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Speaker 1: of the group, he was the guy with the least

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Speaker 1: amount of positive, optimistic support behind him that there weren't

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Speaker 1: many believers. You know, most people did not think the

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Speaker 1: say all people didn't think the Denver Broncos were going

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Speaker 1: to be a playoff team, and I'd probably fall into

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Speaker 1: that category. I underestimate their defense. I mean, I had

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Speaker 1: But offensively, like Mims is probably a little better than

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Speaker 1: I thought, and I've watched him since Oklahoma. They are

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Speaker 1: need to find kind of their running back to lean

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Speaker 1: on if they can. And yeah, I mean, I what

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Speaker 1: a year for these two guys. And we've been talking

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Speaker 1: about it kind of you know, beating a dead horse here.

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Speaker 1: But this is why you pay coaches fifteen to twenty

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Speaker 1: million dollars when they deserve it. This is why you

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Speaker 1: get big time guys in to run your franchise. You

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Speaker 1: like a first round draft pick. It's probably a flip

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Speaker 1: ten years. Stats would show he probably won't get a

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Speaker 1: second contract for you when Jim Harbaugh is available. When

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton's available, you pay him a premium and basically

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Speaker 1: guarantees you not just relevancy, but the playoffs. And think

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Speaker 1: how many shitty teams right now are in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: It would die to be in the playoffs. And that's

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Speaker 1: not going to be an issue for the Broncos or

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. And listen, this is where Sean Payton won

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Speaker 1: because Russell Wilson did not fit what he did and

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Speaker 1: when everything happened last year, and they benched him, and

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Speaker 1: I mean it was pretty bold. It was pretty bold.

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Speaker 1: But now you got nine wins, you win one more

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Speaker 1: A couple more things on this Fugazi Friday. We got

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Speaker 1: to dive into Woody Johnson and uh, you know, Bill

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Speaker 1: Simmons used to have this thing back in the day

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Speaker 1: when he wrote for ESPN called the Tyson Zone, and

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Speaker 1: it was essentially describing a situation in Mike Tyson, for example,

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Speaker 1: You know, this was like twenty years ago. That could

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Speaker 1: be crazy enough that someone wouldn't believe it, Like you

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Speaker 1: could be like this is in the heyday of Mike Tyson, Uh,

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Speaker 1: just off the wall behavior, like Mike Tyson russell the

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Speaker 1: cow killed it and just ate the raw meat and

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Speaker 1: eight ninety percent of the cow. He'd be like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that probably happened, right. You could say Mike Tyson jumped

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Speaker 1: off a ten story building and got right up and

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Speaker 1: walked away and wasn't even faced. There's no story you

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Speaker 1: could tell about Mike Tyson that you wouldn't believe. I

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Speaker 1: think the Jets have entered that category. There is no

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Speaker 1: story that can come out about Woody Johnson did people

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Speaker 1: won't believe. And I've said this before, there's a nugget

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Speaker 1: that's continuing in this about Joe Douglas firing the assistant

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Speaker 1: GM rex Hogan, and he was forced by Woody Johnson.

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Speaker 1: I had been told by multiple people that's not true

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Speaker 1: that Joe Douglas wanted to fire him, that Joe Douglas

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Speaker 1: and him had a bad you know, some sort of

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Speaker 1: splintering of a relationship. Now, maybe it's true that Woody

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Speaker 1: Johnson didn't allow him to replace the position, but I

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Speaker 1: think sometimes so I'm always hesitant when these stories come

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Speaker 1: out like this one, because you're like how much is

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Speaker 1: this true? But it was so egregious, even if some

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Speaker 1: of it, you know, I want to believe it all.

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Speaker 1: That this guy's son is telling him to sign guys

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Speaker 1: or not to sign guys, or that we shouldn't trade

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Speaker 1: for this guy, or we should trade for this guy

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00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: based on his Madden rating. That is incredible. I can't

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Speaker 1: even tell you how much that made me smile reading

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Speaker 1: that part of the story about Elijah Moore, or it

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Speaker 1: was Jerry Judy's, whether it was short Airy Quickness or

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Speaker 1: Joe Simpson the guards awareness based on Madden ratings on

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Speaker 1: Woody's Sun. But I've been saying this for a while

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Speaker 1: that this sounds absolutely insane. And I think there was

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Speaker 1: a quote in there from Joe Douglas or someone close

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Speaker 1: to Joe Douglas saying that I basically answer to a teenager,

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Speaker 1: which is somewhat ironic because I think most people, if

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Speaker 1: you asked around the NFL, who's feeding this story would

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Speaker 1: be Joe Douglas. And Joe Douglas has always been a

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Speaker 1: very anti being a leak media guy. I guess when

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00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: you get fired or it's about you, it's cool to

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00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,239
Speaker 1: do all these guys, you know, leaders can be very

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00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 1: hypocritical about that, like who's allowed to talk to the media,

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Speaker 1: who's not. But this listen, Woody is getting roasted and

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Speaker 1: there's no way to read this article even if it's

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00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: not all true, and ninety percent of it is true

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Speaker 1: to go why would anyone want to subject themselves to this?

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Speaker 1: And I've been saying this like this sounds insane, but like,

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Speaker 1: who do you think a lot of these super super

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Speaker 1: rich guys that own these teams talk to They're kids.

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Speaker 1: Most people in their life cannot be honest with them.

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Speaker 1: Most people in their life are on the payroll and

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Speaker 1: want to stay on the payroll. The kids, well are

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Speaker 1: also on the payroll. Are the one people that can

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Speaker 1: just say whatever the fuck they want to that billionaire

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Speaker 1: and honestly not care what they think. And they're probably

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Speaker 1: with one person or very few people in their lives

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Speaker 1: that like there's a trust factor there of that is

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Speaker 1: not comparable to the other people, whether it's your team president,

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Speaker 1: whether it's your lawyer, your accountant. I guess my overall

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Speaker 1: point here is this happens way more than people realize.

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Speaker 1: Not we're not trading for that guy because he's got

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Speaker 1: a bad score. In Madden. But if you don't think

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Speaker 1: that some of these guys that own teams are going

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Speaker 1: back to their GM or coach and saying no. Now,

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Speaker 1: they might not tell you where they heard it, but

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Speaker 1: like the Son, convince them that's a bad idea. I

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00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: think it happens all the time. So everyone's gonna say

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Speaker 1: the Jets is the worst job in the history of jobs,

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00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: and there's probably a lot of validity to that, especially

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Speaker 1: as part of this article saying that Woody Johnson and

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Speaker 1: I didn't know this. I just assumed he was going

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00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: back to Europe. I guess Trump went with someone else,

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00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: and Woody Johnson's not going back, So wood He's not

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00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: going away. And clearly his personality relative to Christopher is

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00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: a lot different. He's a lot more aggressive, screaming at

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Speaker 1: players in the locker room, which I also saw a

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Speaker 1: lot of people say, like, that's so me and him

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00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: screaming at Mike White. Now, listen, is it a little

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00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,760
Speaker 1: weird to see the owner scream at a guy or

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00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: talk some shit. I do think it happens a lot

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00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: with coaches and players and players and players, so it

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00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: sounds a lot more salacious than it is. I just

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00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: think all these owners at this point in time, and

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00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: these guys are worth billions of dollars. It's the one

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Speaker 1: profession where winning no longer matters at all. It really

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00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 1: doesn't your franchise for the next The Raiders have sucked

602
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: so much ass for the last couple decades, it's it's

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00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: hard to even describe. Yet they have never been more

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00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: flesh with cash, moved into a sweet new building, are

605
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: getting four or five hundred million dollars a year from

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Speaker 1: the league. The money is flowing with the Las Vegas

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00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: Raiders like never before. Mike Brown never had that much money,

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00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: but he does now. Why because whether he wins or loses,

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Speaker 1: that NFL check based on the media deal is automatically coming.

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Speaker 1: I was thinking about it today with Dan Snyder, how

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Speaker 1: crappy the Redskins were during like the majority of his tenure.

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00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: And I remember, like the middle, maybe it was the middle,

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00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: or maybe a little bit toward the end, when he

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00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: bought that yacht. It's like, his team has sucked so bad,

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00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 1: they aren't winning any games, and this guy's making so

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00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,960
Speaker 1: much money because he owns this NFL team. He bought

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Speaker 1: a yacht. It's why when anyone ever dms me like, listen,

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Speaker 1: we need George McCaskey to sell, or when do you

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Speaker 1: think Mark Davis would sell? And I go, why would anyone?

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Speaker 1: Would you rather have six billion dollars cash or would

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00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: you rather own a six billion dollar NFL team? Your

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00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 1: life doesn't change either way because your entire life is

623
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: expense through the franchise. So actually it's incredible to have

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00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: the business because everything you do is write off. Your

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00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: entire life is through the business, and all the cash

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00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 1: you get from the bank is because of the business.

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00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 1: Where if I give you six or seven billion dollars

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00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: for the Raiders or for the Bears, well, immediately Uncle

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Speaker 1: Sam takes forty five to fifty percent of that, So

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00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: that seven billion dollars is now three point five billion dollars,

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00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: which is obviously an astronomical amount of money. But you're

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00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,040
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00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: five billion that no one really cares about, doesn't own

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Speaker 1: anything cool, No one's talking about you on dedicated television

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00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: shows and podcasts. The only time any one of these

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00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: people ever sell is when they have complete infighting with

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00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,120
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00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,560
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639
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: his daughters were fighting. Same thing, you know with some

640
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: of these other franchises, it's someone dies and when someone

641
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: dies and there's no one in the family that wants

642
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: to own the team. But like Woody Johnson, who born

643
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: into wealth, is clearly just a nut job. But that's

644
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: the case with a lot of these franchises and even

645
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: some of these people that made it themselves, which is

646
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,799
Speaker 1: an incredible story, right, Like what Robert Kraft accomplished from

647
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 1: nothing to what he's got is an incredible business story.

648
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: But as you get older and you that rich, you

649
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 1: kind of become a little cuckoo. And then your kid

650
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 1: as you get eighty two, like you're not doing the

651
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,760
Speaker 1: day to day quite like you once did. Well, Jonathan

652
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: Craft gets more control, Like is there that big a

653
00:34:56,080 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: difference between like Jonathan Craft than Brick Johnson. One guy's

654
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: eighteen years old and the other guy's fifty years old.

655
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: They all fucking kooky, weirdo ideas. That's what you deal with.

656
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 1: So I see all these people like you can't touch

657
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: the jets like this what all these teams are? You're

658
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:18,720
Speaker 1: constantly hearing crazy things now If this is true based

659
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: on Madden ratings, that would probably take the cake, But

660
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,720
Speaker 1: it doesn't change the fact of these requests you're getting

661
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: from these owners. And it just gets to like, do

662
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 1: you feel that you can find a quarterback, you can

663
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 1: land a coaching staff, because you're gonna have to deal

664
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 1: with one of these nutty owners no matter what. Some

665
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: are telling you you can't sign a guy based on Madden.

666
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: The other are saying you can't sign a guy because

667
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: they just have a bad feeling about it. But it's

668
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: all under the same umbrella. I really do think that

669
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: even if the Jets and Woody might be at the

670
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 1: top of the list, I think the difference between the

671
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: top of the list and like the middle of the

672
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: list is the gap is not that wide. It feels

673
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: wide when you read things like this, But if you

674
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 1: just polled fifteen NFL coaches and gms right now, I

675
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: think they would have somewhat similar stories that they have

676
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: to deal with, especially around free agency and the draft,

677
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,800
Speaker 1: and even during the season after bad losses, very relatable

678
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: stories will shit like this. Okay, Fugazi Friday a couple

679
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: things really quick. The Alabama Athletic Director put out a

680
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: tweet last night essentially asking fans for money because unlike

681
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: you know, the Oregons and the Ohio States and the Michigans,

682
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: they don't have the high, high end donors that can

683
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: compete at this nil level. And when I saw that Alabama,

684
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: a program that has won whatever six national championships in

685
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: the last like fifteen years, is literally having to beg

686
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 1: for money from not like they're not dming or calling

687
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: or emailing. They're rich. Boost These are just like your

688
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: common fan dude that makes fifty k DoD They make

689
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: seventy five k maybe a season ticket holder at the

690
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: you know, the third level of the of the stadium, Like,

691
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: hey man, can you give me money? Just made me

692
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 1: realize like this thing's over, Like this thing's about to break.

693
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: And the NFL, do you know how they ask for

694
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: money from us, the consumer, the fans to pay their players.

695
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: Can you guys just watch our games? Just hey, we'll

696
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: play Thursday nights all day Sunday and Monday nights. Can

697
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 1: you guys just watch the games that pays for a league? Yeah,

698
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 1: no problem. I'll be on my couch watching the game.

699
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: Cause I think that's what fans would be like with Alabama,

700
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,600
Speaker 1: Like aren't we watching the games? Like isn't that generating

701
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,120
Speaker 1: all this television money which is historic. It's like, yeah,

702
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: well we also got to pay you know, our soccer

703
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: coach makes three hundred grand, or volleyball coach you know

704
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: makes two eighty and all the scholarships there and then

705
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: we got all this and this. It's like, well, yeah,

706
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: it's like we got to figure this out because if

707
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: we want to pay for football, which is the reason

708
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 1: and all this stuff exists. But once you start begging

709
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: for money, and I don't I think it's heart's in

710
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: the right place. It was optically, and I think optics

711
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: can be a little overrated. It just doesn't get any worse.

712
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: It's like the story a couple weeks after the election

713
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: that Kamala's campaign was still asking people for money. It's like,

714
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: you guys already lost, Like why are you doing that?

715
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: And like people that ran the Democratic Party were like,

716
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 1: we got to cut this off. The problem is they

717
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: were like millions in debt. It just looks bad, you know.

718
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: And I think this. There was a ruling on the

719
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 1: Vanderbilt quarterback today that got an extra year of eligibility

720
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 1: that JC kids now have four years instead of two years,

721
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:45,399
Speaker 1: which is a major revelation and a major change. I've

722
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: never been against anyone getting money. I am as pro

723
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: capitalism as anyone that talks about sports, I promise you that.

724
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: But this thing is fucking lost. It really is. And

725
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: they just got to get to the point. And Jim

726
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 1: Harbaugh was banging this drum last year, is like, we

727
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: need to split revenue, we need to split revenue. Well,

728
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 1: I think why they've been hesitant to do that because

729
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: they use that revenue to subsidize all this other shit.

730
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: Those days have to end. You can either make it

731
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: on your own or you can't. This is no longer

732
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 1: a WNBA NBA situation, no longer subsidizing all the other sports.

733
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: And I'm not anti these non revenue sports. My children

734
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: probably aren't gonna be playing at Alabama football, if anything,

735
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,839
Speaker 1: They're more likely to be on one of those other

736
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: teams if and probably not even do that. But like it,

737
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: it's all gonna end, and we are about to see

738
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 1: whether it's next year and two years whenever that does happen,

739
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: because we're clearly at the end of the road. Uh,

740
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: it's gonna change. College athletics forever. In terms of the

741
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: non revenue Olympic sports, they would be fucked. And last,

742
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: but not least, one hot topic is the NBA and

743
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: they're struggling ratings and everyone's I see constantly all these

744
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: people talking about like what they need to do, like

745
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,919
Speaker 1: at a four point shot, no more three pointers. You're

746
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: only allowed to take thirty three pointers. It's like, guys,

747
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: it's over. I'm a good example. I love the NBA.

