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So we take a 20 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: look at the big weekend in college with both Pete 21 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: Futech coming up in about twenty minutes telling you arch 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: Manning if arch Man if he doesn't come through this week, 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: Steve O, I mean that's it, man like, It's like 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: it's like all of college football, is that hey, because 25 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: you're arch Manning right, your royal. 26 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 4: Name for starter, it's not just that he was a 27 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 4: great recruit. 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're gonna give you three weeks to get it 29 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: going right. We're gonna lay off you after this Ohio 30 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: State game. We're gonna give you three We invested a 31 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of time and attention into you, but we're gonna 32 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: give you these three weeks because no one's gonna care. 33 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: But when that Florida game comes up beginning of October, 34 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: you got to show us something. 35 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 3: You really got to show it. 36 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: Because now for now I'm saying to myself right now, 37 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: I would say always absolutely coming back to Texas next 38 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: years because you've seen so many of the quarterbacks that 39 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: have bypassed him already. You're you're talking about Leonora Sellars 40 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: and Garrett nuts Meyer at the top of the draft. 41 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: Even Matier, although the injury to Materir might hold him 42 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: back a little bit. 43 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 4: Ironically, Oklahoma against Texas in a week. 44 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and look at material know the number, right, 45 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: he'll know he'll Noah, you know you want to talk 46 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: about the number. Sorry, that's an August joke. But like 47 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: you've seen these guys have already bypassed him. We're not 48 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: talking about oh, arch Manning overall number one pick and 49 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: what we would normally be saying about him. 50 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: Now. 51 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: So when when when Archie Manning said in the pre oh, 52 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: yeahll go be going back next year. We're going back 53 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: next year. Like you wonder, what did was he thinking 54 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: this was going to happen? 55 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: Did he know? Was he? 56 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: But clearly right now I would say, oh, ye, one 57 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: hundred percent. And if he goes back to Texas, that's 58 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: bad for him, right, it's it's bad for him going 59 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: back text because of the the hype and where we 60 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: thought he was going to be. 61 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 3: But now I tell you he's got to come through tomorrow, man, 62 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 3: Like this is this is it for arch Manning. 63 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 4: And at the moment, Texas is ranked in the top ten, 64 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 4: Oklahoma is ranked in the top ten. Now, Oklahoma's tune 65 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 4: up for the Texas game the next weekend is hosting 66 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 4: Kent State tomorrow afternoon. So it's that Texas plays a 67 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 4: conference game at Florida tomorrow afternoon. But as we've discussed, 68 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 4: Florida really should be winless this year. I'm not saying 69 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 4: that Texas is automatically going to roll. I don't think 70 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 4: we've even thought that, but it is a conference game 71 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 4: on the road, and you always have to be warey 72 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 4: of those. 73 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: Hey, look, they've played these other top ten teams somewhat close, right, 74 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: Like LSU was a close game and Miami was close 75 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: to ish. 76 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 3: You know what Miami last week? Look and I'll tell. 77 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 4: You scored a couple of times late Miami. 78 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: I am all in on Miami going unbeaten at this point, right, 79 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: this is they are better than they were in twenty 80 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: twenty four. The offensive line is making Carson Beck into 81 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: a Heisman finalist. This is the best Miami team in 82 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: well over a decade. 83 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 4: Like, so you're already saying Miami's winning at Florida State tomorrow. 84 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: Oh oh yeah, yeah, I'm already. Yeah. 85 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: Florida State is kind of back. They're not as back 86 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: as we thought they were when they beat Alabama. But 87 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: this Miami team, they are just Carson Beck is the 88 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: perfect guy to slide in here, you know, coming off 89 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: the cam Ward year where he's a number one pick 90 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: in the draft. But it was disappointing at the end. 91 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: They get blown out by Syracuse. They don't make it 92 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: into the playoff. But you know, getting Carson beckat guy 93 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: who's been through it, who is not who has not 94 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: only been able to put points on the board, dynamic, 95 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: being a leader, been through the big games. 96 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 3: This was a. 97 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: Perfect segue to get from what do we do after 98 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: cam Ward? Here they are now and this team is 99 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: absolutely loaded at the end of the season. It's hard 100 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: for me to find a loss for them in the 101 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: ACC at this point. 102 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 4: Well, they do have to play at SMU. And remember, 103 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 4: even with cam Ward, they had that late Saturday night 104 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 4: game at Cal conference game. Now that's considerably more travel 105 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 4: than SMU, but you know, it's more travel than you're 106 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 4: used to in that league with these teams Cal, Stanford 107 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 4: at SMU joining the conference, so there might be something 108 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 4: a little crazy, and we don't know what time that 109 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 4: of course, it's college football. We don't know what time 110 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 4: of day that game will be. What if it's a 111 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 4: late night game and crazy things happen at SMU and 112 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 4: they're overlooking We're. 113 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: Gonna screw Miami and put them on late at night. 114 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 3: What do we do to them? It's almost like, well, 115 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 3: they had the. 116 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 4: Heisman winner on it ten forty five in the evening 117 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: a year ago in one of these situations and he 118 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 4: almost lost. 119 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: It's almost like what college football used to do to 120 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: USC in the heyday, right when in the in the 121 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: in the aughts, when when they first became the dynasty, 122 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: when it was Carson Palmer into Matt Lioner and all 123 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: this stuff. They would always put USC on like a 124 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: on a Thursday night either at Oregon at Oregon State 125 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: or at Washington or at Washington State, and the place 126 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: was absolutely bananas, and they would wind up in a 127 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: tough game that they would had probably about a fifty 128 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: percent win percent of John to b boy, look at this, 129 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: they lose this game. 130 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 4: Like back or else, you know, Mark Sanchez, John. 131 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 3: David Like, they would do that to USC all the time. 132 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,119 Speaker 1: We're going to give you a Thursday night game at 133 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: Washington State at Oregon State and they would lose and 134 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: it would be what a huge debt in their national 135 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: championship plans. 