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Nightcap - Hour 1: Ducks win Big Ten, Georgia wins OT thriller, Hunter vs. Jeanty for Heisman
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Chad Johnson
I would just ever say that they listen. The way he pinned him inhaling back and didn't allow him. Didn't allow him to get through him.
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Shannon Sharpe
You get on top of it.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah. And hey, that was. That was a very good assembly. That is what. That's a veteran. That's a veteran play. That's an NFL veteran DB play. Don't panic, relax, hold him off and let that thing drop right in the bucket to seal the game.
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Shannon Sharpe
And you thought he was the receiver because the way he pinned him because now the receiver can't get on top of it. I got you pinned to the sideline now. It's going to have to be a perfect throw because I made you run the loop once I made you run the loop and you couldn't stack me. Now I can use my momentum to ride you to the sideline now you see how the ball dropped down the chimney. It just so happens I was in front of the. I was in front of the receiver. So I'm the receiver now. So we drive right down to my bed breadbasket. And for him to make that type of a catch at some point in time. It's hard for me to believe. Oo that he didn't play on the opposite side of the football at some point in time.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah. He had to play receiver. He had to play receiver at some point because it was too smooth and too natural. Yes. For him not to play receiver at some point.
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Shannon Sharpe
Yeah. That was unbelievable game. I thought the Ducks were going to run away with Ocho at one point in time. I think the score was 28 to 10. I was like, oh man, they fitted to make miss meet up Penn State. And it seemingly like Penn State always gets in these games and big games, big games and they don't play big.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Shannon Sharpe
And I think that's. That seems to be. That's the. That's the knock on James Franklin. I'm not saying he's not a good coach, but he, he loses far too many of these games in order for us to put him in that great category because normally Ohio State, he catches the L. Big bowl games, he catches the L. And it's not like he hasn't had good talent because he's had some really good talent. Dylan Gabriel Tonight was 22 or 32. 283, four touchdowns, no picks. Oregon ran the ball 43 times for 183 yards. And I think that's the thing that People don't realize that how much Oregon actually runs the football, they would run it a lot more than you think they did. You think they just sprayed them all, all over the field. But they, they, they, they run the football. They do. Nobody had a big game. Ojo. Jordan James was 20 carries, 87 yards. Nor Whittington had 15 carries for 82. And if you look at the last, Gabriel had 11 yards. That was that last run where he got the first down, slid and protected himself. 43 carries, 183 yards, 283 yards passing. But they played really good. They look really good. Explosive. They're really explosive offensively.
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Chad Johnson
You know what I would like to see? Honestly now, this is just a hypothetical. I'm just throwing it out there. Obviously with Penn State having the ball towards the end of the game and having an opportunity to actually. Well, actually, they would have to score.
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Shannon Sharpe
And go for two, correct?
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, they would. I would have really liked to see that last offensive drive. I would have loved to see Penn.
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Shannon Sharpe
State score and watch Oregon see what they can do and, and see what.
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Chad Johnson
They could do with make it an even game. We going overtime. Let, let's, let's, let's, let's play ball.
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Shannon Sharpe
Well, you think like I think because I say I'm looking at Oregon. Okay, you've been going up and down the field. Now when you absolutely have to get up and down and go, go up the field. Can you get it done now? Yeah, because we saw where there was no pressure on you. You went down there, you got seven and the next day, you know, you got 14 and you got X, Y, Z and you were boom, boom, boom, boom. Now when you absolutely have to have it, can you go get it again when you have to? Because that's the mark of really, I look at offense and defensive football and yeah, we can say whatever. But if. How can you be a great defense if you can't get a stop when you need it? Ocho, you need to get the team off the field on third down and you don't do it and you allow them to keep getting third down after third down after third down. Or you can't get a big, a big stop to take them out of field goal range or you can't get a turnover. Offensively, you that good. Offensively, you can't get a first down to kill the clock to make sure the opposing offense doesn't get the ball. That's how I measure offense and defense. Yes, we like to see offense go up and down the field. We like to see defense stop people. But when you absolutely have to have it, can you go get it done? And you were thinking the same thing I was thinking. I was like, man, I kind of want Penn State to get this thing because I want to see what pit. I want to see what Oregon can do when the back's against the wall. Because the last day. I don't think. I don't think nobody really wants to go into overtime because you never know until pass here, miss that, miss there. You really don't know. Yeah, but give Oregon credit. They're going to be the number one seed. They're going to get a buy, but.
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Chad Johnson
They get to buy, right? But is that really good? Think about it. Think about it. Normally, when you get it by, I'm thinking about me, but I can't. I can't even talk about me because we ain't really had no black. Cause I ain't go to no goddamn playoffs, but no goddamn first seed. But I wouldn't want to lose the momentum. I wouldn't want to lose the chemistry that we have as an offense or as a defense or that. Or that flow and rhythm that we may be in. I wouldn't want no goddamn bye. I want to. I want to keep. I want to keep that train rolling.
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Shannon Sharpe
Well, you know, college is different.
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Chad Johnson
What's going to happen, you get that by. And everything fall. Fall to shit. When you come back. When you come back and play.
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Shannon Sharpe
Ocho, you remember college is not like now. I don't know how this format is going because you have extra teams, but you remember college. Hey, man, they used to get three, four weeks off before they play a game. You talk about a buy. Them jokers go home for Christmas break, come back, get ready to play a football game. Oh, Joe, they not like us. You know, we might. You play and then if you get home field, you got home field throughout you to have two buys. Okay? You got the weekend, you got the week off, and then you play the following week. Man, these joke here get three, four weeks off.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, man, but it's gonna be. I don't. I don't like that.
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Shannon Sharpe
Nah. Penn State drew ALR. He 20, 20 of 39, 226, three touchdowns, two interceptions. But if you go back and look at the interception made on him, they made some phenomenal plays. The ball was a little late. Eight made a great play. I didn't even know he picked the ball until he started running the other way. Hell, I thought I. Oh, Joe. I thought the ball hit the ground. He running. I'm like what the hell he running for?
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Chad Johnson
He, he caught it. He matter of fact he late hand the but he late handed all the way down to, you know, to his knees.
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Shannon Sharpe
Yep. Penn State ran the football. I think the thing is O Penn State could have got the lead and relied on the rushing game but because they fell behind because look K Tron Allen had 14 carries, a buck 24, Nicholas Singleton had 10 for a buckle five. Now if we got the lead we can rely on that. And so to keep the Oregon's offense off the field, I mean they ran the ball 35 times for 292 8.3 yards of carry, two touchdowns. But when you behind it's kind of hard to run the ball effectively. I mean you get some yard but Oregon don't care because all that is tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Yeah, clock going down and so. But give a very interesting game, a game that I thought was going to be a blowout. Penn State give them credit, they made it a very interesting game and but Oregon's defense, when they had to make a play, they made a play. And the Oregon offense runs the clock out as they win. As they win the Big Ten title. The only undefeated team and they get to buy. Go ahead.
