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Lamar Jackson did Nothing Wrong Shoving that fan during Ravens vs Bills
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Yo, yo, yo. Welcome to out of pocket with RG3. Hosted by your boy and the lovely amazing 79 time all American. Ah, I love when we do that. Welcome to another show. Go ahead and like and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You know we can't get this done without you guys so what are you waiting for? Like and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Leave us comments. Let us know what you want us to talk about and who you want us to bring. Bring on the show to talk to and we will make it happen. What a busy, busy day. What do you have on the slate baby?
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Opening drive, baby. You know what I want to talk about?
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What you want to talk about?
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I want to talk about Ravens and Bill's game because good God, walk us through what happened baby.
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Before we get to that, I want to state 100 Lamar Jackson did nothing wrong. He is innocent.
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What you mean by that?
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The fan at the game of the Bills game, if you didn't know, mushed Lamar Jackson in the head as he was walking to celebrate a touchdown with Derrick Henry. Lamar then turns to the fan, the fan tries to mush him or shove him in the head again and he pushes him down into his seat, basically telling him to sit here down. So is Lamar Jackson in the wrong? Let us know in the comment section if you think he did anything wrong in shoving that fan. My feeling is Lamar Jackson did nothing wrong. We have to protect our players on the field of play. When a fan is high fiving a fan or you do a lambo leap and they're they're patting all over your shoulder pads, I don't think anybody has a problem with those types of things. But once it turns violent, once it turns to a fan putting their hands on a player in a an inappropriate way, taunting them in an inappropriate way, getting physical with them in an appropriate way, we have to protect the players from those types of fans and if we aren't and the fans have access to the players in that way, then we have to allow the players to defend themselves, protect themselves. So I don't think Lamar Jackson did anything wrong in shoving that fan. He probably could have done some more and I know the NFL is going to probably be be all over him and and either issue a fine. But I don't think it should go to anywhere near a suspension convention. I don't think Lamar Jackson did anything wrong in protecting himself in his personal space.
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I don't think it even needs to go as far as a fine because once you put your hands on a player as A fan, like the. The players are off limits. Like, you are there to cheer them on or boo them, but you're not there to touch them.
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I agree.
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In any way. So I agree. I don't think Lamar did anything wrong. And like, if someone pushes a hand on you and at the game, you got to stand up for yourself. You know what I mean?
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That's how. That's. This. That's. That's what we taught. You know what I'm saying? This is. It's just the code.
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It's the code.
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It's the code. So let's get into the game quickly here. Ravens. The Ravens have to stop allowing teams to stay around in games and then make mistakes at the end and lose, especially in their big time matchup. So the Ravens were up 40 to 25 with four minutes left in the football game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football. The Buffalo Bills ended up winning that game 41 to 40, in large part because Derek Henry fumbled on a crucial drive to give them the ball back after they win, scored the first touchdown to make it 40 to 32. But the real story here isn't just the Ravens collapse. If the Ravens ever want to win another super bowl, they have to learn to stop playing with their food. They gotta. They gotta finish the game out. They gotta knock them out when they're down. And ultimately, Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry have to continue to focus on playing their best ball, not just in the first, second, third and most of the fourth quarter, but in the crucial, critical moments of the game. The last four to five minutes of the game is where too many mistakes are happening, whether it be fumbles, drop passes, drop balls, interceptions. I think I said the same thing twice, but it feels like it's been a lot for the Baltimore Ravens and their fans over the past few years. This team has everything they. They need. They have everything on offense, defense, and special teams. To win a Super bowl, they just have to go do it. And it can't be the same old song at the end of the game, but the real story here is the Buffalo Bills tip my cap to Josh Allen. What he pulled off in that game showed me that we can debate all we want about who won the MVP or should have won the MVP last year between Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson. But, but, but, but on Sunday Night Football, the first game of the year, when the Buffalo Bills face off against the Baltimore Ravens, Josh Allen was the MVP on that night.
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No, I, I fully agree. And I'm the person that last year came out and said that I Think Lamar Jackson. Jackson. Lamar Jackson should have won the MVP over Josh Allen. But the game today, I mean, the game on Sunday night, Sorry, the game Sunday night was so crazy because I feel like you could go watch the game, go to the bathroom, come back, it's one score, you could go watch the game, go to the bathroom, it's still the same score. And then you went to the bathroom, came back, and Bills won like it was. Josh Allen literally showed why he won MVP last year.
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Yes, he did.
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I continuing on the opening drive. Miami Dolphins. What do you think we should do over there, baby?
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Well, I think the Miami Dolphins need to blow it up. The. The vibes are off. You know, when you go to Miami, it's like, I want to go to the club. I want to have a good time. I want to see the beach.
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I want to see move to Miami.