748
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: Growing up, I idolize Michael Jordan. I still do. I

749
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: fucking love Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan. If he did, if

750
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: he had some TV show for thirty minutes tonight, I

751
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: would watch every second of it. My generation that love

752
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: sports will watch and consume anything Michael Jordan. And then

753
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: I love the NBA up until the two thousands and

754
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 1: even the Warriors run, and I still do follow the Warriors.

755
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: Tonight they lost somehow by fifty. But I don't watch

756
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: the NBA anymore and I haven't for years. And I

757
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 1: have a simple life philosophy. When the talent does not care,

758
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 1: I'm surely not gonna care. When do they stop and listen?

759
00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: There are a lot of variables, and everyone argues, like

760
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: the politics is ad of silver. It was over exposure

761
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: of Lebron. It was a three point shot years ago.

762
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: Years ago, these guys stopped playing in regular season games.

763
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: And I can't tell you how many people I know

764
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: that bought tickets to an NBA game to go watch

765
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: a Steph Curry, a Lebron James, whoever, and when they

766
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 1: got there, that person was resting that night. And as

767
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: a television consumer, when you turn on the TV and

768
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: you go, well, no one's even playing a night. They

769
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: stopped caring, and you lost me, and it's hard to

770
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 1: lose me. I've dedicated with my life to talk about sports.

771
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: I have been a hardcore sports fan since the moment

772
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: I could think, talk, and definitely consume, you know, at

773
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 1: seven eight years old, and it's like I'm just out

774
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: and I think I represent a lot of people that

775
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: it's like, you don't bring us back with like oh

776
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: that no more three pointers now, or they're gonna have

777
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: hand checking. That's none of that matter. We're gonna change

778
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: the All Star Game. No, I've been watching the All

779
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: Star Game my whole life. It used to be cool

780
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: when I.

781
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 3: Was a kid.

782
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,439
Speaker 1: They used to feel like they played hard. I've watched

783
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 1: the last I mean, actually I did in the last

784
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 1: couple of years, but about six seven years ago it

785
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: is clear like this is this is an embarrassment happened

786
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 1: in football, and they just canceled it. It's like, yeah,

787
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,959
Speaker 1: we can't do this anymore. And I understand for the NBA,

788
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,839
Speaker 1: it's difficult. It's a money revenue generator in the middle

789
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: of the season on like football, it's the end of

790
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,879
Speaker 1: the season. But like all these things add up once

791
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: you treat the consumer like shit. Right, If I go

792
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: to a restaurant and they have awful service usually my experience,

793
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: then a week or two weeks later, I don't go, Hey,

794
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: let's go back to that restaurant, never going there again.

795
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: Part of Amazon's success if you think about it, and

796
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: I forgot about you know when I talk about great

797
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: bald guys, obviously Bezos would be near the top of

798
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: the list. Whatever you order off Amazon, one, the majority

799
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: of it gets to your house in like forty eight hours.

800
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:03,280
Speaker 1: And two. Any issue you have, something's too small, something

801
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:07,280
Speaker 1: doesn't fit, something's broken you or the wrong thing, immediately

802
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: send it back. It's the easiest most consumer friendly thing

803
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: I think I've ever used in my life given the

804
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: volume how much most people use it. Yet the NBA

805
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: for a decade plus with load management, starting with Greg Popovich,

806
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: san Antonio Spurs just said, fuck you, we don't care

807
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 1: that you are giving us your time, and never forget

808
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 1: the most valuable thing we have in our life is

809
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: time by far, and the older you get, you realize, like,

810
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: I only got so much time. I got to dedicate

811
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: it to my kids, I got to dedicate to my wife,

812
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 1: I got to dedicate to work. So if I am

813
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 1: going to give you a couple hours, that's why football

814
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: is so easy. You only got to give it a

815
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: couple hours on your off day on Sunday. That they're

816
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: built in to dominate let alone. You know, like, hey,

817
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes got hurt, more likely still gonna play. It

818
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 1: was an NBA player, you'd be out a month. So eventually,

819
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: drip drip, drip drip. You use someone. Maybe in the

820
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 1: sixties and seventies eighties, when there was less going on,

821
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: it was easier to get someone to come back. I

822
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,720
Speaker 1: think it is a lot more difficult. We have more

823
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 1: options than ever to fill my palate. So if I

824
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:17,760
Speaker 1: want entertainment, whether it's sports, whether it's movies, whether it's music,

825
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: whether it's podcasts. There's never been more options, right, It's like,

826
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: I don't think this is that complicated. And I see

827
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 1: all these people diving so deep into their ideas. It's like, yeah,

828
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 1: I think you guys lost the plot on this one.

829
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: As we head into Christmas, I got my guy, Stucky,

830
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 1: who was I think put on the earth for this moment.

831
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 1: The college football playoffs we got four games. It's crazy.

832
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 1: I mean, the NFL is on Saturday with marquee teams,

833
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 1: and I gotta be real, they feel a little bit

834
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: like an afterthought, even though I mean these games are

835
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,399
Speaker 1: pretty massive in the NFL, with you know, Chiefs need

836
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,040
Speaker 1: to you know, win a couple more to get the

837
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 1: one seed. You got the Steelers and Ravens battling out

838
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: for a division. But starting Saturday or Friday night in

839
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: through all day Saturday, it's hard to beat this. Stucky man,

840
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 1: I know, as a college football I would consider you

841
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: an addict. This this We've been waiting for these times

842
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: for a long long time. Man.

843
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, it all goes back to the NFL's desire to

844
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:47,840
Speaker 3: dominate the NBA and every holiday and every day because

845
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 3: all four of these teams that play on Saturday are

846
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 3: playing on Wednesday because they're like, we need to have

847
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 3: Christmas Days games, so you can't play them on Sunday.

848
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 3: So if it wasn't for that, they probably wouldn't have

849
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:02,799
Speaker 3: done this. But the NFL wants to dominate. And the

850
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,799
Speaker 3: problem I actually disagree with the NFL doing it. I

851
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 3: mean they know better than me because you have these

852
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 3: two market games while college wall playoffs going on, which

853
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 3: is gonna be cool. I mean you have you know,

854
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 3: SMU Penn States at noon, it's well, you know, Texans

855
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 3: Chiefs is at one fifteen, Clemson, Texas is at four,

856
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,280
Speaker 3: Steelers Ravens at four thirty, Tennessee, Ohio States at eight o'clock.

857
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 3: Would have liked it a little better. Staggered, but that's

858
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 3: a great day of football. But the problem is because

859
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 3: the NFL wanted to have football on Christmas, they they

860
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,399
Speaker 3: ruined the I mean, next Sunday. Have you seen next

861
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 3: Sunday slate Week seventeen? I know it is, here are

862
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 3: the games. This is a whole Sunday slate of week seventeen.

863
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,320
Speaker 3: Falcons at Commanders is at night. I guess that's intriguing

864
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 3: to watch with. Let's put that's your night game.

865
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: That's Sunday Night football.

866
00:46:56,719 --> 00:47:00,120
Speaker 3: Yeah. Then in the daytime you have Jets at Bill,

867
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 3: Titans at Jags, Raiders at Saints, Colts at Giants, Panthers

868
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 3: at Bucks, Packers at Vikings. There's your only good game.

869
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:15,320
Speaker 3: And then at four o'clock you only have two games

870
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:21,400
Speaker 3: Dolphins at Browns and Cowboys Eagles. That's as bad as

871
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 3: a Luckily there's Packers Vikings, but that's as bad as a.

872
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 1: Sunday Niners Lions. Is Monday night football, huh yep.

873
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, And there's only two four o'clock games. One of

874
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 3: them is Dolphins Browns, the other ones with Cooper Rush.

875
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,319
Speaker 3: So yeah, I get why they're doing it. They just

876
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 3: want to take over every holiday. But regardless, Saturday will

877
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,279
Speaker 3: be an epic day for football fans and for betters

878
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,279
Speaker 3: like myself. I can't wait. I also can't wait for

879
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 3: the Friday night game between Indiana and Notre Dame. That's

880
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 3: a fun one and I really just can't I like

881
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 3: every Bowl game. People hate it because the portal, but

882
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:02,319
Speaker 3: as a better that's it's just opportunity. It's not like

883
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,360
Speaker 3: you can dig for info, get ahead of these line moves.

884
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 3: There's there's money to be made.

885
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: Who won the Cal UNLV game?

886
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 3: Un LV one cow is down to its third string quarterback.

887
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 3: Mendoz went to the portal. The backup got hurt in

888
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,960
Speaker 3: the finale. They don't know the third quarterback who got hurt.

889
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 3: And then they had to go to their fourth string

890
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 3: freshman who will looked like he never threw a forward

891
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 3: pass before. And unlv rallied to end a trend, a

892
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 3: long trend of in this new portal are three years

893
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 3: running of coach. Teams without a coach hadn't won a

894
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 3: single bowl game. I think they were er and eleven

895
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 3: and until UNLV, but most of the UNLV players played

896
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 3: it looked like they cared. Yeah, except for Ricky White.

897
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 3: There's their receiver who will get drafted. And it was competitive,

898
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:54,280
Speaker 3: but they had a Cal quarterback situation was a disaster.

899
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 1: I feel like UNLV is kind of an up and

900
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 1: coming program with the nil ERA because they signed they

901
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,280
Speaker 1: hire Barry Odam, who's a real coach for a Mountain

902
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,319
Speaker 1: West program, and then they get Dan Mullen. I mean,

903
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 1: you look at Washington State, who you know leech it

904
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,280
Speaker 1: had enough leaves and then they just you know, elevate

905
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 1: a Rollovich who then quits because he won't get the

906
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,439
Speaker 1: jab and then what's his name Dickert takes the job.

907
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: He clearly understands like Washington State and Oregon State are

908
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: probably lower than Boise at this point moving forward, So

909
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: you look at UNLV, could they kind of take you know,

910
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,920
Speaker 1: essentially become Boise, Fresno State and forever they sucked and

911
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: now it's like they're clearly spending some money. So college football, man,

912
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:43,399
Speaker 1: it's the obviously the top, the big dogs. But even

913
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,319
Speaker 1: you see Alabama their ads begging for money, you know,

914
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. Their alumni is so big. You know, UNLV

915
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 1: just has this built in money pit right behind him

916
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:56,359
Speaker 1: that people are just gonna want to get involved. Uh yeah,

917
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,880
Speaker 1: I just think we're we're in fascinating times.

918
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's you look at some of these teams

919
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 3: and you don't also get to play in a football stadium.

920
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 3: You're in Vegas. There's a lot to like there. I mean,

921
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 3: it's some of the money being thrown around. I don't

922
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 3: know how sustainable it.

923
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 1: Is, but it can't be right. Payton Jackson Arnold three

924
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,800
Speaker 1: million dollars It's just it's.

925
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 3: John Mattier getting between three and four million reportedly who

926
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,759
Speaker 3: the Washington State quarterback and Washington State is I mean,

927
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 3: that program is. I don't know where they're going to go.

928
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,799
Speaker 3: That bowl game that was one they played, Syracuse said

929
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:35,960
Speaker 3: that's probably gonna close like eighteen. They got to all

930
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,399
Speaker 3: their starters and in the portal Matier left, their coach

931
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 3: just left, Their coordinators are gone. But it sucks there

932
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,120
Speaker 3: three or four million for this guy kid. He's he's good.

933
00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:49,799
Speaker 3: He's not elite John Mattier. I mean, Brock Perdy has

934
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,279
Speaker 3: made three and a half million, will make three and

935
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 3: a half million over the first four years of his

936
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 3: deal in the NFL as a starting quarterback. I mean,

937
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 3: it's pretty wild that you can there's these players making

938
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 3: more money than NFL starting quarterbacks and they're not even

939
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 3: like the elite of the elite guys.

940
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: Why do you think that the Oklahoma thing before we

941
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 1: dive into these games. One thing that used to happen

942
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 1: in college basketball a lot because it was like you

943
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: could be one and done, and a guy like if

944
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: you could get so and so Anthony Davis. I remember

945
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: Michael Porter who went to Missouri right, am I thinking

946
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:32,040
Speaker 1: the right guy? They hired his brother too to be

947
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:34,800
Speaker 1: the coach. That was when Kwanzo Martin. I don't know,

948
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,919
Speaker 1: is he still the coach there? No? But yeah, it's

949
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,880
Speaker 1: like is that like Oklahoma? They hire the Wazoo offensive

950
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 1: coordinator and then they get the quarterback? Like is that

951
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: a packaged deal to get the coordinator they want? I

952
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,399
Speaker 1: don't know, I'll be honest. I don't think I've watched

953
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,239
Speaker 1: a snap of Washington State, so I don't know nothing

954
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 1: about this quarterback. But Jackson Arral was just a top

955
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 1: five recruit and then a couple of years later he's

956
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 1: just gone to Auburn, who another SEC school. Just it

957
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:02,080
Speaker 1: just seems like, I don't know, people are just throwing

958
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,279
Speaker 1: shit at the wall hopeful and they stick it and

959
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,759
Speaker 1: the reality is of the transfer portal. Besides, like the

960
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,319
Speaker 1: Caleb downs and the no doubt about it, there is

961
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,320
Speaker 1: a complete randomness. Like if anyone knew that Skataboo was

962
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:14,360
Speaker 1: gonna be this good, he would not have ended up

963
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: at Arizona State, right, he'd be the starting running back

964
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,800
Speaker 1: at like A and M or you know, Michigan or something.

965
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 1: But you're gonna get some of these programs on a

966
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,920
Speaker 1: given year. Arizona State's a good example this year, but

967
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 1: it could be you know, Arizona or a Texas Tech

968
00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 1: or you name it, like any kind of mid tier

969
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:34,319
Speaker 1: program in their own conference. If they hit on two

970
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,440
Speaker 1: or three transfer portal guys that then are just NFL

971
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:39,959
Speaker 1: players and their schedule breaks right all of a sudden,

972
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 1: you're like, God, they're a nine or ten win team

973
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 1: that everyone thought was gonna win four or five. But

974
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: you've been talking about this over unders in college. How

975
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,879
Speaker 1: the fuck would you know who Skataboo was two years ago?

976
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: No one would.

977
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:52,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, but then if you don't hit for a couple

978
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 3: of years.

979
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: Well yeah, screw, it's the opposite. You could then even

980
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:56,400
Speaker 1: do in one game.

981
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,600
Speaker 3: For an how you're gonna get And it's becomes so

982
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:00,879
Speaker 3: much harder to drawkids if you just don't, if you're

983
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:04,799
Speaker 3: not one of the schools with an unlimited piggy bank. Yeah,

984
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 3: it's it's a fast, it's fascinating. It has to be

985
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:09,839
Speaker 3: it eventually has to be regulated. Uh, but I don't

986
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,759
Speaker 3: know how that's going to happen. But this it's just

987
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 3: it's the wild wild West right now in college basketball

988
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 3: there's actually, I think a potential trend. There's a team

989
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 3: if you want a team the root for in March.

