0:00:44.010 --> 0:00:46.190 But you and I, we've been doing this forever. We've 0:00:46.210 --> 0:00:48.330 known you from the Dan Patrick Show days. Good to 0:00:48.370 --> 0:00:50.130 have you back. You know, I always chop it up. 0:00:50.150 --> 0:00:50.810 We're always texting. 0:00:50.830 --> 0:00:51.070 Yeah. 0:00:51.090 --> 0:00:53.690 So I left this show, Dan Patrick Show, at the 0:00:53.770 --> 0:00:56.430 end of 21. And we texted pretty much every day 0:00:56.950 --> 0:01:00.190 in between. We're old friends and we're not an embrace 0:01:00.210 --> 0:01:02.700 debate type. Like we like to argue about things. 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:02.810 Yeah. 0:01:03.090 --> 0:01:03.940 But we keep it friendly. 0:01:03.950 --> 0:01:04.160 Yeah. 0:01:04.190 --> 0:01:06.690 Keep it friendly. Warm takes coming up. But you and I, 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:08.539 they kind of want to do that odd couple thing 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:11.180 on TV. And you are from just to give people 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.910 the background. Lower Marion, Pennsylvania, kind of a bougie neighborhood. 0:01:15.150 --> 0:01:15.630 Home of? 0:01:16.090 --> 0:01:17.410 Kobe Bryant, you went to high school. 0:01:17.590 --> 0:01:18.850 Yeah, yeah, Kobe Bryant's high school. 0:01:18.870 --> 0:01:19.950 Then you went to Dartmouth. 0:01:20.050 --> 0:01:20.190 Yep. 0:01:20.350 --> 0:01:22.110 JV on the basketball team, former athlete. 0:01:22.569 --> 0:01:24.440 Well, I think that's a stretch, but you're a former 0:01:24.450 --> 0:01:25.060 athlete as well. 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:29.279 I was a two-time varsity archer, and where you stand motionless, 0:01:29.620 --> 0:01:30.180 but you know. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:30.940 Is that a thing? 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.180 It is. Southern Illinois University State School, five and a 0:01:34.180 --> 0:01:36.060 half years. So that means I'm smarter than you. I 0:01:36.060 --> 0:01:37.160 was in college for a longer time. 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.120 Yeah, I kind of view things from an analytical point 0:01:40.170 --> 0:01:41.110 of view, or at least try to. 0:01:41.370 --> 0:01:43.690 You might call me a sports nerd. Paul, you're more 0:01:43.709 --> 0:01:45.559 of an everyman. Is that what we're going for? 0:01:45.569 --> 0:01:47.610 Man of the people, C's get degrees type guy. 0:01:47.870 --> 0:01:48.090 All right. 0:01:48.150 --> 0:01:50.169 Well, you're going to get a lot of that on 0:01:50.230 --> 0:01:52.820 Not So Fast. It's very similar. The DNA of the 0:01:52.860 --> 0:01:55.740 Dan Patrick Show is what we have. Chemistry and fun. 0:01:55.820 --> 0:01:57.560 The great thing is Dan is right down the hall. 0:01:57.580 --> 0:01:59.419 So if something happens on the Dan Patrick Show, we're 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.440 going to call to the pen. Just wave Dan down. 0:02:01.700 --> 0:02:02.540 Yeah, absolutely. 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.000 Hopefully call the pen because things are going well and 0:02:05.060 --> 0:02:08.630 not because we need. rescuing but of course i'm not 0:02:08.690 --> 0:02:11.389 the only person who is back back in the dp 0:02:11.410 --> 0:02:14.950 show man cave aaron donald returned to the rams officially 0:02:15.330 --> 0:02:18.000 returned on sunday 20 million dollars for this year up 0:02:18.010 --> 0:02:20.760 to 30 million dollars with bonuses paul what was your 0:02:20.780 --> 0:02:23.859 reaction when you saw donald was official well they ran. 0:02:23.740 --> 0:02:25.320 I know it wasn't a surprise but all month i've 0:02:25.340 --> 0:02:27.750 been thinking this is like uh It's like Warren Buffett 0:02:27.790 --> 0:02:29.750 winning the Powerball. The Rams didn't even need it. They 0:02:29.790 --> 0:02:32.350 got Trent McDuffie in the offseason. They get Miles Garrett 0:02:32.370 --> 0:02:35.609 in the offseason. Then this guy, he just turned 35, 0:02:35.610 --> 0:02:37.750 Aaron Donald. And I don't look at him as old. 0:02:37.830 --> 0:02:40.290 I look at him as rested and ready. And he's 0:02:40.340 --> 0:02:42.740 probably sitting there at home going, I'm in the drop-off 0:02:42.780 --> 0:02:44.760 line with my kids and I could bench 450 pounds. 