136 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 3: But just they would do that to USC all the. 137 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 4: Time, just because you have the talent on your team. 138 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 4: The amount of late night starts that Travis hunter Head 139 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 4: or the I mentioned cam Ward as well, this does 140 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 4: happen and then screwy things can happen the more college 141 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 4: football evolves, and that includes trips that people aren't used to. 142 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 4: I mean, let's state the obvious. There are teams, even 143 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: the NFC East is a good example that genuinely don't 144 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 4: travel much at all for an entire season. And then 145 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 4: there's the Seahawks or the Chargers or the Niners that 146 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 4: do nothing but travel back and forth, up and down 147 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 4: all over and sometimes internationally. It doesn't get talked about enough. 148 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 4: It's not at all an even playing field as far 149 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 4: as the geography for some of the teams. But that's 150 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 4: just what you sign up for. 151 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, those are the teams like well you can 152 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: see the movie up in the air and like Clooney 153 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: is such a master of traveling, Like they make a 154 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: move through the airport just like it's so smooth. But 155 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: like Anna Kendrick and everybody else is getting stopped and 156 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: here they're dropping things that those are the teams, like 157 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: all the teams that traveled, like the Niners everything. 158 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're all good. 159 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 4: Yeah we did this is and they've done that to us. 160 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: We've done that. We're cloning up in the air. Everybody 161 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: else is Anna Kendrick. 162 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 4: So as far as travel from Miami. Yes, it's the long, 163 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 4: long travel to Florida State for the Saturday night game, 164 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 4: but they are going to have to travel to SMU 165 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 4: and aside from that, they don't have a tough road 166 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 4: game on the entire schedule of twenty twenty five. 167 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: So I'm all in on Miami going unbeaten. Now you 168 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: mentioned travel, Oh yeah, We'll lot more college football coming 169 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: up in a few minutes, but. 170 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 3: We're going to talk about the Jets. Big foot put 171 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 3: I said college football. I don't say. I didn't say 172 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 3: semi pro football. I said college When you said. 173 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 4: Talking about travel, I thought you were going back to 174 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 4: the Lakers exhibition today. 175 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: Solid it's been the one of the big stories of 176 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 3: the day. 177 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: Look in the NFL, one quarterback coming back, one quarterback out, 178 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson out for the Ravens, But the Commanders are 179 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: getting Jade and Daniels back for their game against the Chargers, 180 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: and it's it's. 181 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: A huge deal. 182 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: Look, the Commanders were able to survive for the last 183 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: couple of weeks without Jayden Daniels, and that's great. You know, 184 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: sitting at two and two, they're absolutely fine the Charger 185 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: at three and one. You know, I picked them go 186 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: to the AFC Championship game. Disappointing loss last week in 187 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: New York, but they still start out three and one. 188 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: It's a game on the East Coast at one o'clock. 189 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: And look, those West Coast teams never traveled. Not an 190 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: excuse the West Coast teams. Yeah, it's you know, it's 191 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: it's I've seen this. You know, I've seen this overall. 192 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: It's not an excuse, but I've seen it so many times. 193 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: The Chargers weren't nearly as sharp. 194 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 3: As it needed to be. 195 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: But this game that this tells me, like you want 196 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: to tek aup a couple of games here to spotlight 197 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: the one concern I have about the Chargers, right, because 198 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: it's this loss of the Giant's not that big a deal, right, 199 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 1: but how they lost, because what worries me so much 200 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: is that Jim Harbaugh has built this team from the 201 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: offensive line out and you're seeing all the effects of this. 202 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: Amarion Hampton, they have not missed Naji Harris. He's been 203 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: everything they expect and be since they draft him. Justin 204 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: Herbert playing at a at a Pro Bowl, all Pro 205 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: caliber level the first month of the season. But now 206 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: you had the big injury to Slater. Now Alt is hurt, 207 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: and you saw last week the Giants defensive line was 208 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: able to run the game because the Giants defensive line 209 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: is really good, right. 210 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 4: And we don't know yet if gard McKay becked in 211 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 4: his back from concussion, it might be three linemen out 212 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 4: for the Jet I. 213 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 3: Mean, you know him missing like he turned. 214 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: He went from Jets buss Toto super Bowl champion and 215 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: now he's you know, rewriting his legacy in the NFL. 216 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: But that's the one thing that really concerns me about 217 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: the chart, the only question I have. Everything else is good. 218 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: Their defense is great, They have all the weapons they need. 219 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: Quinton Johnson is turning into a star. You could throw 220 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: the football, little mortal lad McConkie, don't be afraid, justin 221 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: Herbert throw the ball Labconky a little bit more. But 222 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: that's the only thing that can derail their season is 223 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 1: if suddenly offensive line wise, they're banged up. Because as 224 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: you've seen, you can cover a little bit on the 225 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: offensive line you get an injury or so, but once 226 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: you get into two and three injuries, no team can 227 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: do it. Right, they missed Slater, didn't matter right slater 228 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: as good as he is, Look how well they were 229 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: still able to play. But now you're into another offensive 230 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: lineman potentially too. And you saw what happened to the Chargers 231 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: last week. That's my only concern about them this year 232 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: is can their offensive line stay up and stay healthy. 