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Including nearby Cleveland Browns. Manning was inconsistent. He completed 17 to 30 passes 170 yards, one touchdown and interception. A very underwhelming day for a player some has pegged as the number one pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Johnny, is this a sign of things to come or we just saying it's just one star? Hey, let's not make too much of it.
Johnny
I mean, listen, I think. Is it overall as a player, like they will. This is one of the things you start early in the season. I was talking to Jake Spavital, who is my offensive coordinator my second year, he plays at Baylor. I'm talking to him about the game the night before and he's just like, man, we can't run the ball. And there's certain things early on in the season where you need more reps and more game reps and more live speed reps. And this is something that's always been a question with Arch, which is, has he played enough? Has he got enough reps, enough to be able to come into a game like this and be prepared and ready to go? And today it didn't look that way. I think as you saw their nice drive they had in the fourth quarter where they went down and scored. He has that capability, right? But like to do it from the first snap all the way throughout the game and be consistent with it. This isn't Louisiana Monroe. This isn't the teams he's popped in last year and played against. Like, this is the defending, reigning really good Ohio State football team. Like, you're not that red dot that he said that they were swinging at everybody else. That must be broken or something because that did not look like the number one team in the country today at all. And it was an all time quote. I'm cool for it, but if you're going to walk out like that with the gap, you better back it up.
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Yeah, yeah. And, and the thing is. What? Look, everybody keeps saying that he's a generation, bro. We've got to start with this generational stuff. Everybody is not generational just because they have one or two good games that does. Do you understand what a generation is? Do you understand what transcendent mean? Do you know what transformative mean? We. We just be you. We just be using stuff because it sounds good. Stop saying that. He's not. He might be that, but if you look at Arch Manning and you say he's transcendent or he's a transformative, he's generational, you're lying. He's not. Because guess what? They shut down the run and then it's like, okay, go Win the game. And like you said, Johnny, the thing, what happened is that when Ewers were hurt last year and he's playing substandard teams and he looked really good with. Well, they should go to Arch. They should go to Arch. They should go to Arch, bro. But when you go step up at Ohio State and you face the. The Texas and you face the Alabamas. No, bro, that. That's not good enough. That's not good enough. And he's going to have to be much better because if you looked at him and it starts. And when he's played, had to step up in competition, if you can look at him and say, well, he's generational, I. I just. I. Well, I've got a. We've got different definitions of what generational is. Go ahead, Ocho.
Ocho
Listen. I mean, listen, this is part the media's fault. Honestly, this is part of the media's fault. And crowning him, a generation telling. Crowning him the next big thing, obviously, because some of the games he played in last year, he looked decent when he came in, when Ewers went down and was hurt. But again, you come in week one, you playing against them boys. What did Johnny say? A dog is going to be a dog, regardless of circumstance, regardless whether it's week one, week two, or week three. So now, sometimes things look funny in the light Sometimes things look funny in the light where the media has propelled and been propped up an individual that they are this generational talent, supposed to be the number one pick in the draft. And so we're expecting to see just that. It was. It was. It was. It was a bad day. It was a bad day for Arch. It was a bad day. I think he's gonna be all right. I think he's gonna be all right. But based on what we saw today. Nah, that. That ain't it. That ain't it. Because they couldn't score. They couldn't even score. They couldn't score. They couldn't run the ball. So if they. If you can't run the ball and you can't score, and our officer coordinator wants to be able to say, you know what, Arch? I need you to win it with your arm. I need you to win it with your arm. And they couldn't do that.
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Yeah, go ahead, Johnny. What do you want to say?
Johnny
I think if, like, for football guys, especially you guys playing, you know, tight end, receiver position, one of the first things you ever do is just mesh, right? Texas runs a lot of mesh throughout this game, and they're just Those little, for a quarterback, just easy little throws, completions to get the offense rolling, just pitch and catch type of stuff. There was just so many times throughout the game where he's just a little off balance. Like these are the ones where you step, you cut them off, you lead them on right in front. Easy pitching, catch confidence boosters that Texas didn't really have throughout the day. When you get stagnant and you sitting there late in the third quarter, fourth quarter, you have no points on the board. You keep coming back to the sideline, taking your helmet off and you're like, damn, we can't get anything going for Arch in those situations. Those are the ones. You just have to go back to the very basics of what you do day one, install whatever it is, take a little three step drop and just throw the shallow real quick. Whether it's bang, bang, get tackled or whatever. You got to build on some momentum and, and be able to get yourself in a spot because look, the talent is there. I think he will get to a point where he's good enough and, and this is the thing that we've said all season, the media puts a lot of hype on him. It's his turn. You go, you have the chance and every opportunity you want, everybody watching, all eyes are on you. Go do it. So one game is not make or break, but nope, it's a, it's a true test of where, where Texas is and they are not the number one team in the country, that's for sure.
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Yeah, you wanted to go ahead, Ocho.
Ocho
No, I'm gonna say one more thing. It's really small. It's really small. Just watching the game with Archman today. Obviously the receivers, the receivers over there in Texas, it's supposed to be some boys over there, it's supposed to be some dogs over there. It's supposed to be one of the plays early in the game where arse three interception and I'm looking they, but they got the bunch split right. They got the in the in the db. I mean the db, the receiver, he got the seven route. He got the route. But the goddamn corner stand way up field. He's staying high on his inside shoulder. So the first thing you, the first thing you do, I'm like, well, what is the receiver doing? Man? Just break it off and run it like it off.
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You run it like a square out.
Ocho
Yeah, like a big ass deep ass out, man. The db, the deep. I mean, I don't, I don't know what, I don't know what the Receiver is doing. There was an interception, but I'm like, no, Arch threw the ball in the right place. The receiver got to know, well, hell, if the DB want to keep running to the goddamn pylon, I'm just break it off at what, 15, 18 yards and just have a big chunk catch.
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Yep.
Ocho
And it's just stuff like that. If Arch is not playing well, that means the receivers have to be on point. They got to be on point, they got to help him out. You got to bail them out in that situation.
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It didn't help that you're playing the number you play in the team that won the national championship, the opening game, on the road in their building. Yeah, we know how. We know what Ohio State represent. We know how that crowd is. And they got a. They got an NFL, former NFL defensive coordinator coordinating that defense. Normally, NFL defensive coordinators, when they go to college, they have a lot of success because they can get really exotic and can confuse. Because, you know, if they can confuse NFL quarterbacks that's been quarterbacking for a number of years at that level, they should have some success against a college quarterback in his real first true year of starting. So I'm going to give Arch a little leeway, but there are some throws that I expect him to make. If you're what they say you are, it doesn't matter who you're playing. There are certain throws you should be able to complete, and we didn't see enough of that today. But like you said, this was the worst case scenario for architecture. Starting on the road, your first, you know, game as the true leader on the road in the horseshoe. That's you asking for a lot. But we got to stop throwing around generational. We just got to just. Let's just calm down. Let him play. We want him to be Peyton and Eli. Oh, he gonna be number one overall pick. Just let him play.
Ocho
Oh, I would go to say when you. When. The way they throw him around, the way they advertise him, the way the media talks about him. So regardless of whether you playing in the Horseshoe, regardless of where you play in Ohio State, regardless of whether it's week one, we are expecting to see exactly what the media says you are. But anyway, he didn't play well. He didn't play well. I'm sure he'll rebound next week. I'm not sure who. I'm not sure.
Johnny
Who did he play next week at San Jose State?
Ocho
Oh, there we go. There we go. He might. Hey, listen, he might throw for 700.
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Well, you a. Ideally, Johnny you want San Jose first, then go to Ohio State. You. Hey, you. I want to get my feet. Hey, Ocho. I just don't want to. If you notice guys, when they swimming, they put the water on their body. They want to feel the little water a little bit.