0:02:44.780 --> 0:02:45.560 What am I doing here? 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.300 Oh, absolutely. I like that. He's not old. He's rested. 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:50.700 I would have used that for myself. 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.339 But, you know, everybody's reacting the same way to this. 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.950 The Rams moved up to plus 500 as Super Bowl favorites. 0:02:57.290 --> 0:03:01.010 Everyone just assumes this is going to work. Paul, I'm 0:03:01.030 --> 0:03:02.150 going to say not so fast. 0:03:02.169 --> 0:03:02.730 Are you poo-pooing? 0:03:02.750 --> 0:03:03.990 Are you throwing off the first not so fast? 0:03:04.010 --> 0:03:06.090 I'm going with the first not so fast. 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:06.940 All right, checking that. 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:10.060 My problem with the Rams is... It's obvious. Age and 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:11.359 they're thin at some positions. 0:03:11.740 --> 0:03:11.960 Okay. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:12.930 Donald is 35. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:17.360 Quarterback Matthew Stafford is 38. Devontae Adam is 33 at 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:18.309 wide receiver. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.690 Thin on the O-line. Thin at receiver. 0:03:21.150 --> 0:03:23.370 Everyone is so excited right now, but I think this 0:03:23.389 --> 0:03:24.770 is more emotion than logic. 0:03:24.830 --> 0:03:26.890 But they scored 500 points last year. If they had 0:03:26.930 --> 0:03:28.690 just a little bit more defense, they would have been 0:03:28.710 --> 0:03:29.910 in the Super Bowl. They were almost in the Super 0:03:29.950 --> 0:03:32.940 Bowl anyway. But now with McDuffie, who doesn't get enough 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.730 credit for being a great defensive back, My only concern 0:03:35.770 --> 0:03:39.060 would be Matthew Stafford staying healthy. Stetson Bennett is a backup. 0:03:39.350 --> 0:03:42.220 He's almost 30 years old. He's not fantastic. But you've 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.520 got Puka Nakua. If he doesn't get in trouble off 0:03:44.540 --> 0:03:48.140 the field, he's fantastic. I can't see a way other 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.160 than health. that this team isn't there. 0:03:50.060 --> 0:03:50.350 At the end. 0:03:50.460 --> 0:03:51.120 It's hard to picture. 0:03:51.460 --> 0:03:52.580 Well, here's my issue. 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.160 It's really a bigger NFL topic. Is there ever really 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:56.520 a team to beat in the NFL? 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.400 Maybe the Chiefs a few years ago. Chiefs. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:00.800 But it's so wide open. You need to get through 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.900 17 regular season games. I need to get through the playoffs. Listen, 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.360 the Rams were awesome last year and Seattle took them down. 0:04:06.620 --> 0:04:07.740 How do you know there's not going to be another 0:04:07.780 --> 0:04:08.400 Seattle this year? 