WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 9 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:12.650 sports stories of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz. 0:00:13.530 --> 0:00:14.650 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:16.970 --> 0:00:20.670 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Paps. Paul, 0:00:20.989 --> 0:00:23.169 we got game number two in the books. What'd you 0:00:23.190 --> 0:00:25.810 think of football down under? You know, it was so sunny. 0:00:26.070 --> 0:00:27.590 That game, I think it kicked off at 1030 in 0:00:27.870 --> 0:00:32.440 the morning, Melbourne time. The uniforms popped. It looks so awesome. 0:00:32.450 --> 0:00:35.360 The field on Netflix. The uniforms really, really popped. Is 0:00:35.420 --> 0:00:36.120 it that sunny there? 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:36.780 I guess so. 0:00:36.860 --> 0:00:38.519 Dan Patrick said he was down there. 0:00:38.540 --> 0:00:41.680 And sunscreen is a major issue in Australia, apparently. 0:00:42.060 --> 0:00:44.940 Okay, if I asked you right before kickoff, The game's 0:00:44.979 --> 0:00:47.000 going to finish 27-7. You'd said what? 0:00:47.740 --> 0:00:49.700 I would have said, wow, what a game for Miles Garrett. 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.300 Look at that Rams defense. Story of the year. But 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:52.900 what happened? 0:00:52.940 --> 0:00:54.880 How would you describe this game for those who. 0:00:55.180 --> 0:00:58.420 Okay. So it started out pretty even. And then at 0:00:58.460 --> 0:01:02.280 a certain point, the Rams gave up. Gave up? 0:01:02.730 --> 0:01:02.910 Yeah. 0:01:02.970 --> 0:01:06.410 At a certain point, you said enough travel talk. But 0:01:06.450 --> 0:01:08.069 to me, that is actually the story of the game. 0:01:08.110 --> 0:01:10.690 The Rams did not look ready to play. They came 0:01:10.750 --> 0:01:11.970 to Australia too late. 0:01:12.190 --> 0:01:13.710 It did feel like there's a point in the third 0:01:13.750 --> 0:01:16.650 quarter where Matthew Stafford goes for a quarterback sneak at 0:01:16.670 --> 0:01:18.230 the goal line, which they don't do that a lot. 0:01:18.250 --> 0:01:20.580 I think he's had one QB sneak touchdown in his 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.840 Rams career. They didn't make it. The review couldn't tell anything. 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.120 It was just a big pile. And then the 49ers 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:29.259 went on a 99-yard touchdown run, not a drive, and 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.750 it felt like The Rams said, okay, it's time to 0:01:31.770 --> 0:01:34.330 start heading back home. This was almost a touchdown. 0:01:34.750 --> 0:01:34.890 Right. 0:01:34.930 --> 0:01:36.510 I kind of thought that was a touchdown. 0:01:36.750 --> 0:01:37.010 Yeah. 0:01:37.030 --> 0:01:39.089 I'm not sure how. Well, I guess the ball was, oh, 0:01:39.110 --> 0:01:39.950 that looks like a touchdown. 0:01:40.150 --> 0:01:40.310 Right. 0:01:40.530 --> 0:01:43.250 But when Stafford doesn't get in here, the air went 0:01:43.290 --> 0:01:43.850 out of their balloon. 0:01:44.010 --> 0:01:45.770 Yeah. The funny thing is, I actually think it probably 0:01:45.810 --> 0:01:48.230 was a touchdown. They just couldn't prove it. So whatever 0:01:48.270 --> 0:01:50.850 they called on the field was going to stick. Actually, 0:01:50.990 --> 0:01:53.430 I could see a little thought bubble off of Matthew Stafford. 0:01:53.930 --> 0:01:55.530 After that play, he came back and said, well, I'm 0:01:55.550 --> 0:01:57.270 going to order the chicken on the plane back, and 0:01:57.290 --> 0:01:59.070 I'm going to watch Project Hail Mary. It's going to 0:01:59.090 --> 0:02:02.890 be really fun. Yeah. They checked out completely. And normally 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.060 I would rip a team if I thought they gave up. 