233 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: If it is, Charger are gonna roll. If not, boy, 234 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: every week is gonna be like the Giants last week. 235 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 4: The good news for the Chargers is generally on the offense, 236 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 4: they have more weapons this year, and also now they're 237 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 4: playing a Washington Commander's defense that's the worst in the 238 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 4: league so far at allowing big plays chunk yardage, So 239 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 4: the Chargers have a potential of feasting on that in 240 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 4: their home game against Washington this Sunday. But with the 241 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 4: quarterback Daniels coming back, and more importantly to me, yes, 242 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 4: he's playing with a brace on his knee. They say 243 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 4: it's not gonna affect his mobility. He practiced fully all 244 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 4: week long. This is not some game time decision, and 245 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 4: he's gonna give it a shot. The guy is back. 246 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 4: He's also from southern California, by the way, I'm sure 247 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 4: he is really looking forward to this game, and he 248 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 4: had almost seventy yards rushing in the season opener this year, 249 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 4: the Chargers allowed just from the first drive you could 250 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 4: see the Chargers could not stop the running quarterback last 251 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 4: week when it was the Jackson Dart debut. That's gonna 252 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 4: be a key for the Chargers because that's the weapon 253 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 4: for this offense. And Jayden Daniels, as bad as they've had, 254 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 4: you know, the Eckler injury for example, he's not playing 255 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 4: against the Chargers with his injury. 256 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: So Chargers command again. The only thing that concerns me 257 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: about the Charges their offensive line. 258 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, and Herbert's been hit a lot the. 259 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: Less, Yes, he has been hit a lot. Y know, 260 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: that's the reason. Because Herbert's been hit a lot. The 261 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: big game of the week Sunday Night on National TV NBC, 262 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: we get the Patriots and the Bills, and sure this 263 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: game looked a little bit more interesting. 264 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 4: Nobody asked for this, by the way, no one, No 265 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 4: one did. 266 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 3: But I got to be honest, Steve. 267 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: You look at the Bills and if they lose more 268 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: than two games this year, that's disappointing at this point 269 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: because this schedule for them, we thought it was a 270 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: little light when the season before the season started. 271 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 3: As the season goes. 272 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: On, now it is incredibly light. Right, you look at 273 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: the schedule of New England at home. That should be 274 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: a win. At Atlanta, that should be a win. At Carolina, 275 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: they get the Chiefs, but they get the Chiefs at home. 276 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 3: They have Tampa Bay. They get Tampa Bay at home. 277 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: Right, Suddenly Houston is no good. Right, they're struggling. They 278 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: get to play Houston. The Bengals are no good with 279 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow being out. Then they end the season New England, Cleveland, Philadelphia. 280 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: They get Philadelphia at home. Their three toughest games are 281 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: all at home. They should win at least two of 282 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: those games. If they lose more than two games, that's disappointing. 283 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: The road to the AFC to the Super Bowl should 284 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: be through Buffalo. You got to play them on the 285 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: road to get there. Because this schedule, it was light 286 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: early on, and now with these way the teams have 287 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: unfolded over the course of the season. Look, Kansas City 288 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: has problems too, Like even the nobody's unbeatable. They should 289 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 1: be favored in every game they play the rest of 290 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: the way. 291 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 4: So it's possible that the last game ever played at 292 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 4: the current Buffalo Bills Stadium is the AFC Championship Game, 293 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 4: also as their schedule. As we run down the schedule, 294 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 4: they also got the Ravens on opening date. And it 295 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 4: turns out it's a year where the Ravens have no 296 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 4: defense and the Bills are in a division where there's 297 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 4: no competition. Let's be on no. 298 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: I mean really, I mean this date, they should have 299 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: this thing clinched by. I don't want to like if 300 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 1: I say they have a clinch by Thanksgiving, that might 301 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: be a little uh, that might be a little too generous. 302 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: They might have a clinch by like like All Saints Day, Right, 303 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: they have a clinch I want to say Halloween. But 304 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: in the money, that may have no Remember a month, 305 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: I mean they might have like a five game lead 306 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: in a month on this right, because they're four and 307 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: zero right now. And look, the Miami Dolphins are terrible. 308 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: They won their first game last week. The Chests are bad. 309 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: That the Patriots are two and if they. 310 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 4: Beat yeah, they're gonna Jets. The Patriots gonna be losing 311 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 4: after Sunday night. We think it's a three game. 312 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: Lead already for the Bills and we're in the first 313 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: week of October. Right if they as long as they 314 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: beat the Patriots on Sunday like that, that's how dominant a. 315 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: Year they're having in the AFC East. Unbelievable. 316 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: Two games, more than two games, that's this one. Maybe 317 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: one game might be this way. You lose more than 318 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: one game, it's disappointment for Jason. 319 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 4: Keep keep my team's name out your mouth. 320 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: Hey, you just tell Herbert to keep throwing a lad 321 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 3: of macacky. 322 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 4: Okay, I need to tell her nothing other than keep 323 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 4: up the great That'll be fine as long as the 324 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 4: teammate stops knocking him down. 325 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: Exit up out a fresco. 326 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: Jason Smith, Steve de Seger coming up next, beat few 327 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: tech stops by what possible top ten upset? Can we 328 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: see come in your way tomorrow? 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He is 346 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: the owner, editor, proprietor of College Footballnews dot Com. You're 347 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: one stop shopping for everything college football, all the picks, 348 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: all the prognostic, all the analysis. He is with us 349 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: now live from snap Dragon Stadium in San Diego. He 350 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: just can't stay away from good football. It is Pete 351 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: few Tech. He's on Twitter at Pete few Tech. Pete, 352 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: what's happening, man, I'm. 353 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 6: Witnessing the greatest show on turf here with San Diego State. 