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A couple weeks ago, and I've been 57 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: saying this for a while, and I gave Jerry a 58 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: lot of credit after they beat the Eagles, and then 59 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: they lost the Bills, and Jerry came out in defense 60 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: of Mike McCarthy saying, listen, everyone's pissed off that we 61 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: just lost. But the reason this season has been so 62 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: awesome is because of the coaching staff, Mike taking over 63 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: the offensive play calls, how great. The you know, obviously 64 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: dan Quinn retaining him, they pay him a lot of money. 65 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: The team has been awesome, they look like they were 66 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: going to be a major threat, and then they lost 67 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: last week after Dak leads them on one of honestly 68 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: defining drives of his career, like what what a moment, 69 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: and then the defense can't get a stop. And then 70 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: the night with a chance to put the you know, 71 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: not the nail in the coffin, but put them in 72 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: a position where the Lions ain't gonna go, you know, 73 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: forty seconds down the field, no timeouts and score touchdown. 74 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: I don't care how many dumpoffs, even fifteen yard plays 75 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: you make, it's not gonna happen. Yet they throw it 76 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: twice and listen my theme of this night, and just 77 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: in general in football, I am pro being aggressive. I'm 78 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: always pro going for pedal of the medal. Whether it's 79 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: in your you know, personal life, whether it's in your 80 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: professional life. All for it. But there's a time and 81 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: there's a line between doing what's smart and being reckless. 82 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: Brandon Staley for a lot of his career was reckless, 83 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: and it ultimately led to his demise and the reason 84 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: he's longer the Charger coach, because when you do it 85 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: too often and you don't get it, it's the difference 86 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: between making the playoffs and not making the playoffs, winning 87 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: a playoff game and not winning a playoff game. And 88 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy coming in, this was not must win for 89 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: the Lions. Lions have already won the division. They've basically 90 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: locked up the three seed, like the Lions are going 91 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: to host a playoff game, won the division for the first. 92 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 2: Time in thirty years. 93 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: I was eight years old when the last time the 94 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions won the division. Incredible accomplishment. But tonight was 95 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: about the Cowboys and they had to win. And the 96 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,679 Speaker 1: moment Mike Listen call slants, call layup pass plays, wheel 97 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: routes to Pollard, that slant route to Ceedee Lamb, who 98 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: had like eight hundred yards a night all four it. 99 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: It's basically like an eighty percent chance you're gonna complete it, 100 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: because a lot of people are gonna say, just run it, 101 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: just run it. I have no problem calling a pass 102 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: play that you know, in NFL terms, is like eighty 103 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: ninety percent completion percentage. 104 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 2: But that play that Dak. 105 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: Threw it out of bounds, is honestly, given what was 106 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: on the line the night, one of the bigger head 107 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: scratchers like, what the are you doing? 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 2: Probably some of it's on Dak. 109 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: You can't make that throat the play call, the whole 110 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: thing that was embarrassing, and then to give them the 111 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: ball back with all that time and as they're driving, 112 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: which what looked like to win the game, because they 113 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: basically did. The lion screwed up. He clearly didn't, you know, 114 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: call himself eligible on that play call, which was a 115 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: fantastic play call. The one thing you wonder is when 116 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: they announced sixty eight is eligible, the defense would look 117 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: at him a little differently. So when they don't call 118 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: him eligible, part of the reason he's wide open. I'm 119 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: gonna give dan Quinn and his defense a little bit. 120 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 2: Of benefit of the doubt. No one's paying attention to him. 121 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: And so if he does kind of throw his hand 122 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: up say he's eligible, does he end up that wide 123 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: open in the corner of the end zone? 124 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 2: Who knows? Probably not, but you never know. 125 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: We've seen it before, but they never should have been 126 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: in that position in the first place. Tonight is a 127 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: night on Jimmy Johnson's night and we'll get dive in 128 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: to him in a second. With all the legendary cowboys 129 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: in attendance, with who knows how many people are watching 130 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: thirty thirty five to forty million people Saturday night holiday, 131 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: nothing else going on. If Mike McCarthy would have blown 132 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: that game, you know, even if he won a playoff 133 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: game and got bounced in the second round, I think 134 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: that'd be hard to shake because, listen, it is difficult 135 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: being it's I've been to a lot of NFL games. 