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I don't know if the pizza thing is something for Miami, but you get my point. When you go to Miami, it's supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be high flying and good vibes flying all over the place. Well, it's not that way anymore. They got blown out by the Indianapolis Colts and they made Daniel Jones look like he was Patrick Mahomes. And Daniel Jones balled out, tip the cap to him as well. But Lord have mercy, you. You see the Miami Dolphins on the sideline, you got Tyreek Hill screaming at his coaches. I don't know what he was saying, but it sounded a whole like, throw me a whole lot like, throw me the ball. And, you know, there was a situation right at the end of last season when Tyree Kill said that he didn't want to be there anymore. And he and had some choice words for whether it was a play calling the coach or Tua Tango Violoa, his quarterback. And we've seen countless times throughout training camp, throughout the preseason that the vibe and the trust and the relationship between Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins was fractured enough that it's thrown everything off. And you could. You could feel it during the game. You could see it on the sideline. But the Miami Dolphins, as they currently are, don't have what it takes, in my opinion, to be contenders this year. And the only way that they can do that is an unconventional thing to say. But they have to find a trade partner for Tyree Kill because they need the locker room to be together. And when you have a player like Tyreek, who's that dynamic. But maybe some of the team has lost trust in him because of some of the things that he said and things that he's done, then you got to get him out of the locker room and get, obviously get something in return for him on a return on your investment. But I do think it might be best for the Miami Dolphins and Tyreek Hill to part ways.
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Wow, that's a strong statement over there.
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Thank you.
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But let's talk about the 49ers and they're a magical superpower of a defense that they have because that seems like a Super bowl run waiting to happen.
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No, it definitely is. If the, if The San Francisco 49ers play on defense like they did today, they will go on a Super bowl run. I mean, they had two fumble recoveries, one sack. They only gave up 84 yards rushing and 3.2 yards per carry. They made the Seattle Seahawks go 3 for 10 on third downs. So they won the money down. They won a line at the line of scrimmage and they finished the game off for an offense that was sputtering throughout the day. I mean, shout out to Robert Sala, former Jets head coach who went back to become the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers. He's got those guys playing at a high level right out the gate. And here's the other thing. According to the statisticians out there, The San Francisco 49ers have the easiest schedule in the NFL. If they can stay healthy with a defense playing like that, their offense will eventually figure it out. And I do believe they will go on a Super bowl run.
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What about the Cleveland Browns, baby? Let's talk about what's going on with them.
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Yes, the Cleveland Browns. Okay, the Cleveland Browns lost. They played a very tight game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals, who have Joe Burrow at quarterback, Jamar Chase at receiver, T. Higgins at wide receiver, didn't make the playoffs last year though, and they're trying to solidify themselves as playoff contenders again. And Joe Flacco, 40 year old Joe Flacco, who throws one of the prettiest balls we've ever seen through two crucial interceptions that broke the Cleveland Browns back. Although we are also aware that there was a missed field goal that may have cost the Browns the game as well. When you look at the Cleveland Brown schedule, they play the Ravens, the Packers, the Lions, the Vikings and the Steelers over their next five games. All of those teams were playoff teams. If The Cleveland Browns go.06 to start the year, they need to start Dylan Gabriel and figure out what they have in Shedeur Sanders. If they don't, it's a Wasted opportunity. You played Joe Flacco because you felt like he could help you contend this year and you could develop Dylan Gabriel and Shadir Sanders for next year. But if they go 06, the coach is not going to be there. Kevin Stefanski will not survive starting the season 06. Someone else will be in there. And now it's upon the rest of the organization to determine, do we have the guy in the building who can be our future? Joe Flacco is not the future of the Cleveland Browns. This next five game stretch might be the hardest five game stretch in the entire league. If they cannot come out of that stretch at least 503 and 3, then you gotta start Dylan Gabriel and see what you have in him and then get some work out of Shadur Sanders as well. Because you will be drafted number one overall and you will have an opportunity to go to quarterback in the next draft. And you need to know, do we need to draft a quarterback? Because Joe Flacco, at 40 years old is not going to be able to play for another 10 years. So now it's on the Cleveland Browns as an organization, as a team. Joe Flacco, do you want the Browns to be 06 after the next five games? I think the answer is clear and easy. No, you don't want him to be on six, but Joe Flacco, you have to play to the level to allow your teammates to believe that you guys can come out of this and still be in playoff contention. After the first six games of the year, we'll see what happens. But the Cleveland Browns, the clock is ticking. And you know what they say, it's always perfect timing. That was fire.
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I see, I see what you did there. Let's talk about Caleb Williams real quick. And you know, kind of the attack on Caleb Williams and the hit pieces that are coming out about Caleb Williams and like, this is just rubbing me in all the wrong ways. I don't know what you. How you feel about it.
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Yeah, no, it does rub me all the wrong, wrong ways as well. I did pick that up. It's okay. You know the wrong ways. But seriously, this is.
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You can make fun of my accent, but I can make fun of you in three languages.