354 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 6: It was like my call of the week with that 355 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 6: San Diego State. Colorado State was going to go under 356 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 6: the forty one and they're at like ninety five and 357 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 6: like our first half or something like that. Don't even 358 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 6: know anymore. No, it's going good. It's lovely down here, 359 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 6: and I like being on your Pacific time zone. It's 360 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 6: more fun. 361 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 3: Say why are you there this week? 362 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 6: Kids in college and parents weekend? And she's a senior. 363 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 6: I've never come out here for it. So I'm out 364 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 6: here among the pretty and beautiful people of San Diego 365 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 6: for the weekend. 366 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: Oh nice, Oh very good. And you're getting to see 367 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: a big win. They're up big over Colorado State. It's 368 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: a win win situation for you. 369 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 6: Yes, my hard earned money going towards hopefully like a 370 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 6: pick in the second half or some more of a 371 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 6: production from this. 372 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, over three hundred yards for the Aztecs first time. 373 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 3: I'll tell you what. 374 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: You're gonna love waking up at eight thirty tomorrow to 375 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: watch Wisconsin Michigan. 376 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 3: You're gonna love that. 377 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 6: That's the best, absolutely the best. My honeymoon in Hawaii, 378 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 6: I think, Thank Don mcdavidy Eagles were going off at 379 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 6: like five in the morning or something like that, and 380 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 6: an AFC championship kids, I get so much fard of 381 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 6: the East coast. The specific time zone is just just 382 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 6: great for sports. 383 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 2: I just move out here except. 384 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 4: In the London games. But we'll move on. 385 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, that that happened exactly all right. Now, one of 386 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 3: the big games of the week, Steve, we talked about. 387 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: Look, arch Manning has to show us something tomorrow against Florida. Right, 388 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: it's a bad Florida team, but he's had three weeks, 389 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: he's had three bye weeks to figure out. It's still 390 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: Florida on the road. If he doesn't show us anything tomorrow, 391 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: I don't know that I can expect anything from the 392 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: rest of the season. 393 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 6: It's my call of the off season. I had two 394 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 6: big calls of the offseason. One of them actually came 395 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 6: true is that Mississippi State was going to beat Arizona State. 396 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 6: This never works. But the other one was Florida was 397 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 6: gonna win this game. It just seemed like one of 398 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 6: those moments where we saw a couple of years ago 399 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 6: against Tennessee. We thought late last year against LSU where 400 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 6: every once in a while in the swamp Billy Napier's 401 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 6: Gators ended up rising up and rocking on defense. And 402 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 6: we still don't know what this This Texas team really is. 403 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 6: I mean they at the one game at the House 404 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 6: State where okay, the defensive great, but they don't really 405 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 6: played anybody else's notes. I think this is one of 406 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 6: those games where I'm sure, look, Stark is gonna be fine, 407 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 6: he's gonna be a good quarterback, he's gonna be the 408 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 6: number one overall pick whenever and all that. But you're right, 409 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 6: it hasn't quite happened yet. And this is one of 410 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 6: those games against the you know, for all the problems 411 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 6: that Florida's had this year, that defense is fantastic. I 412 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 6: think it's one of those games that Texas has the 413 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 6: problems with Pete. 414 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 4: As far as Alabama, they lost Vanderbilt last year. Bama 415 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 4: is hosting him this time. That's tomorrow. The quote that 416 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 4: jumped out at me from the Vanderbilt quarterback, Diego Pavia, 417 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 4: if we play our game Saturday, it won't be close. 418 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 4: End quote. Vanderbilt is a deserved underdog in this game 419 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 4: in Tuscaloosa tomorrow, are they not. 420 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, Actually, he got his last name wrong. It's Diego Manzel. 421 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 6: That's that's what he is, exact type of player. And 422 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 6: if I look, if he if he's right, and they 423 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 6: win this in rock heisan race kind of over right, 424 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 6: I mean, because there's no one else out there, and 425 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 6: Pavia has been great so far and Vanderbilt and he's 426 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 6: doing great things with it. But look, I I we 427 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 6: always kind of you know, put you know, thoughts and 428 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 6: ideas in the head, like, well, Alabama is going to 429 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 6: care about this one because the last year and this 430 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 6: is going to be one of those games and all 431 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 6: that kind of stuff. Yeah, from what I'm hearing, this 432 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 6: is one of those things they are so sick of 433 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 6: hearing about Diego Pavia. They are so sick of that 434 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 6: loss last year. I think this is one of those 435 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 6: games where they just come out and thunder dunk on them. 436 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 6: I'm just like, okay, yeah, this is cute and Noll, 437 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 6: you're good in all Vanderbilt, but Bama's you know, Bama, 438 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 6: and I think this is one of those games that 439 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 6: they're going to come up and do something special. 440 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: All right, Pete, how many points would you have to 441 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: get to take UCLA over Penn State like sprints twenty 442 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 1: four and a half. If you said fifty, maybe I'll 443 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: take forty. I'm still taking Penn State fifty maybe, but 444 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: forty I'm still taking Penn State. 445 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 6: Well, the thing about UCLA there's there's sort of scoring 446 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 6: a little bit. They just don't seem to have all 447 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 6: the parts there. So I mean, you're right. I mean, 448 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 6: if you're telling me right now, I'm getting off the 449 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 6: bus up forty eight and a half to nothing. Yeah, probably, 450 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 6: you know, go for something like that. It's so bad, 451 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 6: I mean you And the problem is also their schedule. 452 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 6: Look at who UCLA has left. They're going on twelve. 453 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 6: I mean, there's if it's not there's some massive upset 454 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 6: along the way because they're going to be double digit 455 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 6: underdogs the rest of the way. And I'll throw another 456 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 6: one at you and you kind of brought up earlier. 