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.880 Well, yeah, you can't say there's nobody else going to 0:04:10.940 --> 0:04:12.920 challenge them. Or I saw a show earlier today said 0:04:12.940 --> 0:04:15.780 they could go 16-0, 17-0. Let's pump the brakes a 0:04:15.780 --> 0:04:18.970 little bit on that. But again, Aaron Donald, This guy 0:04:19.470 --> 0:04:22.580 had a sack off in the Super Bowl. Rams plus 500, 0:04:22.580 --> 0:04:26.220 Bills plus 1,000, Ravens, they're in that mix. Seahawks got 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.400 to be a little bit upset. But Aaron Donald, you 0:04:28.420 --> 0:04:30.420 look at his career, he left a little bit early, 0:04:30.420 --> 0:04:33.349 32 years old. But if he doesn't get the pressure 0:04:33.410 --> 0:04:35.950 on Joe Burrow in that Super Bowl, they're probably losing 0:04:35.990 --> 0:04:38.010 that one. They're probably losing it. They only sack off 0:04:38.070 --> 0:04:38.430 in Super Bowl. 0:04:38.550 --> 0:04:39.070 I mean, listen. 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:40.910 I'm not going to question Aaron Donald. He's one of 0:04:40.930 --> 0:04:43.310 the three best defensive linemen I've ever seen play. 0:04:43.330 --> 0:04:46.550 He's incredible. But that plus 500 number makes me nervous. 0:04:47.029 --> 0:04:49.200 Usually when a team is that heavy in the preseason, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.580 it does not work out. So, yeah, I'm going to 0:04:51.620 --> 0:04:55.279 say not so fast. All right, Paul, yesterday was cut-down 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.570 day in the NFL, and a lot of teams... kept 0:04:58.610 --> 0:05:00.920 four quarterbacks, which is interesting. We'll get to that later. 0:05:00.980 --> 0:05:03.200 What other stories stood out to you on Sunday in 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:03.700 the NFL? 0:05:03.820 --> 0:05:05.120 Well, this is not getting a lot of pub because 0:05:05.140 --> 0:05:07.200 it's not the prettiest story of all time, but Josh Jacobs, 0:05:07.220 --> 0:05:08.760 the star running back of the Packers, is on the 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.200 commissioner's exempt list. Not the list you want to be 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.940 on because that list is infinite. It could be four weeks. 0:05:13.980 --> 0:05:14.820 It could be eight weeks. 0:05:14.850 --> 0:05:17.210 Remember Adrian Peterson back in the day? We're not going 0:05:17.230 --> 0:05:18.970 to get too into the weeds on the details, but 0:05:19.010 --> 0:05:21.290 the bigger picture is for Packer fans. It seems like 0:05:21.430 --> 0:05:24.430 every year there's somebody missing. Christian Watson, the wide receiver. 0:05:24.710 --> 0:05:27.900 Tucker Kraft last year. And Jordan Love, who is a 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.020 very good quarterback, but no one's calling a great quarterback, 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:33.440 seems to need all hands on deck. That'd be very 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:34.430 concerning in that division. 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.630 Ooh, I'm going to call Jordan Love close to great. 0:05:37.870 --> 0:05:38.670 Close to great is fine. 0:05:39.070 --> 0:05:41.010 Now, Josh Jacobs, very good running back. 0:05:41.010 --> 0:05:44.310 4.0 yards per carry last year. Paul, is that really 0:05:44.370 --> 0:05:45.510 making that big a difference? 0:05:45.589 --> 0:05:48.440 Oh, you need him in the hardcore days in December 0:05:48.460 --> 0:05:50.680 when it's snowing out. He is not Jameer Gibbs. He 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.500 doesn't have that breakaway speed. He's not Bijan Robinson. But that, 0:05:53.820 --> 0:05:56.300 you don't know when he's coming back. And that not knowing, 0:05:56.339 --> 0:05:57.580 I think, is a big problem for the Packers. 