990
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,240
Speaker 3: I don't know if they'll make the tournament. But Drake,

991
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 3: who usually I think the past couple of years. They yeah,

992
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:35,279
Speaker 3: they they played Gottlieb coming up, but they have one

993
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 3: of the best coaches in the country. He was so

994
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:39,680
Speaker 3: what they did and you can't do this in college football.

995
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,399
Speaker 3: But what we've seen it a couple of times. We've

996
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 3: seen like these teams at FCS level where like Western

997
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 3: Kentucky did it with Bailey Zappy. You have these programs

998
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:52,600
Speaker 3: where their coordinator will come and all their skill position

999
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 3: players with them. But what Drake did is they there

1000
00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:01,239
Speaker 3: was a D two powerhouse, north West Missouri State, I think,

1001
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 3: and their coach was really highly respected in inner circles

1002
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,759
Speaker 3: of basketball. He brought his entire team to Drake. They

1003
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,320
Speaker 3: lost everybody. He brought us entire team. There are a

1004
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 3: bunch of D two guys and the D two coach.

1005
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,720
Speaker 3: They have all that continuity kind of bridge the gap

1006
00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 3: and good you know, there's some like there's some good

1007
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,600
Speaker 3: coaches at the D two level and they're ten and zero.

1008
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 3: They just want at Kansas State, very unathletic team, like

1009
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 3: you can tell that that there's a reason why they

1010
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 3: were D two, but run in beautiful offense, and so

1011
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,480
Speaker 3: they'll be a great store. Like talk about a Cinderell story.

1012
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,120
Speaker 3: Just basically just the D two team now in D

1013
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:40,760
Speaker 3: one if they make the tournament. But yeah, fascinating times

1014
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:42,239
Speaker 3: throughout college athletics.

1015
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,640
Speaker 1: Okay, let's go, let's go, Cinderella story. We'll start Friday night.

1016
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 1: This game is going to look pretty sweet on television.

1017
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: There's no debating that. You know, this guy, I was

1018
00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: actually watching some of jmu's bowl game. That pass rush

1019
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 1: they have looks like an NFL guy who got the

1020
00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:58,600
Speaker 1: MVP that game, So clearly that's a good program. Signetti

1021
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 1: brings them all. Listen. I just feel like I'm not

1022
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: a huge Notre Dame guy, but my gut tells me

1023
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 1: this is like got twenty seven to ten or twenty

1024
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 1: seven to seven written all over it, and they just

1025
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,839
Speaker 1: smother them with defense and running the ball. Now. The thing,

1026
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:18,799
Speaker 1: the curveball in this game on Saturday night, the Penn

1027
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:22,359
Speaker 1: State game, but definitely the two night games is you know,

1028
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 1: in college football, it's not like the NFL like Kansas

1029
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 1: City's gonna play a home game. Now they're gonna play

1030
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 1: a home game in the playoff. It's gonna be freezing cold.

1031
00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 1: Same thing with Buffalo. Most of college football, you get

1032
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:36,759
Speaker 1: a cold game maybe early November, but they don't get

1033
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: the frigid weather in December and January because they never

1034
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,439
Speaker 1: play those games. And then their bowl games. If Notre

1035
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: Dame's in the Orange Bowl or whatever, it's fucking beautiful weather,

1036
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:46,239
Speaker 1: it's like the Super Bowl for them. This game is

1037
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 1: supposed to be freezing cold. You know, it's just obviously

1038
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 1: it's you know, these Midwest games. I mean, it's gonna

1039
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:55,920
Speaker 1: be cold in the middle of December at night, no sun.

1040
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 1: I think that has to hurt Indiana. That's a passing offense, right,

1041
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 1: and they've hung their hat on like these outside receivers

1042
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: or the back shoulder throws. I don't know. I mean,

1043
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 1: I this would be the one game where I'd be like,

1044
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:12,759
Speaker 1: I'd probably hammer laying the points with Notre Dame.

1045
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:16,280
Speaker 3: What say you, I'm against you. This is my favorite

1046
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 3: underdog of the four. It's the lines coming down. So

1047
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:21,120
Speaker 3: I have seven and a half. I'd want to get

1048
00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:22,960
Speaker 3: seven and a half if you like Notre Dame.

1049
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 1: Wait, because it was seven this morning on DraftKings. All

1050
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:29,720
Speaker 1: lines here presented on draft by DraftKings, So this was seven,

1051
00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:31,719
Speaker 1: So could that be six by kickoff? You think?

1052
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 3: I don't think. I think they would get the would

1053
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 3: be buyback at six and a half. It probably settles

1054
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:37,920
Speaker 3: at seven. I like Indiana over a touchdown. I think

1055
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:39,920
Speaker 3: they can keep this close. I don't think the cold

1056
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:42,640
Speaker 3: will bother Indiana. And their quarterback works Canadian and he

1057
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:44,759
Speaker 3: played in the MAC and nothing but cold and weather

1058
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:48,439
Speaker 3: games before this his whole career, so I think he'll

1059
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:51,719
Speaker 3: be fine. Where I think Indiana can hang in this

1060
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:56,879
Speaker 3: game is their run defense is legitimate. You go back

1061
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,560
Speaker 3: to that Ohio State game, you go back to the

1062
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:02,880
Speaker 3: Michigan game. All year, you would even if you adjust

1063
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:05,759
Speaker 3: for schedule. This is an elite, elite run defense. Their

1064
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 3: secondary has talent, But these are like Sun Belt all

1065
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,360
Speaker 3: conference players, like some of them came from Jamius, some

1066
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 3: of them came from other conferences. They're not elite NFL

1067
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 3: caliber corners. So where they'll they'll struggle is you know,

1068
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:25,480
Speaker 3: if this game was in a dome and they have

1069
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 3: to go up against NFL caliber receivers like they did

1070
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 3: in you know, the Ohio State game. The Ohio State

1071
00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:35,000
Speaker 3: couldn't run the ball on them. Now Notre Dame, their

1072
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:38,959
Speaker 3: offense goes as you know, Jeremiah Love and their backfield goes.

1073
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 3: And he's a little banged up. We'll see how healthy

1074
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 3: he is, but he got hurt in the finale. He's

1075
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 3: had a lot of time to recover. But Bepoortly was

1076
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:49,120
Speaker 3: wearing a brace. But that's their there. It's a rushing offense,

1077
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 3: and then Riley Leonard can use his legs too. But

1078
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 3: the way that you beat this Notre Dame team is

1079
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 3: you make them, you turn them in to you turn

1080
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:59,560
Speaker 3: Riley Leonard into a dropback passer, unknown passing downs. Their

1081
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:03,000
Speaker 3: offense been bad on third down specifically, you know in

1082
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 3: third and medium DeLong and they're like eighty I think

1083
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:08,960
Speaker 3: eighty third in the country and third down percentage, whereas

1084
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:11,720
Speaker 3: Indiana's offense I think is top twenty in the country.

1085
00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 3: You have to stop them on really down. So if

1086
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:14,720
Speaker 3: you look at Notre Dame schedule, no one's really been

1087
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 3: able to do that. Northern Illinois did it, but they

1088
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:21,120
Speaker 3: haven't really played an elite run defense. I think Indiana'

1089
00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:24,040
Speaker 3: run defense can hold up. You turn Leonard into a

1090
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:27,760
Speaker 3: pocket passer on known passing situations. I think their defense

1091
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 3: can hang here. And the Notretame defense is very very good.

1092
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 3: It's not as a lead to say in Ohio State

1093
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 3: that doesn't have the same level of talent up front.

1094
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:39,720
Speaker 3: You know, they do have a couple of really good

1095
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:44,520
Speaker 3: interior defensive linemen, but it's not that same caliber. And again,

1096
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:48,439
Speaker 3: the Notre Dame defense, they didn't really play that many

1097
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:49,800
Speaker 3: good teams. They put a bunch of they pick a

1098
00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:52,640
Speaker 3: couple of service academies. You know, you played Virginia with

1099
00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:54,560
Speaker 3: a bunch of backups. But you go back to a

1100
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 3: couple games where I think the Notre Dame defense might

1101
00:58:56,800 --> 00:59:00,720
Speaker 3: be a tad overrated. Losall went into Noted, moved the

1102
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 3: ball up and down the field. That LOOKI turnovers probably

1103
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 3: should have won that game.

1104
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:05,960
Speaker 1: And they're a pretty good offense, right Yeah, And.

1105
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:07,440
Speaker 3: They're a pretty good offense, and they put up four

1106
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:12,440
Speaker 3: hundred plus yards. USC put up nearly six hundred yards

1107
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 3: in the regular season finale against Notre Dame. That's probably

1108
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:19,240
Speaker 3: the best offense they faced all year, and it was

1109
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,640
Speaker 3: with a backup quarterback where I mean Miller Moss went

1110
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:24,080
Speaker 3: to the transfer portal. Maiba hadn't looked good the previous

1111
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:27,240
Speaker 3: few weeks against like UCLA, and he looked awful. They

1112
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 3: also lost their best player what he marks was going

1113
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 3: to play in the NFL. In the first play of

1114
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:33,120
Speaker 3: the game, and they were moving the ball up and

1115
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:36,520
Speaker 3: down the field at will. So I do think that

1116
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:40,600
Speaker 3: this Notre Dame defense has some holes. I think this

1117
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 3: line is a bit too high. Signetti a bunch of

1118
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 3: time to prepare here. I think we'll have them ready.

1119
00:59:46,080 --> 00:59:48,000
Speaker 3: I think it'll be a close game. Notre Dame also

1120
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 3: has shaky special teams. Their kicker, they run out a

1121
00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:53,240
Speaker 3: kicker who's hurt, who misses a bunch of kicks every week.

1122
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 3: I don't know why they keep doing it, but so yeah,

1123
00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:00,040
Speaker 3: I think Indiana hangs here. I think it'll be so.

1124
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:01,520
Speaker 3: I took the seven and a half.

1125
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 1: Okay, let's go to Happy Valley. It's weird, like when

1126
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:07,760
Speaker 1: you look at the bracket, you're like, I can see

1127
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 1: a scenario where Penn State's in the national championship, right,

1128
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,400
Speaker 1: they win this game, then they play Boise, they win

1129
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,480
Speaker 1: that game. You know in college is not like the NFL.

1130
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:19,600
Speaker 1: So Kirby doesn't have to say shit, especially off of

1131
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 1: Bye about about his quarterback. Is it fair to assume

1132
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,200
Speaker 1: that his quarterback got the brock Purty injury and is

1133
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:27,880
Speaker 1: out or we just in the dark, like what would view?

1134
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 3: He might be back for later, but he's out for

1135
01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 3: that first game.

1136
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:36,640
Speaker 1: Okay, so there's Yeah, there's a scenario where it's like

1137
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:40,320
Speaker 1: Penn State's in the National Championship yet on an individual

1138
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: game basis, even that Boise game, like, yeah, I can

1139
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:45,200
Speaker 1: see this thing being weird. Like, yeah, it's like I

1140
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 1: like Penn State at home, but wouldn't shock me if

1141
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:51,200
Speaker 1: it's you know, fifteen to fifteen in like middle of

1142
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: the third quarter, No, you know, and that whole place

1143
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:56,960
Speaker 1: is getting tight and it's cold, even though they should

1144
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:01,280
Speaker 1: dominate in the cold run game defense tight end, like

1145
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 1: it should translate that being said, I liked what I

1146
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: saw against Oregon. I know it was you know, Oregon

1147
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:12,040
Speaker 1: obviously had some big plays offensively, but Ali's kind of

1148
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:16,440
Speaker 1: growing on me. The backup quarterback who does play obviously

1149
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:19,480
Speaker 1: is gone, and it's not you know, it wasn't like

1150
01:01:19,520 --> 01:01:22,640
Speaker 1: a nefarious situation kind of like Mendoza's just like, I'm

1151
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:24,880
Speaker 1: out after he cries on the field. Like even James

1152
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:27,880
Speaker 1: Franklin's like this bullshit, he didn't want to leave. So

1153
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:30,280
Speaker 1: it's not like I don't think there's like dissension or

1154
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:33,919
Speaker 1: whatever locker room. But I don't know. I mean, I'm

1155
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:38,640
Speaker 1: not some huge SMU consumer. So watching them against Clemson,

1156
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:40,680
Speaker 1: obviously they look like shit early on in that game,

1157
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:44,160
Speaker 1: came storming back. In theory, I should like Penn State

1158
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:47,440
Speaker 1: to dominate this game, but I have a hard time

1159
01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:50,120
Speaker 1: betting on Penn State, even though I kind of like

1160
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:51,240
Speaker 1: him to like make a run.

1161
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:54,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't have a strong feel in this game,

1162
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:56,640
Speaker 3: to be honest. I mean, SMU is gonna go fast.

1163
01:01:57,080 --> 01:01:58,760
Speaker 1: Don't they have a good run defense? SMU.

1164
01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:02,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very good, which matters here now. But then

1165
01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:04,680
Speaker 3: you can go back and you can question the level

1166
01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:08,120
Speaker 3: of competition because SMU they avoided, you know, all the

1167
01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:10,560
Speaker 3: top teams in the ACC and they lost to Clemson.

1168
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 3: I mean, who else did they play all year? Nobody? Really,

1169
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:17,200
Speaker 3: They had such an easy schedule and then you know

1170
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:22,600
Speaker 3: Clemson was able to score, uh pretty easily on them.

1171
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:27,480
Speaker 1: So but they do flip flopped SMU, and you put

1172
01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:31,919
Speaker 1: SMU versus Texas and Clemson versus Penn State. Are those

1173
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:35,440
Speaker 1: lines Like, is then SMU a twelve point dog against Texas?

1174
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:38,760
Speaker 1: And is Clemson a nine point dog against Like how

1175
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:40,640
Speaker 1: do you think that would? Like? Who? Who do they

1176
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:42,600
Speaker 1: view as the better team? Here? Are they basically a

1177
01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 1: coin flip between the two? Well we just witnessed. Would

1178
01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:47,040
Speaker 1: you say people think Clemson's gonna be better?

1179
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,440
Speaker 3: I mean, I I between Clemson and SMU.

1180
01:02:51,920 --> 01:02:54,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like, I don't know, Like to me the nine

1181
01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:56,959
Speaker 1: point are they just like, yeah, we don't know if

1182
01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:59,360
Speaker 1: if this should be fourteen or this should be six,

1183
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:01,400
Speaker 1: So we'll just throw like nine or ten to get

1184
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:03,919
Speaker 1: people to bite. Like, I feel like they don't quite

1185
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:06,680
Speaker 1: know with SABU and Clemson where to put them. Like

1186
01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:08,680
Speaker 1: I feel they got a pretty good idea of Tennessee

1187
01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:12,360
Speaker 1: in Indiana. But I feel like with the ACC teams

1188
01:03:12,440 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 1: against you know, Texas and Penn State, it was they're

1189
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 1: kind of in no man's land with these two lines.

