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Speaker 1: on today's episode. We'll reached a hairwave points. So when

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Speaker 1: you had the halfway point, you need to give out

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Speaker 1: some awards. So we got mid season awards. We're talking

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Speaker 1: about the game of the week, breakdown the Cheese versus

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and we'll begin to start talking about NFL Draft.

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Speaker 1: Have a little preview, Yeah, no question, speaking of NFL Draft.

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Speaker 1: Maybe someone that could enter that draft gonna be our

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Speaker 1: special guest today. Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley, one of

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Speaker 1: the best wide receivers in the country. He is this

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Speaker 1: week's feature on NFL dot Com. You can read the

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Speaker 1: story NFL dot com slash Calvin Ridley. Gonna get a

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Speaker 1: Looking forward to that. But before we get there, big trade,

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Speaker 1: big trade deadline this year is almost like Major League Baseball,

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Speaker 1: it happened so late. Kelvin Benjamin and kind of a

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Speaker 1: surprising move goes from Carolina to the Buffalo Bills for

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Speaker 1: big shocker. I think it's a shocker on both ends.

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Speaker 1: When you look at the Buffalo Bills. The Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: now and what they're gonna do, because this team started

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Speaker 1: in terms of overall impact, what Mica Hodde has done

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Speaker 1: don't give it away. That's how you win games. They're

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Speaker 1: was doing the spinning kicks there's no way. There's no

428
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Speaker 1: way Johnny beats him. There's no way Daniel beat zero

429
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Speaker 1: chance Daniels. The guy was doing like spinning kicks. It

430
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Speaker 1: was unbelievable. Daniel's a bully. It's funny, Mr Miak. Daniel

431
00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,400
Speaker 1: was like forty five years old in that movie. Um,

432
00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,359
Speaker 1: all right, now, what's another Give me another one here?

433
00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,840
Speaker 1: Who else seems to step up? Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins

434
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Speaker 1: been Washington risk in season, is teetering on the brink.

435
00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:38,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna even him take it up a notch. And

436
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000
Speaker 1: I know it hasn't been fair. People on the outside

437
00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,920
Speaker 1: haven't necessarily stepped up and played to the level. He's

438
00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,760
Speaker 1: been leaning on the running backs in the tightens to

439
00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,800
Speaker 1: make all the plays in the passing game. Someone on

440
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Speaker 1: the outside to real proud. Josh Dawson, one of those

441
00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,520
Speaker 1: guys has to step up. But Kirk Cousins gonna have

442
00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,879
Speaker 1: to be maybe a little feisty, little fiery, talk to

443
00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,719
Speaker 1: those guys a little bit. He's gonna have to inspire him.

444
00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna need kirk Cousins from here on out. He's

445
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Speaker 1: gonna have to really turn out those three d yard games.

446
00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,720
Speaker 1: Because Washington risking his offense is better when he's able

447
00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,600
Speaker 1: to put up three bills or more in the passing game. Yeah, Kirk,

448
00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,200
Speaker 1: by the way, in the uh in the basement, had

449
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Speaker 1: to go. Man, I guess I'll take that stuff. Yeah,

450
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,200
Speaker 1: that's not good. So much for that just had the

451
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,520
Speaker 1: kiddo probably had the Onesie Jacks aren't bad. Yeah, I

452
00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,600
Speaker 1: like for Yeah, you like that's got a lot of money.

453
00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,360
Speaker 1: There still a lot of options out there for Kirk.

454
00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,639
Speaker 1: Uh to me, the last person I have to step up.

455
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,800
Speaker 1: We've been going quarterback, quarterback, quarterback. Let's switch it up

456
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,560
Speaker 1: a little bit. Let's go running back. I want to

457
00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,440
Speaker 1: put pressure on a rookie. But I expected a little

458
00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,800
Speaker 1: more from Joe Mixon here for the Cincinnati Bengals. I

459
00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,640
Speaker 1: want to see him step his game up a little bit.

460
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,960
Speaker 1: Talking about skill sets, Maya Casey was the most talented

461
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Speaker 1: back in last year's draft class. Now we've seen Kareem

462
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Speaker 1: Hunt lead the league in rushing, so Dalvin Cook who

463
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Speaker 1: was ripping it up. We've seen some other guys make

464
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Speaker 1: some things happen. I want to see him take his

465
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Speaker 1: games to another level. I know it's a challenge in

466
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Speaker 1: the backfield. They got a lot of rotation going on there.

467
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Speaker 1: But I know Joe Mixon has more in him than

468
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Speaker 1: what we've seen. Oh he has more juice, He has

469
00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,840
Speaker 1: more and him he should be the feature back. This

470
00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,760
Speaker 1: is a guy that has it all. He the triple thread.

471
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Speaker 1: He's a big running bag that can run inside alsack

472
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Speaker 1: and catch the ball in the backfield. Need him to

473
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Speaker 1: be more productive in terms of being able to put

474
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Speaker 1: the ball into paint. They gotta give him opportunities. We'll

475
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Speaker 1: see if it starts this weekend. Yeah, we will see.

476
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Speaker 1: All right, that was a lot of fun there, Buck

477
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:20,719
Speaker 1: that was pushed past the expected presented by Visa. All right, now,

478
00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,120
Speaker 1: let's let's look ahead here. We've been talking about NFL games.