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.740 But going to Australia had, I think, a big toll 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:08.500 on this Rams team. 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:09.320 They're not young. 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.660 Again, it's a cliche to talk about the travel science, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.919 but the Niners had it right and the Rams had 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:15.160 it wrong. 0:02:15.180 --> 0:02:17.370 You know, it's weird, though, because if somehow the Rams 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.850 did win this, is there a reason to worry about 0:02:19.870 --> 0:02:22.790 the Rams? I don't worry after week one. And I 0:02:22.850 --> 0:02:24.710 think Vegas still has them as a favorite. So you 0:02:24.730 --> 0:02:27.720 don't worry either. I think you might worry about Miles Garrett. 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.600 Was he not in shape or is he injured in 0:02:30.650 --> 0:02:31.890 some fashion? That would be a concern. 0:02:31.910 --> 0:02:32.530 That's a concern. 0:02:32.570 --> 0:02:35.389 That's a concern. But the general offense doesn't concern me 0:02:35.410 --> 0:02:38.130 because Puka's Puka. Their running back tandem is really good. 0:02:38.450 --> 0:02:39.950 But let's go to the other side of this, the 49ers. 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:42.760 Have we been sleeping a little bit on the 49ers 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.660 because of their struggles with health and things in the offseason, 0:02:45.900 --> 0:02:46.600 previous seasons? 0:02:47.060 --> 0:02:49.060 I think I've been sleeping on the 49ers. 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:51.639 I had no idea that Fred Warner was going to 0:02:51.660 --> 0:02:54.100 be Fred Warner and Nick Bosa was going to be explosive. 0:02:54.419 --> 0:02:56.110 Kittle wasn't quite as good as the other guys. 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:56.750 But he was present. 0:02:56.940 --> 0:02:59.970 But he was present. Debo Samuel looked thin and ready 0:02:59.990 --> 0:03:03.250 to go. It was the fountain of youth. CMC looked great. 0:03:03.570 --> 0:03:06.110 And then Christian McCaffrey had some help in the backfield. 0:03:07.090 --> 0:03:08.269 Everything worked perfectly. 0:03:09.050 --> 0:03:11.510 You mentioned Nick Bosa. People don't talk about him as 0:03:11.570 --> 0:03:13.700 much as they used to when he was Defensive Player 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.239 of the Year. He was all over Stafford the entire game. 0:03:16.580 --> 0:03:18.380 And then if you look at what they did on offense, 0:03:18.419 --> 0:03:21.859 they split carries. Kalen Black, the rookie out of Indiana, 0:03:22.300 --> 0:03:24.610 he had as many touches as Christian McCaffrey. And that's 0:03:24.650 --> 0:03:27.170 one of those things that... Maybe that's smart for the future. 0:03:27.230 --> 0:03:31.350 Let's balance these guys out. Keep McCaffrey healthy in January, February. 0:03:31.410 --> 0:03:33.960 Yeah, and quarterback Brock Purdy looked good, was running around. 0:03:34.290 --> 0:03:36.720 You know who, to me, the MVP of the game, 0:03:36.900 --> 0:03:38.320 and we're going to give out stickers later, Paul? 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:39.000 We're saving stickers. 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:39.400 Okay. 0:03:39.780 --> 0:03:42.960 Well, I'll just say Kyle Shanahan outcoached the Rams pretty 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.470 decisively here. You can see on the Niners' opening drive, 0:03:45.490 --> 0:03:48.410 they went 15 plays, kept the ball away from Matthew 0:03:48.430 --> 0:03:49.250 Stafford and the Rams. 0:03:49.270 --> 0:03:51.650 The rhythm went to the Niners. Brilliant plan. 0:03:51.670 --> 0:03:54.630 I think Shanahan has had months to think about this game, 0:03:55.170 --> 0:03:56.130 and he was ready to go. 