Ocho
They just don't jump in cold.
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Hey, let me. Sometimes, you know, they jump down in there and get a little bird bath on. But like I said, I just want the people to just stop using that word. It seems like every time we get a decent player, we. Oh, he's. Oh, he's. He's. He's generational, bro. Y' all need to understand what generational means, and I don't think you do, because it sounds good. Oh, he's a generational talent, bro. I mean, his uncle was a generational talent. The one at Tennessee, Cam Newton was generational. We never. We didn't. Oh. Oh, man. Cam. Oh, he played Alabama or he played lsu. We didn't make no excuses for Cam. We didn't make no excuses for Peyton. But now we want to make excuses. Remember when. When Plan couldn't beat Florida, we made no excuses. So we. We're not going to make no excuses now. He's going to have to play better in order for Texas to get to where they want to go. He will have to play better. Judd, let me ask you this. Do you think with Patricia orchestrating that offense, Jeremiah Smith. Oo didn't. They did a great job of covering him. You can see the frustration at the start of the bill. They gonna put three guys on him. Do you think they should be title favorites again to repeat? Johnny Ohio State?
Johnny
Yeah, I think so. I. I think you're going to see that the way they're going to defend Jeremiah Smith all year, you're going to get a lot of that. He's going to be extremely frustrated. But at the same time, that should let wide receiver 2, wide receiver 3, and even a running back out of that team be foaming at the mouth for the opportunities they're going to have at the backside of some of these plays and some of these schemes. Because as they go on, I think Ohio State is extremely well coached and Patricia leading that defense. I think it's exactly what you said. Having a guy who's been in the NFL for so long, being able to come back and do this at the college level, should be able to put in some different. Different looks like he's sitting there watching film and it's such a different look from everything that he's accustomed to in the past and. And just has to be sitting there with a plethora of ideas of what he can bring to it. And as long as you have a good experience, group of people in that room and guys who are all together communicating it, there really is.
Ocho
You can.
Johnny
You can put all this stuff in in college. You just have to have the right guys to be able to do it. So, yeah, it looks so far after what you've seen today. And granted, it's only week one and we're in a college football era now where you can lose twice, maybe even three times and still go on, you know, to get into the playoff and be a national champion. So it's. It's hard to not. You don't want to overreact too much after. After week one, but Ohio State has a really good team. We'll see if. If the QB play can continue to expand throughout the season, because that's what it really comes down to.
Ocho
Another thing, too, when it comes to Jeremiah Smith, they got to be more. They got to be more creative. They understand the stat line he had last year when they played against Texas. It wasn't that good. So what do you do? You come up with a game plan. You come with a game plan to move Jeremiah Smith around. You don't just have him on the outside to the left. You don't just have them on the outside to the right. You put them in motion. You condense the splits, forcing the DBs to get off. There's so many have them coming out the backfield. There's so many ways of getting the ball now. Whatever you want to do. Yeah, I know he. I know he has some drops today, but he's the best player on the field by far, on either team. It doesn't matter. So there's so many things you can do with him to make sure you can get him in rhythm and get him going. There are no excuses. No excuses.
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All I'm saying is this. I don't give a damn. Jeremiah Smith got a trench coat, a disguise, a mustache and a hat. That guy in the disguise and the mustache and hat, he not beating us. So I don't give a damn what you do with it. You can put him in the backfield, you can punch it, you can stack him. I don't care where you put it. Yeah, somebody else beat me. He not beat me because you know why? I know he can beat me. I'm not sure these other guys can. So I don't care what you do with it. About your. You can have out there looking like Inspector Gadget with a trench coat and everything. He ain't beat me. So I'm just saying. I'm just saying. The guy with the trench coat, coach, he ain't nobody. Don't worry about it. You. You cover that nobody. You can make a difference in someone's life, including your own, with a job in home care. These jobs offer flexible schedules, health care, retirement options and free training. They also provide paid time off and opportunities for overtime. Visit oregonhomecarejobs.com to learn more and apply. That's oregonhomecarejobs.com Cha, cha, cha, cha. Chumba Looking for excitement? Chumba Casino is here. Play anytime. Play anywhere. Play on the train. Play at the store. Play at home. Play when you're bored. Play today for your chance to win and get daily bonuses when you log in. So what are you waiting for? Don't delay. Chumba Casino is free to play.
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Help him over the top of that nobody. Miami Hurricane take down the number six fighting Irish to Notre Dame 27 24. This is Miami's first win against the top 10 team since beating Notre Dame in 2017. Carson Beck, the guy they paid $4 million for through two touchdown passes. He was 20 of 30205 yards, two touchdowns, clean game, no interceptions. Irish may have found their quarterback, C.J. carr, but tonight's performance will leave Mike Marcus Freeman with plenty of other questions to answer. Oh yeah, Carr had was 19 of 30. 221. Two touchdowns, one interception. You was in control of this game, Ocho. I thought they would like gonna put it away 24 to 14 and the next thing you know you turn around and the score is 24. 24. Oh yeah, give the you credit. They put the drive together late in the ball game, got a field goal and then turned it over to the defense and the defense did what they supposed to do. Ojo, what did you like, what did you like about what you saw from the uh.
Ocho
Listen, you look very good. I obviously I was really, I was really worried about the quarterback position. How was Carson Beck gonna look? How his was is his resurgence away from Georgia. How is he going to look in that University of Miami uniform and keeping us. I'm no, excuse me, let me not say us keeping University of Miami program where it needs to be. Where Cam, Cam Ward left him. They were in good hands. So now based on what I saw today, they're still in good hands. Small sum size weather a little bit, eh. I thought the Hurricanes were going to run away with the game uncle when it was 21.7 but Mr. Freeman and Carr and that offense found a way to get themselves back in the game and make it a little bit more interesting.
Co-host
A little, very interesting game.
Ocho
It didn't have to be that close, but for some reason, coaches always have a way of calling. Calling a conservative game to allow the other team to get back in. Well, I think the fake towards the.
Co-host
End, you don't want to do anything reckless. I understand. Because here's the thing. Think about 28 3. Kyle Shanahan called the game like he'd always been calling it. Now people say why you ain't run the ball? Why you didn't get conservative? You get conservative and lose people like, well, why you get conservative, you stay aggressive and you lose, people call you a bonehead. It's a very fine. It's a very fine line that you have to walk. And if you do something and you turn the ball over. I called the game, but I didn't call no turnovers, so you can't put that on me. You know, somebody misses a block, somebody misses an assignment or something like that, don't you? A drop pass on third down, and now you're getting off the field. I've always felt it's easier to play from behind than it is with a lead because you throw caution to the wind when you're behind. What do I got to lose? Ocho? I'm already down. I'm down 14 points. I'm down 1721 points. I don't have a damn thing to lose. Everybody's already written me off. So I can throw caution to the wind or I can run a triple reverse. I can own side kick. You, I can do whatever because there is no expectation at that point in time, because I'm down but by double digigit scores. And so I. I understand to a certain extent, but I thought Miami tonight, I thought they made plays. I thought the oneand touchdown grab oo would have got 30 at an interception. And that's what you have to have if you're going to get to where you want to go. You're going to have to have guys to make plays on both sides of the ball. I love what Bane Jr. Did at the defensive end. He thought he had it one time. He. He got the ball away on second down. Bane said, come here, I'll get you. I'm g get you again. And got him again. But as a quarterback, you know, you can't take a sack in that situation. You got no timeouts, and all you receive is a way downfield. So by the time you get them back. Tick, tick, tick.
Ocho
And also as a quarterback, he's a young, He's a young quarterback. Very good. Two cars. Very good. He surprised me. He surprised me tonight. You also have to know in that situation, the defense ends, they got the ears peering back.