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That's kind of a bar. Not gonna lie. That's kind of a bar. I got nothing to say to that. But seriously, this is, this is a serious topic. And the hit pieces that have been coming out about Caleb Williams really for about the last six to eight months are just cowardly, man. The latest one from Tyler Dunn with A lot of anonymous sources speaking negatively about Caleb Williams. I mean, listen to some of the things that they were saying. They were saying that he. He had poor work ethic. He was skipping lifting sessions and didn't pay attention in the film room. When the coaches were talking, they talked about. He was telling veteran wide receivers how to run routes before taking reps himself. And. And they were mad about that. They. They had to change the Snapchat count because he requested it to be ready, set, go. Instead of the traditional white 80, white 80 said, hot, hot. All of these complaints sound like they're from spurned ex employees, coaches who got fired. People who have a bone to pick with Caleb Williams.
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I want to tear him down.
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They just. They want to tear the young man down. Where. Whether it's because he wears fingernail polish or, you know, he. He likes to wear his clothes a certain type of way, or, you know what? The coaches had to accommodate him by simplifying the language in the offense. I don't know why they would do that. Maybe because they want their rookie quarterback to be successful.
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You think so?
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A coach's job is to adapt. Saying Caleb Williams was telling veteran receivers how to run their routes is a. As if that's a problem. Yes, he's coming in to learn, but he's the guy. That's called leadership. You want your quarterback communicating to the wide receivers, hey, let's run the routes like this. This is what makes me most comfortable. How I see it. How do you see it? You work together, you figure out the plan, then, boom, you make it happen. But there's one part of this that really bothered me, and they tried to attack Caleb Williams because they claimed that he has dyslexia. Now, I don't know if anyone that Tyler Dunn talked to was qualified to diagnose a player with dyslexia. I don't think that Kayla Williams came out and said he had dyslexia. I don't think the Chicago Bears organization came out and said that he has dyslexia. So even saying that he has dyslexia seems like a violation of his HIPAA rights, Right?
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Yeah. Well, first of all, even if he. And if he does have dyslexia, like, does he not understand that in this society today, dyslexia is no longer looked at as a disadvantage? It almost is looked at as an advantage. Like, NASA came out and said that they hire people and seek out people with dyslexia because they see the world differently. They're more creative.
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Yep.
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Like, whatever.
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No you're, you're, you're on a roll. Weaponizing dyslexia against Caleb Williams and trying to make it seem like he is less than because he has dyslexia, if he even has dyslexia, is so foul, cowardly, and outrageous.
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It's out of pocket.
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It's definitely out of pocket in the worst way possible. Not to mention that dyslexia, if, say he does have dyslexia. Well, in many ways they say that dyslexia is not a deficiency, but it's actually a different way of learning with heightened spatial awareness and creativity. Well, that sounds like things that would help a quarterback. Heightened spatial awareness, creativity in the way that you attack a defense.
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They're also great visual learners. If he has dyslexia, if, if he has dyslexia.
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But regardless whether Caleb Williams has dyslexia or not, dyslexia is not an impairment. Dyslexia is not something that is, Is a deficiency in someone.
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Nope.
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So you can just throw that out the window because you're assuming that having dyslexia if he does means that he can't be as good as someone without it. When dyslexia literally is saying that you can be better than the normal people. So I just think it's cowardly and I think these anonymous sourced articles that are clear hit jobs need to stop. Yeah, it's a smear campaign and I hate it. Absolutely hate it. But let's get to the next segment.
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You know what we got, baby?
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What?
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We got viral spiral. Viral spiral, guys, we got Bill Belichick banning the Patriots from the North Carolina facility.
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Okay, like what, Bill? Come on.
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Surrounding Bill is just hilarious to me.
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I mean, he's got all this stuff with the girlfriend. You know, first game they get blown out, second game they win. You know, congratulates on his first college victory. But banning the Patriots from the facility.
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Because they banned me, so I'll ban them.
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You said they fed. They banned you and they don't want you at the facility, so they can't come to your facility. Like, is the ultimate grandpappy pettiness of all time. Like, come on, Bill. First of all, you're hurting your players because those scouts, though, your players could go play for the New England Patriots. So that's one less team that every single person at your university on the football team just has no opportunity because they're not. You're not letting them in the building. You're not letting them in the building. Two, it's. Don't they Say an eye for an eye makes everybody blind.
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Yeah.
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Isn't that what the Bible says? That's what my. That's what my mom and them told me. An eye for eye makes everybody blind. So, Bill, just be the bigger man. Do it for the kids. Do it because you're the coach. But you gotta stop the pettiness, man. Let the scouts in. And New England. Let him in. He's your greatest coach of all time.
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I think we all heard about the viral spiral of the woman at the Phillies and Marlins game who lost her mind over a baseball ball after a home run and, you know, charged up the dad who gave the ball to his son. And, like, I don't think she realized in that moment what the hell she's doing, because, like, I feel like that so many people have done that, that now you should already know better.