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.850 Yeah, I mean, listen, if they stay healthy, I think 0:05:59.870 --> 0:06:01.029 they're going to be a very good team. People are 0:06:01.070 --> 0:06:04.330 dismissing them. And Josh Jacobs will probably be back. Last 0:06:04.370 --> 0:06:06.690 few players on Commissioner's list, about six to seven weeks. 0:06:06.970 --> 0:06:07.950 So we'll probably see him again. 0:06:08.089 --> 0:06:09.950 A lot of other things happened. Will Levis got cut. 0:06:10.089 --> 0:06:10.349 J.J. 0:06:10.390 --> 0:06:12.370 McCarthy staying. A little bit of a surprise there. 0:06:12.390 --> 0:06:12.770 For now. 0:06:12.950 --> 0:06:13.310 For now. 0:06:13.390 --> 0:06:13.770 For now. 0:06:13.950 --> 0:06:15.880 All right, let's get to some college football. There's college 0:06:15.900 --> 0:06:18.980 football week zero yesterday. And, you know, week zero is 0:06:19.020 --> 0:06:20.440 not always the greatest thing in the world. It's a 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.210 mishmash of games. And You're going to watch Virginia versus 0:06:23.290 --> 0:06:25.570 NC State. You might not watch that in Week 5. 0:06:25.570 --> 0:06:29.250 But North Carolina TCU in Dublin, 12 o'clock game, everybody watched. 0:06:29.690 --> 0:06:32.510 Not pretty, bit of a slugfest. Bill Belichick pulled it out, 0:06:32.620 --> 0:06:34.680 and they really do have a good defensive line down there. 0:06:34.700 --> 0:06:36.880 And I think that's what's interesting, that their defense is 0:06:36.900 --> 0:06:40.080 much improved. And Belichick is a defensive first guy. Not 0:06:40.100 --> 0:06:41.640 the greatest game of all time, and I know you're 0:06:41.660 --> 0:06:44.200 getting ready to just pour cold water all over this one. 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.930 But a comparison last year, which had tons of expectations 0:06:48.270 --> 0:06:52.210 and a disappointing game versus TCU, Lesser expectations and a win. 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.820 Here's a little bit of Bill Belichick, out of his mind, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:55.900 thrilled after the victory. 0:06:57.220 --> 0:07:01.500 You're always trying to strive for perfection. You never achieve it, 0:07:01.500 --> 0:07:02.800 but you try to get as close as you can. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.240 You try to be excellent. You try to be really 0:07:05.260 --> 0:07:08.780 consistently good. That's what we try to do individually. That's 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.820 what we try to do as a team. There's plenty 0:07:11.850 --> 0:07:15.310 of times when we fell short of that, but certainly 0:07:15.330 --> 0:07:18.590 we've made progress. I feel like this is a good 0:07:18.630 --> 0:07:19.110 step for us. 0:07:19.980 --> 0:07:22.570 Wow, no jet lag on that guy. I'm ready to 0:07:22.650 --> 0:07:25.710 run through a wall for him. But, you know, everything 0:07:25.730 --> 0:07:28.090 cooled down. Remember Dion a couple years ago, and then 0:07:28.130 --> 0:07:30.130 it cooled off a little bit. Last year it was 0:07:30.190 --> 0:07:31.810 all Belichick all the time, and it cooled off a 0:07:31.810 --> 0:07:33.920 little bit. They've got a tough schedule, but it sets 0:07:33.980 --> 0:07:35.540 up really nice for them. You know what's coming up, right? 0:07:35.860 --> 0:07:37.940 Oh, they've got a couple. They've got a gimme and 0:07:37.980 --> 0:07:39.260 then Clemson down the road. 0:07:39.340 --> 0:07:42.520 If they can get past Clemson, you set up early October, 0:07:42.540 --> 0:07:45.380 Notre Dame at home. Everybody will be back in if 0:07:45.460 --> 0:07:46.160 they're undefeated. 0:07:46.550 --> 0:07:49.400 I'm going to go to my second pick. Not so fast. 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:50.100 Way too early. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:52.780 It's kind of like a Heisman pose. Not so fast. 0:07:53.340 --> 0:07:53.980 Come on. 0:07:54.020 --> 0:07:57.110 They beat TCU 15-10 in the pouring rain in Dublin. 0:07:57.150 --> 0:08:00.330 TCU had been practicing in 105 degree weather. They had 0:08:00.390 --> 0:08:02.010 no idea what was going on over there. They didn't 0:08:02.050 --> 0:08:04.580 want to be there. They had their own locker room issues. 0:08:05.020 --> 0:08:08.840 And Belichick wins 15-10. Yes, their defensive line finally sort 0:08:08.940 --> 0:08:11.220 of woke up after the first half because they were. 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:11.960 Getting run all over. 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:16.820 Quarterback Billy Edwards was fine, but the hype is back 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:17.680 because last. 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:18.340 Year there was so much hype. 0:08:18.380 --> 0:08:21.960 Remember, North Carolina scored on their first drive against TCU. 0:08:21.980 --> 0:08:22.620 They got blown out. 0:08:22.700 --> 0:08:23.580 Everybody was in the building. 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:24.420 Everyone's back. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.800 I think it's been a little slower after that win, 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.860 but people are looking at a 15-10 win, which in 0:08:29.900 --> 0:08:32.300 a way they probably should have lost. TCU had some 0:08:32.370 --> 0:08:35.370 fourth down opportunities that they blew. had so many mistakes, 0:08:35.410 --> 0:08:38.270 so many penalties. I'm definitely not so fasting this one. 0:08:38.290 --> 0:08:40.069 But I got to say, it's good for college football 0:08:40.090 --> 0:08:42.290 to have Bill Belichick and his team relevant because it 0:08:42.330 --> 0:08:44.689 went away so fast. And you need these characters in 0:08:44.710 --> 0:08:46.630 college football. Like Lane Kiffin, he might be a villain, 0:08:46.970 --> 0:08:48.030 but you need these villains. 0:08:48.090 --> 0:08:50.460 Wait, so does that mean you're rooting for Bill Belichick 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:51.760 or you're just rooting for the story? 0:08:51.820 --> 0:08:53.939 Rooting for the story. Bill and I aren't that close. 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.400 But I like the fact that Bill Belichick might set 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.960 up a situation where if they could be undefeated versus 0:08:59.020 --> 0:09:01.590 Notre Dame, that's fantastic. By the way, bonus coverage. Love 0:09:01.630 --> 0:09:04.770 the Ronald Curry-era UNC uniforms they wore in Dublin the 0:09:04.790 --> 0:09:05.830 other days. Those are gorgeous. 0:09:06.330 --> 0:09:09.160 I see, again, the hype. The hype around Bill Belichick. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:10.880 You know who is going to have something to say 0:09:10.900 --> 0:09:13.719 about the uniforms, of course? Bill's girlfriend, Jordan Hudson. And 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.160 maybe that's why it seems like I'm rooting against UNC. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:17.900 Way too soon for that one. A little bit more 0:09:17.940 --> 0:09:20.470 college football. USC the other day, in front of a 0:09:20.990 --> 0:09:24.430 sparse crowd at the Coliseum, took care of San Jose State. 0:09:24.730 --> 0:09:26.970 Not a great second half. Great first half. Their quarterback 0:09:26.990 --> 0:09:29.170 was great. A lot of good young players on the team, 0:09:29.190 --> 0:09:31.350 but That's a team where we're going to talk about 0:09:31.390 --> 0:09:34.110 the people in the stands, all of them, both of them, later. 