1190
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:20,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Texas is a couple of points better

1191
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:24,240
Speaker 3: than Penn State, SMU is a couple better points than Clemson. O.

1192
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:29,880
Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean you're right on the bracket. This

1193
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,200
Speaker 3: is why the bracket's broken. Like you just can't give

1194
01:03:32,240 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 3: the four teams automatic buys. Because Oregon and Georgia beat

1195
01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:41,040
Speaker 3: Texas and Penn State in the conference championship games. Oregon

1196
01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:46,400
Speaker 3: goes undefeated, and they're gonna have tougher paths in these

1197
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:48,720
Speaker 3: They're gonna have a tougher game in the quarterfinals. You know,

1198
01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:51,680
Speaker 3: Texas and Penn State at two games is double digital favorites.

1199
01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:54,000
Speaker 3: Oregon's got to play the winner of Ohio State Tennessee.

1200
01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 3: George is gonna have to play either Notre Dame or Indiana.

1201
01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,760
Speaker 1: Because I ideally, ideally these four games, there should be

1202
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:02,600
Speaker 1: a where the lines are like two or three points, not.

1203
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:05,520
Speaker 3: Yes, and you're one seed shouldn't have the hardest game

1204
01:04:05,560 --> 01:04:09,280
Speaker 3: in the second round, which they're gonna have. So you

1205
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 3: should either reseed or you just seed one through twelve.

1206
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:14,800
Speaker 3: You can get your automatic but you don't get automatic buys.

1207
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:17,560
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't have a really good strong

1208
01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:19,400
Speaker 3: feel in this game. Sm is gonna want to go fast.

1209
01:04:19,560 --> 01:04:21,680
Speaker 3: They don't really run it efficiently. You can't really run

1210
01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:22,520
Speaker 3: it on Penn State.

1211
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:23,960
Speaker 1: This is going to be cold too.

1212
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:26,440
Speaker 3: I mean it's gonna be which favors Penn State. But

1213
01:04:26,520 --> 01:04:29,240
Speaker 3: it is at noon, which I think helps SMU a bit.

1214
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:33,840
Speaker 3: You know, it's not at night in Happy Valley. It's

1215
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 3: gonna come down, you know the way to attack this

1216
01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:38,840
Speaker 3: because you mentioned the sum run dy it's off schedule.

1217
01:04:38,840 --> 01:04:41,120
Speaker 3: But I do believe in their run defense because their

1218
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:44,080
Speaker 3: their defensive line has dudes. The guys that came from

1219
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:45,680
Speaker 3: I mean all of them. I think three or four

1220
01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:49,600
Speaker 3: starters came from Miami. They were at Miami at one

1221
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:51,680
Speaker 3: point and they transferre in so they have like real

1222
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 3: power five guys. They have good safeties, two that can

1223
01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:57,360
Speaker 3: come down and defend them wrong. Where they're week is

1224
01:04:57,360 --> 01:04:59,760
Speaker 3: at corner, so you have to attack them on the

1225
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:03,640
Speaker 3: outle side. How does Penn State approach this because their

1226
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 3: offense is kind of like gimmicky and you know it's

1227
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:09,160
Speaker 3: run first and then you want to get Warren involved

1228
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:11,080
Speaker 3: at tight end in different ways. But the weakness of

1229
01:05:11,120 --> 01:05:13,680
Speaker 3: Penn State is their wide receiver room. They don't really

1230
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:16,640
Speaker 3: have great wide receivers and that's really how you attack

1231
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:19,520
Speaker 3: this SMU defense. So I'm not sure it's going to

1232
01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:23,760
Speaker 3: win on the outside between Penn State and SMU and

1233
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:27,760
Speaker 3: then Ken SMU protect. You know, they have a really

1234
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:29,640
Speaker 3: good back in Pritchard Smith, but they don't really run

1235
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 3: it efficiently, and you can't really run it on Penn State.

1236
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:34,080
Speaker 3: And the reason they don't run it efficiently is their

1237
01:05:34,080 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 3: offensive line isn't very good. Really weak left tackle that

1238
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:39,240
Speaker 3: they lost from last year. He was really good, and

1239
01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:41,800
Speaker 3: then a center. They had a really good offensive line

1240
01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:43,440
Speaker 3: last year, lost their center, left tackle. I haven't been

1241
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:45,600
Speaker 3: able to replace them, so they don't get a great push.

1242
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:50,200
Speaker 3: They also struggle to protect at times. So is Penn

1243
01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:53,400
Speaker 3: State just going to get so much pressure and overwhelmed Jennings.

1244
01:05:53,760 --> 01:05:55,880
Speaker 3: That would be a bit of my concern as well.

1245
01:05:56,440 --> 01:05:58,280
Speaker 3: So I don't know. I think this line is about

1246
01:05:58,360 --> 01:06:03,280
Speaker 3: right I got. I had nothing heading into it. If anything,

1247
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:06,440
Speaker 3: I would think Penn State finds a way Colden Nick's

1248
01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:08,640
Speaker 3: a great quarter and he's had time to prepare. SMU

1249
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:12,400
Speaker 3: is going to go fast. I think that they'll find

1250
01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:15,040
Speaker 3: ways to the Penn State defense. It's very good, but

1251
01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:16,840
Speaker 3: I do think that they're vulnerable on the back end.

1252
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:19,720
Speaker 3: It's just gonna come down to Ken smu protect. Because

1253
01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:21,240
Speaker 3: you look at the Penn State schedule and you just

1254
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:24,640
Speaker 3: parse out certain games. USC put up thirty on them,

1255
01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 3: and then you saw Oregon, and Oregon is a really

1256
01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:29,200
Speaker 3: good office, but they put up forty plus on it.

1257
01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:33,720
Speaker 3: So there's there's some opportunities to move the ball. So

1258
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:36,600
Speaker 3: maybe the over, but as of right now, not a

1259
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:37,480
Speaker 3: game I'm involved in.

1260
01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:43,880
Speaker 1: Okay, Texas is a twelve point favorite, which I gotta

1261
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:45,800
Speaker 1: be honest, when I first saw that number fell a

1262
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:49,160
Speaker 1: little big to me for a team. Now they handled

1263
01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:51,080
Speaker 1: A and M right. The only way they got back

1264
01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:54,800
Speaker 1: into it was with yours a couple of turnovers. But like,

1265
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,160
Speaker 1: they're not scoring forty points a game. So you look

1266
01:06:57,160 --> 01:06:58,919
Speaker 1: at that game. Now, A and M on the road,

1267
01:06:58,920 --> 01:07:02,000
Speaker 1: good defense, you know. You look at the Arkansas game

1268
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:05,840
Speaker 1: they won twenty to ten. The Florida game they molly

1269
01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:08,960
Speaker 1: wopped him. That was kind of a perfect storm. But

1270
01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:11,600
Speaker 1: the Vanderbilt game was a struggle. Obviously, they lost the

1271
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:15,560
Speaker 1: Georgia game. Even the Oklahoma game, that was a tight

1272
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:17,360
Speaker 1: game till like the last couple of minutes in the

1273
01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:19,280
Speaker 1: first half and there was like back to back fumbles

1274
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:21,520
Speaker 1: and then it just kind of unraveled. But to me,

1275
01:07:21,640 --> 01:07:24,360
Speaker 1: twelve points for an offense that I just don't trust

1276
01:07:24,360 --> 01:07:27,840
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Now, their defense is good and physically, I

1277
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:31,000
Speaker 1: mean they have NFL dudes all over that defensive line.

1278
01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:34,439
Speaker 1: But I don't know. I mean, I cad klembit. He's

1279
01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:37,240
Speaker 1: played well down the stretch. Obviously, his legs are a

1280
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:40,080
Speaker 1: big factor, you know, so he can run and pass

1281
01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:44,240
Speaker 1: that some of those young wide receivers look like they're

1282
01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:46,640
Speaker 1: coming on. You know, it's a perfect spot if you

1283
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:50,040
Speaker 1: just kind of look at Dabbo, underdog everyone, no one

1284
01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:51,920
Speaker 1: thinks they can do shit. He just showed in the

1285
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:54,760
Speaker 1: conference championship game like they jumped out to him. They

1286
01:07:54,760 --> 01:07:57,880
Speaker 1: were bludgeting that team, right, and then I obviously kind

1287
01:07:57,920 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 1: of let off the foot off the gas and they

1288
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:02,960
Speaker 1: came act SMU fans will be in your DMS, be

1289
01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:05,600
Speaker 1: like the refs were against us, Like now you're getting

1290
01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:10,120
Speaker 1: your ass kicked. I don't know, man. My first it's like,

1291
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:12,760
Speaker 1: twelve points feels like a lot against this Texas team

1292
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,280
Speaker 1: that's being treated like their fucking organ or something.

1293
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:18,000
Speaker 3: It was the first game in like seventy years that

1294
01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:23,120
Speaker 3: Clemson didn't the game, but there wasn't any penalties called

1295
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:23,599
Speaker 3: in that game.

1296
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:27,400
Speaker 1: I think an acc crew where they trying to get

1297
01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:28,880
Speaker 1: Cleanson to win, so they get SMU in.

1298
01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:30,559
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it worked out for them. Whatever they

1299
01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:31,840
Speaker 3: were trying to do, they got and then they got

1300
01:08:31,920 --> 01:08:34,800
Speaker 3: SMU to come back, and then you couldn't keep Alabama out.

1301
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:40,600
Speaker 3: So it worked out for the ACC financially. I you know,

1302
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:42,479
Speaker 3: my numbers actually leaned.

1303
01:08:42,280 --> 01:08:44,519
Speaker 1: Because because this big picture, it would be bad if

1304
01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:47,760
Speaker 1: they both get destroyed. If they both lose by like

1305
01:08:47,760 --> 01:08:49,800
Speaker 1: fifteen to twenty points, it's it's bad.

1306
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:54,880
Speaker 3: Yep. Yeah, that deck you get. There's going to be

1307
01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:58,960
Speaker 3: that bias, right or not with the committee on a

1308
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:01,960
Speaker 3: year to year basis based on what happened the year prior.

1309
01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:06,320
Speaker 3: And then you know the the SEC talking heads. If

1310
01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:10,719
Speaker 3: SMU you want to go on, you want to Twitter

1311
01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:14,800
Speaker 3: to get insufferable. And I'm an SEC country, But if

1312
01:09:14,920 --> 01:09:18,679
Speaker 3: SMU and Clemson get blown out, you're gonna you're gonna

1313
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:22,479
Speaker 3: hear from all the SEC people after the weekend's over

1314
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:27,240
Speaker 3: about how Alabama should have gotten in. Yeah. I actually

1315
01:09:27,320 --> 01:09:30,320
Speaker 3: like I I don't think this Clemson team is that

1316
01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:32,400
Speaker 3: great and I have them to make the College Ball Playoff.

1317
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:35,400
Speaker 3: Got lucky because Miami lost. If you look anytime they

1318
01:09:35,479 --> 01:09:38,240
Speaker 3: stepped up in class this year it didn't go great.

1319
01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:39,479
Speaker 3: I mean, this is a team that lost at home

1320
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:42,759
Speaker 3: to Louisville, they got blown out by Georgia. They fought

1321
01:09:42,760 --> 01:09:45,559
Speaker 3: for a half and you know then they beat SMU.

1322
01:09:45,600 --> 01:09:46,920
Speaker 3: You got to give them credit for that. But I

1323
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 3: don't think SMU is in the elite tier of teams.

1324
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:53,559
Speaker 3: And the reason is they just don't have as much

1325
01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:55,800
Speaker 3: talent as they used to and that's because they don't

1326
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:59,799
Speaker 3: hit the portal and so it's just not as talented

1327
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:03,160
Speaker 3: of a The talent disparity in this game, even just

1328
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:06,800
Speaker 3: going like the offensive line disparity is massive. Texas, who

1329
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:11,320
Speaker 3: should get their left tackle back Banks healthy, who's probably

1330
01:10:11,360 --> 01:10:13,479
Speaker 3: the best offensive lineman in college football. He missed that

1331
01:10:13,479 --> 01:10:17,680
Speaker 3: Georgia game. Their offensive line for Texas is unbelievable, and

1332
01:10:18,600 --> 01:10:20,479
Speaker 3: they're gonna get protection. They're gonna be able to run

1333
01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:22,599
Speaker 3: the ball, and I think that's going to like set

1334
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:25,599
Speaker 3: up all of the RPO easy passes for yours. Because

1335
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:28,240
Speaker 3: what my fear is when you back Texas is a

1336
01:10:28,240 --> 01:10:31,720
Speaker 3: big favorite, because you're right, are their offense in these

1337
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:33,559
Speaker 3: big games this year? Because they also had a soft

1338
01:10:33,560 --> 01:10:36,000
Speaker 3: schedule for an SEC team. They have the softest schedule

1339
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:39,320
Speaker 3: of any team of who they avoided. And if you

1340
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:41,120
Speaker 3: look like what happens is yours will have like a

1341
01:10:41,200 --> 01:10:45,200
Speaker 3: couple head scratching turnovers a game and they can't score

1342
01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:49,240
Speaker 3: in the red zone. They are just incapable of doing it.

1343
01:10:49,280 --> 01:10:51,680
Speaker 3: And it was a problem last year as well. So

1344
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,240
Speaker 3: that's hard to cover if you turn the ball over

1345
01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:56,599
Speaker 3: a couple times and then you're settling for a couple

1346
01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:59,360
Speaker 3: of field goals. Hard to cover a big number. But

1347
01:10:59,680 --> 01:11:01,280
Speaker 3: I just think at the line of scrimmage, they're going

1348
01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:03,000
Speaker 3: to dominate. I don't think Clempson's gonna be able to

1349
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:04,439
Speaker 3: run the ball and they're running back them Off is

1350
01:11:04,479 --> 01:11:07,120
Speaker 3: banged up. They're gonna really they need Club Nick to

1351
01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:11,680
Speaker 3: have like a perfect game and one of their you

1352
01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:13,519
Speaker 3: know guy like Westco. They're gonna need some of their

1353
01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:16,000
Speaker 3: young receivers to step up. But it's just such a

1354
01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:21,120
Speaker 3: talent disparity in this game. And yours extra time off,

1355
01:11:21,160 --> 01:11:22,880
Speaker 3: does he get healthier like he's been dealing with an

1356
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:27,280
Speaker 3: ankle injury, and then do you see more arch which

1357
01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:29,200
Speaker 3: I would or like. So I don't know how TeX's

1358
01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:32,160
Speaker 3: gonna handle this. Do they wait and for like the

1359
01:11:32,320 --> 01:11:35,160
Speaker 3: arch packages when you're not as big of a favorite,

1360
01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:37,040
Speaker 3: right and don't show it as much or do you

1361
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:39,479
Speaker 3: just Hey, we're gonna show it every game from here

1362
01:11:39,479 --> 01:11:41,160
Speaker 3: on now, because I actually think Arch is a better

1363
01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:44,200
Speaker 3: fit for this offense because he's a better runner for

1364
01:11:44,280 --> 01:11:46,560
Speaker 3: the RPO style. But I just think they're gonna be

1365
01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:48,240
Speaker 3: able to run like Clemson's run the all year has

1366
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:52,120
Speaker 3: been not been good. And once you once, if Texas

1367
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:55,880
Speaker 3: can establish around, everything else becomes so much easier. Safety

1368
01:11:55,920 --> 01:11:57,400
Speaker 3: asn't start to come down, and then you know your

1369
01:11:57,520 --> 01:11:59,800
Speaker 3: your screen, your quick pass game, everything from there then

1370
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 3: makes it easier for yours and you don't have to

1371
01:12:01,439 --> 01:12:04,280
Speaker 3: make him, you know, a drop back passer, known passing

1372
01:12:04,280 --> 01:12:07,240
Speaker 3: situations where he might make a mistake or two. So

1373
01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:10,360
Speaker 3: and then this Texas defense is kind of built to

1374
01:12:10,360 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 3: stop this Clemson offense. And we've seen it before Texas

1375
01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:18,160
Speaker 3: when TCU made that run with Garrett Riley, the offensive coordinator,

1376
01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:24,760
Speaker 3: Peekwakowski shut him down the defensive coordinator for Texas. So yeah,

1377
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:27,120
Speaker 3: I actually I lean Texas. I'm having trouble pulling the

1378
01:12:27,280 --> 01:12:29,720
Speaker 3: trigger right now just because I'm worried about the red zone.