479
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,720
Speaker 1: We're gonna get to the college stuff here in just

480
00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,880
Speaker 1: a little bit. Let's kind of find that middle ground,

481
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,520
Speaker 1: which is the NFL draft. I thought we we just

482
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Speaker 1: go back and look at the top ten. I think

483
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,720
Speaker 1: we have a board here we can show you what

484
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,640
Speaker 1: would look like if the season ended today, not taking

485
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,399
Speaker 1: an account all the tipe breakers, but this is what

486
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Speaker 1: we have NFL dot com. It would be Niners, one Browns,

487
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Speaker 1: two Giants, three Colts, four Bucks five, Radars six, Jet seven,

488
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,120
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers eight, Bears nine, and Redskins ten.

489
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Speaker 1: So here's what I wanted to do here, Buck that

490
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Speaker 1: we're not gonna throw players. You don't know who's in

491
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Speaker 1: the draft. We don't have any idea what that's gonna

492
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Speaker 1: look like. But we do know who these teams are

493
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Speaker 1: right now in a direction, maybe a position shin or

494
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,439
Speaker 1: a need that they have that they could be going.

495
00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 1: So I would just rip through one through ten here.

496
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,600
Speaker 1: Why don't you start us off with the Niners at

497
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 1: number one and maybe a big need for them they

498
00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,800
Speaker 1: could address. Well, they got Jimmy Garoppolo, so that should

499
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,879
Speaker 1: take them out of the quarterback mix, and really it

500
00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,760
Speaker 1: allows them to go with best player available. I think

501
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 1: they need an offensive playmaker. They need a weapon, someone

502
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,120
Speaker 1: that can change the game, be it at running back,

503
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,240
Speaker 1: being at wid receiver. They need someone that can put

504
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,679
Speaker 1: the ball into paint. And when you look at this team,

505
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,960
Speaker 1: I like Carlos Hide, I like some of the things

506
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Speaker 1: that he's able to do. I like some of the

507
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,879
Speaker 1: other players that have been able to mix in at

508
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,720
Speaker 1: running back, but they need someone that can help them

509
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Speaker 1: have an identity. Much like the Jacksonville Jaguars were able

510
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Speaker 1: to go and get a guy like a Leonard for

511
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 1: a net that can give them identity as a physical

512
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 1: run squad. The San Francisco forty Niners needs someone that

513
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 1: can make a play, and I think there may be

514
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,399
Speaker 1: some running backs available that can certainly change the fortunes

515
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Speaker 1: of the franchise. Well, you know the rules are and

516
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,120
Speaker 1: we're not going to talk about underclassmen and who might

517
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Speaker 1: come out. But unrelated to that, two questions for you.

518
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Speaker 1: Uh In the movie Jerry McGuire um, what did Rod

519
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Speaker 1: Tidwell refer to money as I can't remember anybody behind

520
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Speaker 1: the glass? Remember he called it the Quan? I believe

521
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 1: totally unrelated dance hit qu Quan? Okay, So that was

522
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Speaker 1: first Quan? Okay, that was the first Ques. Second question,

523
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Speaker 1: one of my favorite basketball players. He played for the

524
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventies sixers. He was like six five power forward.

525
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Speaker 1: Was awesome. Now he just TV for t NT. Charles

526
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Speaker 1: So okay, okay, this is last Okay. So what we

527
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Speaker 1: can play a little games, A little game Barkley? Oh yeah, Barkley.

528
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Speaker 1: So we should hit the Kuan with Barkley and we

529
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Speaker 1: may be in the right in the right I'm talking

530
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Speaker 1: about talk about Colayer. You said maybe they need a

531
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Speaker 1: running back. The maybe, okay, maybe I'll player that. There

532
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Speaker 1: you go number two to Cleveland Browns. I'm gonna go quarterback.

533
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Speaker 1: I mean, same thing for them since uh, I gotta

534
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Speaker 1: get it solved. And it's too high because right now

535
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,000
Speaker 1: just sit in number two. You know, they didn't like

536
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Speaker 1: to pick quarterbacks just high. They have to with all

537
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Speaker 1: the grief that they've got. How many more quarterbacks can

538
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,879
Speaker 1: they add? They keep They keep adding him every draft,

539
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,960
Speaker 1: every draft they can down the road, though not with

540
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Speaker 1: the high pick. They look, he was what their fourth

541
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Speaker 1: pick last year, Kaiser. They got a million picks in case,

542
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,199
Speaker 1: they should probably take a couple of them. Do the

543
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: Redskins thing. Take one in the first, come back, take

544
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Speaker 1: one or a third double keep going. You're not gonna

545
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 1: be relevant until they get that position solved. I was

546
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 1: on board with saying, Okay, hey, let's try and get

547
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 1: some infrastructure infrastructure built here before we drop in the quarterback.

548
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,439
Speaker 1: But now is the time you need to find one,

549
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: and I think this draft will have some good ones.

550
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Speaker 1: Has to be a quarterback. I guess it just depends

551
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Speaker 1: on what those quarterbacks do when they look at the board.

552
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: You know, those quarterbacks have to make a decision on it.

553
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Speaker 1: Still lottery. I don't know, do I want to go

554
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Speaker 1: to Cleveland? Do I look at at Orange? Do I

555
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: look at Orange? How about the Giants? Buck number three? Oh?