136 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of people listening or watching this 137 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: have been to the flow at an NFL game. And 138 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: the time that you have when you're sitting there on 139 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: the sideline, you're sitting in the stands is a lot 140 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: different than when you're sitting on your couch slamming a beer, 141 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: you know, popping a zin, slamming some you know, uh 142 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: whatever you're drinking, right, the pace is. 143 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 2: A lot different. 144 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: That's inexcusable, Like that's not one of those Listen, it's 145 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: a lot harder on the sideline. That was embarrassing, and 146 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: it really could have and should have cost him the game. 147 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: And I thought when Dallas dak now has had back 148 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: to back games, the drive before that, which ultimately won 149 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: the game. He has made some big time throws. He 150 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: made some awesome throws today. Now, you could argue the 151 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: Lions defense, especially their secondary, is not great. But to me, 152 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: the question is, like, defensively, do you feel as good 153 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: about the Cowboys as you did last year as you 154 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: did earlier in the season. Obviously they've been much better 155 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: at home. If they would have lost, that would have 156 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: put a huge wrinkle in that argument. But to me, 157 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: this all gets back to heading into the playoffs, do 158 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: you trust Mike McCarthy. Like, we can't argue he's a 159 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: good coach. 160 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 2: Their team is good. 161 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: They're gonna win twelve games for basically three straight years, right, 162 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 1: He's having a lot of success, But in these playoff games, 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: in these big moments, like is he gonna get this 164 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: team multiple wins? Because they easily could, Like depending on 165 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: how this playoff shakes out, they they're gonna play Tampa 166 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: in the first round, They're gonna be favored. You know, 167 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: if the Rams were to upset the Lions. Let's say 168 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: in the first round it could be Dallas at Philly, 169 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: that they could win that game as well. But do 170 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: you trust them to win these big games with the 171 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: coach that you have no confidence in a game that's 172 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: decided by three four a touchdown, a field goal, a 173 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: guy making the right decision, because it feels like Dan 174 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: Campbell has a specific logic in how he does things. 175 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: If he's in a position to go for it and 176 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: put a nail in the coffin, he will. It felt 177 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: like Mike, like nailing the coffin or just being a 178 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: little reckless, like Mike, are you drinking? 179 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 2: Like what are you doing that to me? 180 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: And I am pro like I'm okay with basically everything 181 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: Dan did at the end. The Mike McCarthy pass on 182 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: second down was, I mean, one of the worst play 183 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: calls of the season. I don't even think that's arguable 184 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: because one it wasn't. Not only was it a low 185 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: percentage completion, it was like a deep bomb that the 186 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: guy threw out a bounce, like what the heck are 187 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 1: we doing there? And to me on the flip side 188 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: once Dan, he clearly they showed the replay right before 189 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: I walked in here. He did not call himself eligible. 190 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: So when he doesn't do that, and I know the 191 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: other tackle was pissed off. Dan Campbell's freaking out, but 192 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: it looked from my vantage point, I'm recording this before 193 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: the press conferences, no one said anything, and the referees 194 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: clearly did not call it, which they have to do 195 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: to let the defense know who's eligible. 196 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 2: Great play call, but he's. 197 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: Not eligible, doesn't count. The moment that play doesn't work 198 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: and you get backed up to your seven, I thought 199 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: going forward in that spot is kind of fucking nuts. 200 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: And obviously Micah Parsons goes off sides, which gives them 201 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: another play. I thought, you have to kick the field goal. 202 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: There all four going for it onto uh at the 203 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: two yard line whatever. Totally we all knew he was 204 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: going to Aikman said on the final drive, I got 205 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: a couple of texts, like, you think he's gonna go 206 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 1: for it one hundred percent. He was gonna go for it, 207 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: But the moment that first play, the penalty negates it 208 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: and you go back five yards. 209 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 2: You got to kick the field goal and just play 210 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 2: for overtime. 211 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: And I know you like you have less to lose 212 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: because ultimately, like the game does matter because if you 213 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: win this and the Niners with the Eagles were like 214 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: the Niners were to lose one of the last two games, 215 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: the Lions would the number one seed. 216 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: You got to kick the field goal there. 