0:09:34.490 --> 0:09:36.750 But USC needs to get back in the mix. They've 0:09:36.770 --> 0:09:39.570 had one 10-plus win season in the past eight years, 0:09:39.590 --> 0:09:43.030 and that's not very USC-ish. They've got this freshman. You've 0:09:43.050 --> 0:09:45.230 got to watch this kid. Check this out. I love 0:09:45.250 --> 0:09:47.630 this guy. Luke Waffle, the Waffle House, as I call him, 0:09:47.710 --> 0:09:51.240 he is a monster. He looks like a— Wow, look 0:09:51.270 --> 0:09:53.100 at that monster, number 94. 0:09:53.100 --> 0:09:55.780 A little J.J. Watt or Buddy J.J. Watt, maybe? 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:56.780 It's very Watt-ish. 0:09:56.950 --> 0:09:59.230 Yeah, I mean, the whole freshman class is insane at USC. 0:10:00.020 --> 0:10:02.920 Hard to tell against San Jose State. They completely outclassed them. 0:10:03.740 --> 0:10:07.120 I was thrilled about Jaden Maiava, quarterback. I'm not going 0:10:07.140 --> 0:10:08.059 to say Heisman yet. 0:10:08.140 --> 0:10:09.459 You can't go Heisman after week zero. 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:10.020 But you're calling. 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:10.880 That's your guy, Maiava. 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:12.360 Oh, I'm so into him. 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.720 There's tons of quarterbacks that are going to next year's draft. 0:10:15.140 --> 0:10:18.160 I mean, Jaden Maiava is definitely one of them. You 0:10:18.179 --> 0:10:20.820 got the star freshman tight end. You got a young receiver. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.349 Now listen, in 90 degree heat, beating San Jose State's 0:10:24.490 --> 0:10:26.309 one thing. Are they going to travel in the Big Ten? 0:10:26.370 --> 0:10:29.069 Tough schedule for USC. But you said something interesting. 0:10:29.429 --> 0:10:32.630 You know, they need this. Lincoln Riley needs a big season. 0:10:32.650 --> 0:10:33.350 And they need buzz. 0:10:33.530 --> 0:10:35.620 Yeah, they need buzz. I'm not going to say Lincoln 0:10:35.660 --> 0:10:36.500 Riley's in trouble. 0:10:36.860 --> 0:10:41.350 But it feels like USC definitely at least needs a challenge. 0:10:41.420 --> 0:10:43.350 I'm not saying they have to be national title contenders. 0:10:43.630 --> 0:10:45.410 I really think they might need to make the playoffs, Paul, 0:10:45.570 --> 0:10:47.190 or they're going to get sick of Lincoln Riley. 0:10:47.210 --> 0:10:48.330 But that was a great start. 0:10:48.370 --> 0:10:50.650 Luke Waffle looked like Jefferson at Fast Times at Ridgemont 0:10:50.690 --> 0:10:51.510 High out there yesterday. 0:10:52.090 --> 0:10:53.730 Absolutely. Absolutely. All right. 0:10:53.850 --> 0:10:55.510 We're going to have plenty of college football on the show, 0:10:55.550 --> 0:10:57.890 including Yogi Roth from NBC Sports. 0:10:58.230 --> 0:11:01.590 Awesome college football analyst. We're talking a little more week 0:11:01.650 --> 0:11:04.270 zero action, but let's look big picture. Who's going to 0:11:04.309 --> 0:11:08.510 be this year's Indiana? We'll discuss next. Not so fast. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:13.020 Welcome to the show. Crush that. That was amazingly good. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.420 Your hair looks pretty good. 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:15.120 Thank you. 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:17.500 Which is, I know, your priority. 0:11:17.900 --> 0:11:18.180 Of course. 0:11:24.950 --> 0:11:27.250 Pearl, check this out. A little midday pick-me-up for you. 0:11:27.970 --> 0:11:30.850 This is a flyover during a South African soccer match. 0:11:31.570 --> 0:11:31.830 What? 0:11:31.850 --> 0:11:33.449 That seems a little close. 0:11:34.090 --> 0:11:36.010 You think? It's one of the most incredible things I've 0:11:36.050 --> 0:11:36.370 ever seen. 0:11:36.610 --> 0:11:38.710 Can someone in the control tower tell Maverick and Goose 0:11:38.730 --> 0:11:39.610 to pump the brakes a little bit? 0:11:39.650 --> 0:11:40.150 Because that is. 