Co-host
Yeah, they're coming.
Ocho
Ears pinned back. They come, they coming right away. So you got to do, you got to do your, your, your, your, your two tackles some justice and being able to maneuver in that pocket right away, understanding that them boys coming straight up here right away. Other than that, Marcus Freeman and that Notre Dame team, they're going to be all right. They are going to be. Going to be all right. University of Miami. Them boys look good. I know, I know. Right now, outside tonight, Unk. Even with the rain going on, boy. Good old time. They don't look like the Hurricanes of the early 2000s, but they look, they.
Co-host
Got that level of talent.
Ocho
Yeah, yeah, exactly. But they look good.
Co-host
They look good.
Ocho
They look good.
Co-host
Yeah. Ain't no Andre Johnson's running around there, you know, no Clinton Porters, no Frank Gordon, no Willis McGee.
Ocho
He.
Co-host
No shockies.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
You know who else was on that team when you look at that antrea row, Ed Reed, Sean Taylor. Yeah. You know, William Bryant and you, those two linebackers, Vilma. And so, so, but I, but I like what I saw Miami hair head coach Mario Cristobal said on Kane's win. Come on, look around. I played in this rivalry. Look at the way Hard Rock is rocking Miami Hurricane football.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
And he played. Hey, they're right. I mean, they, they, they were, they were rocking. You know, they had a lot of this. Their former stars, their former great players there. That's always great to see. That's one. I, I like that tradition that a lot of these teams have where they're great play, where they're great players, they're former players come back, especially if they're able to. You, you see homecoming week when guys have by weeks. You see them standing on the sideline at Ohio State. You see them standing on the sideline at Michigan and Alabama and all that stuff. It was always great to see that. I, I remember when I, you know, when I was at Savannah State and the guys would come back, it, it, it made me feel good. I, I really never got an opportunity to get back. Oo. Cause, you know, we, during our bye week, I think I went to one homecoming, but for the most part, I didn't, you know, it wasn't homecoming or just playing an away game, but it's always great. To see it. And as you said, Ocho, Miami Hurricane football looked good. Carson, Blake Beck played really well. 20 of 32. Oh five, two touchdowns, clean game. He didn't turn it over. But there's still a lot of football to go. I don't know if it's Clemson on their schedule. Florida State, that's the acc.
Ocho
So let me, let me tell you something. It's been a very long time. Chat, everybody in the chat. It's been a very long time since we got two really good teams with a um, in Florida State meeting up. Now that's gonna be. Now that is gonna be a goddamn game. Well, what Florida State put on film yesterday and what you want to put on, put on film tonight, man. Stop playing, man. And obviously listen, you're only gonna get better as the season goes on. Especially from offensive standpoint. Always starts a little slower. They're a little behind the eight ball as opposed to defense. Who again, who would. All they have to do is just read and react once they get themselves into a rhythm.
Co-host
Yeah, please. CJ Daniels didn't catch a touchdown pass last season at LSU, but he scored his first touchdown since 2023 with a one handed grab in the ring. And you know, I thought the, the ball security was fairly well, I mean considering that the inclement weather seemed like the turf gave a little bit, you know, you below sea level. So once things get saturated, the turf is going to give. If I'm not mistaken, Ocho, I think they had a black college football. I think Howard played somebody on that in that same stadium yesterday.
Ocho
Somebody. Howard played the illustrious, the one and only.
Co-host
Did y' all get beat?
Ocho
Of all time. They played famu.
Co-host
Did y' all get beat?
Ocho
Huh?
Co-host
Didn't y' all get beat?
Ocho
It was ten to n. It was ten to nine.
Co-host
So which team had ten? All I need to know who had ten? Who. Who had ten?
Ocho
Oh, Howard.
Co-host
Oh. So who had the nine?
Ocho
The greatest hbc. HBCU of all time. Family.
Co-host
So they. So they lost.
Ocho
Can I tell you something? Can I tell you something?
Co-host
Yes, you can tell me something.
Ocho
Florida A m. March of 100. They won the halftime show. So technically we, we won.
Co-host
Well, I want to see. I want to see them go. The human jukebox.
Ocho
Southern.
Co-host
Yeah. Bad.
Ocho
See, I can't even say nothing bad because I love Southern. I can't even say nothing bad.
Co-host
I can't turn it up. Hey, they showed out for us at the Super Bowl.
Ocho
They did. They showed out for us.
Co-host
They did.
Ocho
I love Southern especially what they did for us down in New Orleans. I love you to death, but you know my allegiance, my life. If I cut myself right now, why bleed orange and green?
Co-host
You bleed. You bleed orange and brown. Oregon State, Beavers.
Ocho
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I bleed. I bleed orange.
Co-host
Oregon State.
Ocho
Oh, you have to understand. Remember how bad I was in high school, coming out of high school?
Co-host
No. I'm going to see. I'm going to see. I'm going to Google.
Ocho
I was supposed to be at famu. I was supposed to be at famu. I'm telling you. Listen. Hey, young, let me tell you something real quick. Hey, Chat, let me give you a small example. Right? When I was in high school, I wanted to be like, a receiver that played for Miami Edison High School. Y' all could Google this. Google this. I. I looked up to these boys. His name was Jacqueline somebody. I. I don't know if I have anybody in the chat that's from Miami. You might remember Jacqueline went to Miami Edison, played receiver. If I'm not mistake, I think he might have wore number three. He went to famu. Me coming out of high school, oh, shoot. I want to be like Jacque Nunley, but I want to go to famu. So that was part of my love for famu right there. Outside of my grandma and my mama always having me at the Classic every year as a little kid, I went to the Florida Classic UNCS in 1984. My mom and my grandma went to Cookman. They went to Cookman. But I just. That orange and green where they came out, they, hey, they were margin unknown. I was like, oh, I got to go there, man. Hey, my grave.
Co-host
You went to the Beavers?
Ocho
Well, Unc, I had to. I had to go to the only place I can get in. I had to go to the only place that would accept me. I had place that was willing to give me a one for one with no eligibility left. Thank you to Dennis Erickson, who remembered me from the little camps when he was with the hurricanes. That's why he gave me a shot. Well, you could have.
Co-host
After you. After you went to Samo, you could have went to famu.
Ocho
Huh?
Co-host
After you went to Samo, you could have went back to famu. I was.
Ocho
I was already on the or. I was already on the west Coast. I ain't want to navigate and come all the way back here because I had to get out of Florida, you know, to really get to my destination.
Co-host
Exactly. That's why it worked out. Where you wasn't supposed to go to famu. Cause you'd have still been in Miami had you gone to famu.
Ocho
But listen, the funny thing about it is when I get some time. Right now I got like 273 jobs.
Co-host
Yes.
Ocho
Football season ends, I'm enrolling myself back in school at FAMU to finish. To finish everything and get my degree. I got. I ain't even got my degree yet. I just got a whole bunch of jobs with no degree. So I'm looking to get my master's.
Co-host
Well, how close are you to getting your degree?
Ocho
Hey, uncle boy, listen, don't let me tell you, don't, don't. Don't let me lie to you.
Co-host
Have mercy. So you father. So in other words, you spent two. A couple of years in college and you further away from getting a degree than you when. When you went.
Ocho
But hey, hey, listen.
Co-host
God is good, but you gonna take online classes.
Ocho
No online classes. I'm going to school.
Co-host
No, man, your big rust ass ain't gonna be sitting up in no classroom.
Ocho
Who not famu. Tallahassee, right down the street.
Co-host
I know what FAMU is, but I'm.
Ocho
Saying, but listen, I would have the time to go to class and get that HBCU experience because once football season ends, the job I'm doing, it comes down to a two to a halt a little bit. And I got a little bit room to maneuver, so I want that experience. And then also, not only am I going to enroll and go back to school, I'm also going to join the band because you know how much I love the band. You know, I play saxophone, I can play drum. I play tuba. And then Shelby Chipman. Shelby Chipman, who's the, the band. The band director at famu.