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Yeah.
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I mean, she went and charged that dude up and left with the ball.
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Listen, I. The bottom line is this. Karen, Karen, you gotta have better hands, okay? You got butterfingers. Don't get mad. I saw the video. The ball hits you in the hand and you dropped it. You dropped it like CD Lamb. Why are you mad at the dad for picking up the ball?
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Bring better hands next time.
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Bring a glove.
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Bring a glove.
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Bring a glove. Catch it. That ain't his problem. And the fact that you took that from that little boy is the epitome of.
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Messed up. Give the ball back.
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Not even just messed up, just trifling.
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Yeah.
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Was trifling.
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Yeah.
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You know what I'm saying? Like.
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Like, read the room, bro.
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Some grace. Yeah, well, as soon as you saw that little boy had the ball, you should have been like, you know what? You were good. You got it. I'm. I'm happy you enjoy that. Don't be bitter like that. Come on. That's not how you. I hope that's not how your mama raised you. Don't be doing that. Come on.
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Viral spiral. We're still here, Guys. What is up with men spinning on each other in sports lately?
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I.
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Especially in football.
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I have no idea who's. I know. Jalen Carter spit on Dak Prescott.
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Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me tell you. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Brandon Bet from the Florida Gators.
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Oh, no.
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Spit on a USF player.
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Oh, no.
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Well, they got beat by usf, which, you know, is wild. Kind of wild all together, but he also spit on another player. So then you have the guy, Jalen Carter spitting on the Dak Prescott. Like, what is happening with these men?
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Yeah. First and foremost. Yeah. I mean, we should be. No one should be spitting on each other. No one. Woman on woman. None of that. All right?
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Woman on man.
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We are talking about in the sports field.
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Okay, just.
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Okay, just kind of. We're staying here. Don't you get sidetracked. All right? No one should be spitting on anybody. It's not, it's disgusting. It's the, it's almost the biggest sign of disrespect.
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Yes.
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And like, I gotta tip my hat to Dak Prescott for not reacting and understanding the situation that he was in when once Jaylen Carter spit on him. But when you see something like that happen and then this player from Florida, you said Brendan Betts. Yeah, bet. Now he's spitting. After seeing this on Monday Night Football, there's, there's a effect that the disrespect and some of the wild things that happen on the football field because of a lack of, of better judgment or because your emotions are high that have a trickle down effect on the next generation.
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Yes.
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You could see that so clearly with Jalen Carter, with this guy from Florida, like the next day or two days later spitting on the USF player. I don't like it. I understand, like, as a man, you want to say, if somebody spits on me, I ain't gonna let him spit on me. I'm gonna put hands on them. But like, Dak Prescott handled it the right way. You just play the game. You, you try to go put your best foot forward and you don't retaliate. We have to do a better job in the older generations and in and in the spotlight of representing what we want the next generation to strive to be. That is why I think the lack of sportsmanship and the spitting on. On people is ridiculous. Keep that stuff off the field. That stuff doesn't need to be happening in the field of play.
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That is really tough, though. Oh, guys. Gloria. That is, that is really tough though, because I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of the other player.
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Yeah.
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That's getting SM spit on and you have to not react right. And like, I feel like just, I would just see red. Like, see red. So, yeah, props to Dak Prescott for handling it the right way, but. Because I don't know if I would.
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Yeah. And anybody saying that, that he is soft or weak for, for handling the way that he did doesn't understand what's at stake.
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Yes.
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Jaylen Carter had a, a lapse in judgment and didn't understand what was at stake. Stake in that moment. And almost cost his team the game.
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And, you know, in a lot of cases, the second person that reacts gets in trouble. Shiloh Sanders.
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Yeah.
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You know what I mean?
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Yeah.
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Who got in trouble? Shiloh did. Because he ended up swinging on the dude that kept pushing him.
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Correct.
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So if. If Dak would have reacted in any certain way, he probably would have been the one to get in trouble.
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And. And there's. We do have to state for the audience that Dak was shown before Jaylen Carter spit on him. Spitting on the ground in front of Jaylen Carter. But there's a difference between spitting in front of somebody and spitting on somebody.
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Big difference.
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The spitting on somebody should always stay off of the field and just do it that way. But let's get to our next segment, the deep route. Ooh.
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What you got for us?
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All right, the deep route. This week, I am throwing the go ball and diving all the way in on Sawyer Robertson, the quarterback from Baylor, being a top 10 pick in the NFL draft. This man is on fire. Not only is he a top 10 pick, but of the quarterbacks that are draft eligible, he's the best quarterback in the country. Started off the first game against Auburn, an SEC opponent. Throws for 419 yards and three touchdowns. Comes back out against number 17, SMU with one of the hardest early schedules in all of college football, and throws for 440 yards and four touchdowns. Threw the ball 50 times, 440 yards and four touchdowns. They were down two scores with six minutes left in the ball game. Came back and won in double overtime. Sawyer Robinson is a top 10 pick in the draft. Sawyer Robinson is the best quarterback in the country, and Sawyer Robinson just threw his name right in the hat for the Heisman Trophy.