556
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Speaker 1: I think the Giants are a team that also needs

557
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Speaker 1: a quarterback. When I look at Eli Manning, you know

558
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 1: he's nearing the end. He's nearing the end, and then

559
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: light at the end of the tunnel is a train,

560
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 1: and so I think they need to find someone that

561
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Speaker 1: can be a young franchise quarterback, someone that can really

562
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Speaker 1: take the baton from Eli and lead them back to

563
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Speaker 1: the promise land. I think a quarterback is one of

564
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Speaker 1: the top priorities for the New York jizz. Yeah. I

565
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: think a quarterback would would make some sense. Um. By

566
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Speaker 1: the way, I was trying to think about this. Where

567
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,360
Speaker 1: did uh where Troyman go to college? Oh? You know what,

568
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: that would be a nice spot. It was nice bot,

569
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Speaker 1: you know, because they have nice gold helmets. They have

570
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,920
Speaker 1: like the powder blue uniform. Was the name of that school? Again?

571
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Speaker 1: Ul A, what Pickman? What position did he play there?

572
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,879
Speaker 1: You know? He was a quarterback did not know that

573
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Speaker 1: the quarters unrelated, unrelated. Let's let's go to the Colts

574
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Speaker 1: here picking number four A lot of areas. This is

575
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 1: not a good football team. It's not a good roster.

576
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: Could go in a lot of different areas. You know what,

577
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: DJ this this is a pig that I just got word.

578
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,879
Speaker 1: I think it's about one get one free. I think

579
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Speaker 1: we may give you two picks because we may give

580
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Speaker 1: you too, may give your bonus pick. They are so

581
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Speaker 1: bad they need multiple pick. I get luck. Yeah, it's

582
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Speaker 1: coupon day. It's like coupon Dad the grocery store. I

583
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 1: could they could use an extra pick, double coupon. They're

584
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Speaker 1: going to get one. I'm gonna say edge rusher for

585
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: this team, you go in a lot of different directions.

586
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Speaker 1: Edge rusher though, was something that they really haven't had

587
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Speaker 1: a dominant guy since you look at the departure of

588
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: Robert Mathis Maths that they need to get back to

589
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: those days. So finding a big time EDG. Dresher Man

590
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: that would be huge for this team. Yeah, it would

591
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,120
Speaker 1: be huge. They need to get back to being able

592
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 1: to get some stops, you know, and a lot of

593
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 1: it is predicated on number twelve. Coming back. If Andrew

594
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Speaker 1: Luck is able to come back, and is he ever

595
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,679
Speaker 1: coming back? I mean, I don't know. This is a

596
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: significant injury. I think it's time that they have to

597
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,359
Speaker 1: investigate that. That's a bigger question. But let's say he

598
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,239
Speaker 1: comes back, he plays to the level that he's played at.

599
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: Say the offense gets on track. The big thing when

600
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,240
Speaker 1: the inn after his coats were at their best, their

601
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: defense was a team that played downhill, meaning they played

602
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: with a lad They were able to really throw those

603
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 1: fastball pitches off the edge. They don't have anybody they

604
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: have knucklerballers off the edge. They need someone that can

605
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,640
Speaker 1: get to get off to the quarterback. All right, let's

606
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,200
Speaker 1: go to number five here, Tampa pick and fifth. I mean,

607
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I think I think it's the same story.

608
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 1: The Bucks seven sacks this season. They only have seven

609
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 1: sacks in seventeen. I don't know that's a half for

610
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: the Jacks. Man, I mean, come on, like, did Jacks

611
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Speaker 1: have thirty two thirty resects? They have seven. I know

612
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: they had north Spence and they've drafted him a couple

613
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: of years ago. They need to find someone that can

614
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: be a dominant playmaker. Off the air, someone that can

615
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: get home, someone that can hunt in that division. Drew Brees,

616
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: Cam Newton, Matt Ryan. You gotta be able to knock

617
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: those guys off the grass. You know, you gotta knock

618
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 1: him off the spot. They don't have anybody outside of

619
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Speaker 1: Jerald McCoy that can consistently do that. They need to

620
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,360
Speaker 1: find a pass rush. Let's move to number six here

621
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Speaker 1: with the Raiders, and when I look at the need

622
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 1: for this football team, I think a linebacker. Having some

623
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: linebackers that can run and cover and can be difference makers,

624
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,119
Speaker 1: that can be blitzers and just create some splash plays

625
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: for this defense. They need a little they need a

626
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: little spice here to this group. And you can make

627
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 1: a case, okay, they've they've tried to address the secondary

628
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: of the last couple of drafts. I think that second

629
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Speaker 1: level of defense. You look at the great defenses in history,

630
00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: have somebody patrol in the middle there, middle linebacker that

631
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,680
Speaker 1: can be a dominant football player, a game changer. I'd

632
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: be a big, big, big, big need here for this

633
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,159
Speaker 1: football team. You know, I feel like Khalil Mack is

634
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 1: at an indoor play space and he doesn't have any

635
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,200
Speaker 1: friends I feel like he needs a playmate. I feel

636
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 1: like he needs to playmate, someone that he can play with,

637
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: someone that can help him do something off there is

638
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: because right now he's a one man show. They need

639
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Speaker 1: someone on the front line, the linebacker that can rush

640
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 1: the pastor that can also be a stopper against the run.

641
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Speaker 1: Someone has to help him out. I know they brought

642
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Speaker 1: over Navarro Bowman. They need more people, need more people.

643
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: That Teeter Totter is not so fun by yourself. It's

644
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: not because it just stays down, doesn't really work, stays down.

645
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Speaker 1: No good. All right, let's go to the next team here,

646
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: uh the New York Jets. Jets picking seven. Look. I

647
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: love Josh mcconnen. What he's been able to do. He's

648
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: thirty eight years old, he has played, he's exceeded all game.