217 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: To me, that's my only issue with Dan Campbell in 218 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, that he did not kick a field goal. 219 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 2: From the seven yard line. 220 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: Like, you kick the field goal, you play to overtime, 221 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: and you take your chances, because clearly your defense had 222 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: played pretty well in this game, but and offensively, your 223 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: quarterback had been a little off except that final drive, 224 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 1: which is a little unique because they're not trying to 225 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: give up a long touchdown, so they're playing a little off. 226 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,719 Speaker 1: Part of the reason they get so many like ten 227 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: yard plays and the only reason they can even get 228 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: in position because there's so much time left on the clock. 229 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: But I thought Dan Campbell had to go for it. 230 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: And I think Dan Campbell's show that when the playoffs come, 231 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: he's gonna be super aggressive. To me, Mike McCarthy is 232 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: more reckless. Dan Campbell is more true to what he 233 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: always does. It feels like Mike McCarthy just doesn't have 234 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: a great feel for these late game situations time and 235 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 1: time again, because the talk is gonna be if he 236 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: gets bounced in the second round, like what's Jerry gonna do. 237 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: It's a very hard position for a guy that is 238 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: consistently winning that his team is good, like they're winning 239 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: multiple you know, they're winning playoff games, they're winning twelve 240 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: plus games, but you're not winning a super Bowl with 241 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: that type clock management consistently. It's one thing, one game, 242 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: fuck up, whatever, But it's time and time again with 243 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: that guy. And if I'm Jerry to I like, I'm 244 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: not that happy because I thought that was one of 245 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 1: the more embarrassing moments of the season. 246 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 2: No different, Dan Campbell right to. 247 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: Me to kick the to not kick the field goal 248 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: at the seven yard line was reckless, a lot like 249 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy throwing the ball in second. 250 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 2: Down, reckless, stupid, Like what are you doing? 251 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: Like this is not a high percentage play. You don't 252 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: need to do this if you had to win the 253 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: last two games aget in the playoffs, totally understand, but 254 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: you're not in that position, Like you take it overtime, 255 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: who knows, maybe they fumble, maybe you get an easy 256 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: field goal, you win the fucking game. 257 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 2: You're the one seed. 258 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 1: So I hated that play from Dan Campbell and the Cowboys, 259 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: Like I wanted to have more faith in them coming 260 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: into the playoffs, but I just don't. 261 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 2: I really don't. 262 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: Now it doesn't mean I'm definitely gonna pick him in 263 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: the first round. I think if they were to play 264 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: Philadelphia in the second round or depending on how the seeding, 265 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: I think it'd be unlikely, but play the Lions in 266 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: the second round, they could win the game. But I 267 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: don't feel as good about them this year as I 268 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,599 Speaker 1: did last year, just because of this. Something's off, and 269 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: it starts with the head coach and the confidence he 270 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: has at the end of these games. Because Dak made 271 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: some incredible throw Ceedee Lamb looked like Michael Irvin meets 272 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: Jerry Rice Ferguson's a stud But man, that was that 273 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: was insanity at the end, it really was. And overall 274 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: with the Lions, you know, I was thinking about this 275 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: as they were coming down the stretch and it kind 276 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: of looked like, you know, they were gonna win or 277 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: lose when they had the ball at the end. To me, 278 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: if they were to win one playoff game, it's one 279 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: of the most successful seasons in the history of the franchise. 280 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: I think that's what it all comes down to. Now 281 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna host a playoff game. Assuming the Niners win 282 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: tomorrow and the Eagles win out, the Lions are gonna 283 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: be the three seed, and there's a decent chance they 284 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: play the Ramps, right, which I've been saying for a while, 285 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: is gonna be the Monday night football game. If they 286 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: win that game, even if they get destroyed in the 287 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: second round, who cares? That is a wildly, wildly successful season. 288 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: And if I'm a Lions fan, all the talent you 289 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: have on your team, the one big picture question mark 290 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: is the quarterback. Who's definitely solid, but tonight, you know, 291 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: he threw two devastating picks and the pick toward the 292 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: end of the game was pretty awful. Right That just 293 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: you can have turnovers in the fourth quarter of a 294 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: game that that's tightly contested, especially, I mean, this was 295 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: essentially a playoff game, and Jared Goff made losing plays. 296 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: So the question is, how do you ever upgrade that 297 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: they're gonna be good for a while. It's gonna be difficult. 