457 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 6: Find me the Wisconsin win the rest of the season 458 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 6: and show me how without a massive weird twist and 459 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 6: something crazy going with this this Luke Pickle offense. Find 460 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 6: me where that wins coming. Ain't coming tomorrow, Michigan. Let's 461 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 6: Michigan decide to turn it over eight times. 462 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 4: Actually, I think that's two great examples for my next question. 463 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: U c. 464 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 4: L A program Wisconsin program. Is college football starting to 465 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 4: pass by some of the teams that you speak competitive? 466 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 4: Things are so different in the world of college football. 467 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 6: There's there's a bunch of different factors that play at 468 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 6: both of them. One UCLA for some reason, and this 469 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 6: is the program of John Wooden, you know, and Sam Gilbert. Okay, 470 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 6: you know they can't figure out Nil really, you know 471 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 6: u c l A. You know, they give all the 472 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 6: money to the NICO. They just don't have any other 473 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 6: parts with them. And their schedule is brutal. Wisconsin, it 474 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 6: just isn't working. And their schedule is brutal. So like 475 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 6: if you're a team like Cal or a team like 476 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 6: look at why Virginia has left to play, you could 477 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 6: tell if you get Wisconsin col schedule, you could see 478 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 6: how they're probably going seven and five or eight to 479 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 6: four even. I mean, but when you've got this brutal 480 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 6: swait and this is the new world to college football, 481 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 6: where some teams play the good team, some teams miss them. 482 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 6: And that's really it's just a perfect storm for teams 483 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 6: like this. But except for UCLA, who's just flat out that. 484 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: You know, it's funny you say that Pete to go 485 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: back to Florida and Texas for a second. I mean, 486 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if the team has had a harder 487 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: month schedule that I can ever remember than what Florida's 488 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: got right now that they're in the middle of number three, LSU, 489 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: number four, Miami number nine, Texas number six, Texas A 490 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: and M four top ten teams in a month. I 491 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 1: don't know anybody that's you probably gotta go back to 492 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: the forties when it was Army playing Navy and then 493 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: playing Columbia and then playing California Institute Technology. Like, I 494 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: don't know about a tougher run than Florida's got right now. 495 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, take a look at what Oklahoma's got coming up. 496 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 6: And here's another kind of funky twist. I think I 497 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 6: got this right, where I don't think Texas University of 498 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 6: Texas the biggest athletic department in the country. It's Texas Football, 499 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 6: not Texas State, Texas Antonio University of Texas, I don't 500 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 6: think has a home game for like five weeks in 501 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 6: a row in the middle of the season starting tomorrow. 502 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 6: I think I have that right. It's close to that. 503 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 6: But like, it's crazy how these schedules are being set 504 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 6: up with so many teams, especially in the SEC, who 505 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 6: just have these brutal, unmanageable suits where you're looking at them. 506 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 6: Unless you're something truly special, there's no way you're going 507 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 6: to the college football playoffs. You're gonna have at least 508 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 6: two losses coming out of these stretches. So it's gonna 509 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 6: be tough for both these teams. 510 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 4: What about a matchup that Jason brought up earlier this 511 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 4: evening with Clemson at North Carolina because realistically, as two 512 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 4: winless cod so far this year, Carolina had two cupcakes 513 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 4: and Clemson beat Troy, essentially winsless as they go into 514 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 4: the game at Chapel Hill. 515 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 6: Tomorrow, I'm gonna harp on this again. Schedule, schedule, schedules. 516 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 6: I believe I came on this show, oh about a 517 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 6: few months ago and I was asked the question, who's 518 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 6: that sleeper team out there? And I think I said 519 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 6: the Belichick because look at that schedule for North Carolina. 520 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 6: There's this game against Clemson and nothing else. And I 521 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 6: honestly said that that's the thing we would be talking 522 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 6: him in November about a oh wow, look at you 523 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 6: got a you know, one lock North Carolina team only 524 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 6: because of the schedule they're bad and so kind of 525 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 6: like I said before, where about Alabama's kind of like Okay, 526 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 6: enough of this. I think you're gonna get that with 527 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 6: Clemson tomorrow, and they with a week off, they're gonna 528 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 6: be like, Okay, they just need a tweak, They just 529 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 6: need something positive to go their way, and then everything 530 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 6: starts to rock. I think that starts to happen to 531 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 6: Marva Clemson. 532 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: College Footballnews dot COM's Pete fu Tech our guest Jason Smith, 533 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: Steve de seger in from Mike Carmon. All Right, big 534 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: marquee game of the day. We got Miami in Florida State. 535 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: Not quite as marquee as it was after Week one 536 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: when Florida State played you know, beat outbat But okay, 537 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: but Pete, at this point, I am kind of all 538 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,199 Speaker 1: in on Miami going undefeated. 539 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 3: I mean, really, I don't know where the loss is. 540 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,479 Speaker 1: This is the best Miami team so far that I 541 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: have seen in years, and I don't know where the 542 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: l is for them. 543 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 6: I want to see if Look as I'm sitting here 544 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 6: on a Friday night, Friday night games are weird. It's 545 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 6: just they throw teams off their schedule. Nothing's quite right. 546 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 6: That certainly happened with Florida State last week. They couldn't 547 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 6: tackle a Lick. So if they couldn't tackle Virginia, God 548 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 6: bless you against an NFL offensive line like Miami has. 549 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 6: Now it's Mario Cristobal, So there's gonna be a fifth. 550 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 6: It's you know what, when there was always when at 551 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 6: Oregon there is always that November Arizona game, and he 552 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 6: was like three years in a row where it was 553 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 6: like Arizona or Arizona State where they kept whiffing. And 554 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 6: so there's it's like at SMU or some there's gonna 555 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 6: be some place that they're gonna make a mistake. But 556 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 6: you're right, they're gonna be eleven and one. I think 557 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 6: they win the ACC Championship, and I do think they're 558 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 6: a top four team if they show it tomorrow. I mean, 559 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 6: who knows. Maybe if Friday night think was a blip 560 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 6: for Florida State and their fact that we have the 561 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 6: team that played like they did against Alabama, I don't think. 