1379
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:32,439
Speaker 3: I'm worried about yours making a bonehead and mistake or two.

1380
01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:36,080
Speaker 3: But this is a big, big talent disparity that many

1381
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:39,519
Speaker 3: not be many, you know, casual betters than I'm found colletable.

1382
01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:42,479
Speaker 3: It might not be. It's like, hey, Clemson, I'm going

1383
01:12:42,560 --> 01:12:45,720
Speaker 3: to take the twelve. Dabo can play his cards here

1384
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:47,920
Speaker 3: and he's great as an underdog. But as of right now,

1385
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:50,120
Speaker 3: I'm I'm actually leaning towards a favor.

1386
01:12:50,439 --> 01:12:51,960
Speaker 1: Well, I think if you told me you could flip

1387
01:12:52,120 --> 01:12:56,680
Speaker 1: quarterbacks like yours was on Clemson and Club Nick was

1388
01:12:56,720 --> 01:12:59,280
Speaker 1: on because I think Club Nick, as you watch after

1389
01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:01,920
Speaker 1: that Georgia game, like this guy, I mean, you're dabbing.

1390
01:13:01,960 --> 01:13:03,400
Speaker 1: You need to cut this guy. By the end of

1391
01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:04,840
Speaker 1: the season, he had he felt like one of the

1392
01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:07,479
Speaker 1: more improved players in the country. I think I heard

1393
01:13:07,520 --> 01:13:09,880
Speaker 1: Danny Knell or someone say that they you know, if

1394
01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:12,720
Speaker 1: you look at twenty one and twenty two, yours was

1395
01:13:12,760 --> 01:13:15,519
Speaker 1: the number one quarterback coming out in twenty one, he

1396
01:13:15,640 --> 01:13:17,920
Speaker 1: was the number one quarterback Club Nick in twenty two.

1397
01:13:18,240 --> 01:13:20,320
Speaker 1: Two Texas guys, they've played each other, I think in

1398
01:13:20,360 --> 01:13:22,960
Speaker 1: the state championship either in nineteen or twenty. I mean,

1399
01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:27,160
Speaker 1: these are like haralded all time great quarterback prospects coming

1400
01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:30,080
Speaker 1: out the state of Texas, which is like quarterback state

1401
01:13:30,360 --> 01:13:33,519
Speaker 1: for producing these guys. And I just think Club Nick

1402
01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:36,559
Speaker 1: is a much better player, especially the way he's playing

1403
01:13:36,640 --> 01:13:38,880
Speaker 1: right now when you dual threat. But like you said,

1404
01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:42,160
Speaker 1: I mean, are they talented enough? That is a major

1405
01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:45,840
Speaker 1: question mark because there's no disputing Texas's roster. It's just

1406
01:13:45,920 --> 01:13:48,200
Speaker 1: the quarterback play. I mean, even that A and M game,

1407
01:13:48,240 --> 01:13:50,320
Speaker 1: which A and M obviously you know relative the resis

1408
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:52,080
Speaker 1: college football has the lead roster too, and it just

1409
01:13:52,080 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 1: felt like, God, Texas is fucking overwhelming them here, and

1410
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:57,800
Speaker 1: so it's like and all yours has to be is

1411
01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:00,960
Speaker 1: kind of that, you know, kind of Alex myth game manager.

1412
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:04,000
Speaker 1: But sometimes he's like I'm Patrick Mahomes, you know, and

1413
01:14:04,120 --> 01:14:08,439
Speaker 1: that's where's and you feel Sark sometimes, who's grown on

1414
01:14:08,479 --> 01:14:10,360
Speaker 1: me a lot. They go shots of him, it's like

1415
01:14:10,360 --> 01:14:12,840
Speaker 1: he fucking wants to wring his neck. It's like, what

1416
01:14:13,040 --> 01:14:16,840
Speaker 1: are you doing? But the problem is Arch and you

1417
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:20,160
Speaker 1: and I have talked about this. If he was their

1418
01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:23,519
Speaker 1: version of like what Trevor Lawrence was or whoever he

1419
01:14:23,520 --> 01:14:25,840
Speaker 1: would already be in. I think they don't think he's

1420
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:28,200
Speaker 1: quite as good as the hype. That's why I think

1421
01:14:28,240 --> 01:14:31,360
Speaker 1: they've kind of eased it in. You know, if he

1422
01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 1: was as good as the way he's talked about, I

1423
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:35,640
Speaker 1: think he'd already been their starting quarterback.

1424
01:14:36,040 --> 01:14:39,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, but his legs and using this this package is

1425
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:42,120
Speaker 3: definitely I think they're going to use it. More curious

1426
01:14:42,160 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 3: to see how much in this game, in particular, because

1427
01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:47,720
Speaker 3: if you look at their path again, Texas has an

1428
01:14:47,720 --> 01:14:52,360
Speaker 3: easy path. Do you wait and to like really show

1429
01:14:52,360 --> 01:14:55,360
Speaker 3: everything that you're going to show with his packages? But yeah,

1430
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:56,960
Speaker 3: I agree with you, And we'll see if like yours,

1431
01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:59,920
Speaker 3: is if that ankle injury that was contributing to things

1432
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:03,160
Speaker 3: and he looks a little better here, ye right, Yeah,

1433
01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:07,720
Speaker 3: so that could be another angle as well. But it's

1434
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,640
Speaker 3: definitely an interesting club hasn't playing a lot better. His

1435
01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 3: offensive line is. He's gonna be under pressure, he's gonna

1436
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,080
Speaker 3: have to use legs, he's gonna have to get some

1437
01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:18,880
Speaker 3: explosive plays downfield because the difference in this offensive line,

1438
01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:20,560
Speaker 3: that's gonna be the clearest thing that you'll see, I

1439
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:23,200
Speaker 3: think in this game. And that might end up being

1440
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:26,800
Speaker 3: the difference. But Texas for just they just they find

1441
01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:31,040
Speaker 3: ways to make games close at times against like their

1442
01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:33,720
Speaker 3: special teams aren't good, their red zone offense isn't good,

1443
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:36,800
Speaker 3: and then viewers will make a couple boneheaded throws. But

1444
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:39,400
Speaker 3: they are so much more talented.

1445
01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:42,400
Speaker 1: So it just one thing looking at these matchups. You know,

1446
01:15:42,439 --> 01:15:46,080
Speaker 1: Indiana Notre Dame didn't playoff for championship weekend SMU, Penn

1447
01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:48,920
Speaker 1: State did, Clemson in Texas did Tennessee, and Ohio State didn't.

1448
01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:52,120
Speaker 1: So they basically, you know, neutralized any rest advantage of

1449
01:15:52,160 --> 01:15:54,040
Speaker 1: a team that had to play in that spot and

1450
01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:56,800
Speaker 1: then a team that didn't. You know, so Tennessee Ohio State,

1451
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:02,880
Speaker 1: like this feels like Otto hammer Tennessee. You know when

1452
01:16:02,920 --> 01:16:05,000
Speaker 1: you just factor in their strengths. They can run the

1453
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:09,759
Speaker 1: ball and they have a fantastic defensive line. And obviously

1454
01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:14,120
Speaker 1: Ohio State, who I saw chips quotes all the days

1455
01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:15,680
Speaker 1: and running together. It might have been last week or

1456
01:16:15,760 --> 01:16:17,840
Speaker 1: might have been earlier this week where he's like, we've

1457
01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:20,120
Speaker 1: gone over that Michigan game with a fine tooth comb.

1458
01:16:20,360 --> 01:16:24,680
Speaker 1: We realize how we screwed up. Part of where I

1459
01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:26,679
Speaker 1: think everyone thought they screw up. It's like, guys, they're

1460
01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:30,479
Speaker 1: fucking Will Johnson's in the training room. They've had a

1461
01:16:30,479 --> 01:16:32,600
Speaker 1: bunch of guys drafted the last couple years. In the secondary,

1462
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:35,360
Speaker 1: you have elite wide receivers throw the ball, which was true.

1463
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:36,840
Speaker 1: It was crazy they didn't. They kept like running the

1464
01:16:36,840 --> 01:16:38,160
Speaker 1: ball up the middle. I think at one point time

1465
01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:41,280
Speaker 1: it was like fourteen runs just right up literally between

1466
01:16:41,320 --> 01:16:42,160
Speaker 1: the guards.

1467
01:16:43,080 --> 01:16:45,559
Speaker 3: With four to four NFL guys on the defensive line.

1468
01:16:45,680 --> 01:16:48,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like they're only strength on their team right now.

1469
01:16:48,439 --> 01:16:52,080
Speaker 1: You know, Tennessee, you know, I think a little bit

1470
01:16:52,160 --> 01:16:56,000
Speaker 1: like Michigan, like their passing game. I mean, Nico, everyone

1471
01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:58,439
Speaker 1: like bet the farm on him. I know, I was

1472
01:16:58,479 --> 01:17:00,880
Speaker 1: one of those guys like this guy get you know,

1473
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:02,720
Speaker 1: it's like kind of like Josh Rosen. Early on, it's

1474
01:17:02,720 --> 01:17:04,559
Speaker 1: like this guy's gonna take the world by storm. And

1475
01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:05,840
Speaker 1: then by the end of the year you're like, oh,

1476
01:17:05,880 --> 01:17:08,960
Speaker 1: it's pumped the brakes on his future. But from a

1477
01:17:09,080 --> 01:17:12,080
Speaker 1: defensive line standpoint, it's gotta be tough. I mean, they're

1478
01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,919
Speaker 1: missing their center, they're missing their offensive line. The pressure

1479
01:17:14,960 --> 01:17:16,880
Speaker 1: in this game. Unlike a lot of teams from the

1480
01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:20,640
Speaker 1: south right, you know, like a Miami that if they

1481
01:17:20,640 --> 01:17:22,479
Speaker 1: would have had to gone to Penn State, it's a

1482
01:17:22,479 --> 01:17:24,800
Speaker 1: lot like Tua and that crew when they got to

1483
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:27,880
Speaker 1: go to Green Bay. It's a huge Knoxville's cold now.

1484
01:17:27,920 --> 01:17:30,759
Speaker 1: It might not be Ohio State cold, but it's that

1485
01:17:30,760 --> 01:17:34,000
Speaker 1: they're not sitting in eighty degree weather right now. And

1486
01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:36,240
Speaker 1: their style of play is a little bit like the

1487
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:39,160
Speaker 1: Rams and the Niners. It's like their shit translates whether

1488
01:17:39,160 --> 01:17:41,000
Speaker 1: they're playing in the cold or whether they're playing in

1489
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:43,479
Speaker 1: a warm weather, you know, kind of bowl environment. If

1490
01:17:43,479 --> 01:17:45,720
Speaker 1: they win this game, I don't know. I just love

1491
01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:47,960
Speaker 1: Tennessee in this spot seven and a half. And Herb

1492
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,680
Speaker 1: Street said it the night that they did the bracket, like,

1493
01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:53,720
Speaker 1: if this is seven to nothing going into halftime or something,

1494
01:17:53,800 --> 01:17:57,520
Speaker 1: Ohio State's loud, that place is gonna be so fucking mad,

1495
01:17:57,720 --> 01:18:00,599
Speaker 1: you know, and that environment could get ugly. So I

1496
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,840
Speaker 1: if All State's gonna win this game, like I don't

1497
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:04,560
Speaker 1: think it's Penn State where they're down ten tough and

1498
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:07,559
Speaker 1: then they come storming back like they need an early lead,

1499
01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:11,040
Speaker 1: they need an early touchdown, everyone get excited and get

1500
01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:13,600
Speaker 1: that crowd behind them, because that crowd would turn on

1501
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:17,000
Speaker 1: not on the team, but on Ryan Day.

1502
01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, this game is very fascinating, and I agree with

1503
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:21,080
Speaker 3: that point. I think that's the key to this game,

1504
01:18:21,080 --> 01:18:23,960
Speaker 3: which makes it tough to bet. Where where is Ohio

1505
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:25,599
Speaker 3: State out mentally? And then where do they go if

1506
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:27,439
Speaker 3: they start slow? Because I was just in Cleveland this

1507
01:18:27,479 --> 01:18:28,720
Speaker 3: past week and talking to a bunch of a high

1508
01:18:28,720 --> 01:18:31,720
Speaker 3: oft defense and they're all like, Ryan Day's got to

1509
01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:32,320
Speaker 3: go and.

1510
01:18:32,360 --> 01:18:34,320
Speaker 1: They want him to lose this game, right so they

1511
01:18:34,360 --> 01:18:36,880
Speaker 1: can like go try to offer vrable one hundred million dollars.

1512
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:39,200
Speaker 3: They'll be like, if they start something, they'll be fire

1513
01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:43,200
Speaker 3: Ryan Day chance and in the crowd, and then like,

1514
01:18:43,520 --> 01:18:46,400
Speaker 3: I think part of what happened against Michigan is Ryan

1515
01:18:46,479 --> 01:18:48,640
Speaker 3: Day wanted to win. That game is so bad and

1516
01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:51,120
Speaker 3: the play Caong was awful too, but just they were

1517
01:18:51,200 --> 01:18:54,040
Speaker 3: so tight, like there was so much that we have

1518
01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:56,280
Speaker 3: to get our revenge, and then Michigan played so loose,

1519
01:18:56,960 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 3: like well to see was so much more talented. Playcong

1520
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:00,439
Speaker 3: is bad, yes, but I think that they just they

1521
01:19:00,439 --> 01:19:04,320
Speaker 3: were all like so overwhelmed with trying to win and

1522
01:19:04,360 --> 01:19:07,040
Speaker 3: just weren't playing football. Could that happen again? If they're

1523
01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:10,639
Speaker 3: they're tight here like and they start slow. The start

1524
01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:13,000
Speaker 3: in this game is massive because you also want to

1525
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:16,680
Speaker 3: make Nico throw it, not let Tennessee get their run,

1526
01:19:16,720 --> 01:19:19,559
Speaker 3: can going. Look, the Tennessee offensive line has issues too.