298 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: I just think, you know, you keep drafting quarterbacks, and 299 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: you drafted one this year from Tennessee who's coming off 300 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: the ACL injury. I don't think he hesitated. If you 301 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: find a guy in the third or fourth round, you 302 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: draft another guy, and you just kind of let the 303 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: competition and you never know. Maybe you find your Brock Purty, 304 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: maybe you find you know, you're Dak Prescott right because 305 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: you're in it, gonna be in a position in a 306 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: year how much you paid Jared Goff. But that team's 307 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: really talented. I mean offensively, they're fucking loaded. Offensive line's awesome, 308 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: running backs are good. Tight End like that number eighty seven, 309 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: that guy right there is going to be the eighty 310 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: seven we talk about for the next seven eight years. 311 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: As Travis who knows might retire this offseason. That's the 312 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: new eighty seven in the NFL. That Sam Laporta is, 313 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: you know already what a top three tight end in 314 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: the league. 315 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 2: Like, he's a stud. 316 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: Jameson Williams elite deep threat. Saint Brown is just a stud. 317 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: I mean, Saint Brown is the type guy that every 318 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: team in the league would want on their team immediately. Defensively, 319 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: they have some holes, I mean their secondary is not great. 320 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: A Hutchinson looks like Reggie White tonight. But you know that, 321 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: to me, it all comes down to this. You win 322 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: a playoff game, it's like a super Bowl level season 323 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: for the you know, the Detroit Lions. You lose that 324 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: playoff game, it's gonna feel like a really big disappointment 325 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: because you've had an incredible year. You've been a very 326 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: fun watch. Like there's a huge different to me between 327 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: the Lions and the Cowboys, like this season of the Cowboys, 328 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: Like can you make the NFC championship game? That's all 329 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: that mattered. Really, you could argue the regular season. They're 330 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: one of they're the biggest brand in the NFL. We 331 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: talk a lot about them. They're good and rightfully so, 332 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: so they get discussed. But like it's whether they won 333 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: eleven games, ten games, twelve games, Like how many playoff 334 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: games you win? That's strictly how you're judge, and really, 335 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: like do you get to the third round for the 336 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: first time in twenty five years? With the Lions, it's 337 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: can you win the division? 338 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: They did it? And can you win a playoff game? 339 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: Because if you lose a home playoff game, that would 340 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: be a pretty big kick in the nuts, especially if 341 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: it's shaping up to be against Matt Stafford. I think 342 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: that has a chance to be going into the wild 343 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: card weekend, definitely one of the better games on paper. 344 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: But that game the night was that was fun. And 345 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: part of the reason it was fun was because of 346 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: the chaos of the coaches, the reckless nature, the insanity 347 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: of the play calls, the great play making from a 348 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: lot of the offensive skill guys. The crowd was electric. 349 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: That was really fun. I don't really know what else 350 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 2: to say. 351 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: And tonight Jimmy Johnson went into the Ring of Honor 352 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: for the Dallas Cowboys and it. 353 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 2: Really hit me. 354 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: I think a huge reason why I do this, and 355 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: I've spent my entire professional life since I graduated college 356 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: working in the sport of football, is because I fell 357 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: in love with football when I came of age as 358 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: a sports fan. And I was born in nineteen eighty four, 359 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: so usually you come of age as a sports fan 360 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: around seven eight years old. What the time, the two 361 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: best teams in the league were the forty nine Ers 362 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys, and I vividly remember watching games 363 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: with my dad, especially the NFC Championship game where the 364 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: forty nine. 365 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 2: Ers couldn't beat Dallas. 366 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: Dallas got to the Super Bowl and won, and then 367 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: that ninety four team, which is my favorite team, of 368 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: all time. The Niners went into that game against the 369 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, and it was where I came from in 370 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: northern California, the San Francisco forty nine ers. You know, 371 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: we're equivalent to the New York Yankees. They were in 372 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: the midst of a dynasty. They had already won four 373 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowls. They ended up winning the fifth that year, 374 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: but it was like, can they beat the Cowboys? And 375 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: with Jimmy Johnson turned that team into what he did 376 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: with the Cowboys as not just a head coach, but 377 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: as a team builder. The herschel Walker trade, drafting all 378 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: those guys, trading for those players, helping Jerry Jones. I 379 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: was trying to explain Jimmy Johnson to my girlfriend, and like, 380 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: you know, Jerry, when he bought the team one, he 381 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: didn't even really have the money. He had to leverage himself. 