649
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: I think this is a nice swan song. But they

650
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: need to find a quarterback. When I look at Hackenburg

651
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: and Bryce Petty and what those guys were doing in

652
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: the preseason, I'm just not confident that either one of

653
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Speaker 1: those guys who's going to emerge as a viable option

654
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Speaker 1: at quarterback. Let's see if we can find an answer

655
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: the next coming the next generation at that position at quarterback.

656
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,920
Speaker 1: See if we can find someone for Gang Green. They

657
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Speaker 1: need a young franchise quarterback to build around. All right,

658
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: Chargers picking eight. I feel like the offensive tackle has

659
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: been a need for them for a long time. Last

660
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,400
Speaker 1: year they went and got two offensive line really both

661
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: interior guys. The Forest Lamp unfortunately hurt in training camp.

662
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: Dan Feeney played well the other day at guard. Now

663
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 1: you've got those two young guys. You could add a

664
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Speaker 1: stud young left tackle to kind of grow up together.

665
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: This offensive line could be one of the better offensive

666
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Speaker 1: lines in the league in short order. Absolutely, they need

667
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: to find someone on the outside that can protect Philip

668
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: Rivers that also has the ability to help them run

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Speaker 1: the football. If they're able to show up that offensive line,

670
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 1: you think about the capitol that they've committed Last year,

671
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 1: they had two picks that they committed to. Those interior

672
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Speaker 1: positions they have, they can find an offensive tackle. I

673
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: think they're on their way, all right. The Bears buck

674
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,199
Speaker 1: this one's obvious. That obvious didn't need to help their

675
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Speaker 1: quarterback with more weapons on the outside. They need a

676
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Speaker 1: wide receiver. I know a couple of years ago they

677
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Speaker 1: win got Kevin White. We thought Kevin White was going

678
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Speaker 1: to solve some of those rolls. He has not been

679
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: able to get on the field. At some point, you

680
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: have to move on. Minstr Bisky is the future with

681
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Speaker 1: the future. Needs someone that can help him. He needs

682
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Speaker 1: someone on the outside that can make place. They need

683
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: a pass catch in their PLAYMA. Yeah, that's a no brainer.

684
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Speaker 1: Gotta have somebody on the outside there. I like that

685
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Speaker 1: offensive line. I think they've got the quarterback that they like,

686
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 1: got some tight ends, needs some wide receivers. Washington Redskins.

687
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: I think we stay at that receiver position. Josh Doxon

688
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 1: experiment hasn't really worked out. We saw the guys that

689
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 1: left last year into Sean Jackson and Pierre Garson. Trrell

690
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: Pire still play for the Redskins. I mean he's somewhere else.

691
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,959
Speaker 1: He goes, he dresses out, and he goes to practice,

692
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: but on game day he is in my eight. He's

693
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Speaker 1: all about getting the ball to the backs and the

694
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Speaker 1: tight ends in this offense need a big play guy

695
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Speaker 1: on the outside. I like Crowder and what he brings

696
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Speaker 1: to the table. He's a nice company. I love him

697
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Speaker 1: as as a slide. He should be your number three.

698
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Speaker 1: But they need to find the number one in the

699
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Speaker 1: number two, someone that can really occupy those positions on

700
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Speaker 1: the outside. Kirk Cousins has been able to do it

701
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Speaker 1: with smoking mirrors thus far at this season running backs

702
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Speaker 1: and tight ends. They need a playmaker, someone that people

703
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Speaker 1: are scared of. NFL Draft two thousand eighteen. That is

704
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Speaker 1: easily the first full chunk that we've allotted on the

705
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Speaker 1: show to the teen draft, and Bucky felt good. He

706
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Speaker 1: felt good. Talk about it. Well, Bucky, I'll tell you

707
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Speaker 1: what one of the cool things NFL dot Com is

708
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Speaker 1: doing this year every week featuring a different player, and

709
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Speaker 1: it's kind of our back to Campus series that we've

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Speaker 1: been doing, fallowing some of the best stories in college football.

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Speaker 1: This week, it's a fascinating one. NFL dot Com slash

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Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley's where you can go and you can learn

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Speaker 1: all about Alabama star wide receiver Calvin Ridley, and we're

714
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Speaker 1: stuck to have him joining us here on the show

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Speaker 1: right now. Calvin, First of all, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for for joining us this week. L s U week.

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Speaker 1: Let's start there real quick and then we're gonna get

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Speaker 1: into your story. But how is this week of practice

719
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Speaker 1: been for you guys, you prepare for one of your rivals.

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Speaker 1: We're actually having a great week of practice. You know,

721
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 1: everybody's tuned in and lockdown, so we're looking forward to Saturday.

722
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna give it our best. You know, Calvin,

723
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Speaker 1: this has been quite a journey for you, having the

724
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Speaker 1: opportunity to be around you this summer at the opening,

725
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: uh really revealed a lot about your preparation in terms

726
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Speaker 1: of getting ready to not only be a dominant player

727
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Speaker 1: at the collegiate level, but as a pro. What are

728
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Speaker 1: some of the things that you've learned during your time

729
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: at Alabama that to help you at the next level beyond?