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.820 Okay, but if you're a 49ers fan, do you feel 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:01.040 great today? Do you feel long-term great or short-term great? 0:04:01.060 --> 0:04:03.420 You feel great. Yes, there's always the injury risk. You 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.120 have a lot of players over 30, but you don't 0:04:05.140 --> 0:04:08.070 think about that at all today. You get to kick back, 0:04:08.130 --> 0:04:10.370 watch football this weekend, and you're 1-0. 0:04:10.610 --> 0:04:12.410 And the other thing is, when you're watching the running 0:04:12.430 --> 0:04:14.990 backs from the Niners just chop through the line, you're thinking... 0:04:15.210 --> 0:04:17.880 Aaron Donald's at home right now, sitting there watching this game, 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:19.560 and he could be stuffing this whole thing up. 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.720 Absolutely. If you are a Niners fan, also, you have 0:04:22.740 --> 0:04:24.690 the Cardinals and the Dolphins coming up next. 0:04:25.029 --> 0:04:25.289 So. 0:04:26.230 --> 0:04:30.089 probably 3-0 and probably come out of that healthy. And remember, 0:04:30.110 --> 0:04:31.909 they were just in the Super Bowl a few years ago. 0:04:32.270 --> 0:04:34.510 Maybe this is Shanahan's chance to finally get the Super Bowl. 0:04:34.670 --> 0:04:37.070 Last thing I love about Brock Purdy, three touchdowns for 0:04:37.089 --> 0:04:39.550 Brock Purdy, really great second half. He likes to run 0:04:39.589 --> 0:04:40.950 the ball. He's got a little giddy up, as they 0:04:40.970 --> 0:04:44.110 like to say in college football, but he never, almost never, 0:04:44.230 --> 0:04:46.300 I'd say not never, but this time of year in September, 0:04:46.330 --> 0:04:47.300 he doesn't take on contact. 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.880 No, he gets out of bounds, and he slides. He 0:04:49.900 --> 0:04:51.420 looked really spry. 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.180 They've been talking about him in camp all summer, how 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:55.700 this was his best training camp he's had in a 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.279 long time, and he completely delivered. 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.400 And Matthew Stafford, he doesn't run. He barely walks. 0:05:00.940 --> 0:05:04.180 Oh, my gosh. To me, that actually— and let's transition to 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:05.039 the Rams here for a second. 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.620 Stafford struggles. Really shocked me. 0:05:07.740 --> 0:05:10.200 But that's a short-term, long-term concern. 0:05:10.380 --> 0:05:12.539 Well, I mean, still, he's been held under 10 points 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:17.060 twice in 85 starts. He looked hurried. He looked inaccurate. 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.859 He either overthrew guys or underthrew them. The interception was concerning. 0:05:21.500 --> 0:05:21.859 You know what? 0:05:22.020 --> 0:05:24.670 He's getting older. I saw the age last night, Paul. 0:05:25.050 --> 0:05:25.610 No shocker. 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:27.930 He was on a plane for 18 hours. You don't 0:05:27.940 --> 0:05:29.610 put an old guy on a plane like that, Paul. 0:05:29.630 --> 0:05:30.110 You know that. 0:05:30.150 --> 0:05:32.250 Yeah, my grandfather told me, don't put an old guy 0:05:32.270 --> 0:05:34.130 on a plane to Melbourne to play football. We always 0:05:34.150 --> 0:05:35.710 know that. All right, let's get to some NSF news. 0:05:36.050 --> 0:05:38.430 helmet stickers. We put the sticker on the helmet. The 0:05:38.450 --> 0:05:40.270 player chooses whether to wear it next week or not. 0:05:40.390 --> 0:05:42.130 I'm going to go first, Perloff, and I'm going to 0:05:42.150 --> 0:05:45.910 go offensive tackle Trent Williams. Trent Williams yesterday, I wouldn't 0:05:45.930 --> 0:05:48.270 say ate up Myles Garrett, but he made Myles Garrett 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.460 irrelevant for a game. And that doesn't happen very often. 