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Do you just. You just sleep with those stats in your head about Sawyer?
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I do not sleep with the stats of any man in my head. Okay?
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You were spitting them out real quick, real good.
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It's called preparation, baby. You know what I'm saying? You got to be ready.
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It's just because he's in pain, Baylor quarterback.
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No, no, see, don't do that. I am unbiased. I called the Auburn Baylor game and I was on.
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You were. You were. I totally agree that you were. Not a homer at all.
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All right, let's get to the hometown highlights.
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Hometown highlights. Number one, we celebrated our daughter Kameya turning six.
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Yo, hold on. Let's get a little dance fair real quick. Oh, yeah. Okay. All right. All right. We're good. We're good. Okay.
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Our daughter Gaminga turned Six. She is so sweet.
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Yeah.
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So feisty. She will. This is a kid we will never have to worry about. Like, she. If she don't want to do it, she gonna let you know. If she don't like you, she gonna let you know. Kameya is not to be messed with. And she will. She will stand up for herself. She has such a strong personality, and I totally loved it about her, but she's also so sweet. So like a. Just a little ball of happiness. So. So she's six now.
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Yeah, man.
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Baby, tell them the story of when Gamaya was born.
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Yeah. So Gimea is not the baby that I ran off the field for at the Fiesta Bowl a few years ago.
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We got stories for all babies.
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We got a lot of stories for the babies. Okay? But Gamaya was born in Baltimore, and this was 2019, the year that Lamar Jackson won MVP, his second year in the league. I was backup quarterback, and, you know, Greta was pregnant. We were trying to figure out, would I be able to make the first game of the year or would I have to stay behind and watch the birth of our daughter? So Greta goes into labor. I talk to Coach Harbaugh, can I stay behind and be with my wife as she gives birth to our daughter? And if I can make a flight to the game in the morning, then I will. Coach agreed, being there for the birth of your child is a very special moment, and he wasn't going to rob me of that, so I stayed behind. Greta gave birth to our daughter Gamayya. I gave them a hug and a kiss, and then I went and got on a southwest flight to go down to Miami to make the game with a plane full of Baltimore Ravens fans. So that was awesome. You know, you picture yourself walking on the plane and people start cheering.
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Yeah.
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And then I tell them that we just had a baby.
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Yeah.
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And then I get to the game, Coach. You know, everybody celebrates with me about the birth of our daughter. Go to the game, and we are literally beating the socks off the Miami Dolphins. So in a very utterly cool moment in life, a moment in time, I go in the game and I lead us down towards the goal line, and then I pop back and I throw a touchdown. Pratt touchdown pass to Boyle. Or was it to Hayden Hurst?
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I don't know.
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I can't remember. We'll. We'll start that over. Here we go. So I'm driving our team down to the goal line, and I throw a touchdown pass. And it just so happens that that was, like, my first touchdown pass.
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In 930 days or something like that.
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Some odd crazy days that not only was I blessed to be there for the birth of our child and watch my. My amazing wife go through that experience, I was also able to go and throw my first touchdown in what felt like decades with my daughter's name tag wristband around my arm. And when I tell you it's something that I can remember so vividly to this moment, that's how special that was. Because football is about a lot more than just yourself. And I hope we don't ever get away from that in the game and in sports in general. It's about family. It's about doing it for somebody else. And in that moment, I threw that touchdown for my wife and our baby and our brand new daughter.
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This is a sweet story every time. I love it. All right, more hometown highlights. We are going to be spending the week in New York because it is New York Fashion Week. And. Okay.
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Yeah.
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Good job. And I am going to be walking for the first time in my entire life.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Hopefully not the last, but it is the first.
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A
Walking where, baby?
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A New York Fashion Week. You walking at New York Fashion Week?
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Where you walking?
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B
Stop it. At Sony Hall O, baby. So that will be Thursday, September 11th.
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A
All right.
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B
And you know, my family is coming there with me to support me. Kiddos are going to miss a whole week of school. Yay.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And driver's going to take time out of his busy schedule to, you know, be there for me. That's what we do in this family.
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Gotta support your woman, man. Gotta support your family. Gotta be there. Gotta make time. It's gonna be a difficult week. I gotta call a football game on Friday between Kansas State and Arizona. But I'm gonna tell, I'll promise my team right now. Jason Benetti, Alexa Landis Thoy, Bo Darren. I'm gonna be ready. We gonna make it happen. You feel me? We gonna get it right. We're gonna tell the stories, call the game, have a great time. But I got to be there for wifey. Got to be there in New York. You got to show the people that love you that you love them. And that means sacrificing sometimes sacrificing time, sacrificing sleep. And I'm going to make sure that we are there in spades for this woman. You going to be there?