562 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 6: So I think Miami comes back going because I'm with you, 563 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 6: I think, And I also keep thinking Carson Beck is crossed. 564 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 6: Possibly the most underappreciated player in the country. He's not 565 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 6: winning the Heisman. He might be the number one overall 566 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 6: pick next year. 567 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 4: Ohio State is number one in the country. After the 568 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 4: game against Minnesota Saturday night, they have the big noon 569 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 4: kickoff in a week at Illinois, and Ohio State still 570 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 4: last to play Penn State. Do you believe in this 571 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 4: offense and this team yet for Ohio State? 572 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 6: Kind of hard, I mean, but maybe not. But even 573 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 6: if you don't, this defense is shocking. I mean, it's 574 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 6: unbelievably good considering all the talent that has to play, 575 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 6: had to replace. Last year's team had so much there 576 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 6: and now this year, look at the red zone scoring 577 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 6: percentage for defense. You have three teams that are under 578 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,719 Speaker 6: sixty percent, you know, so everyone else is giving up 579 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 6: sixty point sixty the more Ohio State than twenty eight percent. 580 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 6: Ohio State's not giving up anything in the red zone 581 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 6: and they're going to go. If they keep Minnesota under 582 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 6: ten points, it'll be the first time since like nineteen 583 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,239 Speaker 6: seventy ish something that they've gone to this program has 584 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 6: gone four straight games in a row without allowing that 585 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 6: many points a row. So this defense has been, at 586 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 6: least for the last thirty years historically great and I 587 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 6: think that's it's going to keep carrying them. The offense 588 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 6: is just gonna be good enough to get by, all. 589 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 3: Right, Pete. 590 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: So lastly, we don't have a lot of big top 591 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: twenty five games tomorrow. Can you spot a big upset 592 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be surprised to see whether it's a top ten, 593 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: top fifteen team, you got a big upset for tomorrow, 594 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: you wouldn't. 595 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 6: Be surprised that I'm gonna stick with it. I mean, 596 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 6: I'm all late at this point. I just kind of 597 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 6: think that Texas. You're right, we haven't seen anything about 598 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 6: Ohio State yet except they played Texas. We haven't seen 599 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 6: anything in Texas except they weren't awful defensively against Ohio State. 600 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 6: I'm not buying in Texas. I just think this is 601 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 6: one of those that they're gonna, you know, come up 602 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 6: and neither either they show out tomorrow and they like yeah, 603 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 6: or Texas, where really are that good? But again, I'm 604 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 6: gonna say at home that billion naper defense desperation. No 605 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 6: one's thinking they're gonna do anything. They're they've been keeping 606 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 6: teams close, and I think they're gonna do something pretty 607 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 6: good tomorrow. 608 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 4: Last question for me is about Notre Dame. After the 609 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 4: zero and two start, they were still ranked do you 610 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 4: expect them after that start to win ten in a 611 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 4: row and beat you? I see and Notre Dames just fine? 612 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I said it at the time. And not 613 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 6: only not only they lose those two games, they lost 614 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 6: to that Miami team. Like we said, it's probably going 615 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 6: to be in the a SEC Championship, almost certainly in 616 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 6: the college football playoffs, and that was a close game 617 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 6: that came down to the final seconds Texas A and 618 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 6: m there but for a miss snap and a fourth 619 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 6: down stop they get that one. So those are about 620 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 6: as acceptable as those losses that get and ten wins 621 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 6: in a row. Yes, Notre Dame's absolutely in the college 622 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 6: football playoff and I don't think it's closed. I think 623 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 6: they're going to be that This offense is unstoppable. 624 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 3: CJ. 625 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 6: Carr is being talked about now is a potential top 626 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 6: five overall pick someday. That running back Candeon of Cadarium 627 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 6: Price and to Jeremiah Love the best of the country. 628 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 6: I think they cruised at ten and two and I 629 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 6: think they are waltz right into the college football playoffs. 630 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 3: He's on Twitter at Pete feu Tech. 631 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: That's at Pete few Tech at College Footballnews dot com 632 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: as the website or at snap Dragon Stadium for the 633 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: second half of what is going to be the over 634 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: hitting for San Diego State again. The big upsets for 635 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: Pete Florida over Texas and U s LA on the 636 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: field over Penn State. 637 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 3: Okay, well, the first. 638 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 6: Weave Andy under in this San Diego State Colorado State game. 639 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 6: It's not even gonna come close. 640 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, Pete, enjoy the game, enjoyed parents weekend. 641 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 3: We'll talk to you next week pretty much. All right? 642 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: Who there he is, Steve o all In on Florida 643 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: pulling the upset over Texas. 644 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 4: Tomorrow conference road games. 645 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 3: Oh man, if that happens, I mean you for really. 646 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: Arch Manning may as well announced after I'm coming back 647 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: to school again. 648 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 4: If that happens. Also, people are saying, wait, we don't 649 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 4: have to know what the coaches buy out is here 650 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 4: in Florida. 651 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: No, yeah, yeah, or or Texas or Texas saying yeah, 652 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: it's great you're coming back here. Arch But man, we 653 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: gave you a lot of money and we didn't expect this. 654 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: So maybe we get somebody else. Maybe maybe Archie gonna play, 655 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: Maybe you go play at Penn State next year. They 656 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: go for Drew Aller, You're gonna go back to Penn State. 657 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,959 Speaker 4: Well, let's get to the college football scoreboard show. Wait 658 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,479 Speaker 4: because that game San Diego State Mountain West Conference opener 659 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 4: is early in the third quarter with the Aztecs leading 660 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 4: Colorado State twenty eight to ten. There's a Mountain West 661 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 4: opener on FS one right now that is through three quarters. 