Co-host
Boom.
Ocho
Ready? I can probably, probably see if I can. I can try and be the drum major or something.
Co-host
Okay.
Ocho
Yeah, I'm listening. I'm taking it. My second half. This is my second half of life, huh? I got to do something with. I got a small window opportunity. Ain't no telling when I'm gone. Ain't no telling I'm on the other side of the mountain. Once you hit your fit, once you open your 50s, you're on the other side of the mountain. So I'm going downhill now. So I'm trying to get everything out the way and check everything off my bucket list.
Co-host
It all depends on how much you did coming up on the other side of the mountain. It would determine how, how, how long it's going to take you to get down on the other side of the mountain.
Ocho
That's a good question. I. I don't mean. I don't mean to be. What's the word I'm looking for? I don't mean to sound ignorant.
Co-host
Yeah.
Ocho
But I've been out of school so long.
Co-host
Yeah.
Ocho
Hell, do I find out how many more credits I need for one to get a diploma to graduate?
Co-host
Well, you have. You have to get your. Your. Your thing from Oregon State.
Ocho
Transcripts.
Co-host
Yes. Get your transcript. Yeah.
Ocho
And they still got all that?
Co-host
Yeah, Hell, yeah, they still got it.
Ocho
Okay. Okay. You know, when. When they update.
Co-host
Let's hope you. Let's hope you got some credits.
Ocho
I know I got something.
Co-host
I don't know, Ojo, because I think you went. I think you majored in eligibility. You were going. I think. I don't think. I don't think he was trying to. I don't think he was trying to get no degree. I think he was just trying to stay eligible.
Ocho
Hey, that's it. That's it. I probably was. I probably was. Listen, the funny thing about it is I'm one of the smartest, sharpest pupils in the classroom. I just had a problem not wanting to go to class.
Co-host
I think the thing is. Do you have problem now, Ocho, is that you being your age and you. Your mind turning your mind off about those jobs that you got.
Ocho
Right.
Co-host
You know what I'm saying? So now, because you got to focus. I mean, I don't know, like you said, you want to go to class to sit in that classroom and you sitting there. Because I remember when I went back at ocho, I was 20, I was 22, and I'm sitting in the classroom and I'm like, I got more money than everybody in here.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
More money than the teacher. I say, man, I gotta get up out of here. I say, ain't no way. There's no way, Ocho. I could have waited a year. And I'm always impressed by guys that do it, that wait three, four, five years and then go back to school. Right now, if you're gonna do it online away, okay, that's fine. But to go sit in those classrooms, you see, I couldn't do it.
Ocho
See why you can't do it? You understand why you can't do it. You had that experience. You've been to hbcu.
Co-host
I have.
Ocho
I've always wanted. My dream was to go to Florida. A and M. That was my dream. I never. I never got to relive that, you know? So I had the cars I was dealt. I did the best I could with them, but now I have the opportunity. You know what? I can finish off that childhood dream no matter how old I am. You got to understand. But going to class, I think on. I mean, going to class, actually going to school, if I'm not mistaken, a class ain't. I'm an hour long. I sit here.
Co-host
It all depends. It all depends. I mean, it all depends on. We were on the quarter system, Ocho. So you're right. We only went to a class for like 50 minutes, but it was five days a week. If you're on the semester system, you might only have to go to class once to twice a week.
Ocho
Right.
Co-host
So it all depends. And then, you know, you might have class, you might have labs. I mean, it's been 30 plus years. I mean, I graduated in 91, so it's so low, I couldn't even. I couldn't even tell you. I just know how my attention span is. Is that to be able to turn. Yeah, but me and meetings. Me and meetings don't get along. Me and meetings don't get along, man. That's.
Ocho
That's. That's the difference. The difference with me, you have to understand, un. I can sit there and you. You'll be like, man, what you doing? I can sit there and play Madden for nine hours straight and one and not move. Not move. I can be FIFA for eight, nine hours straight. I can stream for seven, six hours straight without moving. So imagine me going to school and being excited because it's an experience I never got to do before.
Co-host
What about the class? What about the curriculum? Are you going to be excited about every class that you take?
Ocho
Oh, absolutely, absolutely. Because I understand what the end goal is. In order to get to the end goal, I got to put the work in, okay? I got to put. Dang finna just hand me no damn diploma. I'm trying to walk across the. I'm trying to walk across the stage throwing them fangs. What you talking about?
Co-host
Yeah, that's the best part about it. To walk across the stage and have your family scream your name and everything.
Ocho
Families. But it ain't. Well, y' all is my family. My mama gone, my grandma gone.
Co-host
Oh, but I'm saying, you got Chauncey, you got the kids. I mean, the kids gonna be there.
Ocho
Yeah, gonna be okay. Listen, gonna be the Nightcap family. Gonna be you and ass and Jordan and everybody else.
Co-host
Okay? Okay.
Ocho
I show up, all my kids, you.
Co-host
Know, let me know how many of your graduating class. I'm gonna come when they get to Johnson. So I could be a little late. Hey, listen, I'm gonna come.
Ocho
You know how to. You know how they do the new graduation.
Co-host
I'm coming out every damn middle shoot.
Ocho
Man, my daughter's done graduated, man. My daughter graduated from Prairie View A. M. Man, and I ain't graduated yet. How they done beat me. My oldest daughter graduated. My son and graduated from Arizona State. I'm the one with no diploma. My kids doing better than me.
Co-host
Yeah, but that's what you want. You want your kids to do better than you. That's the whole purpose of why you did what you did.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
So they wouldn't have to go through. So they wouldn't have the struggle. Now, look, I don't want. I don't. I didn't want to absorb all my kids from struggle because sometimes people like I want my. No, no, no, no. You want your kids to struggle somewhat because you want them to understand life is not a bed of roses. So you want some struggle, but you don't want them to have to go through what you went through when basically your entire life was a struggle. But some struggle for a kid. Bills, build calluses and help. And help them.
Ocho
Yes.
Co-host
Navigate this thing called life. Because at some point in time there will be a struggle. Yes. There will be some hardship, there will be some adversity. And you don't want them to have such a smooth ride that they can't. They don't know how to handle or navigate that. That, that, that obstacle.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
Or that roadblock that's been placed in front of them. But yeah, you want your kids. That you did, you did. You did what you had to do to make sure you put your kids in a better situation than what you came up with.
Ocho
This is the funny thing about it. And one thing I won't do up here and get up, get up here planning like the reason for my kids success and the reason they're doing so well in life at their age now, at their big age right now, is because of me. Because they'll wait. Oh, it's not. Oh, uncle. It's not those I have kids from.
Co-host
Yeah.
Ocho
You know, a hell of a job. And they still doing a hell of a job. That's why. That's why I can't wait. And this goes for everyone. And they'll probably see this. They probably not reading the chat, but when I win this Powerball, right, You laugh. I'm not. I'm not even playing. I'm finna win the Powerball. Right.
Co-host
You can win that 1.1 billion.
Ocho
Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna spit it in. Three halves have. Going to those I have kids from.
Co-host
For.
Ocho
For a job well done.
Co-host
Okay.
Ocho
One half going to Nightcap because we're gonna do some wild stuff. Ain't never been done.
Co-host
Lord have mercy. And listen, look, I don't skydived. I'm good. I'm gonna let you do that. I'm gonna be on the ground filming.
Ocho
And the other half going to the Nightcap followers. See the. The subscribers.
Co-host
Yeah.
Ocho
1.8. Whatever it is. We gonna break down a huge portion of all of them for always supporting.
Co-host
Right.