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B
Where's your horse?
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A
You going to be there, too?
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B
Are you coming to New York?
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Are you coming to New York?
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B
Yeah. You coming to New York to see mama?
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You want to go get her some Milk. Go get her some milk and come back. I'll do while she's getting some milk. I will go ahead and start our OP Top dog segment. So we're going to list these off pretty quickly. All right, first and foremost, let's get through our Heisman front runners. All right, our top nine Heisman front runners right now. Number one is Byron Brown. Knocked off two AP top 25 ranked teams in Boise State and Florida in the first two games and he's been carrying the South Florida Bulls to victories. Number two, going with Thomas Castellonis from fsu. Don't need to say much about what he did against Alabama, but this past week he had eight completions for 237 yards and three touchdowns. So I'm putting him at number two. Number three, I'm going with Miami quarterback Carson Beck. He's been solid, he's been steady. Miami is 2 and 0 and I got him there at number three. Number four, a little bit of surprise to people, but I got Sawyer Robertson from Baylor. Yes, the quarterback who's thrown for over 400 yards in back to back games. The quarterback who joins guys like myself, Patrick Mahomes and a couple others to throw three straight games over 400 yards. Sawyer Robertson knocked off number 17. SMU got him at number four. Number five, I'm going with Garrett Nussmeier from LSU. Quarterback. Yes. He struggled a little bit this past week, but I thought his performance in week one allowed him to continue to stay on this list at number five. Number six. I'm. I'm going with Jackson Arnold from Auburn. Had a phenomenal first week. Second week was a little bit more quiet with his legs but much more active with his arm. So I got him there at number six. Number seven, I'm going with Taylon Green, quarterback from Arkansas. He had four touchdowns, yes, two interceptions, but he also had 151 rushing yards and one touchdown. So I got him in there at number seven. Number eight, I'm going with Marcel Reed, the quarterback from Texas A and M. Another solid outing, beat Utah State. Went 1928 for 220 yards, three touchdowns. Also added another 66 rushing yards and a touchdown. And then number nine, believe it or not, it's Mr. Barry Morton, quarterback, Texas Tech. He's been playing extremely hot. Early in the season he went 18 for 26 and two for 258 yards and three touchdowns after throwing four touchdowns last week. So that is the op top dogs with our Heisman rankings. Next we're going to get to the op top 12 college football teams. At number one, I got Ohio. State. At number two, I got Oregon. Did you see what they did to Oklahoma State? Number three, I got Miami, four Penn State, five LSU, six Georgia, seven Texas, eight Florida State, nine Illinois, 10 Clemson, 11 Notre Dame and 12 South Carolina. No Oklahoma. I do not hate you. I have you there at 13. Keep doing what you're doing and you will easily get into the top 10. Next I'm going to go with my top five college coaches of the week. Number one, Baylor offensive coordinator Jake Spavital. Comeback victory against number 17 SMU. Down 14 with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. And you did what you were supposed to do. You called the plays to get the ball in the hands of your playmakers and you trusted your quarterback to make a play for you in the end. That's beautiful job by Jake Spavital. Not letting the moment be too big for him. Number two. I'm going. Mississippi State head coach Jeff Levy. Yes, they upset number 12 Arizona State. After losing so many games last year, Jeff Leby has this Mississippi State team feeling like they might be able to do something special. And I encourage you to go watch the Netflix documentary where Jeff Lebby gives an amazing speech to his team after the game. Basically telling them that what they were going through that year was only going to pay over in dividends when they got this thing turned around and they could remember how it felt to not be on top. Right now, Mississippi State is trying to work their way up. It's good to see you. Love a good turnaround. Number three, I'm going with South Florida coach, head coach Alex Golis, who just upset number 13, Florida and the week before that upset number 25, Boise State. He has done this the long hard way at South Florida. He wants guys to understand that you have a team right in your backyard that you should be proud to play for. And I think he's made the entire city of Tampa understand that that is the place that they need to be. Congrats to you, coach. Keep going. It looks like you guys are headed for a great season. Number four, Alabama head coach Kaylin DeBoer. Bounce back 73 to nothing win over Louisiana Monroe. Everybody last week was calling for Kaylin DeBoer to be fired. Everybody last week was saying that Kaylin DeBoer can't get it done. Everybody last week was screaming for Alabama to pay off his buyout. Now they're not saying anything. Yes, it's Ulm, but if Alabama goes out and scores 21 points and barely beats Ulm, everyone's going to be saying the same thing. Alabama came out and they looked like Alabama. The players let you know that they are mentally tough. They let you know that they do love their coach. And I was one that said it'd be very difficult for Kaylin DeBoer to survive at Alabama if he doesn't find a way to get into the college ball playoff this year. I still believe that to be true. But I've always believed in the coach and the man that Kaylin DeBoer is. And I hope for his sake his team continues to play with the same fervor and energy and effort that they did against Ulm. Number five. I'm going with Rob Grande and Rory Walling, the special team's assistant of executive quality control analyst. Whatever you name them, those guys did their job 3 for 3 on field goals, including the game winner from their special teams unit. Two punts inside the 20 yard line. And people have to understand in big games it's not two phases, it's three phases. Offense, defense and special teams have to show up. Iowa State's defense showed up. Iowa State's offense did enough to win and Iowa State's special teams didn't let them down. That is the makings of a championship team. That is the makings of a championship Coach Matt Campbell, I continue to see great things in your future, my brother. Great job from your coaches. All right, and last we got. No, no, here we go. Here's my top five teams on the rise after week two. Number one, Florida State, number two, South Florida, number three, Iowa State, number four, Texas Tech and number five, Tennessee. Let me know what teams you think are on the rise. All right, so that's 40 minutes.