662 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 4: San Jose State now leads thirty five seventeen over New Mexico. Earlier, 663 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 4: Western Kentucky went to five and one undefeated in Conference 664 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 4: USA after winning at Delaware twenty seven to twenty four 665 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 4: and South Florida one. It's American Conference opener fifty four 666 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 4: twenty six against Charlotte. USF is four and one BYU, 667 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 4: ranked twenty third in the country, is leading at home 668 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 4: twenty eight ten against West Virginia early in the third quarter. 669 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 4: Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is out this weekend with a 670 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 4: hamstring injury, so Cooper Rush will make his first start 671 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 4: for the Ravens, a team that's one in three. Baltimore 672 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 4: will be missing three other Pro bowlers from last year. 673 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 4: Linebacker Roquan Smith bad hamstring, defensive back Marlon Humphrey calf 674 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 4: injury and fullback Patrick Ricard calf injury. Former Ravens defensive 675 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 4: tackle Arthur Joe died at the age of thirty nine. 676 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 4: Washington quarterback Jaden Daniels return Sunday at the Chargers after 677 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 4: a sprain knee. He practiced fully all week. Butt wide 678 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 4: receiver Terry McLaurin is out with his quad. Entry Jets 679 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 4: running back Braylan Allen will miss two to three months 680 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 4: with a sprain knee. Game one of the WNBA Finals 681 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 4: was in Las Vegas tonight. The home team edge Phoenix 682 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 4: eighty nine eighty six Asia Wilson twenty one points. Game 683 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 4: two is Sunday afternoon. As for Baseball's news, no games tonight, 684 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 4: but the Texas Rangers hired Skip Schumacher as manager. He 685 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 4: was NL Manager of the Year with the Marlins a 686 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 4: couple of years ago. Last year an advisor for the 687 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 4: Texas team from the Rangers, he gets a four year contract. 688 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 4: Baseball's Divisional series all start on Saturday, including Yankees at 689 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 4: Toronto on Fox TV four pm Eastern time. Game two 690 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 4: of the best of five will be Sunday afternoon on 691 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 4: FS one. Blue Jay's pitcher Kevin Gossman will start Game 692 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 4: one against the Yanks, and pitcher Luis Hill and Will 693 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 4: Warren of New York will be in the bullpen. Max 694 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 4: Freed will start Game two for the Yankees on Sunday. 695 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 4: Blue Jays and Yankees tied for first in the al 696 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 4: Lease this year, but Toronto held the tiebreakers, so it 697 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 4: got the previous round off and it are in the 698 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,959 Speaker 4: top seed in the al SO Games one and two 699 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 4: this weekend in Toronto. 700 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 3: Back to you, Thank you, Steve O. The Jason Smith Show. 701 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: Steve de Sager in for Mike Harmon tonight. We got 702 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: more football coming up in a bit. But straight ahead, 703 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: you want a big, bold prediction coming off of the 704 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: game of the night and the most controversial moment of 705 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: the night, We got that for you. Next right here, 706 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,479 Speaker 1: Jason Smith, Steve de Sager in for Mike Harmon. This 707 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: is Fox Sports Radio. 708 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 4: Was it the Phoenix Suns pretending this was their NBA Finals? 709 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: Hey, they played it like at Frostburg. Get ready, get 710 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: ready for them to win thirty eight games this year. 711 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 4: It was a statement. 712 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 713 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 714 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 2: pm Pacific Fox. 715 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with ah my best 716 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: friend Mike Harmon Special delivery Steve to say you're in 717 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: for Harmon Tonight. We get back to our football Friday 718 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 1: weekly NFL previews coming up in about ten minutes. But 719 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: look at a night where there was no baseball and 720 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: I miss not having baseball tonight. Yeah, I mean I 721 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 1: thought I would be okay with having a day off, Steve, 722 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: But I really missed the game. I missed the intensity, 723 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,760 Speaker 1: I missed the anxiety. Even though my team is not playing, 724 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: I just missed that right I could have had. 725 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 4: And people need to be aware of the schedule this weekend. 726 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 4: They are splitting up games one and two in the 727 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 4: two National League Series. You're playing Saturday, but you're not 728 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 4: playing Sunday. You're just staying in town and your game 729 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 4: two will be Monday. If you're gonna split it up, 730 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 4: you could have had openers tonight in the National League 731 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 4: Division Series. 732 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I really really, No baseball game should be played 733 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 1: on Sunday. That doesn't mean you want people to watch you. 734 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: You can't play games on Sunday dur at football. But 735 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 1: look the big game tonight, right, This gave the spotlight 736 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: to the eighth Sunday Night. 737 00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 4: I mean it's the Patriots Sunday Night. 738 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 3: Okay, well it is, yeah, but it's still football on 739 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 3: the air. 740 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 1: Choose that the Aces of the Mercury game one of 741 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: the w NBA Finals and the Aces win it eighty 742 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: nine eighty six, right. Alissa Thomas of the Mercury misses 743 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: two free throws with fifteen seconds left. The Aces are 744 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 1: able to hold on to win, and they take a 745 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: one nothing lead in the WNBA Finals. 746 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 4: And she had five turnovers as well. 747 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: Yes, a really really rough night, rough night for Lyssa 748 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: Thomas and the Mercury, and they still almost won. So 749 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: I guess you look last half empta this bad. We 750 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: still almost pulled off the victory, but still you're down 751 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: one zip. 752 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 4: But Las Vegas has seemingly won every game for a 753 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 4: couple of I know, they had to go to overtime 754 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 4: to the last round to barely get in here, but 755 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 4: they've piled up win. 756 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 3: After one game since July Steve. 757 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 4: That's just still a little bit that. Yeah, But the. 758 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,800 Speaker 1: Backdrop to this game is what is really more interesting. 