382 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: And then he fires this legendary coach, Tom Landry for 383 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: his buddy that he played with in Arkansas. But he 384 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: wasn't just his buddy. He was kind of a legend 385 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: in college at Miami. And then he gets to the 386 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: pros and they're fucking terrible. But then within a couple 387 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: of years he has them as just a powerhouse, and 388 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: those games that rivalry the importance of NFL football with 389 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: a team that I rooted for, is kid going up 390 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: against a team that I didn't think they could beat. 391 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: And I remember being in Miami. It would have been 392 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: in you know, in like January or February, whenever the 393 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: Super Bowl was when the Chiefs played the Niners. And 394 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: this is you know, many of you that are listening now, 395 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: are watching now, probably weren't listening to Three and Out. 396 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 2: But I went to the. 397 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: Chiefs hotel and I interviewed Veach And after I interviewed Veach, 398 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: I stayed. I went and hung out with some buddies 399 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: that are on the staff. 400 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 2: They still are. Rick Brooke Holder, who's a trainer. 401 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: I was bsing with him and a couple other buddies 402 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: on the scouting staff and we were sitting down having 403 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: some coffee. It was in the morning, and he was 404 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: telling me, he's like, you know, Coach Reid had Jimmy 405 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: Johnson talked to the team a couple of days ago, 406 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: and he's like, it was fucking electric, Like nobody everyone 407 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: was on the edge of your seat and you saw 408 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: tonight Jimmy at halftime, like, don't let the gray hair, 409 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: don't let the old man fool yet he flipped a switch, 410 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: and You're like, damn, the dude still got it. And 411 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: I'll never forget my buddy telling me Jimmy still got it. Like, 412 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: if Jimmy ran a team right now, everyone would be 413 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: on their on their fucking toes twenty four to seven, 414 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: three sixty five. And I think Jimmy Johnson is just 415 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: truly one of the great characters of the NFL. And 416 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: to me, his story interwoven with the Cowboys tonight being 417 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: at a game that was, you know, so entertaining down 418 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: the stretch. But I'm just glad that those guys figured 419 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: it out. Obviously it started with Jerry and the ego 420 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: and firing them, but that was a time for a 421 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 1: lot of people my age. Fox got the NFL, John 422 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: Madden joined Fox, the Cowboys, the Niners, Brett Fahr that 423 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: I just really believe, like, is a huge reason I do. 424 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 2: This for a living. I fell in love with football. 425 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 2: By the time I got to high school, I realized 426 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 2: I couldn't play. I was terrible. 427 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: I was like one of the worst players on the team. 428 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: But I love the sport and I've dedicated my life 429 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: to now talking about it, working in it, and my 430 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: level football was shaped, you know, indirectly. You know, a 431 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: huge part of it was Jimmy Johnson and those Cowboys teams, 432 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: cause I love the Niners. They couldn't beat him until 433 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: they finally did, and it was a really cool moment. 434 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: And I just think Jimmy for anyone in football, it 435 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: was kind of like John Madden. People just love that guy. 436 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: And the amount of people in the NFL, you know, Parcells. 437 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: You know, it's a big ego guy. All these guys are, 438 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: but you know, kind of likes telling everyone what's going on, 439 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: like this guy calls me, this guy calls me. The 440 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: amount of people that contact and talk with Jimmy Johnson 441 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: and the late John Madden about their teams, about coaching, 442 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: about strategy, about team building would blow you away. And 443 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: I think his here's a lot about politics, like who's 444 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: really running things. You know, we never really know forever 445 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: they would have called you like a conspiracy theorist, and 446 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: you find out, yeah, it's probably true. Like some people 447 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: behind the scenes in football, it's a lot like that, 448 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: and there are guys forever it was parcels for everyone 449 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: was John Madden and still with Jimmy Johnson play a 450 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: huge role for a lot of these coaches as sounding 451 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: boards and people that they lean on to talk to 452 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: and has a huge influence in the NFL. And that 453 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: guy's just a certified badass. So what a game, what 454 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: a night? And that was fun. A couple other quick things. 455 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: I said it at the jump when the committee made 456 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: the decision. The reason the committee put Florida State at 457 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: five and Georgia at six. Georgia was just one and 458 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: they lost the game to Alabama and they went from 459 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: one to six was strictly for optics. There's not a 460 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: snowballs chance in hell. If they had, you know, it 461 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: wouldn't have broke the way it broke, and there was 462 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: one spot remaining, they would have put Florida State over Georgia. 