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B
No couples goals today, guys, because we gotta go pack.
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A
Well, we gotta do that again because I wasn't ready for that. Hold on one second.
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B
Gonna go pack.
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A
Are you ready? Here we go. Ready and go.
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B
No couples goals this week, guys, because we gotta go pack.
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Got to go pack cuz we got to go to the Big Apple. This is going to be fun. So no couple's goals, but I will give you guys a.
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B
Put that you.
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Want to put that. All right, guys, this is a new segment on out of pocket with RG3. We're going to go and have five minutes with Coach Dan Casey, new friend of the show. And what's on your mind this week?
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C
Well, man, there's so much changing in college football, right? I mean, the nil transfer portal. I mean we can talk about it all day long, but what's Fundamentally shifting is how teams are approaching this now. So I think Brent Venables at Oklahoma is maybe a perfect example about the landscape shift and how teams are responding to it. So before, Brent Venables was kind of trying to do everything right, he was trying to oversee the program, trying to handle personnel, all the recruiting aspects, hiring coaches. I mean, there's so many responsibilities on his plate, and it kind of pulled him away from the thing that he actually does best, which is call plays on defense. And let me tell you, I talked to quarterbacks all over the country and OCS all over the country. Nobody enjoys prepping for Brent Venables when he's focused on defense. I mean, that is his superpower. And so what he did this off season is he brought in Jim Nagy, who was used to run the Senior bowl as kind of a personnel general manager, essentially trying to run it like an NFL franchise. So you're really taking some of that burden off the head coach and letting him do what he does best. And then he also brought in Ben Arbuckle from Washington State, a dynamic young coordinator who's had success everywhere he's been. And he's basically said, go run the show. Go play with aggression. Because last year, if you watched Oklahoma, it almost felt like they were playing offense from a defensive mentality of trying not to lose sometimes. And this year, let me tell you, the aggressiveness on both sides of the ball was so evident when we were watching Oklahoma play Michigan. And I know it's a small sample size so far, but up until this point, I've been so impressed with Oklahoma. They're being really aggressive on offense and being Brent Venables, like, super aggressive on defense. I mean, it is terrifying, trust me, for quarterbacks and everybody. But I think it just. It just points to this bigger conversation of how do you. How do you run a team in college football now? Because it's not the way it used to be, where Nick Saban could do everything. You need a lot of different people to help out so that ultimately Brett Venables can do what he does best.
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Yeah.
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C
Which is blitz.
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Yeah. Well, Coach, we. I had this conversation with. With Deion Sanders. We did talking to him about why did Nick Saban really step away? And it's. It's really just all of the things that you have to deal with in college football. And I say deal with because that's what the coaches feel. They're having to deal with things. They don't just get to coach. And if there's one thing that we. We Know, and you know, from, even from track and field, coaches want to coach.
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C
They want to coach.
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They don't want a politician. Most of them don't want to recruit. They just, they just want to. How do you run the hurdles better? How do I get my quarterback to read this better? And, and talking to Coach prime and, and having a relationship with Brent Venables, what, what they all talk about is when you are the head coach, you're now more of the CEO type, correct?
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C
Yeah.
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And when you get there doing something at an elite level like calling a defense or being an offensive core coordinator, it pulls you away from what makes you great. But you also have to hire guys like Arbuckle, who has experience with John Matier, and they've been together for, for three years. They know each other and you can fully trust that he's going to get the best out of that offense. So that Brent Venables can not just coach the defense, but feel like himself again.
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C
Correct. And I think that's, that's what happened with Chip Kelly.
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A
Right.
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C
Chip Kelly goes to Ohio State and just gets to step back and just coach football. And I think he had the time of his life. They won a national championship. Now he's in the league coaching his offense as well. And there is something to that. I think there was that three to four year window when head coaches felt like they were drowning.
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Yeah.
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C
And I think the shift is beginning to occur where it's like, man, I, I just want to coach football.
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A
Yeah.