Ocho
That's how I know God gonna bless me because, you know, I'm gonna do what I'm supposed to do with the money. I'm gonna do good getting back.
Co-host
Well, we got to get. We got to get. You got to give a percent to the. The church. We got to find some churches that's doing the right thing, that's helping people in the community. You got a tithe.
Ocho
Okay. Oh, well, we gonna start with New Birth. We gonna start with New Birth Baptist Church.
Co-host
We ain't never been to New Birth.
Ocho
Remember I told you I grew up in New Birth?
Co-host
Hold on. You talking about New Birth in Lathonia.
Ocho
About New Birth in Opal Locka.
Co-host
Oh, okay.
Ocho
Hey, Reverend. Reverend Victor Curry, Pastor. Yeah. Come on now. Talk to me.
Co-host
I thought you talking about new birthday. Yes, yes. In Atlanta. I think it's in Lithonia.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
They got a congregation. I think they got a congregation. About 20,000. What?
Ocho
A what?
Co-host
Yeah, about 20,000. I think it's about that big a church. Yeah. Anybody go. Anybody who. Who. Who. Who go to New Birth in this chat?
Ocho
Hold on. A church with 20,000 people?
Co-host
Oh, yeah.
Ocho
That's like a college stadium. I mean, a small college stadium.
Co-host
I think Pastor Jamal Bryant is the pastor now. Okay. He took up for Bishop Eddie Long, who passed away. I think he had cancer some years ago. I think Jamal Bryant is the head pastor now, if I'm not mistaken. I think. Chad. Don't quote me, but I think he is the pastor at New birth.
Ocho
Hey, a 20,000 congregation?
Co-host
Yeah, yeah, yeah. What you call him? Creflo Dollar. I think his first Christian something. Joel Osteen. I mean. Yeah, they got a lot of the. I mean, they have two services. Ocho. Yeah. What they call mega churches.
Ocho
Joe Osteen in Atlanta, too, In Houston. Okay.
Co-host
Yeah. Oh, yeah. But these mega churches. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not the churches that you and I grew up that we were hoping to have a hundred people in there or Something like that. You know what I'm saying? And, you know, fourth Sunday or pastor's anniversary, church anniversary or something like that. You might get an overflow crowd. But yeah, man, these churches now, Ocho, they. It's. They, you know, look, I, you know, I read my Bible, I read these literature. I get these little pamphlets, man. I just don't believe in the prosperity aspect of it. I don't. I don't believe in church members suffering while the pastor's living. Great. That's. That's that. I don't believe in that prosperity.
Ocho
I don't.
Co-host
I understand. You tithe. You give what you can, but when you start telling me I must do this, just count me. I'm just gonna go in. I do what I might not necessarily tie to the church every month, but I give. I do this charity, that charity. I make sure I do. I do what I can. What I feel like the goodness of my heart. I just don't tell people about it because I don't think you. That's something you should advertise. But I'm proud of you. I hope you do go back in the life. Church In Oklahoma has 85,000 members.
Ocho
Man.
Co-host
Come on.
Ocho
Come on, man.
Co-host
Weekly attendance. Weekly attendance. So 8,580 5,000 weekly attendees. Because some churches, some churches, you have two church, two services on Sunday, and then you might have another service or a couple of services during the week. So that's where. Huh. Go ahead.
Ocho
How do you get that many people? 85,000 people. That's more people that the. That. That. Paycor stadium. The Bengals is fitting in the stadium. What are we talking about?
Co-host
Hey, you. You talk about the Bible bell, Ocho. Oh, you know. You know, in the south, people believe in that Bible. They look, that's why they look down on certain. Certain aspects of. Of sexuality and.
Ocho
Right, right, right, right.
Co-host
They frown upon that.
Ocho
Right.
Co-host
But, you know, look, we're not. We don't need to get in that. But, hey, Joel Osteen has 45, 000 members weekly. Weekly attendees. Creflo Dollar. He has a big. What's this church name? Faith. Chris. Chris something. Put Creflo$. Type that in there.
Ocho
Hey, one thing about it, I love the word. I love.
Co-host
I love C, R, E, F flow.
Ocho
You heard me.
Co-host
15.
Ocho
You heard me, huh? I say I. I love some of these. Some of these churches. Some of the things I'm hearing about them, yeah, Congregations. But I go. I go to church for two things. I go to church for two things. I go to hear that word yes. They got to hear the choir. And I don't. I don't want. I want that old traditional good gospel. That old. Hey, man, listen. What a friend we have in Jesus. That, that, that old school. Hear Me and His Eye is on the Sparrow. I need that old school traditional gospel like I miss Reverend James Cleveland. Like that kind of.
Co-host
Yes. The Mississippi Mass Choir. The Mighty Clouds of Joy.
Ocho
Yeah, now we.
Co-host
Now we talking Shirley Caesar.
Ocho
Come on, now. I'm gonna take you back real quick. The can spirituals. Yeah, man, stop playing. That's the kind of gospel I'm looking for. Now, I don't know if I can find that in the kind of churches we have today.
Co-host
Yeah, I mean, that. That, that was. That was that. All I want to do is when they sing before the prayer and after the prayer when they start singing. We had a lady that would come to our church. She wasn't a member. Her name, I never forget. Her name was Ms. Margie Bird.
Ocho
Huh?
Co-host
Man, that lady could sing.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
Hey, Chad, if you from Glenville, Reeseville, or from surrounding county, classy. You know who Miss Margie Bird was? Lord, that woman had a voice. Yeah, boy, ain't nothing like you see that woman walk in like it didn't fail. Miss Margie. Miss, you want to do a solo? Lord, that's what I'm gonna get up there. Lord.
Ocho
Hey, listen, I had that. Oh, boy, you got.
Co-host
Listen, Ms. Small, get on that piano, huh?
Ocho
Hey, I had. I had the opportunity, obviously, growing up with. With being able to see. I'm Ms. Mosi Burks. I don't know, you know, Ms. Moses.
Co-host
I don't know who that is.
Ocho
Listen, Mississippi Mass Choir. She's led many, many of. Of. Oh, God. But you got. Got me about to tear up. God damn it. Hold on, let me get some tissue.
Co-host
But those are. Those are days, man. Look, those were the days. Chat. I remember those days. Being a little boy, my feet couldn't even touch the floor and just sitting there and. And, And. And you know the old man prayer, they have it on them or them real socks with those Stacy Adams Shine to the Gill. We miss those days. I miss them. Hey, yeah.
Ocho
Hey, boy, you got. We could talk about them all day, boy. You got me tearing up, boy. God, leave, boy. Hey. What? I had the opportunity. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Chad. Excuse me for that. I had the opportunity of seeing Mosey Burks, who led the Mississippi Mass Choir many of times, and in chat, you might. You might know the song. You definitely gonna know this song. One of her favorites. This morning when I rose this morning when I rose and man, had no doubt, man. Chad, if.
Co-host
If you don't know it, we gotta find. We got to find. You know what? I'm sure we got to find a. A. A. A gospel concert. We have to. We have to step up in there.
Ocho
Come on, now. Come on, now.
Co-host
Because, you know, I have. I have you a couple of suits that I had made. You know what I'm saying? Don't. Yo, I ain't gonna be able to use them in 20, 25, but, you know, I. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, I got them. And so just in case, you know, they widely. You know what I'm saying? They wide leg Ocho.
Ocho
Yeah, that's sharp now. That's sharp now. Yeah, that's gonna be sharp now.
Co-host
Peak lapels. Yeah, Bad. Look here. So clean. Fly light on me. I cut his throat.
Ocho
Oh, man, I like it. I like it, man.
Co-host
I did.
Ocho
Matter of fact, I just. Every time I talk about gospel, I hear something about gospel. We get to talk about the church or you tell me anything when it comes to dogs or animals, I get. I get to getting emotional for no reason at all.