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Chad Johnson
All right, so I got, I got, I got a question. As far as the playoffs are concerned, do we know the team that are going to be in the playoffs yet?
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Shannon Sharpe
No, we don't. We can assume that Oregon obviously Georgia now it's going to be interesting what they're going to do with Clemson. Clemson did win the acc. They're nine win, they're a three loss.
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Chad Johnson
Team but they have three, they have three losses. If Clemson get in, goddamn Alabama going to find a way in too.
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Shannon Sharpe
It seems like Boise State is going to get in there. One lost team won a conference. Arizona State probably get in there. One lost team won the conference. It's going to be interesting to see because now you got Penn State. Penn State is a two loss team. They're probably going to get in. Texas a two loss team. They're probably going to get in. So it's going to be interesting to see how this thing shapes up. Ocho, we don't know definitively but I think we got a pretty good idea of the teams obviously Georgia, Oregon. I think Oregon, Georgia, Penn State, Texas. I think those are for sure right now we did Boise State I think because they only lost one game. I think they get in. Arizona State has a very strong argument because they did. I know Everybody says the Big 12 is down this year. Okay, fine. But they only won one loss. They only have one loss and they won a conference. Boy, State, one loss. They lost to Oregon, a very close. I think they lost 32, 39. They have one loss, won a conference. I think if the. A lot of these at larges. I think it's a lot of these at largest. That's going to be. Yeah, it's going to be a lot of at large. We'll get to that a little later. Oo.
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Chad Johnson
Okay.
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Shannon Sharpe
Woo. Clemson wins the ACC title. The Tigers convert on a walk off 56 yard field goal to stun SMU. It's the first time SMU, it's the first year SMU was in the ACC. Right? Clint Kubnick was 24, 41, 262, four touchdowns as they went on a walk off field goal 56 yards. And that's what you want, Ocho. You want these games. Look, these are supposed to be the two best teams. So the two best teams. If you got the two best teams, I don't care what nobody say. I ain't supposed to see 56, 10, I ain't supposed to see 60, 60 something to 7. That's not how it's supposed to be.
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Chad Johnson
Like last year when Florida State played Georgia. Yeah, when the Florida State played Georgia.
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Shannon Sharpe
No, when TCU played Georgia, it got be 65 to 7.
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Chad Johnson
Oh yeah, that was nasty. That was nasty work. But tonight's game, honestly, all of the.
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Shannon Sharpe
Games today was awesome.
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Chad Johnson
All championship games were the type of game that you want to see.
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Shannon Sharpe
Yep, yep. Give SMU. Look, Clemson jumped out 21 7.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Shannon Sharpe
But give a, give SMU credit because this game is really kind of like in the backyard. Clemson is not that far from Charlotte. I'm sure they have, they had a big contingent there because Clemson traveled very well, especially up and down in the south. They take a lot, they got a bit, you know Clemson, they don't have the level of talent that they have say the last like three, four, five years when they had desean and they had Trevor Lawrence and they had T. Higgins and they had Kristen Wilkins and they had all those guys, Cleland Farrell and they had a lot of that, that top tier talent, Ocho. But Clemson, man, they used to have some dogs, man. Yeah, you know they had.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, they have, they had some boys now.
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Shannon Sharpe
Martinius Bryant, the atm, Travis atn.
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Chad Johnson
They had some dogs come through there.
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Shannon Sharpe
I'm looking at SMU. Kevin Jennings. 32 of 51, 3 10, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception. They ran the ball 34 times for 180, 148 and another touchdown. And they like, man, we got them. And Clemson say, you don't got us. I mean, for a college kid to kick up, you know, to kick that ball 56 yards, Ocho, in that type.
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Chad Johnson
Of situation, I don't think people listen. The casual fan, the casual fan, even the football fan wouldn't understand the kind of pressures it is on a college kicker, let alone an NFL kicker, where your foot, your. The game is on the line with your foot. Yeah, that's the whole lot of pressure, man. Yeah, from 30, from 40. Hell, 56. That's a whole nother ball game.
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Shannon Sharpe
I think. You know what, Ocho, to be honest with you, tell me what you think about this. I think as the distance increases, the pressure decreases because people now all of a sudden not to start to think he ain't going to make it anyway. So why. It's not like it's 35. It's not like it's 40 and under. So now all of a sudden we talking about a college kid kicking 50, 55, damn near 60. So I think the pressure decreases as opposed to. Yo, yeah, yeah. I don't know. I don't know.
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Chad Johnson
I would think it would be the opposite way. Because the further out you go as a kicker, if your technique is off a little bit because it's because you so far out, the chance of the ball going left are going right, the chance of it not actually going straight. Now the closer, the closer in you are, the chances are, okay, if I kick it right, even if I do happen to swing it left a little bit, it still has a chance to go in because I'm not as far back because.
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Shannon Sharpe
But here's the thing. Now everybody's expecting you to make that 30 yarder. How many people in that stadium thought a 50 college kid gonna make a 56 yarder? It's like having a big lead. See, all the pressure was on the Atlanta Falcons because they had the 28:3 lead. Yeah, I'm down 28:3. Oh, sure, I can throw caution to the win. So if we lose 56 to 10, who cares? We're supposed to lose anyway. But what happens if we come back? What happens if we. If we make it 2018? What happens? We make it 2817. What happened? Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's a one score game, Ocho. We gotta stop here. We gonna stop your Ocho. We get the ball back. Now the pressure now, as opposed to a nip and tuck ball game, nipping, tuck ball game. Hey, you got something to lose too. I ain't got nothing to lose. On your 28. Three. That's just me. I mean, I could be wrong, Chad. It'd be interesting to see what you guys think. I just think as the distance increases, the pressure decreases.
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Chad Johnson
Well, as you guys understand you, you, I mean, you sitting, you sitting here talking to a kicker himself. I was a kick in high school, I was a kick in college. Hell, I was a backup kicker for the goddamn Bengals for 11 some years. So I'm just telling you, in a situation like that, the close you are, it's like a layup. It's like a layup. 30 yards, 25 yards, 35. Now you start talking about 45 and back. Now that's like Steph Curry. Now you shoot from the three, the percentage and the chances of making it become a little bit slimmer, right?