730
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Speaker 1: I mean, just the way we practice, you know, how

731
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Speaker 1: to come out with the you know, the right mentality

732
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Speaker 1: every day to give it your best effort, you know,

733
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Speaker 1: to get better. So I feel like, you know, with

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Speaker 1: me learning that every day and practice, and I could

735
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Speaker 1: just go into the game and be and me being

736
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Speaker 1: around a bunch of great players who won't come out

737
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: and practice hard every day. You know, it just helps

738
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: to be a pro, you know, you know, come out

739
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: and with a great attitude every day that we get better.

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Speaker 1: What is the standard inside that that receiver room. By

741
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: the way, all the receivers have come through Alabama over

742
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: the last decade. You get into Julio Jones as you

743
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: were there at the Mark Cooper and you're kind of

744
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,479
Speaker 1: next in line. Is there? Is it explained to you

745
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: go through the recruiting process, But once you step on

746
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: campus and you're getting that wide receiver room, is there like, hey,

747
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 1: this is this is how we do things here? Yeah? Yeah,

748
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: I mean we obviously had great rod receivers here, I

749
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: mean Julio Jones and Mark Cooper, but you know when

750
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: those guys have been playing here, and I feel like,

751
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: you know, we have to play to a standard. There's

752
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: a standard here to play too, you know, is to

753
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: go out there and be physical, you know, make explosive

754
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Speaker 1: catches and make big plays. And so I feel like,

755
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: you know, receiving coaches coach locks, you know, he expects

756
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Speaker 1: us to, you know, go out there and play good,

757
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: you know, play how you practice. So I feel like

758
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: you feel like all the guys in that room should

759
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: be able to go out there and make big plays.

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Speaker 1: You know, you talk about coach loss, but I want

761
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Speaker 1: to kind of hone in on coach Saban. Coach even

762
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 1: has done a great job of helping guys get to

763
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Speaker 1: the next level. When you were making that decision coming

764
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Speaker 1: out of high school, uh, did you believe that going

765
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: and playing on the coach like that would help you

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Speaker 1: kind of maximize who you were as a player? Of course,

767
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Speaker 1: I mean I really wasn't thinking of NFL coming out

768
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: of high schools coming into college, but I was just thinking, like,

769
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Speaker 1: just I want to come to Alabama to win games.

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously we do that, and I just came

771
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Speaker 1: here to be better as a man and as a player,

772
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Speaker 1: and I and you know, thank God that you know,

773
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: I'm putting myself in a position and you know, to

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Speaker 1: be able to go to the NFL and you know,

775
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: do good things and people noticing it, you know. So

776
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,719
Speaker 1: so much of what is going on there in college

777
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 1: is about the final four and going to the playoffs.

778
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Speaker 1: And I know coach Sabans said that he doesn't pay

779
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: attention to the rankings, But as a player, do you

780
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: guys pay attention to win? The top four comes out

781
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: and you guys aren't ranked number one? Does that bother

782
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Speaker 1: at all? And you just kind of focus on the

783
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 1: next game. I mean, I try not to let it

784
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Speaker 1: bother me. I was in a hot tell when it

785
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: came out. I was actually kind of watching it. But

786
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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, it's good to be in the

787
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Speaker 1: time out for I'm not, you know, too mad about

788
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: not being number one, but it kind of makes you

789
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: feel a little salty when you I mean I thought,

790
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 1: I thought we're gonna be then one. But you know,

791
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Speaker 1: it doesn't really bother me as long as we're in

792
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Speaker 1: it some way. I mean, you gotta you gotta play,

793
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: you gotta win at the end of the day, so

794
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: it doesn't bother me too much. Well, look, every day

795
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: in practice, you have an opportunity go against some great

796
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Speaker 1: defensive backs. And one of the guys that obviously there's

797
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,239
Speaker 1: a lot of tension on is Mica Fitzpatrick. What are

798
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Speaker 1: those battles like on a daily basis when you face

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Speaker 1: off against Mika, I mean they go back and forth.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Mika is a great dB. I mean, he

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Speaker 1: that's one person I know who comes to practice. Then

802
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna give you his all every day. I mean,

803
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him all the days. So you know,

804
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: when we come out there, we come out to get

805
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Speaker 1: better and that that shows up in the game. I need.

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Speaker 1: This is the biggest question you're gonna have to answer.

807
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,479
Speaker 1: It's a challenging one, but you gotta give me one

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Speaker 1: Lane Kifferent story. I mean, I've heard so many different

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Speaker 1: Lane Kifferent stories from his time rolling to the one

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Speaker 1: of the ones I read about in the article in

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Speaker 1: your article on NFL dot com again NFL dot com

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Speaker 1: slash calbum. Really you could find it was that when

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Speaker 1: the defense would start chirping a little bit against against Lane,

814
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Speaker 1: you guys can't get a first down against us. In practice,

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Speaker 1: he just puts you in and go deep and throw birth.

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Speaker 1: He is there truth to that story? And be is

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Speaker 1: there another Lane Kiffing story you can share with us?

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Speaker 1: I mean that is true. I mean the defense, I

819
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: mean we compete so against each other so much. I

820
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Speaker 1: mean sometimes they're getting the best of us that day,

821
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Speaker 1: and sometimes we're getting them. So you know, Kiffy didn't

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Speaker 1: do things like that. But if I can think, I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot, but I really just can't remember right now.