Co-host
Man.
Ocho
I tweeted something earlier today. I. Oh, that goddamn Kiki Wyatt on Christ. I'd retweeted, like. I didn't tweet that much today. So if it's still on my timeline right now, and she was singing, and I just put the goat at the top of it and I listened to it. Man, that lady, that man something special.
Co-host
She got a boys, huh?
Ocho
Man, she got a voice. Boy, she's so randy. She a. She. She was in there. She was playing. She was in there playing. Like, this is what I do.
Co-host
Let's transition back to Miami Hurricanes, 20, 25 schedule. Ocho, they beat Notre Dame 27, 24. Next week, they're at home against Bethune Cookman. Then. Then they're at home against South Florida. Then they're at home against Florida. Then October 4th, they're on the road against Florida State, home against Louisville, home against Stanford, at smu, home against Syracuse, home against NC State, on the road against Virginia Tech, on the road against Pittsburgh. Hold on, hold on, hold on just a second. Something is at a neutral site.
Ocho
What game played in a neutral FSU last right.
Co-host
No, no, no, no. FSU is October 4th.
Ocho
Hey, they got a good chance to run the table, but you got the Astrid.
Co-host
I don't see it either. Oh, yeah, they got a chance. You know, they got South Florida, Florida Florida State. Most of the Florida State game ain't gonna be easy now.
Ocho
Oh no, not based on what I saw yesterday. Especially when that Florida State defense Carolina.
Co-host
Gamecocks beat Vatek 24 11. The Gamecocks opened the season with a win over his coach, Shane Beamers.
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His dad coached there for almost 30. 30 years. Frank. Frank Beamer, right? Isn't that his dead name? Right. The Carolina looked good. Carolina looked really good. That big receiver they got, Nick, what's his name? Hold on, man. They got a receiver, ocho, like 6, 4 by 2, 30. He could fly.
Ocho
Carolina, South Carolina.
Co-host
Yeah, man. Yeah, he read. He run 10, 10, 100 meters. 20, 20 in the 200 meters.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
Oh, man, he looked good. He caught a bomb. Caught a bomb. Oh, here it is right here. But I like Carolina. I like the way they got off the field. I like them uniforms. The quarterback, Sellers.
Ocho
Sellers.
Co-host
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He played. He played well today and he has that ability. He's a true dual threat. He has a nice lively arm. Can obviously can run out, can get outside, get out the pocket and make plays. I thought. I thought they did a great job of. And Mike Shula's calling the plays. Mike Shula called plays in the NFL.
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
And so sellers was 12 of 19, 209, one touchdown, clean game, interception, no interceptions. Yeah, they had 37 carries for a buck. 19, one touchdown. But the defense, the defense played well. Carolina defense, very, very well. Safety and three field goals. You could live with that. You can live with that. But I like the. I like those. I like those uniforms. Carolina got some nice uniforms.
Ocho
Yeah, you like that? You like all black.
Co-host
I like that. All black. I like that. All black.
Ocho
All right. It's all right. You ain't like. You ain't like Virginia Tech, all orange? No.
Co-host
Yeah, maybe they had Mike Vick out there running around in the. Might have liked him.
Ocho
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Co-host
Florida State quarterback Tommy Castellanos mocks Alabama with merch after opening up said prior to FSU game, Castellano stated they don't have Nick Saban to save them. I just don't see them stopping me. Costellon not only backed up by beating Bama 3117 but now is profiting offset. He's selling on shirt website taunting Alabama merch. Nick can't save them. What's the pettiest thing you've ever done after backing up your trash talk on the field? Lo Cho.
Ocho
Hey, that's. That's a funny thing. Wait, excuse my ignorance. As a collegiate kid, are you allowed to sell merch like that and profit from it outside of nil? You can do that.
Co-host
Yeah, I guess so.
Ocho
Oh, that's dope.
Co-host
I like that. Yeah.
Ocho
For one, the fact that Castellano the fact that Castellanos said that before week one against like Alabama and then went out there and backed it up and did it man, please. Alumni, alumni and all them students probably bought all that stuff up, right?
Co-host
You know, of course, of course. It's only up from here.
Ocho
Yeah, absolutely.
Co-host
Up from here. All right. Just keep winning. Hey, keep winning and your pockets gonna get fatter and fatter, young man.
Ocho
Yeah. Oh yeah, absolutely.
Co-host
He was 9 to 14, above 52, 16 rushes, 78 yards. But he was the quarterback of note. His team won. He played really, really well. He didn't have stats that blow you away. The most impressive stat that a quarterback can have is a win W. Because at the end of the day that's what. That's how we measure. That's how we supposed to measure quarterback. And he's one more. And he beat Alabama. And we know what Florida State has been over the last couple years. There are a lot of people that was calling for the head coach's job. But the alumni and the. They staged the booster they stay and the president they stayed true so that we believe in this guy. Because they had just went what they didn't they go to the. I think nah, they had lost. They lost their quarterback. They didn't make the college football player. Yeah. But came back and here they are open the season with a big time win. They weren't ranked but they will be when the rankings come out on Tuesday.
Ocho
Yeah, absolutely.
Co-host
But that's what you have to do, Ocho. You have to go out there. You said what he said and he went out there and backed it out. He backed it up and he's right. Coach Saban couldn't save him. Caleb DeBoer, you got to get on. You gotta, gotta get on that. Get in on the action, bro. It's time to go. In April, Nico I believer decided to walk away from Tennessee balls after feeling that he wasn't being paid what he deserved. At Tennessee, I'm a lever nio deal with around 2 million mark. But he wanted a bump to approximately 4 million and increase. Tennessee was unwilling to grant. However, at UCLA, I believe it took a pay cut, earning only 1.2 million. And then when you factor in the state laws at California, 50%, he makes 600,000 here. No. UCLA opened the season as on Saturday against Utah and they lost 43 to 10. He finished with 11 completions on 22 pass attempts, 5136 passing yards, one touchdown, one interception.
Ocho
Hey, sometimes you got to be careful. Yes, sometimes you got to be careful. Now this is just not a message for him. This is in life in general. Sometimes you're in situations, sometimes you're in situations where you want more and you think the grass is green on the other side. When you got stability right there in your backyard, you got comfortability right there in your backyard.
Co-host
I mean, Tennessee is a no state. Not to cut you off with you, but if I'm not mistaken, I think Tennessee is a no state. Income tax.
Ocho
Yeah, come on now, you got to understand, you got to understand that then you're trying to be greedy. You play on the field is going to take care of yourself. If you want more money in Nil, it's going, you take care of that between the lines with your play, they will have no problem bumping you up. They let you go for a reason. They, they let you go seek out what you're looking for, which is more elsewhere. And then you go somewhere where you.
Co-host
Make, you make less and they tax you more.
Ocho
And they tax more. And you lost your first game against Utah. Come on, man. That's a life lesson in itself too. So that's a life lesson in itself.
Co-host
So make it a million dollars. So you at 30, what is it, 36% tax rate. So every million dollars, you get 630,000. So he could have made 1.2, 60. Now he's making 600,000. So he left 600,000 on the table. That's money in his pocket.
Ocho
Come on, you got to do better, understand the situation you in.
Co-host
Cause California is a, I think a 13%. Yeah, 13% state income tax. So you figured 36% plus 13, that's 49%. Then you got FICA, and then you got all these other. Because, hey, California hit you over your head.
Ocho
Oh, they coming to get theirs.
Co-host
Boy, California hit you over your head. They get theirs where they get all that. All that.
Ocho
They need to use that goddamn money. They expand the goddamn 405 and make it 200 traffic.