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Shannon Sharpe
I remember, I remember when Patrick Ewing blew that layup, a three foot layup. And people like, man, how you seven foot tall and miss a three foot layup? And you know, and I get it because you know, you seven foot tall, you right there at the basket, I'd be like, but he got in. Do I shoot it with ease? Do I dunk it? And he got caught in between and he shot it and it kind of hit the back. Well, it didn't shot. He didn't kind of. He shot it a little bit too hard and it hit the back iron and carry him out. But this was an unbelievable game. All the games today oo came really, they were one possession game. They came down to the very end. And I think the conference are very, very excited with what they got.
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Shannon Sharpe
Georgia wins another SEC title. The number five Bulldogs clinched the first round by with a 2219 win over the number two Texas. Despite Carson Beck's injury, Gunner Stockton comes off the bench, goes 12 of 1671 yards with an interception. Carson Beck was 7 of 1356 yards and Drew Bobo was 1 of 1 for 9 yards. O and I don't. But I think Stockton, I don't know if they win this game, if Carson Beck stays in this game. It's almost like a situation because you remember when, when Tua. Well, no, Tua got hurt and then what you call him came in. Jalen hurts, came in in the SEC championship game and beat said Georgia Bulldogs. Or you go back to the national championship game where Jalen Hurst was playing so bad and Tua comes off the bench because here's the thing, Ocho, they ain't practice for Drew. They ain't practice for the backup. You don't practice for the backup because you don't anticipate him getting out. Especially now if you run some plays. Now, the Steelers are different. I expect to see one or two plays in which Jordan Fields are going to get in the game. So I have to, hey, he comes in the game, this is what he likes to do. They like to run the boot with him. They like to run the QB power, stuff like that. So I got to anticipate that. I mean, I hadn't seen. You hadn't seen Stockton except Marpa. So I'm not anticipating him being in the game.
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Chad Johnson
But this is the thing about it, even for Texas, with Stockton coming in the game, look at how much of the playbook does he. He knows most of the playbook, but how much of the playbook are they going to give to him as opposed to Beck? I think the playbook, it shrinks. And then to me defensively, it would make it a little bit easier to have to deal with him because there's only so much they're going to allow him to do. There's a reason why he is the backup.
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Shannon Sharpe
You right.
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Chad Johnson
I mean, that's just my thought process. I could be wrong.
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Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, but it's Ocho, it's not, it's not like. It's not like the NFL where the disparity between the starting quarterback and the backup is so dark. It's huge.
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Chad Johnson
It's huge.
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Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, it's huge because Stockton Was probably what, a three or a four star recruit?
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Chad Johnson
Yes, sir.
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Shannon Sharpe
So it's not. It's not like you got. You got Patrick Mahomes and then you got his backup, or you got Joe Burrow and you got his backup, you got Josh Allen, where the discrepancy in talent is so vast. And so, yes, now I have to condense the playbook, but in college, because of the talent pool that surrounded. Hey, bro, just get the ball out your hand, but don't show. I watched this game. Did you see that interception? Kids, can y'all stop celebrating? Texas get an interception. That's supposed to be a pick six. All number three has to do is block seven. If he blocks it. Ocho, that's a tub. That's reservation for six. He's celebrating and the guy runs right by him and makes the tackle.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Shannon Sharpe
You know, your office is struggling. Your office is struggling to get the ball in the end zone.
- [30:24]
Chad Johnson
Yeah. Every opportunity counts.
- [30:27]
Shannon Sharpe
You got. You got to maximize that. But everybody gets so caught up in the world to celebrate. I guarantee you, I guarantee you, his defensive coordinator, his DB coach is telling him exactly what you and I are discussing, son, you got. If you make this block, this is a touchdown. If you go look at it, first of all, all the other receivers are way to the other side now. You ain't got nothing but the quarterback that got hit. And off an offensive lineman, all you got to do is block because number seven sees it. He heads that way. If three blocks number seven from the Bulldogs, that's a walk in touchdown. They're going to probably win the game.
- [31:14]
Chad Johnson
You got to understand the excitement in a situation like that, especially for a college kid, for a young kid or something like that to be happening. Your mind goes to instant celebration based on the play that was made, as opposed to, oh, shit, let me look around and be focused and have that self awareness to block to make sure he does get in there. So you gotta think about when you was that age, you know, it's kind of different. So the way we're thinking about it is completely different. Because we played at the highest level and we know ain't no celebrations happening. Yeah. Till we cross that line. You know, until I cross that goddamn line.
- [31:52]
Shannon Sharpe
At that point, oh, y'all, I'm different. You know what I'm trying to do? I'm headhunting. I'm trying to catch me somebody slipping.
- [31:58]
Chad Johnson
Oh, y'all can do that back then, you know, you can't do that no more.
- [32:01]
Shannon Sharpe
You can't do that now, Joe. But Hey, I'm head hunt, right? I'm looking, I'm looking to peel somebody, Cap, but here's the thing. He's coming. So this theoretically isn't a crack black or a block behind the plate.
- [32:14]
Chad Johnson
Right, Right, right.
- [32:15]
Shannon Sharpe
So all he has to do is.
- [32:16]
Chad Johnson
Get a hand, get in the way. Just get in the way.
- [32:19]
Shannon Sharpe
That's all he got to do in Texas win if. If they. And Sark, if you go back and look at Sark on the sideline, he knows that he like, damn it, does he know, Ocho, you know you struggle. Yeah, yeah.
- [32:36]
Chad Johnson
We need that, man.
- [32:38]
Shannon Sharpe
Ocho, I'm not saying that Ewers won't be a great pro, but Ocho, he. You don't see it, man. Bro, you know what?
- [32:52]
Chad Johnson
Remember, it's important. It's situation, huh? It's situational.
- [32:55]
Shannon Sharpe
It.
- [32:56]
Chad Johnson
Depending on where he goes, you think. You think he goes in late, later rounds and he's a backup somewhere, then if he's in a great situation with a supporting cast that's really good, you know, there's some receivers that can make your quarterbacks. It's some running backs that could take the pressure off your quarterback to where he looks good, where he looks decent.
- [33:13]
Shannon Sharpe
Oh, sure. I'm.
- [33:15]
Chad Johnson
I mean, there's nothing wrong with Brock Purdy. I think Brock Purdy is a good quarterback.
- [33:19]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [33:19]
Chad Johnson
Look at the support and cast and what he has around him. He's goddamn decent.
- [33:24]
Shannon Sharpe
Right.
- [33:24]
Chad Johnson
Can. Can you put Carson back? And I got them 49 offense. You think he's going to be okay?
- [33:29]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah.
- [33:30]
Chad Johnson
It's all about timing. It's all about timing, getting the ball, getting the ball out at the right time. He has a great supporting cast. Now can you put Carson back in? Goddamn. In Carolina?
- [33:40]
Shannon Sharpe
No, no.
- [33:42]
Chad Johnson
Can you put. What's the other guy's name? What's his name?