1527
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:21,639
Speaker 3: I don't think Tennessee's gonna have a ton of success

1528
01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:24,920
Speaker 3: on offense. I mean Nico and his road games this year,

1529
01:19:25,120 --> 01:19:27,759
Speaker 3: Like against Vandy he was fine, but that was basically

1530
01:19:27,800 --> 01:19:31,200
Speaker 3: a home game. You know, he went to Georgia, he

1531
01:19:31,280 --> 01:19:34,920
Speaker 3: was bad twenty thirty three for one sixty, at Arkansas

1532
01:19:35,040 --> 01:19:37,719
Speaker 3: where they lost against a bad day. He was seventeen

1533
01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:40,000
Speaker 3: to twenty nine for a one to fifty eight. And

1534
01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:43,080
Speaker 3: then at Oklahoma, who ended up being a bad team

1535
01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:46,640
Speaker 3: thirteen to twenty one for one to ninety through. You know,

1536
01:19:46,640 --> 01:19:50,880
Speaker 3: it wasn't it just wasn't great, and all year just

1537
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:54,360
Speaker 3: wasn't overly impressive. This and their receivers are pretty banged

1538
01:19:54,439 --> 01:19:56,519
Speaker 3: up too. We'll see how healthy they are. They've had

1539
01:19:56,560 --> 01:20:00,320
Speaker 3: like no non contact practice, non contactors. He's on in practice.

1540
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:01,880
Speaker 3: So this is just going to come out of the

1541
01:20:01,880 --> 01:20:04,479
Speaker 3: star because I don't think Tennessee is going to score

1542
01:20:04,479 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 3: a bunch.

1543
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:05,080
Speaker 1: Now.

1544
01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:09,200
Speaker 3: What makes this fascinating to me because initially when I

1545
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:11,840
Speaker 3: saw this matchup, I said under because I think both

1546
01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:17,280
Speaker 3: defensive lines will dominate, and I don't see and will

1547
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:21,240
Speaker 3: Howard's been dreadful under pressure completion presented drops I think

1548
01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:24,000
Speaker 3: from seventy eight to fifty two percent when he's under pressure.

1549
01:20:24,479 --> 01:20:26,200
Speaker 3: And the Ohio State offensive line they lost the two

1550
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:29,320
Speaker 3: most important players. They're center in the left tackle. So

1551
01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:32,040
Speaker 3: but I said under, and then Ohio State plays really slow.

1552
01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:34,040
Speaker 3: Tennessee plays fast, but they're just not that explosive this

1553
01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:37,080
Speaker 3: year because Nico's just he's just not there yet. So

1554
01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:40,720
Speaker 3: I said, d lines dominate this game. Under. But my

1555
01:20:41,160 --> 01:20:46,080
Speaker 3: worry is Ohio State do they come out here? Because

1556
01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:48,600
Speaker 3: I saw the Chip Kelly comments too. They tried to

1557
01:20:48,640 --> 01:20:52,320
Speaker 3: run it way too much the one drive they had successful,

1558
01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:53,719
Speaker 3: and I'm surprised they didn't do this in the second

1559
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:57,000
Speaker 3: half two minute drill. They had to. They had to

1560
01:20:57,000 --> 01:20:58,800
Speaker 3: do this. At the end of the first half. They

1561
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:01,000
Speaker 3: were throwing it and going fast and they want right

1562
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:03,000
Speaker 3: down the field and squit a touchdown who's there? Only

1563
01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:04,960
Speaker 3: then they didn't score the rest of the game. So

1564
01:21:05,040 --> 01:21:06,439
Speaker 3: are they going to say, now, Okay, we're going up

1565
01:21:06,439 --> 01:21:09,439
Speaker 3: against another elite t let's go hurry, let's go with

1566
01:21:09,479 --> 01:21:13,439
Speaker 3: more tempo, and let's throw it more. Because the Tennessee

1567
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:15,680
Speaker 3: weakness of their defense is their secondary and then you

1568
01:21:15,720 --> 01:21:17,559
Speaker 3: try to tire out their pass rush by going with

1569
01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:19,760
Speaker 3: more tempo. So that's what scares me off the under

1570
01:21:19,800 --> 01:21:23,800
Speaker 3: a bit. And then another thing to keep in mind

1571
01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:25,799
Speaker 3: is it looks like Ohio State's going to make changes

1572
01:21:25,920 --> 01:21:28,759
Speaker 3: on the offensive line. They've had a couple weeks prepare.

1573
01:21:29,320 --> 01:21:33,240
Speaker 3: You might see there's this kid Montgomery, another kid Padilla,

1574
01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:36,919
Speaker 3: might see two new young kids in there in the interior.

1575
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:40,160
Speaker 3: So how does that work out? Does it solve some

1576
01:21:40,200 --> 01:21:41,760
Speaker 3: of the issues? Is it just a mess? There's not

1577
01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:43,559
Speaker 3: that much community, but there has been some time that

1578
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:47,439
Speaker 3: a lot of uncertainty in this game. I wouldn't blame

1579
01:21:47,439 --> 01:21:49,439
Speaker 3: anything taking the points. My numbers actually I'm really low

1580
01:21:49,439 --> 01:21:50,960
Speaker 3: in Tennessee. My numbers actually show a little bit of

1581
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:55,200
Speaker 3: value in Ohio State. But I truly believe this comes

1582
01:21:55,240 --> 01:21:56,240
Speaker 3: down to the start.

1583
01:21:56,360 --> 01:21:59,280
Speaker 1: Who's a better coach? Like, if you had a program

1584
01:21:59,320 --> 01:22:02,559
Speaker 1: and all things were equal, would you choose Josh Hipel

1585
01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:04,439
Speaker 1: and his staff or Ryan Day and his staff?

1586
01:22:06,720 --> 01:22:08,519
Speaker 3: Uh, that's a great question.

1587
01:22:10,760 --> 01:22:12,760
Speaker 1: I feel like I know more about Josh Hypel, like

1588
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:14,400
Speaker 1: he's done more with let I mean, when he took

1589
01:22:14,400 --> 01:22:18,320
Speaker 1: over Tennessee, they sucked what he did at UCF. Like,

1590
01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:20,599
Speaker 1: let's face it, I mean, Ryan Day took over a

1591
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:25,120
Speaker 1: fucking Ferrari and it's no longer a Ferrari anymore. Not bad,

1592
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:28,320
Speaker 1: but I think it's like no one cares that you

1593
01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:30,960
Speaker 1: beat Minnesota and Iowa, like no one gives a shit,

1594
01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:35,040
Speaker 1: can't beat Michigan, and he just loses all these big games. Honestly,

1595
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:40,000
Speaker 1: his his his uh performance against Oregon was actually kind

1596
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:43,719
Speaker 1: of impressive. You know, I thought they actually played pretty well, but.

1597
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:46,960
Speaker 3: They still box the end game exactly. He turtles up

1598
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:51,120
Speaker 3: too much in big games. But Hypel hasn't gotten to

1599
01:22:51,200 --> 01:22:55,120
Speaker 3: like that next level yet, so I know, at least

1600
01:22:55,160 --> 01:22:58,800
Speaker 3: like Days gotten close. I'll say it's a push as

1601
01:22:58,800 --> 01:22:59,240
Speaker 3: of right now.

1602
01:23:00,120 --> 01:23:06,240
Speaker 1: Favored in this game if it's in Tennessee, yes, but

1603
01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:09,439
Speaker 1: three point would be two.

1604
01:23:09,680 --> 01:23:11,519
Speaker 3: Let me see what I have home field that would

1605
01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:15,679
Speaker 3: be Like I mean this, this line is saying three

1606
01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:18,880
Speaker 3: three and a half small favorite under a field goal

1607
01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:26,920
Speaker 3: probably maybe minus two. Nice one and a half. And yeah,

1608
01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:30,840
Speaker 3: I'll say this game is gonna well, we'll decide it

1609
01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:33,479
Speaker 3: for me now. Even if Tennessee just covers all, he'll

1610
01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:37,400
Speaker 3: probably say high people, so fascinating gaming all odds on

1611
01:23:37,479 --> 01:23:40,080
Speaker 3: that start. As you alluded to, like I actually think.

1612
01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:43,600
Speaker 1: To lose a bowl game, I think it's easier to

1613
01:23:43,600 --> 01:23:46,679
Speaker 1: lose a bowl game sometimes than these home playoff games

1614
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:48,639
Speaker 1: because it's like kind of a way, half your fans

1615
01:23:48,640 --> 01:23:50,640
Speaker 1: are there. This is just like a normal game for

1616
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:54,439
Speaker 1: Ohio State, right, like their local radio that the postgame show.

1617
01:23:54,439 --> 01:23:56,880
Speaker 1: It just would feel he drives to his house. You know,

1618
01:23:57,960 --> 01:24:01,160
Speaker 1: you would rather lose this game at the Orange Bowl

1619
01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:04,520
Speaker 1: right against Tennessee, didn't lose it at your fucking home stadium.

1620
01:24:05,320 --> 01:24:07,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm sure there's gonna be a decent amount

1621
01:24:07,479 --> 01:24:10,559
Speaker 3: of Tennessee fans. I'm curious to see that. But I

1622
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:12,840
Speaker 3: would I in a way, you know, from a number

1623
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:16,599
Speaker 3: of perspectives, this isn't true. It's you know, six point difference.

1624
01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:19,680
Speaker 3: But in a way, Ohio State might have benefited from

1625
01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:21,960
Speaker 3: going on the road here because you get away from

1626
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:24,519
Speaker 3: there's so much noise right now and everyone is there's

1627
01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:27,600
Speaker 3: just around campus. It's all like you gotta win, and

1628
01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:29,479
Speaker 3: all the noise on the talk radio. It's like like

1629
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:32,800
Speaker 3: you said, sometimes it's good to get away from that

1630
01:24:33,400 --> 01:24:36,720
Speaker 3: and go on the road. Obviously, ox was not a

1631
01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:39,320
Speaker 3: fun place to play, but uh yeah, all eyes on

1632
01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:41,720
Speaker 3: the start there. I wouldn't blame anyone for taking the points.

1633
01:24:42,240 --> 01:24:45,719
Speaker 1: Okay, the Chiefs are either gonna have like the craziest

1634
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:48,280
Speaker 1: sixteen in one season you've ever seen, or they're gonna

1635
01:24:48,600 --> 01:24:50,160
Speaker 1: lose a couple of games here down the stretch. Now,

1636
01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:53,439
Speaker 1: it looks like Mahomes is good to go, practicing full

1637
01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:56,080
Speaker 1: at least on Wednesday. I guess that would have been

1638
01:24:56,120 --> 01:25:00,360
Speaker 1: Tuesday whatever. I mean, it's he clearly avoided major injury,

1639
01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:03,080
Speaker 1: which feels like he pulls off sometimes he's got a

1640
01:25:03,080 --> 01:25:05,280
Speaker 1: little NBA to him where you just feel like, oh

1641
01:25:05,320 --> 01:25:08,040
Speaker 1: my god, it's his season over, and then like a

1642
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 1: week later he's playing in the game. I do think

1643
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:13,799
Speaker 1: this Texans matchup, though, is kind of tough for them,

1644
01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:15,920
Speaker 1: given that, I mean, they got two guys that could

1645
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:19,400
Speaker 1: end up with fifteen sacks coming off the edge where

1646
01:25:19,439 --> 01:25:22,599
Speaker 1: the Chiefs have struggled, and even if Mahomes is playing,

1647
01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:26,200
Speaker 1: he's not one hundred percent and he naturally kind of

1648
01:25:26,720 --> 01:25:31,559
Speaker 1: gimps around even when he's healthy. It kind of looks like, obviously,

1649
01:25:31,560 --> 01:25:34,960
Speaker 1: the Texans have had a disappointing season relative to the hype,

1650
01:25:35,360 --> 01:25:40,360
Speaker 1: though they won the division pretty easily. I like the

1651
01:25:40,400 --> 01:25:42,519
Speaker 1: Texans a lot here plus three and a half plus

1652
01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:44,160
Speaker 1: you just the factor in the Chiefs. Every game they

1653
01:25:44,160 --> 01:25:45,960
Speaker 1: play in is close. But just in terms of the

1654
01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:50,320
Speaker 1: exact matchup that pass rush against you know, a somewhat

1655
01:25:50,360 --> 01:25:53,759
Speaker 1: hobbled Mahomes against an offensive line that is just really

1656
01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:57,760
Speaker 1: struggled all season long protecting him. So I think they're

1657
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:01,480
Speaker 1: bound to lose one of these two games. Whether it's Saturday,

1658
01:26:01,560 --> 01:26:03,439
Speaker 1: you would say they'd be more likely to lose the

1659
01:26:03,439 --> 01:26:07,120
Speaker 1: game on the road, right Pittsburgh short week. But I

1660
01:26:07,160 --> 01:26:08,840
Speaker 1: wonder if this game kind of is the one that

1661
01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:09,920
Speaker 1: kind of bites them.

1662
01:26:11,080 --> 01:26:12,880
Speaker 3: I don't mind the Texans here taking the points now

1663
01:26:12,920 --> 01:26:14,960
Speaker 3: that it's over three. It's funny this this a big

1664
01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:18,880
Speaker 3: regret of mine actually was not taking the Chiefs when

1665
01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:22,280
Speaker 3: this line, this line was Texans minus three early in

1666
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:26,040
Speaker 3: the week, and like everyone assumed, ma Holmes is gonna

1667
01:26:26,040 --> 01:26:30,000
Speaker 3: be out, And I said to myself, what Momes, He's

1668
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:32,080
Speaker 3: had like six ankle injuries in the past, He's never

1669
01:26:32,120 --> 01:26:34,920
Speaker 3: missed a game. And immediately tweet out like they don't

1670
01:26:34,920 --> 01:26:37,000
Speaker 3: have to lock them away to keep them out of

1671
01:26:37,000 --> 01:26:40,200
Speaker 3: the game. You remember that that playoff game when he's like,

1672
01:26:40,320 --> 01:26:42,680
Speaker 3: wouldn't refuse to go to the locker room. So I

1673
01:26:42,720 --> 01:26:44,320
Speaker 3: was like, he's definitely gonna play. I did I should have.

1674
01:26:44,360 --> 01:26:45,840
Speaker 3: I don't know why I didn't. I should have just

1675
01:26:45,880 --> 01:26:47,800
Speaker 3: taken the points of the Chiefs knowing that he's probably

1676
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:49,639
Speaker 3: gonna play, and then I can come back. But now

1677
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:50,280
Speaker 3: I think he would.

1678
01:26:50,400 --> 01:26:51,720
Speaker 1: I think he would have done the same thing in

1679
01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:53,360
Speaker 1: that game against the Browns if it was tied and

1680
01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:54,840
Speaker 1: they had to win it to get the number one seed.

1681
01:26:54,840 --> 01:26:56,840
Speaker 1: But they're up twenty one to seven. The fucking team

1682
01:26:56,840 --> 01:26:59,439
Speaker 1: couldn't move the ball, and he's like yeah, cool, Like.