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Speaker 1: Let me let me ask you. This were laid back,

825
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Speaker 1: funny and a great guy. I want to we'll get

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Speaker 1: to coach day ball here in a second. But when

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Speaker 1: you guys are watching film, and I know because we

828
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Speaker 1: studied ALL twenty two. We're both former scouts and we're

829
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Speaker 1: getting ready for the for the draft process. We're watching

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Speaker 1: All twenty two and you see him throw his hands

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Speaker 1: up for a touchdown before the ball was released. When

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Speaker 1: you're in the film room as a as an offensor

833
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Speaker 1: in your receiving room, you guys laugh at that that

834
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Speaker 1: he's throwing the hands up before the before the ball

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Speaker 1: was even released. Yeah, because uh, I mean, we practice

836
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Speaker 1: a inst the scout team, and it pretty much be

837
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Speaker 1: there like the same look in practice. You know, when

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Speaker 1: we get a guy, when we see a guy comes down,

839
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Speaker 1: we are we know what we got. And then even

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Speaker 1: if I'm not in and we call it play, I

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Speaker 1: can put them much do the same thing because you know,

842
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: once you practice it so much and you see it

843
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: and then and they're in that perfect coverage. I mean,

844
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Speaker 1: the play is perfect, so you know it's gonna be

845
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Speaker 1: a chest down. So I can't even do it myself.

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00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: So there. Uh. We had talked in the in the

847
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Speaker 1: off season, we talked about kry Cover being very very

848
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Speaker 1: influential in terms of helping you, showing you some things

849
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Speaker 1: or whatever. So obviously I know that you pay close

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Speaker 1: attention to the NFL game. When you look at the

851
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: NFL game, are there any receivers that you may be

852
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: patting yourself after or you look at the try and

853
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: steal some tips and clues. I definitely still tips um,

854
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 1: I mean moves and you know, all types of stuff

855
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: from Amara Cooper, Antonio Brown and the manual sayings. I mean,

856
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: I really like those three receivers. I mean those guys.

857
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: You know, they've got a lot of good value language,

858
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,240
Speaker 1: you know, scrong hands and fast and their route running

859
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: is you know, awesome. So I really, you know, I

860
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: like those two guys. I really like I come out

861
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: of my game after them. Man. You know, they make

862
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: really explosive plays, and that that's what I'm trying to

863
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: do for my team and whoever and wherever I go.

864
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: It's funny when I when I studied your game, and

865
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 1: I studied yeah, nothing wrong with they Yeah, when I

866
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: studied your game, you kind of remind me of a

867
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: guy that is no longer playing. But it's kind of

868
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: from South Florida. Live in South Florida that Reggie Wayne

869
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,439
Speaker 1: for Minton Apples, and I actually talked to Reggie about that. Um,

870
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: I think it's just something about the way you run routes,

871
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 1: how smooth and fluid and natural it looks that it

872
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: just reminds me of how Reggie played for years and

873
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: years with the Colts. Have you seen Reggie played at all?

874
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: You Can you see some of those similarities at all? Yeah,

875
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: I can see it. I watched the highlights and I

876
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: watched a little bit of the game, and I definitely

877
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,320
Speaker 1: can see. You know, he obviously was a great rob receiving,

878
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: you know, for me, for you to say I'm out

879
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: of my game like I look like him as you know,

880
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,360
Speaker 1: it's great another great receiver, and I just want to,

881
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: you know, do great things myself. I'll tell you another

882
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 1: one that when I watch you and study is Stefon

883
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: Diggs with the Minnesota Vikings. I see some similarities between

884
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: you guys. Again, the route running is exceptional and just

885
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: that explosiveness that you bring to the table. Um, have

886
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: you seen any of Stefon Diggs? And And let me

887
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: before we get to that, we talked about everything you've

888
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 1: done well. When you self evaluate Calvin, what's what's the

889
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: one area you look at and say, okay, man, I

890
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: can do this A little bit better. Uh, definitely all

891
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: phases of my game, but definitely I just want to

892
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: be more more aggressive with my sticks. You know, I

893
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: had the line of scrimmage, you know, just to get

894
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 1: get a lot more separation going and the top of

895
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: my routes just you know, to snap them off better

896
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: in my hands. Definitely with my hands, just you know,

897
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: to catch better and just you know, make sure I'm

898
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: grabbing the ball and I'm you know, make sure it's

899
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: secured and I'm getting back up field. You know. Well,

900
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: one of the things that we do here is we

901
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: we do a thing called the three h is. So

902
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: we're gonna ask you what's your greatest highlight, what's your

903
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: greatest hardship, and who is your hero? So when you

904
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: think about your career at Alabama and even before then,

905
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 1: what has been the greatest highlight of your football playing career, Uh,

906
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: definitely won that championship. You know, that was that was

907
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: the first time I wanted anything in the sport really,

908
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: so that was one of the greatest feelings. He you know,

909
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: we worked so hard the whole year, you know, till

910
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 1: you finished it in a great way. You know. That's

911
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 1: that's awesome. How about your greatest hardship, something you've had

912
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: to overcome. You know, reading about your story and your upbringing,

913
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,319
Speaker 1: I know you've had some hardship in life. Could be

914
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 1: on the field, could be off the field. What's the

915
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: greatest hardship you've had to overcome? Oh? Yeah, definitely when

916
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: I was in foster care of me and my brothers.

917
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: I mean to tell you, Tip, it wasn't as bad

918
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 1: as it. You know, foster care, it's not It's not

919
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: that bad. You know, once you get there it might

920
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: be bad, but then you know, you meet some good people,

921
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: you get around a lot of people you love, and

922
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: you know it's it's it turns out to be fun.