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C
I just want, I want to call the plays. You're not asking Sean McVay to go.
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You know, raise money.
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C
You're asking Sean McVeigh to call the plays.
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A
Exactly.
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C
And so I think that it's going to. You're going to see a shift like that in colleges where. Well, of like, do what you do best. If whatever got you to the dance, that's what you should be doing.
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Yeah. And for Venables, I look at him the same way I looked at Dave Aranda, you know, at Baylor last year, Baylor's 4 and 4 not playing very well. Everyone's calling for him to not be the guy anymore. And I felt like there were some rumblings of that at Oklahoma because, you know, Venables, this is his dream job. This is a place that he wanted to come, come back to and coach at. So if you're going to go down, go down steering the ship.
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C
Yes.
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Not just as a passenger out there shaking hands with everybody and kissing, baby. So I commend Dave Aranda and Coach Venables for saying, you know what? This is what got me here. Absolutely. I got to find somebody else who can determine how much these guys are going to make or, you know, who's trying to go in the portal or who are we going to get. I need to call this defense. And they, they found success there. And this is a big year for, for Oklahoma. That's huge year. Getting that win against Michigan puts him in prime position to be in the conversation for the College Football Playoff. It puts mater in the Heisman conversation and I think their fans should, should be very excitable that Brent Venables is, is back on his board. He back doing what he does.
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C
Do what you do best, man. Do what you do best.
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A
What do you think?
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B
I. I don't honestly have any opinion. I can talk about Oklahoma State if you guys want me to.
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Oh, I don't think. We don't want to go there.
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B
We don't want to go there.
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Don't save money. Don't save money, guys. Just spend the money so you can have the players and go out there and ball. I think Oregon proved that for sure. Yeah. Well, that's five minutes with coach Dan Casey. We appreciate you, brother. Thanks for having me, man.
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C
Appreciate you.
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So, yeah, guys, no couples goals for you this week, but I will break down a little bit of the game between Colorado and Delaware that we called this past weekend. Great job by our crew. Jason Benetti, Alexa Landistor did an amazing job telling the stories and Bo and Darren and the rest of our. Our crew did an amazing job making us look good. So really thankful for them. But there was an interesting thing that happened in that game with Deion Sanders electing to play three quarterbacks. You know, they say when you don't have. When you have two quarterbacks, you don't have one. But when you have three quarterbacks, I guess you got some. But really what happened was Kaden Salter was a transfer from Liberty that was supposed to be the starter. Juju Lewis came in reclassified as a junior to go to college. And it's supposed to be the future, but they had this guy named Ryan Staub at third who had been at Colorado with Deion Sanders for a few years, knows his system and the coaches trusted him. So they wanted to see. We're gonna give each guy two series in the game and just see who plays the best. Cadence Alter came away with 10 points, Juju Lewis came in with zero points and Ryan Staub came away with 14 points in his first two drives. So of Course, Staub continued to get the go, and the Colorado Buffaloes team looked better with him at the quarterback spot. Their offense was more explosive. They were playing with more passion and more energy. And as a coach, sometimes you have to go with that. So I do believe that Ryan style will be the starting quarterback for the Colorado Buffaloes moving forward, at least in the next game. But it really speaks to what coaches are having to deal with now with the transfer portal being so, so prevalent. The transfer portal being so prevalent makes it to where Kaden Salter says to himself, well, if I'm not gonna play, then I gotta go. It makes juju Lewis say to himself, well, if I'm not gonna play, maybe, maybe I should go somewhere else as well. So when you have so many high profile QBs who have played so well and you and you trust, how does a coach manage that without making the other guys feel slighted? I think it's a delicate balancing act. But the thing that Dion did in that game against Delaware was he allowed the play to do. And I think everybody watching the game from the sidelines, in the stands and at home could see a different energy with Ryan Staub in the game. So coaches always trust your gut. Play the guys that you know you can trust and be honest with the ones that you feel like you can't. So they can go find their next place. We'll see what happens at Colorado. But Ryan stops should be the guy. And that does it. Sorry. And that does it for this edition of out of pocket with RG3, hosted by your boy and the lovely, amazing. Hey, you gotta stop. You gotta stop. You gotta stop. Okay, here we go. Well, that does it for this edition out of pocket with RG3, hosted by your boy and the lovely, amazing 79 time all American, Greta Griffin. And of course now we got Gia Griffin here as well, trying to get a little co hosting in. But make sure you guys guys like and subscribe to our YouTube channel because we can't get this done without you. We love you. We appreciate you. Leave in the comment section what you want us to talk about and who you want us to bring on the show and we will make sure that happens. Tell your friends, if you love sports, if you love football, and you love having a good time talking about it, y' all should come join our huddle, subscribe to our YouTube channel, our podcast on Spotify and Apple podcasts and make sure that you can get out of pocket with RG3. We'll see y' all next time. Peace out.