1683
01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:02,080
Speaker 3: Carson went, yes, Now this is a three and a half,

1684
01:27:02,640 --> 01:27:04,639
Speaker 3: you're and my homes isn't gonna be at one hundred percent.

1685
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:07,240
Speaker 3: And I guess there's still an outside shot he doesn't play.

1686
01:27:07,280 --> 01:27:09,360
Speaker 3: There's also an outside shot. I think he's going to

1687
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:11,720
Speaker 3: but there's also an outside shot he gets hurt, Like

1688
01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:15,840
Speaker 3: there's a bigger higher percentage that he that he hurts

1689
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:18,479
Speaker 3: that ankle even more. And you know, when you're going

1690
01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:24,000
Speaker 3: up against this pass rush ken, the Texans score is

1691
01:27:24,520 --> 01:27:27,800
Speaker 3: where this offense needs to figure it out. They like

1692
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:29,599
Speaker 3: they're not going to run on Kansas City. You got

1693
01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:32,160
Speaker 3: to throw in them. Their secondary is vulnerable. They've had

1694
01:27:32,200 --> 01:27:34,840
Speaker 3: some injuries back there and their past he's been vulnerable since.

1695
01:27:35,640 --> 01:27:38,000
Speaker 3: But the Texans every week it's like where is this

1696
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:41,080
Speaker 3: passing offense? I mean even last week against Miami, the

1697
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:43,360
Speaker 3: DA had like a one hundred and ninety total yards of offense,

1698
01:27:44,280 --> 01:27:46,760
Speaker 3: so ken they and a lot of it is they

1699
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:48,720
Speaker 3: have the worst early down offense in the NFL. They

1700
01:27:48,840 --> 01:27:51,639
Speaker 3: run it way too much on early downs. In this game,

1701
01:27:51,720 --> 01:27:54,400
Speaker 3: in particular, you need to find your passing offense if

1702
01:27:54,439 --> 01:27:55,840
Speaker 3: you're going to win to win a super Bowl, which

1703
01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:57,479
Speaker 3: should be your goal, and in order to win the

1704
01:27:57,520 --> 01:27:59,280
Speaker 3: Super Bowl, you're gonna have to beat the likes of

1705
01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:03,320
Speaker 3: Lamar Josh, Allen Mahomes. You can't. You're not going to

1706
01:28:03,360 --> 01:28:07,680
Speaker 3: win these games twenty to seventeen. You need to find

1707
01:28:07,960 --> 01:28:10,559
Speaker 3: your offense. They're already in the playoffs. You need to

1708
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:12,840
Speaker 3: find your office. This is the perfect game to do it.

1709
01:28:13,120 --> 01:28:17,559
Speaker 3: Throwing early downs. Let Stroud, you know, get out of

1710
01:28:17,560 --> 01:28:20,680
Speaker 3: his funk and throw it. And this is kind of

1711
01:28:20,680 --> 01:28:23,280
Speaker 3: like a risk free opportunity to do that. If you

1712
01:28:23,320 --> 01:28:24,720
Speaker 3: lose this game, who cares, You're still going to win

1713
01:28:24,760 --> 01:28:26,760
Speaker 3: your division. Not in the one seed, you can prove

1714
01:28:26,800 --> 01:28:28,240
Speaker 3: to yourself you want it. If not, you can be like,

1715
01:28:28,240 --> 01:28:30,240
Speaker 3: all right, we need to make these adjustments. But yet

1716
01:28:30,360 --> 01:28:32,040
Speaker 3: the three and a half points. With this Texans defense,

1717
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:35,320
Speaker 3: which has been dominant, and they have their two corners,

1718
01:28:35,439 --> 01:28:38,439
Speaker 3: Lassiter and Stanley, I mean they ranked in the top

1719
01:28:38,439 --> 01:28:40,720
Speaker 3: both of them are in the top three, and catch

1720
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:43,439
Speaker 3: rate allowed they've been great. And then you have this

1721
01:28:43,560 --> 01:28:45,439
Speaker 3: edge rush that's going to get after Mahomes and a

1722
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:48,320
Speaker 3: very vulnerable offensive line. Tooney helped kicking them out the

1723
01:28:48,360 --> 01:28:51,679
Speaker 3: left tackle against Cleveland, but he was still under fire

1724
01:28:51,720 --> 01:28:56,000
Speaker 3: the whole game. So yeah, a lower scoring game against

1725
01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:57,760
Speaker 3: the team that usually just wins by two or three,

1726
01:28:59,080 --> 01:29:00,320
Speaker 3: I would take the points here.

1727
01:29:01,320 --> 01:29:03,519
Speaker 1: I don't really have a feel for this other game.

1728
01:29:03,560 --> 01:29:06,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess you just naturally take Tomlin and

1729
01:29:06,280 --> 01:29:08,559
Speaker 1: the points. The Steelers have kind of dominated this matchup.

1730
01:29:08,560 --> 01:29:11,080
Speaker 1: I think what if they wont eight of the last nine? Uh?

1731
01:29:12,680 --> 01:29:15,960
Speaker 1: I think that Eagles game rattled me. I was like

1732
01:29:16,040 --> 01:29:18,400
Speaker 1: so close, It's like, I think I'm taking I was

1733
01:29:18,439 --> 01:29:22,560
Speaker 1: about right before the game kicked off to hammer Pittsburgh

1734
01:29:22,600 --> 01:29:25,479
Speaker 1: money line, and I kind of got cold feet and

1735
01:29:25,479 --> 01:29:27,360
Speaker 1: then like ten minutes into the game, you knew like,

1736
01:29:27,439 --> 01:29:29,439
Speaker 1: thank god I didn't do that. I mean, they couldn't

1737
01:29:29,479 --> 01:29:32,960
Speaker 1: cover anybody. So you know, now TJ wats a little

1738
01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:37,160
Speaker 1: banged up. It's a huge game for the Ravens. I

1739
01:29:37,160 --> 01:29:39,400
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, I don't really have a great feel.

1740
01:29:39,479 --> 01:29:43,200
Speaker 1: It's like to me, the Eagle game was a pretty

1741
01:29:43,320 --> 01:29:46,880
Speaker 1: enlightening experience on Pittsburgh kind of got exposed. Now. I'm

1742
01:29:46,880 --> 01:29:51,280
Speaker 1: not putting too much thought into the Ravens against the Giants.

1743
01:29:51,280 --> 01:29:53,280
Speaker 1: I mean, you put them when they're a little motivated

1744
01:29:53,280 --> 01:29:56,720
Speaker 1: against a bad team, they will fucking bludging you. You know,

1745
01:29:56,800 --> 01:30:00,559
Speaker 1: Lamar has had his issues against the Steelers, obviously, what

1746
01:30:00,600 --> 01:30:02,840
Speaker 1: are your thoughts? I mean, Ravens, you win this game,

1747
01:30:02,880 --> 01:30:04,559
Speaker 1: you're right back in the mix to win this division.

1748
01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:10,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, my gut says that the Ravens are going to

1749
01:30:10,280 --> 01:30:14,280
Speaker 3: win and cover this game. But I know better. I

1750
01:30:14,320 --> 01:30:16,320
Speaker 3: know that these games are always close, no matter what

1751
01:30:16,840 --> 01:30:19,840
Speaker 3: I mean. Since two thousand and eight, when Harball got

1752
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:22,960
Speaker 3: the Baltimore favorites of three or more. In this matchup

1753
01:30:23,080 --> 01:30:30,439
Speaker 3: of Harball Tomlin are two nineteen and three against the spread.

1754
01:30:30,760 --> 01:30:33,240
Speaker 3: That's less than ten percent. Two nineteen and three. Harball

1755
01:30:33,320 --> 01:30:35,679
Speaker 3: is a favorite of a field goal or more against

1756
01:30:35,720 --> 01:30:39,679
Speaker 3: the Steelers OH eleven and two against the spread. Twenty

1757
01:30:39,720 --> 01:30:42,200
Speaker 3: seven of these of thirty three matchups have been decided

1758
01:30:42,200 --> 01:30:46,720
Speaker 3: by one possession. The average score in these games is

1759
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:51,200
Speaker 3: nineteen point five to nineteen point four. Over half the

1760
01:30:51,240 --> 01:30:53,599
Speaker 3: games have been decided by a field goal or less.

1761
01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:57,640
Speaker 3: There's always close, there's so much familiarity. Toman usually does

1762
01:30:57,640 --> 01:31:01,920
Speaker 3: a good job against mobile quarterbacks. Now the reason I

1763
01:31:01,960 --> 01:31:03,559
Speaker 3: can't bet this yet, Like I think this line should

1764
01:31:03,600 --> 01:31:08,080
Speaker 3: be seven if what and Pickens are out, so that

1765
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:10,559
Speaker 3: I can't really bet this game without knowing their status.

1766
01:31:11,640 --> 01:31:13,679
Speaker 3: What is so important? I mean if you look historically,

1767
01:31:14,479 --> 01:31:17,000
Speaker 3: their defense falls off a cliff without him. He not

1768
01:31:17,040 --> 01:31:19,360
Speaker 3: only is the important for home makeup, game changing play

1769
01:31:20,360 --> 01:31:23,719
Speaker 3: almost once a game, but he draws so much attention

1770
01:31:24,760 --> 01:31:28,320
Speaker 3: so freeze up other guys. It's also solid against the run.

1771
01:31:28,760 --> 01:31:31,040
Speaker 3: I think their defense it gives up like a touchdown

1772
01:31:31,080 --> 01:31:34,320
Speaker 3: more historically when He's been out of the lineup and

1773
01:31:34,360 --> 01:31:36,720
Speaker 3: then Pickens, they need him. This offense is not very

1774
01:31:36,720 --> 01:31:40,719
Speaker 3: efficient with Ross. He just they need to hit explosive

1775
01:31:40,720 --> 01:31:45,280
Speaker 3: plays downfield right, It's like run, run, run, punt, relioner

1776
01:31:45,360 --> 01:31:50,280
Speaker 3: d run, run, run, punt, hit, an explosive play, score

1777
01:31:50,280 --> 01:31:52,639
Speaker 3: a touchdown. Like that's just how the Steelers want to play,

1778
01:31:52,880 --> 01:31:54,920
Speaker 3: and Pickens is the key piece to that. So does

1779
01:31:54,960 --> 01:31:57,760
Speaker 3: he play. I don't know. It feels like your most

1780
01:31:57,760 --> 01:32:00,080
Speaker 3: important offenseve player and the most important defensive player. I

1781
01:32:00,080 --> 01:32:02,559
Speaker 3: think that's the difference in whether this game is close

1782
01:32:02,640 --> 01:32:05,240
Speaker 3: or not. I think because the Ravens. Yeah, they're one

1783
01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:07,920
Speaker 3: in eight against the Steelers. By the way, this is

1784
01:32:07,920 --> 01:32:10,840
Speaker 3: the first time la Mar will play in Baltimore against

1785
01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:14,360
Speaker 3: the Steelers with fans in the stands, first time ever.

1786
01:32:14,600 --> 01:32:15,880
Speaker 3: The only other time he did it was in twenty

1787
01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:19,000
Speaker 3: twenty in COVID. The other four matchups since it's been

1788
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:22,879
Speaker 3: in the league hurt, Week eighteen rested, Week eighteen rested,

1789
01:32:23,200 --> 01:32:26,599
Speaker 3: pretty crazy. But his numbers against the Steelers are not good.

1790
01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:30,120
Speaker 3: But I will say this Ravens defense is trending up

1791
01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:32,960
Speaker 3: and they're passing their run. He's been good all year

1792
01:32:32,960 --> 01:32:35,600
Speaker 3: and they're getting healthy again on the defensive line. But

1793
01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:38,599
Speaker 3: they move Kyle Hamilton back to safety and he's allowed

1794
01:32:38,800 --> 01:32:41,560
Speaker 3: over the last five games. You know, he was playing linebacker,

1795
01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:45,200
Speaker 3: edge corner. He's playing all over the place and doing

1796
01:32:45,200 --> 01:32:46,840
Speaker 3: it at all pro level. But they said, our back

1797
01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:48,840
Speaker 3: end of our defense is broken, and it's all good

1798
01:32:48,840 --> 01:32:50,360
Speaker 3: this kid is, and they just put him. He's just

1799
01:32:50,360 --> 01:32:52,599
Speaker 3: playing keep safety a lot more. He's loft one catch

1800
01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:55,760
Speaker 3: in five games for three yards, so they put him

1801
01:32:55,760 --> 01:32:59,320
Speaker 3: back there. They benched the veteran safeties who were playing

1802
01:32:59,320 --> 01:33:02,719
Speaker 3: really poorly, guys like Williams, and they put our areas

1803
01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:05,240
Speaker 3: Washington back there. He's been great. And then Wiggins the

1804
01:33:05,439 --> 01:33:08,599
Speaker 3: rookie is starting to play really well. He's he along

1805
01:33:08,600 --> 01:33:13,080
Speaker 3: with Lassiter and Stanley. I mentioned he's top three in

1806
01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:16,040
Speaker 3: catch rate aloud, so you know, and then they Humphrey

1807
01:33:16,120 --> 01:33:19,320
Speaker 3: just manning the slot. So their past, he's really coming together.

1808
01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:22,640
Speaker 3: And this is like a defense that's trending in the

1809
01:33:22,680 --> 01:33:25,320
Speaker 3: right direction for the playoffs, kind of going a little

1810
01:33:25,400 --> 01:33:28,360
Speaker 3: under the radar because you know, it's the Giants, and

1811
01:33:30,040 --> 01:33:33,320
Speaker 3: but their past is actually better than people might think

1812
01:33:33,479 --> 01:33:35,320
Speaker 3: because it was a mess early on in the year.

1813
01:33:35,320 --> 01:33:38,240
Speaker 3: They couldn't anything deeper and over the middle was a disaster.

1814
01:33:38,280 --> 01:33:39,600
Speaker 3: There's still some weak areas in the middle of the

1815
01:33:39,640 --> 01:33:45,519
Speaker 3: field because of the linebackers, but trending up. But man, I

1816
01:33:45,560 --> 01:33:48,559
Speaker 3: also it's worth mentioning because this was decided the first

1817
01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:54,759
Speaker 3: meeting the Kickers. He's my guy, Tucker, but again, tough stadium,

1818
01:33:54,760 --> 01:33:57,120
Speaker 3: the kick in Steelers have the edge here in Kicker,

1819
01:33:57,120 --> 01:33:59,559
Speaker 3: and if it's gonna be a close game, maybe that's

1820
01:33:59,560 --> 01:34:02,320
Speaker 3: a different. But I can't do any This is a week,

1821
01:34:02,360 --> 01:34:04,839
Speaker 3: a weird week in the NFL. There are so many injuries,

1822
01:34:05,439 --> 01:34:08,919
Speaker 3: so many key injuries, you know, from Mahomes to Pickens,

1823
01:34:08,960 --> 01:34:13,120
Speaker 3: want Gino Smith, and then you have all these backup

1824
01:34:13,160 --> 01:34:16,200
Speaker 3: quarterbacks playing. It's a crazy week. I just need to

1825
01:34:16,200 --> 01:34:19,960
Speaker 3: know the status of what and Pickens if they're both out.