- [33:44]
Shannon Sharpe
Oh, oh, you talking about Stockton? Yes, Ewers.
- [33:51]
Chad Johnson
You know, Ewers in San Francisco, he'd be fine. It's all about timing.
- [33:57]
Shannon Sharpe
Some quarterbacks need players to elevate them. Some quarterback can elevate players. A Patrick Mahomes, a Tom Brady. There are certain quarterbacks, they can elevate marginal talent and get more out of them. Some quarterbacks need more talent to uplift them. And there's nothing wrong with that, but I mean, some of the mistakes that he makes, I'm like. I'm like, bro, what I'm trying to figure out, because I'm trying to. Because I'm like, go back and run that again because I'm trying to see what he's seeing. I can't sometimes don't show it. That's what I want to replay for. Because I want to see. Maybe. Maybe I'm like. But I'm looking like, bro, damn. And I know I think he has an injury, but I don't look at him as being, like, mobile. And I. I'm probably sure there are a lot of people in Austin that's thinking if we put Arch Manning in there, we win that game.
- [34:55]
Chad Johnson
You think so?
- [34:56]
Shannon Sharpe
I bet. I bet you I can say I don't really follow anybody. I don't really follow anything, you know, I don't follow blogs and stuff like that to see what they said about the local team and things like that. I don't follow really anybody that. That. I don't think that follows Texas like that. But it's hard for me to believe because I know a lot of people thought like, you know what? I guarantee you they probably thought that, man, if we had Arch Manning in there, that's a game that we could have won. I mean, but I know when argument comes in the game, I'm thinking, you know what I'm thinking? When he comes in the game, I say it's run. Yeah.
- [35:27]
Chad Johnson
The funny thing about it is when ours play early in the season, when yours was out, arms could not only run. Hell, Arson was throwing that thing like crazy. Yeah, he was throwing all over the field. And listen, tonight, I mean, Texas had nobody but to blame for themselves. They had two missed field goals. Hell, they falling for the goddamn fake.
- [35:45]
Shannon Sharpe
Punt first ocho at that area. First of all, you have to understand situation of football. You just got a situation where you went down and scored. The last thing the team want to do is give you the ball right back.
- [35:58]
Chad Johnson
Yeah.
- [35:59]
Shannon Sharpe
Put your pun safe. Pun safe. What you going to try? Where you going?
- [36:06]
Chad Johnson
Coaches got it. Coaches got to know that. That's on the coaches. You have to know that it's all. It's situational football and understanding what's going on at the time.
- [36:16]
Shannon Sharpe
I don't get these guys understand. You just scored a touchdown. Clearly you got the momentum and you just forced them to go three and out. Right? Then the last thing they want to do is to give you the football back. Hey, let's go. Hey, watch the fake. Let's go. Hey, just to make sure, let's go punt. Safe, right? What you put. First of all, how many times. When's the last time Texas returned a punt?
- [36:41]
Chad Johnson
Come on, bro.
- [36:43]
Shannon Sharpe
It's not the time to try to be hero and set up a Return. Because you set up a return, your guys gonna have to go early. And now you see what happens now you allow them to get a first down, they keep, they keep the ball. Yeah, it's, it's stuff. It's stuff like that, Ocho. That's the thing, situational football that's so important. And the really good ones, they understand that you got, you have to know the situation and what's, what's, what transpired. Man, damn. They just. Man, we just scored. Let's get the ball back. You, you can't ask for anything more. You just forced him to a three and out right now you about to get the ball back, Ocho. Let's go put. Say I ain't worried about. I ain't worried about it. I don't care about a return. Right. I just want the ball. But give Georgia credit. They win in overtime. Walk it off. They played eight overtimes last week against Georgia Tech. They play another or they play what, two overtime games, not one because Texas kicked the field goal and then Georgia got the ball and they scored. Yeah, they scored on theirs, their possession. And they win 22:19 to secure a spot in the college football playoffs and a buy because you know whoever won the SEC was going to get receive a buy. Arizona State makes the College Football playoff with a 4519 win over Iowa State in the Big 12 title game. Cam Scat, both and Arizona State are on quite a run. They were picked last to Finish last of 16 teams. Oo Arizona State was picked to finish 16 and the Big 12 Big 12 debut after being preseason pick to finish at the bottom of the conference. Sam Levitt. 12, 17, 219, three touchdown and. And they ran the ball 39 times for 245. Scat bow 16, 170. And they blow out the Iowa State Cyclones and to secure their spot in the College Football Playoff. Damn it.
- [38:48]
Chad Johnson
That wasn't much of a game. That's the only one where it wasn't much of a game. It was one sided. It was one sided. Hey, Arizona State was good though.
- [38:57]
Shannon Sharpe
They listen.
- [38:57]
Chad Johnson
They surprised me. They surprised me. They've been bad. They've been bad for a while. For a while now. So for them to come out and play the way they played the entirety of the season, you know, I mean, salute to them goddamn kudos, man.
- [39:13]
Shannon Sharpe
We spoiled that South Colorado in this game.
- [39:16]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, you right.
- [39:17]
Shannon Sharpe
All they had to do was take care of Kansas.
- [39:19]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, that's all they had to do. Hey, so it would have been. It would have been. It would have Been Colorado. Who?
- [39:25]
Shannon Sharpe
Asu, Iowa State, probably Arizona State.
- [39:30]
Chad Johnson
Ooh, that. Yeah, that would have been a nice one. That would have been a nice game.
- [39:37]
Shannon Sharpe
Rocco Beck was 21 to 35, 214, a touchdown, two touchdowns, one interception. They look, they would just overmatch it. I mean, ain't really nothing. They could have done this and could have done that. Arizona stage has been playing unbelievable football the last six, seven weeks of the season, and they've gotten better and better and better. Their running game is outstanding. You saw the job that Scat Bo did on Arizona, their rival in state. Rival. They were clearly the better team. And that's what you want to have happen ono when we go into a game and we know. Excuse me. We know we're the better team. Man, stop dilly dallying around, man. I ain't fooling with y'all. As Cat said, I know I'm coming. Y'all know I'm coming. I know y'all gonna be there when I get there.
- [40:25]
Chad Johnson
Why? Well, that's matter of fact that. That you said. Think about this, though.
- [40:31]
Shannon Sharpe
What's up?
- [40:31]
Chad Johnson
Just a hypothetical. If Arizona State was to play Colorado and Scat Bo ran the way he just did, what's the one thing Colorado struggled with when they played?
- [40:40]
Shannon Sharpe
Stop in the run. Well, hey, you better sell out to stop the damn run. So you saw what Kansas did. Kansas, that running back had 200. Who else had North Dakota State. They ran the ball. If you look at the game they lost, it was because their inability to stop the run.