0:05:50.500 --> 0:05:53.740 Myles Garrett always gets one or two or three hits 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.400 on a quarterback at the very minimum. But Trent Williams 0:05:56.460 --> 0:05:58.900 reminded everybody that I'm the best offensive lineman in the 0:05:58.940 --> 0:06:01.000 game and the best pass blocker in the past 15 years. 0:06:01.860 --> 0:06:04.120 And even Miles Garrett can't get by me. So he 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:04.980 gets my helmet sticker. 0:06:05.100 --> 0:06:06.670 Yeah, it's like he's not aging. But I'm going to 0:06:06.700 --> 0:06:10.390 not so fast you. How is that possible? Trent Williams 0:06:10.430 --> 0:06:12.630 got all this love last night. Guess who helped him 0:06:12.730 --> 0:06:13.050 a lot? 0:06:13.310 --> 0:06:13.670 Two men. 0:06:14.050 --> 0:06:16.510 Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan. Purdy got rid of the 0:06:16.550 --> 0:06:18.260 ball immediately, every time. 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:19.300 Are you saying it's system blocking? 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.320 It was totally, he wasn't holding onto the ball. 0:06:21.339 --> 0:06:23.560 He had to block Bosa or whoever for, I'm sorry, 0:06:23.580 --> 0:06:25.670 he had to block Myles Garrett for one second. 0:06:25.990 --> 0:06:28.029 He's pretty got rid of the ball so fast. And 0:06:28.070 --> 0:06:29.010 that was all Shanahan. 0:06:29.070 --> 0:06:33.270 Shanahan neutralized Myles Garrett on his own. Now Garrett was 0:06:33.310 --> 0:06:35.800 still moving pretty fast. I know there's concerns about his health. 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.680 But he finally got to Purdy, and Purdy had already 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:39.860 gotten rid of the ball every time. 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:40.800 Who's your helmet sticker for? 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.700 That's got to be Kyle Shanahan. You know, listen, Sean 0:06:43.730 --> 0:06:45.990 McVay is on 60 Minutes this weekend. He's getting all 0:06:46.029 --> 0:06:46.390 the hype. 0:06:46.450 --> 0:06:46.729 Really? 0:06:46.850 --> 0:06:48.810 He's kind of considered the best coach in football. I 0:06:48.850 --> 0:06:50.830 think Kyle Shanahan said, not so fast. 0:06:50.870 --> 0:06:52.310 That hat is very becoming, by the way. 0:06:53.100 --> 0:06:55.240 Yeah. By the way, you couldn't see the injury from 0:06:55.260 --> 0:06:57.820 the car crash this summer. I thought Kyle Shanahan had 0:06:57.839 --> 0:06:59.990 his team ready to play. He won the battle of 0:07:00.020 --> 0:07:02.789 which is the approach to international travel. His game plan 0:07:02.830 --> 0:07:04.910 was brilliant. You did not know it was coming. A 0:07:04.950 --> 0:07:07.339 lot of short passes to keep the Rams off balance. 0:07:08.020 --> 0:07:10.920 I'm a huge Kyle Shanahan play caller fan. Can he 0:07:10.940 --> 0:07:13.460 win the big game? That's TBD. But in a game 0:07:13.500 --> 0:07:15.310 like this, you saw his brilliance at work. 0:07:15.450 --> 0:07:18.489 Can I give a bonus helmet sticker to Netflix's new analyst, 0:07:18.530 --> 0:07:19.110 Luke Kuechly? 0:07:19.190 --> 0:07:19.410 Oh, yeah. 0:07:19.650 --> 0:07:20.350 Big stage. 0:07:20.570 --> 0:07:22.190 He worked his way out, and he had some really 0:07:22.210 --> 0:07:24.120 good stories, some really good fun stuff. He had a 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:27.380 story about Trent Williams. Luke Kuechly said, I went up 0:07:27.420 --> 0:07:29.460 against Trent Williams, and he pushed me into the sidelines 0:07:29.500 --> 0:07:31.480 like I was a small child. And I thought it was– 0:07:31.540 --> 0:07:32.930 Luke Kuechly had a nice night. I'm going to give 0:07:32.950 --> 0:07:33.670 him a bonus helmet sticker. 0:07:33.690 --> 0:07:34.690 Yeah, Kuechly was great. 