1826
01:34:20,040 --> 01:34:23,080
Speaker 3: I like the Ravens, but I might not bet it,

1827
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:26,479
Speaker 3: just because I've been watching this rivalry for fifteen years

1828
01:34:26,479 --> 01:34:28,280
Speaker 3: and no matter what, no matter what these teams look like,

1829
01:34:28,320 --> 01:34:29,759
Speaker 3: who's out, it's just close somehow.

1830
01:34:29,920 --> 01:34:32,400
Speaker 1: So yeah, I get a couple more games for you.

1831
01:34:32,439 --> 01:34:34,920
Speaker 1: Speaking of the injuries, the Niners, I guess, Kyle just

1832
01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:37,400
Speaker 1: you know Grendo who played last week probably out now

1833
01:34:37,400 --> 01:34:39,840
Speaker 1: with a different injuries. So they're on the like they're

1834
01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:44,520
Speaker 1: seventeenth running back. I think Miami fucking stinks. And the Niners,

1835
01:34:44,880 --> 01:34:46,560
Speaker 1: you know, for a bad team, are still going to

1836
01:34:46,640 --> 01:34:49,400
Speaker 1: try to finish hard like that. If you're Kyle, you

1837
01:34:49,479 --> 01:34:51,120
Speaker 1: desperately eve you're going to miss the playoffs, want to

1838
01:34:51,120 --> 01:34:52,439
Speaker 1: finish nine to eight because it's not like you have

1839
01:34:52,439 --> 01:34:54,760
Speaker 1: the second pick in the draft. They're drafting fifteen right now,

1840
01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:57,720
Speaker 1: so they're gonna try really hard down the stretch. But

1841
01:34:57,880 --> 01:35:00,880
Speaker 1: Trent Williams is out now for good. You got banged up.

1842
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:05,200
Speaker 1: I mean it's really difficult, you know, And they're favored

1843
01:35:05,240 --> 01:35:09,120
Speaker 1: on the road. I don't know that that's a game

1844
01:35:09,160 --> 01:35:11,799
Speaker 1: that I love the Niners, you know, getting a point

1845
01:35:12,120 --> 01:35:14,599
Speaker 1: against Miami, but you just have to wonder, like does

1846
01:35:14,640 --> 01:35:16,760
Speaker 1: it eventually catch up to them. Maybe they're a little

1847
01:35:16,800 --> 01:35:20,040
Speaker 1: motivated after what happened with Campbell. And the other game

1848
01:35:20,080 --> 01:35:22,120
Speaker 1: that stands out to me is like, you know, this

1849
01:35:22,240 --> 01:35:24,720
Speaker 1: happening in reverse to the Rams two weeks ago when

1850
01:35:24,760 --> 01:35:27,479
Speaker 1: the Bills came out, they get a massive win and

1851
01:35:27,520 --> 01:35:30,000
Speaker 1: they just kind of lay an egg. Those cross country

1852
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:32,479
Speaker 1: flights I used to make them from Philly to the

1853
01:35:32,479 --> 01:35:34,880
Speaker 1: Bay or Sacramento, it's just it's a long time in

1854
01:35:34,920 --> 01:35:37,400
Speaker 1: the air, even if you're flying like these guys are flying,

1855
01:35:38,080 --> 01:35:41,280
Speaker 1: and whether you're gaining hours you're losing hours. I do

1856
01:35:41,320 --> 01:35:44,000
Speaker 1: wonder a little bit. You know, the Rams, they control

1857
01:35:44,040 --> 01:35:46,519
Speaker 1: their own destiny with those last two games. Now, Seattle's

1858
01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:48,400
Speaker 1: kind of in chambles, and hell, Seattle could easily lose

1859
01:35:48,439 --> 01:35:51,599
Speaker 1: this weekend in Minnesota. I don't want to say lay

1860
01:35:51,640 --> 01:35:54,519
Speaker 1: an egg, but just come out flat a little against

1861
01:35:54,520 --> 01:35:56,920
Speaker 1: this Jets team who's just shown a little more life.

1862
01:35:57,160 --> 01:35:59,479
Speaker 1: I got that thing circled as just a potential to

1863
01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:04,400
Speaker 1: get a weird result and definitely a weird early game, like, ah,

1864
01:36:04,439 --> 01:36:05,639
Speaker 1: the Rams look flat.

1865
01:36:06,680 --> 01:36:09,760
Speaker 3: You well, you nail two games. Two bets that I made.

1866
01:36:09,800 --> 01:36:13,240
Speaker 3: I bet I bet the forty nine ers reluctantly because

1867
01:36:13,400 --> 01:36:15,040
Speaker 3: who knows who's showing up in that game. But I

1868
01:36:15,280 --> 01:36:17,439
Speaker 3: trust the forty nineers more to show up and if

1869
01:36:17,439 --> 01:36:19,479
Speaker 3: they have extra rest here, hopefully they get a couple

1870
01:36:19,479 --> 01:36:24,639
Speaker 3: of guys back like Gustafa Bosa because of the extra rest.

1871
01:36:24,920 --> 01:36:27,280
Speaker 1: And Party and Kyle are like a combo deal. They

1872
01:36:27,320 --> 01:36:29,599
Speaker 1: need to justify with the owner, like we're gonna pay

1873
01:36:29,680 --> 01:36:31,880
Speaker 1: you right, yeah, because Kyle wants to pay him, Party

1874
01:36:31,880 --> 01:36:33,559
Speaker 1: wants his money. They got to play well.

1875
01:36:34,040 --> 01:36:36,639
Speaker 3: Dolphins play a ton of zone. Party usually rips that up,

1876
01:36:36,840 --> 01:36:39,240
Speaker 3: and the Miami's beat up their offensive line. They have

1877
01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:41,840
Speaker 3: no tackles. Wattle I think is going to be out.

1878
01:36:41,880 --> 01:36:43,599
Speaker 3: That means they only have three healthy receivers. You got

1879
01:36:43,760 --> 01:36:46,560
Speaker 3: Tyreek Hill, Washington and River Craykraft well know on the

1880
01:36:46,680 --> 01:36:48,600
Speaker 3: entire roster. I mean, they're going to bring some guys up,

1881
01:36:48,640 --> 01:36:50,880
Speaker 3: but that's it. Just Bracket Hill, who's not the same

1882
01:36:50,880 --> 01:36:54,120
Speaker 3: player right now. And the Dolphins, you can't run the

1883
01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:58,040
Speaker 3: ball right now because their offensive line injuries. So it's tough.

1884
01:36:58,720 --> 01:37:01,200
Speaker 3: But I like the forty nine on the road in

1885
01:37:01,240 --> 01:37:03,519
Speaker 3: a matchup of two teams that basically got eliminated last week.

1886
01:37:03,560 --> 01:37:05,080
Speaker 3: And then yeah, I bet the Jets plus three and

1887
01:37:05,120 --> 01:37:08,000
Speaker 3: a half. It's too many points. I can't get to

1888
01:37:08,040 --> 01:37:11,240
Speaker 3: this number like the Jets have. They're not great, but

1889
01:37:11,800 --> 01:37:14,240
Speaker 3: they've lost seven one possession games, like most of the

1890
01:37:14,280 --> 01:37:16,639
Speaker 3: time they're in games. They just they were unlucky early

1891
01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:19,240
Speaker 3: in the year. Their offense is finally showing some life,

1892
01:37:19,280 --> 01:37:21,640
Speaker 3: Like Rogers looks a bit better. I think he was

1893
01:37:21,680 --> 01:37:23,080
Speaker 3: dealing with an injury earlier on the season. In the

1894
01:37:23,120 --> 01:37:25,360
Speaker 3: last four games, he's eight touchdowns, one pick, sixty eight

1895
01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:28,240
Speaker 3: percent completion percentage. They're averaging twenty seven points per game,

1896
01:37:29,120 --> 01:37:31,040
Speaker 3: and you know, when.

1897
01:37:30,920 --> 01:37:33,920
Speaker 1: I devanted obviously last week.

1898
01:37:34,439 --> 01:37:38,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, and this Ram secondary you can get. I think

1899
01:37:38,160 --> 01:37:39,519
Speaker 3: some of their younger guys are hitting the wall a

1900
01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:42,920
Speaker 3: little bit on defense. And yeah, this is just a

1901
01:37:42,960 --> 01:37:45,559
Speaker 3: sleepy spot for the Rams, who on the road all year.

1902
01:37:46,320 --> 01:37:48,680
Speaker 3: What have they done? This is an indoor team and

1903
01:37:48,760 --> 01:37:50,280
Speaker 3: they go on the road outdoor. Its not the same

1904
01:37:50,320 --> 01:37:53,680
Speaker 3: offense on the road all year. This team, I think

1905
01:37:53,680 --> 01:37:57,320
Speaker 3: they covered one time. I mean they lost at the Bears,

1906
01:37:58,000 --> 01:37:59,800
Speaker 3: at the Patriots was a close game too late. At

1907
01:37:59,800 --> 01:38:04,680
Speaker 3: the Saints was the close game until very late. And

1908
01:38:04,840 --> 01:38:06,680
Speaker 3: you know at the Seahawks they won. They should have

1909
01:38:06,720 --> 01:38:09,280
Speaker 3: lost that game they won an overtime. They come out

1910
01:38:09,320 --> 01:38:14,240
Speaker 3: flat on the road almost every week, so I think

1911
01:38:14,280 --> 01:38:15,479
Speaker 3: this is another spot with.

1912
01:38:15,560 --> 01:38:18,839
Speaker 1: That Stafford was horrendous in the first half against the Niners.

1913
01:38:19,160 --> 01:38:22,680
Speaker 3: Yep, And if you go back to last year, this

1914
01:38:22,840 --> 01:38:26,800
Speaker 3: same exact spot happened. The Rams went on their late

1915
01:38:26,840 --> 01:38:31,800
Speaker 3: season serge and the week before playing the forty nine Ers,

1916
01:38:32,479 --> 01:38:35,400
Speaker 3: which was like a huge game for the playoffs. I

1917
01:38:35,400 --> 01:38:38,840
Speaker 3: think the Rams needed to win. They went to New York.

1918
01:38:39,600 --> 01:38:41,720
Speaker 3: Now they didn't play the Jets, but the Giants, and

1919
01:38:41,760 --> 01:38:45,200
Speaker 3: I think Tyrod Taylor was starting and they won, but

1920
01:38:45,439 --> 01:38:47,400
Speaker 3: they won. They were like minus five. They won twenty

1921
01:38:47,400 --> 01:38:52,639
Speaker 3: six to twenty five, and the Tyrod Taylor almost picked

1922
01:38:52,680 --> 01:38:57,080
Speaker 3: them off. And yeah, I mean that game was super

1923
01:38:57,080 --> 01:39:00,840
Speaker 3: close right till the end. So I think this game

1924
01:39:00,920 --> 01:39:02,840
Speaker 3: is close. This line is just too high because people

1925
01:39:02,840 --> 01:39:05,040
Speaker 3: see how bad like the Jets record, the Rams have

1926
01:39:05,120 --> 01:39:08,559
Speaker 3: been surging. But I don't think the Rams are you know,

1927
01:39:08,760 --> 01:39:12,960
Speaker 3: five six points better than the Jets, who are showing

1928
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:16,160
Speaker 3: life of late. And yeah, you get a playoff team

1929
01:39:16,160 --> 01:39:20,040
Speaker 3: in at home. I think they'll carry here. And you

1930
01:39:20,160 --> 01:39:22,360
Speaker 3: got some corners who can match up with the Rams receivers.

1931
01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:25,160
Speaker 3: So yeah, I think too many points here.

1932
01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:29,240
Speaker 1: Like we're heads a stuck. You Well, let's let's enjoy

1933
01:39:29,320 --> 01:39:34,919
Speaker 1: a historic first year of the playoffs Saturday and Friday

1934
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:38,880
Speaker 1: night football at Notre Dame at Ohio State. That's listen,

1935
01:39:38,920 --> 01:39:40,559
Speaker 1: that's that's pretty cool. If you would have told someone

1936
01:39:40,640 --> 01:39:42,640
Speaker 1: that five years ago would have put a lot of

1937
01:39:42,680 --> 01:39:45,559
Speaker 1: smiles on people's faces. And now gambling, we get to

1938
01:39:45,600 --> 01:39:48,519
Speaker 1: bet on it legally all across the country. So have

1939
01:39:48,600 --> 01:39:51,000
Speaker 1: a great weekend, stucky and go Jets.

1940
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:53,400
Speaker 3: Yeah. So, by the way, Vawn Nugget, it will be

1941
01:39:53,439 --> 01:39:58,120
Speaker 3: the first Friday home game for Notre Dame since nineteen hundred,

1942
01:39:58,680 --> 01:40:03,240
Speaker 3: when they beat the Chicago Physicians and Surgeons five nothing,

1943
01:40:04,360 --> 01:40:09,000
Speaker 3: And I think someone sent me that. I don't even

1944
01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:11,040
Speaker 3: know if that's truly could be a but I note

1945
01:40:11,080 --> 01:40:14,760
Speaker 3: that it's let's say it's the first time it's on

1946
01:40:14,800 --> 01:40:18,080
Speaker 3: a network, first time in Notre Dame home games, not

1947
01:40:18,120 --> 01:40:20,679
Speaker 3: on the NBC since nineteen ninety.

1948
01:40:23,120 --> 01:40:26,840
Speaker 1: My guess is the Chicago Physicians and Surgeons lack some

1949
01:40:26,960 --> 01:40:30,799
Speaker 1: team speed. We're always in the right spot, very smart group,

1950
01:40:31,040 --> 01:40:34,320
Speaker 1: but probably not too dynamic in space. If I had

1951
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:37,240
Speaker 1: to give a scouting report without watching the film, we would,

1952
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:39,880
Speaker 1: you guess that would probably they probably didn't have much

1953
01:40:39,920 --> 01:40:43,240
Speaker 1: speed on the outside, might guess, and not much bulk

1954
01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:43,799
Speaker 1: in the middle.

1955
01:40:44,640 --> 01:40:46,800
Speaker 3: I think my friend might have been sending me a

1956
01:40:46,960 --> 01:40:47,599
Speaker 3: fake tweet.

1957
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,720
Speaker 1: If that's true, that's fucking incredible. It's very believable. I'm

1958
01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:52,479
Speaker 1: gonna believe that meant one hundred and twenty years.

1959
01:40:52,280 --> 01:40:55,040
Speaker 3: Ago, so I know it's the first one on a

1960
01:40:55,080 --> 01:40:57,559
Speaker 3: Friday in forever. I think my friend.

1961
01:40:57,720 --> 01:40:59,960
Speaker 1: Shanahan, like in one of the quarterbacks on the Physician

1962
01:41:00,120 --> 01:41:04,720
Speaker 1: and Services team. Enjoy the weekend, brother, see you I'll

1963
01:41:04,760 --> 01:41:13,280
Speaker 1: see you brother. The volume m hmm