- [40:57]
Chad Johnson
1.
- [40:57]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah. Stopping the run and protect the door. Yeah. Yeah. But we'll never know. Give a. Give Arizona State, they're going to the college football playoffs. Gonna make the conference a lot of money. Yep. Salute. I like number 10. Boyd State grabs a college football playoff spot, beating the number 19 UNLV running revs in the Mountain west championship. Aston Jinty, 32 carries, 209 yards and a touchdown. Okay. Many believe that he closed the gap. Some think he might have overtaken Travis Hunter, who was. Who was off. I don't. Because his odds did fall Ocho. Because the young man was he now like 150, 160 yards away from Barry Sanders record.
- [41:45]
Chad Johnson
Hey, man. Okay, go ahead.
- [41:47]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, I'm gonna let you finish, Ash. Give me his total numbers now because I think he has 344. I think he had 212. 3. He had 312. 32. 344. So he had 344 carries, but I still think he's 100 and something, 150 yards, let's just say give or take 10 yards from Barry's single season rushing record. Like I said, bowl game. So he's going, he's got another game to play. And the thing that gets him oo is that he's going to pop one every. If you go back and look, he popped a 30, 40, 50, 60, 80 yarder, right? So now he's playing with house money. Because if I give him, if he pops one for 70, 80 yards, Ocho, I give him the ball 20 more times, he's going to have at least 80 yards.
- [42:35]
Chad Johnson
Listen, I, I don't, I don't like, I don't listen, I, I don't think you understand.
- [42:40]
Shannon Sharpe
Before you go ojo, he has 344 carries. He's three yards short of 5, 2500. So he needs, I think Barry had 26, 28. So he needs a hundred and one hundred and thirty two yards to break Barry's single season rushing total. Now remember now Ocho, Barry did play in the Holiday bowl. He runs for 225 and five touchdowns. But those stats didn't count. And a lot of NFL players are voicing their support for Aston Jinty, Jonathan Stewart, Aston Jenny is the Heisman winner. If you swap Colorado, they are in a top 10 team. Matt Leonard, Brock Hewitt said Aston Jenty should win the Heisman Trophy, right? Ocho, I think you have strong disagreement with that.
- [43:39]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, you got damn right I have a strong disagreement. I just want to name all the people that have done what Ashton Gindi has done. No disrespect, no, no disrespect to him. You know, kudos, salute, you know for his achievement this season. Barry Sanders has been a 2000 yard rusher in college. Am I correct?
- [43:54]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah.
- [43:55]
Chad Johnson
Melvin Gordon has been a 2000 yard rusher in college as well. Am I correct?
- [44:00]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [44:01]
Chad Johnson
Marcus Allen, Am I correct?
- [44:03]
Shannon Sharpe
The first 2000 yard rush in college.
- [44:05]
Chad Johnson
Okay. Derrick Henry, Am I correct?
- [44:08]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [44:09]
Chad Johnson
Ladalie and Tomlinson. Am I correct?
- [44:12]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [44:13]
Chad Johnson
Adrian, wait, wait a minute.
- [44:14]
Shannon Sharpe
No. AP did 1960.
- [44:17]
Chad Johnson
I meant to say, remember Troy Davis?
- [44:19]
Shannon Sharpe
He did it twice.
- [44:21]
Chad Johnson
He did it twice. Troy David, he went to South Ridge. Out here, down here, down south in Miami. Let me keep going. Matt Forte had a thousand, right? Correct.
- [44:31]
Shannon Sharpe
Yep.
- [44:32]
Chad Johnson
Ricky Williams had a 2000 yard season. Correct?
- [44:35]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [44:36]
Chad Johnson
Our Larry Johnson, Kansas City and played for Cincinnati. Larry Johnson had a 2000.
- [44:42]
Shannon Sharpe
And Smith from Central Florida had 2500.
- [44:47]
Chad Johnson
Christian McCaffrey had a 2000 yard season. Right. Ron Dain I'm, I'm still going on.
- [44:58]
Shannon Sharpe
And on and on.
- [44:58]
Chad Johnson
The people that achieve exactly what Ashton Ginty has done, what Travis Hunter has done this season on both sides of the ball, hasn't been done before at the level and at the level he's done it. Yes, we've had two way players. We had the Charles Wilsons, you know, we the champ beat. Is it Chris Gamble, what you call.
- [45:24]
Shannon Sharpe
Him did Ohio State? Miles Jack did it also.
- [45:28]
Chad Johnson
Miles Jack, you know, yes, they've done it, but they didn't do it to the extent in which he did it. Every goddamn snap of the season, both sides of the ball. Efficient on both sides of the ball. Come on, man. I respect what Ashley, what brother Jinty has done, but everybody's done it. Nobody's done what Travis Hunter has done this year on the defensive side of the ball and the offensive side of the ball, every snap. Come on man, what are we talking about? And that's no disrespect to brother, my brother from Boise State, man, you had a hell of a season. Yes, but what Travis Hunter did this year, man, is different, man. Some, some old smo alien type man. Come on, man, know that. I'm gonna let you finish. I don't want to say the wrong thing.
- [46:21]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, for me, for me, I think Travis Hunter is the best collegiate player in college football. And I'm not talking about snaps because snaps is not a stat. But I'm saying if you look at what he did on the offensive side of football, you look at what he's done on the defensive side of the football, it's hard for me to say that there is a. I've seen a better college player. I haven't. I don't know if we see. I don't know if we've seen a better college athlete that played a game of football. No, I can't say that I've seen that. And to be top five in receiving yards, to be top five in receptions, to play at the level that he played at on the defensive side of the football, that's just me. Look, and I understand, I respect these guys. Matt Liner is a Heisman Trophy winner and he gets a vote. Brock Hewitt analyzed the game. I love the way he calls the game. Jonathan Stewart played in and played in the league and played at a very high level. So I respect all these guys opinions. But for me, the best collegiate player in football is Travis Hunter.
- [47:28]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, I mean, I mean anyone that would disagree. Again, some people look at a whole hold Travis at the stake because of Their personal vendettas against prime because it's Colorado, for whatever reason, they won't give him his credit, his due credit. You know those people that can't get or side with their personal reason for hating prime and are going to allow that to affect what Travis Hunter has done and their decision making when it comes to, you know, the Heisman voting or just. It's like. It's ridiculous, man. Is ridiculous.
- [48:02]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah.
- [48:02]
Chad Johnson
And those that have played the game of football, that have actually played the game of football and are watching them do what he's doing and still have thoughts that someone else should with the Heisman is beyond me because I've never seen it and I was a great athlete and I ain't never seen no shit like that.