0:07:35.010 --> 0:07:37.310 The whole Netflix thing, did you watch the Jonas Brothers 0:07:37.350 --> 0:07:37.770 at halftime? 0:07:37.990 --> 0:07:38.429 Of course. 0:07:39.110 --> 0:07:39.980 That's an insult to ask me. 0:07:40.630 --> 0:07:43.310 Yeah, it was a good job. I'm so glad football's back. 0:07:43.430 --> 0:07:44.750 All right, some bad news, though. 0:07:44.770 --> 0:07:45.300 A.J. 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.020 Brown, the wide receiver, the new wide receiver, the Patriots, 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.180 he has a high ankle sprain, which is never good. 0:07:50.220 --> 0:07:52.280 I don't know why it's worse than low ankle sprain. 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:56.320 But here's the thing. Out four weeks, and when you're 0-1– 0:07:56.820 --> 0:07:59.840 and the Patriots have Steelers, Jaguars, Bills over the next 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:03.150 three weeks, that could be a problem math-wise. Now, they 0:08:03.170 --> 0:08:05.310 still have a good team, very good defense. Drake May 0:08:05.370 --> 0:08:07.900 is there. But if you somehow go 1-3 or, God forbid, 0-4... 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.700 You could be in that position where you're just underwater, 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:13.660 treading water the rest. 0:08:13.540 --> 0:08:13.860 Of the season. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:14.000 Right. 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.540 And you've got to think about Drake May's confidence. Obviously, 0:08:16.660 --> 0:08:19.220 the opener was not good for him. There's this narrative 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:21.690 out there that Drake May got great numbers last year 0:08:21.830 --> 0:08:23.650 because he was playing a lot of bad teams. 0:08:24.110 --> 0:08:26.270 And now, this year, the schedule's much harder. 0:08:26.530 --> 0:08:27.350 He needs an A.J. 0:08:27.370 --> 0:08:28.190 Brown for security. 0:08:28.230 --> 0:08:29.250 Right. If you want to lose A.J. 0:08:29.270 --> 0:08:32.020 Brown, can we lose him for the Raiders-Jets series, not 0:08:32.059 --> 0:08:34.320 the next three games, Steelers-Jags-Bills? 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:36.760 If you looked at the game on Wednesday night, you 0:08:36.780 --> 0:08:38.300 could see the difference between A.J. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.320 Brown running routes and other guys running routes. 0:08:40.380 --> 0:08:42.439 Here's where they are right now. Romeo Dobbs, who was 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.280 0 for the other night. DeMario Douglas. Mack Hollins is 0:08:45.340 --> 0:08:47.140 really stepping up. That's a guy who's probably going to 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.260 catch a lot of things. Remember a month ago, they 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.990 let Kayshaun Booty go in that trade. He's got some 0:08:52.070 --> 0:08:56.130 off-field issues to the Texans. That's a guy... Not so fast, man. 0:08:56.150 --> 0:08:57.750 Well, Matt Collins has been around for a while. I 0:08:57.830 --> 0:08:59.770 love Matt Collins. You know, he doesn't wear shoes when 0:08:59.790 --> 0:09:01.300 he's not on the field. Walks around barefoot. 0:09:01.340 --> 0:09:01.660 Respect. 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.960 Incredible person. But he can't be your go-to guy, Paul. 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.080 You know, he said four weeks. Let's hope it's four weeks. 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:09.250 The three-week go-to guy. 0:09:09.260 --> 0:09:09.910 All right, real quick. 0:09:10.050 --> 0:09:10.970 The NFL weekend. 0:09:11.309 --> 0:09:11.970 Bills, Texans. 0:09:11.990 --> 0:09:14.850 We're going to chop that up later. Packers, Vikings. 0:09:14.950 --> 0:09:15.589 Kyler Murray. 0:09:15.650 --> 0:09:16.010 Saucy? 