923
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: So I mean, that was you know, one of the

924
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 1: top of times in my life. But you know I

925
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 1: still have fun. Who is your biggest hero? Uh? Definitely

926
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: gotta see my mom. You know, she's been through a

927
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: lot and she's very strong and she never gave up

928
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: on nothing. You know, she definitely is my hero? Is

929
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: your mom? By the way, reading up on her in

930
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: this article, I had a track background a little bit?

931
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: Can mom still roll? Mom still got that speed a

932
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: little bit, I'll give it five years ago she did.

933
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: She still fast. Speaking of running fast. As we're wrapping

934
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 1: up here, Man, we talked about those rankings, the team

935
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: that's ahead of you. You got a little connection to that,

936
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: to that squad down there with your little bro down

937
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: there with Georgia. Did you have any conversation with him

938
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: after those rankings came out, any any any lines throwing

939
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: your way? I did. I did. I called him, just

940
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: did you know, mess with him, because you know, I

941
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 1: like to talk to him about ball and stuff. But

942
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,720
Speaker 1: I called him and he said, Man, this is exactly

943
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: what he said. I'm not worried about those rankings. He said,

944
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: we're just trying to keep winning. And I said that's

945
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: how we feel over here too, telling you to keep

946
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: it up. I just like to mess with him. See

947
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: what he was said. But you know, he's positive about it.

948
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: So it's good. He's got See, he's got Kirby smart

949
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: saving it. Put those blinders on. Don't don't take that poison. Hey.

950
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: But now they're they're doing a great job. I'm really

951
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: happy for him. Well, I think we're all gonna I

952
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: think we're all gonna see each other because I think

953
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: me and Bucky might be planning to go to that

954
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: sec championship game. Uh see the Ridley family down there.

955
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: Maybe get a chance to say hello to your mother.

956
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: And the good news is it'll be a Saturday, so

957
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: Chick fil A will be open. Calvin, Hey, thank you

958
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: so much again for joining us here. If you haven't,

959
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: please go check it out NFL dot com slash Calvin Ridley.

960
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: What a stud Hey, Calvin, Thank you so much, Thank

961
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,720
Speaker 1: you so much, thank you. What an impressive kid, Calvin

962
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: Ridley Buck you've known him for a little while now.

963
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 1: And just the group of receivers we've had on the

964
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: show this year, it's impressive group, awesome player, but even

965
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: better kid. He's a guy that gets it. He does

966
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 1: things the right way. I think he's gonna have outstanding

967
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 1: success at the collegiate level and also at the next

968
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: level when he gets there, be a fun player to

969
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: follow throughout this process. All right, this should be my

970
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: least favorite part of the show, but this week I'm

971
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: gonna just soak it an enjoy it. Last week's standings

972
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 1: from our College Picks, it was a ten and one

973
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: week for me, Bucky. I don't know if it's ever

974
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: happened before. I don't anticipate it will ever happen again.

975
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 1: Kent seven and four, silly six and five, Bucky, you

976
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 1: went bold. I admire that about you four and seven

977
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: week and you helped me climb out a last place,

978
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: albeit probably just for one week. Now I'm stuck. I'm

979
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: I'm mired in the cellar. And I can do one

980
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 1: or two things. I can sit and sunk about it,

981
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: or I can find a way to get better, get

982
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: back on that horse, and I can be bold. And

983
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,760
Speaker 1: I know I submitted some pigs pre prior to the show.

984
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: Maybe I maybe need to reconsider. Oh I'm changing saying

985
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: maybe I don't know. I don't know. Listen to see

986
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: the overall can't still commanding lead? Uh, they're silly. Second,

987
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: I'm a third, and Bucky's rounding up the pack. But again,

988
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: I there's no way I can have a ten in

989
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 1: one week. Again, I'm destined to fall back down. Let's

990
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: let's go through this week. L s U Alabama speaking

991
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 1: with Calvin Ridley. Is there any discussion here in It's Alabama.

992
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:54,719
Speaker 1: It is Alabama, and they do a good job. This

993
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,240
Speaker 1: game will always be tight, to be a tightly contest

994
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 1: for a half game. But I mean they're half talent

995
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Alabama. I don't think this is one

996
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: where l s U can do it. I just worry

997
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: about their quarterback play, and I don't think their quarterback

998
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: play will be up to snuff. L s U won't

999
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: be able to close the gap. Almighty Bama. Yeah, I

1000
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 1: like Bama at home and this one potentially big. I

1001
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: think close for half and then they pull away. Guys

1002
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: behind the glassroom with us on that unanimous for Alabama.

1003
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: All right, this is our two pointer this week, Bedlam,

1004
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: Oklahoma Oklahoma State. Who do you like here? Buck? I'm

1005
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: going with the Polks. I'm going with Oklahoma State, and

1006
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: I don't really have a strong reason as to why

1007
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: both of these teams have been up and down. I

1008
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: know Oklahoma States defense has played pretty well in spots.

1009
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: They still give up a lot of points, but that's

1010
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: just kind of Big twelve football. I'm gonna go with

1011
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: the Polkes. I think the Polks find a way to

1012
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: win battle at home. I think Baker Mayfield enjoys going

1013
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 1: on the road, enjoys a hostile environment. We saw we

1014
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: did against Ohio State. I think this is another poster

1015
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: game for him. I think he's got a chance of

1016
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 1: getting that Heisman discussion. We've talked about Bryce Love being

1017
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: in there. He gets hurt a little bit and we

1018
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: see J. T. Barrett throw his hat in the ring.