463 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: It never would have happened. But it was an easy one. 464 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: They knew they were going to get a bunch of blowback. 465 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: They just put Georgia at six. We all knew it, 466 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: and it feels like we're all talking about Florida State. 467 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: I personally am not. I think they're a program trending up. 468 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: They're a program that's not going anywhere them and Clemson 469 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: will do everything humanly possible to get out of the 470 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: ACC and into the SEC. But the moment their quarterback 471 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: was injured, they did not belong in the Final four. Now, 472 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: today's game against Georgia was like sixty five to three 473 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: or whatever the final score was was a complete FUGAYSI. 474 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 1: I think they had twenty opt outs. I mean they 475 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: got several first round players that today's game didn't matter, 476 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: that they were never gonna win, right, but they wouldn't 477 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: have beat Georgia fully healthy with Jordan Travis, George is better. 478 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: And that's not a slight at Florida State. To me, 479 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: Florida State reminds me a lot of Oregon, Like they 480 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: would have been really close. There's just not a Final 481 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: four team this year, right, but the way we do 482 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: it and they pick people with only four teams. But listen, 483 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: the committee got it right, and they got it right 484 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: for us, like for the consumer. And on Monday we 485 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: have two games. One spreads like two, the other spreads four. 486 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: Now I don't know how they're gonna play out, but 487 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: they're not gonna play out by a thirty forty to 488 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: fifty point blow up. I'm pretty confident on that. And 489 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: Florida State. It's not about today in the final score. 490 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: It was about getting it right at the moment, and 491 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: they got it right. And there's a reason Florida State's 492 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: so mauch. The ACC is a dog shit, it's terrible. 493 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 2: It is not you know who. 494 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: The second best team is a nine to four Clemson. 495 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: That's the second best team. The other teams are awful. 496 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: North Carolina stinks, Miami is awful, Mario is an beyond 497 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: an average coach. The conference is not good. So listen, 498 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: I had no sympathy at the time. I'm not making 499 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: that big a deal about today because I don't think 500 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: it mattered. But props to the committee for doing like 501 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 1: it would have been semi easy to be like, well, 502 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: they're undefeated, put him in and we would have got screwed. 503 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: You know us, the twenty million people that are gonna 504 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: watch these games on Monday had to watch a blowout. 505 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to watch that. A game might end up 506 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: in a blow up. Maybe Michigan beats them by twenty, 507 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: maybe Alabama beats them by twenty, but at least going 508 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: into that game, you go, ah, this is a legitimate game. 509 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 1: Not a soul on God's Green Earth would have thought 510 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: that if Florida State would have rolled in there with 511 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: their backup quarterback. Now, obviously a lot of the opt 512 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,719 Speaker 1: out guys would have played in the game, and they 513 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: didn't today, But like there's a gap, and to me, 514 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: the gap when the quarterback got hurt, like it had 515 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: to change and they made the right decision. And last 516 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: but not least, to me, they're the two best coaches 517 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: in the country by a wide margin, are Nick Saban 518 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: and Kirby Smart. They're on a tier by themselves, and 519 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: you could argue just based on them, you know, head 520 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: to head matchup. Nick is clearly above Sabent and slash 521 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: his resume, so it would be Nick one, Kirby two. 522 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: Then to me, there is a gigantic tier of the 523 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: next group, and the next group is really good. It's 524 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: like Jim Harbaugh, I think Kaylin du Bore so I'm 525 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: gonna bet a lot of money on Washington come Monday, 526 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: are kind of in that group. Ryan Day is proven 527 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: to not be in that group. Ryan Day, Jim Harball 528 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: was right born on third base. He just lost fourteen 529 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: to three, Like I'm sorry, I don't give a shit 530 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: who doesn't play at quarterback. 531 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 2: For your team. You're Ohio State. 532 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: It's one thing to lose a game like twenty five 533 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: to twenty three a game Missouri is good fourteen to three, 534 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: scored three fucking points. You're an offensive guy. He's clearly 535 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: on the hot seat going into next season, and rightfully so. 536 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: They spend more on a coaching staff than any team 537 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Like to me, I'm throwing him out. 538 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: I have do Boor and Harball. I think Lane Kiffin 539 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: is trending to be in that group because like Jim 540 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: Harbaugh is winning at Michigan, good coaches win at Michigan, 541 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: Kayland Moore's winning at Washington, like Chris Peterson took Washington 542 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: into the playoffs. You can win at Washington. Now. I 543 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 1: think those guys are big time. I think those guys are, 544 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: you know, ten million dollars coaches, Awesome coaches. Beside Kirby 545 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: and Nick, those would be my next two choices in 546 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: college football, above Lincoln Riley, above a lot of guys. 547 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,239 Speaker 1: But I think Lane kiffen what he's done at ol 548 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: Miss He's not coaching at LSU. He's not coaching at Georgia. 