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:20.500 That is so interesting. Kyle Murray, that to me might 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.800 be the most interesting quarterback situation, but you really don't know. 0:09:23.059 --> 0:09:27.370 Yep, we got Buccaneers, Bengals, Ravens, Colts, Falcons, Steelers, and 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.890 we don't know about Tua and who's starting there. 0:09:30.570 --> 0:09:34.290 If it's not Tua and it's Cooper Rush for the Falcons, 0:09:34.690 --> 0:09:36.950 that's going to be an ugly game. Steelers play ugly games. 0:09:36.970 --> 0:09:39.290 I think Michael Penix is four-string right now because of 0:09:39.330 --> 0:09:43.370 health issues. Commanders, Eagles, then let's wrap it up with Cowboys, Giants, 0:09:43.429 --> 0:09:45.250 Sunday Night Football, NBC, Saucy? 0:09:46.510 --> 0:09:47.069 I think it's awesome. 0:09:47.090 --> 0:09:48.450 Do you think people are going to watch this game? 0:09:48.770 --> 0:09:50.440 Yeah, I think everyone's going to watch this game. 0:09:50.460 --> 0:09:52.300 I think you're going to have more people watching this 0:09:52.340 --> 0:09:55.380 game than really any sporting event that's not the NFL. 0:09:55.870 --> 0:09:57.310 This is a big test. I have more on the 0:09:57.350 --> 0:09:59.970 Cowboys later, but the Giants will be getting some buzz today. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.060 Yeah, I think everyone wants to see if neighbors can 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.520 come back, if Scadigaboo can come back, and if Jackson 0:10:05.540 --> 0:10:07.689 Dark can run. and stay away from the blue tent. 0:10:07.950 --> 0:10:10.830 Yeah, and also the Cowboys-Giants is always a big rating. 0:10:10.890 --> 0:10:12.490 This year, I think it deserves it because these are 0:10:12.530 --> 0:10:16.570 very interesting teams. All of week one is huge. Kyler Murray, 0:10:16.910 --> 0:10:18.390 that's the guy I'm really watching ball. 0:10:18.470 --> 0:10:21.070 He needs a ball out game just so everyone can 0:10:21.090 --> 0:10:21.870 quiet down about him. 0:10:22.090 --> 0:10:22.650 Absolutely. 0:10:22.670 --> 0:10:26.900 All right, coming up next, Michigan. Will they rebound tomorrow 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.439 against Oklahoma? I'll tell you right now, not so fast 0:10:30.500 --> 0:10:31.400 is not so sure. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:32.059 That's next. 0:10:34.390 --> 0:10:36.630 Here we go, Pearl. Not so fast. Pass to Pearl 0:10:36.710 --> 0:10:38.750 off the midday pick-me-up to get you ready. Let's go 0:10:38.790 --> 0:10:42.210 back to Melbourne. Ooh, look at these fellas. I don't 0:10:42.230 --> 0:10:44.809 know if they're locals or they went in for the game, 0:10:44.830 --> 0:10:46.530 but they're doing the old drink-out-of-the-boot thing. 0:10:46.670 --> 0:10:48.109 Yeah, did you do that in college, Paul? 0:10:48.410 --> 0:10:51.569 Surprisingly, no. I drank just about everything that was available, 0:10:51.590 --> 0:10:54.179 but I always like... I don't need this. I don't 0:10:54.260 --> 0:10:55.459 need boot beer. 0:10:55.820 --> 0:10:58.640 So they're taking boot and rally to the next level? 0:10:58.900 --> 0:11:01.420 Yeah, that's the boot, and I don't know if either 0:11:01.450 --> 0:11:03.370 of those guys rally, but that looks a little disgusting. 0:11:03.450 --> 0:11:05.390 Time for warm takes here on Not So Fast with 0:11:05.410 --> 0:11:07.910 Pabst and Perloff. A little cozy stuff to get you 0:11:07.970 --> 0:11:09.410 into the weekend. I'm going to go first on the 0:11:09.429 --> 0:11:12.620 warm takes. Here we go, Perloff. Look at the college 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:16.040 football ratings from this weekend. Notre Dame versus Wisconsin was 0:11:16.059 --> 0:11:19.400 a monster rating, and Wisconsin's not even that good. Louisville-Ole 0:11:19.470 --> 0:11:21.790 Miss was a great rating. All these kind of created 0:11:21.850 --> 0:11:25.030 matchups were fantastic ratings for college football. I wonder if, 