- [48:20]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, yeah. And I don't care looking at. And my thing is. Well, I don't he. Well, he ain't gonna be. I don't care if he can do it at the next level. We're talking about at this level, the Heisman Trophy ain't got nothing to do with the NFL level. We're talking about this year. And for people to say, well, he's not even a top 10 player. Come on now. I believe.
- [48:39]
Chad Johnson
Look, he got a what?
- [48:40]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, that. Now see, now y'all just saying stuff just to say stuff because he is a top 10 player and his draft is going to. His, his draft status is going to reflect that.
- [48:51]
Chad Johnson
Yeah.
- [48:53]
Shannon Sharpe
Look, maybe he, maybe he won't be as good a receiver in the NFL. Maybe he won't be as good a db. But we're talking about right now as a collegiate player. Ocho, that's what we're talking about. Because who just say the Aston Genti is going to go to the NFL and play and have the type of career in the NFL that he had in college a lot of times. Troy Davis, I don't even think played us. Now, Matt Forte had a couple of good years in the NFL. I think the Smith kid, ufc, ucf. I don't think he might. Well, I think he played like a year or two in Detroit, but he never had the obviously we know look, Barry and Ladanian, Marcus Allen, you know, hey, Ron, Dane Rodang didn't have the type of career he wasn't. He was an all time lead rush in colleague in college history. Right. Ricky Williams, you heard me.
- [49:43]
Chad Johnson
It's different at that next level. Now. It's one thing to be able to. When you get to that next level with them grown men, them grown men, they got mouths to feed. Them grown Men, them grown men, they have a wife to take care of. They got, they got kids, mortgages due, car note, rent, insurance, side chick.
- [50:07]
Shannon Sharpe
And guess you got, you got to.
- [50:08]
Chad Johnson
Realize you finna come to the next level. Think you running for 2,000 every season, man, Shit every.
- [50:15]
Shannon Sharpe
Because here's the thing in college and what I try to tell people, look, on a college team, let's take the best college team ever assembled. Let's just say out of 115 players, they got 30 NFL players, right? The NFL got a 53 man roster. All of them Mofos in the NFL. All of them there, even the 15 or 16 practice squad guys are in the NFL. So that's the difference what you're going against every single. And what I tell people this Ocho, I used to tell people all the time, I don't care if you take the best player, the best offensive lineman, the best defensive lineman, you take the best db, you take the best wide receiver, right? If that guy in the NFL, he can make him look foolish. An average DB can take a great wide receiver and tie like what happened to him. He must be hurt, right? And the. And the same thing off. I've seen off great offensive lineman and guys just guys like that. How you beat that man for two sacks, that man's the first team all pro tackle and you got two sacks and three pressures on him. Yep. Yep.
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Shannon Sharpe
It's different when you going up against a grown man and his only job is to what, be a Football player.
- [55:39]
Chad Johnson
Yeah.
- [55:39]
Shannon Sharpe
These guys got to go to class, they got to go to study hall, they got to do all this other stuff. Professionals. All they do is play professional football. Yeah.
- [55:47]
Chad Johnson
And then, you know, some people will say, like where I said basically that it's grown men at the next level and it's not going to be easy. And then they will probably say, well, hell, the same will go for Travis Hunter and him being successful at the next level. Listen, if you know football, if you understand skill sets, if you understand DNA, if you understand a person being special at what they do, you know when it's going to transition. Well, he's one of them players. He's one of those people.
- [56:21]
Shannon Sharpe
He's.
- [56:22]
Chad Johnson
He's one of those people. It's going to transition. I'm just, just, just so people don't say, oh, you just said it's difficult when playing go from college and the chance of making it at the next level or being as successful as you were in college at the next level, it's difficult. Yes. But you can tell, you just know.
- [56:40]
Shannon Sharpe
But Ocho, we're not saying he's going to dominate the NFL like he did college, right?
- [56:46]
Chad Johnson
Oh, no. I mean, I don't know.
- [56:47]
Shannon Sharpe
But I'm saying. Let's just say he has to speak. Let's just say they have packages and because you know what happens, Ocho, when you have a dominant college career, people automatically assume you're going to come do that in the NFL.
- [57:01]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, the expectations are up there and.
- [57:04]
Shannon Sharpe
But you set those expectations by doing what you've done at the collegiate level. So it doesn't matter whether you play football or basketball or baseball or whatever the case may be, when you have, when you set up lofty expectations, when you see guys like a Fred Curley in track or you see guys like a Michael Norman in track and they have outstanding careers. What is it? Xavier X, man, He won the 100 and the 400 meters. But injuries. So they expect you to go. I mean, and, but there are some guys, you look at, Michael Johnson, Michael didn't have that great a college career, and he's one of the two or three great, greatest track sprinters in the history of the sport. When you talk, when you talk about speed, so you talk about, you know, for 400 downs, who. I mean, what you got, you say, maybe Carl, that's it. But he didn't have, he didn't have a stellar career. Like, you know, some of, some of these other, like Carl, Carl could have made the eight Olympics had he not boycotted but you don't. You don't know, Ocho. But I'm just saying, I'm throwing NFL apart. I'm talking about right now, what we saw this year, Ocho. Right.
- [58:18]
Chad Johnson
But listen, though, think about. Think about the great receivers. When you saw Megatron at Georgia Tech, you knew what time it was. When you saw Larry Fitzgerald at Pittsburgh, you knew what time it was. When you saw Julio Jones at Alabama, you knew what time it was. When you saw Travis Hunter at fucking Colorado, you know what time it is.
- [58:40]
Shannon Sharpe
Well, I knew Megatron would even be better pro, I said, because if he ever had a quarterback, he could be something special because he was at Georgia Tech, they ran the football. Yeah. So he catching 45. He catching 45 passes. But when you look at his size, he's 6 foot 4, 240, he's running 4 3.
- [59:00]
Chad Johnson
Yeah.
- [59:00]
Shannon Sharpe
You're like, who gonna deal with that? First of all, who gonna press it? What did he try to press? Megatron? Okay, now you get him in the red zone, you got to give him gunner. You got to give him gunner. Gunner support. Basically, line two guys up on top, over top of it, or he going to jump up and catch the ball. He got a 40 plus inch vertical. He's 6 foot 4. He's 240. Yeah. So we saw. When he got a quarterback. Well, you just saw the numbers that he put up. Yeah. He just had arguably one of the greatest single seasons in the history. He still has the record, almost 2,000 yards in 16 games. Yeah. So you, you. You're absolutely right. Sometimes you can just look at a guy and see it translate, like, yeah, he gonna be you gonna be that.
- [59:49]
Chad Johnson
You gonna be him. You're gonna be him.