549 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: Do you know this A couple of years ago, when 550 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: Dan Lanning got the Oregon job, Lane wanted it. But 551 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: Blaine's got a lot of red flags, right, A lot 552 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: of shit happened in his coaching career. Like I'm telling you, 553 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,959 Speaker 1: the joey freshwater thing makes a lot of these ads 554 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: a little nervous. He shines in the SEC. They have 555 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: less rules. I mean, Hugh Freeze is now the coach 556 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 1: at Auburn. He literally was calling hookers from his company 557 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: phone on the way to church on recruiting meetings. Now 558 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: he's a good coach, but the SEC doesn't care as much. 559 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: I do think that Lane Kiffin is like a borderline 560 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: top five coach in college football. He beat the shit 561 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: out of James Franklin, who's also one of the highest 562 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,959 Speaker 1: paid coaches in college football. And I checked James Franklin. 563 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: James Franklin has one good win in the last three years. 564 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: He loves to Ohio State in Michigan every single year. 565 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: He beat Utah last year in the Rose Bowl, but 566 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: he was up twenty one to fourteen. Utah was driving 567 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: their starting quarterback towards knee. That's his one win in 568 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: the last three years and he's easily like Mario Christobal, 569 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: one of the best recruiters in all of college football. 570 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 1: Lane beat the shit out of him today and Penn 571 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: State was trying and that was not a fair fight. 572 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: So when I look at Lane Kiffin, I go, well, 573 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 1: we talked so much about Lincoln Riley, Lincoln Riley, Lincoln Riley, 574 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: offensive Mine, offensive Mine. 575 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 2: Why I watching Lane Kivan's offenses. They're awesome. 576 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: You know the difference between Lane Kiffin in Lincoln Riley. 577 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: Lane cares about defense. He tries at defense. Now he's 578 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 1: at a disadvantage. His nil money is not Alabama, Texas 579 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: A and m Georgia Ohio State. Like, he doesn't have 580 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: that tight backing at ole Miss, but his ability to 581 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: dominate in the transfer portal and clearly hire really good 582 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: coaches like Listen, say what you want about him, Joey 583 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: Freshwater fired on the tarmac. The twenty twenty three version 584 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: of Lane Kiffin. 585 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 2: If you put that guy at. 586 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: One of the true blue bloods ole Miss is not 587 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: you put him at LSU instead of Brian Kelly. I 588 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: think he'd win a national championship. I think he's that good. 589 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: And he continues to prove it. Hey, listen, I say 590 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: it's anything without Florida State. I think Mike Norvell and 591 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: everything that Florida State is trending in the right direction. 592 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: They upgrade at quarterback transfer portal, keep doing what they're doing, 593 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: recruit well, they're gonna be a team to you know. 594 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 2: That they're on the come. They're trending in the right direction. 595 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: But Florida State should win, Like if you know what 596 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,719 Speaker 1: you're doing, like you're gonna win Florida State. Florida State 597 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: like wouldn't take Lane Kiff. It's coals people for whatever reason, 598 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: some toxic thing around Lane Kiffin aren't you know, don't 599 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: mess with him. But All missed Us why cause they're 600 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of a renegade school. And look what 601 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,959 Speaker 1: he's done for them. I mean he's just rattling off 602 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: double digit wins. You don't win double digit games at 603 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: All miss consistently, and he's doing that now, especially in 604 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: that division. Like every year he plays Alabama, he plays LSU. 605 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: This year, you had to play Georgia Mississippi State, like 606 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: is your rival. That's not like it's some easy game. 607 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: A and M and as Lane Kiffin said, A and 608 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: M on paper because one of the best rosters in 609 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: the country. 610 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 2: So what Lane's doing. 611 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: What an incredible bounce back because what a decade ago 612 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: he was a laughingstock even in Alabama. It's like, well 613 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 1: I was this just sabing and then he goes, you know, 614 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: to Fau and what he did there. But since coming 615 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: to Old Miss, what a higher and props with them 616 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: for taking I don't even want to call it a chance, 617 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: but having Lane Kiffin because he's turned Old Miss into 618 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: like a legitimate borderline top five program in the country. 619 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: The volume