0:11:25.230 --> 0:11:27.910 as we get to a 2014 playoff, which seems inevitable, 0:11:28.850 --> 0:11:31.309 instead of the regular season being more, you've got to 0:11:31.350 --> 0:11:33.230 schedule cupcakes because that could make it into the playoffs, 0:11:33.690 --> 0:11:36.100 do these college football teams think, why don't we schedule 0:11:36.150 --> 0:11:40.300 heavyweights for our out-of-conference games? And this can work for you. 0:11:40.350 --> 0:11:43.290 Look at Ohio State versus Texas this weekend. The loser 0:11:43.309 --> 0:11:45.010 of this game doesn't lose a thing with the college 0:11:45.030 --> 0:11:47.410 football committee. You get credit for playing in a heavyweight 0:11:47.450 --> 0:11:49.970 game early in the season. You lose by four points, 0:11:50.170 --> 0:11:53.030 Texas or Ohio State, you're just fine. Now, if you're 0:11:53.050 --> 0:11:56.230 Michigan and you lose, which they did to Western Michigan. 0:11:56.790 --> 0:11:59.590 That is debilitating. That takes you out of the top 25. 0:11:59.590 --> 0:12:01.970 So I'm wondering if this has a reverse effect, the 0:12:01.970 --> 0:12:04.490 2014 playoff, that I'm going to schedule bigger. I'm going 0:12:04.510 --> 0:12:06.530 to schedule heavyweights. I'm going to, you know, Notre Dame 0:12:06.570 --> 0:12:08.890 and USC will get back together. Michigan, Notre Dame get 0:12:08.929 --> 0:12:11.710 back together. Texas at Texas A & M every year. 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.000 I think that's what's going to happen going forward because 0:12:14.010 --> 0:12:17.040 there's more money to be made. Neutral site, home games. 0:12:17.700 --> 0:12:21.460 If Texas faces Texas State, people leave. They don't stay. 0:12:21.500 --> 0:12:23.860 They don't spend money. But if Texas has Texas A & 0:12:23.540 --> 0:12:25.160 M in week two, you got something. 0:12:26.130 --> 0:12:29.500 I could not disagree with you more, Paul. Oh, come on. 0:12:29.540 --> 0:12:31.640 You're telling me if Texas didn't lose to Ohio State 0:12:31.660 --> 0:12:34.040 last year, 14-7 in opening week, they wouldn't have been 0:12:34.059 --> 0:12:35.740 in the playoff? They had three losses. They would have 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.380 made the playoff last year. I know what you're saying. 0:12:39.900 --> 0:12:42.020 You've got to play it safe. Notre Dame last year, 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:43.820 if they didn't have Miami and A & M early 0:12:43.860 --> 0:12:46.330 in the schedule and had Ball State and Youngstown State, 0:12:46.370 --> 0:12:47.140 they would have been in the playoff. 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.790 But you still get credit for that. heavyweight game early. 0:12:49.970 --> 0:12:51.670 You lose to Florida later in the season. I can't 0:12:51.710 --> 0:12:51.970 help you. 0:12:52.210 --> 0:12:54.329 I don't think the committee gives you enough credit. I 0:12:54.350 --> 0:12:57.750 don't think they pay enough attention to strike the schedule. 0:12:58.210 --> 0:13:00.809 I am anti that. I think that they should really 0:13:00.950 --> 0:13:04.480 weigh wins more than losses. And if you have three losses, 0:13:04.500 --> 0:13:05.429 they immediately. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:05.480 Kick you out. 0:13:05.500 --> 0:13:06.740 You poo-pooed my warm take quick. 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.640 Yeah, I know what you're saying. But I think that's 0:13:08.660 --> 0:13:11.760 a wishful warm take. Because if you were the commissioner 0:13:11.780 --> 0:13:14.580 of college football, you would have really hard. 0:13:14.100 --> 0:13:15.179 Schedules to start the season. 