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:42.360 That is snug. 0:11:42.980 --> 0:11:44.500 I would have had a full panic attack if I 0:11:44.540 --> 0:11:46.480 was in the crowd. You know at Auburn when the 0:11:46.540 --> 0:11:47.300 hawk goes around? 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:47.900 Oh, I love that. 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.160 I'm always like, everyone run, there's a hawk on the loose. 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:52.859 That plane would have sent me into a panic. I 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:54.040 would have said, everyone get out of here. 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.420 War Eagle. All right, back on Not So Fast. 0:11:56.500 --> 0:11:56.900 I'm Paps. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.860 He's Pearl up right here on NBC Sports Now. We're 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.120 doing a little thing every day here called Warm Takes. Now, 0:12:02.820 --> 0:12:04.280 you might be used to hot takes. We don't want 0:12:04.300 --> 0:12:06.060 any of you kids out there getting burned. Stay away 0:12:06.100 --> 0:12:08.599 from the stove. These are called Warm Takes. Waving you in, 0:12:08.860 --> 0:12:10.949 nice and cuddly. I'll go first, you're second. 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:11.390 Here we go. 0:12:12.010 --> 0:12:14.190 Saw an article the other day. Who is this year's 0:12:14.309 --> 0:12:17.130 Indiana of college football? Who's the next surprise team? So 0:12:17.150 --> 0:12:20.329 I got it for you. The next Indiana is nobody. 0:12:20.730 --> 0:12:22.750 Let's not move on from what Indiana did. Let's take 0:12:22.770 --> 0:12:25.069 a beat here before the 2026 season and look what 0:12:25.150 --> 0:12:28.770 Indiana football did last year. They were good in 2024. Right. 0:12:28.809 --> 0:12:30.770 And they're like, oh, cute story. In 2025, 16-0 with 0:12:31.170 --> 0:12:35.490 Kurt Cignetti. They get the Heisman Trophy with Mendoza. They 0:12:35.590 --> 0:12:38.390 run through the playoffs. They really bury everybody. And they 0:12:38.429 --> 0:12:41.189 do it against the heavyweights, Ohio State, Penn State, everybody. 0:12:41.750 --> 0:12:45.670 What Indiana football did is galactic. It's an all-time college 0:12:45.690 --> 0:12:46.330 football story. 0:12:46.790 --> 0:12:47.380 Pearl, do you want me. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:51.240 10 win seasons Indiana football had before Curt Cignetti got there? 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:52.440 I'm guessing not a lot. 0:12:52.780 --> 0:12:56.580 None. None 10 win seasons. None 10 win seasons. So 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.900 before we move on and try to find the next Indiana, 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:00.760 let's look back and say that was one of the 0:13:00.780 --> 0:13:02.600 more special college football seasons of all time. 0:13:03.179 --> 0:13:07.440 I have an option. Could Indiana be the next Indiana? 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.839 I'm giving that to you. Okay, because no one's excited. 0:13:10.540 --> 0:13:10.940 About this team. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:12.980 They're number six in the polls, and I don't think 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.099 anyone's talking about them repeating. I think it's hard to 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.099 imagine them repeating, considering they never won before. 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:17.319 Right. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.060 This goes back to the old Indiana sentiment. Remember back 0:13:20.100 --> 0:13:22.230 in the day when they'd have Antoine Randall-El, and you'd 0:13:22.250 --> 0:13:24.130 be like, oh, they're six and five, and they made 0:13:24.150 --> 0:13:26.630 the Blue Bonnet Bowl. This is not those days anymore. 