- [59:51]
Shannon Sharpe
Well, guess what, Ojo? Next Saturday, we're gonna find out all this speculation. I think he should win because they're gonna be some disappointing folks on both sides. People gonna say Jenty should have won if he doesn't win. People gonna say Travis should have won if he doesn't win. But hey, whatever the case, it's not a situation where it's like Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow was the overwhelming. Reggie Bush was an overwhelming favorite.
- [60:16]
Chad Johnson
You know how I see it? I don't even see it as people shouldn't even be sad if Jinty wins, if Travis wins. At the end of the day, both of them won regardless. And I'm not talking about the goddamn Heisman. I'm just saying in general, both of them won regardless, no matter who's going home with that goddamn trophy. They both had great seasons. They both getting ready to do great things at the next level.
- [60:40]
Shannon Sharpe
Man. Look here, Ocho, I want that trophy. I ain't finished getting here telling me, hey, I'm just happy. I'm just happy to be a part of it. It was such a great company. I want that trophy because guess what.
- [60:49]
Chad Johnson
You want the hardware.
- [60:50]
Shannon Sharpe
You want the hardware because they remember that. You feel. You see all of those, The Heisman house and they have all those old guys, they have Archie Griffin and they have. They have Marcus Allen, they have Barry and they have Tebow and they have all these guys, bro, I want to be a part of that.
- [61:05]
Chad Johnson
That commercial be funny as hell.
- [61:07]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because guess what? Oo. 15 years from now, man, ain't nobody gonna remember no 2,000 yard rush season. Yeah. You don't win the trophy. We remember. We remember. Marcus, he was the first to do it. He won the Heisman. Barry did it. He won the Heisman. Ricky did it. He won the Heisman. Henry did. Henry did it. He won the Heisman. Right now the yard. Don't mean to say if you ain't got that trophy to come along with it though, Joe.
- [61:37]
Chad Johnson
All right, all right, listen, I'm. I'm with you when you write.
- [61:42]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just being honest.
- [61:45]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, you. I'm with you. But that, that 2,000 yards was. It was a beautiful thing. It was. It was a great thing, you know, but so many other people have done it already, right? What Travis Hunter has done, we haven't seen that before.
- [61:56]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [61:56]
Chad Johnson
Not that level. Consistently, week in and week out.
- [62:02]
Al Michaels
It'S.
- [62:02]
Shannon Sharpe
Gonna be very, very interesting. I'm ready for Saturday to come. I'm ready for Saturday to come so we can find out. All right, Ocho, this is how everything is. Assuming the College Football Playoff will shake out first round by Oregon, Big Ten champion in the Rose Bowl. Excuse me. Georgia, number two, SEC champion in the Sugar Bowl. Number three, Boise State, Mountain west champion, Fiesta bowl, number four, Arizona State, Big 12 champion in the Peach Bowl. First round games. SMU at number five, Texas, winner to the Peach Bowl. Number 11, Clemson, ACC champ at Penn State, winner to the Fiesta Bowl. Number 10, Indiana at Notre Dame, winner to the Sugar Bowl. Number 10, number 9, Tennessee. Oh, no. Number 10, Indiana versus at Notre Dame, winning to the Sugar Bowl. Number 9, Tennessee, at number 8, Ohio State went into the Rose Bowl. Boy, the SMU. Yeah, the SMU bad. Hey, people. Hey. SMU. SMU at Texas. Or do you want to see Alabama At Texas.
- [63:19]
Chad Johnson
Ooh, that's a good one.
- [63:22]
Shannon Sharpe
Clemson. I know you the champions. Three losses. At who? Clemson at Penn State. Winner to the fiesta Bowl.
- [63:32]
Chad Johnson
Okay, okay, okay, okay. Damn.
- [63:40]
Shannon Sharpe
It's gonna be interesting, Ocho. It's gonna be very, very interesting.
- [63:46]
Chad Johnson
Very definitely is. Damn.
- [63:56]
Shannon Sharpe
I can see a scenario where SMU get bumped. What? Bama?
- [64:04]
Chad Johnson
Oh, yeah, Uncle. You gotta follow the money, baby.
- [64:06]
Shannon Sharpe
You gotta.
- [64:07]
Chad Johnson
You got to follow the money. You know, at the end of the day, no matter what, they got to generate that revenue. I need the college teams in the playoff that generates the most revenue. And the people are going to travel. I need that money at the end of the day.
- [64:27]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah. So, Ash, so this would be home games for those teams or would it be neutral side games? And the winner goes to the Rose Bowl. Goes to the X, Y and Z. Okay. Hey said she believe those game will be home. So Texas will be home. Georgia probably talking about, hey, let her go to the Peach bowl because the Sugar bowl is in New Orleans. Georgia said let us go back to the Mercedes Benz though. But I. Honestly, Ocho, I don't know what you think, but I can see a scenario where SMU gets bumped for Alabama.
- [65:16]
Chad Johnson
Oh, listen, I just told you. I just told you. If it does happen, I think people need to understand it. I mean, you can be upset. At the end of the day, you know what the bottom line is. You know what the bottom line is. They won the best teams in there. They claim they always want the best teams in there. The teams with the best record, the teams that are deserving of being there. But at the end of the day, it's all about the bottom line. The bottom line will always be a dollar.
- [65:39]
Shannon Sharpe
Yep.
- [65:40]
Chad Johnson
What teams can generate. What college team can generate us the most revenue. That's what it comes down to, no matter what.
- [65:47]
Shannon Sharpe
Oh, Joe. It's time for money moves presented by draft Kings.
- [65:52]
Chad Johnson
Money move. I got money moves. I'm finna rap because you know, I'm in the.
- [65:57]
Shannon Sharpe
In the mood.
- [65:57]
Chad Johnson
They call me O. You know I don't play.
- [65:59]
Shannon Sharpe
No.
- [66:00]
Chad Johnson
Oh, my bad.
- [66:01]
Shannon Sharpe
After sa. After the championship Saturday, here's the updated championship odds as presented by draft Kings. Oregon is plus 320. Georgia is plus 380, followed by Ohio State at plus 400. Texas at plus 450. Notre Dame plus 750. Penn State plus 1200. Tennessee plus 2,500. Clemson plus 3,000, followed by Alabama plus 3,000. SMU plus 3,000. Boise State plus 4,000. Arizona State plus 4,000.
- [66:44]
Chad Johnson
I'm gonna bet something. Who you been With.
- [66:48]
Shannon Sharpe
Hold on.
- [66:49]
Chad Johnson
Put your money down there. Matter of fact, I'm finna bet. I'm gonna double up, right, so I can pay you back.
- [67:00]
Shannon Sharpe
No, how you go. Hold on. How you go to the bank, borrowing money, don't pay them back, and then go back, say, hey, let me borrow some. Let me get some more money. I'm gonna pay you back with the money.