0:13:15.260 --> 0:13:15.960 And I'm available then. 0:13:16.300 --> 0:13:18.179 You know, if they expand to 24, then maybe we'll 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.559 get that. Okay, I'm sticking with college football. There's a 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.370 few rules here in Not So Fast. Number one, obviously, 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:28.330 ball don't lie, karma. That means Michigan is going to 0:13:28.450 --> 0:13:31.510 lose this weekend because the universe wants them to. It's 0:13:31.550 --> 0:13:33.490 not just that they got the extra second to beat 0:13:33.550 --> 0:13:37.050 Western Michigan. It's that their fans rushed the field. The 0:13:37.170 --> 0:13:41.110 University of Michigan fans rushed the field against Western Michigan. 0:13:41.790 --> 0:13:44.290 I think that things need to be corrected in a 0:13:44.390 --> 0:13:47.890 universal sense here, and I think that somebody has to 0:13:47.929 --> 0:13:51.960 make Michigan pay for these two, in my opinion, transgressions. 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:52.580 Transgressions. 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.360 Oklahoma, who they play this weekend, has built a really 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:58.740 good team under our buddy general manager Jim Nagy. They 0:13:58.780 --> 0:14:01.580 obviously have John Mateers healthy, ready to go. Paul, they 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:03.880 have a tight end, a backup tight end, whose name 0:14:03.940 --> 0:14:06.960 is Rocky Beers. Sort of touched down last week out 0:14:07.059 --> 0:14:09.300 of Colorado State. I mean, that's reason enough to root 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:09.560 for them. 0:14:09.740 --> 0:14:11.959 If your last name is Beers, you never, ever change it. 0:14:12.020 --> 0:14:14.339 It's in Ann Arbor, so it makes me a little nervous, 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.790 but I do think that Michigan is going to have 0:14:16.850 --> 0:14:18.929 trouble emotionally rebounding from last week. 0:14:19.050 --> 0:14:21.350 This is a really serious game, especially for the quarterback 0:14:21.390 --> 0:14:23.990 Bryce Underwood of Michigan. He has to both win and 0:14:24.070 --> 0:14:26.510 play well. He has to do both of those. 0:14:26.750 --> 0:14:29.120 Yeah, and I think Oklahoma is underrated. For some reason, 0:14:29.140 --> 0:14:31.360 they're under the radar, but they have a really, really 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:31.860 strong roster. 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.119 John Mateer, healthy, the quarterback of Oklahoma, he wants to 0:14:34.140 --> 0:14:35.340 make a statement. All right, I'm going to go to 0:14:35.380 --> 0:14:38.120 my next warm take. I do love when we play, 0:14:38.140 --> 0:14:40.620 when I say we, American football plays in other countries. Now, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.700 they've been playing in Europe for a while, even South 0:14:42.740 --> 0:14:44.990 America for a while, but this is new to Australia. 0:14:45.380 --> 0:14:48.250 And I think of the 60,000 people there, somebody in 0:14:48.290 --> 0:14:50.990 Australia is watching American football for the first time ever. 0:14:51.390 --> 0:14:53.870 And I wonder what they think when they see American football. 0:14:53.890 --> 0:14:55.570 We're used to it. But when they see it and 0:14:55.590 --> 0:14:58.620 they see... A bunch of big dudes running around really 0:14:58.660 --> 0:15:00.660 hard for four to six seconds, and then they go 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.000 and have a meeting for 45 seconds. And then they 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.080 run around for four to five seconds, and then, oh, 0:15:05.100 --> 0:15:09.280 another meeting. Because that's what it is. It's explosive plays, 0:15:09.420 --> 0:15:11.920 and then let's talk about it. Explosive plays. You know, 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.560 if you grew up on rugby or soccer, which I didn't, 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:16.280 I used to look at soccer and think, what are 0:15:16.300 --> 0:15:19.320 they doing? I don't understand offsides. I don't understand rugby 0:15:19.340 --> 0:15:22.160 at all when I was a kid. Imagine what Europeans 0:15:22.220 --> 0:15:24.480