1019
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,919
Speaker 1: Say Kwon Barkley. Not a huge rushing week last week,

1020
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: big kickoff return. I think Baker Mayfield makes a statement

1021
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: the scheme and in vaults right near the top of

1022
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: that Heisman list. I like Oklahoma to win this one.

1023
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 1: Sully's with me and Kn't is with you, So we're

1024
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 1: split two and two on that. Oklahoma State Oklahoma the

1025
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: two point game of the week. Virginia Tech at Miami Reggie.

1026
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: Reggie comes in here every week and he knows they're winning.

1027
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne's excited they're winning. But I sense, just being

1028
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 1: around Regge a little bit, he knows this loss is coming.

1029
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 1: Buck Oh, I think he knows it's coming. If it

1030
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: doesn't come this week, it's coming next week. As he

1031
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: can't throw it up to you in the glass, but

1032
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: I'll tell you to you. Has been very, very lucky

1033
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: because they go to the wire with the North Carolina

1034
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: squad that is absolutely awful. Doesn't bowl well. I'm going

1035
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,359
Speaker 1: with vo Tech in this one. Yeah, we all went

1036
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 1: Virginia VP. I can't loan Wolf in his alma mater.

1037
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: Good for him. Virginia Tech is always played Miami clothes

1038
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: to historically. I like the v v v P. I

1039
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: bring VP, I bring launch Pale Baby. That's right back

1040
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,959
Speaker 1: in the day. All right, Clemson n c State. Another

1041
00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,759
Speaker 1: good game in the A C. C Here book. I

1042
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: don't we spend much time on this one team and

1043
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 1: never will pick NC State. You never, never, never, You're

1044
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 1: smart not to pick someone Textile Bowl right here, this

1045
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:12,439
Speaker 1: is the textile Bowl. Clemson, North Carolina State. I'm going

1046
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: with Clemson. I think Clemson gets back and tried to

1047
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: get the quarterback back. It's about time for them to

1048
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: kind of turn it up a not if they're going

1049
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: to make dead run to go into the playoffs, and

1050
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: need to see them start playing better. I think starts

1051
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: this weekendst CC State. All right, let's we gotta ge

1052
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: out here. Let's go rapid fire through the rest of

1053
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: these Arizona USC. That's a late night game here in

1054
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 1: the PAC twelve. Big really for the PAC twelfth South

1055
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: is what it looks like. We have a Bucky myself

1056
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: and Sully going USC. Kent is a lone wolf with Arizona,

1057
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 1: Penn State, Michigan State, Penn State across the board for everybody. Stanford,

1058
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: Washington State, Bucky, Stanford, Me, Stanford Sully, Stanford, Kent is

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00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,839
Speaker 1: alone again Washington State, Kent could pull ahead big this week.

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Speaker 1: South Carolina Georgia in the SEC. Georgia across the board.

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00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: Their role in South Carolina is a better football team

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00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: this year. Not a lot of upstairs. Huh, not a lot.

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Speaker 1: Iowa State at West Virginia, that's a sneaky wow. Everyone

1064
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Speaker 1: going all the way West Virginia, West Virginia for me

1065
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: and Bucky West Virginia for Kent, Sully lone wolf sit

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Speaker 1: with Iowa State. Come on, Central Florida s Mu. You

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Speaker 1: guys are all Central Florida Buckey, Sully and Kent, not me.

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Speaker 1: I'm going with the next head coach of the Texas

1069
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: A and m Aggies. Oh no, no, no, no, no no, no,

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Speaker 1: m you know add Morris. Morris going to Texana. He look,

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00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: he's a Texas high school coach, right, who knows the

1072
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Speaker 1: state really well, Who's been at Clemson, been around explosive

1073
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: offense which they want to see there? Why get it?

1074
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: Why not? I get it. This is his game, this

1075
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: is his resident. That's cool. I used to like when

1076
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: Texas and m and Nebraska will get together every now

1077
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,879
Speaker 1: and it's kind of like that. Yeah, it's going home again,

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00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,440
Speaker 1: Scott Frost. Frost, Scott Fross, come back home. By the way,

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Speaker 1: we did role play a couple of weeks ago for

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00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,400
Speaker 1: those that listen to the pod and and Bucky was

1081
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: a great tom Osborne trying to convince Scott Frost's coming home.

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00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,840
Speaker 1: I would like to apologize because I erroneously said that

1083
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 1: Scott Frost would take Tennessee, you know, Florida. No Florida

1084
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 1: was open. So he's going to Florida. He's not going

1085
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 1: to Nebraska. That's a no brains to come back home.

1086
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: Zero chance, no chance. I'll tell you what if Scott

1087
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: Frost goes to Nebraska Steak dinner, steak dinner like this

1088
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: like that, it ain't happening. We'll get him at the combine. Yeah,

1089
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: we'll do it at the combine him become big one.

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Speaker 1: That can at least at least I got some pretty

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Speaker 1: m Can you like get a baked potato for us

1092
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Speaker 1: to split behind the glass? Uh No, that's not happy

1093
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Speaker 1: all right, that's gonna do it for us here today,

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Speaker 1: Buck again, remind the folks how many days a weekday

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Speaker 1: can catch us? Three days Sunday, Tuesday Thursday audio pods

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Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna do it for us today, A

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Speaker 1: beefy chunky episode got to a lot. Thanks to Calvin

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Speaker 1: Ridley for joining us. Great to visit with him. This

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