- [67:09]
Chad Johnson
Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm gonna take what I owe you, and I'm gonna bet that, and I'm gonna win. I'm gonna double up, then I'm gonna give you what you. What I owe you. No, I'm a break. I'm a break even.
- [67:20]
Shannon Sharpe
So you. I know you. You that dude at the table. We rolling dice and shooting pool. You gonna borrow money from me and then try to better bet me. How you gonna bet me with my money?
- [67:29]
Chad Johnson
Hey, we family. I told you, long long as I owe you, you'll never be broke.
- [67:36]
Shannon Sharpe
Man, I'm trying to figure out. This man at the table, he borrowed money from me, and they gonna talk about he gonna fade me on the dice. Oh, hell, you ain't gonna fade me with my damn money. You better get out of here. Hey, Chad. Who the hell do that?
- [67:52]
Chad Johnson
Give me seven, baby. Come on, baby. These shoes. Mama need clothes. Blowing them dice for me. Chat. Chat. Blowing my dice. Blowing the dice for me. Chat. I appreciate that.
- [68:03]
Shannon Sharpe
I'm trying to figure out. We left in. Oh, Indiana. So they left Indiana out of this thing. They don't believe Indiana's gonna make it?
- [68:15]
Chad Johnson
No. What's Indiana record? How many games Indiana lost?
- [68:18]
Shannon Sharpe
They lost? They. They lost one game. They lost to Ohio State.
- [68:22]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, I was just gonna say they only lost one game. Indiana played real hard.
- [68:26]
Shannon Sharpe
Somebody getting. I. I don't. Somebody's gonna get bu. Indiana or SMU gonna get bu, I think. I think for me, I think SMU is the most likely candidate.
- [68:40]
Chad Johnson
You think so?
- [68:41]
Shannon Sharpe
I do. I do.
- [68:45]
Chad Johnson
It's a sad thing, man. It's a sad thing. But again, money controls all. Money controls all. At the end of the day, Ocho, who you got?
- [68:58]
Shannon Sharpe
Who you like winning the national championship? Man, this. I could honestly say this might be the most wide open national championship I've seen in a very, very long time. O. Yeah.
- [69:10]
Chad Johnson
That's what I. That's what I would get ready to say. You asked me a question, I can't even get no answer because one minute Georgia look good, the next minute they don't. One minute Texas look good, the next minute they don't. Oregon, even though they're undefeated. Hell, half the time, sometimes they don't even look good.
- [69:24]
Shannon Sharpe
Yes.
- [69:25]
Chad Johnson
So everybody is inconsistent with their play. There hasn't been any one team that's been dominant throughout the entirety of the season. So if I just had to throw a guess or a team out there, the quarterback play for Georgia is too goddamn inconsistent, especially some of them turnovers that you've had in the regular season. But you've been able to come back. You won't be able to. You won't be able to do that because you. What's your word? You. You pay double. You.
- [69:51]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah. You play double for turnovers.
- [69:53]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, man.
- [69:53]
Shannon Sharpe
It's.
- [69:53]
Chad Johnson
It's different now.
- [69:55]
Shannon Sharpe
God Almighty. No. Everything that you said, I saw some things I didn't like from Oregon's defense. Georgia's offense is inconsistent. They do play really good defense. Ohio State. I don't know how you lose to Michigan at home, because your court, your. Your quarterback, Tech. I love Notre Dame's defense, but their offense has been inconsistent. They played really well late. Oh, man.
- [70:22]
Chad Johnson
See? See what I mean? Chad, who y'all think. Chad, who y'all got. Who y'all got winning?
- [70:26]
Shannon Sharpe
And Carson Beck, how serious is that injury? Ojo elbow. Yeah. How serious? Did he tear some ligaments? Is it.
- [70:34]
Chad Johnson
I could. Listen, I. I know it's. I know it's college. I don't know if it's against. It's against the ncaa, you know, rules or not. Carson Beck, if you see this, I can get you right. I get you. I can get you right. I'm telling. I'm telling you now. I tell you, no lie. Get that elbow.
- [70:51]
Shannon Sharpe
And y'all saw. You look. Y'all saw the committee. The committee said, Look, Alabama is six and one against team above.500. They're four and this many against top 25 team, bro. Right? They gave y'all the blueprint. They told you what they were thinking. So it's gonna be. Hey, look, man, I've never seen a. I've never seen the national championship that has so many flaws. Every team, I can pick something apart about OO and say why they want win, right? But, man, ooh, I just don't see Georgia winning with a backup quarterback.
- [71:38]
Chad Johnson
Not that one. No. No disrespect. Not that one.
- [71:42]
Shannon Sharpe
Hell, I take. No. Today I'm gonna see my. I don't see. Freeman do something.
- [71:47]
Chad Johnson
You. You pick. You picking Notre Dame just because of.
- [71:51]
Shannon Sharpe
Brother, we gotta stick together. We gotta stick together.
- [71:58]
Chad Johnson
No, let me. Let me just. Damn. And I'm trying to do it by. By picking the best quarterback.
- [72:09]
Shannon Sharpe
Where did where he at?
- [72:11]
Chad Johnson
I know that mean that that's the problem. That's the problem. That's the problem. Oh my goodness. Chad, what you think? Chad? Help me out.
- [72:22]
Shannon Sharpe
I mean, if you had to say the best quarterback, I would probably lead towards Gabriel of the group that's here.
- [72:29]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you don't like yours at all, huh?
- [72:35]
Shannon Sharpe
Too injured, too turnover prone.
- [72:39]
Chad Johnson
And I can't listen, I'm a Beaver man. I can't pick Oregon man. I just, I just. I can't do that.
- [72:47]
Shannon Sharpe
Yeah, you like you eat Bieber too, huh?
- [72:51]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, I do. I like it. I like it. Let's put a little hot water the volume.
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Shannon Sharpe
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- [74:43]
Chad Johnson
If anyone is going to hold your attention on stage, you have to kind of be a freak. And starring Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan.
- [74:49]
Shannon Sharpe
Are you a freak?
- [74:50]
Chad Johnson
Hope so. Once Upon a Time inspired by the true story.
- [74:55]
Shannon Sharpe
I want to know which side he's on this Christmas.
- [74:59]
Chad Johnson
They just want me singing Blowing in the wind for the rest of my life. Bobby, what do you want to be? Whatever it is they don't want me to be.
- [75:07]
Shannon Sharpe
How does it feel? He defied everyone. Turn it down to change everything.
- [75:15]
Chad Johnson
He's our Elvis with no direction.
- [75:18]
Shannon Sharpe
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Chad Johnson
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Shannon Sharpe
Ready?
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