0:13:26.710 --> 0:13:28.770 Kurt Cignetti is going to make them consistently good. 0:13:29.270 --> 0:13:31.590 Yeah, I mean, in the NIL era, though, you're going 0:13:31.610 --> 0:13:34.050 to see teams like this. I'm not sure I totally 0:13:34.070 --> 0:13:35.929 agree that there's not going to be a next Indiana. 0:13:36.030 --> 0:13:38.030 I don't know if the basketball schools, I don't know 0:13:38.050 --> 0:13:39.569 if Kentucky can do it, but I think we're going 0:13:39.590 --> 0:13:41.650 to see some weird results. All right, I'm going to 0:13:41.670 --> 0:13:44.890 turn to the NFL. Yesterday was cut-down day, and five 0:13:44.980 --> 0:13:47.800 teams kept four quarterbacks on their roster. Well, really, four 0:13:47.820 --> 0:13:50.860 and a half because Cleveland snuck Dylan Gabriel onto the IR. 0:13:51.220 --> 0:13:52.880 But this is a really interesting move to me. That 0:13:52.940 --> 0:13:55.420 means some sixth linebacker out there is not getting a job. 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.760 I love it when teams do this. Because quarterback development 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:02.040 is the most important thing in the entire NFL. The 0:14:02.100 --> 0:14:04.860 only way to be consistent is to have great quarterback play. 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:06.640 And there's a couple teams that have done this over 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.429 the years. The New England Patriots. Remember when they kept 0:14:09.450 --> 0:14:11.729 four quarterbacks in the year 2000, Paul? You know who 0:14:11.770 --> 0:14:12.810 the fourth quarterback was? 0:14:13.130 --> 0:14:13.330 Don't. 0:14:14.010 --> 0:14:14.910 His name was Tom Brady. 0:14:15.090 --> 0:14:17.170 He went on to win multiple Super Bowls. 0:14:17.230 --> 0:14:17.590 Heard of him. 0:14:17.870 --> 0:14:20.380 Yeah, he was behind Rohan Davey, I believe. 0:14:20.460 --> 0:14:21.030 Oh, LSU. 0:14:21.340 --> 0:14:22.820 Eagles always keep a bunch of quarterbacks. 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.160 The year they won their first Super Bowl in 2017, 0:14:25.140 --> 0:14:26.520 they had three quarterbacks play. 0:14:26.820 --> 0:14:28.520 You need depth, but it's not just about depth. 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.070 There are some really interesting players the teams want to 0:14:31.090 --> 0:14:32.270 hold on to in Cleveland. 0:14:33.130 --> 0:14:36.150 Talon Green out of Arkansas. He's 6'6. 0:14:36.190 --> 0:14:38.450 I saw this dude at the Senior Bowl. He is 0:14:38.710 --> 0:14:41.630 very talented. I just think he hasn't really learned how 0:14:41.650 --> 0:14:44.150 to play the position yet. You've got Cole Payton in Philly. 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.400 You've got Jack Strand in Atlanta. A big kid out 0:14:47.420 --> 0:14:51.220 of Minnesota State played really well. I love being aggressive 0:14:51.260 --> 0:14:53.920 at quarterback and sort of stockpiling these players. 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.160 What are the old cliches? If you have two quarterbacks, 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:58.350 you have Dunn. If you have three quarterbacks, you have Depth. 0:14:58.990 --> 0:15:00.550 What do you have if you have four quarterbacks? I'm 0:15:00.590 --> 0:15:02.240 not sure what the hell we have there. But here's 0:15:02.260 --> 0:15:04.320 the thing. Except for your Eagles, I would say any 0:15:04.340 --> 0:15:06.340 of those teams on that list that have four quarterbacks, 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.550 they don't have a quarterback of the future. If you 0:15:09.570 --> 0:15:11.030 look at the Steelers, they're in kind of a good 0:15:11.050 --> 0:15:13.930