Co-host
Well, if that's the case, they need to make it to 18. They don't need it. They don't need to expand nothing. They need to. Look, I mean, California, they be taxing. They got what, probably the fourth or fifth largest GDP of anywhere in the world. And we talk about the state. We ain't talking about the United States. We talk about a state within the United States. That's how much money that they make. It's just that you can't take care of every single person. Yeah, you know, and, And. And. And Cali try to. They try to take care of every single person. I think they waste a lot of money, man. Thought we gonna have a good game because it started out good for ufc. They got the ball, go right down the field. I said, okay. I said, coach. Coach Belichick might have got him a stanker, but come to find out all he did, they just pooped on the field. That's the only stank out there, cuz. Boy, they stunk it up tonight. 48 to 14. The horn frogs travel on the road. Go down to Chapel Hill. Whoo. Chapel. Bill. They need to pray for it, because they're gonna go get real ugly. Go get ugly before it get better, Ocho. LT. But 48 to 14, TCU really had their way with them. Over 500 yards of total offense. They did a great job. They threw the ball well. They ran the ball exceptionally well. And North Carolina. Look, I don't understand. It's Coach Belichick's first year there, but you see the talent, the discrepancy. Now, I'm not saying TCU is. Is Ohio State. No, I'm not saying that. I'm not saying they're LSU or one of those programs, but they have more talent than the Tar Heels. Lt, watch this game. I know you had a vested interest in this game. You're a great alum of tcu. What did you like about what you saw from your ball club?
LT
Well, to your point. Your point, we have a veteran team, man. You know, we have guys that have.
Co-host
Played a lot of football, and, you.
LT
Know, when you have a veteran team, guys that have, you know, been in some. Some tough games, have. Have weathered the storm, you're supposed to win a game like this versus a team, you know, in UNC who has brought in a lot of transfers, it's a lot of turnover. They still don't know what they have yet. So I'm just keeping it honest. We were supposed to win this game. But what I like from my team, like, typically, we can throw the ball all over the yard, but lately, we.
Co-host
Have had a trouble.
LT
We had a little trouble running the football to close out games. And you guys know, as an rb, we got to be able to run the football. So that's what I love the most tonight, is when we had to run the ball in the second half. Man, we dominated. We controlled a lot of scrimmage. We had, like, three or four running backs in there running the football.
Co-host
And. And I. I think that bows well.
LT
For us in the Big 12.
Co-host
You took the ball the first play of the drive, the first play of the open, of the drive, in the open in the second half, and you go 75 yards. The guy goes 75 yards untouched. So it was a harbinger of things to come. Ocho, you watch this ball game? Yeah. There's a lot of fanfare. Everybody's talking about Coach Belichick. We know what he's accomplished at the NFL level. They started going through all his accolades. The six Super bowl wins, the nine Super bowl appearances, the 17, 18 division titles, and yada, yada, yada. But now he's at. He's coaching players. And I think for. At 4 to a certain point, all coaches have patience, but I think you have to show even more patience now. Even though some of these guys are getting paid, it's not like an NFL roster where every single guy is getting paid. But watching this game. Ocho, what did you. Is there anything. Is there anything you can take positive from what you saw from North Carolina?
Ocho
I mean, the only thing I can take positive from North Carolina is the head coach of Bill Belichick. That's the only positive thing I can take. You're playing a TCU team. Obviously, you can see the discrepancy in the level of talent at each position. And one thing that Bill Belichick always harped on, he always harped on is turnovers. You can't turn the ball over. You can't make mistakes. Here's one thing. Do your job, and everything. Everything else will take care of itself. Now, I'm not sure North Carolina schedule, and I'm not sure the team they have coming forward, but when it comes to a team that's evenly matched, you know, from skill, from. From. From skill set to skill set, whether it be defensively or offensively, we will get to see a better outcome from Billet from, from Bill. In that coaching staff. Coaching can only do so much, huh?
Co-host
Yeah.
Ocho
LT Coaches can only do so much. At point. You have to go out there and execute and it's a team game, but it's 11 individuals on the field and you got to win your job, you got to win your individual battle and then the outcome of team comes into play. They were, they were, they, they weren't out coached, but they were outclassed because the level of talent that TCU had.
LT
Tonight, obviously, I think they looked a little.
Co-host
Go ahead, go ahead.
LT
I think they look. Yeah, I was gonna say I think they looked a little better when the backup quarterback came in. Max. They looked a little bit better. He threw the ball a little bit better. They had a little bit better rhythm to their offense. And if you guys know that's Brad Johnson's son, so you know he has the pedigree in order to play the position. So maybe they make that turn to the, to this young, young man who is, obviously has played a lot of football. He's been to lsu, Texas A and M, so he's played a lot of football.
Co-host
I agree.
Ocho
Have a question for. Will they really make a move already from the starting quarterback after, after just one game or do, do they give him another chance? Will they make a, will make a move that fast the way he looked?
Co-host
Yeah, he did. He really didn't look good. And the question is, how close was the quarterback battle? Because it said, I mean, they said he won the battle. So how close was it? Was it a runaway or was it a last second decision? But I agree with you, lt, because this young man is played at the top. He was a starting quarterback in the sec. He was starting quarterback at lsu. He was a starting quarterback at Texas A and M. And for him, I'm surprised that he didn't win the job outright. I think we need to give Mr. Lopez a little credit, but he didn't look good tonight. Now let's. Okay, it's one game. One game is not going to determine. But it's not going to. You. You can't have a lot, Ocho. You only got 10, 11 games. Yeah, I can't wait till five games in to say, okay, I'm gonna pull the plug now. It's a lot. You get a, you get a lot quicker hook in college than you do in the NFL because you have 17 weeks as opposed to like 11 weeks. And. But look, they don't, they're not good. To make a long story short, guys, we talk about, oh, we if they have a short leash, a long leash, they're not good. LT, you mentioned it. When you get 70, train, you got 70 new guys. You got 30 freshmen. Come on, man. What. What do we expect? Yeah, what do we expect? This is.
LT
And you playing the acc, you playing the ac. You see how Miami look? Yeah, Miami look last night, man.
Co-host
Yes or no? No. You got, you got Clemson and you got Clemson in that division. Excuse me, in that conference. So North Carolina, the Tar Heels are going to have to be on their best behavior now. I'm not saying. Look, Wake Forest, we'll see what Wake Forest has. And NC State, and there are a couple of other teams, the Dukes. But right now, Carolina needs a lot. I mean, what I was most disappointed in was their defense, because that's where Coach Belichick, that's where his son, Steve Belichick, they cut their teeth. They're normally. Hey, when you come home, I already knew where my grandfather had hat was supposed to go. So when he took it off and handed it to me, Ocho, I wouldn't put it right on the hat rack because I know where it was supposed to be. The Tar Heels are supposed to be able to hang the hat on what? Ocho, Defense?
Ocho
Yeah.
Co-host
You got the greatest defensive mind. And his son.
Ocho
Hold on, hold on, lt, listen, you gotta. You got the greatest defensive mind, right? When he was with the pages, he was the greatest defensive mind, but he also had the tools out there on the field to be able to execute everything he, everything he brought to his mind. Yes, but not now. You're at the collegiate level. You.
Co-host
You might have still need horses to run.
Ocho
Hey, listen, they didn't stop. You got to have the talent there. You have to have the talent. You got to. You can't. You just can't. You can't have a beautiful mind with a 10 cent finish.
Co-host
Right?
LT
They didn't stop nothing.
Co-host
LT, you remember. Hey, Ocho, you guys remember we used to be in the game and some of the defense watch the run, watch the pass. Yeah. But you can't stop either one of them. So it don't matter what we do, right?
Ocho
Right. You're right.