759 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: Because the much maligned Commissioner Kathy Engelbert spoke for the 760 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: first time since earlier this week when WNBA starting a FISA, 761 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,880 Speaker 1: Colla spoke for four minutes and really I think turned 762 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: the direction of a league in which she talked about 763 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 1: how unhappy she was with the leadership with the CBA 764 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 1: coming up with how games are officiated. You've seeing coaches 765 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 1: getting suspended because of bad calls and all kinds of 766 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: things happening. Nobody likes the officiating. And she even went 767 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: out to call out commissioner Kathy Engelbert by name, recounting 768 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: conversation sehid she said she had with Engelbert about Kaitlyn 769 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,760 Speaker 1: Clark should feel she's lucky she's in the league. Without 770 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: the WNBA, she wouldn't get all that money, and that 771 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 1: all the players should be thanking Kathy Engelbert for the 772 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: latest rights deal that she got them. Media wise, since 773 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: this happened a few days ago, basically every WNBA star 774 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 1: has come out in support of Nofisa Collier, Caitlyn Clark 775 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: being the latest to do so in a podcast yesterday. Now, 776 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: I said this in the beginning when this came up Monday, 777 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: I said, this is it. Kathy Engelbert has to resign 778 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,279 Speaker 1: or they're going to fire her, because clearly there's no 779 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: confidence in her. She gave a press conference today said hey, 780 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,839 Speaker 1: I know I need to do better. She said that, 781 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: you know, yes, the CBA coming up, she understands concerns, 782 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 1: She's got to do better. She was disappointed about in 783 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: the FISA Collier's comments, but said I don't remember saying 784 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: anything to her about Caitlin Clark feeling lucky she should 785 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 1: be in the league. Now here's the thing right to 786 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 1: push this forward a bit. I don't know how you 787 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: go forward with someone a commissioner that the players who 788 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: are extremely powerful don't have any confidence. 789 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 4: In when you have to negotiate with said players because 790 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 4: it was their union that opted out of the current deal. 791 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,920 Speaker 4: And so this CBA that you mentioned expires at the 792 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 4: end of this month. 793 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, look, now I have a great, big solution for you. 794 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: It's going to be awesome. But you can see that 795 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:46,879 Speaker 1: she's not going to be able to stay. 796 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,280 Speaker 3: Now. It's going to take the owners. 797 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 1: It's going to take the NBA, who owns a good 798 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: part of the league, to say, okay, yes we need 799 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: a change at someone who is who is the commissioner 800 00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,240 Speaker 1: of the league with knowing all of this and noing 801 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,040 Speaker 1: not the players are unhappy. I'm gonna give you this, 802 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:09,640 Speaker 1: Steve O. Magic Johnson, WNBA commissioner. You talk about the 803 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:14,320 Speaker 1: one guy in the world that can service every single 804 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 1: need that everybody has the WNBA. It's Magic Johnson. It's 805 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 1: star power. Magic Johnson come to the WNBA. It's someone 806 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:28,040 Speaker 1: who has the cachet with the players, who's incredibly savvy 807 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 1: business wise, right, because that's Kathy Engelbert's CEO business but 808 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 1: no background in the game. But Magic's got the background 809 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: in the game. He's got the respect. You've seen the 810 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,640 Speaker 1: business success. He's been an owner with the Sparks for 811 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: a long time, right, He's in with the league. 812 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 3: He knows the other owners. 813 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: Obviously, he'd have to give up whatever he needed to 814 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 1: give up to be commissioner. But if the WNBA says, 815 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,759 Speaker 1: come beyr commissioner, I'm pretty sure Magic Johnson would do that. 816 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 1: You talk about someone that the NBA would have to 817 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: be okay with running things and being the commissioner. Magic 818 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,920 Speaker 1: Johnson checks every box as to what the WNBA needs 819 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: to be their next leader. That everybody's going to have 820 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 1: confidence in that. Everybody feels like they can talk to 821 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,399 Speaker 1: that everybody feels like they have a relationship with There's 822 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: nobody else can do that. There's there's other people that heay, 823 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: would the players love a former player coming in? Beca absolutely? 824 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 1: But are the owners going to like that? Is that 825 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: going to get a proof? If Magic Johnson comes in, 826 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,239 Speaker 1: he's the guy. He again, every single box that has 827 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,040 Speaker 1: checked it's Magic. It would be a It would be 828 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,879 Speaker 1: a huge boon to the league. And again, the league 829 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: is different now than it was ten years ago. Right, 830 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,440 Speaker 1: it's different things. It's now Magic with the business acumen, 831 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 1: the everything. There's nothing he does, there's no box he 832 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 1: doesn't check for this. 833 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 4: And then he gets to buy the Connecticut team and 834 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 4: problem solved. Everybody is happy. Let's move on, people and 835 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,320 Speaker 4: just sign on the dotted line. One thing I hated 836 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,840 Speaker 4: about the commissioner's comments, and you know they were not 837 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 4: one hundred percent well received. Let's just say that awkward. 838 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 3: They were really awkward. 839 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,799 Speaker 4: Instead, she said, there's a lot of inaccuracy out there 840 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,400 Speaker 4: social media and all of this reporting. The press conference 841 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 4: you're referring to was televised. What are you talking about 842 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 4: this reporting? Stop bringing reporters into address a person by name, 843 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 4: address a sentence that was said, give a clear answer 844 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,239 Speaker 4: and stop being evasive. 845 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:20,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know. And here's the thing. 846 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,720 Speaker 1: She says, No, I didn't recall saying that about Caitlyn, 847 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,919 Speaker 1: and she kind of sidesteps it. If she never here's 848 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: the thing, if she never said that. That's the first 849 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,360 Speaker 1: thing she says, I did not say that about Kitlyn Clark. 850 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,879 Speaker 1: That was nothing. I would never said that. I want 851 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: to see I never said that, But she didn't say it. Instead, 852 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,439 Speaker 1: she kind of danced around and said, no, I don't 853 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,600 Speaker 1: recall that. How can I plausibly deny this. The fact 854 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,680 Speaker 1: that she didn't come out and said tells me, Okay, 855 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,920 Speaker 1: this is exactly what we thought it was when the 856 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,399 Speaker 1: FISA Collie was telling her a story. 857 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 3: But you need a little bit to This is one 858 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:52,839 Speaker 3: person's side of it. 859 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 1: This tells me that right there, Magic Johnson, WNBA Commissioner. 860 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: Coming up next, we get back to our football Friday preview. 861 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:01,439 Speaker 3: Fuck