Co-host
We gonna do one or the other, but you can't stop either one. That was, that was the Tar Heels tonight. They couldn't stop anything. Guy had one carry, 28 yards, 11 carries, a buck 13 with a 75 yard, a touchdown, seven carries for 28 yard. I be 35 for 258. I'm like, Bro, are y' all go.
LT
Talk about the receiver? The receiver had what, 10 catches from.
Co-host
11 for 113 yards?
LT
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. They didn't stop nothing.
Co-host
Nothing. I.
LT
So to your point, like they gotta hang. They had on something like that's, that's Bill Belichick's mo, You know, to be able to take something away. And tonight they didn't have the horses to be able to take anything.
Co-host
Yeah, and, and, and, and in horse racing, look, a good friend of mine, Bob Baffert, he trained two Triple Crown winners, American Pharaoh and Justify. But at the end of the day, yeah, that hat plays a role. But he had the fail breads to run. So whether you're Western Soul, Dwayne Lucas, Suge McGahey, Bob Baffert, it does not matter if you do not have horses to run. You cannot win significant races in football. If. Look, and I don't take anything away from Andy Reid and all these great coaches, but you got to have players. At the end of the day, it is the Gyms and the Joes. It ain't no X's and O's because you can have all the minds you want to. It's the Gyms and the Joes that's going to determine how good those X's and those actually are.
Ocho
Every time. Every time.
Co-host
But not a, not a great start to Coach Belichick's college career. College coaching career. They lose at home, 48 to 14. And, and outside of that opening drive, that game, what really wasn't close and they took a knee. They took a knee in a goal to go situation, or they could have had a, a family, a party style nugget, a 50 piece on them.
Ocho
Yeah, they're gonna be all right, though, L.T. they're gonna be all right. They're gonna be all right.
Co-host
I don't know if they're gonna be all right this year.
Ocho
Yeah, no, they're gonna have, they're gonna have some ups and downs, but they're gonna compete. They're gonna compete. Bill is the type of coach that even if you're losing, even, even with losses like tonight, even with loss like tonight, that's the type of coach you still want to do everything you can for to only, not only appease him, but to prove the doubt is wrong. All those that are going to be talking trash because you know, you know what the media, you know what the media gonna do? Oh, they're gonna, they're gonna rip them to shreds. They was waiting for an opportunity like this, waiting to see what the debut looks like. And then you go out there and lose the player. The players go, they're gonna step up. They're gonna step up. They're not gonna fold.
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Podcast: Club Shay Shay
Host: Shannon Sharpe (iHeartPodcasts and Shay Shay Media)
Date: September 3, 2025
Episode Focus: “Best Of CFB Week 1, Part 2: Archie and Bill Belichick a BUST respectively?!”
This episode dives into the biggest college football stories from Week 1, focusing primarily on Texas QB Arch Manning’s disappointing opener against Ohio State, Miami’s strong start under Carson Beck, Florida State’s bold statements and win over Alabama, the economic implications of NIL for top QBs, and Bill Belichick’s debut as North Carolina’s head coach – a rough outing against a seasoned TCU squad. Shannon Sharpe is joined by co-hosts OchoCinco (“Ocho”), Johnny Manziel (“Johnny”), LT (LaDainian Tomlinson), and guest commentary throughout.
[02:57 – 11:47]
Performance Recap: Arch Manning goes 17/30, 170 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT for Texas in a "very underwhelming" performance against a loaded Ohio State squad.
Panel Reaction: Early hype around Arch as a “generational” talent is called into question based on his adjustment to high-level, live-action football.
“We just be using ‘generational’ because it sounds good. Stop saying that. He's not.” – Co-host [04:37]
“The media has propelled and propped up an individual… supposed to be the number one pick. Based on what we saw today – nah, that ain't it.” – Ocho [06:03]
Technical Observations: Lack of rhythm on simple "mesh" routes, off-balance throws, and uneven contributions from receivers factor into the struggles.
Media Hype: The hosts warn about overhyping athletes with family legacy before they've faced elite competition.
“We want him to be Peyton and Eli… Just let him play.” – Co-host [09:59, 10:11]
Receivers’ Role: Ocho points to a key interception where the wide receiver fails to adjust his route, defending Arch’s decision but highlighting the broader unit’s lack of execution.
"Arch threw the ball in the right place. The receiver’s got to know..." – Ocho [09:28]
[09:59 – 15:44]
Coaching Advantage: Praise for Ohio State’s defensive coordinator, a former NFL coach, who “could confuse NFL quarterbacks… should have success against a college quarterback in his first year.”
Jeremiah Smith: The challenge of defending Smith and the defensive strategies likely to be used against a top WR.
“You can put him in the backfield, you can bunch him… He ain't beating me." – Co-host [15:44]
National Outlook: Caution on overreacting to Week 1 results, but Ohio State is seen as a well-coached, bona fide contender if they retain offensive balance and defensive creativity.
[19:44 – 25:56]
Game Recap: Miami beats #6 Notre Dame 27–24; first win vs. a top-10 team since 2017.
QB Play: Carson Beck (Miami) “looks good in his emergence away from Georgia”, impressive composure in a big-time rivalry game.
Notre Dame’s Response: C.J. Carr plays solid, but Miami’s defense makes clutch plays.
“It didn’t have to be that close, but for some reason, coaches always have a way of calling a conservative game to allow the other team back in.” – Ocho [21:28]
Coaching & Tradition: Miami head coach Mario Cristobal praised for energizing the program. Discussion of the positive impact from returning alumni and the aura of “The U.”
[54:14 – 56:18]
FSU QB Castellanos: Brash pregame prediction (“They don't have Nick Saban to save them”) followed by a dominant 31–17 win over Bama.
Aftermath: Castellanos profits by selling “Nick can’t save them” merch.
“He said what he said and he went out there and backed it out. He backed it up and he's right. Coach Saban couldn't save 'em.” – Co-host [56:20]
NIL Implications: Ocho asks about NCAA rules on athletes selling such merch, learning it’s allowed within NIL.
General Advice: Hosts celebrate athletes leveraging branding but stress backing it up on the field.
[56:20 – 58:51]
Case Study: Nico Iamaleava leaves a lucrative $2M NIL situation at Tennessee for $1.2M at UCLA, only to be taxed more heavily in California. Opening loss to Utah compounds the miscalculation.
“Sometimes, you got stability right there in your backyard...you're trying to be greedy. You play on the field, it's gonna take care of itself.” – Ocho [57:19]
Financial Analysis: Discussion of state income taxes, FICA, and why players must factor long-term stability over short-term gains.
[59:05 – 70:25]
Result: UNC gets routed by TCU (48–14), outclassed across the board.
Key Point: No amount of scheme can overcome a deficiency in talent; TCU’s depth and experience overwhelm a rebuilding UNC roster.
“At the end of the day...it’s the Jims and the Joes, it ain't no X's and O's.” – Co-host [69:10]
Panel Consensus: “Not a great start to Coach Belichick’s college career” but expectation for eventual improvement, even if this season is bumpy.
QB Controversy: Suggestion that UNC may already look to make a quarterback change following the starter’s struggles and the backup's promising series.
“They weren't out-coached, but they were outclassed because the level of talent that TCU had.” – Ocho [63:39]
[29:31 – 47:34]
The panel is animated and honest, often cutting through “media hype” and holding star players to high standards while their analysis is grounded in both technical football insights and real-world lessons about hype, money, and personal growth. Humor and sincerity – especially about life, childhood dreams, and community – shine through, lending warmth and relatability.
This episode offers a compelling recap of CFB Week 1’s biggest storylines. The hosts scrutinize both the performances and expectations for high-profile athletes and coaches while candidly unpacking the realities of big-time college football today: NIL pitfalls, media narratives, coaching transitions, and the importance of resilience, talent, and community. Perfect for those seeking honest, expert CFB commentary with a soul.